by Lowell
Here are a few international, national and Virginia news headlines, political and otherwise, for Friday, August 25.
- Some emperor penguin sites experienced ‘total breeding failure’ because of sea ice loss
- Carbon Offsets to Reduce Deforestation Are Significantly Overestimating Their Impact, a New Study Finds
- Indonesia’s tropical Eternity Glaciers could vanish within years, experts say (“El Niño weather pattern could accelerate melting, leading to sea level rise”)
- Wagner Chief Is Gone, but the Causes of Russia’s Growing Instability Persist
- Russia says Ukraine fired missile towards Moscow, hit Crimea with drones
- Prigozhin likely killed but no evidence plane was shot down by missile, Pentagon says
- Kremlin calls accusations it killed Wagner boss Prigozhin an ‘absolute lie’ (Which almost certainly means it’s true, since everything the Kremlin says is false.)
- Rule No. 1 in Putin’s Russia: Defy Him at Your Peril
- Ukraine’s counteroffensive might yet surprise critics
- Putin breaks silence over Prigozhin’s reported death
- US will start training Ukrainian pilots to fly F-16s in October
- Early Intelligence Suggests Prigozhin Was Assassinated, U.S. Officials Say
- US intelligence assessment shows intentionally caused explosion crashed Wagner chief’s plane
- Exclusive: US believes missile inside Russia likely shot down Prigozhin’s presumed plane, US officials say
- Nerve agents, poison and window falls. Over the years, Kremlin foes have been attacked or killed
- UK: Russian mercenary chief’s likely death could destabilize his private army
- Putin says Wagner boss ‘made serious mistakes’ in first comments after plane crash (This headline should read, “In first comments after plane crash, Putin says…”
- On the debate stage, a fight to save Ukraine — and the GOP
- Vindman: Prigozhin’s Death Could Speed Peace in Ukraine (“Prigozhin’s death weakens the nationalist wing pushing for a more aggressive war—and may ease pressure on Putin for a continued, expanded war.”)
- Europe is cracking down on Big Tech. This is what will change when you sign on
- China’s Slowdown Casts a Shadow on Lula’s Big Bet on Beijing
- Nearly 2 million excess deaths followed China’s sudden end of COVID curbs – study
- China has no pain-free solutions for its slowing economy
- Everything China Is Doing to Juice Its Flagging Economy
- Fiji prime minister warns against US and China attempts to ‘polarise’ Pacific
- Is China really buying up U.S. farmland? Here’s what we found (“A review by NBC News of thousands of documents filed with the U.S. Department of Agriculture, however, shows very few purchases by Chinese buyers in the past year and a half — fewer than 1,400 acres in a country with 1.3 billion acres of agricultural land. In fact, the total amount of U.S. agricultural land owned by Chinese interests is less than three-hundredths of 1%.”)
- As Canada Burns, Danielle Smith Does Event with Activist Who Says Climate ‘Not a Crisis’ (“The Alberta premier is headlining an oil and gas industry conference this week with climate crisis denier Alex Epstein while thousands evacuate due to wildfires.”)
- For Global Oil Markets, a US-Iran Deal Is Already Happening
- U.S. should call Niger’s coup for what it is: A coup
- Dementia risk study finds 11 key factors behind condition (“Predictive tool ‘significantly outperforms’ others available and could help avert about 40% of cases”)
- CDC expects new Covid vaccines from Pfizer, Moderna and Novavax to be available in mid-September
- COVID hospitalizations climb 22% this week — and the CDC predicts further increases as new variants spread
- Powell’s pivotal speech Friday could see a marked shift from what he’s done in the past
- US coal plant closure emphasises health benefits of cleaner air
- The first GOP debate reveals a disturbing level of climate change denial
- GOP candidates reject policies intended to address global climate change
- Climate Change Is Still a Huge Electoral Problem for Republicans
- US thinktank linked to billionaires behind supreme court wealth tax case lobbying (“Manhattan Institute one of eight conservative advocacy groups that filed amicus briefs urging the court to hear Moore v US” That’s a bad, bad group.)
- DA Fani Willis Now Proposing October Start For Trump’s Georgia Trial
- Donald Trump surrenders in Atlanta in fourth criminal case brought against ex-president this year (“Trump booked as inmate No. P01135809 after turning himself in on charges related to efforts to overturn his 2020 Georgia election loss”)
- Trump Returns to Musk’s X With Post of Georgia Mug Shot
- For Trump, X marks the spot for his social media return. Why that could really matter
- Trump’s aggrieved victimhood is a recipe for carnage (“For most Republicans, the former president has changed the truth, in the sense that he has changed the way they perceive reality.”)
- Trump’s First Tweet In Years Is Being Mocked For 1 Truly Awkward Mistake
- Why Trump’s surrender is such a big deal
- One image, one face, one American moment: The Donald Trump mug shot (“When the camera shutter blinked inside a jail in downtown Atlanta on Thursday, it both created and documented a tiny inflection point in American life.”)
- John Bolton Has A 4-Letter Word To Describe Trump’s Mug Shot (“Thug”)
- Belligerence and hostility: Trump’s mugshot defines modern US politics
- Donald Trump’s Mug Shot Has Been Released(“This is the first mug shot to be taken of a U.S. president — and it’s a first for Donald Trump as well, despite his being indicted three other times this year.”)
- Trump’s Arrest in Georgia Shows a Two-Tier Justice System
- Trump’s mug shot is released, a first in his four criminal cases this year.
- Co-defendant in Georgia says false electors met at Trump’s ‘direction’
- Why prosecuting Trump’s alleged accomplices could help save democracy
- Trump says taking a mugshot was ‘not a comfortable feeling, especially when you’ve done nothing wrong’ (Trump didn’t just a ton of things “wrong,” he committed many severe crimes, attempted to overthrow our democracy, etc. He should be in prison the rest of his pathetic, disgraceful life.)
- “Trump is in the final stage of cult leadership”: Fulton County arrest elevates his MAGA “martyrdom”
- The Most Unsettling Presidential Debate Spectacle Ever
- Everyone who thinks Trump won the debate, raise your hand
- Trump goes to jail and steals the spotlight from the rest of the 2024 GOP field
- Donald Trump in the Harsh Glare of Justice (“On the ex-President’s snarly mug shot from the Fulton County Jail and a 2024 reality of Trump, Trump, and more Trump.”)
- The Republican Debate Was Not a Debate. The Republican Party Is Not a Party.
- An arrest spectacle Trump’s rivals don’t want to see
- Trump’s Plan: Skip the Debates, Win Iowa, Avoid Prison
- Lock Him Up? A New Poll Has Some Bad News for Trump (“Most Americans believe Trump should stand trial before the 2024 election… About half of the country believes Trump is guilty in the pending prosecutions… A conviction in DOJ’s 2020 election case would hurt Trump in the general election…There is considerable room for the numbers to get worse for Trump…Half of the country believes Trump should go to prison if convicted in DOJ’s Jan. 6 case…Trump and the GOP’s ‘weaponization’ defense appears to be having limited traction”)
- Magical Thinking in Milwaukee (“Donald Trump’s rivals struggled to show they were equipped to take him down. In fact, few even tried.”)
- Ben Shapiro criticizes Tucker Carlson’s interview with Donald Trump as “a propaganda 45-minute softball for Trump”
- Trump’s GOP rivals have vowed to support him even if he’s found guilty of criminal charges
- Why do Republicans even bother with this whole farce?
- Tim Scott touts ‘Made in America’ strategy after repeatedly voting against it in Congress (Tim Scott is completely dishonest.)
- Party of One — Donald Trump may have been absent from last night’s debate, but he still owns the GOP.
- The First Republican Presidential Debate Was Rife With Abortion Misinformation
- Fact-Checking the GOP Presidential Candidates on Abortion (“The Republican debate was full of misinformation…”)
- Ronna McDaniel: ‘We’re not going to win’ in 2024 if we don’t talk abortion (Please, continue! LOL)
- Debate ratings: 12.8 million watched GOP candidates minus Trump battle on Fox News
- “He was a non-entity”: Post-debate, right-wing media shovel dirt on the DeSantis campaign (Newsmax guest: “I don’t think there’s any question, the big loser last night was Ron DeSantis”)
- Photos: Georgia co-defendants turn themselves in
- Trump chief of staff Mark Meadows booked at Georgia jail, released on $100,000 bond in election case
- Judge schedules Trump codefendant Ken Chesebro for October trial in racketeering case
- House Republicans launch investigation into Fulton County DA after Trump indictment (Obstruction of justice?)
- As Kids Head Back to School, Recent Poll for National Education Association Shows that Voters Are NOT in Sync with Republicans’ (e.g., Youngkin’s) Obsession with “CRT,” Gender, etc. (“Democrats and Independents are more concerned about safety and funding, while Republicans are concerned about parental control and gender”)
- From Old to Youngkin: Mixed Motives Drive the GOP Alternatives to Trump (“Those who know Youngkin say it’s only a matter of when, that he ran for governor to run for president.”)
- The San Bernardino Pride flag murderer and the inevitable consequences of right-wing media hate (“The alleged shooter frequently shared anti-LGBTQ propaganda on social media, including using the image of a burning Pride flag as his pinned tweet”)
- Maui utility may have compromised evidence in fire probe, lawyers say
- Nearly 400 people still missing after Maui fires
- Feds accuse SpaceX of discrimination against asylum-seekers and refugees
- Video: Reps. Spanberger, McClellan; Former Speaker Filler-Corn; Richmond Mayor Stoney Headline Richmond Stop of Protect Our Care’s “Lower Costs, Better Care” National Bus Tour (Also, video of yesterday’s event in Hampton Roads with Rep. Bobby Scott (D-VA03))
- Commentary: Giving up on greenhouse gas plan is bad for climate, and our children
- This Year’s Most Bruising Political Battle Will Be in Virginia (“The commonwealth’s off-year contest could have lasting repercussions for abortion rights—as well as Glenn Youngkin’s national ambitions.”)
- Virginia ACLU: Attorney General Jason Miyares’ Non-Binding Opinion on VDOE Model Policies Misinterprets But Does Not Change the Law (“Miyares’ opinion defending the policies is every bit as cruel and misguided as the policies themselves.”)
- Pope & Schapiro: A potential budget deal, Miyares weighs in on transgender student guidance
- Virginia school boards must adhere to Gov. Youngkin’s new policies on transgender students, AG says (Miyares never said this about the model policies during the Northam administration. Gee, wonder why not.)
- Va. attorney general says transgender student policies comply with anti-discrimination laws (Headlines should say, right up front, that Miyares is full of crap.)
- FOIA Friday: Records of Virginia’s ERIC withdrawal, a tip line lawsuit and a gun shop closure
- Many General Assembly hopefuls are running unopposed this year
- Richmond judge re-affirms 2023 casino referendum
- End Citizens United / Let America Vote Endorses Slate of Pro-Democracy Candidates in Virginia
- Editorial: Educators need resources, support as a new school year begins (“Students return to the classroom on Monday but area educators are already hard at work. Their dedication and commitment deserve our appreciation.”)
- Proposed settlement in Appalachian Power rate case would reduce bill impacts
- After rocky start, Virginia retirement system earns 6.1% on investments
- Blue Virginia Interview with Loudoun County Board of Supervisors (Dulles District) Democratic Nominee Puja Khanna (“[My Republican opponent is] a hardline conservative”; “I don’t think once we flip [this seat] blue, it will ever go back to being red again”)
- White, gay police captain sues Alexandria, claiming bias in promotions
- D.C.-area forecast: Oppressive humidity today, multiple storm chances
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