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by Lowell
Here are a few international, national and Virginia news headlines, political and otherwise, for Monday, August 21.
- Major shipping routes are struggling with water shortages
- Two injured in Ukrainian drone attack in Moscow region, nearly 50 flights disrupted
- The US and China must unite to fight the climate crisis, not each other
- A lesson from China’s disappearing data: Nobody hides good news
- Run It Cold: Why Xi Jinping Is Letting China’s Economy Flail (“Xi is running his cold in a bid to finally break China’s addiction to fueling growth with speculative apartment construction and low-return projects funded by opaque local borrowing. If China is a ‘ticking time bomb,’ Xi’s aim is to defuse it.”)
- Rates in China Cut Again, but by Less Than Expected
- Scoop: Biden weighs meeting with Saudi Arabia’s MBS at G20 to talk mega-deal
- Hundreds of migrants killed by Saudi border guards – report
- Moon landing anticipation builds for India after Russia’s crash
- What’s at stake in Guatemala’s elections (“Anti-corruption presidential candidate Bernardo Arévalo is heavily favored in polls.”)
- Why is AMLO worried about an outsider? She’s funny, profane — and inspiring.
- Ecuador votes in historic referendum that could democratize climate policy
- Ally of former leftist Ecuador president to face tycoon’s son in runoff election (“Luisa González, who has pledged to revive Rafael Correa’s social programmes, to run against Daniel Noboa in October”)
- Japan’s armed forces covered up sexual and other harassment, report shows
- Biden administration to urge Americans get new COVID-19 boosters
- After Ballot Losses, Where Does the Anti-Abortion Movement Go Next?
- Abortion Is So Popular Republicans Are Inventing Conspiracy Theories to Trick Americans Into Voting Against It
- The case for optimism about the Supreme Court (“There are some terrible things that even this Supreme Court isn’t willing to do.”)
- Trump and his allies double down on election lies after indictments for trying to undo 2020 results
- CBS News poll finds Trump’s big lead grows, as GOP voters dismiss indictments (Definitive proof that the Trumpist/MAGA GOP is a cult.)
- Why Trump’s Georgia case likely can’t be removed to federal court
- The 2024 GOP field still can’t explain to voters why Trump should lose
- Trump challengers face huge climb to stop him in first GOP contest, new poll finds
- Trump says he will “not be doing the debates”
- Trump’s expected Georgia surrender and debate no-show shatter campaign conventionality
- Trump confirms he will skip the first GOP debate — and maybe future ones, as well
- Meadows told special counsel he could not recall Trump ever declassifying Mar-a-Lago docs: Sources
- GOP senator says Trump should drop out and calls classified documents case ‘almost a slam dunk’ (“Republican Sen. Bill Cassidy described the case against former President Donald Trump for allegedly mishandling classified documents as ‘almost a slam dunk’ and said he thinks Trump should drop out of the 2024 presidential race.”)
- Donald Trump’s last line of defense: Ramp up the “transactional antisemitism” (“An increased use of these kinds of fascist appeals shows how weak he is as a candidate and how scared he is”)
- First on CNN: Biden wades into GOP primary with $25 million ad blitz, starting with economy focus
- Opinion: These campaign ads perfectly sum up the difference between Biden and Trump in 2024 (“What a striking contrast with Trump’s angry, dark and misleading ad released earlier this month that focuses on attacking the prosecutors investigating him.”)
- ‘Kissing Trump’s butt’ won’t help Republicans beat him, rival warns
- DeSantis’ debate mission: Don’t let anyone pass him
- What Each Candidate Needs to Do in the First Republican Debate
- DeSantis Tweaks His Messaging and Tactics After a Tough Campaign Stretch
- ‘I could sell golf’: How DeSantis and aides courted lobbyists for campaign cash
- Hogan says No Labels likely to launch third-party ‘alternative’ if Trump, Biden win nominations (Totally irresponsible and insane.)
- Minnesota Democrat pans ‘weird group of folks’ on GOP debate stage (Freak show.)
- Mark Meadows asks federal court for Georgia charges to be dismissed
- 5 House lawmakers to watch in the battle over government funding
- Trouble looms for Senate GOP despite recruiting wins
- The Plutocrats’ Low Energy Bark – TPM – Talking Points Memo (“How crazy would Youngkin or Kemp have to be to get in now when they look at the desiccated political carcass of Dead Bounce Ron? The idea that Youngkin or Kemp have any shot of taking the nomination from Trump is only conceivable in a scenario of catastrophic collapse for Trump. And if that collapse happens – a hope in the absence of any evidence – you’ve already got plenty of candidates who can win in that case.”)
- ‘A fallen hero’: Rudy Giuliani faces the music
- ‘I can’t get into people’s heads’: Kamala Harris tries to reshape her public image ahead of 2024 (“In a POLITICO interview, the vice president addressed how she views the growing scrutiny she’s under as Republicans use her as a ‘bogeyman’ in 2024.”)
- Elon Musk’s Shadow Rule (“How the U.S. government came to rely on the tech billionaire—and is now struggling to rein him in.” Cut ties ASAP with this nutjob/extremist!)
- Meta’s Threads App to Launch Web Version as Rivalry With X Enters New Stage (“A web version of the new text-first app is one of the features users have asked for and could help it compete with X after decline in usage”)
- Let’s pour one out for Mike Lindell: MyPillow Guy wasn’t important enough to get his own indictment (“The MyPillow Guy loudly tagged along, but apparently not even the coup conspirators took him seriously”)
- Sweltering temperatures bring misery to large portion of central US, setting heat records
- How climate change shaped California’s first tropical storm in decades
- Southern California prepares for more floods as Tropical Storm Hilary soaks from coast to desert (“The first tropical storm to hit Southern California in 84 years, Hilary brought intensifying rain to the region, with some mountain and desert areas seeing more than half an average year’s worth of rain come down in just one day.”)
- Tropical Storm Hilary brings flooding to California as a quake hits Los Angeles
- Rains slow as Hilary moves north and leaves Southern California underwater
- Hawai’i braces for crushing wildfire death toll with over 1,000 missing
- For Florida’s Ailing Corals, No Relief From the Heat
- New York is a battleground for House control. Just don’t ask which districts yet. (“The interminable legal fight over redistricting in New York will likely leave both parties unclear which races will be competitive until sometime next spring.”)
- Critics question how climate-friendly an Appalachian ‘blue’ hydrogen hub will be (“Promoters promise clean energy from hydrogen production with carbon capture and storage, but skeptics question reliance on technology that hasn’t been proven at scale.”)
- California shop owner shot dead over LGBTQ+ Pride flag displayed at store (“An man made comments about flag at Laura Ann Carlton’s store in Cedar Glen and killed her before being shot and killed by police”)
- Court documents suggest reason for police raid of Kansas newspaper
- Video: Speaking to a Far-Right Radio Host in Georgia Yesterday, Glenn Youngkin Spewed Lies and Distortions with Nearly Every Word That Came Out of His Mouth.
- Youngkin retools message for new elections with ‘Parents Matter’ talks (This is mostly b.s. by the WaPo: “Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin (R) rode a wave of parental grievance to win in a trending-blue state in 2021.” In fact, Youngkin STOKED that “grievance” and invented a bunch of it, like “CRT” – which basically nobody had ever heard of previously. Instead, the ever-awful WaPo frames it as “rode a wave of parental grievance.”)
- The Virginia Senate is poised to look very different next year
- Two tech hub bids seek to boost Virginia’s nuclear industry
- Virginia regulators to weigh Appalachian Power Company rate increase
- Thousands of Northern Va. students are headed back to school
- Richmond is planning major upgrades to its surveillance network
- D.C.-area forecast: Heat and humidity start and end the week
