by Lowell
Here are a few international, national and Virginia news headlines, political and otherwise, for Saturday, August 26.
- Growing number of countries consider making ecocide a crime (“Mexico latest country where government is considering passing new laws to criminalise environmental destruction” Good, do it!)
- Climate Change Is Helping Pests and Diseases Destroy Our Food
- World struggles to break coal habit despite looming climate risk
- The Godfather in the Kremlin (“The very public death of Putin henchman Yevgeny Prigozhin highlights the evolution of Russia into a mafia state held together by violence and incapable of global leadership.”)
- Putin orders Wagner fighters to sign oath of allegiance after Prigozhin’s demise
- Putin Had Every Reason to Want Prigozhin Gone
- Russia’s Wagner mercenaries face uncertainty after the presumed death of its leader in a plane crash
- Before Prigozhin plane crash, Russia was preparing for life after Wagner
- Belarusian president says he warned Wagner boss Prigozhin twice to watch out
- Bodies and flight recorders recovered at Wagner boss Prigozhin’s jet crash site
- Ukraine Is Still Grappling With the Battlefield Yevgeny Prigozhin Left Behind
- Wagner in Africa: Precarious future after Prigozhin’s reported death
- G-7 Will Support Ukraine for as Long as It Takes, Trudeau Says
- Newly declassified US intel claims Russia is laundering propaganda through unwitting Westerners
- Fox’s Viktor Shokin interview misses the basics, ignores what Fox already knows (“Viktor Shokin was pushed out for corruption, regardless of what Fox News tries to manufacture”)
- China’s Market Rescue Is Failing as Xi Holds Back on Stimulus
- What China’s Economic Woes May Mean for the U.S.
- Gina Raimondo Heads to China to Both Promote Trade, and Restrict It
- Why we should be paying attention to a showdown in the South China Sea
- Niger coup leaders give French ambassador 48 hours to leave country
- In Brazil, Right-Wing Think Tanks Align with Agribusiness to Seek a Path Back to Power
- Saudi Arabia Eyes Chinese Bid for Nuclear Plant
- Fukushima residents are cautious after the wrecked nuclear plant began releasing treated wastewater
- Spain soccer head won’t resign for kissing player at World Cup. Team won’t play until he goes
- After America’s summer of extreme weather, ‘next year may well be worse’ (GET OFF OF FOSSIL FUELS ASAP!)
- Wildfires move a mile a minute. The U.S. can’t ignore the warnings.
- Utility efficiency spending falls, leading to 5.4% drop in energy savings: ACEEE (That’s the polar opposite of what should be happening.)
- Following Elon Musk’s lead, Big Tech is surrendering to disinformation (Big Tech is a disaster for our democracy, among other things.)
- Fed Chair Powell calls inflation ‘too high’ and warns that ‘we are prepared to raise rates further’
- Powell Targets High-or-Higher Rate Path as Economy Picks Up
- Powell: Fed Will ‘Proceed Carefully’ on Any Rate Rises
- Despite What Powell Says, the Fed Is Likely Done
- ‘Warped history’: how the US supreme court justified gutting gay rights
- Trumpists demand political prosecutions and even civil war as Trump is booked in Georgia
- Lock Him Up? A New Poll Has Some Bad News for Trump
- 14th Amendment, Section 3: A new legal battle against Trump takes shape (This should also be applied to every other public official in the U.S. – in Congress, the Supreme Court, state legislatures, etc.)
- Florida lawyer files challenge to disqualify Trump from 2024 race, citing 14th Amendment
- Biden chimes in on Trump mug shot: ‘Handsome guy’
- “Hit list”: Trump grand jurors face violent threats after names and addresses shared on QAnon forums (“Experts warn of ‘chilling effect that personal targeting can have on jurors, on voters, on elected officials'”)
- The Mug Shot Is a Warning (“Donald Trump’s booking photo was supposed to be an exercise in humility. He turned it into a threat.”)
- Donald Trump and His Co-Defendants in Georgia Are Already at Odds (“Some defendants have already sought to move the case to federal court, while others are seeking speedy or separate trials.”)
- Donald Trump’s campaign using mug shot in fundraising push (Yep, Republicans celebrating extreme criminality. So much for being the “law-and-order” party!)
- This week was a perfect snapshot of America’s political mess (Covering it as a “political mess” is typical of the “mainstream media”…)
- 18 defendants in Trump Georgia case have posted bail: Here’s what they paid
- How Donald Trump Got the Upper Hand on Fox News
- Ben Rhodes on the “steady radicalization of the Republican Party and the trivialization of politics, particularly the way it is covered by US media” (Also, Margaret Sullivan rips the “endless media normalization…on the way to fascism”)
- Video: Biden-Harris 2024 Launches New Ad on MAGA Republican Support for National Ban on Abortion (“New Ad Spotlights President Biden’s Commitment to Make Roe the Law of the Land”)
- No DeSantis debate bounce, but some Republicans more open to him, Reuters/Ipsos poll shows
- Biden and Harris will meet with King family on 60th anniversary of the March on Washington
- Tens of thousands expected for March on Washington’s 60th anniversary demonstration
- Oliver Anthony says his song ‘Rich Men North of Richmond’ is about the people on the GOP debate stage
- CPAC vice chair resigns amid turmoil
- Dems tap Obama for crucial redistricting push
- The 2024 crisis McCarthy is fielding – that you don’t know about yet
- Ron DeSantis’s Smile Meme Is Going Supernova
- The Republican Primary Contenders Are All Making the Same Fatal Error
- Vivek Ramaswamy Calls Rep. Ayanna Pressley And Ibram X. Kendi Part Of ‘Modern KKK’ (This guy is evil and deranged.)
- ‘He’s an insider’: Ramaswamy’s deep ties to rightwing kingpins revealed
- Arizona Prosecutors Are Probing Rudy Giuliani’s Role as Fake-Elector Kingpin
- California judge shoots down Eastman bid to postpone disbarment proceedings
- WSJ News Exclusive | Prosecutors Weigh Charges Against Sen. Bob Menendez
- County of Maui releases validated list of names of individuals who remain unaccounted for following Lahaina wildfire disaster
- Ohio Republicans Twist Ballot Language For Pro-Choice Provision In Likely Attempt To Confuse Voters
- How a small-town feud in Kansas sent a shock through American journalism
- Bronny James’ cardiac arrest was likely caused by a congenital heart defect, family says
- A pet day care flooded and killed 10 dogs. It should be a wake-up call.
- Expert: ‘There is not a groundswell of support for Glenn Youngkin for president’ (“Sabato says the hype around Youngkin is being driven by wealthy donors, not Republican voters…A couple dozen polls about the presidential race. I have yet to see him break 1%. He is usually at 0%. You need to put it into context. There is not a groundswell of support for Glenn Youngkin for president.”)
- As COVID-19 cases inch up in Virginia, officials urge precautions and perspective
- The legal battle over whether Virginia can withdraw from the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative begins
- “Hardworking Virginians Won Today”: VA House Democratic Caucus Leaders Comment on Budget Victory (Arlington Dems: “Glenn Youngkin wanted big tax cuts for the rich instead”)
- State lawmakers reach agreement on amendments to Virginia’s current budget
- Va. lawmakers cut budget deal, reject Youngkin’s call for recurring tax cuts
- Democrats Secure Funds for Education, Mental Health, Tax Rebates in Budget Deal
- Virginia budget negotiators announce deal on tax rebates, new education investments
- Budget deal reached; includes tax rebates and restores sales tax holiday for school supplies
- Commentary: In Virginia, breastfeeding rights are enshrined in state law
- Flip and Defend-A-District Friday: Volume X (Karen Jenkins, Rae Cousins, Laura Jane Cohen, Steve Foreman, Bilal Raychouni)
- In memoir, Winsome Earle-Sears reflects on Trump, faith and her journey as a Black politician (Excited? LOL)
- Natural gas leak caused by corrosion feared by Mountain Valley Pipeline foes
- Dulles Airport Goes Solar: This Progress Brought to You by Democrats!
- Army renames Virginia fort after woman who treated Union soldiers during Civil War
- Mayor Stoney opted to stay at 5-star hotel while attending a mayors conference
- Fairfax Co. to give eligible families monthly payments with new program
- D.C.-area forecast: On the warm side today, but cooler much of the upcoming week
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