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by Lowell
Here are a few international, national and Virginia news headlines, political and otherwise, for Tuesday, August 22.
- New research shows renewables are more profitable than nuclear power
- The New Race to Reach the Moon—and Find Water
- Russia Seeks to Advance in North to Divert Ukrainian Forces (“Russia is trying to retake some of the territory that it lost to Ukraine in Kyiv’s lightning advance in the region of Kharkiv last autumn.”)
- Ukraine confirms drone attack on Russian air base near Moscow
- Wagner boss Yevgeny Prigozhin claims to be making Africa ‘freer’ in unverified video
- US citizens urged to leave Belarus immediately
- India’s boom, Russia’s crunch: how money is shaping a new space race
- ‘A never-ending fight’: cancer and diabetes cases soar in wake of Mariana dam disaster
- Gina Raimondo, the U.S. commerce secretary, will visit China next week as part of efforts to stabilize ties.
- China wants to expand the five-nation bloc known as BRICS to counter American power.
- Why It’s So Hard for China to Fix Its Real Estate Crisis
- U.S. states are pushing to limit ties with China in an effort to look tough. Businesses are worried about the consequences.
- How Scary Is China’s Crisis?
- China hoped Fiji would be a template for the Pacific. Its plan backfired. (“China used Fiji as a testing ground for pursuing closer security ties in the Pacific. But Beijing over reached, and the new government is tearing up the deal.”)
- Cambodia’s Hun Sen Seals Political Dynasty as Son Becomes PM (“Hun Sen steps aside after more than 38 years in power — Son becomes premier in long-planned political succession”)
- Thailand’s Srettha wins PM bid as ally Thaksin returns after years in exile
- Srettha Thavisin elected Thailand’s new prime minister after parliamentary vote
- Major wildfires in Greece, Spain’s island of Tenerife burn out of control, prompting evacuations
- Fukushima nuclear plant will start releasing treated radioactive water to sea as early as Thursday
- Why a progressive’s victory in Guatemala matters
- Ecuador’s kind-of-normal elections weeks after a political assassination
- Trudeau slams Facebook over wildfire news ban
- US approves first RSV vaccine for use during pregnancy to protect babies
- As COVID surge continues, is the booster still working against new variants?
- Wildfires, hurricanes and heat: The U.S. is getting hit by extreme weather from all sides
- Record-setting U.S. heat dome leaves 141 million under alerts
- What role did the climate crisis play in Storm Hilary – and could there be more like it?
- How Hard Should the Fed Squeeze to Hit 2% Inflation?
- Biden tours ‘overwhelming’ Hawaii wildfire damage
- ‘I know nothing can replace the loss’: Biden tours Maui and pledges support (“Maui county mayor says 114 people confirmed dead as president and first lady visit damaged town of Lahaina”)
- RNC ‘Soulless Ghouls’ Ripped After Launching ‘Dumbest’ Attack On Biden Yet (“President Joe Biden took a moment to pet a search-and-rescue dog while visiting the scene of the devastating wildfire in Maui ― and the Republican National Committee threw an absolute fit over it.” Completely deranged, nasty, horrible people.)
- A right-wing sheriffs group that challenges federal law is gaining acceptance around the country (“A national group of sheriffs that claims the top law enforcers in American counties are not bound by federal law has successfully spread its doctrine to dozens of states in recent years” In fact, they are 100% bound by federal law.)
- US businessman is wannabe ‘warlord’ of secretive far-right men’s network (“The founder and sponsor of a far-right network of secretive, men-only, invitation-only fraternal lodges in the US is a former industrialist who has frequently speculated about his future as a warlord after the collapse of America, a Guardian investigation has found. Federal and state tax and company filings show that the Society for American Civic Renewal (SACR) and its creator, Charles Haywood, also have financial ties with the far-right Claremont Institute.”)
- Freedom Caucus rebels against a short-term funding bill with new demands
- The Angry Children’s Caucus Is as Angry and Childish as You Expect
- In Trump cases, experts say defendant’s rhetoric will be hard to police
- The 2024 GOP field still can’t explain to voters why Trump should lose
- Trump’s kid-glove treatment highlights an unequal justice system
- Trump’s new cuffs: Court rules on his social media
- Justice Dept. pushes back against Trump’s bid for a 2026 trial in D.C.
- Trump’s legal woes are part of his quasi-religious mythology of martyrdom
- Trump says he will surrender Thursday on Georgia charges tied to efforts to overturn 2020 election
- Trump plans to turn himself in Thursday at Fulton County jail
- Trump’s $200,000 bond drives home the unique peril of his Georgia indictment
- How Trump will shape the GOP debate from offstage
- “Democracy needs its gatekeepers”: The Republican Party is too corrupt to care about the country (“Experts explain why ‘Republicans appear to be in denial about the actual crisis in their party'”)
- New Trump poll proves Obama and Clinton were right: The GOP base are deplorable, bitter clingers (“First rule of MAGA? ‘Never admit a liberal was right.’ Unfortunately, their conniptions are getting people killed”)
- How Trump’s attacks on prosecutors build on history of using racist language and stereotypes
- GOP will lose ‘up and down the ballot’ with Trump, New Hampshire governor warns
- Media organizations seek release of more court filings linked to special counsel Jack Smith’s search warrant for Trump’s Twitter account
- Fact check: Trump makes new false claim to support old false claim that he won Georgia in 2020
- The GOP presidential debate puts a spotlight on Wisconsin, one of the few remaining swing states
- Who’s Going to Give Trump the Biggest Run for His Money?
- Trump decision to skip debate fuels GOP anxiety
- Eight candidates qualify for the first Republican presidential debate
- With his campaign struggling, DeSantis seeks a big debate win
- “Covering the Junior Varsity”: Political Reporters Prepare for a Trump-Less GOP Debate
- Trump team preps to dominate debate despite his absence
- These candidates have most to gain from Trump’s debate absence
- The Mobster Cosplay of Donald Trump (“He’s been indicted on rico charges, but how does the former President stack up against actual dons?”)
- Trump has commanding lead in Iowa ahead of 2024 Republican caucus – poll
- Iowa poll shows GOP divide over Trump remaining party leader
- Why the Republican defense of Trump points to more turbulence ahead
- DeSantis defends ‘listless vessels’ remark: These lawmakers putting ‘entertainment,’ ‘personality’ first
- Vivek Ramaswamy wants to know how many ‘federal agents’ were on the planes that hit the Twin Towers: ‘I want the truth about 9/11’ (This guy’s a total nutjob.)
- Suspect named in fatal shooting of California store owner over a Pride flag (“Officials said Monday that Ikeguchi — a resident of Cedar Glen, California — had a history of making posts that were critical of the LGBTQ community and law enforcement on multiple social media platforms, including X, formerly known as Twitter.”)
- Eastman agrees to $100K bond in Georgia election case
- Opinion: The bottomless humiliation of Rudolph Giuliani
- Rudy Giuliani: I Have “Scientific Evidence” the 2020 Election Was Stolen From Donald Trump (Completely insane.)
- Fox News anchors Martha MacCallum and Bret Baier are major vectors of misinformation
- Kyle Rittenhouse’s new foundation is run by a Pizzagate conspiracy theorist and a gun extremist who appeared on a white nationalist program (The worst people in America.)
- The Unbelievably Bonkers Conspiracy Theorist Running For Governor Of North Carolina (“GOP Lt. Gov. Mark Robinson says that Beyoncé is “satanic,” that the 1969 moon landing may have been fake and that there’s a ruling class of secretive reptiles.”)
- Grieving Governor’s Moderate Gun Proposal Is Spurned by G.O.P. Allies (“Tennessee’s Republican governor called a special session to address public safety in the wake of a school shooting, but his own party is set to thwart his key measure.”)
- Indiana’s near-total abortion ban takes effect as state Supreme Court denies appeal
- A judge will consider if Texas can keep its floating barrier to block migrants crossing from Mexico
- Renewable Energy Jobs Are Coming to Appalachia
- Tuberville to Kaine on lifting military holds: ‘Good luck’
- Senators Warner, Kaine Announce $25 Million for Broadband in Virginia (“Access to fast, reliable, and affordable internet is crucial to ensuring our rural communities grow and thrive”)
- Sen. Tim Kaine: Florida and DeSantis are ‘model’ for Youngkin
- With Just 32 Days Until Early Voting Starts, Sen. Tim Kaine Says, “I don’t think there’s the same national donor focus on Virginia as Gov. Youngkin is pushing on the Republican side” (Sen. Mark Warner also says it’s time crank up the national party’s focus on these races.)
- Virginia Democrats raise alarms that Gov. Glenn Youngkin could be building toward a national bid
- Virginia begins collecting data on where evictions occur and when
- Virginia in talks with Ohio, Florida, Texas in new voter fraud initiative (How about rejoining ERIC, which these states should never have left in the first place?!?)
- As Va. school districts split on transgender policies, state enforcement tools appear limited (“The law that tasks the Virginia Department of Education with creating these model policies [regarding] the treatment of trans students … that code provision does not have an explicitly articulated enforcement mechanism for districts who do not adopt model policies”)
- Environmental Groups Sue to Keep Virginia in Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative (RGGI) (“The General Assembly passed a 2020 law requiring Virginia’s participation in the successful regional program”)
- Conservation groups sue to keep Virginia in Youngkin-opposed climate program
- Va. environmentalists sue to block Youngkin from exiting carbon market
- Virginia’s budget and Youngkin’s presidential ambitions
- Virginia begins collecting data on where evictions occur and when
- Editorial: Another overdose record (“Virginia set another unwanted record for overdose deaths in 2022 and must ramp up efforts to alleviate addiction and drug interdiction now to save lives.”)
- Commentary: Clean energy is cheaper, so why is Dominion building a gas peaker plant?
- Mining company is asking state regulators to allow changes to selenium monitoring
- Federal Regulators Raise Safety Concerns Over Mountain Valley Pipeline in Formal Notice
- Virginia cut parole options in the ’90s. Now some want to reverse course.
- Audio: Check Out Billy Bragg’s SUPERB Response to “Rich Men North of Richmond,” and “Come on and join a union, sister [or brother]!” (“We ain’t gonna punch down on those who need a bit of understanding and some solidarity”)
- Williams: Genealogy project in Richmond seeks to reveal roots and reclaim narratives
- Richmond-area schools welcome students back for new school year
- Inside lunch time on the first day of school in Fairfax County, Va.
- New U.Va. video an unfortunate, necessary tutorial about carnage on campuses
- Windsor working to settle Virginia AG’s lawsuit alleging discriminatory police practices
- D.C.-area forecast: Much drier air moves in today, storm chances return Thursday and Friday
