by Lowell
Here are a few international, national and Virginia news headlines, political and otherwise, for Thursday, September 21.
- Guterres tells world leaders to fight climate change by stop using fossil fuels
- Europe’s politicians have moral responsibility to tackle air pollution, says WHO environment director
- Behind all the speechmaking at the UN lies a basic, unspoken question: Is the world governable?
- Russia Targets Regions Across Ukraine Ahead of Zelensky’s Meeting With Biden
- Ukraine aid is hanging by a thread
- Inside a Ukrainian brigade’s battle ‘through hell’ to reclaim a village on the way to Bakhmut
- Ukraine’s counteroffensive may be painful. But its success is crucial to wider European security
- Zelenskiy faces difficult conversations in Washington amid Congress spending battle (“Republicans propose stopgap funding bill that does not include funding for Ukraine as both parties signal they have questions for Ukraine delegation”)
- In Washington Visit, Zelensky Will Try to Shore Up Critical Support
- Zelensky to visit White House, Congress and Pentagon on whirlwind day
- Poland stops supplying weapons to Ukraine – PM (“Mateusz Morawiecki’s remarks come as tensions escalate over Ukraine’s grain exports.”)
- Azerbaijan halts Karabakh offensive after ceasefire deal with Armenian separatists
- Revealed: one in three Europeans now vote anti-establishment
- ‘A perfect storm brewing’: how populists could challenge Europe this autumn (“Anti-establishment parties look likely to play a significant role in elections in Slovakia, Poland and the Netherlands”)
- Sunak delays crucial UK climate targets, with one eye on the next election (Pathetic.)
- White House told U.S. ambassador to Japan to stop taunting China on social media
- The Killing in Canada Shows What India Has Become
- India suspends visa services in Canada and rift widens over killing of Canadian citizen
- ‘Impossible to live like this’: Italy’s Po Valley blighted by air pollution among worst in Europe
- Biden Warns Netanyahu About The Health Of Israel’s Democracy And Urges Compromise On Court Overhaul (Good!)
- Saudi Uranium Enrichment Floated Under Possible Israel Deal (Why on earth would Israel be cool with that?)
- Syria’s Assad in China, seeks exit from diplomatic isolation
- Secretary Mayorkas Announces Extension and Redesignation of Venezuela for Temporary Protected Status
- The US is allowing hundreds of thousands of Venezuelans in the country to work legally
- U.S. Wants to Keep Migrants Away From the Border by Moving Checkpoints South
- Wildfire smoke is eroding decades of air quality improvements, study finds
- Fed Signals Higher-for-Longer Rates With Hikes Almost Finished
- Higher Rates Not Just for Longer, but Maybe Forever
- U.S. Will Resume Offering Free At-Home Covid Tests
- Biden is unveiling the American Climate Corps, a program with echoes of the New Deal
- Biden Finds Funds to Launch an ‘American Climate Corps’ With Existing Authority Congress Has Given to Agencies (“A New Deal-style climate jobs program, enormously popular with young voters, never got needed support directly from Congress.”)
- GM and Stellantis just laid off more than 2,000 additional workers because of the UAW’s strike
- Hollywood writers’ strikes: fresh talks with studios raise hopes of end to WGA standoff (“Writers and producers reportedly closer to reaching a deal after dispute that has
- The Supreme Court will decide if Alabama can openly defy its decisions
- Young Voters Are Frustrated. They’re Staying Engaged ‘Out of Sheer Self-Defense.’
- Democrats have been winning big in special elections
- Former prosecutor who quit Trump-Russia probe says she left over concerns with Barr
- This Is About As Fiery As You’ll Ever See Merrick Garland
- Garland fumes in exchange over religious discrimination: ‘So outrageous, so absurd’ (Garland is, of course, correct.)
- Garland was unusually combative during fiery hearing with GOP-led panel. Here’s what happened (The headlines SHOULD be that House Republicans said completely unhinged, irresponsible, absurd shit. But god forbid the media do that…)
- The Patriot (“How General Mark Milley protected the Constitution from Donald Trump”)
- Senate bucks Tuberville’s blockade to begin approving military promotions
- Republicans resigned to being the villains in the inevitable government shutdown
- Why Republicans Can’t Keep the Government Open (“As a shutdown looms, the House GOP is bickering over legislation that doesn’t even matter.”)
- McCarthy plots new push to avoid shutdown but faces renewed resistance in ranks
- McCarthy Revises Plan to Avert Shutdown, Flips Some GOP Holdouts
- Senate GOP predicts McCarthy will go to Democrats for votes
- The Republican Party infighting is driving America toward a government shutdown
- House Speaker McCarthy to Hardliners: ‘It’s Like You’re Walking Into a Fight Losing’
- White House: Extreme House Republicans’ Chaos Is Marching Us Toward a Government Shutdown (House GOP “would undermine our economy and national security, create needless uncertainty for families and businesses, and have damaging consequences across the country.”)
- A ‘disaster’ nears: Millions of federal workers’ paychecks would be on hold in a shutdown
- Trump Privately Frets He Could Be Headed to Prison
- Trump is not invincible in Republican race – but still lacks a single strong challenger
- Trump skips past primaries to general election
- Trump vows expanded travel ban if reelected
- Biden Tells New York Donors Trump Looks ‘Destined’ to Be Nominee
- CNN Poll: Trump leads in New Hampshire while Ramaswamy, Haley, Christie and DeSantis battle for second
- Trump, who paved way for Roe repeal, faces abortion blowback from right
- Trump Leads, DeSantis Crashes in NH GOP Primary 9/20/2023
- DeSantis calls out Trump’s abortion comment as ‘mistake’: ‘He’s a different candidate’ than in 2016
- DeSantis Slams Biden Climate Policy: ‘An Agenda to Control You’ (DeSantis is evil. By the way, the government already has massive influence on you via decades of pro-sprawl, pro-car, pro-fossil-fuel policies.)
- Ron DeSantis’ descent continues, unabated by the debate and time on the trail (Hopefully this is the beginning of the end of DeSantis disgraceful political career.)
- DeSantis: Humans are ‘safer than ever’ from effects of climate change (What Politico’s doing in this headline is spreading disinformation. Why not say, right in the headline, that DeSantis FALSELY says this?)
- Nikki Haley and Tim Scott Are Here to Remind You Republicans Hate Unions
- Ramaswamy sparks furor with comments on race (He’s a horrible, horrible person.)
- How Rupert Murdoch Decided to Dump Tucker Carlson
- ‘We knew the numbers were bad’: Law enforcement staff raised concerns about Ron DeSantis’ top crime talking point
- Paxton on possible challenge to Cornyn: ‘Everything’s on the table for me
- Lin Wood: ‘I didn’t flip on President Trump’
- Pro-Trump Lawyer Lin Wood Turned State’s Witness in Georgia Racketeering Case, DA Reveals
- Cassidy Hutchinson Says Rudy Giuliani Groped Her During January 6 Rally
- Ex-Trump aide Cassidy Hutchinson claims Rudy Giuliani groped her on January 6
- Fetterman pledges to wear suit if government avoids shutdown
- John Fetterman Knows a Jagoff When He Sees One
- Fetterman’s hoodie vs. Boebert’s handsy night: Why Republicans can’t see their own hypocrisy (“The Senate dress code whining isn’t really about propriety, not from the party of Donald ‘Capitol Riot’ Trump”)
- Pennsylvania Governor Gives Unfiltered Response To Stephen Miller Criticism
- Trumpism costs the GOP in a crucial election, again
- Kari Lake to launch Arizona Senate bid next month (Glenn Youngkin thinks this extremist lunatic is “AWESOME!”)
- Texas teacher fired for showing Anne Frank graphic novel to eighth-graders (Fascism…and utterly appalling.)
- New ‘Republicans for Ukraine’ Report Card Gives Reps. Bob Good (R-VA05), Ben Cline (R-VA06) “F” Grades (“This is part of a broader $1 million persuasion and education campaign to let constituents know how their members are doing on the Ukraine issue.”)
- How political infighting among Lynchburg Republicans could open way for a primary challenge to Rep. Good (Good should be challenged because he’s a fascist and a disaster in general.)
- Opinion: How Jennifer Wexton is coping with a fatal disease tells us so much about life’s real meaning
- COVID cases are rising in Virginia, but restrictions unlikely to return
- How Virginia’s Budget Funds Fixes for School Struggles
- Gov. Youngkin tells Virginians to ‘get off the sidelines’ for early voting
- After ERIC withdrawal, Virginia strikes deals with 6 states to share voter data
- Virginia announces new, post-ERIC voter data agreements (It’s crazy that Virginia pulled out of ERIC; this is definitely NOT a substitute.)
- Editorial: Virginia needs legislature to resolve legal limbo over marijuana
- Inmate asks the governor to fill the last parole board seat
- ‘We can’t save all of them’. Scientists work to protect Virginia’s last remaining ash trees
- How has Virginia’s early voting change impacted campaigns and fundraising?
- Video: In Debate, Republican Riley Shaia Endorses Corporate Tax Handouts That Would Cause School Funding Cuts (“Shaia’s response to the question on corporate tax cuts mirrored that of her fellow Republican Sen. Siobhan Dunnavant.”)
- House District 97: Democrat Feggans vs. incumbent Republican Greenhalgh
- Second major Portsmouth criminal case in a month thrown out due to prosecutors’ mistakes
- Otieno family agrees to $8.5 million settlement
- Family of Virginia Man Who Died in Custody Settles Suit for $8.5 Million
- Arlington argues homeowners have no basis to sue over ‘missing middle’
- The teens fighting to keep Youngkin’s trans policies out of their schools (“Virginia Beach high schoolers have spoken at every school board meeting for a year, begging members to protect their LGBTQ peers.”)
- Board takes no vote on closing or restructuring the Hampton Roads Regional Jail
- D.C.-area forecast: Another stellar day before weekend storm nears
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