by Lowell
Here are a few international, national and Virginia news headlines, political and otherwise, for Thursday, September 14.
- Experts call for global moratorium on efforts to geoengineer climate
- Opinion | The Oceans May Be Our Best Shot at Slowing Climate Catastrophe
- Fossil fuel investment ‘very unwise economic risk’, says energy expert (“Fatih Birol, head of International Energy Agency, warns large-scale fossil fuel projects carry big financial risks”)
- Climate change exacerbates deadly floods worldwide
- New Study Shows Impacts of Cutting Meat and Dairy Consumption in Half (“It’d be like not burning 1.8 trillion pounds of coal annually.”)
- Snack attack: how the west exported unhealthy eating to Africa and Asia
- Inside Exxon’s Strategy to Downplay Climate Change
- Donald Trump Gets a Sympathetic Shout-Out From His Favorite War Criminal: Vladimir Putin
- Russia Thwarts Attack in Crimea a Day After Ukraine Struck Two Naval Ships
- What might Kim Jong Un have that Putin’s military needs in Ukraine?
- Kim Jong Un’s visit to Russia hints at grim battlefield math for Putin
- Ukraine says it wrecked Russian submarine with British cruise missiles
- West Fails to Peel Russia’s Friends Away to Ukraine’s Side
- No sign of Kim Jong Un as his Russia visit continues and Seoul expresses concern over Putin meetings
- US Greenlights $5 Billion Sale of F-35s to South Korea
- Whole families drowned in Libya’s flood. Many didn’t realize the danger until they heard dams burst
- Amid Rescue Efforts After Libya Floods, a Call for Accountability
- Libya’s floods are result of climate crisis meeting a failed state
- Green groups slam World Bank for backing Indonesian coal plants
- Beijing blasts ‘protectionist’ EU probe as China EV stocks slip
- Senate subpoenas Saudi’s $700bn sovereign wealth fund over US dealings
- American PR Firm Edelman Enabled Oil Baron Al Jaber’s Ascension to Lead COP28 Climate Conference (“Edelman earned millions polishing the UAE’s green image — which helped propel Sultan Ahmed Al Jaber to the top levels of climate diplomacy.” Disgusting.)
- The One Thing Everyone Should Know About Fall COVID Vaccines (“The simplest way to think about them—everyone should just get one—is arguably the best.”)
- Auto Workers Union To Hit ‘Big 3’ With Targeted Strikes, Leader Says (“Rather than strike all facilities at once, the union’s president said they would wage strategic walkouts at Ford, GM and Stellantis if they don’t reach deals.”)
- Biden Has Few Options to Prevent a Strike Against Big 3 Carmakers
- The immigrant population in the U.S. is climbing again, setting a record last year (“Experts say the renewed growth coincides with a gradual reboot of legal immigration, like processing visas and vetting refugees, which had all ground to a halt during COVID. The Biden administration has also opened the country’s doors to tens of thousands of people fleeing from Afghanistan and Ukraine.”)
- Federal judge again declares DACA immigration program unlawful, but allows it to continue (Right-wing hack.)
- The Right-Wing Conspiracy-Fest Is More Openly Bloodthirsty Than Before
- Trump wants to close the Department of Education, joining calls by GOP rivals
- Judge restricts Trump’s access to classified info in docs case and limits what he can say
- Playbook PM: McCarthy’s approps bills fall apart
- GOP threats to McCarthy come into sharper focus
- Kevin McCarthy’s Impeachment Push Isn’t Going to Satisfy House Republicans
- Kevin McCarthy Faces His Puppet Master
- A House GOP attempt to advance abortion measure backfires in funding fight
- Conservative mutiny forces delay in House Pentagon spending bill
- Pelosi mocks McCarthy’s ‘ever incredibly shrinking speakership’
- Fact-checking McCarthy’s claims while launching Biden impeachment inquiry
- The core of the GOP’s Biden impeachment inquiry was already debunked by the Trump impeachment inquiry
- Biden impeachment saga creates a wild new political twist in an unprecedented election
- Republicans’ unfounded impeachment inquiry of Biden, explained
- White House Strategy on Impeachment: Fight Politics With Politics
- Court blocks Jack Smith’s access to many of Rep. Scott Perry’s contacts about 2020 election
- Mitt Romney says he will not seek a second term in the Senate
- Mitch McConnell told Mitt Romney that Trump is an ‘idiot’ who ‘doesn’t think when he says things:’ book
- What Mitt Romney Saw in the Senate
- The Senate Is Losing One Of Its Few Remaining Moderate Republicans
- FBI official refutes top GOP claims on Hunter Biden investigation
- Ramaswamy Says He Would Fire Most of the Federal Work Force if Elected (This guy is a fascist.)
- Biden to starkly contrast his economic vision with GOP’s ‘MAGAnomics’ as shutdown looms
- Biden has been preparing to fight an impeachment for almost a year. This is his strategy
- Gaetz says McCarthy ‘lying,’ in response to accusations he’s colluding with Swalwell
- The Decoy Didn’t Distract Them (“Don’t get the Freedom Caucus wrong: They think impeaching Biden would be extremely cool. But it’s not first on the agenda.”)
- Florida surgeon general rejects FDA guidance, urges people under 65 not to get Covid booster (Wildly irresponsible.)
- DeSantis calls NAACP’s warning about Florida to minorities and LGBT people a “stunt”
- DeSantis says he does not support criminalizing women who get abortions
- DeSantis took undisclosed private flights and lodging through wealthy donors
- X repeatedly told us that users who posted “Hitler was right” and urged a “final solution” for Jewish people didn’t break “our safety policies”
- The big Elon Musk biography asks all the wrong questions (“In Walter Isaacson’s buzzy new biography, Elon Musk emerges as a callous, chaos-loving man without empathy.”)
- Wisconsin Republican leader asks former state Supreme Court justices to review impeachment
- What Republicans are doing to Wisconsin is a warning sign to all Americans
- US judge freezes New Mexico governor’s gun ban
- RFK Jr. Getting Republican Support For His Democratic Primary Bid To Unseat Biden (Of course he is.)
- He Wants to Be KY Guv. He Was a ‘Ghost’ in His Toxic Office. (“Lawyers in Daniel Cameron’s Attorney General’s Office keep quitting, alleging a politically toxic work culture that is pushing career attorneys out the door.”)
- Kaine warns 80K child care spots could be lost in Virginia if federal grant program expires
- Sen. Tim Kaine, D-Va., discusses his surprise at the Susanna Gibson story
- Rep. Jennifer Wexton (D-VA10) Highlights Severe Consequences of Government Shutdown for Virginia (“This reckless and irresponsible attempt by extreme Republicans to hold our economy hostage inflicts unnecessary pain on Virginia middle class families and threatens to throw our economy into a crisis”)
- Rep. Bobby Scott (D-VA03) Slams House GOP Impeachment Sham That’s “based on nothing other than innuendo and unproven allegations”
- CASEY: Virginia activists seek to bar Donald Trump from ‘24 presidential ballot (The 14th amendment, section 3 is very clear.)
- Outmigration trend continues in Virginia
- 65th District candidates debate at University of Mary Washington
- X-rated Susanna Gibson scandal redefines ‘blue’ for Virginia Democrats: Schapiro
- An Unexpected Scandal Could Lose Democrats the Virginia Legislature (“And the stakes are high”)
- Gibson’s sexual videos: Some assert ‘double standards’ in a new era
- In Virginia SD02, the Differences Between Democrat Kathy Beery and Far-Right-Republican Mark Obenshain Could Not Be Starker
- Warring motions before fired Loudoun Co. superintendent’s trial: Prosecutor says claims of misconduct ‘frivolous’
- Dominion to seek air permit for proposed Chesterfield gas plant
- Hampton councilman issues apology over prostitute scandal; reiterates intent to stay in office
- Portsmouth poised to choose search firm for next city manager
- D.C.-area forecast: Picture-perfect weather through the weekend
