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by Lowell
Here are a few international, national and Virginia news headlines, political and otherwise, for Tuesday, September 12.
- World Bank spent billions of dollars backing fossil fuels in 2022, study finds (The World Bank shouldn’t be spending a penny on fossil fuels at this point.)
- Like Canaries in a Coal Mine, Dragonflies Signal Threats to Freshwater Ecosystems
- How Kim Jong Un’s meeting with Putin could shake up North Korea-Russia relations
- Putin and Kim: Friends in need (of ammunition)
- North Korean leader Kim Jong Un arrives in Russia before an expected meeting with Putin
- Kim’s Transport of Choice Is a Slow, Swanky Bulletproof Train
- Kim Jong Un Crosses Into Russia for Rare Summit With Putin
- What Russia Got by Scaring Elon Musk (“The billionaire isn’t the only one who’s been frightened into holding back help for Ukraine.”)
- Elon Musk’s refusal to have Starlink support Ukraine attack in Crimea raises questions for Pentagon
- Putin Praises ‘Outstanding’ Musk While Vowing More Moon Missions (The U.S. needs to cut off Musk ASAP, also investigate him.)
- Putin Calls Trump Charges Political ‘Persecution’
- Macron’s slow but bold U-turn on Ukraine (“He missed his ‘Churchillian moment’ at the start of the war, but France’s president is now swinging behind Ukraine’s NATO and EU future.”)
- Elon Musk shouldn’t be calling the shots on how Ukraine fights
- Vice President Harris says showing up in Asia is important, but not enough
- Germany’s Oldest Hops Thrived for Centuries. Then Came Climate Change.
- Netanyahu’s Judicial Overhaul Heads to Israel’s Supreme Court
- The US moves to advance a prisoner swap deal with Iran and release $6 billion in frozen funds
- Morocco’s reluctance to accept quake aid baffles foreign governments
- Libyan city buries 700 people killed in devastating floods as 10,000 are reported missing
- Actually, Heat Pumps are Vastly More Efficient in Winter Than Oil and Gas
- NOAA: 2023 worst year on record for billion-dollar disasters
- FDA Takes Action on Updated mRNA COVID-19 Vaccines to Better Protect Against Currently Circulating Variants
- Samuel Alito Is Wrong and Arrogant—and Must Be Reined In
- Ginni Thomas and rightwing activists exploited supreme court ruling – report
- Republicans try an abortion rebrand — but it will just backfire (“Republicans think they can trick voters with abortion word games” They already do, by dishonestly/disingenuously calling themselves “pro-life”)
- McCarthy Is Under the Gun as the House Returns for a Spending Fight
- Kevin McCarthy faces a ‘perfect storm’ of demands as a shutdown looms
- Republicans might shut down the government… again
- 5 pressing questions McCarthy faces as the House reconvenes
- McCarthy needs to pull off his most impossible balancing act yet (“This looming potential train wreck could play out against a backdrop of emerging political tensions that will define the 2024 election. It will test McCarthy’s capacity to balance the demands of far-right members – some of whom see a government shutdown as a legitimate tactic to try to enforce their will – and more moderate Republicans whose fate next year will determine whether the GOP keeps the House.”)
- Senate GOP says House lacks evidence for impeachment (They’ve got nothing.)
- Trump lawyers seek recusal of judge in DC presiding over federal election subversion case
- Donald Trump Wants to Give His Favorite Corporations Another Giant Tax Cut in a Second Term: Report (“You know who needs another lifeline in these trying times? The überwealthy.”)
- Donald Trump Is Extremely Touchy About Voters Saying He Is Not “Mentally Up for the Job” of Being President
- Trump files motions to dismiss charges against him in Georgia election case
- Mark Meadows’ Latest Failure in Court Is Terrible News for Donald Trump
- ‘Don’t panic!’ say leading Democrats as Biden’s age and poor polls cast pall (“A strong economy and legislative wins seem to cut little ice but party strategists say it is still early in the election cycle”)
- The Authors of ‘How Democracies Die’ Overestimated the Republicans
- X is placing ads for brands like the NFL and MLB next to unhinged conspiracy theories about Jewish people and 9/11
- TikTok is blocking searches for WGA amid the ongoing writers strike
- Threads blocks searches related to covid and vaccines as cases rise (WTF???)
- Kari Lake and Blake Masters Have Intense Call on Senate Race
- ‘I just had another one’: How McConnell scrambled to protect his job after two freeze-ups (“He quelled any political threats after his freeze-ups. But the Senate GOP is openly pondering life without him in charge.”)
- ‘Christian, The Hugging Lion’ latest children’s book banned in Florida – despite no mention of sexuality: report
- Va. Democrats already lining up behind challenger for Kiggans in 2024
- Youngkin borrowed Altria’s jet. No one will say where he went.
- ‘Virginia Is the Test Case’: Youngkin Pushes for G.O.P. Takeover This Fall
- A Marquee Race for 2023: The Woman Prosecutor vs. the Billionaire Trust Fund Baby (Russet Perry is the kind of top-notch candidate not easy to find in local politics; Juan Pablo Segura is like a MAGA Buzzwords Greatest Hits album)
- “After reading the article, I honestly don’t think this changes anything even in a Tossup seat” (“This is about consensual acts with her husband”)
- Va. Democratic House candidate, husband streamed sex acts online: report
- State House Candidate in Virginia Condemns Leak of Sex Tapes
- What to know about report that Va. Dem. House candidate performed sex online
- Commentary: School boards are the new political battleground. Elect yours wisely
- Animal shelters in crisis as cases of canine influenza spike
- In Virginia, he’s the new prison chief. In Cincinnati, he’s a popular baseball writer.
- Virginia GOP state Sen. Siobhan Dunnavant says 15-week abortion ban isn’t a ban (“A law that bars abortion, even with exceptions, is still a ban.”)
- As opioid deaths rise, Roanoke substance use program expands to other Virginia free clinics
- Fairfax Co. updates grading policy for students who don’t turn in assignments
- Police confirm the identities of victims of ‘tragic’ triple shooting in Virginia Beach
- D.C.-area forecast: Muggy showers and storms before autumn-like bliss
