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by Lowell
Here are a few international, national and Virginia news headlines, political and otherwise, for Monday, August 12.
- How Close Are the Planet’s Climate Tipping Points?
- “No Evidence” Carbon Credit Schemes Are Benefitting Host Countries: Report (“There are good projects…but it’s difficult to differentiate them from the bad.”)
- How life-threatening are heat waves going to be with global warming?
- Climate crisis helped drive payouts to seven-year high, say insurers
- Solar energy breakthrough could mean solar panels will be a thing of the past (“Oxford scientists make new solar cell technology discovery which you could soon wear, stick on your mobile or coat your car with”)
- First Snow, then Heat Interrupt a Hike From Mexico to Canada, as Climate Complicates an Iconic Adventure
- Horses can plan and strategise, new study shows (“It’s hoped the findings lead to more humane horse training regimes and improvements to welfare.”)
- Some may despise scavengers like vultures, but we’d sorely miss them if they were gone (“New research links a sharp decline in vulture populations with half a million deaths”)
- Exclusive: Billions in dollar and euro notes reach Russia despite sanctions
- More Russians are urged to flee Ukraine’s cross-border attack as the Kremlin scrambles to respond
- Ukraine and Russia trade blame over fire at Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant (“Both sides say there has been no detected radiation spike at the occupied Zaporizhzhia plant.”)
- New Israeli intelligence suggests Iran prepares to attack Israel within days: sources
- The Pentagon chief orders a guided missile submarine to the Middle East
- Defense secretary orders submarine to Middle East, accelerates arrival of strike group ahead of anticipated Iran attack
- Leaders of France, Germany and Britain endorse calls for cease-fire in Gaza
- Israel on Guard for Retaliation as Diplomats Push for End to War
- In Syria’s Hinterlands, U.S. Wages Hidden Campaign Against Resurgent Islamic State
- Iran Emerges as the Most Aggressive Foreign Threat to U.S. Election
- Britain’s Anti-Immigrant Riots Pose Critical Test for New Leader
- Australia indemnifies US and UK ‘against any liability’ from nuclear submarine risks
- Australian fossil fuel exports ranked second only to Russia for climate damage with ‘no plan’ for reduction
- U.S. again beats China in Olympic medals table after they tie for gold
- Paris says goodbye to the Olympics with golden closing ceremony
- ‘They are trying to exterminate us’: Thailand’s banned political leader speaks out
- White House launches broad new regulatory effort, as Harris prepares to unveil economic plan
- New data shows violent crime dropping sharply in major U.S. cities
- No tax on tips: Why politicians love it, and economists don’t
- After Dobbs decision, more women are managing their own abortions
- President Biden speaks on the stakes of the 2024 election, and on his place in history
- Trump Is a Threat Whether He Wins or Loses, Biden Says
- Biden says he’s ‘not confident’ of a peaceful transfer of power if Trump loses
- Harris is pushing joy. Trump paints a darker picture. Will mismatched moods matter?
- Kamala Harris forged her Senate identity as a Trump foil
- Trump’s Dangerous Campaign of Hatred Against Migrant “Invaders” (“How his demonizing rhetoric—barely covered by the media anymore—portends violence.” Yet ANOTHER massive media failure, among so many.)
- ‘A different level than 2020’: Trump’s plan to steal election is taking shape
- The 2024 campaign will now turn on whether Trump can blunt Harris’ soaring start
- ‘She makes us proud’: Harris raises over $12m in California as Pelosi welcomes her home
- Interview: Pelosi’s genius is in making history but not telling all
- Trump Falsely Claims That the Crowds Seen at Harris Rallies Are Fake
- Trump falsely claims Harris Michigan rally crowd ‘didn’t exist,’ was generated with AI
- Trump’s Crucial Power Has Been Neutralized (“He’s no longer the ‘change’ candidate.”)
- Trump falsely accuses Harris campaign of fabricated AI crowd photos
- 162 lies and distortions in a news conference. NPR fact-checks former President Trump
- Pete Buttigieg Calls Out Trump For His Gold Medal-Level Lies
- Trump’s Anger Out of Control as Poll Numbers Keep Cratering
- To Save Conservatism From Itself, I Am Voting for Harris
- Exclusive: DNC launches first Harris-Walz ad blitz
- Republicans can’t replace their old man nominee, so they’re pretending JD Vance is the GOP candidate (“Donald Trump’s running mate weirds voters out, but at least he’s not an incoherent mess like his boss”)
- The unbearable lightness of being Donald Trump
- JD Vance says mass deportations should ‘start with 1 million,’ defends ‘thought experiment’ giving parents extra votes (Sick.)
- NEW VIDEO: Governor Tim Walz Responds to JD Vance’s Sunday Show Run (“Seriously, Who Let JD Vance Do the Sunday Shows?”)
- Historically Unpopular Project 2025 VP Pick JD Vance Tries New Tactic: Don’t Worry, I’m Irrelevant
- JD Vance’s false claim that ‘green energy scam’ ships jobs to China
- JD Vance’s ‘Constitutional Crisis’ in the Making (“Vance’s proposal to gut the federal workforce is likely unlawful and unworkable. But despite his bluster about defying the Supreme Court, that might not be necessary.”)
- JD Vance’s Campaign Won’t Deny That’s Him in Viral Drag Photo
- JD Vance: Trump Can’t Be Racist Because He Called Wife Usha ‘Beautiful’
- New Mexico governor invites Texas doctors to practice in her state following restrictive abortion law
- Elon’s politics: how Musk became a driver of elections misinformation (“The X owner, talking to Trump Monday, has cast doubt on mail ballots and claims there’s rampant non-citizen voting” Musk just spews out wild lies. Totally f’ed up.)
- Musk embraces Trump and scorns subsidies. But Tesla still lobbies for US benefits
- Senator Kaine weighs in on upcoming Trump vs. Harris ABC debate
- Trump-Supporting Former VA Lt. Gov. Bill Bolling (R) Bemoans the State of the Presidential Race: “There is bad news for Donald Trump this Sunday” (Bolling even admits: “At the end of the day, 60% of the American people simply despise Donald Trump.”)
- Youngkin announces plan to make Virginia Derby a Kentucky Derby qualifier and to expand Colonial Downs’ racing season
- Virginia airports and trails win federal funding bids
- Gov. Glenn Youngkin issues statement on Smyth County deputy killed in line of duty
- Changes to Roanoke’s zoning code up for public debate once again
- University of Mary Washington students studying loss of Shark Tooth Island
- Chesapeake farmland industrial megasite project receives $35 million in funding to get ‘shovel-ready’
- CASEY: Defending Democracies announces more events in Blacksburg, Roanoke
- D.C.-area forecast: Great weather for next few days before late week shower chances
