by Lowell
Here are a few international, national and Virginia news headlines, political and otherwise, for Saturday, August 17.
- Climate Change Made 2023’s Wildfire Season So Much Worse
- ‘He was choking on his own tongue’: animals suffer as heatwaves increase (“It is not just people under threat from climate breakdown, as creatures around the world struggle to survive”)
- Underwater sculpture installations highlight the dangers of climate change
- Kremlin Is Treating Ukraine’s Incursion Like a Natural Disaster (“The Kremlin’s attempt to convey a sense of normality over the Ukrainian incursion is being replicated in state media.”)
- Ukrainian forces left a path of destruction in the Kursk operation. AP visited a seized Russian town
- Ukraine incursion destroys key Russian bridge (“Ukraine destroys a bridge over the river Seym as it continues its incursion into Russia’s Kursk region.”)
- How Russia looked the wrong way as Ukraine invaded (“The idea that Ukraine could turn the tables on Russia seemed unthinkable before last week. The operation has raised questions about Russian surveillance and the caliber of its border fortifications and forces.”)
- Russia ‘rapidly approaching’ key Ukraine city despite Kursk setback
- Behind Ukraine’s Russia Invasion: Secrecy, Speed and Electronic Jamming
- Ukraine’s offensive derails secret efforts for partial cease-fire with Russia, officials say
- ‘We were sure the Russian army would protect us’: fury after Ukrainian incursion into Kursk
- Indian hospitals hit as doctors strike to protest rape, murder of colleague
- Israeli strike in south Lebanon kills 10, injures 5, state news agency says
- Biden’s goal: Gaza deal by the end of next week
- Deadly violence persists in Gaza despite mediators’ hopes for a truce
- Gaza Cease-Fire Bid Nears Endgame as Blinken Heads to Israel
- Hurricane Ernesto strengthens to Category 2 as it approaches Bermuda
- Stocks close higher Friday as market comeback lifts S&P 500 to best week of 2024 (When stocks plummeted two Mondays ago, there was a f’ing MELTDOWN in the media – banner headlines everywhere, “WE ARE DOOMED!” crap, etc. Now that the markets are near record highs again, it’s near silence in the media. Any further questions about whether these assholes are “objective?” And no, Democrats/liberals/progressives/etc. should NOT trust the corporate/”mainstream” media.)
- Supreme Court refuses DOJ request to partially reinstate new Title IX rule (This Court continues to suck moose balls.)
- Survey: Women oppose leaving abortion to the states
- Harris Touts Plan for ‘Opportunity Economy’ in Voter Pitch
- Harris Jabs Trump on Economy, Unveils Set of Price-Reduction Proposals
- Vice President Kamala Harris Lays Out Agenda to Lower Costs for American Families (“The steps announced today will cut taxes for the middle class, reduce grocery costs, take on price gouging, lower the costs of owning and renting a home, continue to bring down the costs of prescription drugs, and relieve medical debt for millions of Americans.”)
- New parents could get $6,000 for the first year of their child’s life and a restored child tax credit under Kamala Harris’ economic plan
- Harris’s Plan Is Economically Dumb but Politically Smart (“The vice president’s campaign promises make no sense to people acquainted with supply and demand—but they might win elections.”)
- Playbook: Could the Harris campaign become the Harris movement?
- Harris Puts Four Sun Belt States Back in Play, Times/Siena Polls Find (“Kamala Harris and Donald Trump are in close races across Arizona, Georgia, Nevada and North Carolina, states Mr. Trump was leading just a few weeks ago.”)
- Harris puts North Carolina back in play
- This DNC Will Be a Show We Haven’t Seen Before
- Watch Undercover Video: Project 2025 Co-Author Lays Out “Radical Agenda” for Next Trump Term
- How Trump Would Use Soldiers Against Riots, Crime and Migrants on U.S. Soil (“Donald Trump’s vision of deploying the military to enforce the law domestically would carry profound implications for civil liberties.”)
- Trump’s Laughable Effort to Avoid Being Sentenced Before November
- Experts: Pro-Trump officials could face “severe” punishments if they refuse to certify election
- Trump’s decline: His interviews and lies get worse
- Trump draws a parallel between a campaign donor and war heroes
- Trump belittles Medal of Honor award in campaign speech
- Trump Is Pissed at Harris for Trapping Him in Two Debates
- Trump’s Capitol Hill allies fume at his unfocused candidacy
- Scaramucci: Trump Is ‘Coming to Grips’ With Losing the Election
- READ: Former President Donald Trump’s financial disclosure
- Trump Taps Harris’ Nemesis, Tulsi Gabbard, for Debate Prep (Gabbard is really evil.)
- JD Vance’s plane makes emergency landing after door malfunction
- J.D. Vance Responded To An Immigration Question By Recommending The Movie ‘Gangs Of New York’ (There’s something really, REALLY wrong with JD Vance. Way beyond weird…)
- Vance cites 2002 Scorsese movie to defend mass deportations
- J.D. Vance Apparently Thinks Amazon Funded the Black Lives Matter Movement (“It’s increasingly hard to believe they vetted this guy.”)
- Understanding J.D. Vance’s Exciting Vision for Women (Vance really seems unhinged.)
- Walz is winning the popularity contest, despite GOP attacks (Tim Walz is just a super, SUPER likeable guy. JD Vance, in stark contrast, is wildly UNlikeable.)
- The 8 races and 3 long shots that could determine Senate control
- FBI raids US home of Russian-born analyst who advised Trump in 2016 (“Dimitri Simes, whose name appeared prominently in Mueller report, ‘puzzled and concerned’ by raid in Virginia”)
- Scoop: House members fear DNC violence (Meanwhile, these pro-Palestinian protestors for some reason NEVER protest Republicans. Gee, wonder why…)
- Ian Sams will leave White House and join Harris campaign (I got to know Ian when he worked on the Tom Perriello for governor in 2017 and Tim Kaine for US Senate reelection campaign in 2018. Good guy!)
- Gov. Tim Walz shares his ‘white guy’ taco recipe with VP Kamala Harris
- Tim Walz’s Quip on “White Guy Tacos” Sends MAGA Into Meltdown (MAGA is meshuggana)
- This Georgia Republican Defied Trump. Now He’s Fighting a Defamation Suit.
- Former congressman George Santos expected to plead guilty to charges related to campaign fraud Monday
- Menendez, Convicted of Taking Bribes, Ends Race for Re-election (Good riddance.)
- After Trump’s Latest Appalling Comments About Wounded/Killed Military Members, Sen. Tim Kaine Responds: Trump Is “Unfit to be Commander in Chief” (Anyone (e.g., Youngkin, Kiggans, Cao, Miyares) who’s endorsed Trump is also unfit – to hold ANY public office in America.)
- On The Second Anniversary Of The Inflation Reduction Act, A Reminder That Hung Cao Opposes Lowering Costs For Virginians And Creating Good-Paying Jobs (“Cao has drunk the MAGA Kool-Aid”)
- Virginia senators press IRS on delays in COVID-19 employee retention tax credit payments
- Virginia Democrats Press IRS to Process Covid-Era Credit Faster
- Two years in, here’s how the Inflation Reduction Act has helped Virginia (“The Inflation Reduction Act ensured that 63,000 Virginians were able to keep their health insurance, reduced the cost of insulin for over 36,000 Virginia seniors, and incentivized manufacturers to invest in the state and create more clean energy jobs.”)
- Virginia Retirement System trust fund reaches record high of $113.9 billion. A former board member is raising concerns
- Cellphones would be banned from ‘bell-to-bell’ if draft of new Virginia guidelines is accepted
- State lifts drought advisories for 76 Virginia localities
- What’s Richmond Mayor Levar Stoney doing in Alexandria? (“With just five months left in office, the 43-year-old two-term mayor of Virginia’s capital city says that his statewide strategy to “dominate the landscape” with his presence has worked in the past, and will work again.”)
- Richmond’s public spending database no longer accessible
- D.C.-area forecast: Warm and muggy this weekend with chance of occasional storms
