by Lowell
Here are a few international, national and Virginia news headlines, political and otherwise, for Sunday, August 18.
- ‘Nobody ever saw anything like this before’: how methane emissions are pushing the Amazon towards environmental catastrophe
- Kremlin response to Kursk incursion shows how Putin freezes in a crisis (“When Russian President Vladimir Putin’s authority is tested, his response often lacks quick, decisive action that lives up to his bellicose rhetoric.”)
- Russians tell BBC they are worried and angry at Ukraine invasion
- Russian missile sparks blaze in Ukraine as Kyiv’s troops push into Russia’s Kursk region
- Chechen warlord drives Cybertruck, invites Elon Musk to Russia (“Chechen leader Ramzan Kadyrov has invited Tesla CEO Elon Musk to Russia after being filmed behind the wheel of one of the company’s Cybertrucks, equipped with a machine gun.”)
- Zelenskiy’s gamble: success of shock Russia offensive hangs in the balance (“The Ukrainian leader’s hope that incursion into Kursk region would force Moscow to redeploy troops and ease pressure on eastern front was a risky move – and the outcome is far from clear”)
- Israel strikes Gaza as Blinken heads to region to try to help close cease-fire deal
- Israel ‘Cautiously Optimistic’ on New US Proposal for Gaza Truce
- Eighteen members of same family killed in Israeli strike on Gaza (“Dead included 11 siblings aged between two and 22, hospital says, as well as their parents and grandmother” Horrible.)
- Protests across Venezuela as election dispute goes on
- Elon Musk says X will pull operations from Brazil after ‘censorship orders’ (“Judge Alexandre de Moraes had ordered X to block certain accounts as he investigated fake news and hate messages”)
- Thai king endorses Paetongtarn Shinawatra as prime minister
- Migrant Encounters at the Border Hit Lowest Number in Four Years (“Republicans still aren’t happy.”)
- Goldman Cuts US Recession Risk Following Retail Sales, Jobs Data
- Here’s how a week’s worth of huge economic news will affect the Fed’s decision-making
- Supreme Court immunity fallout to crescendo in September
- Election Countdown, 80 Days to Go: Media Failure Reaches a Turning Point.
- Harris reset the election, and congressional Dems are starting to shift strategies (“Democrats are seeing new energy — and poll numbers. But they also know they still have a serious fight on their hands in November.”)
- Harris Stirs Hope for a New Chapter in Climate Action
- MAGA Malarkey: The Extremism You Missed From Republicans This Week (“MAGA Republicans stooped to new lows this week with their extremism, hypocrisy, chaos, and — as President Biden would call it — malarkey.”)
- Harris Campaign Reserves $370 Million for Swing-State Fall Ad Blitz
- Inside the fast-moving launch of Kamala Harris for president (“The vice president is feeling a sense of liberation campaigning for herself rather than calibrating around Biden”)
- Harris and Trump offer worlds-apart contrasts on top issues in presidential race
- Harris holds slight national lead over Trump, Post-ABC-Ipsos poll finds
- Trump again decries two gold medalist Olympic athletes, falsely labeling the female boxers as men
- Trump Zigzags Between Economic Remarks And Personal Insults At Rally In Critical Pennsylvania (“Trump repeatedly swerved into non-sequiturs and personal attacks, including declaring that he was better looking than Vice President Kamala Harris.”)
- Trump campaign reset goes awry in Pennsylvania as he attacks Harris (“Ex-president quickly broke away from prepared speech to accuse vice-president of being a communist and a fascist”)
- Trump continues personal attacks against Harris: ‘I’m a better looking person’
- Trump’s Got Troubles (“His campaign is careening, his poll numbers are slipping, and, after something of a summer lull, he is due for several confrontations in court.”)
- Donald Trump and JD Vance: Decoding a double dose of right-wing racism (“Old-fashioned ‘paleoconservative’ racism and neocon-flavored pseudoscience, united at last on the 2024 GOP ticket”)
- VFW Condemns Donald Trump’s ‘Asinine’ Comments About Medal of Honor
- JD Vance DEFENDS Donald Trump’s Shameful Comments Disparaging Our Nation’s Veterans (“Trump has referred to Americans who’ve chosen to serve our country as ‘suckers,’ ‘losers,’ ‘dopes,’ and ‘babies’”)
- Trump escalates gendered personal insults against Harris, defying GOP pressure
- Age-based attacks are boomeranging back on Trump
- You Should Know (“I flagged this on social media. But I wanted to make sure you knew. Trump just announced a “crime and safety” rally for next Tuesday in Howell, Michigan, a town that has been heavily associated with the KKK for decades. Indeed, just late last month White Supremacists marched in the town chanting “We love Hitler. We love Trump.” Some but not all of the reputation comes from the fact that a long time Grand Drago of the Michigan Klan lived there and his farm was a sort of home base for the Klan.”)
- Trump: ‘I’m Better Looking than Kamala—Don’t Say I Ramble’
- Harris Was Hamstrung by Caution. Now She’s the Democrats’ Driving Force. (“A turning point came with the abortion fight.”)
- ‘Things I Trust More Than Donald Trump’ List Goes Viral: ‘Dinner with Jeffrey Dahmer’
- Brutal New Poll for J.D. Vance Reveals a Big Trump-MAGA Weakness
- “A story of contrasts”: The DNC returns to Chicago — but 2024 promises to be nothing like 1968
- Willie Brown to Donald Trump: Mention My Name Again and Get Sued
- Mark Robinson, Who Often Calls Abortion Murder: ‘We Had an Abortion’
- George Santos to plead guilty to multiple charges in fraud case Monday
- Democrat Ken Mitchell pushes for bipartisanship in Virginia’s deep-red 6th District (Good luck with that!)
- ‘Now there’s hope’: Harris earns vote of confidence from local Dem candidates
- COVID-19 trending up in Virginia; new vaccine to be available in September (“The rate of COVID-19 diagnoses is 128% above what it was this time last year, according to VDH. State health officials advise that the public take the new vaccine which will be available in September.”)
- Editorial: Sorry, Mayor Stoney, but Richmond isn’t the problem (“The city will soon elect a new mayor and City Council. Richmond desperately needs stable leadership, which will only come when our elected leaders prioritize accountability, transparency and basic government functionality over personal ambition.”)
- Commentary: Keeping the James River clean is a moral imperative
- Charlottesville to consider adopting ranked-choice voting (Do it!)
- Two dolphins wash ashore dead along two different beaches in Virginia Beach
- D.C.-area forecast: Storm chances through tomorrow, then feeling like fall for a few days
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