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by Lowell
Here are a few international, national and Virginia news headline, political and otherwise, for Thursday, August 1.
- How climate change is speeding up the great Arctic melt
- Antarctic temperatures soar 50 degrees above norm in long-lasting heat wave (“This historic warm spell in East Antarctica is an ominous example of the temperature spikes this polar climate could experience more of in a warming world.”)
- Heat wave blanketing Olympics ‘impossible’ without climate change (“Scientists said a heatwave that has stretched across Mediterranean countries would have been 3 degrees Celsius cooler were it not for years of fossil fuel emissions.”)
- F-16s have arrived to help Ukraine fight Russia. Here’s what to know about their possible impact
- Putin Gets Ready to Swap U.S. Captives for Russian Assassin (“Two jailed Westerners vanished from view on Wednesday, their lawyers said, apparently the latest in a string of similar prisoner movements.”)
- The mediators struggle to keep a lid on a blood feud
- Iran has no good options after two deadly strikes on senior allies
- Iran’s Leader Orders Attack on Israel for Haniyeh Killing, Officials Say
- Death of a Hamas Chief Exposes Failure at Core of Iran’s Rule
- For Iran and Hezbollah, calibrating response to Israeli strikes leaves no room for error
- Hamas military chief was killed in July strike, Israel says (Good riddance, but it won’t solve the overall problem; that will require peace, some sort of two-state solution, etc.)
- Israel says strike last month killed head of Hamas’ military wing (“Mohammed Deif, an architect of the October 7 attacks, is the third high-profile figure in Iran-backed militant groups to be killed in recent weeks”)
- US bets on Gaza cease-fire talks as assassinations tilt Mideast toward bigger war
- A very dangerous 24 hours in the Middle East
- Venezuela’s Dictator Can’t Even Lie Well
- Police clash with protesters in London after UK knife attack
- Accused Sept. 11 Plotters Agree to Plead Guilty at Guantánamo Bay
- Fed holds rates steady and notes progress on inflation (They should have cut rates already; they’re being stupid and irresponsible to not do so.)
- US Forest Service failing to protect old growth trees from logging, critics say
- Exclusive: How Samuel Alito got canceled from the Supreme Court social media majority
- Sonya Massey’s Killing Is Black America’s Sorrow
- Project 2025: rightwing manifesto’s key proposals and how they could affect you (“Blueprint outlines extreme, conservative policies for a potential second Trump term and beyond”)
- In forthcoming book, Heritage president rails against birth control, IVF, abortion, childlessness, and dog parks (He sounds nice…LOL)
- Donald Trump says again he would ‘absolutely’ pardon Jan. 6 rioters (That should be automatically disqualifying.)
- Trump Questions Harris’s Racial Identity, Saying She Only ‘Became Black’ Recently
- Trump’s new birtherism
- This Is What Happens When Black Women Challenge Trump
- Trump attacked Kamala Harris’ ethnicity while at a conference for Black journalists. Right-wing media have spent years doing the same.
- Donald Trump Questions Whether Kamala Harris Is Really Black (“The new birtherism looks a lot like the old birtherism.” Virulent racism.)
- Speaking to Black journalists, Trump reminded everyone how racist he can be (“Give Trump a platform and he’ll remind people how unlikable he is.”)
- Trump issues many, many falsehoods at Black journalists’ convention
- The NABJ wasn’t the audience Trump was aiming at (“His ignorant, insulting comments were aimed at the MAGA crowds watching from afar.”)
- White Man Tells Black Journalists His Black Opponent Is Not Black
- Donald Trump falsely questions Kamala Harris’ race as he appears at gathering of Black journalists
- Kelly says Trump’s comments at NABJ are of a ‘desperate’ and ‘scared old man’
- Trump Aborts Interview after Smart Black Women Ask Tough Questions
- Republicans reel at Trump’s “embarrassing” remarks about Harris (“Embarrassing” is one word for them. Other words would be “disgraceful,” “racist,” “disqualifying,” etc.)
- Trump and his allies had a plan for how to hit Harris. Then he opened his mouth.
- MAGA figures are suddenly afraid that Trump will lose and pointing fingers at each other over who is to blame
- Trump Remarks on Harris Evoke a Haunting and Unsettling History (“Donald Trump’s comments about Kamala Harris recalled an ugly history in which white America sought to define racial categories — and who could belong to them.”)
- Video: “11-minute supercut of Trump angrily self-immolating at the NABJ before his handlers pulled him from the stage” (Audience gasps, laughs at Trump as he bizarrely claims sh*t like Kamala Harris “happened to turn Black”)
- The NABJ welcomed Trump to insult them and spread lies about Kamala Harris
- The dark truth behind Donald Trump’s hatred of Kamala Harris’ laugh
- All of the Crazy Things Donald Trump Said to a Roomful of Black Journalists (“The former president baselessly claimed immigrants are coming for “Black jobs,” played dumb about the definition of DEI, and falsely questioned Kamala Harris’s multiracial identity. “She was Indian all the way,” he said, “and all of a sudden, she made a turn and she became a Black person.””)
- Trump insults Harris, makes false claims, quarrels with Black journalists at conference
- ‘It was the same old show’: Kamala Harris responds to Trump’s attacks on her racial identity
- Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer blasts Trump for comments about Jewish Americans
- Harris Faulkner does damage control for Trump after his disastrous NABJ panel she co-moderated (Disgraceful.)
- Donald Trump Is on a Real Tear of Reminding Everyone How Awful He Is (“It remains astonishing what this man will say out loud, in public.”)
- Trump Smears Chuck Schumer as a ‘Proud Member of Hamas’ (Trump is completely unhinged. In fact, Chuck Schumer is Jewish, despises Hamas, is strongly pro-Israel, etc, etc.)
- Trump Allies Believe Kellyanne Conway Is Badmouthing JD Vance
- JD Vance Says Trump’s Comments About Kamala Harris’ Racial Identity Were ‘Hysterical’
- Critics Stunned By Donald Trump’s ‘Heartless’ Punchline About Man Killed At His Rally (“The Republican nominee was slammed as horrible, unkind and a ‘self-centered sadistic monster’ over the line.”)
- More Than 100 Silicon Valley Investors Pledge to Support Kamala Harris
- Democrats Are Having Fun? (“They just had to listen to voters”)
- UAW Endorses Kamala Harris for President Ahead of Mass Rally in Detroit
- Harris VP Search Team Meets Shapiro While Labor Groups Oppose Kelly
- Josh Shapiro’s VP bid ignites debate over Israel and antisemitism
- Pro-Palestinian Groups Seek to Block a Vice-Presidential Contender (Are Shapiro’s views on Israel any different than the other leading contenders for Harris’ running mate?)
- Harris ‘veepstakes’ thrills Democrats as they look beyond 2024
- How Team Kamala Will Pick a Running Mate (“There’s a new inner circle at the top of the Democratic Party.”)
- What Harris’ VP Pick Will Say About the Campaign She Is About to Run
- Meta’s advertising growth is proof that hefty AI spending is already paying off
- The Army Bet $11M on The Rock and UFL Ginning Up Enlistments. It May Have Actually Hurt Recruiting Efforts.
- Hamadeh defeats Masters in Arizona primary pitting Trump allies against each other (Both of them are bats*** crazy)
- First, Murdoch papers targeted me. Now there is evidence they falsely implicated me in a cover-up (“Asked why millions of News Group emails were deleted, Washington Post publisher Will Lewis pointed the finger at me”)
- South Carolina Supreme Court rules death penalty by firing squad, other methods legal
- New Louisiana Law Serves as a Warning to Bystanders Who Film Police: Stay Away or Face Arrest (Unconstitutional.)
- Rudy Giuliani agrees to deal to end his bankruptcy case, pay creditors’ financial adviser $400k
- Sen. Tim Kaine: “July was the month when I pardoned Virginian Grace Sherwood posthumously for a bogus 300 year old witchcraft conviction. My Senate opponent is deeply worried about witchcraft…in 2024!” (Hung Cao is a far-right extremist and also super weird.)
- Meet the candidates running to represent Hampton Roads in Congress
- RNC chair says trust Trump on abortion, Virginia Democrats disagree (Yeah, sure, trust the guy whose Supreme Court Justices overturned Roe v Wade. If this isn’t gaslighting, nothing is.)
- Youngkin, RNC Chair Whatley: Virginia is a battleground state in 2024
- Court sides with ACLU of Virginia in detained immigrants settlement
- VA State Sen. Barbara Favola (D-Arlington) calls on the State Bureau of Insurance to Investigate Violations of the Affordable Care Act Regarding the Cost of Contraceptives
- Virginia’s only private prison is now under state control
- Editorial: Another presidential debate is needed. It should happen at VSU. (Only hold a debate if there’s real-time fact checking.)
- Charlottesville shelter hit with COVID-19 outbreak
- Ammonia leak sends 26 to the hospital in Sterling
- Schapiro: Strong personalities who strengthened state politics
- Virginia touts progress on planning for small nuclear reactor (Total joke.)
- Virginia drought the worst in recent memory, ranchers say
- What should Virginia’s FOIA council prioritize? Depends who you ask.
- Stores offering cannabis are proliferating in S.W.Va., almost a year after a series of raids across the region (“Bristol alone has at least nine cannabis-related stores — even though in Virginia, it’s legal to possess cannabis but not to sell it.”)
- Former Norfolk officer, now employed by Virginia Beach, ordered to pay $20,000 for illegal arrest, assault (“A federal court jury determined Officer Mark Morando illegally arrested and assaulted a man who’d called police for a domestic dispute. Morando was a Norfolk officer at the time but is now employed by Virginia Beach police.”)
- D.C.-area forecast: Sizzling sunshine and some storms over the next two days
