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by Lowell
Here are a few international, national and Virginia news headlines, political and otherwise, for Tuesday, August 20.
- New US Support for Global Production Limits Has the Plastics Industry in a Tizzy
- Collision course: polar bears forced into people’s path by climate crisis (“Recent encounters – one fatal – in Canada highlight how sea ice changes have disrupted Arctic predator’s search for food”)
- War Is Draining Ukraine’s Male-Dominated Work Force. Enter the Women. (“More and more women are replacing men mobilized to the army. But there are not enough of them to make up for the labor shortage affecting the economy.”)
- Ukraine bombed bridges in Russia in an effort to encircle Russian troops there, military analysts said.
- Life in Putin’s gulag: ‘A long ‘Groundhog Day’,’ says Vladimir Kara-Murza
- Blinken Pushes for Gaza Cease-Fire, With Visits to Egypt and Qatar
- Six hostages’ bodies retrieved, Israel’s military says
- EU Plans 9% Tariff on Tesla Cars as China EV Probe Advances
- China is backing off coal power plant approvals after a 2022-23 surge that alarmed climate experts
- From Iran and Russia, the disinformation is now. The target is America.
- US concludes Iran is behind hacking attempts targeting Trump and Biden-Harris campaigns
- Poland and Hungary become key new drivers of Europe’s solar growth
- The strange obsession with low birth rates (“Frankly, it’s more than a little odd to worry about something that won’t happen for at least three-quarters of a century, while ignoring that in the meantime, an ever-growing population using too many resources is pushing the planet to the brink of ecological collapse. You would think we could worry about that now, and save the hysterics over population decline for the next century.”)
- Republicans ask the Supreme Court to disenfranchise thousands of swing state voters
- Climate Groups Begin $55 Million Ad Campaign for Kamala Harris
- Former Trump voter: Trump is ‘lying about pretty much everything’
- Trump Tries to Clarify That He and Vance ‘Are Extremely Normal People’
- Trump Insists He’s “Extremely Normal” During Incredibly Weird Speech
- Trump says he may end EV tax credit; is open to naming Elon Musk as an adviser
- Even Republicans don’t think America will become communist
- Trump defends personal attacks on Harris, discusses election outcome, release of medical records
- Trump’s unsettling new question: ‘Why are we having an election?’
- Trump portrays Harris as foreign, echoing past attacks on Democrats of color (Disgusting.)
- The Simple Reason Trump Can’t Run a Campaign About Policy (“Asking this guy to show “self-discipline” at this point in his career is like yelling at Niagara Falls to dry up.”)
- Exclusive: Conservative Republican endorses Harris, calls Trump a threat to democracy (“Retired federal appeals court Judge J. Michael Luttig, a prominent conservative legal scholar put on the bench by President George H.W. Bush, is endorsing Vice President Kamala Harris over former President Donald Trump”)
- Harris proposes raising the corporate tax rate to 28%, rolling back a Trump law
- Hillary Clinton tells DNC that Harris will break ‘hardest glass ceiling’
- Seven tasks for Harris-Walz’s convention week
- President Biden Passes Torch to Harris: ‘Too Old to Stay President.’
- Biden passes torch with convention speech (“President voices his love for the country, urges voters to back Harris-Walz ticket”)
- Biden’s crowning moment came before his Monday speech (“The president’s willingness to surrender power deserves special recognition.”)
- Biden Defends His Record as He Passes the Torch to Harris
- ‘Now We Know We’re Going to Win’: Democratic Delegates Breathe With Relief (“President Biden’s speech brings gratitude for his work but even more for his decision to step aside.”)
- Biden urges voters to elect Harris in order to ‘preserve democracy’ in hopeful speech (“US president delivers reflective and optimistic address on first night of the Democratic national convention”)
- Biden at the Democratic convention was unrecognisable from his disastrous debate (“Biden’s voice was strong and clear, and the crowd was far warmer to him as an outgoing president”)
- Kamala Harris Walks Out to Beyoncé and a Standing Ovation During DNC Debut (“The vice president took the stage in Chicago on Monday to the delight of a jubilant crowd, which roared back at her a ‘We win!’ chant.”)
- DNC Crowd Roars ‘Lock Him Up!’ as Hillary Clinton Slams Felon Trump
- Hillary Clinton taunts Trump: “We have him on the run”
- Biden in late-night farewell: “I gave my best to you”
- Biden caps off a career in public service as Democrats celebrate his legacy at DNC
- Proud and Impassioned, Biden Passes the Torch (“In a valedictory speech, the President mapped his legacy and asked to be remembered as a man who pulled the country from the maw of tragedy.”)
- Takeaways from the first night of the Democratic National Convention (“Biden and Clinton both ripped into Trump as the Democratic Party embraces a younger nominee. Here’s what happened.”)
- Biden, Hillary Clinton and AOC boost Harris: key takeaways from night one of the Democratic national convention
- AOC calls Trump ‘two-bit union buster’ as she urges US to elect Kamala Harris
- DNC Day 1: Biden’s Fiery Finale Sets Stage for Kamala Harris
- Former Trump official Stephanie Grisham to speak at the Democratic convention
- The Obama-Kamala Merger (“Long compared to each other but never close, he’s now giving her advice and she’s hiring his people.”)
- Why the 2024 DNC Has Me Anxious—and Optimistic (“Kamala Harris has rejuvenated the party, but the presidential race is anything but over.”)
- ‘America, I gave my best to you’: Biden eyes legacy in emotional farewell
- The Pro-Palestinian Protest Fizzles in Chicago (It’s not even really “pro-Palestinian,” it’s more an effort to hurt Democrats and boost Trump. Note that they never protest Republicans? Fascinating, huh?)
- Axios Vibes: Dems close enthusiasm gap among Latinos
- ‘I’ll never forget the pounding on the door’: Rep. Jamie Raskin evokes Jan. 6 at DNC
- Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez’s Prime-Time Speech Reflects Long March To Mainstream
- Steve Kerr invokes Steph Curry: Time to tell Trump ‘night night’
- Fox News still has not aired Trump’s comments denigrating Medal of Honor recipients
- The Republican ‘impeachment probe’ ends the way it began: with nothing (And yet some media outlets, like the PBS NewsHour, reported it as if it’s legitimate, good-faith, serious, etc. Disgraceful by those media outlets.)
- Tech donor network co-founded by JD Vance seeks to push America to the right
- D.C. Councilmember Trayon White Sr. arrested on federal bribery charges
- Sen. Tim Kaine Campaign Statement On Hung Cao Skipping The Northern Virginia Chamber Debate And AARP Forum (Kaine “isn’t surprised—his opponent skipped 12 of 13 candidate forums during the GOP primary”)
- Kaine campaign blasts Hung Cao for skipping debate and forum opportunities
- Democrats excited by Harris’ prospects of winning in November, says Virginia congresswoman
- VIDEO: Ahead of Democratic National Convention, Delegates Hernandez, Feggans Contrast Health Care Accomplishments of Biden-Harris Administration with Trump and Project 2025’s Plans to Rip Care Away from Virginians (“The bottom line is that the former president’s plan is to really just empower Big Pharma and hurt families”)
- Virginia’s public schools prepare for more political unrest in the new school year
- Charting a sustainable path for data center development in Virginia
- Federal judge sides with transgender Hanover County student athlete
- Judge: Va. district can’t block transgender student from girls’ tennis team (“A federal judge ruled in favor of the transgender student who sued the Hanover County school board, allowing her to try out for the girls’ tennis team this year.”)
- Lawsuit challenging Virginia Beach’s district election system can proceed, judge rules
- After $615 Million and 16 Months of Tunneling, Alexandria, Virginia, Is Close to Fixing Its Sewage Overflow Problem
- Excitement, nerves as Alexandria and Fairfax students return to school
- Stoney hits back at Family Foundation over Planned Parenthood lawsuit
- Latest Norfolk casino plans feature scaled-back hotel size, single construction phase
- D.C.-area forecast: Sunny and spectacular with low humidity through Friday
