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by Lowell
Here are a few international, national and Virginia news headlines, political and otherwise, for Friday, September 13.
- If Trump Wins in November, Life on Earth Is Likely to Get Far, Far Worse (“If we elect Donald Trump, we may feel the effects not for years, and not for a generation. We may read our mistake in the geological record a million years hence. This one really counts.”)
- Russia expels U.K. diplomats as Putin warns over Western weapons in Ukraine
- Exclusive: Russia produces new kamikaze drone with Chinese engine, say European intel sources
- No, no, yes: shifting red lines in West’s support for Ukraine
- Putin draws new red line on long-range missiles (“Vladimir Putin has said Ukraine using the West’s long-range missiles would mean Nato countries ‘fighting with Russia’.”)
- Biden Poised to Approve Ukraine’s Use of Long-Range Western Weapons in Russia
- Russia expels six UK diplomats as tensions rise over Ukraine missiles
- Russia’s spy claims about expelled diplomats are ‘baseless’, UK says, as Putin ramps up row over Ukraine weapons
- Russia can end war now, says Starmer as Putin warns West
- Ukraine’s Kursk offensive was seen as a major success, but it came at a huge cost
- European politicians say migration is out of control. The numbers tell a different story
- Israeli special forces ‘raid missile site in Syria’
- The Latest “Poison Pill” in the Israel-Hamas Ceasefire Negotiations
- The Fight for Control Over the Philadelphi Corridor (“The dispute over the Egypt-Gaza border area has not just affected cease-fire talks but also destabilized a security partnership between Egypt and Israel.”)
- China is raising its retirement age, now among the youngest in the world’s major economies
- Gloomy Summer Signals Worsening Picture for China’s Economy (“The country’s economic plight is deepening, heaping pressure on Beijing to step up support for households or risk getting stuck in a low-growth rut.”)
- Exclusive: US locks in steep China tariff hikes, many to start Sept. 27
- North Korea shows first photos of banned uranium enrichment site
- Vietnam typhoon death toll rises to 233 as more bodies found in areas hit by landslides and floods
- Granddaughter of Mussolini to leave Brothers of Italy as it is ‘too rightwing’
- Treasury Targets Venezuelan Officials Aligned with Nicolas Maduro in Response to Electoral Fraud
- Federal Reserve will opt for slow policy easing as there’s ‘still work to do’ on inflation, Fitch says
- 33,000 Boeing factory workers go on strike after rejecting contract offer
- The impact of the Supreme Court’s reversal of affirmative action, explained in one chart (“Preliminary data shows a negative impact on Black enrollment at some universities.”)
- Republicans Are Launching Last-Minute Attempts To Keep Abortion Off The Ballot
- New Harris Ad Features Decisive Debate Moment When Harris Held Trump Accountable for Overturning Roe v. Wade (“This is one of the top issues in this election, and the difference between the candidates could not be clearer”)
- $47 Million Flowed Into Harris Campaign in 24 Hours After Debate
- Harris Extends Lead Over Trump After First Presidential Debate (“The Democratic nominee leads the Republican by 5 points among likely voters following Tuesday’s face-off”)
- Harris Taunts ‘Chicken Man’ Trump After He Dodges New Debate
- Trump, Who’s Definitely Not Scared, Says He Won’t Debate Harris Again
- Harris Challenges Trump to Debate Again as She Rallies in North Carolina
- Harris touts strong debate performance as Trump says he won’t face her again
- These people have seen Harris in the Situation Room. Here’s what they have to say. (“They all expressed versions of the same basic theme: Harris behaves like the prosecutor she was for much of her career. She’s skeptical, probing, sometimes querulous. She can be impatient and demanding. But she asks good questions. And if she’s convinced of the need, she’s not afraid to act.”)
- Why Trump ditched a debate rematch – for now
- Here’s Why Trump Was Forced to Say That He Only Has ‘Concepts of a Plan’
- Trump attacks migrants and claims victory over Harris at first rally since debate (Sick, sick motherf****r)
- Donald Trump is openly running a Great Replacement Theory campaign
- NEW: Trump’s Golf Club TWICE Hosted Convicted January 6 Rioter and White Nationalist Neo-Nazi (Rioter said “‘Hitler should have finished the job’ and ‘babies born with any deformities or disabilities should be shot in the forehead’”)
- Trump’s Bedminster club hosted an alleged Nazi sympathizer who stormed the Capitol
- RNC Chair Michael Whatley: Donald Trump “Absolutely” Overturned Roe v. Wade
- Trump’s mental capacity is now topic one (“The Donald Trump who melted down on the debate stage Tuesday night is not a well man. — He sounded like a lunatic. He expressed his belief in things that simply aren’t true.”)
- Donald Trump’s Go-To Move When Debates Don’t Go Well (“The former president has a habit of working the referees before debates, and then complaining about them if things don’t go as he hoped.”)
- Trump’s Repetitive Speech Is a Bad Sign (” If the debate was a cognitive test, the former president failed. — Tuesday’s presidential debate was, among other things, an excellent real-world test of the candidates’ cognitive fitness—and any fair-minded mental-health expert would be very worried about Donald Trump’s performance.”)
- ‘Disturbing’: Lindsey Graham Says Trump Shouldn’t Pal Around With 9/11 Conspiracy Theorist
- White House: Loomer mocking Harris’s Indian heritage is ‘racist poison’
- Marjorie Taylor Greene calls far-right activist Laura Loomer’s rhetoric ‘huge problem’ that ‘doesn’t represent MAGA’
- Laura Loomer, far-right provocateur who spread 9/11 conspiracy theory, influencing Trump as he searches for a message
- Far-right activist Laura Loomer’s access to Trump reveals a crisis in his campaign
- Fox News host triggers Donald Trump by saying “he decisively lost” the debate with Kamala Harris
- Trump says he won’t do another debate with Harris
- Cat ladies and dog-eating: MAGA can’t quit the weird talk about pets (“Kristi Noem shoots her puppy. Trolls accuse Tim Walz of faking his dog. MAGA’s animal obsession is getting deranged”)
- Before Trump, neo-Nazis pushed false claims about Haitians as part of hate campaign
- Springfield bomb threat used ‘hateful’ language toward migrants, Haitians, mayor says
- Source of Wild MAGA Rumor of Pet-Eating Immigrants Revealed (“The poster got the story from a friend of her daughter who heard it from an “acquaintance of a friend.” Trump quoted her, but “I don’t have any proof,” says Patient Zero.” Insanity.)
- When a Lie Becomes a Bomb Threat: The Fallout of a Racist Conspiracy in Springfield
- Judge narrows election interference case against Trump in Georgia
- The New Right Has a Blueprint for Seizing Power. Is JD Vance Executing It? (Really, really disturbing.)
- Manchin opens door for Schumer on judicial confirmations
- In blow to Newsmax, judge rules Smartmatic’s case over 2020 election lies will go to trial this month
- Robert F. Kennedy Jr. Has Sabotaged Early Voting in a Critical Swing State (Evil, disgusting person.)
- How Elon Musk Secretly Tried to Oust a Texas Prosecutor
- Judge overturns North Dakota’s near-total abortion ban
- Video: Sen. Mark Warner Rips House GOP’s “Kamikaze Drive”/”Height of Irresponsibility” and Donald Trump for Encouraging Them to Shut Down the Government (Sen. Warner also calls out “disinformation sometimes coming from the Republican presidential candidate himself about the security of our elections or about the sanctity of mail-in ballots and absentee ballots”)
- Warner takes Richmond audience on world tour of unexpected concerns
- Senator Mark Warner pushes for social media guardrail legislation to protect children
- With no budget deal in sight, Warner says failure to pass timely appropriations is ‘fiscally irresponsible’
- Video: Vindman’s First TV Ad “Prosecution” Highlights Derrick Anderson’s Desire to Ban Abortions and Punish Women
- House Majority PAC Polling Shows Democrats Poised to Take Back the House – and Possibly Win VA02 (The abysmal Rep. Jen Kiggans (R-VA02) most definitely needs to be replaced on 11/5!)
- Virginia allows Cornel West on ballot after confusion over new state law
- Democratic candidates campaign in Rappahannock
- Youngkin panders about nonexistent voting by noncitizens, by Roger Chelsey
- New Census survey shows Virginia below average poverty levels
- Squeezed by inflation and smaller SNAP benefits ‘older Virginians are going hungry’
- Pope & Schapiro: 2024 election polls and looking ahead to 2025
- Changes to Virginia’s school funding formula could be on the horizon
- Appalachian Power Company requests reduction to pay rate for net-metering solar customers
- With Mountain Valley Pipeline gas flowing, Roanoke-based utility eyes expansion (“Businesses and local officials say the new source of natural gas creates an opportunity for economic growth and another energy option for some residents. Pipeline critics maintain they still have concerns about the controversial project.”)
- FOIA Friday: Former Virginia Beach staffer’s spending investigated
- Norfolk moves forward with long-delayed casino project
- Judge says he will dismiss lawsuit seeking to oust Bristol abortion clinic
- Commentary: In rural Virginia, free dental clinics are a lifeline for the uninsured
- ‘A fact of life’: Another debate, another mention of Charlottesville’s darkest days
- Stafford unveils ‘monumental’ solar project at North Stafford High School
- Loudoun School Threats Determined to Be Not Credible
- Baby ospreys are starving along the Chesapeake Bay, report finds. Here’s why. (“Baby ospreys are facing a greater threat of starvation because there are less menhaden in the Chesapeake Bay area, according to a new study from William and Mary Center for Conservation Biology.”)
- D.C.-area forecast: Cloudier and more humid today, brighter Saturday
