by Lowell
Here are a few international, national and Virginia news headlines, political and otherwise, for Friday, September 6.
- The globe just had its hottest summer on record (Disastrous. We need to get off of fossil fuels, ASAP.)
- University funding from fossil fuels slowing switch to green energy – report (“Study’s authors say integrity of higher education ‘at risk’ upon finding lack of attention to role of oil and gas firms” Inexcusable.)
- Light pollution at night may increase risk of Alzheimer’s, study finds
- China Ramping Renewables & Slamming Brakes On Coal Could Mean Massive CO2 Reductions By 2030
- The Russian Propaganda Attack on America (“Sometimes money is more effective than weapons.”)
- How some of the internet’s most popular pro-Trump pundits ended up as paid messengers for Russian propaganda
- MAGA world’s reaction to Russian election interference indictment: Conspiracy theories and attacks on law enforcement agencies (“Every reaction but introspection about why the Kremlin would want to surreptitiously fund MAGA personalities”)
- How Russia secretly paid millions to a bunch of big right-wing podcasters
- The Putin Propaganda Chief Who the U.S. Says Is Now After American Minds
- Former 2016 Trump campaign adviser is charged over his work for sanctioned Russian TV
- A new reminder that Russian interference was never a ‘hoax’
- Exclusive: Ukraine army chief reveals the strategy behind Kursk incursion
- US widens indictment of Russians in ‘WhisperGate’ conspiracy to destroy Ukrainian and NATO systems
- Ukraine war briefing: Putin dismisses Kursk incursion and says eastern Donbas region is main war aim
- Why immigration in Europe has become so incendiary (“European multiculturalism happened in the blink of a historical eye. The fallout is becoming clearer.”)
- Israeli forces appear to withdraw from a West Bank camp after a major military operation
- Chart: The UK is about to stop using coal to produce electricity (Excellent – good riddance!)
- The massive new projects propelling South Australia towards 100 per cent net renewables (It absolutely can – and should! – be done.)
- The vanishing mangroves of El Salvador: ‘All our efforts may only slow the destruction’ (UGH.)
- US Jobs Report May Show Hiring Bounce, Decide Size of Fed Cut
- Why the August Jobs Report Matters More Than Most
- Democrats have fixed the economy. But that won’t be enough to defeat populism.
- Chutkan says 2024 election ‘not relevant’ in deciding Trump criminal case timeline
- Federal Judge Rejects Trump’s Argument That Jan. 6 Case Should Be Postponed
- Justice Juan Merchan will decide today whether to postpone Donald Trump’s sentencing in his hush-money trial until after the election.
- Team Harris-Walz Raises $361 Million in August, $404 Million War Chest Entering Campaign Home Stretch (“Haul Nearly Triples Team Trump’s August Raise, Putting Harris-Walz Campaign in a Strong Position for a Stiff Spending Battle to Come”)
- Kamala Harris opened a $110 million cash edge over Donald Trump after a fund-raising haul in August.
- Harris nearly triples Trump’s fundraising in August
- 88 corporate leaders endorse Harris in new letter, including CEOs of Yelp, Box
- Harris leads Trump in four of seven swing states, Times poll says
- No More Back to School with Project 2025: DNC Launches Ad Campaign Slamming Trump-Vance Project 2025 Agenda to Defund Public Schools
- Will the Republican ticket fail this revisionist World War II history test? (“Tucker Carlson plays host to a crackpot who calls Churchill the “chief villain” of World War II. Republicans, especially JD Vance, need to repudiate it.”)
- Is Vance still going to hang out with Tucker Carlson, even now?
- Trump deputy campaign manager identified in Arlington National Cemetery dustup (“Dustup?” WTF???)
- Trump says he will tap Musk to lead government efficiency commission if elected (A second Trump administration would be INFINITELY worse than the first one.)
- Trump wants Elon Musk to do to the government what he did to Twitter
- Trump Can’t Get Himself Out of the Abortion Straitjacket
- An Article the Likes of Which Nobody Has Ever Seen Before (Trump is, indeed, completely full of shit.)
- AP Investigation: The real story of January 6 is found in mountains of shocking evidence
- How Trump uses the ‘Gish Gallop’ to flood debates with lies and nonsense
- Alarm grows over possible RFK Jr. role at HHS if Trump wins
- Donald Trump Rambles Incoherently When Asked About Reducing Child Care Costs
- Trump Is Already Whining About the Debate Being Rigged Against Him
- Stop letting right wing influencers cosplay as ‘independent’ media
- White House condemns Tucker Carlson’s ‘Nazi propaganda’ interview as ‘disgusting and sadistic insult’
- Trump tells Jewish donors they would be ‘abandoned’ if Harris is elected (Trump is completely bonkers.)
- Trump campaign pulls away from three target states after Harris surge (“The Republican presidential nominee’s campaign has diverted resources away from Minnesota, Virginia and New Hampshire – states Trump was boasting he could win while Joe Biden was the Democratic candidate – to focus instead on a small number of battleground states.”)
- JD Vance says school shootings are a ‘fact of life,’ calls for better security
- Can Red-Baiting Save Trump’s Flailing Campaign? (Right wingers have been accusing Democrats of being “communists” since, what, the 1930s? Earlier?)
- CNN’s Chris Wallace Calls Out Dennis Quaid For Supporting Trump: ‘Reagan Would Have Been Appalled’ By Trump
- Trump’s “smart ones” play the part: Black MAGA steps up as the racism ramps up
- Liz Cheney Says She’s Voting for Harris Because Trump Will Light the Constitution on Fire in a Second Term
- Start of early voting in North Carolina could be delayed after ruling in RFK Jr. ballot challenge
- FBI raids homes of 2 top deputies for NYC Mayor Adams, NYPD commissioner subpoenaed: Sources
- Rep. Byron Donalds didn’t properly disclose up to $1.6 million in stock trades, violating federal law
- Texas’ Right-Wing Leaders Are Going To ‘Scary’ Lengths To Intimidate Political Rivals (“The Texas attorney general is using search warrants, undercover operations and more to intimidate Latinos, organizers said.” Hello, DOJ???)
- Michigan Republicans enlist extremist who opposed abortion for rape victims because “God put them in this moment”
- January 6 supporters champion Georgia State Election Board rule changes (“The same crowd of right-wing pundits who attempted to overturn the 2020 election results are now meddling with Georgia’s certification procedures to potentially deny Democrats a win in 2024” Disturbing.)
- The father of the Georgia school shooting suspect has been arrested and charged, authorities say
- Father of Georgia shooting suspect gave son an AR-15 style rifle as a gift, sources say (People like this should NOT be parents.)
- Cao’s Cuts Would Defund Border Patrol (In stark contrast, “Tim Kaine has worked across the aisle to combat the flow of fentanyl and add new Border Patrol agents who will keep Virginians safe.”)
- Warner, Kaine announces nearly $3.5M for clean energy in Virginia
- Now That Winsome Sears Has Officially Filed for Governor, Here’s a Reminder of Some of the Many Extreme, Outlandish Things She’s Said Over the Years
- VA Democrats on “MAGA Extremist Lt. Gov. Winsome Earle-Sears Running for Governor” (“If elected governor, she’d unleash her radical agenda: outlawing abortions, rolling back gun safety measures, dismantling LGBTQ+ rights, gutting healthcare for millions, and slashing funding for public schools”)
- Virginia Lt. Gov. Winsome Earle-Sears announces her candidacy for governor (Way too much “sanewashing” in the WaPo article, of course.)
- Virginia’s Secretary of Health breaks down the new classroom cell phone ban
- Pope & Schapiro: A raucous reception and lingering bitterness (Ridiculous, mostly mindless “analysis” that really doesn’t inform the public, by Jeff Schapiro. Ugh…)
- Far-right Republican Lt. Governor enters Virginia’s 2025 governor’s race (Exactly – words like “far-right” and/or “extremist” should be IN THE HEADLINES of media articles on Sears!)
- Commentary: Virginia denies some children health care. State law can change that
- Tennessee lawmaker Justin Pearson stumps for Democrats in Virginia
- AG Miyares affirms that local, state police can work with ICE (The thing is, you can’t believe a thing Miyares says about anything, because he’s a pathological liar, right wingnut, etc.)
- Racial disparities in traffic stop outcomes exist across Virginia
- Can a rail operator use Virginia’s $35 million for Shenandoah Valley Railroad Corridor repairs?
- Richmond Mayor Levar Stoney pushes back on criticism from mayoral candidate forum
- Richmond’s mayoral candidates discuss issues — and each other
- Stoney declines to address Richmond tax credit question
- FOIA Friday: Richmond Police block FOIA request in decades-old murder case
- Charlottesville city attorney retires after investigation clears him of wrongdoing
- VDH still investigating Orange County water contamination
- Tractor-trailer crunches a Virginia highway sign on Thursday morning
- D.C.-area forecast: Decent end to the week as the next cold front approaches
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