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by Lowell
Here are a few international, national and Virginia news headlines, political and otherwise, for Monday, September 30.
- Trump 2.0 Climate Tipping Points
- Melting glaciers force Switzerland and Italy to redraw part of Alpine border (“Two countries agree to modifications beneath Matterhorn peak, one of Europe’s highest summits”)
- Russia-Ukraine war live: Putin says Russia will accomplish ‘all goals set’ in Ukraine as Kyiv hit in drone attack (Which goals? They certainly aren’t going to accomplish the goals of conquering Kyiv and putting a puppet, pro-Russian regime in place. Unless, of course, Trump wins the presidency, in which case he’ll help Putin do just that.)
- Britt says she thinks Putin ‘respects’ Trump (Along with Tommy “Dumb as a Tuber” Tuberville, Katie Britt is among the stupidest members of Congress…)
- Poland’s foreign minister: China should shut down the Ukraine war
- How the US Lost the Solar Power Race to China
- China stocks surge in biggest single-day rally since 2008 on stimulus cheer
- ‘It’s an Earthquake’ (“Beirut responds to Nasrallah’s death.”)
- Hezbollah’s deputy leader vows to fight on after Nasrallah’s death
- Hezbollah says it’s ready for a ground offensive as Israel continues air strikes
- A death in Beirut (“Israel’s decapitation of Hezbollah creates new risks for the Middle East — but also opportunities.”)
- What This Israel-Hezbollah-Hamas-Iran Conflict is Really About (“If Israel now moved ahead and opened a dialogue on two states for two peoples with a reformed Palestinian Authority, which has already accepted the Oslo peace treaty, it would be the diplomatic knockout blow that would accompany and solidify the military knockout blow Israel just delivered to Hezbollah and Hamas.”)
- Is Iran’s ‘axis of resistance’ collapsing under Israeli attacks?
- From pager blasts to Nasrallah’s killing: 12 days that transformed a bloody conflict
- Biden administration fears Iranian attack and is working with Israel on defenses, US official says
- Facing Big Test, Iran’s ‘Axis of Resistance’ Allies Flail (What a shame, eh?)
- Impact of Hezbollah assassinations may take months to emerge (“Targeting of group’s leaders has failed to win Israel significant strategic advantage in past, let alone deal fatal blow”)
- Denial, terror and bravado in Beirut as residents await next Israeli air attack (“Casualties rising as assault on Hezbollah leaves war-weary nation apprehensive of more pain to come”)
- Deep intelligence penetration enabled Israel to kill Hassan Nasrallah (“The success of Israel’s operation stands in sharp contrast to its misjudgment of Hamas’s intentions before 7 October”)
- Israel Hits Central Beirut as Raids Widen After Nasrallah Death
- Israel wants to change the balance of power in the Middle East. History has a warning
- Far right in Austria heads for unprecedented election victory (UGH.)
- Austrian far-right party pushes to form government after election win
- Marine Le Pen on trial for alleged EU funds misuse (“If found guilty, the French presidential hopeful could be ineligible to run for office for up to 10 years.”)
- ‘You’ll be okay’: Trump’s message to Hurricane Helene victims sparks controversy (“Critics tied the recent remark to a proposal in Project 2025, a conservative plan, to privatize weather forecasting now done by government agencies.” Why does the media always hide behind the “critics say” formulation? Because the mainstream media is a bunch of cowards?)
- One storm, 95 dead and a 500-mile path of destruction. Now comes the hard work of recovering from Helene
- Scores are fleeing North Carolina’s flooded towns after Helene, which killed at least 87 in six states
- America’s Hurricane Luck Is Running Out (“Helene is a harbinger of relentless storm seasons to come.” Continuing to spew out climate-trashing carbon dioxide pollution is BONKERS!)
- Hurricanes on repeat: Natural disasters ‘don’t feel natural anymore’
- In photos: 5 states reel from Hurricane Helene’s destruction
- The Southeast Is Reeling in the Wake of Hurricane Helene (“The intense storm, which has left more than 60 people dead, is a product of climate change, the FEMA administrator said Sunday.” No doubt about it.)
- In North Carolina, a Race to Provide Relief Amid an ‘Unprecedented Tragedy’
- Helene Has Killed More Than 90 People. Here Are Some of Their Stories.
- Americans Are More Reliant Than Ever on Government Aid (“An aging population and economic distress raise dependence on federal and state support. Here’s why that matters for the 2024 election.” And some of the most reliant areas are also the “reddest” politically. Seems crazy, no?)
- US East Coast port strike looms Tuesday with no talks scheduled
- I help oversee federal elections. Mike Johnson’s words threaten our democracy.
- Trump preps catalog of “cheating” claims for potential election loss
- Trump Suggests Terrifying Solution To Ending Crime: The Purge (“His dangerous solution came on the heels of him repeating the false, fearmongering claim that crime is skyrocketing.” In fact, per the FBI, violent crime rates are near decades-long LOWS and FALLING!)
- Trump’s Plan to Address Crime Is Basically ‘The Purge’
- Fact check: To attack Harris, Trump falsely describes new stats on immigrants and homicide
- Authoritarianism Expert Warns Of What Trump’s New Promise Really Means (“The former president’s call for ‘one really violent day’ has critics shuddering.” Why use the word “critics” here? Very weird.)
- Trump says ‘violent day’ of policing will end crime
- Donald Trump falsely calls Kamala Harris, Joe Biden ‘mentally impaired’ again, ramping up attacks
- Top Republicans disavow Trump’s ‘mentally disabled’ attacks on Harris
- ‘Trump Is a Scab’: Harris Campaign Fumes Over Trump’s Wild Anti-Overtime Rant
- Kamala Harris’s economic policy slate more popular than Trump’s – poll (“Exclusive: Harris Poll for Guardian finds Democrat put forward four of top five most popular economic proposals”)
- How Kamala Harris Is Convincing Voters She Can Fix the Economy
- The three phases of normalizing Trump’s attack on Harris in Wisconsin (“Like waves rushing to the shore, the media relentlessly returns to the familiar. The thinking seems to go something like this: Whew, that was a pretty crazy rally, but let’s leave that behind and get back to what we’re good at. When in doubt, cover the horserace. One thing I did see after Saturday’s rally were many, many, many stories about polls”)
- Donald Trump’s First Term Is a Warning
- R.F.K. Jr. as Health Czar Will Bring Out Public Health’s Worst Impulses
- Sunday Scaries: MAGA Republicans Can’t Defend the Trump-Vance Ticket’s Extreme and Unpopular Project 2025 Agenda as Trump Runs from Another Debate
- Exactly How Trump Could Prosecute His Political Enemies (“Trump has campaigned on a wave of retaliatory criminal prosecutions. It’s not the first time he’s promised to lock up his rivals — but a second term would be different.”)
- “It’s a desire to affiliate with Donald Trump”: An exvangelical on the implosion of his former faith (Sick shit.)
- Video: Conservative Republican Former Arizona Senator Jeff Flake Calls on Fellow Republicans to Support Vice President Harris on ABC’s “This Week” (“…it’s difficult to support a candidate who, having lost an election—who tries to use the powers of the presidency to overturn that election. That is anything but respect for the rule of law.”)
- Trump and Harris compete for the Latino vote in very different ways
- Kamala Harris may be the first Democratic presidential nominee to win seniors since Al Gore
- Poll: Democrats’ advantage with Latino voters continues to shrink (That’s not good.)
- Kamala Harris Raises $55 Million in California Fundraisers (“Harris raised about $55 million in high-dollar events in California this weekend” WOW!)
- Rasmussen Found To Be Secretly Colluding With Trump Campaign (Note that Nate Silver has, for years, refused to remove Rasmussen from his polling average and to stop treating Rasmussen as a legitimate polling operation at all. Same thing with other right-wing fake “polls”…)
- J. D. Vance’s Thin Skin Makes Him Vulnerable
- “You’ve been a good friend”: Biden honors Jimmy Carter ahead of 100th birthday
- Kris Kristofferson, Country Music Legend and ‘A Star Is Born’ Leading Man, Dies at 88
- Northern Virginia’s 10th Congressional District race pits Clancy against Subramanyam (“Clancy admitted to donating to the organization in the past but said he is not a member of the Heritage Foundation, despite a Newsmax webpage stating he is a member. He calls Subramanyam’s attempt to tie him to Project 2025 and the Heritage Foundation a way to ‘distract’ voters” Uh huh, riiiiight Mike!)
- Senator Warner and McConnell join forces to help white oaks
- ‘It’s devastating:’ Recovery efforts continue in VA following Hurricane Helene
- Virginia could lead the way on strengthening privacy laws regarding intimate images (“Susanna Gibson’s political career came to an abrupt end when videos of her and her husband having sex circulated online. She doesn’t want that happening to anyone else.”)
- Less than 2% of venture capital goes to companies founded by women. A Virginia group hopes to address that problem.
- Editorial: Cut property taxes? Fix Richmond’s cashflow problem, first
- Homelessness on the rise in Richmond region’s older population
- Schapiro: VCU boondoggle is a tough Rao to hoe
- Pembroke residents among Southwest Virginians with harrowing stories from flooding (“Gov. Glenn Youngkin toured communities in Southwest Virginia throughout the weekend.”)
- D.C.-area forecast: Showers through Tuesday then a welcome sunnier stretch (“We expect a beautiful few days of fall weather Thursday through the weekend.”)
