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by Lowell
Here are a few international, national and Virginia news headlines, political and otherwise, for Monday, September 9.
- Almost 68% of Australia’s tourism sites at major risk if climate crisis continues, report says
- Climate change leaves future of Pacific Islands tourism ‘highly uncertain’
- Trump’s real Project 2025 was written for him in Moscow by Vladimir Putin’s men
- Inside Pokrovsk – the vital Ukrainian town in Russia’s sights (“If invading Russians seize this vital transport hub, Ukraine could lose the entire Donetsk region.”)
- Russia’s Espionage War in the Arctic (“For years, Russia has been using the Norwegian town of Kirkenes, which borders its nuclear stronghold, as a laboratory, testing intelligence operations there before replicating them across Europe.”)
- Russia focusing on American social media stars to covertly influence voters
- A family affair: can Asia break free from the power of its political dynasties? (“Anger is rising at Indonesia’s new administration – while Thailand, Cambodia, the Philippines, Laos and Brunei are all led by the children of former leaders”)
- Draghi urges reform, investment drive to revive lagging EU
- Israeli strikes in Syria leave 14 dead and more than 40 wounded, Syrian state media says
- Doubts grow in White House about presenting new Gaza deal terms
- Videos from Sudan’s killing fields reveal ethnic hatred behind massacres (“The videos offer rare visual evidence of the slaughter routinely occurring in Sudan as its armed forces battle a paramilitary group in a conflict the United States estimates has cost about 500,000 lives.”)
- Typhoon Yagi leaves dozens dead in Vietnam, pounds infrastructure
- China Deflation Risk Grows as Signs of Economic Weakness Mount
- China’s ‘disappeared’ foreign minister demoted to low-level publishing job, say former U.S. officials
- Scoop: Generals come to Harris’ defense on Afghanistan
- Venezuela’s Opposition and the US are at a Perilous Point
- Scoop: White House, Dems plot 3-month funding plan
- Congress returns from recess as shutdown clock ticks
- Johnson’s future speakership could hinge on the spending fight (“The speaker is embracing conservative priorities on the upcoming funding battle just weeks before he’ll potentially need their support to keep his gavel.”)
- Trump pledges authoritarian crackdown, saying enemies to be prosecuted at levels “never seen before”
- Trump, lying about migrants and crime, says mass deportations “will be a bloody story”
- Trump pledges to jail opponents, baselessly suggests election will be stolen from him
- Trump warms up for debate by threatening to jail election officials
- Donald Trump’s New “Voodoo Economics” (“The former President’s tax plan would cost the government trillions of dollars. Tariffs and Elon Musk will pay for everything, he says.”)
- Sunday Scaries: MAGA Republicans Can’t Cover For Trump’s Threats Against Our Democracy After Threatening to Prosecute Opponents and Pardon Violent Insurrectionists
- MAGA Descends into Holocaust Denial (“I cannot express how important the current election is and what the consequences will be if we lose to these lunatics.”)
- 10 Tough Climate Questions for the Presidential Debate (The problem is, the corporate media won’t ask them.)
- Translating the Crazy (“Corporate media turns a blind eye”)
- Harris attacks Trump with ad featuring his former allies
- Harris can win the debate by making it about who’s hopeful — and normal (“I spoke to voters in the crucial swing state of Pennsylvania. Here is how Kamala Harris can win them over in the debate.”)
- Trump’s Psychologist Niece Says ‘Donald Is Dementing’
- Trump, Harris neck and neck in latest polls (It’s crazy that this election is even close!)
- Nikki Haley Dismisses Misogyny In Support Of Trump (Haley is just a horrible person.)
- Hypocrisy, Spinelessness, and the Triumph of Donald Trump (“He said Republican politicians would be easy to break. He was right.”)
- The People for Kamala Harris (“How a women-led movement put Democrats on the brink of making history”)
- Advisers worry whether ‘happy Trump’ or ‘angry Trump’ will show up to debate (“Sources say campaign is concerned that Trump may engage in the kind of self-sabotage that turned off voters in 2020”)
- ‘The American people are looking for a new message’: behind Harris and Trump’s different campaign strategies (“Victory might be decided by which of the quasi-incumbents can rebrand as a breath of fresh air in a weary nation”)
- Harris, Walz Plan Post-Debate Tour of Swing States in Tight Race
- Liz Cheney calls Trump a ‘catastrophe’ and urges Republicans to vote for Harris (“We have to do everything possible to ensure that he’s not re-elected”)
- Mysterious influencer network pushed sexual smears of Harris
- North Carolina Gov. Says If Harris Wins State, ‘She Is The Next President’ (“She knows that we are in play”)
- A Democrat Could Make Rick Scott Spend It All in Florida’s Senate Race
- Kimberly Guilfoyle forced to ask audience to clap as awkward speech falls flat
- A Miami-Dade officer is put on leave after Dolphins star Tyreek Hill is detained
- ‘We’re all sitting ducks’ without more substantial gun control, Warnock says
- Florida voters who oppose the state’s 6-week abortion ban say they are being visited by police
- One of This Year’s Biggest Abortion Votes Is at Risk (“A Missouri judge ruled that an amendment ballot measure is in ‘blatant violation’ of state requirements. Advocates plan to appeal.”)
- Tim Kaine speaks on election, Virginia political landscape at University Democrats event
- Senator Kaine Releases Two New Planks of Kitchen Table Agenda, Highlighting His Work To Cut Taxes For Working Families And Make Housing More Affordable
- Sen. Tim Kaine talks VA politics amid re-election campaign
- Where do Virginia congressional candidates in key districts stand on top policy issues?
- States, including Va., are making it easier for physician assistants to work across state lines
- Legal experts weigh in on Miyares ICE opinion
- Sen. Bill Stanley wants one key part of Virginia’s liquor law declared unconstitutional
- As Appalachian Power bills go up, so does executive pay
- Roanoke College restores habitats for owls, bees, bats through grant
- Norfolk casino plans have evolved. Here’s how today’s plans compare with previous proposals.
- D.C.-area forecast: Warming up this week with little chance of rain
