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by Lowell
Here are a few international, national and Virginia news headlines, political and otherwise, for Saturday, September 21.
Vice President Harris speaks about Amber Nicole Thurman, who died after not receiving urgent care needed for an infection under Georgia’s extreme abortion ban: “She should be alive today” pic.twitter.com/llqU6k1yti
— Kamala HQ (@KamalaHQ) September 20, 2024
- Why climate change is hitting the poorest hardest (“Rising temperatures are deepening social inequalities globally and within regions and cities. Resilience strategies should offer protection and increase opportunity for the most vulnerable.”)
- G-20 Agrees to Push for Reform of Global Governance Institutions
- Zelensky to appeal to Biden’s legacy in plea to lift Ukraine weapon limits
- Strikes inside Russia with US missiles key to Ukraine’s plan to end war, says Zelenskyy
- Zelenskiy to Push US for NATO Invite, Weapons Guarantees
- Another arms depot in northwestern Russia on fire after Ukrainian drone strike
- Exclusive: Iran withheld launchers for missiles sent to Russia, sources say
- The death toll from a rare Israeli airstrike on a Beirut suburb rises to 31
- Top Hezbollah commanders among 31 people killed in Israeli attack on Beirut
- Slain Israeli hostage held by Hamas in ‘inhuman’ conditions underneath Gaza, sisters tell CNN
- Sri Lanka votes in first election since protests ousted president
- Dow rises to close at fresh record, posts winning week after big Fed rate cut
- Biden to direct Cabinet to ‘sprint to the finish’ in legacy-burnishing meeting
- House Republicans in Disarray as Trump Demands Government Shutdown (“MAGA Republicans continue to play partisan political games instead of bringing a bipartisan, common-sense bill to the floor because that is Trump’s endgame”)
- Johnson says Trump “understands the situation” as House weighs next steps on funding bill
- Trump Media skids to new low on the first day the former president can sell his shares (This should be getting 100x more coverage than “her emails” got in 2016, because THIS is actually a scandal – a MASSIVE one! But, of course, the media’s barely reporting on it, because…yeah, they are NOT liberal in any way/shape/form – quite the contrary.)
- Trump’s Alarming Use Of A Word With A Deep Fascist History (“Many people might have glossed over his use of ‘remigration.’ White nationalists did not.”; “The term remigration was popularized by groups adhering to Identitarianism, a pan-European ethno-nationalist movement, as their policy to reverse the so-called ‘great replacement.’”)
- Donald Trump’s Opponents See New Ways to Cast the G.O.P. as ‘Team Misogyny’
- Republicans squirm at Trump’s rhetoric about Jews
- Donald “America’s Hitler” Trump Gives Supporters the Green Light to Blame Jews If He Loses in November
- Labelling Trump’s lies as ‘disputed’ on X makes supporters believe them more, study finds
- As election workers fear for their safety, funds to promote election security have been cut
- A Last-Minute Effort to Mess With the 2024 Vote Is Underway. It’s Scarier Than Expected.
- Harris ups lead over Trump, although presidential race still on knife edge
- Kamala Harris posts huge cash advantage over Donald Trump
- Football legends team up to back Kamala Harris and Tim Walz on National Black Voter Day
- Harris blames ‘Trump abortion ban’ for deaths of two Georgia women
- Abortion ruling leads to an all-too-preventable death in Georgia
- Kamala Harris and Oprah humanized the consequences of state abortion bans (“Harris and Winfrey spoke to the family of Amber Thurman, who died after doctors delayed abortion-related care.”)
- Harris Slams Trump in Georgia Over Abortion Rights
- Harris tells Wisconsin rally: ‘Let’s not pay too much attention to the polls’
- New Ad Spotlights Trump’s Relationship With Extremist Mark Robinson, Tying Trump to Scandal-Plagued NC Candidate (Meanwhile, “crickets’ from Glenn Youngkin, who actually raised money for Robinson!)
- Mark Robinson Called Mein Kampf a ‘Good Read’ on Porn Site, Too
- Porn site user linked to Mark Robinson also praised Hitler’s Mein Kampf
- Mark Robinson Has Been Hiding in Plain Sight (“He’s always been a racist weirdo, Republicans love him anyway”)
- Mark Robinson: A Nazi sex (sex Nazi?) scandal of presidential proportions.
- Mark Robinson Proves—Again—That the Republican Party Is a Failed State
- Lewd posts by Trump-backed candidate for NC governor removed from porn forum
- Trump has no plan to pull his endorsement of Mark Robinson after alleged porn site scandal
- Porn site user linked to Mark Robinson also praised Hitler’s Mein Kampf
- This GOP candidate has always been antisemitic — so why are Republicans only panicking about him now?
- How Dumb Do They Think You Are? (“Mark Robinson is barely even trying to beat the allegations. He thinks his voters won’t notice.”)
- Will the Mark Robinson revelations tank Republicans in a key battleground state?
- Republicans absorb a political shockwave in must-win North Carolina
- The Teamsters President Is Out of His Depth
- Trump and Vance display reckless disregard for human life
- Fact check: Springfield had more murders under Trump than under Biden-Harris
- Ramaswamy shrugs off GOP ‘mistakes’ in Springfield migrant claims
- Senate Control Hinges on the ‘Last Democrat’ in Montana
- “Without Ohio, Democrats have no hope”: The Brown-Moreno race will decide who controls the Senate (“Sen. Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio, is in a fight for his political life against Trump-backed businessman Bernie Moreno”)
- MAGA Republicans Pass New Election Rules in Georgia That Could Rig the State for Trump
- Georgia election board requires ballots be hand-counted despite warning from key GOP state officials
- Trump ramps up push for Nebraska to change electoral vote allocation
- Nebraska switch to winner-take-all electoral votes unlikely before election, despite pressure
- Trump’s Electoral College Power Play in Nebraska Is a Troubling Sign of Things to Come
- Arizona’s top court says voters missing citizenship proof can receive full ballots
- 9th Circuit Reinstates Arizona Voter Suppression Law
- With immigration and abortion on Arizona’s ballot, Republicans are betting on momentum
- Gaetz Was at Sex & Drugs Party With High School Junior: Docs (How is Gaetz not in prison yet???)
- Constellation Energy to restart Three Mile Island nuclear plant, sell the power to Microsoft for AI (“Unit 1 is separate from the reactor that partially melted down in 1979 in the worst nuclear accident in U.S. history.”)
- New York City sheriff under investigation as Adams’ inner circle faces federal probes (If NY City voters had done almost ANY research at all on Adams before the primary, they wouldn’t have voted for him. But apparently, most didn’t do any research at all. FAIL.)
- US SEC intends to seek sanctions against Elon Musk in Twitter probe
- Elon Musk steps up political giving with six-figure donation to House Republicans (Do NOT buy a Tesla – or any other product from a Musk-owned company. Also, the US government needs to cut this guy off, ASAP!)
- Scoop: Bill O’Reilly Ends Interview, Threatens Host Margaret Hoover Over Questions on Sexual Harassment Settlements
- VIDEO: US Sen. Tim Kaine on Trump’s bad economic record
- Video, Photos: Long Line in Deep-Blue Arlington on First Morning of Early Voting in Virginia; Sen. Tim Kaine, Rep. Don Beyer, Arlington County Board Dem Nominee JD Spain Fire Everyone Up (“Encourage everybody to vote early…because it’s convenient…because it’s insurance…and we will stop bothering you!”)
- Virginia race for Spanberger’s open seat in Congress is heating up (“Horse race” headline and subheader focusing on the “odds, not the stakes.”)
- Sabato: Harris will win Virginia, but that doesn’t mean it’s a blue state (“The commonwealth’s changing demographics have made Virginia more purple than red or blue, he said a recent symposium in Richmond”)
- 10th District candidates Clancy, Subramanyam square off at Loudoun County debate (So Mike Clancy’s strategy is to keep falsely calling Suhas Subramanyam “extreme.” Good luck with that, lol.)
- Thousands turn out in Fairfax Co. for first day of early voting in Va. (“We’re in record-breaking territory.”)
- D.C.-area forecast: Exiting sunshine as rain chances arrive late today
