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by Lowell
Here are a few international, national and Virginia news headlines, political and otherwise, for Saturday, September 14.
- Extreme heat due to climate crisis puts people at greater risk of kidney disease (“Researchers are finding heat-related illnesses can also contribute to heart disease and cognitive impairment”)
- Departures From Climate Action 100+ Highlight U.S.-Europe Divide Over ESG Investing
- Ignore the Defeatists. America’s Strategy Is Working in Ukraine. (“Kyiv remains far from victory, but the U.S. is achieving its primary goal: containing the spread of Russian power.”)
- In tense Kyiv, Ukrainians fear the war could be decided within months (“Ukraine’s capital remains vibrant, but worries of a possible Trump victory fuel a sense of urgency.”)
- Russia threatens Ukraine, West as long-range strikes decision looms
- No new pledge on Ukraine missiles after Starmer-Biden talks
- State Department labels RT as covert influence arm of Russian government
- US hits Russian state media with sanctions for raising money for Moscow’s troops in Ukraine
- As Ukraine Presses Its Attack in Kursk, Russia Stiffens Its Defenses
- Meeting With Biden, British Leader Hints at Ukraine Weapon Decision Soon
- China’s Economy Slowed Further in August, Extending Gloomy Summer Slide
- European, Muslim countries meet in Spain eyeing schedule for Palestinian statehood
- Israel strikes Gaza as an American activist killed by Israeli fire is buried
- Israel’s prime target: the hunt for Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar
- Pope Francis criticizes Trump and Harris and says voters must choose between ‘lesser of two evils’ (Weird, given that only one major party’s presidential nominee – Donald Trump – is “evil,” while the other – Kamala Harris – is VERY good!)
- Autocrats Win by Capturing the Courts
- 3 Americans sentenced to death in failed coup attempt trial in DRC (Interesting, but why is this the lead headline on NPR? And basically nothing on Trump fomenting a pogrom against Haitian Americans. Very VERY weird/poor news judgment over there…)
- Mortgage rates reach new low for 2024 before expected Fed cut
- S&P 500 and Nasdaq rally Friday to cap best week in 2024
- Most Americans back term limits for Supreme Court: poll
- GOP plays blame game after funding bill failure
- Harris regains small poll lead post-debate as US election inches closer (“Harris, believed to be the debate winner, establishes crucial advantage over Trump ahead of the race’s final stretch”)
- Obamas and Clintons to hit the campaign trail for Harris in the final stretch
- Kamala Harris talks assault-weapons ban and tax relief in Pennsylvania stop
- Trump allies alarmed by far-right activist’s influence on him
- MAGA Civil War: How Trump Campaign Chief Tried to Whack Laura Loomer
- Trump says he doesn’t control far-right agitator Laura Loomer, calls her a ‘free spirit’
- Donald Trump through the looking glass (“The former president is seeking the power to impose his alternate-reality view of the crimes of Jan. 6.”)
- Trump’s Economics, Too, Are Sounding More Authoritarian
- Laura Loomer Promotes 9/11 Conspiracy After Joining Trump At Events Commemorating Attacks (“Some of Trump’s GOP allies in Congress have criticized his decision to include the far-right activist as part of his entourage.”)
- How a false rumor about pets in Ohio and Laura Loomer’s presence helped derail Trump’s planned attacks on Harris
- Trump, Heritage, and numerous other prominent conservatives have sponsored Laura Loomer’s newsletter
- Trump Is Losing The Post-Debate Debate, Too
- Mods! Moooooods!!!! (“The right’s post-debate assault on ABC is a preview of Trump’s authoritarian agenda”)
- Fox News cleans up another Trump mess
- MAGA Scrambles to Excuse Trump Chickening Out of Second Debate
- Trump pledges “largest deportation” in U.S. history, starting in Ohio and Colorado
- Trump’s Campaign Is Doubling Down On His Racist Lie — And Things Could Get Much Worse (“Donald Trump and JD Vance are refusing to call for calm in Springfield, Ohio, despite bomb threats and evacuations.”)
- ‘They’ve destroyed the place’: Trump repeats racist, anti-immigrant lies
- Trump Threatens To Deport Haitians Who Legally Came To Ohio City (“We will do large deportations from Springfield, Ohio, large deportations. We’re going to get these people out. We’re bringing them back to Venezuela” Completely insanity.)
- ‘They’ve destroyed the place’: Trump repeats racist, anti-immigrant lies
- Trump uses harsher rhetoric to describe Haitians in Ohio
- Trump Aide Says ‘Bleeding Out’ Due to Abortion Bans Is Not Real. She Lived It: ‘I’m Right Here, Jerk’
- Trump’s New Big Lie (“The goal is not to earnestly correct the record on crime but to spread an atmosphere of fear and paranoia.”)
- Trump vows mass deportations from town rocked by ‘pet-eating’ lies
- JD Vance now says Haitian immigrants are spreading HIV after bizarre pet-eating claim flops (Trump and Vance are both evil and insane. Oh, and also virulently RACIST!)
- ‘It just exploded’: Springfield woman claims she never meant to spark false rumors about Haitians
- Bomb threats force second consecutive day of school closures in Springfield, Ohio
- Trump threatens to cut off California wildfire aid if Newsom doesn’t change water policy
- Trump Media Shares Soar After Trump Says ‘I’m Not Selling’ (This whole thing is MASSIVELY slimy and corrupt. Is anyone in the US government looking into it???)
- Christian Conservatives Face Reality: Increasingly, They Stand Alone
- A day in Elon Musk’s mind: 145 tweets with election conspiracies and emojis (Bizarre, warped, sick, fascistic individual. Do NOT buy anything from any of his companies, including Tesla.)
- Secret Service probe confirms failures before Trump rally shooting and reveals new information
- Martha Stewart Just Quietly Made a Rare Presidential Endorsement
- The ‘feral 25-year-olds’ making Kamala Harris go viral on TikTok
- The New York Times’ Republicans-only Opinion Feature(When it comes to covering US politics, at least, the NY Times is badly, disastrously broken.)
- Arizona’s 1864 abortion ban is officially off the books
- North Carolina’s absentee ballot release was delayed by RFK Jr. ruling, but will begin next week (“North Carolina’s first absentee ballots for the November election will now be distributed starting late next week”)
- Oh, Great, Now Marianne Williamson Is Getting In On The Anti-Immigrant Rhetoric (Yuuuuck.)
- Young Ben Sasse Reportedly Led Quite the Life of Luxury While Running the University of Florida (What a scumbag.)
- GOP lawmaker’s wife accuses him of an affair — and points the finger at the wrong woman
- Lynda Carter’s Sister Is Running in a Key Arizona Race. Wonder Woman Is Sounding the Alarm.
- Pennsylvania mail-in ballots with flawed dates on envelopes can be thrown out, court rules
- Senator Tim Kaine backs bill to expand IVF, reproductive coverage for federal employees
- Harris backers stress reproductive rights as bus tour stops in Richmond
- Schapiro: A sign Virginia’s reverting to form – little’s happening
- Virginia voters support school cellphone bans, Post-Schar School poll finds
- Virginia’s 2025 attorney general’s race is taking shape
- ‘We’re being punked’: UVa named No. 1 college for free speech
- UVa will not be divesting from Israel (What UVA – and every other university – *should* be divesting from is fossil fuels.)
- Boar’s Head to close Virginia plant linked to listeria outbreak
- Something in the Water festival postponed; it ‘isn’t ready,’ Pharrell says
- Arlington County ex-firefighter charged with Jan. 6 police assault
- BREAKING: Arlington fire department employee arrested in connection to Jan. 6 Capitol riot
- D.C.-area forecast: Warm this weekend before rain odds rise early week
