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by Lowell
Here are a few international, national and Virginia news headlines, political and otherwise, for Sunday, September 29.
- The climate crisis is here. We can still have a better world. (“Our hotter planet doesn’t have to be a hopeless planet.”)
- Top Russia diplomat warns west not to fight ‘nuclear power’ in UN speech (“Sergei Lavrov accuses west of using Ukraine ‘to defeat’ Russia days after Putin shifts Moscow’s nuclear posture”)
- Tim Snyder: Trump reveals what a bad negotiator he is in Zelenskyy meeting
- Bolton on US support for Ukraine: ‘If Trump wins, I think it’s toast’
- The Middle East in crisis: 7 October, the day that changed the world
- Hassan Nasrallah: Hezbollah’s leader inspired adulation and bitter enmity – they will find him very hard to replace
- Why the World’s Biggest Powers Can’t Stop a Middle East War
- Hezbollah leader’s killing sparks joy and rage across the Middle East
- What Israel’s Assassination of Hezbollah’s Leader Means for the Middle East
- Netanyahu says Israeli killing of Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah ‘will not be enough’
- Statement from President Joe Biden on the Death of Hassan Nasrallah
- Hezbollah confirms its leader Hassan Nasrallah was killed in an Israeli airstrike
- Hezbollah’s Long War Is With America Too
- The Israeli military says it has killed another high-ranking Hezbollah official. (“The Israeli military says it has killed Nabil Kaouk, another high-ranking Hezbollah official, a day after the Lebanese militant group confirmed the death of multiple commanders, including longtime leader Hassan Nasrallah.”)
- Netanyahu Ratchets Up Challenge to Iran With Nasrallah Death
- Hezbollah Misjudged Israel’s Weakness and Iran’s Might
- Israeli Killing of Hezbollah Leader Draws Support From Biden
- Israel Has Called Iran’s Bluff (“Despite the Israeli attack that killed Hezbollah’s leader, Tehran has many reasons to exercise restraint.”)
- Israel asks U.S. to deter Iran after Hezbollah leader assassination
- Killing of Nasrallah is a key prize for Israel, but it’s too early to write off Hezbollah
- The killing of Hassan Nasrallah leaves Iran with a fateful choice and the US humiliated
- How Israel Killed Hezbollah’s Leader in Underground Bunker
- Hasan Nasrallah is gone. But the threat of Hezbollah remains.
- Hasan Nasrallah chose his own fate
- We need to talk about Jared Kushner’s sketchy Saudi-backed fund
- A child bride won the right to divorce – now the Taliban say it doesn’t count
- Floods and landslides kill at least 100 in Nepal
- Powell Speech and Jobs Data to Help Clarify Fed Rate Path
- At least 64 dead and millions without power after Helene devastates south-eastern US
- Helene Leaves US South Reeling From Flooding and Power Outages
- The U.S. wants to triple nuclear power by 2050. America’s coal communities could provide a pathway
- Kamala Harris for President (“The Vice-President has displayed the basic values and political skills that would enable her to help end, once and for all, a poisonous era defined by Donald Trump.”)
- How Trump’s plan for mass deportations fits into U.S. history
- Harris-Trump race poses biggest test yet for reproductive rights
- The Harris-Trump election shouldn’t be close. Here’s why it is. (“Gender, education and tribal politics help explain a tight race for the presidency.”)
- This election, a struggle for the soul of American Christianity is key
- Trump and Harris battle over male voters — and what masculinity looks like in 2024
- Trump lists his grievances in a Wisconsin speech intended to link Harris to illegal immigration (VERY weak, misleading headline by the AP about Trump’s dangerous, demonizing, fascistic speech. Yet again, the “mainstream media” is failing us – badly.)
- Trump leans into anti-immigrant rants and Harris barbs at Wisconsin rally (“Ex-president speaks in Prairie du Chien flanked by anti-immigrant posters and lobs insults at Harris and Biden”)
- Trump escalates harsh rhetoric against immigrants, Harris (“Donald Trump on Saturday deployed some of his harshest rhetoric against immigrants who have crossed the border illegally and committed crimes, especially against young women, while he also escalated his personal insults against Kamala Harris. In the battleground state of Wisconsin, Trump called Democratic Vice President Harris, who on Friday visited the U.S.-Mexico border for the first time in her 2024 presidential campaign, ‘mentally impaired’ and ‘mentally disabled’.”)
- Video: Vice President Kamala Harris Remarks at the Border: “I Will Protect Our Nation’s Sovereignty, Secure Our Border, and Work To Fix Our Broken System Of Immigration.”
- ‘SNL’ Rips Trump for Calling Kamala Harris ‘Mentally Disabled’
- Trump falsely attacks Harris as ‘mentally impaired’ and ‘mentally disabled,’ prompting criticism
- Trump Allies Unleash Lawsuits, Setting Stage for Post-Election Fight
- The Republican Freak Show (“Like the man who leads it, the GOP is not just incidentally grotesque. It is grotesque at its core. — the gop is a moral freak show, and freak shows attract freaks. Which is why Mark Robinson fits in so well in today’s Republican Party.”)
- Walz v Vance: two midwesterners miles apart in politics ready for debate
- Tim Walz Expected To Bring Receipts About JD Vance’s Anti-Abortion Stances To VP Debate
- CBS News says it will be up to Vance and Walz to fact-check each other in veep debate (Utterly disgraceful by CBS “News,” which clearly is not a real news network.)
- Harris trolls Trump on second debate during Georgia-Alabama game
- ‘Trump Has Given Her a Giant Opening’ (“James Carville sees an advantage for Kamala Harris to exploit on an issue that is supposed to be Trump’s strength. It’s the economy, stupid.”)
- Trump’s $100,000 Watches: A Gateway for Illicit Financial Flows?
- Vance appears at event hosted by hard-right Christian nationalist
- JD Vance suffers latest campaign fail after being denied entry into restaurant —
- Federal Judge Strikes Down Key Provision of Texas’ Omnibus Voter Suppression Law
- Justice Dept. sues Alabama over program aimed at removing voters
- Her trans daughter made the volleyball team. Then an armed officer showed up. (Ugh, Florida.)
- Florida university to host extremist after DeSantis-led lurch to right (“Next month, New College of Florida will welcome activist and writer Steve Sailer, a ‘proponent of scientific racism’” Insanity.)
- Asheville has been isolated after Helene wrecked roads and knocked out power and cell service
- Video: Rep. Don Beyer (D-VA08) Honors Rep. Jennifer Wexton (D-VA10) at Annual Women’s Conference Featuring Keynote Speaker Abigail Spanberger (“Jennifer’s progressive supranuclear palsy diagnosis…has not affected her strength, compassion, and impact as a leader.”)
- Study finds some Virginia laws still restrict abortions
- Shenandoah Valley picks up the pieces after Helene
- Residents in seven counties across Virginia evacuate amidst severe flooding (“Severe flooding along the New River and other waterways has caused residents to evacuate across Virginia in Washington, Wythe, Russell, Pulaski, Giles, Montgomery, and Augusta Counties, according to a statement Saturday from the Virginia Department of Emergency Management.”)
- Second storm-related death reported; long period of recovery begins from Hurricane Helene’s effects on SWVa (“Damage from flooding and high winds is widespread, and nearly 200,000 enter the weekend without power.”)
- WATCH: Northern Virginia crews make water rescues in Southwest Virginia flooding caused by Helene
- Multiple fatalities reported after small plane crash at Wright Brothers Memorial air strip
- D.C.-area forecast: Cloudier today with a few showers. Staying unsettled through Tuesday. (“A drier, brighter pattern finally arrives starting Wednesday.”)
