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by Lowell
Here are a few international, national and Virginia news headlines, political and otherwise, for Sunday, September 1.
- Fires at Russian energy plants after Ukraine drone attacks
- Nuclear Weapons Always Stopped Invasions. Then Ukrainian Troops Poured Into Russia. (“In testing Putin’s red lines, Kyiv is sparking a rediscovery of Cold War-era ideas about nuclear escalation.”)
- Ukraine launches massive drone attack on Russian energy infrastructure
- In an unheroic age, Putin, Trump and Netanyahu are sick parodies of great men
- Family confirms death of hostage, former Richmond resident Hersh Goldberg-Polin
- Statement from President Biden on Hersh Goldberg-Polin (“Make no mistake, Hamas leaders will pay for these crimes. And we will keep working around the clock for a deal to secure the release of the remaining hostages.”)
- Israel recovers bodies of six hostages held by Hamas, including American citizen (So two things can be true at the same time: 1) Hamas is pure evil – including the 10/7/23 terrorist attack/massacre – and absolutely deserves to be destroyed; 2) the situation in Gaza is a massive tragedy, horrific, unacceptable, etc.)
- Israel recovers the bodies of 6 hostages in Gaza, including Israeli-American Hersh Goldberg-Polin (“Their recovery sparked calls for mass protests against Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, who many families of hostages and much of the wider Israeli public blame for failing to bring them back alive in a deal with Hamas to end the 10-month-old war.”)
- Israel’s military says six hostages ‘brutally murdered’ in Gaza, including Israeli American Goldberg-Polin (“News of more hostage deaths piles pressure on Netanyahu as anger inside Israel swells over the failure to strike a ceasefire deal, and as stark disagreements between the prime minister and his military leaders increasingly spill out into the open.”)
- Israel Security Cabinet Votes to Keep Troops in Gaza’s Philadelphi Corridor
- ‘There was no mercy, even on children’: trauma in the West Bank after Israeli raids (Horrible.)
- Middle East crisis live: hostage killers ‘do not want a peace deal,’ says Netanyahu as six bodies recovered (“Calls for protests against Israeli government over its failure to secure an agreement that would have saved them”)
- Mass polio vaccinations in Gaza amid limited pause in fighting, U.N. says
- 7 US troops hurt in a raid with Iraqi forces that left 15 suspected militants dead
- Germany far-right party could win first state in eastern regional elections (Not acceptable.)
- Nerves rise over AfD threat as state elections in eastern Germany begin (“With voters rejecting mainstream politics, many expect a disastrous results outcome for Olaf Scholz’s coalition”)
- Musk’s X Goes Dark in Brazil After Court Ruling
- US Jobs Data Will Help the Fed Gauge the Extent of Moderation
- Most say Harris will accept election results, but Trump won’t: Poll
- Harris jabs Trump over ‘surrendering to his advisors’ in muted mic debate
- Harris calls Trump’s appearance at Arlington a ‘political stunt’ that ‘disrespected sacred ground’
- Kamala Harris says Trump ‘disrespected sacred ground’ on cemetery visit (“Vice-president accuses Republican rival of ‘political stunt’ as Democrats call for inquiry into apparent altercation”)
- Harris calls Trump’s Arlington cemetery visit disrespectful
- Others Have Politicized Arlington, but Trump’s Approach Has No Precedent
- An ugly case of ‘false balance’ in the New York Times (“The mainstream media is still getting it wrong about Trump” WILDLY! And at this point, it’s got to be intentional and malicious.)
- Despite incumbency, Harris casts herself as the change candidate vs. Trump
- If Trump wins, it’s not going to be on character
- Harris sees signs of surging enthusiasm among young voters
- Trump, Vance and GOP struggle to address abortion issues
- Cleanup on Aisle MAGA: Trump Bends to Conservative Abortion Critics
- J.D. Vance and the De-Evolution of the GOP (“In less than a decade, the GOP has degraded from a conventional party into an increasingly authoritarian-leaning cult of personality.”)
- In Another Resurfaced Clip, Vance Dismisses ‘Miserable’ Women Without Children
- Donald Trump Will Vote to Keep the Extreme Florida Abortion Ban He Made Possible (“An anti-choice extremist, just like his running mate JD Vance, who will stop at nothing to ban abortion nationwide — with or without Congress — as part of their dangerous Project 2025 agenda.”)
- Donald Trump at Moms for Liberty says Ivanka ‘hired millions of people’
- Moms for Liberty fully embraces Trump and widens role in national politics as election nears (Incredibly disturbing.)
- Trump Tried to Humanize Himself. Better Luck Next Time.
- ‘He’s on our side’: Video shows Trump cheering on supporter who attacked press at PA rally
- JD Vance Rants About ‘Miserable’ Professional Women in Unearthed Clip
- Voting enthusiasm way up since Harris replaces Biden, poll shows (“Democrats’ enthusiasm score is one point shy of the party’s high — 79% in February 2008, during the Clinton-Obama primary. The group’s score, which includes Democratic-leaning participants, was 55% in March. The score for Republicans and GOP-leaning participants is at 64%, up from 59% in the spring.”)
- How Harris’s promise of 2010 triumphed over the pain of 2020 (“As vice president, she has surged in a party that found ideological common ground under Biden.”)
- Tulsi Gabbard’s journey to Donald Trump is an ominous sign of Putin’s power/a>
- Kennedy sues NC elections officials to get name off ballots
- Commentary: Want to strengthen Virginia schools ? Let teachers unionize
- Williams: How Black politicians shaped Richmond, for better and for worse
- Fishermen, rafters, businesses impacted when sewage reaches the James
- Barriers to new housing in Roanoke are sometimes unexpected
- Loudoun judge arrested for alleged public intoxication in Leesburg
- D.C.-area forecast: Sticky with a few storms today before a beautiful Labor Day
