by Lowell
Here are a few international, national and Virginia news headlines, political and otherwise, for Thursday, September 5.
- Climate change costs Africa up to 5% of GDP, UN climate head says
- Europe’s farming lobbies recognise need to eat less meat in shared vision report (“Dialogue with green groups results in agreement on ‘urgent, ambitious and feasible’ reforms in agriculture”)
- ‘Better than medication’: prescribing nature works, project shows (“Scheme helping people in England connect with nature led to better mental health, report finds”)
- Russia backed widespread election interference scheme, DOJ says
- Justice Department Disrupts Covert Russian Government-Sponsored Foreign Malign Influence Operation Targeting Audiences in the United States and Elsewhere
- New Indictment Alleges Conservative Media Company Took Millions of Kremlin Cash (“Tim Pool, Dave Rubin, Lauren Southern, and Benny Johnson have all worked with Tenet Media.”)
- US conservative influencers say they are ‘victims’ of Russian disinformation campaign (Yep, they’re always “victims”)
- Russian money was funneled to right-wing creators through a pro-Trump media outlet: prosecutors
- Two RT Employees Indicted for Covertly Funding and Directing U.S. Company that Published Thousands of Videos in Furtherance of Russian Interests
- Don Jr’s Online Buddies Allegedly Demand $5 Million from Russian Shell Companies to Say Nice Things about His Daddy
- Indictment: Russian propagandists used Tennessee content company to push disinformation
- Right-wing influencers were duped to work for covert Russian influence operation, US says
- DOJ Bombshell Alleges MAGA Media Group Is Backed by Russian Money
- Zelenskyy suffers huge backlash as reshuffle triggers power-grab accusations
- Netanyahu derailed a potential Gaza hostage deal in July, Israeli newspaper reports
- Hostage families press Biden admin to make a deal with Hamas that doesn’t include Israel
- Hostage killings and irreconcilable demands complicate cease-fire talks
- ICC chief prosecutor defends Netanyahu arrest warrant in BBC interview
- Saudi Arabia’s fiscal breakeven oil price is rising fast. What will the kingdom do about it?
- Ugandan Olympic runner Rebecca Cheptegei, 33, dies after being set on fire by partner (Horrifying.)
- Biden preparing to block Nippon Steel purchase of U.S. Steel
- Exclusive: US warned Nippon its U.S. Steel bid poses a national security risk
- Why This Jobs Report Could Be the Most Pivotal One in Years
- Biden To Dish Out $7.3 Billion For Clean Rural Power
- Of Course Ginni Thomas Praised Group Trying to Block SCOTUS Reform
- One urgent reason the justices need a credible ethics code? Ginni Thomas.
- Trump’s Vile New Rant on Arlington Fiasco Shows Dark Side of MAGA Rage
- Opinion | Adm. Mike Mullen: Politics has no place at Arlington’s Section 60
- The Führer principle applied: Trump’s Arlington scandal invokes Hitler’s playbook (“Trump’s behavior at Arlington National Cemetery should be understood in the context of his vow to be a dictator”)
- Republican Liz Cheney says she will vote for Harris in November
- Liz Cheney, a Top G.O.P. Trump Critic, Says She Will Vote for Harris
- Harris unveils plan for 28% capital gains tax, softening Biden’s proposal for 40% rate
- New Financial Analysis: Trump Agenda to Hurt Economic Growth, While Harris Would Fuel Tens of Thousands More Jobs than Republicans (“Under Harris, job growth would be 10,000 a month higher than if Trump wins with a divided government, and 30,000 higher than with a Republican sweep.”)
- Some “high-level” Republicans secretly hope Harris beats Trump, but they won’t do anything to help
- Republicans Seize on False Theories About Immigrant Voting (“Party activists are mobilizing to crack down on a supposed scourge of noncitizen voting, a problem they inaccurately claim to be a threat to the election.”)
- Trump and Harris campaigns agree to rules for ABC debate
- Trump Questions Fairness of Next Week’s Debate at a Town Hall
- Trump lobs same insults at Harris and Walz in Pennsylvania town hall (“Ex-president repeats false claims to Sean Hannity of asylum seekers and crime and says: ‘We’re going to heal our world’”)
- Trump Has ‘Very’ Rocky Moment On Fox News As He Repeatedly Denies Being Weird
- Trump Calls ABC News ‘Meanest’ Network Days Before Debate Showdown (“They’re very nasty. I think a lot of people are going to be watching to see how nasty they are” Quite the contrary – in fact, the mainstream media goes REALLY easy on Trump.)
- Trump election subversion case back in court as judge holds hearing that could set its path forward
- Are Republicans Stuck With Trump Post-Election, Win or Lose?
- Stock plunge wipes out Trump Media’s extraordinary market gains (This whole thing is corrupt, big time.)
- Trump’s latest admission on Fox News is great news for Jack Smith
- Harris’ attempt to separate herself from Biden on the economy frustrates Trump
- Trump campaign shifts as its path to victory narrows (“…in the past six weeks Trump hasn’t held a rally in Virginia, and his campaign appears to have stopped putting out memos that cite internal polls while claiming the state is flippable.”)
- New Hampshire is the latest sign of Donald Trump’s shrinking map
- Vulnerable Republicans worry Johnson’s spending plan increases shutdown risk
- In the GOP alternate universe, JD Vance is charming and popular
- GOP’s Biden corruption crusade goes up in smoke (Of course it did. And any “news” outlet that ever reported on this as if it was in good faith is a complete joke.)
- Tucker Carlson is pushing Nazi apologias and Holocaust denial. He addressed the RNC just weeks ago. (“His latest guest details why Churchill is the ‘chief villain’ of WWII”)
- On many key topics, Fox News and Project 2025 are in lockstep (“Fox News has worked to distinguish Donald Trump from Project 2025, but the network’s conservative host and guests, including Trump surrogates, advocate for similar policy intentions”)
- Georgia school shooting suspect previously investigated for threats, FBI says
- At least 4 killed, approximately 30 injured in school shooting, sources say
- Record measles outbreak in Oregon blamed on vaccine exemptions
- Florida Fires Worker Who Exposed Ron DeSantis’ Plan to Bulldoze State Parks (“James Gaddis tanked a secretive scheme to build hotels and golf courses on preserved land.”)
- Audio: In VA09 Debate Between Democrat Karen Baker and Republican Incumbent Morgan Griffith, the Contrast Couldn’t Be Greater and the Best Choice (Baker!) Couldn’t Be Clearer (Baker: “My opponent has had 14 years to listen to and problem solve for the 9th district and he’s done neither.”)
- Virginia’s top elections official warns of possible delays in mail-in voting this year
- Eugene Vindman: Project 2025 is a threat to democracy (“My opponent Derrick Anderson has still not disavowed this cruel plan”)
- Photos: Second Gentleman Douglas Emhoff Rallies Voters in Virginia in Labor Day Push Ahead of Early Voting
- Schapiro: Oracle of Charlottesville sees ’em, calls ’em
- Virginia localities know it’s all about that (declining commercial real estate tax) base
- Expanded lease breaking powers floated for victims of sexual assault in Virginia (“Loudoun County Senator and former sex crimes prosecutor Russet Perry said victims need more options when they share a lease with their abuser.”)
- Solar developers take another swing at Dominion’s rules for mid-size projects
- Charlottesville City Council Approves Ranked-Choice Voting for 2025; First RCV Primary for City Council Will Be Next June (Every Virginia jurisdiction should do this.)
- Ranked choice voting is coming to City of Charlottesville elections in 2025
- Watson listed church as address prior to facing fraud charges
- Virginia Beach mayoral candidate challenges eligibility of 2 opponents, including Mayor Dyer
- Alexandria park near JD Vance’s house back open on ‘modified’ schedule
- Ex-Virginia police officer who joined Capitol riot receives a reduced prison sentence
- Despite opposition across border, Goochland County quarry expansion gets green light
- Contract worker accused of unlawfully filming children in Fairfax County elementary schools
- D.C.-area forecast: Filtered sunshine through Friday with a chance of showers Saturday
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