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by Lowell
Here are a few international, national and Virginia news headlines, political and otherwise, for Thursday, September 19. Note that early voting in Virginia starts TOMORROW – make sure you: a) vote early; b) vote Democratic up and down your ballot!
- Hope for coral reefs after IVF colonies survive record heat event – study (“Scientists found 90% of young coral surveyed remained healthy compared with 25% of older corals, after mass bleaching event in the Caribbean”)
- New Study Suggests Major Climate Reports May Be Underestimating Drought Risks (“North America and Southern Africa, in particular, may endure longer dry spells than water managers expect, but research shows rising emissions magnifying both wet and dry extremes.”)
- Floods in Poland and wildfires in Portugal show reality of climate breakdown, says EU
- The losing strategy of underestimating Russia (“Russia remains a formidable power. The West should not assume it is a depleted military force.”)
- Putin Is Under Pressure to Call Up More Troops for War of Attrition
- Russia attacks Ukrainian energy and civilian infrastructure, officials say
- Ukraine’s dramatic drone strikes on Russia are about making the case for more aid
- Pentagon Worries Israel Is Close to Launching Ground War in Lebanon
- Israel bombs Lebanon after radio blasts, says it thwarts assassination plot
- Israel’s double-punch humiliation of Hezbollah is a dance on the edge of an abyss (“Tactical daring keeps Netanyahu on the front foot but risks lurch into full-blown war”)
- Israel’s Strategic Win (“A spectacular attack on Hezbollah is the latest development in the ongoing war between Iranian proxies and the Jewish state.”)
- ‘We don’t know if our phones are safe’: Lebanon on edge after exploding device attacks
- Pager and walkie-talkie attacks on Hezbollah were audacious and carefully planned
- Walkie-talkie blasts: attacks on Hezbollah kill 20 as Israel says military focus shifting north
- With Exploding Pagers, Israel Built a Modern-Day Trojan Horse
- Israeli arrested over Iran plot to kill Netanyahu, Israeli security services say
- The Real Goal of Israel’s Exploding-Pager Attack on Hezbollah (“It demonstrates to their enemy, ‘Hey, we can reach out and touch you anywhere, anytime.’ I would imagine that Hezbollah is significantly questioning who is in their ranks, who are their suppliers, and what vulnerabilities they have.'”)
- Iranian hackers tried but failed to interest Biden’s campaign in stolen Trump info, FBI says
- U.S. says Iran sent Biden camp stolen Trump info in election interference bid
- ‘I can’t sleep’: What an athlete’s murder tells us about women’s safety in Kenya
- After Fed Cuts Rates, Biden Will Claim Credit for Economy’s Strength (As well he should!)
- Fed slashes interest rates by a half point, an aggressive start to its first easing campaign in four years
- MAGA Fans at Vance Rally Boo Rate Cut That Will ‘Alleviate Inflation’ (Crazy f’ers.)
- Nasdaq Futures Jump 2% as Big Fed Cut Spurs Rally: Markets Wrap
- The Fed forecasts lowering rates by another half point before the year is out
- Watch Federal Reserve chairman Powell shut down Fox’s question about election-driven “political motivations” for rate cut (“Nothing else is discussed. … Our job is to support the economy on behalf of the American people.”)
- The Supreme Court is about to decide whether to interfere in the election again (“Republicans want the Court to place the Green Party back on Nevada’s ballot after it was removed.”)
- Republican Divisions Sink House Bill as Government Shutdown Nears
- The House GOP is a circus. The chaos has one source.
- Trump Calls for Govt. Shutdown Unless Congress Makes It Harder for Americans to Vote (Wildly irresponsible and disgraceful by Trump!)
- Scoop: Mike Johnson’s secret Plan B (“After Johnson’s 10 days of futility, look for the Senate’s patience to run out fast.”)
- House GOP torpedoes Speaker Johnson’s funding bill
- The Failure Was the Point: House Rejects Mike Johnson’s Government Funding Gambit
- McConnell: Trump-Backed Shutdown Would Be “Politically Beyond Stupid” and GOP Would “Certainly Get the Blame”
- Trump’s Ignominious Legacy: The Moral Traffic Light (“Americans must see Trump, like Tom Waits in The Fisher King; as a “Moral Traffic Light”. “STAY AWAY”. “DO NOT GO THIS WAY”.”
- Trump Brought Chaos to American Politics. Now It’s Engulfing Him.
- Over 100 Republican National Security Leaders Endorse Vice President Harris
- The Historical Precedents to Trump’s Attacks on Haitian Immigrants (“An expert on white nationalism explains how such demonizing rhetoric incubates and spreads—and what sets this particular episode apart.”)
- Trump’s Bogus Claims About Haitians Are Part of a Bigger Agenda
- Trump’s Derision of Haitians Goes Back Years
- Trump says he will visit Springfield, Ohio, ‘in the next two weeks’ (Unacceptable after Trump and Vance have terrorized the Haitians and disrupted life in Springfield for absolutely no good reason.)
- Ohio Haitian immigrants say they are afraid to leave home after recent backlash
- The Real Reason Trump and Vance Are Spreading Lies About Haitians
- JD Vance Is Spreading A New Racist Lie About Haitians (“The Republican vice presidential nominee has spent the last week repeatedly posting on X, formerly known as Twitter, that the Haitian immigrants in Springfield are causing a rise in communicable diseases including HIV and tuberculosis. But that’s not true”)
- This Is What a Losing Campaign Looks Like (“How does Donald Trump’s running mate have so much time on his hands?”)
- To Understand JD Vance, You Need to Meet the “TheoBros” (“These extremely online young Christian men want to end the 19th Amendment, restore public flogging, and make America white again.”)
- GOP senator’s “discriminatory and vitriolic attack” shows Republicans weaponized anti-Muslim bigotry
- Oops: Cat at Center of JD Vance’s Pet-Eating Claims Is Alive and Well (“Vance has long known his claims about dogs and cats being eaten by Haitian migrants are not true—yet he chose to spread them anyway.”)
- J.D. Vance offers ‘proof’ of pet-eating, but it’s proven false with 1 phone call
- JD Vance defends pet-eating remarks: ‘The media has a responsibility to fact-check’ (JD Vance is pure scum, pathological liar, 100% dishonest and slimy…)
- Oops: Cat at Center of JD Vance’s Pet-Eating Claims Is Alive and Well (“Vance has long known his claims about dogs and cats being eaten by Haitian migrants are not true—yet he chose to spread them anyway.”)
- Donald Trump’s financial failures are stunning. ‘Lucky Loser’ has the receipts.
- Trump’s Talk of Prosecution Rattles Election Officials
- Major newspapers and newswires ignored a Trump idea guaranteed to raise food prices (Yet ANOTHER massive failure by the “mainstream media,” which relentlessly covers up for Trump, whitewashes and “sanewashes” him, etc.)
- West Coast Teamsters break with national chapter in endorsing Harris
- Oprah Brings Star Power to Mobilize Swing-State Harris Voters
- More than a dozen GOP nominees, elected officials, and Trump advisers have appeared on Laura Loomer’s show (including JD Vance)
- Voters view Harris more favorably as she settles into role atop Democratic ticket: AP-NORC poll (“According to the survey, about half of voters have a somewhat or very positive view of Harris, and 44% have a somewhat or very negative view…Six in 10 voters, meanwhile, have a somewhat or very unfavorable view of Trump, while about 4 in 10 have a somewhat or very favorable view of him.”)
- Why Trump’s election fraud falsehoods might cost the GOP the House
- Harris and Trump essentially tied in Pennsylvania, Post poll finds
- Fox News Poll: Harris tops Trump by two points
- Swing State Poll 2024: Pennsylvania, Michigan, Wisconsin: Harris Ahead In 2 Key Battleground States
- Georgia’s abortion ban killed a young mother. The Christian right now blames the victim (“Anti-choice activists argue that if Amber Nicole Thurman had submitted to forced childbirth, she’d still be alive”)
- Emhoff Trashes Huckabee Sanders’ Jab at Harris About Kids (Huckabee Sanders is the worst of the worst.)
- Sarah Sanders’s crude swipes at Kamala Harris notch a new low for GOP
- Network of Georgia election officials strategizing to undermine 2024 result (Hello DOJ???)
- Video: At Hearing on Foreign Threats to the 2024 U.S. Elections, Sen. Mark Warner Calls Out “X, formerly known as Twitter, which wouldn’t even send a representative today” (Sen. Warner says Russia and Iran “spreading credible-seeming narratives to influence voters’ perceptions of the candidates and stoke political and ethnic division”)
- Video: VA10 GOP Nominee Skips NAACP Forum; Eugene Vindman and Suhas Subramanyam Skewer VA07 GOP Nominee Derrick Anderson’s Lies, Nonsense on Abortion, Project 2025, etc.
- Republican dodges questions over abortion rights in key Virginia race
- Abortion remains top issue in Virginia’s most competitive US House race (VA07 is NOT “Virginia’s most competitive US House race” – VA02 is!)
- 6th District: Cline, Mitchell, Wells all say federal government is dysfunctional (They’re wrong.)
- Virginia Delegates, Former House of Delegates Democratic Leader David Toscano, & Impacted Virginians Address Trump’s “Concepts of a Plan” to Repeal the ACA
- Dual – and dueling – messages on the border (Classic “both-sidesism”/false equivalence by Jeff Schapiro)
- Wilder says he understands Harris’ decision not to emphasize race
- Election Day is in November, but early voting arrives in Virginia this week (“Virginia’s lengthy early voting period starts Friday.”)
- Youngkin joins “energy choice” coalition with other Republican governors (“Some clean energy advocates said the term is a euphemism for the continued use of natural gas that pollutes the planet and drives climate change.” There’s so much false shit in this press release, it’s hard to even know where to start. For instance, energy costs are actually quite low right now – check out these natural gas prices, and oil prices are also low. And they’re not “driven by government regulation” OR “crushing middle income families.” Just lie after lie after lie…)
- Senate hearing over campus protests to Israel-Hamas war draws criticism from Republicans (Weird framing, but ok…)
- Editorial: Youngkin’s plan to eliminate cellphones from schools addresses key concerns
- Virginia panels begin investigating Black communities displaced by universities
- Commentary: Richmond can close the digital divide. Let’s do it right
- Southwest Virginia’s first lab school immerses students in health care careers
- Portrait of Richard Saslaw, Virginia’s longest-serving senator, is unveiled
- UVA hires law firm to investigate physician claims
- Trial begins for ex-Fairfax officer charged with involuntary manslaughter
- D.C.-area forecast: A sprinkling of showers today before a mainly dry weekend
