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by Lowell
Here are a few international, national and Virginia news headlines, political and otherwise, for Tuesday, September 3.
- Climate Change Can Cause Bridges to ‘Fall Apart Like Tinkertoys,’ Experts Say
- Coral Reefs Are Getting Sick, and This Human Medicine Might Help (“Antibiotics, it turns out, are a useful tool for keeping Caribbean ecosystems alive.”)
- Weather tracker: extreme heat hits Brazil, fuelling risk of wildfires (This is the climate crisis.)
- China-US Climate Talks to Resume From Wednesday in Beijing
- Russian leader Putin visits Mongolia and defies an international warrant for his arrest
- Russia signals its official stance on using nuclear weapons is about to change (Putin is a menace to humanity.)
- Kyiv says international law dealt ‘heavy blow’ by Mongolia’s failure to arrest Putin during visit
- Hersh Goldberg-Polin’s Funeral Brings Pleas for Forgiveness and Hopes for Change
- President Biden said Israel’s leader was not doing enough to free the hostages held in Gaza. (Correct.)
- Israel’s Rifts Widen, but Netanyahu Remains Undeterred
- Netanyahu pushes back against new pressure over Gaza and hostages: ‘No one will preach to me’
- Defiant Netanyahu insists Israel must control strategic border corridor in Gaza
- Could mass protests in Israel over the hostages persuade Netanyahu to agree to a cease-fire deal?
- UK defends partial Israel arms ban as Netanyahu calls it ‘shameful’
- Grief and Fury in Israel (“Hamas’ killing of six hostages in Gaza, as Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu reportedly delayed a ceasefire deal, has provoked major protests and a renewed sense of crisis.”)
- AfD leaders demand inclusion in state coalition talks after election success
- ‘A myopic policy’: India’s backing of ousted Bangladesh leader Sheikh Hasina leaves it in a bind
- US Drafts Sanctions Against Venezuelans Over Disputed Vote
- Exclusive: US seizes Venezuela President Nicolas Maduro’s airplane in the Dominican Republic
- Maduro Orders Arrest of Rival to Quell Venezuela Dissent
- Venezuelan judge issues arrest warrant for opposition’s former presidential candidate
- Voters beginning to think Conservatives are ‘weird’, research suggests
- Elon Musk is an unguided geopolitical missile
- Brazil Supreme Court panel unanimously upholds judge’s decision to block X nationwide
- Kamala Harris drives Democrats’ enthusiasm up as Donald Trump drags the GOP down
- Kamala Harris Has Energized Democrats So Much, They Think They Can Win the South (“The contest in Georgia and North Carolina is essentially tied, a stark turnaround from when Joe Biden was running.”)
- Donald Trump is losing it (“His alarming cognitive decline deserves the scrutiny that Joe Biden received.”)
- Trump ridiculed after accusing Kamala Harris of mistreating Mike Pence
- Biden and Harris rally in battleground Pennsylvania as Trump sits out Labor Day
- Harris makes pitch to union voters in ‘blue wall’ states
- Trump and allies plant seeds for ‘chaos and discord’ if he loses, experts warn
- The Harris-Walz Ticket’s “Joyful” Strategy Helps Produce Historic Voter Registration Surge and Enthusiasm Among Key Constituencies
- The Soft Bigotry of No Expectations on Trump
- DNC War Room on “the Most Anti-Worker and Anti-Union Ticket in American History”; “GOP Propping Up Stein and West In Key States”
- With two months left, Harris and Trump will devote most of their campaign time to just seven states
- Hispanic voters give Harris edge on healthcare, climate, Reuters/Ipsos poll shows
- Analysis: Trump is still telling lies he told eight years ago
- How Trump Plans to Make Voters Hate Harris
- Harris’ Blunt Reply to Rally Heckler Who Called Out Trump (“We’ll handle November, let the courts handle that other thing, but we’re not going back”)
- Nephew Says Trump Doesn’t Give a S*** About Military Heroes
- Second gentleman Doug Emhoff contrasts Harris, Trump campaigns in Newport News
- A failing grade for the electoral college (“A relic of another time, the electoral college distorts the results of our presidential elections and thwarts the will of the people.” Very much so. In 2000, Al Gore would have been narrowly elected president. In 2016, Hillary Clinton would have EASILY been elected president.)
- Elon Musk suggests support for replacing democracy with government of ‘high-status males’ (“The theory suggests that the only people able to think freely are ‘high [testostrone] alpha males’ and ‘aneurotypical people’”)
- 2020 election deniers ordered to pay $1 million in Pennsylvania voting machine dispute
- Top Trump volunteer in Mass. no longer with campaign after warning New Hampshire is ‘no longer a battleground state’
- Editorial: Chesapeake Bay cleanup earns improved marks but more to do (“The Chesapeake Bay’s health was recently graded a C+, which is encouraging even if the progress is slower than we might want.”)
- Cao opts out of speech — and Kaine meeting — after Labor Day parade
- Emhoff rallies with Dems in Newport News; Kaine, Cao campaign in Buena Vista
- Video: Anti-Labor, Pro-Trump MAGA Glenn Youngkin Booed at Buena Vista Labor Day Festival; Crowd Chants “We’re Not Going Back!” (Buena Vista, btw, went 67% for Trump in 2020., so you’d think it would be Youngkin-friendly territory, lol.)
- Youngkin Sent Packing – Buena Vista Labor Fest 2024
- In sop to ex-president, Youngkin panders about nonexistent voting by noncitizens (Disgraceful demagoguery by Youngkin.)
- What’s with Virginia’s quit rate?
- Virginia prisons’ full-court press to end drug overdose
- How Virginia is addressing the dark side of gambling
- Commentary: In Virginia, pollution is OK as long as it hurts everyone. Are we OK with this?
- Animal euthanasia rates in Danville are 8 times the state average. It’s not an easy issue to solve, experts say
- D.C.-area forecast: Super comfortable today with splendid September sunshine
