by Lowell
Here are a few international, national and Virginia news headlines, political and otherwise, for Wednesday, September 11.
- One of the most potent greenhouse gases is rising faster than ever
- G20 countries turning backs on fossil fuel pledge, say campaigners (“Promise to ‘transition away from fossil fuels’ made at Cop28 climate talks has been left out of draft resolutions”)
- Trump Refuses to Say If He Wants Ukraine to Defeat Russia
- How Russia’s Steady Advance Threatens Ukraine’s East (Give Ukraine everything it needs!)
- Secretary of State Antony Blinken is visiting Ukraine during a precarious moment in the war and U.S. politics.
- Exclusive: Wagner lost veteran fighters in Mali ambush, in setback to Russia’s Africa campaign
- Israel Offers Hamas Leader Safe Exit From Gaza in Bid to End War
- Europe’s media crowns Harris winner of debate against Trump
- Is it game over for Venezuela’s opposition as Maduro clings to power? (“Opposition leaders are adamant their campaign to remove Maduro is very much alive – even as their candidate widely believed to have won the vote has gone into exile in Spain”)
- Venezuela Is a Stark Warning to the U.S. – Once an Autocrat Is in Power, It Is Difficult To Win Back Democracy. (“We have a real opportunity right now to hold onto our democracy if we elect Kamala Harris and enough Democrats to Congress to support her.”)
- South Africa’s DA Says Education Bill Poses Threat to Coalition
- Mexico Passes Judicial Reform Cementing Morena’s Power
- US CPI to Show Another Muted Rise as Fed Debates Rate-Cut Size
- U.S. Inflation Is Expected to Remain Subdued as Rate Cuts Near
- A gallon of regular gasoline in August was down nearly 12 percent from a year earlier in the U.S.
- America Needs to Become a Battery Superpower. A Trump Win Would Ensure It Won’t.
- If the GOP wins in November, expect the uninsured rate to spike
- The World Can Now See Kamala Harris in its Most Powerful Job (“The Democratic presidential nominee navigated tough policy questions while fending off an aggressive Donald Trump.”)
- ‘I Feel Like She Humiliated Him’: How Trump Lost the Debate
- Donald Trump Made a Raving, Rambling Fool of Himself in That Debate
- How Harris Roped a Dope (“She stayed human when Trump went feral.”)
- 3 winners and 2 losers from the Harris-Trump debate (Winner: Harris; LOSER: Trump)
- Trump Repeats Vile Lie About Immigrants (“Just like his running mate, Ohio Sen. JD Vance, the former president trumpeted a lie about Haitian immigrants eating pets in Springfield, Ohio.”)
- Who won the Harris-Trump debate? We asked swing-state voters.
- “The same old, tired playbook”: Harris baits an aging Trump into being his grumpiest, weirdest self (“Even with the muted microphones, there is no “sane-washing” Trump during the debate”)
- David Muir fact-checks Donald Trump on viral lie about migrants eating dogs after Harris challenges the size of his rallies
- Kamala Harris Made Donald Trump Look Silly and Small at the 2024 Debate (“The former president walked into all of Harris’s traps, falling back on personal attacks and petty disputes while straining to keep the conversation centered on immigration.”)
- How Harris Trapped Trump (“She did exactly what Trump’s advisers feared: let him be himself.”)
- Kamala Harris Succeeds In Baiting Donald Trump On Everything You’d Expect (“Between calling him ‘weak’ and saying people are leaving his rallies early, the Democratic presidential nominee got under his skin again and again.”)
- Debate Disaster: Trump’s Seething, Unhinged, Incoherent Onstage Meltdown (“The former president ran through one over-the-top lie after another lie, shouting his way through most of it.”)
- ‘Trump Had A Bad Night’: Conservative Pundits Declare Kamala Harris Winner Of Debate
- ABC’s Linsey Davis fact-checks Donald Trump’s lie that Democrats support “execution after birth”
- House Republicans bemoan Trump debate performance: ‘Not good’
- Trump Spent the Debate Spreading the Fever Dreams of Extremely Online Racists (“But even they knew he bombed.”)
- Trump pushes baseless claim about immigrants ‘eating the pets’ (And by “baseless,” NBC News means FALSE!)
- Trump repeats false pet-eating claims leaving Harris dumbfounded as Republican nominee goes off rails
- READ: Harris-Trump presidential debate transcript
- Donald Trump Had a Really, Really Bad Debate (“Kamala Harris, veteran prosecutor, proved beyond a reasonable doubt on Tuesday night that her opponent will always take the bait.”)
- Who Won the Debate? Even Republicans Agree
- Undecided Americans impressed by Harris – but will debate shift their votes?
- CNN Flash Poll: Majority of debate watchers say Harris outperformed Trump onstage
- Debate Shows Trump Losing His War With Reality
- Kamala Harris Baited Donald Trump Into a Debate Meltdown
- Harris targets Trump for falsehoods on abortion and immigration in fiery debate
- Bad news for Trump: Harris is not Biden (“The vice president was every bit the former prosecutor in Philadelphia on Tuesday night.”)
- The Debate Reviews Say Trump Lost, Harris Won: How It Happened
- Harris delivered a ‘masterclass’ debate. Will it change the race?
- Republicans express dismay at Trump performance as polling suggests Harris won debate
- On Abortion, Trump Floundered in Fantasy Land
- Over 90 Minutes, Trump Descended to His True Self
- Trump repeats the false claim that Democrats support abortion ‘after birth’ in debate (And mixes up Virginia and WEST Virginia! LOL)
- The Reviews Are In: Vice President Harris Won the Debate (“Kamala Harris pitched a shutout on almost every subject I can think of.” – Chris Wallace “She was exquisitely well prepared. She laid traps and he chased every rabbit down every hole” – Chris Christie)
- Harris campaign wants a second presidential debate with Trump (“The second meeting, if Trump agrees, would come in addition to an Oct. 1 debate between both major-party vice-presidential nominees”)
- Harris is bringing two former Trump administration officials as her debate guests
- Harris proves her mettle to Democrats in debate
- Trump Sends Out the “Ultra-MAGA” Clown Car to the Spin Room; “Undeniably Trump-Driven” Project 2025 Agenda
- Harris tears into Trump over abortion rights and race in tense presidential debate
- Trump on ObamaCare repeal: ‘I have concepts of a plan’ (HUH???)
- Vance would have asked for new electors instead of certifying 2020 election results (Vance is an extremist lunatic.)
- Trump Tries to Dodge Harris’ Handshake Before Debate Starts
- Harris’s powerful abortion stance and Trump’s fact-checks: key takeaways from the debate
- Taylor Swift endorses Kamala Harris
- Taylor Swift has endorsed Kamala Harris. Donald Trump has only himself to blame
- Taylor Swift endorses Kamala Harris for president in post signed ‘childless cat lady’
- NEW: JD Vance “Would Have Asked The States” For Fake Electors’ Votes Instead of Certifying the 2020 Election (“Vance is an extreme election denier who won’t commit to accepting this November’s election results.”)
- JD Vance Would’ve Done For Trump What Mike Pence Refused To Do
- Lawrence: The media is trying (and failing) to cure themselves of ‘sane-washing’ Trump
- DEBATE DAY: President Obama Knocks Trump’s Obsession with Crowd Size in New Harris Campaign Ad (“Ad to Air Nationally on Debate Day on Fox News, Which Trump Is Known to Watch”)
- Undecided Americans impressed by Harris – but will debate shift their votes?
- Kamala Harris Won Debate by a Knockout—but Her Fight Is Far From Over
- Mike Johnson Forges Ahead With Government Funding Plan He Thinks Will Fail
- McConnell takes issue with Trump on shutdown: ‘Always a bad idea’
- A quarter of Republicans think Trump should seize power even if he loses
- Democrats push Army to release incident report on Trump campaign at Arlington National Cemetery
- Trump’s Awful Arlington Scandal Takes Its Most Disturbing Turn Yet
- Political consultant points out ‘Nate Silver is paid by Peter Thiel’ after 538 projects Trump victory
- Missouri abortion-rights amendment will appear on the ballot, state Supreme Court rules
- Winter crabbing strained Chesapeake Bay’s blue crab population. It may soon resume (“After a 16-year prohibition, a group of Virginia watermen voted to reinstate winter crab dredging. Many argue the decision puts the blue crab’s fragile population in jeopardy.”)
- New Mexico Governor Michelle Lujan Grisham Highlights Dangers of Trump’s Project 2025 Agenda in Virginia (“The fact that Republicans don’t want women to have primary care should be the deciding issue in this election.”)
- Virginia: 2 new polls give Harris a big lead over Trump
- New poll shows an eight-point lead for Harris over Trump in Virginia
- Riggleman’s road: From GOP congressman to Republicans for Harris
- VMSDEP isn’t Virginia’s only mandated tuition waiver program (“Almost 1,000 seniors citizens took classes for free during the 2022-23 school year.”)
- Editorial: Federal program that would connect Virginia is slow in its rollout
- At least 7 more Richmond mayor forums, debates coming this fall
- $3 million People’s Budget launches in Richmond
- Richmond pilots participatory budget program, hands residents $3 million
- ‘Hot topic’: Richmond school board discusses implementing cellphone-free education
- 128 UVA doctors want CEO and dean of the med school fired, UVA leadership pushes back
- UVa will investigate hospital complaints, but execs are staying
- Menchville High student, 15, shot to death at school bus stop in Newport News
- D.C.-area forecast: Staying sunny and warm as Francine remains well to our south
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