by Lowell
Here are a few international, national and Virginia news headlines, political and otherwise, for Wednesday, September 4.
- Forgotten epidemic: with over 280 million birds dead how is the avian flu outbreak evolving? (“New data reveals the virus has spread to endangered species in Antarctica – yet the H5N1’s risk to biodiversity, farming and human health is little explored”)
- ‘Typhoons have prevented me going to school’: The children behind South Korea’s landmark climate win
- Climate Change Is Making ‘Last Chance Tourism’ More Popular, and Riskier
- Ukraine’s Foreign Minister Kuleba resigns as Russian strikes kill 7 people in Lviv
- Russian air attack kills seven, including three children, in Ukraine’s Lviv, mayor says
- After Putin dodges arrest in Mongolia, the Kremlin says no one can hold Russia back
- Zelenskyy says Ukraine plans to indefinitely hold Russian territory it has seized
- How Netanyahu Is Trying to Save Himself, Elect Trump and Defeat Harris
- US charges Hamas leaders over 7 October and pushes for ‘final’ truce
- US charges Hamas leader, other militants in connection with Oct. 7 massacre in Israel
- Israeli hostage deaths ‘changed everything’ about Gaza cease-fire talks
- Benjamin Netanyahu putting his own interests before Israel’s, says Gantz (Sure seems like it.)
- House Democrats ask Trump if he illegally accepted $10 million from Egypt
- Former aide to New York’s governor is charged with being an agent of the Chinese government
- The Most Interesting Thing About Elon Musk’s War With Brazil (“Starlink gives Musk a strange new kind of power against government adversaries”)
- How Elon Musk Is Tying His Love for Trump to His Fight in Brazil (Fascist nutjob.)
- Pope Francis, in Muslim-majority Indonesia, warns against religious extremism
- France sees Channel migrant deaths as a problem of Britain’s making
- Goldman Sachs predicts stronger GDP and job growth if Democrats sweep White House and Congress
- Harris to propose tenfold startup tax incentive increase she says will spur small business creation
- Harris targets small business tax break in contrast with Trump’s corporate tax cuts
- Analysis A jobs report and a decision on interest rates may change the political calculus for Harris and Trump
- Conservatives expect Johnson will embrace proof-of-citizenship voting in anti-shutdown measure
- Team Harris-Walz Announces Record Investments for Down Ballot Democrats; $25 Million Effort – The Largest Transfer Ever in a Presidential Cycle
- How Democrats made Project 2025 one of their top anti-GOP attacks
- Exclusive: John McCain’s son decries Trump appearance at Arlington as a ‘violation’ that turned cemetery into campaign backdrop
- Despite evidence, Trump calls Arlington Cemetery incident a ‘made up story’ (Why not put the word FALSELY in the headline? The media – in this case NPR – seems terrified to call out Trump’s lies, and it’s badly hurting our democracy.)
- What Trump Doesn’t Understand About the Military (“A man without honor or courage hates America’s service members.”)
- The ugly truth we’re missing on Trump, Arlington
- Kamala Harris now leads in US polls but state-level data puts race on knife-edge
- Why Is the Presidential Election This Close?
- Poll: Half of Gen Z voters support Harris, one-third back Trump
- Former GOP Sen. Pat Toomey Describes How Donald Trump Lost His Support
- The GOP is Actually Better Off if Kamala Harris Wins
- Donald Trump Basically Admits to Interfering in 2020 Election, Makes Clear He Won’t Hesitate to Do It Again (That alone SHOULD be an automatic disqualifier for Trump. But of course the media barely covers it…)
- All Trump’s Recidivists — Donald Trump and Stephen “Discount Goebbels” Miller have a plan.
- Donald Trump’s Incredible ‘Transgender Thing’ (“The former president’s claim that public schools are providing sex-change operations is wrong—and dangerous.”)
- Prosecutors balk at Trump’s bid to delay post-conviction hush money rulings
- Judge Cannon Should Be Removed From Trump Case, Watchdog Group Argues in New Legal Filing
- Trump Family Panics on Twitter After Crypto Hacker Screwup (“After hackers broke into the X accounts of his wife and sister, Eric Trump wrote, ‘This is a scam!!!'”)
- Unearthed video: JD Vance said childless elites make the U.S. “dangerous.” It was too much for a Newsmax interviewer.
- Republicans pushing Christianity into public schools are hitting resistance — even in red states
- Trump Media stock falls to new low
- Project 2025 Backers Push Propaganda About the Trump Shooting
- “He’s one of us”: Trump defends political violence against the press, while the press remains silent (“Maybe the media is the media’s worst enemy”)
- Brian Stelter returning to CNN as chief media analyst (Yuuuuck.)
- How Ted Cruz’s abortion record could cost him a historic election in Texas
- Ex-Porn Shop Employees Say Mark Robinson Was A Regular. He Denies It.
- RFK Jr. must remain on the Michigan ballot, judge says
- Kennedy dropped from Virginia presidential ballot at his request
- Virginia: Campaign trail brings Sen. Tim Kaine to Lynchburg, Charlottesville
- Video: At Buena Vista Labor Day Event, Sen. Tim Kaine Calls Out GOP Opponent for Continuing to Not Show Up, Says “Democrats deliver” While Trump Just Likes to “complain” (“[Hung Cao] said he was against the infrastructure bill because it helped labor. Wow, happy Labor Day!”)
- A growing number of 5th District Republicans vow to write in Good on Nov. 5
- Video: The Buena Vista Labor Day Speech By Virginia LG Winsome Sears Has to Be Seen to Be Believed. WTF??? (Sears: “Four years later, they’re removing body parts from our children and calling it freedom”)
- Sears argues with the Buena Vista crowd on Labor Day
- What could Project 2025 mean for education in Virginia?
- Virginia continues to face a shortage of health care workers (“Virginia has 133 cities and counties, and more than a hundred of them are in need of health professionals.”)
- Va. AG Miyares joins multistate inquiry into asset managers’ environmental investments (Jason Miyares is basically Ken Cuccinelli Part 2.)
- New judge to hear lawsuit over Richmond property sale to Planned Parenthood
- UVA is first Va. college to publish admissions data post-Affirmative Action
- Youngkin appoints environmental justice advocate to council (“Appointments also include Republican party members to Air Pollution Control Board”)
- At one Fairfax school, students and teachers like new cellphone rules – so far
- Richmond Finance Director: Departmental leadership changes could disrupt progress
- Virginia has some of the best cities in the South, says USA Today (“Roanoke, Lynchburg and, of course, Richmond, all ranked in the top 10 in USA Today’s analysis of 209 cities across the South.”)
- Proposal for magnet school at Roanoke’s Jefferson Center gets positive response from city council
- Virginia Beach School Board candidate challenges opponent’s eligibility
- Virginia Aquarium audit reveals $3.7 million shortfall in fiscal year 2024
- D.C.-area forecast: Stellar September weather continues before risk of Saturday rain
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