by Lowell
Here are a few international, national and Virginia news headlines, political and otherwise, for Monday, October 14 – recognizing the Indigenous People who had lived in the Americas for thousands of years before the Europeans arrived (check out the imperfect-but-fascinating book Guns, Germs and Steel if you want to get a better understanding of how that went).
- Trees and land absorbed almost no CO2 last year. Is nature’s carbon sink failing? (“The sudden collapse of carbon sinks was not factored into climate models – and could rapidly accelerate global heating”)
- World’s biggest wind turbine – 26 MW – rolls off production line in China (“Dongfang Electric says it has completed the production of a mammoth 26MW offshore wind turbine, by far the most powerful turbine yet to roll off the production line.”)
- Nobel economics prize is awarded for research into why countries succeed or fail
- Worldwide Efforts to Reverse the Baby Shortage Are Falling Flat
- Fighting Russia – and low morale – on Ukraine’s ‘most dangerous front line’
- Russian Oil Flows Through Western ‘Price Cap’ as Shadow Fleet Grows (“Russia has largely evaded sanctions aimed at limiting its revenue from oil sales, a new report found.”)
- Scale of Chinese Spying Overwhelms Western Governments
- China deploys record 125 warplanes in large scale military drill in warning to Taiwan
- Deadly Hezbollah drone attack on army base shocks Israel, as 51 killed in strikes across Lebanon
- U.S. sending THAAD missile system and troops to operate it to Israel
- Statement by Pentagon Press Secretary Maj. Gen. Pat Ryder on the Deployment of a THAAD Battery to Israel
- US to deploy about 100 troops to operate advanced anti-missile system in Israel amid heightened tensions
- Netanyahu mulls plan to empty northern Gaza of civilians and cut off aid to those left inside (Not acceptable.)
- Israeli strike on hospital tent camp kills 4 and ignites a fire that burns dozens (Ugh, HORRIBLE!)
- Israeli minister denounces UN peacekeepers as fighting rages
- UN mission says Israeli tanks forcibly entered base in southern Lebanon (“Unifil seeks explanation from IDF for ‘shocking violations’ while Netanyahu urges peacekeepers to withdraw”)
- Economists Say Inflation, Deficits Will Be Higher Under Trump
- Cheney doubts Johnson will carry out ‘constitutional obligations’ to certify election
- Cheney does “not have faith” Mike Johnson will certify election
- ‘Totally illegal’: Trump escalates rhetoric on outlawing political dissent and criticism
- Project 2025 offers a chilling preview of Trump’s autocratic plans for a second term
- Trump Wants the Military to Target Americans Who Oppose Him
- Harris’ Camp Sounds the Alarm After Trump Says Military Should ‘Handle’ Democrats
- Trump tested the limits on using the military at home. If elected again, he plans to go further
- Trump’s extreme vision for America hikes pressure on Harris (Bizarre framing, but yes, Trump does have an “extreme vision for America”)
- Trump Leaves Door Open to National Abortion Ban
- Ex-DOJ Official Spells Out ‘Coming Massive Crisis’ On Election Day
- Harris Suggests Trump Is ‘Weak and Unstable’ in Pointed Challenge (What a real newspaper would do is actually EVALUATE THIS CLAIM and INFORM THEIR READERS as to whether or not it’s accurate. In this case, it’s 100% accurate, but the NY Times doesn’t tell us that!)
- ‘Vengeful’ Trump withheld disaster aid and will do so again, ex-officials warn
- Mike Johnson Insists Elderly Trump’s Medical Records Are ‘Irrelevant’ to Voters (Mike Johnson is truly heinous.)
- Trump goes to war against real-time fact checks
- Trump Plans to Appoint Musk as ‘Secretary of Cost-Cutting’ (Musk is unhinged and a fascist, among other bad things. He should have no place, EVER, in the US government!)
- Top Trump Surrogate Michael Flynn: Trump’s “Gotta Win” and Then “Hell Will Be Unleashed” (“Flynn’s disgraceful comments once again show that our democracy is on the line in this election”)
- ‘I Saw’: Chris Christie Reveals ‘Significant Declines’ In Trump’s Cognitive Skills
- Trump ground game undercut by slow internet that crashes app
- About those New York Times headlines (The main thing you need to know is that the editor of the NY Times should be fired, IMMEDIATELY.)
- ‘Vile stuff’: NYT shamed by its own former public editor for whitewashing Trump racism
- Press Breaks Record For Worst Week of Coverage Ever
- Internal polling memo has warning signs for Senate Republicans
- Harris takes her message well beyond the usual venues. Good.
- ‘Absolute chaos’ as ‘MAGA faithful were stranded’ in desert after California event: report
- Exclusive: Suspect in Coachella Valley Trump assassination attempt denies accusation, supports ex-president (Note that the first attempted assassination was buy a disturbed dude who apparently was a Republican; the second by another disturbed dude who had voted for Trump in 2016; and now this “registered Republican from Las Vegas and member of a right-leaning anti-government group” who says he supports Trump.)
- Hurricane recovery officials in N.C. relocated amid report of ‘armed militia,’ email shows (MAGA strikes again.)
- Josh Hawley’s Local Newspaper Declares Him the ‘Worst Sitting Senator’
- Meghan McCain’s threat to Dems backfires as her dad’s biographer issues warning of his own (What on earth is wrong with her???)
- Biden pledges half a billion to restore power for reeling Floridians
- DeSantis misses post-hurricane meeting with Biden — again (DeSantis is so f’ed up. Note that he’s Youngkin’s role-model governor!)
- Biden surveys Milton damage; Florida power will be restored by Tuesday: Updates
- NRA chief involved in gruesome cat killing as college fraternity member (“Doug Hamlin pleaded no contest to animal cruelty over 1979 incident in which fraternity cat was tortured and killed” Horrifying and EVIL. And why isn’t it surprising that a psychopath like this would be NRA chief???)
- VIDEO: Rep. Bobby Scott (D-VA03) Headlines “Lower Costs, Better Care” Bus Tour Stop in Norfolk (“Unfortunately, all of this great progress is now at risk because Donald Trump, JD Vance and the authors of Project 2025 have already told us what they’re going to do”)
- Virginia candidates weigh in on federal workers policy
- The Post endorses Eugene Vindman for House in Virginia’s 7th District (Very easy call. Actually, the WaPo was far too nice to the Republican candidate in this race, but at least they endorsed Vindman.)
- New law puts Virginians more in control over costly subscriptions
- Schools in Virginia are banning cellphones. Here’s what families should know.
- Is Appalachia seeing an influx of climate refugees? Here’s what the data shows.
- In their words: Richmond’s mayoral candidates address education, city schools
- Primer: The 2024 Richmond mayoral race (“These five candidates with varying backgrounds and political resumes are looking to helm the city’s future for the next four years”)
- Connect Hanover project could be completed by early 2025
- Agenda Danville: More short-term rental zoning applications near casino
- D.C.-area forecast: Temperatures take a dive early this week
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