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by Lowell
Here are a few international, national and Virginia news headlines, political and otherwise, for Thursday, October 17.
- The system that moves water around the Earth is off balance for the ‘first time in human history
- Global water crisis leaves half of world food production at risk in next 25 years (“Landmark review says urgent action needed to conserve resources and save ecosystems that supply fresh water”)
- Is it worse to have no climate solutions – or to have them but refuse to use them?
- Microplastics found in dolphin breath for first time – study
- A Second Trump Presidency Stands to Radically Remake World Trade (“Tariffs could rise to highest levels since the 1930s. Anything from a global trade war to a U.S.-led system against China could be the result.” Would be disastrous.)
- U.S. Shifts Ukraine’s F-16 Training to Focus on Younger Pilots (“The decision could extend by many months the timeline for when Kyiv will have a full squadron of the Western-built aircraft ready for the battlefield.”)
- How Russian propaganda reaches and influences the U.S.
- Iran warns Israel against retaliation for missile attack
- Iraq militias step up Israel attacks as Iran looks to junior proxies (“Analysts suggest proxies in Syria, Iraq and Yemen fighting hidden conflict could be targets for Israel as it considers retaliation against Tehran”)
- Biden offers both a carrot and a stick to Israel as his term nears an end
- Gaza unemployment surges to 80% as economy collapses, UN agency says
- Supreme Court clears way for Biden’s plan to cut power plant emissions (Wait, this crazy court actually did something right???)
- Biden has approved $175 billion in student loan forgiveness for nearly 5 million people
- As Republicans prepare to contest election, Democrats play defense
- I’m an Undecided Hobbit, Torn Between a Dark Lord Who Promises an Age of Chaos and an Elf Queen Whom I Just Wish I Knew More About
- Harris maintains strong lead among Black swing-state voters in a new poll
- Harris paints Trump as threat, draws contrast with Biden in testy Fox News interview (It was only “testy” because Fox “News” questioner Bret Baier constantly interrupted VP Harris, barely let her get a word in edgewise, bombarded Harris with right-wing blather, was a complete a**hole in general, etc.)
- Chris Hayes Slams Fox Over Sneaky Edit in Harris Interview
- Both Harris and Fox News probably got what they wanted
- Fox anchor Bret Baier tried to explain away Trump’s “enemy within” remark. Trump just proved him wrong — on Fox News.
- Fox anchor tasked with interviewing Harris has a history of appeasing network’s pro-Trump audience
- Harris Calls Out Trump For Spending Millions On Anti-Trans Ads
- Kamala Harris agrees that Donald Trump is a fascist: ‘Yes, we can say that’
- Trump clarifies that his ‘enemy within’ comment was about evil Democrats
- Trump on Univision says migrants also ‘eating other things they’re not supposed to’
- What we know about Trump’s medical history
- McConnell called Trump ‘stupid” and ‘despicable’ in private after the 2020 election, a new book says
- Chutkan: Trump “could share responsibility” for Jan. 6 without encouraging rioters
- Donald Trump bears responsibility for Jan. 6 attack, Jack Smith argues in new filing
- Trump name checks “Pelosis” as he doubles down on “enemy from within” rhetoric
- Maddow’s bombshell reporting: Trump trying to pay Stormy Daniels to be quiet again
- Trump calls himself ‘father of IVF,’ doubles down on ‘enemy within’ remarks in town hall (This ABC News headline should clearly say “FALSELY calls himself ‘father of IVF'”; why is this SO didficult for supposed “news” organizations to do???)
- Trump held a “town hall” to talk women’s issues across the US. Only his Republican friends were invited
- Did Trump’s all-female town hall achieve anything?
- “We want fertilization”: Trump’s all-female Fox News town hall wasn’t for women, but his male base
- Fact check: Trump makes at least 19 false claims in one-hour Fox town hall with women
- Fox News did not disclose its all-women town hall with Trump was packed with his supporters
- The Fox News “women’s town hall” with Trump was filled with Republicans already supporting Trump
- Video: In Charlamagne Tha God Town Hall, Vice President Harris Lays Out Her Vision for Black Americans, Slams Trump’s “Weakness” (“Ask Donald Trump what his plan is for Black America … I’ll tell you what it is. Look at Project 2025.”)
- Trump says Black and Latino voters who back Harris need their ‘head examined,’ echoing an increasingly frequent barb (“The former president has directed the same “head examined” message at Biden and Harris voters from several different demographic groups.”)
- Trump Repurposes Go-To Attack on Jews, Tells Black and Hispanic Voters Supporting Harris to Have Their Heads “Examined”
- “His brain is completely out of commission”: Moderator repeatedly calls out Trump for rambling
- Damning Report Reveals How Trump’s Tariffs Plan Would Demolish Economy
- BREAKING: JD Vance Says “No” When Asked if Trump Lost 2020 Election that He Definitely Lost (“Trump picked JD Vance to be his running mate because he knew Vance would go along with his dangerous election denialism and baseless attacks on our democracy no matter what. It’s pathetic”)
- Asked if He Thinks Trump Lost in 2020, Vance Finally Gives an Answer: No
- JD Vance Adviser Posted on Reddit for Years About Use of Cocaine, ‘Gas Station Heroin,’ Other Drugs
- JD Vance’s Aide Boasted ‘I Love Coke and Gas Station Heroin’
- Trump Super-PAC Sent Out Bogus Medicare Cancellation Notice to Scare Voters About Kamala Harris
- Dem House candidates smoke GOP rivals in 11th hour fundraising
- Elon Musk has given $75 million, so far, to put Donald Trump back in the White House
- Pro-Trump dark money network tied to Elon Musk behind fake pro-Harris campaign scheme
- Swing State Poll 2024: Georgia, North Carolina: Trump Holds Lead In GA, Harris On Upside Of Tight Race In NC, Quinnipiac University Poll Finds; NC Gubernatorial Race: Stein Leads Robinson By Double Digits
- New Georgia election rules passed by Trump-backed board are unconstitutional, judge rules
- GOP Senate candidate: Department of Education only created to help ‘little Black girls’ (“The Montana U.S. Senate race took a turn when controversial businessman Tim Sheehy said that the U.S. should eliminate the Department of Education because it was turning children into slaves.”)
- A Trump Loyalist on the Brink (“Representative Scott Perry of Pennsylvania is the nation’s most vulnerable MAGA Republican.”)
- Don’t say ‘vote’: How Instagram hides your political posts (“Our tech columnist investigates how Meta’s Instagram, Facebook and Threads suppress content related to the election. Even discussing how to vote isn’t safe.”)
- Q3 Fundraising Numbers: Tim Kaine Crushing Hung Cao; Eugene Vindman Way Ahead of Derrick Anderson in VA07; Jen Kiggans Leads Missy Cotter Smasal in VA02
- Former GOP Rep. Riggleman endorses Democratic Sen. Kaine of Virginia
- Former Rep. Barbara Comstock (R-VA10), Rep. Jennifer Wexton (D-VA10) Endorse Suhas Subramanyam (Comstock: “We must reject the divisive politics of MAGA extremism and Project 2025, which undermine our democracy, federal civil servants, and women in our community.”)
- Democrat Gloria Witt surpasses 5th District GOP rival John McGuire in latest fundraising (“Witt’s campaign reported having pulled in $218,627 in the third quarter ending Sept. 30, as opposed to McGuire, who raised $198,577 during the same time” PATHETIC fundraising by insurrectionist/extremist John McGuire)
- Virginia economy ‘pretty darn good’ as state revenues surge (Thank you Biden-Harris and Virginia Democrats; zero thanks to Youngkin.)
- Schapiro: Youngkin primes the MAGA masses
- Latest Dominion Energy Development Forecasts Raise Ire of Virginia Environmentalists
- VA Sierra Club: Dominion Needs to “Go Back to the Drawing Board” on Its Proposed New Integrated Resource Plan (Sierra Club argues Dominion is focused on “preserving expensive, inefficient, and aging fossil fuel infrastructure – all of which will cost ratepayers billions” to power data centers)
- Dominion pushes for renewables, more natural gas in latest long-term plan
- Editorial: Faulty welds put Newport News Shipyard under Navy’s microscope
- Richmond City Council OKs ordinance boosting construction worker pay
- UVa surgeons detail ‘upcoding’ they say allowed health system to fraudulently bill patients
- Floodwaters destroyed 18 trestles on the Creeper Trail and washed away much of the path. Now comes the rebuilding.
- D.C.-area forecast: After today’s early chill, a warming trend
