by Lowell
Here are a few international, national and Virginia news headlines, political and otherwise, for Monday, August 11.
- Weather tracker: Europe braces for another heatwave with highs of 44C (“Parts of Spain and Portugal likely to bear brunt of heat, while drought conditions sweep North America”)
- RFK Jr has slashed vaccine research. You need to know how perilous that is for the world (“The avian flu virus is now just one mutation away from easier transmission among humans. Donald Trump’s health chief is a grave risk to world health”)
- Russia cannot challenge borders ‘with impunity’, warns Tusk ahead of Trump-Putin summit – (“Concerns are growing over Ukraine being shut out of Friday’s Alaska meeting”)
- Trump and Putin’s Unholy Alliance (“The guy who claims he cares about ‘America First’ heads to Alaska this week where he’ll likely bow to the interests of the Russian president”)
- A Sidelined Zelensky Warns That Russia Will Try to Deceive the U.S. (“Volodymyr Zelensky fears that the Kremlin will try to convince President Trump at the U.S.-Russia talks that Ukraine, not Russia, is the obstacle to peace.”)
- Ukrainian drone strike kills 1 in as fighting rages ahead of a planned Trump-Putin summit
- Lindsey Graham says Russia and Ukraine would likely need to swap land in a ceasefire deal (“Land swaps have been a non-starter for President Volodymyr Zelenskyy.”)
- Confusion over the Alaska summit shows Vladimir Putin still calls the shots (“Donald Trump rewarding the Kremlin’s hardline attitude shows Russia can still sideline Ukraine from deal to end war”)
- U.S. Government to Take Cut of Nvidia and AMD A.I. Chip Sales to China
- The Engineering Marvel That China Hopes Will Help Wean It Off Foreign Energy (“A $167 billion power project promotes Chinese self-sufficiency while unsettling neighbors downstream”)
- Netanyahu Doubles Down on Gaza Offensive After Global Backlash
- Israeli Strike Kills 4 Al Jazeera Journalists, Network Says (That’s crazy and totally unacceptable!)
- Australia will recognize a Palestinian state, Prime Minister Albanese says
- Netanyahu rebuffs ‘shameful’ European plans to recognize Palestinian state
- Netanyahu defends new military offensive in Gaza and says it will be wider than announced
- Analysis: Israeli settlers intensify campaign to drive out West Bank Palestinians (Totally unacceptable.)
- Days After Pledging a New Attack in Gaza, Israel’s Plan Is Still Unclear
- America’s heartbreaking divorce from Canada (“Bourbon boycotts, a drop in Canadian tourism — Trump’s tariffs and rhetoric are taking their toll”)
- Trump is losing his foolish trade war. This will cost ordinary Americans greatly (“Trump’s trade war has pushed up inflation, slashed US job gains, slowed economic growth and caused the manufacturing sector to sputter”)
- High costs after tariffs pose threat to Trump and GOP
- Climate change is killing fireflies – threatening a US summer ritual (“Scientists say lightning bugs are having a revival this year – but they’re concerned about the insects’ long-term viability”)
- Six Ways Trump Is Screwing Solar (“The world is burning. Trump wants to add more fossil fuels to the fire, while sidelining the brightest solution”)
- Trump Administration Considers Longtime Critic to Lead Bureau of Labor Statistics (“Officials are looking at E.J. Antoni, chief economist at the conservative Heritage Foundation, among others, to head jobs-data agency”)
- The Political Economy of Incompetence (“How Hannah Arendt predicted Stephen Moore” The banality of evil.)
- Inflation Up or Down? What About Jobs? The Agency That Should Know Is on the Rocks (“Trump’s firing of the Bureau of Labor Statistics leader compounds a yearslong struggle to modernize methods and maintain resources”)
- On Economic Policy, the White House Is Its Own Worst Enemy (“Voters may still trust Republicans more than Democrats on the issues, but their net disapproval of the administration’s initiatives points to a larger political problem.”)
- The Supreme Court Is Determined to Turn Voting Into a Limited Privilege
- RFK Jr.’s vaccine pullback stokes fears of lost medical breakthroughs
- Former Surgeon General on HHS cancelling vaccine research: ‘Over 2 million lives have been saved because of mRNA technology’
- Trump Is Destroying the Future of America to Own the Libs
- Trump’s Unforgivable Sin (“Voters have proved willing to tolerate corruption, but there’s one thing they won’t ignore.”)
- Trump has been on a roll for the ages — but blowback could be looming
- How Much Is Trump Profiting Off the Presidency? (“The President and his family, with their blitz of hotel mega-deals and crypto schemes, are clearly making a vast amount of money off his office. But how much? David D. Kirkpatrick attempts an honest accounting of the Executive-in-Chief’s runaway self enrichment”)
- Trump’s White Nationalist Vision for the Future of History
- JD Vance’s attempt to link Democrats to Epstein renews calls to ‘release the files’ (“Vice-president tries to deflect criticism and blames Biden for doing ‘absolutely nothing’ about convicted sex offender”)
- Vance Tries to Convince Americans That Trump Wants ‘Full Transparency’ in Epstein Case (“The vice president pointed a finger at Democratic billionaires and politicians in an attempt to distract from the president’s close relationship with the deceased sex trafficker”)
- Pritzker: Trump Is ‘Cheating Americans Out of Their Votes’ With Gerrymandering Plans
- Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker blasts Texas Gov. Greg Abbott and Trump over GOP redistricting efforts
- Vance urges “decisive action” on GOP redistricting efforts (Vance is a fascist.)
- Divorce him already, Usha (“JD Vance and his wife really seem to loathe each other” It’s astounding that she’s staying with this fascist scumbag.)
- Red states lead push for MAHA soda bans
- Trump moves Obama, Bush portraits to hidden stairwell (Pathetic.)
- Trump Rages at Nobel-Winning ‘Deranged Bum’ in Late-Night Meltdown (“The president went after economist Paul Krugman in an irate Truth Social post.” Krugman is about 1 gazillion times smarter than Trump.)
- Crime is down. But Trump’s authoritarian power grabs are escalating. (“Random street crimes are being used as pretexts for repression.”)
- Trump considering deploying up to 1,000 National Guard to D.C. (For what conceivable reason???)
- Trump Declares War on Unhoused D.C. Residents: ‘No MR. NICE GUY’
- Trump has a bright idea that will eliminate DC’s homeless problem: Ship ’em out of town
- Trump’s Orders DC Homeless to ‘Move Out IMMEDIATELY’
- Trump orders homeless he passed en route to golf course to leave Washington DC
- FBI dispatching agents to D.C. streets as Trump weighs calling National Guard (This is totally absurd; in fact, DC’s crime rate has been falling, there’s not crisis, etc.)
- Federal agents spread out across D.C. streets amid Trump vow to crackdown on crime (“In fact, Washington, D.C. has seen declining crime rates in recent years, with violent crime hitting a 30 year low in 2024, according to the U.S. Justice Department. Meanwhile, the immediate impact of Trump’s action on Sunday appeared less sweeping and dramatic than his social media posts suggested.”)
- Trump makes surprise phone call to SC Republicans at fundraising dinner headlined by Youngkin (“The unexpected call upstaged the main speaker for the event: Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin.” LOL Also note, this article is yet another example of media stenography, in which they simply present what Youngkin says – a bunch of demonstrable/verifiable lies, exaggerations, etc. – verbatim, without notifying readers that they’re false/exaggerated, etc. That’s a massive failure of the media.)
- Earle-Sears: Renewable energy isn’t as clean as people think (“Winsome Earle-Sears, the Republican candidate for governor, talked about her views on energy in an interview with Cardinal News.” She’s completely ignorant and also completely full of crap.)
- With fewer than 90 days till Election Day, Virginia’s GOP candidates stump on public safety (The media is so scared of Trump and Trump supporters; it’s glaringly obvious every time you see one of their sanitized/whitewashed headlines.)
- Virginia is sharing SNAP recipients’ personal info with the federal government (WTF?)
- VA ends union contracts for thousands of employees, citing focus on veterans
- Chesterfield community members sustain opposition to proposed gas plant Dominion calls necessary
- Addiction treatment as an economic development strategy? Dickenson County, ravaged by substance abuse and overdose deaths, says yes
- CWG Live updates: Heat and humidity return after blissful start to August (“Highs should near or surpass 90 every day this week. Storm chances are back by midweek.”)
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