by Lowell
Here are a few international, national and Virginia news headlines, political and otherwise, for Monday, August 25.
- ‘We cannot do it the way our fathers did’: farmers across Europe struggle to adapt to the climate crisis
- 5 Wars That Could Start in the Next 5 Years
- Ukraine war briefing: Zelenskyy vows to ‘push Russia to peace’ as Ukrainians mark independence day
- Standing By a Democratic Ally (“If only America had a real president now, like Ukraine does”)
- Kremlin casts doubt on Trump’s push for Ukraine peace as rifts remain unresolved
- Russia’s Top Diplomat Says There Is No Plan for Putin-Zelensky Meeting
- JD Vance says Putin ‘not at all’ misleading Trump in Ukraine talks: Full interview (Vance is seriously f’ed up.)
- Trump Relies on Personal Diplomacy With Putin. The Result Is a Strategic Muddle. (“More than a week after President Trump met with Russia’s leader in Alaska, progress toward ending the war in Ukraine appears to have ground to a stop.”)
- Exclusive: China’s new mega dam triggers fears of water war in India (“India fears a planned Chinese mega-dam in Tibet will reduce water flows on a major river by up to 85% during the dry season.”)
- Australia’s first two gigawatt-hour battery is now commissioned, to soak up rooftop PV at massive scale (Amazing; more of this!)
- The New Acronym Driving South Korea’s Summit With Trump: MASGA (“Seoul bets helping to ‘Make America Shipbuilding Great Again’ will net a better deal with Washington”)
- Paris summons US ambassador after he accuses France of ‘lack of sufficient action’ on antisemitism (“Charles Kushner, the new United States ambassador to France, sent a letter to President Emmanuel Macron criticizing France’s plan to recognize the State of Palestine, days after Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu made a similar move.”)
- As Other Israelis Die in War, Ultra-Orthodox Resist Call to Fight
- 4 journalists, including a freelancer who worked with AP, killed in Israeli strike on Gaza hospital
- Foreign Diplomats Are Worried About the Rule of Law in Trump’s America
- Activists to rally with Kilmar Abrego Garcia as Trump administration warns it may deport him to Uganda
- Orsted shares tumble 17% to record low, as U.S. government halts wind project construction
- The Economics of Stagflation, Part II (“What will follow the Trump shock?”)
- Trump Is Defunding Medical Research. It Could Cost You Your Life.
- Trump and RFK Jr. to Ban COVID-19 Vaccine ‘Within Months’ (“A close associate of the HHS secretary claims the U.S. government will soon pull COVID-19 mRNA jabs from the market.” Completely insane.)
- Thinking About Getting a COVID Booster This Fall? (“Get ready for a hot mess”)
- We Are All Lisa Cook (“Nobody is safe from weaponized government”)
- Wall Street Journal Flags Donald Trump Risk ‘Turning Out To Be Worse Than We Imagined’ (“The newspaper’s conservative editorial board highlighted an ‘ominous turn.'”)
- Then they came for John Bolton (“And we need to speak out.”)
- The government’s Intel stake is antithetical to American greatness
- US solar plant construction is on a record-breaking spree — for now (“Solar power is having a bumper year as developers race to complete installations before Trump’s policy changes pull the rug out from under the industry.”)
- Trump Isn’t Fixing America’s Campuses. He’s Bleeding Them Dry.
- Trump’s Stunning Power Grab on Elections
- Trump Sees Whitewashed U.S. Past and Dystopian Present (“He wants museums to depict the nation before Democrats unleashed ‘American carnage.'” Sick.)
- ‘No magic fixes’ for Democrats as party confronts internal and fundraising struggles
- Dems Promise a ‘Showdown’ as Redistricting War Goes National
- Midterms 2026: Could this be the Democrats’ last stand against Donald Trump?
- Cash handouts, headline accusations, and Trump as ‘Big City mayor’ (“Three pieces ripe for public-editor scrutiny — if only”)
- Ghislaine Maxwell just made Trump look even more guilty (“That is my takeaway after reading the transcript of Maxwell’s testimony taken by Trump’s personal lawyer Todd Blanche—who now serves as second in command of DOJ. Yet we don’t see corporate media connecting the dots so let me do that here.” Nope, corporate media is completely failing yet again.)
- Jim Jordan Says He Believes Ghislaine Maxwell. He Thinks You Should Too (“The congressman seems to think Epstein’s partner, who could be angling for a pardon and who has been accused of lying to federal officials, is a credible witness” Hahahahahaha.)
- Epstein accuser Virginia Giuffre wrote a memoir. Months after her death, it’s coming out (“‘Nobody’s Girl: A Memoir of Surviving Abuse and Fighting for Justice’ is scheduled for release Oct. 21, the publisher confirmed to The Associated Press”)
- Trump Threatens NBC, ABC Licenses Over News Coverage (This is exactly what you’d expect from Orban, Erdogan, Putin, etc.)
- Trump Calls for ‘Crooked’ ABC and NBC to Be ‘Terminated’ in Epic Late-Night Rant
- The senate race in Iowa that could signal a blue wave for the 2026 midterms (“A win for Democrat Catelin Drey over far-right Christopher Prosch would hamstring the state’s Republican governor”)
- Trump’s Next “Hellhole”: Chicago. Democrats, Get Ready for a Fight. (“The Windy City is set to be the next place the president intends to send an occupying army under the pretext of fighting crime.”)
- “No authority”: Dems flame Trump’s proposed Chicago crackdown
- After Trump’s Threat to Send National Guard to Chicago, Democrats Push Back
- Trump threatens to send National Guard troops to Baltimore
- National Guard troops in Washington, DC, begin carrying weapons
- National Guard now carrying weapons in D.C. (There’s zero need for this crap.)
- Some National Guard units in Washington are now carrying firearms in escalation of Trump deployment (That’s right, Trump is ESCALATING – for absolutely no good reason, and of course completely unrelated to crime.)
- In Washington Crackdown, Making a Federal Case Out of Low-Level Arrests
- Republicans shift focus to states beyond Texas in redistricting fight (“The Hill” reports the Republican assault on democracy as a bland “redistricting fight.” Yes, our political media SUCKS.)
- Gov. Moore says he is looking into redistricting Maryland: ‘All options are on the table’
- Subramanyam introduces bill meant to make ICE more accountable
- Rep. John McGuire advised Netanyahu to ‘get the job done’ in Gaza during Israel trip (“The Virginia congressman said Israel must remain in Gaza until Hamas is defeated; ‘We want to get the hostages home, but if we don’t finish the job, you’re going to have more hostages’”)
- Qatar’s Washington lobbyist invokes old antisemitic tropes in push for influence (“Former Rep. Jim Moran and his team have held dozens of meetings with members of Congress since the Oct. 7 Hamas terror attacks in 2023, mainly to talk about the Qatari role in the Middle East peace process”)
- Two Articles About Winsome Earle-Sears to DEFINITELY Check Out This Morning: One in the American Conservative, Another by the Richmond Times-Dispatch’s Opinions Editor (Earle-Sears targets kids, “has missed the moment”)
- Virginia GOP grows cautiously optimistic in governor’s race (Now this is a classic “The Hill” article – all “horse race,” quotes from Republican operatives, etc.)
- As nursing home complaints surge, Virginia health department details problems found
- Fairfax abortion allegations fuel new political firestorm in Virginia governor’s race (So, “unproven” “allegations from a conservative blog” are now worthy of media “both sides” coverage. Got it.)
- Don’t pull the plug on Virginia’s Solar for All program
- Virginia: $13M in grants awarded to expand community-based crisis services
- Danville in the 9th District? Or Staunton? Population projections show how much rural congressional districts will need to grow.
- ‘Squash on sight:’ Virginia battles invasive spotted lanternflies (“With no natural predators, the colorful pests spread along railways and highways, leaving state, vineyards and residents searching for solutions”)
- Lynchburg city staff, programs revisit unanswered budget questions with new fiscal year underway
- The Feds Want George Mason to Apologize
- CWG Live updates: Outstanding D.C.-area weather for August’s final week (It’s “outstanding” except for the fact that we need rain. These weather headlines are so ridiculous.)
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