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by Lowell
Here are a few international, national and Virginia news headlines, political and otherwise, for Friday, September 5.
- Joe Rogan claims study shows Earth cooling – but report’s authors say he’s wrong (Rogan needs to be treated as the nutjob that he is.)
- Climate change turns Pakistan’s summer oases into deadly flood zones
- ‘Bizarre’ and ‘unlawful:’ States, Ørsted challenge Revolution Wind freeze
- U.S. could take lead watching Ukraine buffer zone if peace deal with Russia comes together
- Putin rejects Western security in Ukraine, warning troops would be target (Do it anyway. In fact, do it NOW!)
- US to cut some security funds for European countries bordering Russia (F’ing stupid – also helpful to Putin.)
- Healthy living, science and an army of doctors: Putin’s pursuit of longevity
- Pivotal countries are moving away from the U.S. and toward China
- Xi Jinping shows he’s ‘totally in charge’
- Kim Jong Un’s trip to China marks transformation from shunned pariah to confident diplomat (He should have stayed as a “shunned pariah”)
- US imposes sanctions on Palestinians for requesting war crimes investigation (Wuuuuut?)
- Anatomy of a coup plot: why Jair Bolsonaro is on trial (“The former Brazilian president and seven of his closest allies are awaiting judgment – and Bolsonaro’s conviction is considered highly likely” This should have happened to Trump. The fact that it didn’t is a really sad commentary on America.)
- Trump’s killing of 11 alleged Venezuelan drug traffickers sets a dangerous precedent (“Unless this dangerous precedent is condemned and curtailed, it will enable US authorities to summarily shoot anyone they choose”)
- Rubio Says U.S. Will Work With Other Nations to ‘Blow Up’ Crime Groups (Yet again, I ask, how the HELL was Rubio confirmed 99-0???)
- Trump Claims the Power to Summarily Kill Suspected Drug Smugglers (Very VERY dangerous.)
- Federal Judge Blocks Trump’s Move to Cut $4.9 Billion in Foreign Aid
- Hundreds of undocumented immigrants apprehended in massive ICE raid at Hyundai plant in Georgia (These are workers, not criminals. This is NOT what we should be doing as a country.)
- Appeals court panel stops order to wind down operations at ‘Alligator Alcatraz’ in Everglades
- Appeals court allows ‘Alligator Alcatraz’ to continue operations — for now
- Labor market growth slows dramatically in August with U.S. adding just 54,000 jobs, ADP says
- Why today’s jobs report is like no other (“America has a jobs problem: Hiring has slowed substantially. But Trump has cast unsubstantiated doubt on the data.
Electrical transmission towers, poles and lines are shown in the early morning of a hot summer day in Commerce, California, U.S, August 7, 2025.”) - Trump nominee plans to keep White House job if he’s confirmed for Fed post (Not acceptable.)
- Justice Dept. Opens Criminal Inquiry Into Lisa Cook, Elevating Trump’s Claims (“The move was instigated by Ed Martin, a Trump loyalist who has said it is legitimate for officials to publicly air criminal investigations into people targeted by the president.” Horrible.)
- RFK Jr.’s Dangerous Designs for Public Health (“If the president wants to make America healthy again, great. But he shouldn’t expect to do so with Mr. Kennedy at the helm, writes Sen. Bernie Sanders.”)
- Trump praises RFK Jr.’s performance even as some Republicans grow weary of his tumultuous term (The word “tumultuous” is a pathetic, cowardly copout by CNN. How about “disastrous?” “extremist?” “anti-science?” So many other adjectives that could be used, yet CNN goes with the bland/anodyne “tumultuous.” Yet again, media #FAIL)
- RFK Jr accused of ‘reckless disregard for science and the truth’ in Senate hearing
- GOP senators signal to Trump that Kennedy is on thin ice
- Operation Warp Speed was one of Trump’s biggest achievements. Then came RFK Jr. and vaccine skeptics (Stop using the word “skeptics” when they’re actually DENIERS. Same thing with climate “skeptics” – actually DENIERS.)
- RFK Jr. Claims mRNA Vaccines Kill People in Heated Senate Hearing (“Robert F. Kennedy Jr. said he didn’t know how many Americans died from Covid-19 or whether Covid-19 vaccines saved any lives”)
- RFK Jr. doesn’t know squat about COVID | HHS Secretary struggles through Senate hearing
- Health experts: RFK Jr., DeSantis put children’s health at risk with anti-vaccine push (Not just children’s health, but yeah.)
- RFK Jr.’s alarming Senate hearing, briefly explained
- Editorial: Kennedy’s anti-science leadership is dangerous and indefensible
- The updated covid shot may be hard to get. Here’s why. (“People seeking to get the new coronavirus vaccines could face a maze of rules and restrictions”)
- The Conservative Media Ecosystem Is Coddling Amy Coney Barrett (“Nothing says ‘I am not a partisan hack’ like kicking off your book tour in conversation with Bari Weiss.”)
- Justice Amy Coney Barrett says country is not in a ‘constitutional crisis’ (She’s completely wrong, of course.)
- How Many Court Cases Can Trump Lose in a Single Week?
- Trump’s War on Black America Isn’t an Accident—It’s a Strategy
Trump hosts US tech leaders at White House dinner – minus Elon Musk (These tech leaders are fascism enablers.)- Trump DOJ is looking at ways to ban transgender Americans from owning guns, sources say (That’s WILDLY unconstitutional – also just completely bigoted and f’ed up. In fact, that vast majority of gun violence is perpetrated by cisgender people, heavily MALE.)
- Trump Is Accusing Foes With Multiple Mortgages of Fraud. Records Show 3 of His Cabinet Members Have Them. (Great job by ProPublica on this. Also note how, yet again, Republicans often do the very thing they falsely accuse others of doing? It’s definitely a pattern – a strong one!)
- In Undercover Video, Staffer Claims DOJ Will Hide Republican Names In Epstein Files
- DOJ deputy chief: Government will “redact every Republican” from Epstein client list
- Pete Hegseth’s Department of Cringe (“Renaming the Defense Department is a pathetic stunt.”)
- Trump seeks to rename Department of Defense to Department of War (Nutjob.)
- Donald Trump is unpopular. Why is it so hard to stand up to him? (“Republicans are servile. Courts are slow. Can the Democrats rouse themselves?”)
- Democrats’ oldest lawmakers aren’t going away without a fight
- Vile Grifters Are Taking Over Establishment Media (“Paramount is reportedly set to pay between $100 million and $200 million for The Free Press and will install Bari Weiss at the top of CBS News.”)
- Missouri Begins GOP Gerrymander to Help Trump Rig 2026 Election
- PBS to Cut 15% of Its Staff
- Florida Decided There Were Too Many Children (“The state’s elimination of vaccine mandates is a courageous first step toward decluttering itself of any excess kids. — Sorry. We decided there were too many children. — You know how it goes. — Their hands are too small.”)
- Florida move to lift vaccine mandates could have far-flung impact, disease experts say
- Without Vaccine Mandates, Florida Kids Are in Real Danger (“Third-grade classrooms will be dripping with whooping cough and diphtheria, but at least Ron DeSantis is protecting “medical freedom,” right?”)
- Fox bosses privately called U.S. Attorney for DC Jeanine Pirro ‘reckless maniac’ and more (She’s completely unhinged, obviously.)
- US Congressman’s Brother Lands No-Bid Contract to Train DHS Snipers
- Trump Is Exploring Ways to Take Over the Sept. 11 Memorial and Museum (Uh, why???)
- Joe Biden undergoes surgery to remove skin cancer on forehead
- Hochul to Sign Order to Get Around U.S. Limits on Covid Vaccine (Every blue state governor should do this IMMEDIATELY.)
- ‘Let’s Cut Out The Middleman’: Zohran Mamdani Hits Trump With A Direct Challenge
- Trump’s maneuvering in NYC mayor’s race fuels push for Democrats to unite behind Mamdani (“Democratic leaders are yet to embrace the democratic socialist as their party’s mayoral nominee.”)
- Adams Considers Dropping Out of Race After Secret Meeting in Florida (I don’t think I’ll ever fully comprehend how stupid people were to vote for Eric Adams in the first place, let alone to lionize him – as some in the media did. If you had done like 10, 15 minutes of Googling, you would have found out that the guy’s a slimeball and kinda nutty.)
- President of Northwestern, a School Attacked by the G.O.P., Will Resign
- Tesla Offers Unprecedented $1 Trillion Pay Package to Musk (What. The. F***???)
- Video: Sen. Mark Warner on RFK Jr. – He’s the Secretary of Health and Human Services, Yet “doesn’t know how many people died from Covid…if the vaccine saved lives…that OBGYN doctors are fleeing rural America” (Yep, RFK Jr. is a quack, wacko and imbecile.)
- James Walkinshaw Hosts Rahm Emanuel, Local Leaders & Housing Advocates for Affordable Housing Roundtable (Early, in-person voting happening through Saturday, with the special election on Tuesday (9/9) – make sure you vote for Walkinshaw!)
- Whitson and Walkinshaw face off in heavily Democratic-leaning 11th Congressional District (Very weak/thin article – nothing on the fact, for instance, that Whitson is a MAGA extremist. #FAIL)
- Sen. Tim Kaine and Rep. Don Beyer among lawmakers introducing a bill to protect America’s national trails (“If passed, the Appalachian Trail Centennial Act would use a public/private partnership expand and protect national trails across the United States.”)
- Video: VA Sierra Club Communications Director Tim Cywinski Announces Candidacy, Joins Crowded Field for Democratic Nomination in VA01 to Take on the Deplorable Rep. Rob Wittman (R-VA01)
- Judd Legum’s Popular Information Reports: “2025’s Willie Horton ad – Virginia’s Republican gubernatorial candidate dishonestly links her opponent to a notorious sex offender” (This is a great example of why you should support non-corporate, non-“access journalism” media…)
- Pope & Schapiro: Fall campaign kickoffs, national issues, and a special election
- Earle-Sears faces questions over past anti-gay rights positions
- Earle-Sears, Spanberger release new ads on education, gender identity issues (This headline is a superb example of sanewashing, whitewashing, etc. – fails to mention that Earle-Sears’ ad is viciously anti-LGBTQ, just generically refers to it as about “gender identity issues.” Yes, the corporate media is as horrible as it appears.)
- Youngkin celebrates launch of pilot program meant to aid mental health crises (Headlines like this are really not helpful. I mean, Youngkin is a pathological liar, so the fact that he “celebrates” something could be good – or not. The headline should say what the actual deal is.)
- Virginia public schools had more than 3,200 unfilled teaching positions in 2024-25 (That appears to be a bit over 3%, which is similar to the past few years. The article should have mentioned that.)
- The fight over transgender policies in Northern Virginia schools, explained (“Five school districts in Northern Virginia are at odds with the U.S. Department of Education over policies protecting transgender students, with funding at stake.”)
- FOIA Friday: Hampton Roads region records over 300 red flag orders (“What Virginia officials withheld or disclosed, Aug.1-Aug. 31, 2025”)
- Norfolk port project funding to be withdrawn amid federal cuts to offshore wind projects (“Trump Administration announces millions of dollars in cuts to offshore wind projects with two major projects in Virginia, but one project has already spent all the money while another is underway.”)
- Offshore Wind Development Authority gets update amid new federal uncertainty
- Meet the candidate: Andrew Payton (“Democrat Andrew Payton is challenging incumbent Republican Del. Tony Wilt in House of Delegates District 34.”)
- Getting to know John McAuliff | Democrat looking to flip HD 30
- DEQ to hold hearing Monday on planned Dominion gas plant in Chesterfield
- Big Ugly Bill fallout | Augusta Medical Group closing three primary care facilities
- After unexpected resignation, former Roanoke US Attorney Gilbert has new job (He’s gone from being VA Speaker of the House to an assistant C.A. in Page County)
- Jan. 6 convict pardoned by Trump arrested after dogs bite 4 in Newport News (Who knew that the “Camp Auschwitz” guy would be a horrible person?)
- Six baby cheetahs born at Metro Richmond Zoo (“Metro Richmond Zoo announces birth of six cheetah cubs, making it one of its larger litters.”)
- CWG Live updates: Very warm and humid today. Strong storms possible Saturday. (“After any strong to severe storms tomorrow, it turns cooler next week.”)
