by Lowell
Here are a few international, national and Virginia news headlines, political and otherwise, for Monday, September 8.
- The climate solution both the right and the left can get behind
- Pacific Islands Forum: climate crisis tops agenda as China exclusion casts shadow over leaders meeting (“Pacific Islands Forum 2025 faces bumpy start with China, the US and Taiwan uninvited from discussions, as Pacific leaders gather in Solomon Islands”)
- Hopes rise for green economy boom at Africa Climate Summit (“Renewables are thriving, with Africa breaking solar energy records – but action is needed to plug financing gap”)
- “Extraordinary:” Battery storage prices plunge again, as wind and solar curtailment levels soar
- Meta suppressed research on child safety, employees say
- “It’s a pity”: Zelensky says Trump gave Putin what he wanted
- Russia Steps Up Disinformation Efforts as Trump Abandons Resistance (Treasonous, really.)
- Trump says European leaders will visit US this week to discuss Russia-Ukraine war
- China’s shipments to U.S. plunge 33% in August as overall exports growth hits a 6-month low
- French PM François Bayrou expected to be ousted in confidence vote (“Opposition parties planning to remove centrist and bring down minority government after just nine months”)
- US Raid on Hyundai Plant Leaves Korean Companies Reeling (“The raid underscores the risks for foreign firms that rely on subcontractors to plug workforce gaps.”)
- Raid at Georgia Hyundai plant sends home 300 South Korean workers, straining ties with a key US ally
- South Korea to fly detained workers back as US vows more raids on employers
- US Migrant Raid Jolts South Korea, Stirs Investor Anxiety (Why would anyone in their right mind invest in the US right now?)
- What We Know About the Hyundai-LG Plant Immigration Raid in Georgia
- After issuing ‘last warning’ to Hamas, Trump eyes Gaza deal ‘soon’
- Shooting attack at Jerusalem bus stop kills 6
- Israel vows ‘hurricane’ of strikes on Gaza to force Hamas to accept surrender demand
- In rare ruling, Israeli Supreme Court says Israel deprives Palestinian prisoners of food
- Postal traffic to US drops more than 80% after trade exemption rule ends, UN agency says
- “Despicable and thoughtless”: Vance’s drug vessel strike praise slammed by senator (“Despicable and thoughtless” pretty much sums up JD Vance. Also “sycophantic,” “fascistic,” “unprincipled,” etc.)
- ‘He’s always on the attack’: the Brazilian judge prosecuting Bolsonaro inspires both love and hate
- Argentina President Milei suffers crushing defeat in Buenos Aires provincial election (Good!)
- America’s Perón (“Decades of personalist rule turned Argentina into a global economic laughingstock. Donald Trump seems to have misunderstood the lesson.”)
- LGBTQ+ Americans consider move to Canada to escape Trump: ‘I’m afraid of living here’
- Enemies of the State (“How the Trump Administration declared war on Venezuelan migrants in the U.S.”)
- Perils of the Pentagon’s Plan to Use Military Lawyers to Adjudicate Immigration Cases
- Scott Bessent, Sleazy Smearer (“About the Treasury secretary’s vile, dishonest slander of the Fed”)
- Kennedy, Rejecting Data, Fuels Distrust of His Own Agencies
- Trump defends RFK Jr.: ‘He’s a different kind of a guy’ (By “different,” Trump means “insane,” “psychotic,” “evil” etc?)
- RFK Jr. Lets Slip His Trump Flattery Was All for Show
- How RFK Jr.’s next potential vaccine advisers blasted covid shots
- Oil Tycoons Bet Big on Trump. It’s Paying Off. (MASSIVELY corrupt!)
- A decades-long peace vigil outside the White House is dismantled after Trump’s order (Through both Democratic and Republican presidents…but Trump can’t handle it.)
- Trump is breaking Social Security
- Trump Is a Weak and Failing President, and It’s Time to Say So (“It’s possible for Trump to be an inept buffoon—but still extremely dangerous. And it shouldn’t be so hard to make that case.” And yet…it is SO hard for most Democratic “leaders” to do just that!)
- It’s time for Democrats to show some spine (“In the shutdown showdown, if Dems demand nothing, that’s exactly what they’ll get.”)
- GOP, Democratic leaders look to de-escalate shutdown standoff
- How JPMorgan Enabled the Crimes of Jeffrey Epstein (“My colleagues and I have spent much of the past six years digging into Jeffrey Epstein’s finances and pieced together what we think is the definitive account of how and why JPMorgan spent years enabling the notorious sexual predator.
“) - Johnson backs off claim that Trump was an ‘FBI informant’ in Epstein case
- Speculation Erupts as Trump, 79, Bites on Mystery Blue Object at U.S. Open
- Trump Is Taking Credit for Infrastructure Projects Funded by Biden Legislation He Opposed (WILD dishonesty!)
- Trump Has Turned the National Guard Into Mall Cops. Cost? $1 Million a Day.
- States face massive new costs under Trump budget cuts
- The USTA’s censorship of Trump dissent at the US Open is cowardly, hypocritical and un-American (Yep, disgraceful.)
- Trump Is Met With Mostly Boos at U.S. Open as Security Delays a Match (“With the president in attendance at Arthur Ashe Stadium, the men’s final began as hundreds of people were still waiting to go through security screening.”)
- Boos of Donald Trump heard on ABC’s broadcast of US Open. Good | Opinion
- Republicans brace for redistricting ‘catastrophe’ in California
- Trump wants to make war on Chicago. He picked the wrong fight
- Florida surgeon general denies need for study ahead of end to vaccine mandates in the state (This guy is completely deranged.)
- Maryland Gov. Wes Moore, Pressed About a Possible 2028 Run, Focuses on Re-election
- JFK grandson Jack Schlossberg takes step towards run for Congress
- Sen. Mark Warner says Senate intelligence was not briefed ahead of Venezuelan boat strike
- Video: On “Face the Nation,” Sen. Mark Warner Says the Maduro Regime in Venezuela “Are Bad Guys,” But “there are still international laws of the sea about…interdicting these kind of boats” – and “my understanding [is]…none of those procedures are followed” (On the economy: “The president had promised a ‘Golden Age’ for American workers; we’re down 80,000 manufacturing jobs since the beginning of his term.”)
- Video: Henrico County’s “Top Prosecutor” Shannon Taylor Announces Run for Democratic Nomination to Face the Abysmal Rep. Rob Wittman (R-VA01) Next Year (“I’m ready to prosecute the case against Rob Wittman. Because honesty, integrity, and the rule of law should mean something.”)
- Shannon Taylor enters 1st District race, seeks to unseat Rep. Rob Wittman (“Henrico Commonwealth’s Attorney Shannon Taylor is looking to jump from the courthouse to Congress by challenging Rep. Rob Wittman, R-1st, an 18-year incumbent who represents parts of the Richmond area.”)
- Henrico prosecutor joins Democrats aiming to unseat Wittman in Congress
- Video: With the Special Election This Tuesday, Dems – Mark Warner, Abigail Spanberger, Don Beyer, Eugene Vindman, Jay Jones, etc. – Rally for James Walkinshaw (Walkinshaw vows to “fight for each and every one of you” and against the Trump administration’s “reckless policies”)
- Voters choose new Virginia congressman Tuesday in special election
- On the record: Winsome Earle-Sears (“Part one of The Virginia Mercury’s On the Record series examines Republican gubernatorial candidate Winsome Earle-Sears’ positions on some of the state’s most pressing issues: immigration, education, energy and environment, health care, housing, criminal justice and policing, voting rights and elections.”)
- Spanberger supports reforming appointment process to reconcile differences at Va.’s colleges
- Virginia will get $1.1 billion in opioid settlement money. Here’s how it’s being spent.
- Virginia is giving away beehives to help promote pollinators
- Montgomery County supervisors seek to protect local control over data center siting
- Buchanan County is projected to lose nearly half its population in next 25 years. Can anything be done to change that?
- Roanoke Sheriff Antonio Hash runs for reelection against challenger James Creasy
- Owner of Bristol’s former Virginia Intermont campus says it’s making progress toward securing and improving the long-vacant site
- The nicest week of the year is ahead
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