by Lowell
Here are a few international, national and Virginia news headlines, political and otherwise, for Saturday, September 27.
- Meat is a leading emissions source – but few outlets report on it, analysis finds (“… less than 4% of climate news stories mention animal agriculture as source of carbon emissions”)
- A Turning Point for the Ocean: What the High Seas Treaty Means (“With more than 60 countries on board, the new international law will soon enter into force, ushering in the world’s first framework to conserve biodiversity across two-thirds of the ocean.”)
- Unpacking Trump’s ‘Con Job’ Comments About Climate Change to the UN (“Politicians and business leaders alike punched back, with California Gov. Gavin Newsom saying governments need to ‘wake up to the reality.'”)
- An Ugly American berates the United Nations — and shames the rest of us (“Trump’s angry speech before the General Assembly was ‘coarse absurdist theater'”)
- Zelensky asked Trump for Tomahawk missiles to force Putin to make peace (“Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky asked President Trump during their meeting on Tuesday to provide Ukraine with Tomahawk missiles, which could give Ukraine the ability to strike as far into Russia as Moscow.” Do it!)
- China’s No. 2 leader, in debut of sorts on world stage at UN, echoes his nation’s concern about US
- Russia is helping China to prepare for a potential invasion of Taiwan, defense institute says
- Moldova holds key election as Russia’s shadow looms large
- Moldova’s election is a choice between two paths: pro-Europe or pro-Russia (“Western-friendly ruling party faces fierce challenge from opposition amid reports of Kremlin interference”)
- Trump Believes ‘We Have a Deal’ on Gaza. But a Host of Obstacles Remain.
- Netanyahu’s Defiant U.N. Speech Was Aimed at Home as Well as the World
- ‘Water off a duck’s back’: will Israel’s growing isolation make its leadership change course? (“For many Israelis, Netanyahu’s warning to get used to growing isolation confirmed what they already suspected of his priorities”)
- Airstrikes and shooting kill at least 38 people in Gaza as Israel ignores demands for a ceasefire
- Iranian president dismisses claims of a nuclear rebuild, welcomes inspector visit (“In a wide-ranging interview with Tom Llamas, Masoud Pezeshkian critiqued U.S. airstrikes and said that women have a right to choose the hijab.”)
- US revokes Colombian president’s visa over ‘reckless and incendiary’ remarks (“Gustavo Petro told US soldiers to ‘disobey Trump’s orders’ while addressing a protest in New York.” Soldiers should/must only obey LAWFUL orders, that should go without saying.)
- US to revoke Colombian president’s visa over comments at pro-Palestinian gathering
- U.S. preparing options for military strikes on drug targets inside Venezuela, sources say (“President Donald Trump has not approved any action yet, and the U.S. and Venezuela are talking through Middle Eastern intermediaries, sources told NBC News.”)
Keir Starmer to warn Labour that battle with Reform is ‘fight for soul of the nation’ (“Exclusive: PM says history will not forgive his government if it fails to confront and defeat the populist right”)- ‘Don’t trust Trump’: how UK health experts are fighting back against a war on medicine
- Trump Is Reasserting U.S. Dominion Over Latin America (“A region the administration sees as the ‘U.S.’s backyard’ is crucial to the president’s goals of reining in migration and stemming drug flows.”)
- The Supreme Court Just Rewrote the Constitution to Give Trump Terrifying New Powers (“The conservative supermajority’s lawless shadow docket decision let the president unilaterally cancel $4 billion in foreign aid.”)
- Supreme Court Allows Trump to Slash Foreign Aid (“The court’s conservative majority allowed the president to cut the funding in part because it said his flexibility to engage in foreign affairs outweighed “the potential harm” faced by aid recipients.” This Court’s far-right majority is completely lawless and contemptuous of the constitution.)
- Trump asks Supreme Court to decide whether he can end birthright citizenship
- Trump Fired a U.S. Attorney Who Insisted on Following a Court Order (“The top federal prosecutor in Sacramento was fired hours after she reminded a Border Patrol chief to abide by court-ordered restrictions on immigration raids.”)
- Des Moines Public Schools Superintendent Ian Roberts arrested by ICE (“Tricia McLaughlin, a spokeswoman for the Department of Homeland Security, confirmed Roberts’ Friday, Sept. 26, arrest and detention and said a court had issued a ‘final order of removal’ in May 2024 for the deportation of the Guyana native and longtime U.S. resident.”)
- ICE tactics inflame tensions in New York, Chicago and other cities
- Ice detains superintendent of Iowa’s largest school district (“Fellow educators express shock at detention of ‘beacon of light’ Ian Roberts as DHS claims he had ‘no work authorization’’)
- ‘Hell on earth’: immigrants held in new California detention facility beg for help
- I Filmed the ICE Officer Who Shoved a Woman to the Floor Inside a New York Courthouse (“I arrived in the U.S. eight weeks ago to report on how the administration’s immigration crackdown was playing out from the front lines. What I saw Thursday was the culmination of ICE’s aggressive behavior.”)
- In rare rebuke, federal officials discipline ICE officer for shoving woman in New York
- ICE agents point guns at bystanders during violent arrest in Maryland (“What’re you gonna do? Shoot me?” one witness yelled. “Go ahead. Shoot me.”)
- Americans rallied for Jimmy Kimmel. Do the same for Mario Guevara (“But where is that same outrage against the government’s effort to deport Mario Guevara, an Atlanta-area journalist with a work visa who has lawfully resided in the U.S. for 20-plus years? His only ‘offense’ is informing the public of protests against the government.”)
- Clarence Thomas Says the Supreme Court Is Coming for More Precedents (Fascist.)
- Markets won’t care if Trump fires Fed Governor Cook, DOJ tells Supreme Court
- Comey’s indictment is a warning to the Supreme Court justices (“Dear John, Brett, and Amy: If Trump can come for James Comey, he can come for you.”)
- National Weather Service at ‘breaking point’ as storm approaches (“The agency is struggling to maintain its weather forecasting operations due to significant staffing cuts under the Trump administration.”)
- New details emerge on Hegseth’s unusual mass gathering of top brass
- FAQ for Senior Military Officers at Hegseth’s Quantico Meeting (“Unless you are entirely sure of where your values and interests lie, it may be that the best course of action is to sign nothing, and say nothing, especially until you have consulted competent counsel. Unless forbidden to do so, or the event is announced as classified, there is no reason not to record the proceedings, and taking contemporaneous notes for your own use may be wise.”)
- Why Is the Pentagon Afraid of the Press? (“Pete Hegseth’s department is imposing restrictions that threaten to limit media scrutiny.”)
- Why states are threatening to leave PJM — and why they probably won’t (“The grid operator’s high power prices and long interconnection queue have Democratic and Republican governors eyeing an exit, but analysts warn it could backfire.”)
- Trump Is Lying About Left-Wing Terrorism
- Trump is brazenly flaunting his corruption – and getting away with it (“President has shouted from rooftops what his predecessors would have tried to cover up for fear of ending their careers”)
- Shutdown fight leaves Democrats with no good options
- Shutdown hostage taking (“Russ Vought’s threatens more mass firings; SCOTUS blesses his de facto impoundment”)
- Trump Shrugs Off Impending Shutdown as Parties Deadlocked
- ‘I’m absolutely terrified’: Federal workers brace for potential government shutdown, mass layoffs
- Schumer Sees an Exit Ramp in Standoff Over Shutdown (“The veteran Senate Democratic leader said extending health-insurance subsidies would be central to any deal.”)
- Trump Is Out for Revenge. His Former Legal Team Is Helping Him Get It.
- The Comey Indictment Plunges the Country Into a Grave New Period
- Comey Indictment Isn’t About Revenge, Trump Says. His Words Suggest Otherwise.
- Trump says he expects charges for other adversaries after Comey indictment (Authoritarianism.)
- Judge who reviewed James Comey’s indictment was confused by prosecutor’s handling of case, transcript shows
- False statement charge against Comey appears to center on Hillary Clinton email probe
- Why the case against James Comey may end in humiliation for Trump’s DOJ (“‘This case should never go to trial,’ one former prosecutor said.”)
- Trump’s attacks on Comey and leadership shifts in prosecutors’ office could undermine case, legal experts say
- Why the Comey indictment is different from the Biden DOJ’s indictment of Trump (The huge difference is that Trump committed crimes; Comey did not.)
- Fox contributor on the Comey indictment: “I don’t think there’s a case. … It seems to be premised on something that is not true.”
- I Have Been Critical of Comey in the Past. But These Indictments Are Mad.
- FBI fires agents photographed kneeling during 2020 racial justice protest, AP sources say
- Keystone Kash Orders Friday Night Massacre of ‘Woke’ Agents
- Musk, Bannon and Thiel named in new Epstein estate documents
- Sinclair Ends ‘Jimmy Kimmel Live!’ Boycott, Says Its ABC Stations Will Resume Airing Show Immediately (“Even as it reverses itself, station group says ‘it is simply inconsistent to champion free speech while demanding that broadcasters air specific content'”)
- Sinclair gets nothing it asked for, puts Jimmy Kimmel back on anyway (Sinclair is hot garbage – do NOT watch it.)
- Trump’s Targeting of Soros Foundations Sparks Fear and Defiance on Left (“Facing a nascent administration investigation, Alex Soros privately pledged that the Open Society Foundations would back down only ‘over my dead body.'”)
- Daily Caller Opinion Column ‘Explicitly’ Calls for Violence (“The column, by editor at large Geoffrey Ingersoll, calls for ‘blood in the streets’ in response to violence against conservatives”)
- Take care of our city, our country — and one another (Colbert I. King: “My time is passing, and the hour is dark, but I hold faith that wrong will be righted in the end.”)
- MyPillow founder Mike Lindell defamed Smartmatic, federal judge rules
- Texas Tech Moves to Limit Academic Discussion to 2 Genders
- Cracker Barrel Outrage Was Almost Certainly Driven by Bots, Researchers Say (“Doesn’t that make more sense than lots of people caring about Cracker Barrel?”)
- Video: On Jen Psaki’s Show, Sen. Tim Kaine Slams Trump’s Retribution Against Former FBI Director James Comey (“I’ve had major differences in the past with Jim Comey I don’t want to really get into. But the guy’s entitled to the rule of law.”)
- Video: As Sears Skips Out on Campaigning, Former Trump Campaign Co-Chair Slams Bus Tour Saying “It Just Doesn’t Mean Anything” (“Do you have any idea what that means, Joe?” “No, I don’t.”)
- On World Contraception Day, Remember Winsome Earle-Sears Blocked the Right to Contraception Act and Has an Extreme Record Attacking Reproductive Rights (John Reid and Jason Miyares are also strongly anti-reproductive-freedom)
- VA GOP delegate blames remark by Democratic gubernatorial nominee for death-threat text (Nope.)
- AG Miyares alleges ‘horrific’ pattern of ignoring victims, misconduct by Fairfax prosecutor (Miyares is such a joke.)
- Virginia’s attorney general says he’ll refer probe of Fairfax County prosecutor to DOJ (“This is a sad, last-ditch political stunt by a man who’s about to lose an election,” Steve Descano said.)
- Election Conversations: Gretchen Reinemeyer, Arlington County, Va. (“Virginia is never far from the next election, says Reinemeyer, the county’s general registrar and elections director. That helps her office ‘stay sharp.'”)
- Fairfax Co. families worrying new high school could become magnet school
- CWG Live updates: A soggy Saturday before a drier Sunday; watching the tropics (“It’s still unclear whether tropical rains will reach D.C. between Monday and Wednesday.”)
