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by Lowell
Here are a few international, national and Virginia news headlines, political and otherwise, for Saturday, September 6.
- Public strongly backs aim of 30% of land and sea set aside for nature, poll finds (“Survey of eight countries finds 82% of people support 30×30 biodiversity target, as progress stalls on protected areas” 50% would be even better.)
- Global solar installations rise 64%, to 380 GW, in first half of 2025 (“China led the pack in solar installations, adding 256 GW – more than twice as much solar capacity as the rest of the world combined.”)
- Higher defence spending is pointless without climate aid, says UN chief (“Achim Steiner says cuts to development budget are shortsighted in an interconnected global economy”)
- Emissions are Sparking Increases in African Heat Waves in Unexpected Ways, New Study Finds
- ‘Drill baby, drill’: Reform UK zero in on Ed Miliband’s climate policies (“Reform UK” = Fascist.)
- What Russia and Ukraine each think happens next in the war
- Excluded from Beijing, Trump confronts the limits of his global power (“While Putin, Xi and Modi build autocratic alliances, Trump is friendless on the world stage”)
- Rosenberg: What’s behind Putin’s uncompromising stance on Ukraine? (“Moscow’s diplomatic success in China, and Trump’s lack of action, have emboldened Putin, reports Steve Rosenberg.”)
- How Trump’s Blunt-Force Diplomacy Is Pushing His Rivals Together
- Trump Says He Will Not Attend G-20 Summit in South Africa
- Next year’s G20 summit will take place at Trump property in Miami (Corrupt.)
- Defying past criticism, Trump plans G-20 summit at his Doral resort
- Trump threatens more tariffs after EU fines Google €2.95B
- Trump signs order offering some tariff exemptions to countries with US trade deals
- America Surrenders in the Global Information Wars (“The U.S. is reorienting its foreign policy to protect governments that manipulate and suppress information.”)
- Trump says some hostages may have ‘recently died’ in Gaza, as Israel calls on Palestinians to evacuate enclave’s largest city
- Right-wing media concoct their own legal justification for Trump’s extrajudicial strike on Venezuelan boat (“The administration didn’t immediately provide any legal basis for the attack, which killed 11 people, but that didn’t stop Trump’s media supporters from celebrating it”)
- Right-wing media’s campaign for military intervention and regime change in Venezuela (“Conservative pundits have spent August and September beating the drums of war” These people are all psychopathic.)
- Trump plays down possible regime change in Venezuela; US deploys stealth fighter jets
- Did the President’s Strike on Tren de Aragua Violate the Law? (We don’t even know it was Tren de Aragua.)
- Hegseth Declares He Has ‘Absolute Authority’ to Kill Suspected Drug Dealers (In a constitutional democracy with rule of law, nobody has “absolute authority” to do anything, really – there are supposed to be procedures, checks and balances, etc.)
- Seoul promises to help hundreds of Korean workers arrested in US in Ice raid
- South Korea expresses ‘concern’ over US immigration raid at Hyundai’s Georgia plant
- South Koreans Are Swept Up in Immigration Raid at Hyundai Plant in Georgia (WTF is the point of any of this???)
- Inside the raid at a Hyundai plant in Georgia (“The extensive operation, months in the making, ended with 475 arrests, most of them Korean nationals”)
- Trump administration now plans to deport Abrego Garcia to Eswatini, Africa (“He is currently detained at a detention center in Virginia.” He has zero connection to Africa; this is utterly absurd.)
- Immigration appeals court expands mandatory detention for millions
- Judge blocks Trump administration’s ending of legal protections for 1.1M Venezuelans and Haitians
- The World No Longer Takes Trump Seriously (“At parades and in the halls of global power, America has been sidelined.”)
- Trump Says Hassett, Warsh and Waller Are Finalists for Fed Chair
- Second Weak Jobs Report Undercuts Trump’s Claims of a Booming Economy
- The U.S. could tumble into recession before seeing Trump’s promised golden age
- As the August jobs report showed a weakening economy, Fox cast doubt on the data before it was even released (“Continuing the shoot the messenger approach, Fox was casting doubt on the jobs data even before it was released”)
- Labor Market Stalled This Summer, With August Data Adding to Slowdown
- The jobs crash
- New jobs numbers are so bad, Trump would rather discuss Epstein
- Trump Has Successfully Tanked the American Labor Market (“The president’s disastrous tariffs and mass deportation campaign are wrecking the economy”)
- GOP may finally succeed in unrelenting quest to kill two NASA climate satellites (“One scientist says it’s like buying a car and running it into a tree to save on gas money.”)
- Science Under Siege: A Talk With Peter Hotez and Michael Mann
- Energy Secretary Attacks Offshore Wind and Dismisses Climate Change (Pure evil – and most definitely the worst Energy Secretary, by FAR, in history.)
- Trump Cancels Study on Health Impacts of Industrialized Hog Farms That Produce Biogas
- A Massive Vaccine Experiment (“In just seven months, Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has undone decades of vaccine synchrony.”)
- Makary on reports of RFK Jr. linking Tylenol, autism: ‘We’re still in our discussions’
- RFK Jr. to draw link between Tylenol and autism: Report (RFK Jr is completely deranged – literally an insane person.)
- Trump breaks from RFK on vaccines: “Pure and simple, they work”
- RFK Jr. May Be Reaching the Limit of Trump’s Patience
- Fellow Kennedys call on RFK Jr. to resign as health secretary
- R.F.K., Jr., Brings More Chaos to COVID Policy and the C.D.C. (“When MAGA met MAHA, Donald Trump vowed that Kennedy would ‘go wild on health.’ Promises made, promises kept.”)
- RFK Jr., HHS to Link Autism to Tylenol Use in Pregnancy and Folate Deficiencies
- RFK Jr. allies claim momentum as Florida targets vaccines: ‘Fight is coming’ (This really shows the importance of electing Abigail Spanberger and NOT Winsome Earle-Sears governor of Virginia.)
- Exclusive: Bill Pulte accused Fed Governor Lisa Cook of fraud. His relatives filed housing claims similar to hers
- ‘Unconstitutional’ and ‘unlawful’: Judges push back on Trump’s expanding power (“It was the worst week in the courts in months for the administration — and came after another major loss last week, when an appeals court struck down some of Trump’s tariffs.”)
- National conservatism asserts its dominance in Trump’s Washington (“It all underscored the movement’s vision of an America rooted in limited immigration, Christian identity and the preservation of what speakers called the nation’s traditional culture.” Fascism, in short.)
- Trump Says U.S. Military Has ‘Never Fought to Win’ Since World War II (So…Trump would have used nukes against China in the Korean War or what?))
- Defense Department Scrambles to Pretend It’s Called the War Department (This is beyond moronic; we most definitely are living in an idiocracy at this point.)
- Air Force Urges Personnel With ‘Highly Professional Image’ To Stand With Trump At Event (WTF?)
- In defense of the War Department (More drooling idiocy at Jeff Bezos’ WaPo.)
- Pentagon officials fume over Trump’s Department of War rebrand
- Trump Is Playing Right Into Our Enemies’ Propaganda (“The president thinks this move will earn the world’s respect. It’s more likely to incite laughter.”)
- The overwhelming evidence that the Supreme Court is on Donald Trump’s team (“Welcome to the Supreme Court’s Calvinball era.”)
- Amy Coney Barrett Told Bari Weiss She’s a “Huge Fan” of The Free Press (Ugh.)
- Why is much of the media ignoring questions about Trump’s health? (Great question, but this article doesn’t answer it.)
- Maryland Dems may redraw map as redistricting battle rages
- Kennedy Center ticket sales take a nosedive after Trump takeover (“Prestigious Stuttgart Ballet likely to face 80% empty seats at DC’s premier arts venue as audiences ‘vote with their feet’”)
- You Think the Bari Weiss–CBS News Story Is Bad? No—It’s Much Worse.
- CBS News Agrees Not to Edit ‘Face The Nation’ Interviews Following Homeland Security Backlash
- CBS Abruptly Changes Editing Rules After Attacks From Administration (Any CBS journalist with any self respect should be looking to get the hell out of CBS “News”)
- Adams refuses to leave NYC mayor race after reports of Trump job offer
- Adams Accuses ‘Snake and Liar’ Cuomo of Trying to Push Him Out of Race
- 2 teens charged in deadly shooting of DC congressional intern
- Voters set to pick Connolly successor in 11th District
- Virginia Dems Comment on Terrible New Unemployment Report, As Youngkin/Earle-Sears/etc. “stand firmly by President Trump’s side while his harmful policies slash Virginia’s workforce” (This November, we can send a strong message about all this…)
- Need a COVID vaccine in Virginia? Thanks to the feds, you’ll likely need a prescription
- Video: On Lawrence O’Donnell’s Show, Abigail Spanberger Vows to Protect Virginians’ Healthcare From Trump and His “ill-informed HHS secretary” (In stark contrast, Winsome Earle-Sears would likely be much more like Ron DeSantis in Florida – shudder!!!)
- Republicans resurface anti-trans attacks in the closing stretch of the Virginia governor’s race (“Drawing on the GOP’s 2024 playbook, Winsome Earle-Sears is attempting to put the culture war issue at the center of her campaign against Democrat Abigail Spanberger.”)
- At George Mason University, Trump Has Found an Unbending Adversary
- Judge won’t rule on Fairfax, Arlington schools lawsuit to prevent federal funding freeze (“In a 13-page filing, Judge Rossie D. Alston Jr. of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia said that because Fairfax and Arlington Public Schools’ complaints are about requests ‘to order the payment of money,’ the court lacks subject matter jurisdiction.”)
- Virginia DMV shows off Blue Envelope program to support drivers with autism
- Hundreds of Va. students walk out of class in coordinated gun violence protest
- Richmond students protest gun violence (“About 100 students at the city’s Open High School took part. Earlier in the day, students at a Hampton high school were evacuated after a gun was found in a student’s backpack.”0
- CWG Live updates: Scattered strong storms late today; clearing and cooler Sunday
