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by Lowell
Here are a few international, national and Virginia news headlines, political and otherwise, for Saturday, September 13.
- An Arctic Researcher Explains Yedoma, the Permafrost Keeping the Planet Livable (“Everybody on Earth is dependent on the boreal forest shielding this permafrost from thawing.”)
- ‘Like walking through time’: as glaciers retreat, new worlds are being created in their wake (“As Swiss glaciers melt at an ever-faster rate, new species move in and flourish, but entire ecosystems and an alpine culture can be lost”)
- ‘There are hundreds in the Baltic’: tracking Russia’s ‘shadow fleet’ of oil tankers
- Ukraine war briefing: Poland’s allies decry ‘flagrant violation’; Warsaw sends troops to border to monitor Belarus drills
- Ukraine Steps Up Its Drone Strikes on Russia’s Oil Industry
- UN overwhelmingly endorses two-state solution declaration that condemns Hamas (“The United Nations General Assembly on Friday overwhelmingly voted to endorse a declaration outlining “tangible, timebound, and irreversible steps” towards a two-state solution between Israel and the Palestinians ahead of a meeting of world leaders.”)
- ‘We took the gloves off’: ex-IDF chief confirms Gaza casualties over 200,000 (“Retired general Herzi Halevi says ‘not once’ had legal advice constrained Israel’s military decisions in the strip” That’s completely appalling and should be 100% unacceptable.)
- Netanyahu gambled by targeting Hamas leaders in Qatar. It appears to have backfired (MASSIVE f’up by Netanyahu.)
- Brazil Keeps Telling Trump to Get Lost (“Brazil, which just convicted former President Jair Bolsonaro over a coup attempt, is proving to be a test case for how to defy President Trump.”)
- Freed From U.S. Detention, South Korean Workers Return Home to Tearful Cheers
- Judge worries Trump administration is sidestepping torture protections for deported Africans
- Lawsuit Accuses Trump Officials of More Wrongful Deportations
- Trump shelves Chicago crackdown plans for now as advisers warn of legal headaches
- Pfizer, Moderna shares fall on report that Trump officials will link child deaths to Covid shots
- Exclusive: Fed Governor Cook declared her Atlanta property as “vacation home,” documents show
- Fed Governor Lisa Cook claimed 2nd residence as ‘vacation home,’ undercutting Trump fraud claims
- Trump administration plans to end EPA’s greenhouse gas tracking program for industrial facilities (This administration is pure evil.)
- Chart: Trump is slowing climate progress. Here’s how much. (“After Trump’s budget law and regulatory rollbacks, the country’s carbon emissions are set to fall much slower than they would have under the Biden admin.”)
- Can Bipartisan Support in Congress Save NOAA From White House Cuts? (“Both House and Senate lawmakers have advanced bills rejecting the Trump administration’s proposal to eliminate climate research at the weather agency.”)
- Why is it so hard to stop Donald Trump? (“More than ever, we need to understand the reasons for his political survival”)
- Lutnick says Musk was ‘backward’ in cutting government (“The commerce secretary said the billionaire’s efforts focused too much on reducing the workforce rather than targeting waste.”)
- Congressional Democrats Might Trade the Little Leverage They Have Left for Magic Beans (“Why don’t Hakeem Jeffries and Chuck Schumer get that there’s no such thing as compromise anymore?”)
- Democrats Name Their Price for Avoiding Government Shutdown (“Party wants expanded Obamacare subsidies restored in any deal to keep government funded past Sept. 30”)
- Something Is Very Wrong Online (“The cycle of violence will continue as long as the medium doesn’t change.”)
- A Plea for President Trump With a Fragile Country on Edge
- Charlie Kirk’s alleged killer scratched bullets with a Helldivers combo and a furry sex meme
(“The suspected shooter left a hodgepodge of extremely online taunts.”) - The WSJ carelessly spread anti-trans misinformation (“The Wall Street Journal’s fuckup while covering Charlie Kirk’s killing needs more than an editor’s note.”)
- Charlie Kirk was killed by a meme (“Making sense of our dark new era of extremely online political violence”)
- NEW: The Messages on the Bullets are From a Video Game (“As Anna Bower from Lawfare put it: Watching the cable news commentary on the bullet engravings is wild because none of these people seem to realize that the content of the engravings are indicative of extremely online meme brain rot.”)
- Bullets Found After the Charlie Kirk Shooting Carried Messages. Here’s What They Mean (“The inscriptions on bullets recovered near the scene of Charlie Kirk’s murder appear to reference video games like Helldivers 2 and online furry role-play, not a legible political ideology.”)
- The Full Weight of the Federal Government Is Being Used to Memorialize Charlie Kirk (“And to punish those who speak ill of him.”)
- Trump Just Went on Fox and Issued an Unnerving Threat Against Liberals (“At a time when right-wing extremists are calling for open season on liberals and the left, the president of the United States just told them: Hey, go for it.”)
- On the killing of Charlie Kirk, political violence, and the right’s response (“Trump’s previous responses to attacks on Democratic targets demonstrate his lack of interest in bringing the country together.”)
- Groypers, Helldivers 2, Furries: What Do the Messages Left by Charlie Kirk’s Alleged Killer Actually Mean? (“Suspect Tyler Robinson allegedly inscribed messages on bullet casings that reference video games and internet culture—but they hardly point toward a coherent ideology.”)
- As Trump Vows Vengeance, Utah’s Governor Calls to Lower the Temperature
- From Scholarship Winner to Wanted Man: The Path of the Kirk Shooting Suspect
- Charlie Kirk Suspect’s Grandma Says Family Is All MAGA (“Tyler Robinson, the prime suspect in Charlie Kirk’s assassination, comes from a proud MAGA family, according to his grandmother.”)
- Tyler Robinson’s Descent From Promising Student to Murder Suspect
- Charlie Kirk murder update | The truth comes out: The shooter is a MAGA
- Keystone Kash Kept Kirk Arrest Secret So Trump Could Spill on Fox
- Charlie Kirk’s Legacy Deserves No Mourning (“The white Christian nationalist provocateur wasn’t a promoter of civil discourse. He preached hate, bigotry, and division”)
- Comcast Executives Warn Workers To Not Say The Wrong Thing About Charlie Kirk
- Fired MSNBC Contributor Says Right Wing Mob Came for Him
- A Time to See With New Eyes
- (“Reassessing the ‘fine people hoax’ hoax”)
- Cancel Culture Comes for Artists Who Posted About Charlie Kirk’s Death (“A South Park episode was taken off air, a DC comic series was canceled, and several artists were fired in the aftermath of the shooting.”)
- Streaming Star Hasan Piker Was Set to Debate Charlie Kirk. Now He’s Warning of a “Reichstag Fire Moment.” (“…it’s very clear that they’re using this as a Reichstag fire moment, very clearly, using this as an opportunity to further persecute and prosecute political dissidents.”)
- Charlie Kirk’s Widow Erika Hails Him As A ‘Martyr’ In First Remarks Since His Death (“You have no idea what you just have unleashed across this entire country” Who is “you?” The killer was one guy, not a collective “you”…)
- Utah governor Spencer Cox turns heads with Charlie Kirk address: ‘Choose a different path’
- Extremist Groups Hated Charlie Kirk. They’re Using His Death to Radicalize Others
- Charlie Kirk in His Own Words (Tons of bad stuff, such as “If I see a Black pilot, I’m gonna be like, ’Boy, I hope he’s qualified.’”; “I can’t stand the word empathy, actually. I think empathy is a made up new age term that does a lot of damage.”; “Jewish donors have been the number one funding mechanism of radical open-border, neoliberal, quasi-Marxist policies, cultural institutions and nonprofits.”; “MLK was awful. He’s not a good person. He said one good thing he actually didn’t believe.”; Transgender people are “an abomination to God.”; )
- After Trump’s Cuts, ‘Crippled’ NPR and PBS Stations Must Transform (“Radio and television stations, facing enormous budget holes, are pleading with NPR and PBS to lower their fees as they examine whether to drop national programming altogether.”)
- Missouri Voters Sue to Block ‘Unconstitutional’ GOP Gerrymander
- Trump Says It Looks Like Mamdani Is ‘Going to Win’
- Trump says he will send national guard to Democratic-run Memphis (“President makes remark on Fox & Friends after Memphis mayor said he requested financial resources instead”)
- Warner: Closure of Augusta facilities are a red flag for rural healthcare
- Tim Kaine doubles down on comments about God-given rights, responds to criticism
- Rep. Rob Wittman (R-VA01), Rep. Jen Kiggans (R-VA02) Both Stand By the Big Ugly Bill Even As It Shutters Health Clinics, Jacks Up Costs for Virginians, etc.
- ONE WEEK Until Early Voting Begins, Spanberger Encourages Virginians to Make Their Voices Heard (“Early Voting in Virginia Runs from Friday, September 19 through Saturday, November 1”)
- VA Senate Privileges & Elections Chair Aaron Rouse Is Right: Youngkin’s New Executive Order Is “voter suppression and intimidation disguised as election integrity” (“This is about undermining confidence in our elections and ultimately, our democracy.”)
- Va. lawmakers face higher costs, revenue choices in budget
- VA Flip and Defend-a-District: Leslie Mehta (HD73), Del. Jeion Ward (HD87), Cindy Green (HD44), Yvonne Rorrer (HD47) (Del. Rip Sullivan: “James [Walkinshaw]’s election shows what is possible for Virginia this year and why we all need to pay attention to EVERY race”)
- Richmond area a major battleground for control of the House (“Five contests in greater Richmond will be key to the fight for control of the House of Delegates. During this year’s legislative session Democrats held 51 seats to Republicans’ 49.”)
- Chesterfield School Board member asked to resign by peers, Youngkin after social media post (“’Call me old fashioned, but I remember when we used to be okay with shooting Nazis,’ was posted to the Instagram account carrying Heffron’s name, which has since been set to private.”)
- Students and faculty shut out of UVA Board of Visitors meeting
- Richmond cyclists say city’s bike lanes sparse, disjointed, unsafe
- Late-summer warmth in town for the weekend
