by Lowell
Here are a few international, national and Virginia news headlines, political and otherwise, for Tuesday, September 30.
- World’s major cities hit by 25% leap in extremely hot days since the 1990s
- Developing countries accuse rich of broken climate promises at UN
- In UN speech, Beijing makes clear its intent to remold global norms, seizing on Trump’s retreat
- The Stunning Reversal in U.S.-India Relations (“Why is Donald Trump turning on his ideological ally Narendra Modi?”)
- Trump must learn from failures in Ukraine if new Middle East plan is to succeed
- Trump pushes hard for his Mideast ‘deal of the century’ (“The president’s plan for a ‘New Gaza’ is built on a real framework.”)
- Trump and Netanyahu Tell Hamas to Accept Their Peace Plan, or Else
- Americans’ Support for Israel Dramatically Declines, Times/Siena Poll Finds
- What to know about the Gaza peace plan agreed to by Trump and Netanyahu
- With New U.S. Deal to End Gaza War, a Rare Moment of Triumph for Netanyahu (“Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of Israel got almost everything he hoped for, despite mounting international isolation.”)
- Trump’s Gaza plan is a significant step – but faces fundamental obstacles
- Trump news at a glance: UK and French leaders back president’s peace plan for Gaza
- Top Trump Aides Push for Ousting Maduro From Power in Venezuela
- Trump’s Argentina Bailout Enriches One Well-Connected US Billionaire (“A $20 billion US rescue package is a gift for a hedge fund manager with ties to Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent.” EXTREME corruption!)
- Judge suspends Trump administration’s plan to eliminate hundreds of Voice of America jobs
- U.S. Deports Planeload of Iranians After Deal With Tehran, Officials Say
- JB Pritzker Demands Americans Call Trump Exactly What He Is
- Pritzker: Feds seeking to deploy military to Illinois to protect ICE agents
- Mother, children detained by ICE at Millennium Park Sunday held at O’Hare with other families: ‘We never imagined’
- Kavanaugh stops (“People being stopped solely because of their race? But Brett Kavanaugh assured me that this was unpossible!” Seriously, Brett Kavanaugh will be an eternal disgrace in US Supreme Court history.)
- Bombshell Report Says Tom Homan Investigation Began After ICE Colleague Bragged He Was For Sale (In any normal administration, this would be a MASSIVE scandal! But in the wildly corrupt Trump administration, it’s just another day ending in the letter “y”)
- How Tom Homan wound up ensnared in an FBI contracts-for-cash sting
- ICE officer seen on video pushing woman to ground has returned to duty (Someone like that absolutely should NOT be in law enforcement of any kind.)
- Clarence Thomas Has Laid Out the Conservative Plan to Take Away Marriage Equality and Birth Control (“If the Supreme Court justice pulls this off, it would be the crowning triumph of his vengeance-fueled career.”)
- One mystery, and two looming disasters, in the next Supreme Court term (“What the Supreme Court plans to do to America in its upcoming term.”)
- We Are in the Worst-Case Scenario (“The November 2024 version of you would be shocked at what the September 2025 version accepts as reality.”)
- Will Our Corporate Media Godzillas Have the Guts to Defend Democracy? (“Five companies—five—now control 90 percent of the media marketplace. And they are showing no commitment to anything resembling the public interest.”)
- Meet the Likely Next Targets of Trump’s Revenge Tour (“After pressuring the DOJ to charge former FBI director James Comey, the president has suggested that Christopher Wray and Adam Schiff may be next.”)
- Trump’s Own Words Have Discredited the Case Against Comey (“The evidence that the president directed a vindictive prosecution is overwhelming.”)
- It’s Time for the States to Start Investigating Trump (“Democratic-led state governments can hold the aspiring autocrat’s feet to the fire.”)
- Fully MAGA-fied Christianity (“Politics, especially culture-war politics, now provides many fundamentalists and evangelicals with a sense of community and a common enemy.”)
- Frequent Fox appearances are central to the Trump administration’s climate and energy misinformation strategy
- Trump administration spending $625m to revive dying coal industry (“White House allocating 13.1m acres of public land to coal mining, which has been on rapid decline over past 30 years” Beyond moronic. Also, this is 100% “picking winners and losers,” which is something that right wingers RAILED AGAINST whenever the policy was to boost solar or wind power. But now they’re totally fine with it – for filthy coal.)
- Fossil Fuels and Fossilized Minds (“What’s driving the doomed attempt to revive coal?”)
- Congress has less than 24 hours to avert a shutdown. The odds don’t look good
- Government to shut down after midnight barring last minute breakthrough in Congress
- What Trump told POLITICO about the impending government shutdown (“‘The Democrats are deranged,’ Trump said during a brief phone call.” Trump, in fact, is completely deranged, while Democrats just want to prevent disastrous cuts to the Medicaid, protect our democracy, etc.)
- Trump, Democrats leave meeting without deal to avoid government shutdown
- Trump posts vulgar deepfake slam of Democratic leaders after White House meeting
- Trump Posts Racist Deepfake Video Of Top Dems Amid Shutdown Talks
- Explaining the G.O.P.’s Misleading Talking Point on the Looming Shutdown (“Republicans have been falsely asserting that Democrats are shutting down the government to fund free health care for unauthorized immigrants.” So by “misleading,” the headline meant to say “WILDLY false.”
- Scoop: Schumer floats shutdown fix
- “Open mutiny”: Democrats angrily reject proposed shutdown fix
- Government shutdown | National Parks would likely close, furlough 68 percent of staff
- Jeffries privately rallies House Dems ahead of shutdown deadline
- Military leaders voice concern over Hegseth’s new Pentagon strategy (“The critiques from multiple top officers, including chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, Gen. Dan Caine, come as Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth reorders U.S. military priorities.”)
- Pentagon Pete’s ‘Manic’ Meltdowns Exposed by Aides
- What to Expect at the Meeting of the Generals (“This is not the kind of military audience Trump has addressed before.”)
- US will not enforce Biden wheelchair passenger protection rule (Evil.)
- Trump admin looks at deep cuts to homeless housing program
- How Trumpworld inflates the perceived danger of the left
- A January 6 “false flag” claim made it to the president
- Elon Musk’s latest power grab points in a clear direction (“His SpaceX deal could fundamentally alter the relationship between a state and its citizens.”)
- The ADL Defended Elon Musk’s ‘Awkward Gesture.’ Now He Calls It a Hate Group (Musk is unhinged.)
- YouTube to pay $24.5 million to settle Trump lawsuit (More caving/capitulation by corporate America.)
- X Acted on Just 12% of Top Antisemitic Conspiracy Posts, Study Finds
- HHS seeks to ban Harvard from federal funding in civil rights case (The Trump administration is waging war on higher education – and on fact, reason, science, you name it. Bunch of know-nothings, vandals, etc.)
- Michigan church shooting suspect went on anti-LDS tirade, political candidate said
- Mormon church shooting suspect had Trump sign outside home, records show
- The Blue State That’s Now a Bellwether (“New Jersey is no one’s idea of a swing state. Or is it?”)
- Scoop: Vance, Trump Jr. tighten ties to Charlie Kirk’s group
- Private Jet-Flying, Charlie Kirk-Wannabe Teen Sets Off MAGA Firestorm
- Lally Weymouth, Post journalist from storied Graham family, dies at 82
- Shutdown looms over DC region: Expert warns of unprecedented local impact
- ‘We Are Exhausted, Frustrated, and Sad’: Docs Vent During Meeting With Senator (“Sen. Tim Kaine (D-Va.), a member of the Senate health committee, heard from a variety of providers Monday about their frustrations with the healthcare system.”)
- Rep. Suhas Subramanyam (D-VA10), Rep. Robert Garcia (D-CA42) Demand Answers from Secretary Pete Hegseth on Military Leadership Mystery Gathering at Quantico, Virginia (Including a “formal statement of immediate and long-term objectives for the meeting.”)
- The Chesapeake Bay Program Reaches a Crossroads (“Facing weakened pollution targets and threats of federal inaction, Maryland and Virginia may have to become the agreement’s enforcers.”)
- Virginia warily waits for outcome of funding showdown
- Virginia deserves leaders who will fight for our economic future (VA Senate Majority Leader Scott Surovell: “While the federal government’s dramatic downsizing impacts the entire Washington metropolitan region, Virginia is bearing a disproportionate burden — and our state’s leadership has been dangerously silent.”)
- Spanberger Delivers Keynote Address at Hampton Convocation, Highlights University’s Long History of Preparing Leaders for Lives of Service (Spanberger to Students: “Choose Character Over Convenience; Service Over Self-Interest”)
- Spanberger sees affordability as central issue in Virginia governor’s race
- Editorial: Underused red-flag laws can help people experiencing crisis (“Evidence indicates emergency orders such as Virginia’s red-flag law help stabilize volatile situations, especially for people in a mental health crisis.”)
- Dept. of Ed hits FAFSA deadline early; Va. colleges, universities say rollout is going ‘smoothly’
- Virginia Could Show How to Manage Data Center Growth. So Far, It’s a Case Study in Stalling Legislation (“The state with the most data centers is struggling to enact laws to protect electric customers and limit the energy and environmental impacts of their explosive growth.”)
- Virginia Board of Elections approves ban on personal use of campaign funds
- At forum, Central Virginia House of Delegates candidates discuss housing policy, affordability
- Pants on fire | MAGA House candidate tries to spin Spanberger ‘rage’
- Education Department launches investigation into Fairfax Co. schools over abortion claims (Trump’s education department will DEFINITELY do a fair investigation, right? LOL)
- Media | Staff layoffs impacting operations at two Virginia newspapers
- Martinsville is growing younger faster than any other place in Virginia. Here’s why.
- Surrounded by Quantico, a tiny town braces for Trump’s confab with generals (“The Virginia municipality, known as Q Town, is surrounded by the Marine Corps base where Trump and Hegseth are expected to talk to top generals Tuesday.”)
- Loudoun Co. man accused of threatening Virginia state delegate’s life (Totally inexcusable.)
- Goochland nears approval of rezoning for data centers, power plants
- Sandra Brown Kelly, former Roanoke Times editor and reporter, dies at 84
- CWG Live updates: Clingy clouds today ahead of a fantastic start to October
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