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by Lowell
Here are a few international, national and Virginia news headlines, political and otherwise, for Tuesday, September 23.
- At Climate Week, Chile and the United Kingdom Commit to Ocean-Based Action Plans Ahead of COP30 (“Research shows offshore wind, green shipping and marine conservation efforts could deliver up to 35 percent of the annual greenhouse gas emission cuts needed under the Paris accord.”)
- The Gap Between Climate Targets and Fossil Fuel Production Is Wider Than Ever (“The world’s top greenhouse-gas-emitting countries are failing to take a path that avoids catastrophic warming”)
- AI ‘carries risks’ but will help tackle global heating, says UN’s climate chief
- EU chemical firms plan to export rising quantities of ‘toxic’ pesticides, documents show (“Bloc urged to end ‘unethical double standard’ of allowing sale of products deemed too dangerous for EU farms”)
- Resilient World Economy Set for Tariff Hit in 2026, OECD Says
- Trump to address U.N. as divisions deepen over Palestinian statehood, trade
- Trump was once laughed at on the UN stage. Now, world leaders are courting him (That’s because they have no choice, not because they’re happy about it. This is really ridiculous framing by CNN.)fho
- At UN, world leaders meet to try to make a troubled planet ‘better together.’ But can they? (Nope.)
- Hungary refuses to stop buying Russian oil despite Trump’s Nato demand (“Foreign minister says getting energy supplies elsewhere is a ‘nice dream’ while describing western European officials as ‘fanatics’” Hungary really has no business being in the EU.)
- Moldova detains 74 people over an alleged Russia-backed unrest plot around key election (Remember, Putin is Trump’s BFF.)
- Here Are the Reasons Why Recognition of Palestine Is Such a Big Deal (“Recognition of Palestinian statehood—especially from the U.K.—is not merely symbolic. It has specific ramifications under international law.”)
- How Israel’s West Bank strategy aims to bury Palestinian statehood
- Biden response to Gaza was “inadequate,” Harris says in new book (“While he could passionately state, ‘I am a Zionist,’ his remarks about innocent Palestinians came off as inadequate and forced.”; “A Biden spokesperson did not respond to a request for one.”)
- France recognises Palestine and calls for UN force in Gaza
- Netanyahu may struggle to find response that matches rhetoric on Palestine recognition (“Israeli PM has threatened bilateral action and annexation of occupied Palestinian land but there are risks in either”)
- Rubio Calls India ‘Critical’ to US as H-1B Visas Add to Tensions (The Trump administration is RAPIDLY alienating India…and many other huge/important countries, such as Brazil.)
- US ready to support Argentina with ‘large and forceful’ action, Treasury chief says (The reason Trump is doing this is because he considers Argentina’s far-right/nutjob president his ally.)
- Rodrigo Duterte, former Philippines president, charged with crimes against humanity at ICC (Trump loved this guy. For instance, see Trump praises Duterte for ‘unbelievable job’ cracking down on drugs in the Philippines from 2017.)
- The Art of the Decline (“How Trump’s dealmaking has degraded American foreign policy”)
- A military campaign against the drug trade would be unconstitutional (John Yoo: “Trump’s boat strikes against the cartels risk crossing the line between law enforcement and war.”
- They’ve Won in Court, But ICE Is Still Detaining and Trying to Deport Them
- ICE Barbie Dropped F-Bombs on ‘Screaming’ Call With DHS Officials After Embarrassing Stories
- Top Goon (“Kristi Noem is the face of Trump’s police state. Corey Lewandowski is the muscle. Who really runs DHS?”)
- Trump Is Getting Closer to Having an ‘Infinite Money Pit’ (“If the president takes over the Federal Reserve, he will have extraordinary power to reward his friends and destroy his enemies.”)
- Supreme Court allows Trump to fire Democratic member of trade commission (This court is lawless, extreme, illegitimate and out of control.)
- Most CEOs say Trump policy has harmed their businesses, new survey finds
- Explainer: Trump on autism | Tylenol is bad, m’kay? And so are vaccines (“Donald Trump, possibly the least-qualified person on the planet to make medical recommendations – ‘disinfectant,’ anyone? – is now taking on Tylenol, which he said Monday is the cause of autism. I wish I was making this up.”)
- Trump makes unfounded claims about Tylenol and repeats discredited link between vaccines and autism (And by “makes unfounded claims,” the AP apparently meant to type “LIES” – but for some reason they resorted to this weak, convoluted language.)
- ‘Irresponsible’: Medical Experts Slam Trump Claims About Tylenol, Pregnancy And Autism
- The flimsy evidence behind Trump’s big autism announcement, explained
- For Trump, Who Has ‘Strong Feelings’ About Autism, the Issue Is Personal
- Trump Tells Pregnant Women to ‘Fight Like Hell’ Not to Take Tylenol (Under absolutely NO CIRCUMSTANCES should anyone take medical advice from Donald Trump, RFK Jr, Marty Makary, etc.)
- Trump to meet top Democrats as their health care demands fuel government shutdown risk
- Energy-related CO2 emissions are falling in every state
- Orsted Can Restart Construction of U.S. Offshore Wind Farm, Court Says (“A judge has granted a preliminary injunction blocking enforcement of the government’s stop-work order on the Revolution Wind project”)
- Trump Cancels Trail, Bike-Lane Grants Deemed ‘Hostile’ to Cars (INSANE!)
- EPA reorganization sparks fears of ‘political interference’ (“Union officials say the revamp is meant to intimidate scientists and undermine science.” Zeldin is a disgrace.)
- Trump’s lawfare escalates in Virginia
- Trump’s Pick to Replace Ousted U.S. Attorney Lacks Prosecutorial Experience
- Trump’s Handpicked Prosecutor Takes Over Comey and James Cases
- Unease grows at the Justice Department as Trump’s threats get even more blunt
- It’s Happened: The United States of America Is No Longer a Democracy (“Trump’s prosecution order to Bondi gives up the pretense. And the country is headed swiftly into unknown territory.”)
- Even under Trump, American democracy is not a lost cause — yet (“But a serious ‘democratic breakdown’ is upon us, says political scientist Susan C. Stokes”)
- Are We Witnessing the Fall of the American Empire?
- Trump posts his Watergate tapes (“It ended Nixon’s presidency. For Trump, it’s just another Saturday.”)
- The Epstein files fight is about to come to a head in the House (“The likely winner of a special election Tuesday is set to rekindle the Jeffrey Epstein firestorm in the House.”)
- Wall Street Journal Seeks Dismissal Of Donald Trump’s Defamation Lawsuit Over Jeffrey Epstein Report: “The Article Is True”
- Leavitt Busted Telling Untruths About Homan’s $50K Sting
- Fox averts its eyes from former employee Homan reportedly receiving a bag of cash
- Now We’ll Never Know What Happened with Border Czar Tom Homan and the Bag of Money (“Because the DOJ dropped the probe. The bag was said to be from the fast-casual chain Cava, so maybe Homan thought it was a garlicky chicken shawarma bowl?”)
- A lot of powerful people just don’t realize how unpopular Trump is (“The backlash to ABC/Disney canceling Kimmel shows why it’s important for businesses and the public to understand that two-thirds of Americans are not Trump voters”)
- Legacy media’s destructive addiction to describing Trump’s ‘winning’
- Developing | Disney announces Jimmy Kimmel return to ABC airwaves on Tuesday (“Jimmy Kimmel is back, per Disney, which lost $3.4 billion in market cap and 3.4 percent of its stock value after capitulating to the Trump administration on the comedian’s ABC late-night talk show.”)
- Jimmy Kimmel’s Show to Return to ABC on Tuesday Night
- Kimmel’s show to return Tuesday, but Sinclair will continue to keep it off its ABC stations
- Sinclair will preempt Jimmy Kimmel’s show, replacing with ‘news programming’ (Sinclair, of course, has no actual news programming.)
- Sinclair Won’t Air Jimmy Kimmel’s Return on Its 38 ABC Stations (No Democrat should be watching Sinclair…and not just for this reason; it’s right-wing propaganda! So yes, if for whatever reason you’re still watching WJLA7 “News” for instance, stop doing so.)
- EXCLUSIVE | Mamdani pulls planned ABC town hall event after network suspended Jimmy Kimmel’s show
- Trump Shits All Over Message of Charlie Kirk’s Widow at His Memorial
- ‘I Hate My Opponent’: Trump’s Remarks at Kirk Memorial Distill His Politics
- Elon Musk’s Father Accused of Child Sexual Abuse (When you look at people like Musk and Trump, you’ve got to wonder how they got SO broken, evil, etc.)
- Mamdani Lands Endorsement From Kamala Harris, His Biggest Yet
- Where Candidates Stand on Cannabis in Virginia, New Jersey 2025 Gubernatorial Races (Winsome Earle-Sears “said adult-use cannabis is ‘going to destroy us,’ and ‘I had to let somebody go who worked for me. I found out he was on marijuana. You can’t work for me. You’re going to destroy somebody’s home. You’re going to crash. It’s going to decimate us, because marijuana is a gateway drug.'”)
- Virginia Railway Express, Amtrak adjust schedules to accommodate Long Bridge Project
- Virginia Democrats and some Republicans want to extend ACA tax credits as shutdown looms (What’s the “and some Republicans” part of this? Sounds like b.s.)
- Virginia Democrats in Congress call for permanent health insurance premium subsidies
- Update | Ben Cline ‘town hall’ now supposedly being livestreamed (“The livestream, they tell us, will be on Cline’s Facebook page. Maybe.”)
- Abigail Spanberger: Governor needs to be ‘steady’ amid federal uncertainty (Unlike Winsome Earle-Sears, Abigail Spanberger actually agreed to do an interview with VPM. Apparently, Earle-Sears only talks to far-right “news” outlets.)
- Spanberger hits Earle-Sears over health care, education in new ad
- GOP districts take early lead in Virginia’s first week of early voting (This is HIGHLY questionable, not at all what other information is showing…quite the contrary, actually.)
- Gov. Youngkin, journalist Megyn Kelly to speak at Turning Point USA event at Virginia Tech
- The fight over transgender policies in Northern Virginia schools, explained (“Five school districts in Northern Virginia are at odds with the U.S. Department of Education over policies protecting transgender students, with funding at stake.”)
- Hurricane Helene reshaped parts of Southwest Virginia’s landscape. New adaptations are underway.
- Commentary: What’s illegal and refuses to stand up? UVA’s Board of Visitors
- UVA researchers cited more than 50 times for violation of federal animal welfare act (Appalling.)
- Virginia Rural Health Association receives $4 million grant to address maternal health gaps in Southwest Virginia
- Norfolk gang members found guilty of killing Bayside High football player they thought was in rival gang
- Here’s how early voters felt about Virginia Beach’s election referendum
- Charlottesville | City tables criminalizing homelessness, looks for other solutions to crisis
- Loudoun County breaks from the past with street name ban (“Loudoun County’s Board of Supervisors have voted unanimously to adopt an ordinance prohibiting streets from being named after segregationists and Confederate leaders.”)
- CWG Live updates: The 80s are back and so are storm chances
