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by Lowell
Here are a few international, national and Virginia news headlines, political and otherwise, for Wednesday, September 10.
- Jump in US greenhouse gas pollution pushed global emissions higher – report (“‘Abrupt shift’ in policy since Trump took office will have major consequences for climate crisis, forecast says”)
- Protect Arctic from ‘dangerous’ climate engineering, scientists warn
- Top US Energy Official Lobbies for Fossil Fuels in Europe (“European climate experts say the pro-fossil fuel arguments are based on climate disinformation.” Evil.)
- Solar output up sixfold in Czechia, Hungary, Poland, Slovakia (“Czechia, Hungary, Poland and Slovakia’s cumulative solar generation increased sixfold between 2019 and 2024, while each country made efforts to reduce its coal dependency. However, energy think tank Ember says a lack of battery storage uptake and solar targets below the EU average risk derailing progress.”)
- Poland’s PM warns prospect of military conflict ‘closer than at any time since second world war’ amid Russian drone incursion – follow live (“Tusk says there were 19 violations of Polish airspace overnight and most likely that four drones shot down”)
- Poland shoots down Russian drones in its airspace for the first time, accuses Moscow of ‘act of aggression’ (Time for Article 5 immediately.)
- Poland shoots down drones over its territory amid Russian attack on Ukraine, prime minister says
- Trump reportedly asks EU to impose 100% tariffs on India and China (“In effort to end Russia’s war in Ukraine, US president reportedly proposes tariffs of up to 100% targeting Putin allies and trade partners”)
- Brazil Braces for a Verdict on Its Ex-President—and on Its Democracy (“Jair Bolsonaro faces decades in prison for allegedly attempting a coup after he lost an election. President Trump, like millions of Brazilians, is watching closely.”)
- Israel threatens ‘enemies everywhere’ after strike against Hamas in Qatar
- Trump says he is ‘not thrilled’ about Israeli strike in Qatar (Maybe, maybe not, but Trump’s a pathological liar so who knows.)
- Netanyahu’s attack in Qatar just narrowed Israel’s options (“Now where is the path toward ending the Gaza war?”)
- Israel’s attack in Qatar infuriated Trump advisers, officials say
- Israel Attacks Qatar’s Relevance (“The strikes against Hamas in Doha suggest a natural limit to Qatar’s role as an intermediary.”)
- Anti-Islamic US biker gang members run security at deadly Gaza aid sites (WTF???)
- Bowen: Diplomacy in ruins after Israel strikes Hamas leaders in Qatar
- Israel faces growing backlash over unprecedented Qatar strike
- Israel’s attack in Qatar condemned; Hamas says leaders survived
- Israel Just Took a Huge Step to Escalate the War. It Risks Alienating Trump.
- What Israel’s strike in Qatar could mean for Gaza (“The message behind the unprecedented attack on the soil of a US ally.”)
- Leak exposes Washington Post boss Will Lewis’s role as secret adviser to Boris Johnson while PM (The WaPo is trash at this point.)
- Trump Warns of Doom if Tariffs Are Ruled Illegal. Others See a Tax Cut.
- Trump is taking America down a slippery slope where the military can kill anyone
- The Government Wants to See Your Papers (“And the Supreme Court decides that the Fourth Amendment might not be for everyone.” F*** this illegitimate, out-of-control, lawless court.)
- ICE is Eating the Soul of America (“Four things that show ICE increasingly considers itself outside the law”)
- Kavanaugh faces blowback for claiming Americans can sue over encounters with ICE (Kavanaugh has ABSOLUTELY NO BUSINESS being on the US Supreme Court. F’ing disgrace.)
- Brett Kavanaugh’s Shadow Docket Attack of Your Civil Liberties (“Whether motivated by animus or naïveté, the justice’s rationale for permitting law enforcement to racially profile suspects has dark implications for democracy.”)
- Rightwing influencer accompanied Ice agents during raids in Chicago (“Ben Bergquam was with Ice agents during a raid on Sunday and yelled at protesters that they were ‘the enemy within’”)
- John Roberts allows Trump to withhold foreign-aid funds approved by Congress — for now (Roberts is scum.)
- Amy Coney Barrett Wrote a Book for People Who Already Like Amy Coney Barrett
- Judge Rules Fed Governor Can Remain in Role, for Now (The heinous Supreme Court will f*** this up, right?)
- Fears Return for L.A. Immigrants After Supreme Court Allows Raids to Resume
- Supreme Court again gives no explanation in ruling for Trump, this time on immigration
- Fired CDC director who clashed with RFK Jr. set to testify in Senate (Gotta love the media’s b.s. “clashed with” framing, instead of saying what actually happened. Cowards.)
- Vaccine Injuries, Violent Video Games, and Infertility Challenge: RFK Jr. Releases New MAHA ‘Strategy’ Report for Children (“‘Our young men have sperm counts that are half what they ought to be,’ Kennedy said.” And RFK Jr. has a brain cell count that’s half what they ought to be. LOL)
- Rinse and repeat: US vaccine hearing on unpublished study debates same myths
- Vaccines and C.D.C. Chaos Expose Tensions Between Trump and Kennedy
- The real reason Trump will never fire RFK Jr. (“The president is addicted to having a Kennedy around” Yes, he’s a Kennedy, but the absolute worst of all of them – ever.)
- Democratic governors build vaccine firewall against RFK Jr. (Once Abigail Spanberger is sworn in – and this is a huge reason to elect her! – she needs to do the same, ASAP!)
- Fossil-fuel firms receive US subsidies worth $31bn each year, study finds (Not only should they receive ZERO subsidies, the polluter should have to pay the fully internalized cost of ALL their negative externalities – health damage, environmental damage, etc.)
- Jeffrey Epstein’s 50th Birthday Book Reveals His Elite World Of Perversion (“Large portions of the well wishes shared with Epstein featured lewd and perverse stories, pictures and drawings portraying him as a predatory collector of women.”)
- You Really Need to See Epstein’s Birthday Book for Yourself (“This time, the conspiracy theorists were right.”)
- Donald ❤️ Jeffrey (“The NSFW version of the Epstein book proves that Trump knew exactly who and what his buddy was.”)
- The Epstein Scandal Reveals MAGA’s True Face (“They all knew Trump was a louse and a liar. Now they’re desperate to deny the obvious.”)
- Photo of novelty check suggests Epstein ‘sold’ Trump a woman for $22,500 (Imagine the reaction by Republicans and the media if Obama, Biden, Clinton, etc. had done this???)
- As the weird Trump birthday letter to Jeffrey Epstein is released, MAGA media cling to their claims that it was a hoax
- Trump signs order to crack down on prescription drug advertising
- ‘He’s a nut’: Hill Republicans sour on Trump housing official Bill Pulte (Almost all of Trump’s appointees – and Trump himself! – are nuts. Why dn’t Hill Republicans say that out loud???)
- MAGA Fury at Secret Service Over Trump’s Humiliating Dinner (“Rowdy protesters called Trump ‘Hitler’ during his first dinner out in D.C. as president.”)
- Nick Fuentes: A White Nationalist Problem for the Right (“For years, conservatives hoped that the notorious white nationalist would go away. Instead, Mr. Fuentes has gained more traction, even while opposing the president.”)
- How CBS News’ Trumpy new ombudsman fits into the right’s anti-media campaign
- Man faces federal charge in killing of Ukrainian woman on Charlotte train (Absolutely horrible.)
- Oliver North marries Fawn Hall, his document-shredding secretary at the center of Iran-Contra scandal (Beyond parody, lol.)
- Warner and Kaine respond to Augusta Health clinic closures
- SEN. TIM KAINE: Why America’s rights depend on laws, not divine decrees or religious authority (“Yes, all people are endowed by the Creator with certain inalienable rights. But those rights are essentially meaningless unless they are protected by law”)
- Local Mennonites among those arrested outside Warner Senate office protesting siege of Gaza (Why do these people keep protesting Democrats, who have basically zero power right now, and not Republicans, who have basically all the power?)
- Rep. Don Beyer (D-VA08) on “The Trump Administration’s Shockingly Dishonest, Out-Of-Touch Response To Terrible Jobs Report” (Trump even “posted a meme with the words ‘The Golden Age’ above a picture of himself” (!))
- [UPDATE: Walkinshaw Wins by 3:1 Margin] VA11 Special Election Results (Democrat James Walkinshaw vs. Republican Stewart Whitson): Live Blog
- Democrat James Walkinshaw wins US House special election in Virginia
- Democrats retake Connolly’s seat in Virginia’s 11th Congressional District special election (Democrats didn’t really “retake” the seat, since they never lost it to Republicans; it was vacant for about three months and it’s now filled.)
- Democrats add 1 more vote in Congress after Virginia special election
- Democrats Narrow Gap in House After Victory in Virginia Special Election
- Federal COVID vaccine access shifts reverberate statewide, Va. advocates, health care workers say
- Virginia Republicans silent as Trump’s Medicaid cuts blamed for rural clinics closing
- DLCC invests another $1.5 million into Virginia state elections
- NEW TV AD: Winsome Earle-Sears Backs Trump’s Agenda That Raises Costs for Virginia Families, Kills Virginia Jobs (Winsome Earle-Sears: “The bill as you know now does so many great things.”)
- New VCU Poll: “Spanberger leads Earle-Sears 49% to 40% in Virginia governor’s race, margin narrows by 3 points since last month” (Ghazala Hashmi leads 45%-41%; Jay Jones leads 47%-41%)
- Virginia lieutenant governor race could be heating up as both sides aim resources (“Democrat Ghazala Hashmi is getting a cash infusion from a national party group as Republican John Reid rolls out his first ad, and a new poll shows a close race.” The media loves a horse race, that’s for sure. Also, it’s their “safe space.” Of course, they never mention how far-right extreme John Reid is…too scary for them, might threaten their precious access.)
- Earle-Sears, Reid Stump Outside Loudoun School Board Meeting (They’re busy trolling local school board meetings, not focused on jobs, the economy, the future of Virginia, etc.)
- The Lone G.O.P. Governor Opposing Trump’s War on Offshore Wind (Wait, for once Youngkin’s kinda/sorta standing up to Trump? Miracle! Of course, Dominion Energy is a big Republican donor, and this is a Dominion Energy project, so…))
- Virginia Democrats escalate battle over university boards (And by “escalate battle,” the RTD actually meant to write, “works to enforce the law and the constitution.”)
- Editorial: Students’ test scores show the challenge ahead for Virginia
- In rural Virginia, Democrats have almost disappeared in local elections
- Fairfax County may soon be the home of the largest collective bargaining agreement in Virginia (“Almost 12,000 general government employees in Fairfax County are about to consider approving a new agreement.”)
- Avula promises Mayo Island acquisition is a big step towards real improvement
- CWG Live updates: Occasional light showers or sprinkles today, then back to beautiful
