by Lowell
Here are a few national and Virginia news headlines, political and otherwise, for Thursday, October 7.
- ‘Eco-anxiety’: fear of environmental doom weighs on young people (If you *don’t* have eco-anxiety, you’re not paying any attention whatsoever.)
- “Sunshine for sale:” NT plans massive hubs to support solar, battery and hydrogen (“The Northern Territory government has unveiled plans for a massive renewable hydrogen zone, as well as a new rewewable energy hub, as it seeks to grab a major share of Australia’s renewable hydrogen export opportunities and transition its local electricity networks.”)
- A ‘Historical Event’: First Malaria Vaccine Approved by W.H.O.
- Are Biden and Xi forging a tentative U.S.-China detente? It’s complicated. (“Small diplomatic breakthroughs have fueled hope that the world’s two largest economies have placed a floor — albeit a fragile one — under the spat.”)
- Biden and Xi Jinping of China Agree to Hold a Virtual Summit
- Meetings like Biden-Xi summit may be only way forward for U.S. and China, former Obama advisor says
- Taiwan seeks international support after Chinese incursions
- Brazil police find 3 mln euro Nazi haul at home of suspected pedophile
- After 20 years, the latest story of Catholic Church sex abuse is familiar — but still shocking
- Heart Damage Plagues Covid Survivors a Year After Infection, Study Shows (“A study finds that some people are in danger of developing heart failure and deadly blood clots a year later.”)
- How Biden Came to Own Trump’s Policy at the Border (“Haitian asylum seekers were deported under Title 42, a despised Trump-era practice that the current Administration can’t seem to let go of.”)
- Faced with losing their jobs, even the most hesitant are getting vaccinated
- Thanks to McConnell, even Biden is losing faith in the filibuster
- The Dumbest Congressional Standoff Ever Is Getting Somehow Dumber
- Senate Poised to Pull Nation Back From Default Brink, for Now
- Schumer-McConnell debt hike talks spill into Thursday
- McConnell and Schumer Find a Temporary Solution for a Pretend Crisis
- Biden Can End Debt-Ceiling Sabotage Once and for All
- Trump accuses McConnell of ‘folding’ on debt ceiling
- Mitch McConnell Just Produced Such a Load of Manure That Quoting It Verbatim Feels Like Malpractice
- Analysis: Will Washington truce stick? Wall St assesses U.S. debt ceiling risk
- Democrats downplay deadlines on Biden’s broad spending plan
- Some Democrats are worried climate provisions won’t pass before critical global meeting in November (This is taking way too f’ing long.)
- Cutting climate programs may be harder than other things as Biden trims his bill (That’s existential; if anything, it should be massively INCREASED.)
- ‘Not Playing Fair’: Sanders Calls Out Moderates For Being ‘Vague’ On Build Back Better (“‘You want to cut child care? How much do you want to cut child care?’ Sen. Bernie Sanders said Wednesday, calling out his conservative Democratic colleagues.”)
- Why Republicans think they can get away with setting fire to the economy (“They understand what Democrats don’t: In our system, there’s hardly ever accountability for those who deserve it.”)
- Biden Administration to Restore Climate Criteria to Landmark Environmental Law (“A proposed rule would require agencies to study the climate impacts of new highways, pipelines and other projects, reversing a Trump-era effort to weaken reviews.”)
- The Memo: Culture war intensifies over school boards
- Competent Regulation Might Have Prevented the Huntington Beach Oil Fiasco (“The agency that is supposed to provide environmental protections is asleep at the wheel.”)
- Fox News: 25 years of making everyone’s lives progressively crappier (“Conservative media was going to birth a network eventually. But Fox has made life worse, even if you never watch”)
- AT&T wanted another Fox News, and OAN is what it got (“OAN has support from AT&T – and is actively pushing other networks to give it similar treatment” Appalling.)
- Republicans are siding with the angry mob
- How the rising US murder rate has affected Black women and girls: ‘It feels like nobody cares’
- Accused war criminal’s foundation forced to refund MAGA donors angered by anti-Trump posts (“Eddie Gallagher’s foundation embraced a Marine who criticized Biden’s Afghan withdrawal. Then he criticized Trump”)
- A federal judge blocks enforcement of Texas’ controversial new abortion law
- Texas Abortion Ban Put on Hold by Judge Calling It ‘Contrived’ (“The ruling means medical professionals can once again offer abortions in Texas without fear of being sued, for now.”)
- Federal Judge Pauses Strict Texas Law Banning Most Abortions
- The Supreme Court’s Pain — and Our Anger
- Supreme Court Justices Make a Surprising Proposal in Torture Case (“Twenty years after the Sept. 11 attacks, three justices said it was time to hear from the first detainee subjected to brutal interrogation by the C.I.A.”)
- Mike Pence gets 1/6 amnesia (Pence is an absolute disgrace.)
- Trump’s appeasers only make his assault on democracy worse (“The 45th President, who is making moves to fire up a 2024 campaign, issued his latest assault on the truth of his 2020 defeat and the attempted coup he inspired”)
- The Democracy Crisis: Could This Be Joe Biden’s Big Mistake? (“If the president doesn’t beat back this Trump-GOP attack, little else will matter.”)
- The Trump threat may soon get worse. Here’s the under-the-radar reason for it. (“To avert a stolen 2024 election, focus on these key state-level races.”)
- Stephanie Grisham says when Trump ‘needed someone to tell him how awesome he was’ he’d call Matt Gaetz, who would ‘sing for his supper’
- Trump-Backed Candidate Loses Bid to Silence Tell-All Book Author
- Trumpworld goes to war: Former Trump staffer sues former Trump staffer (“An ex-Trump staffer turned congressional candidate is suing Trump’s former White House press secretary”)
- Lewandowski Demanded Cash After MAGA-Land Kicked Him to the Curb
- Report Cites New Details of Trump Pressure on Justice Dept. Over Election (Trump needs to be in prison for multiple, major crimes.)
- Two-thirds of Republicans want Trump to retain major political role; 44% want him to run again in 2024
- Pro-Trump social media influencer and speaker at Jan. 5 rally pleads guilty to disorderly conduct in Capitol riot
- How Tight Is Trump’s Grip on the GOP? Take a Look at the Ohio Senate Primary (Those candidates are as extreme and batshit bonkers as you an get.)
- Critical race theory was the hot topic on Fox News this summer. Not so much anymore.
- What Facebook’s whistleblower achieved (“Putting the SEC, Congress and the public on notice”)
- What Mark Zuckerberg Knew and When He Knew It (“It took the founder weeks to address Facebook’s latest scandal, but his hands are all over it.”)
- Idaho’s Palace Coup Is OAN Game of Thrones
- Idaho’s governor left the state. His lieutenant governor took power and banned state vaccine mandates.
- Maryland man allegedly fatally shot his pharmacist brother for ‘killing people’ with the COVID vaccine, court records show
- L.A. to require proof of COVID vaccination at indoor restaurants, salons, other venues
- Virginia Senator Tim Kaine wants to see more regulations for Facebook (“The spread of disinformation, that isn’t just false but it’s deadly. You know, fake information about vaccines, fake information about COVID, we can’t just shrug it off, and so what I am looking for or what are the right solutions we can put in place”)
- Sen. Warner, Sen. Kaine Join Sen. Leahy in Introducing the John Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act
- Glenn Youngkin reminds Virginians: The GOP is out to delegitimize elections (“Once again, Youngkin winks and nods to election conspiracy theories.”)
- NEW DIGITAL AD: Terry for Virginia Releases New Digital Ad “Audit” Highlighting Glenn Youngkin’s Continued Support of Donald Trump’s Dangerous Election Conspiracy Theories
- *WAY* Too Close For Comfort: New Poll Has Terry McAuliffe Up Just 1 Point (48.7%-47.9%), Mark Herring Up Just 2 Points (45.5%-43.7%) (Hello Virginia Democrats, time to wake the you-know-what up!)
- McAuliffe & Youngkin continue to spar over election machine-audit comments
- As Virginia election draws near, GOP’s Youngkin continues campaigning on ‘election integrity’ (Disqualifying.)
- Black and low-income Virginians are disproportionately affected by nursing home understaffing (“State-imposed staffing requirements could be a fix, analysts say”)
- Virginia’s House of Delegates elections may be in for an October surprise (“There’s a possible October surprise brewing in Virginia politics. The surprise may come from an Oct. 12 hearing before U.S. District Court Judge David J. Novak in Richmond. The big issue: whether the November elections for the House of Delegates are constitutional.”)
- DLCC: Insurrectionist VA Republican House Candidate Warns of Coming “Civil War” (“Southwest Virginia Republican candidate Marie March took to Facebook to write an alarming tirade about ‘civil war’ coming to America.”)
- Wednesday (10/6) Virginia Data on COVID-19: With Delta Now Dominant, Hospitalizations (1,794) Near Highest Level Since Mid February, 10-Day New Cases (+32,572) Near Highest Since Mid February
- Two drywall companies working on new General Assembly building face first worker misclassification charges
- Mountain Valley Pipeline Sends Highly Misleading, Disingenuous Letter to Federal, State Authorities Attempting to Deny the Major, Adverse Impact Its Dirty, Fracked-Gas Pipeline Boondoggle Would Cause (In fact, this pipeline remains an environmental disaster, the exact wrong way to go given the climate crisis…)
- Two high schools in Northern Virginia placed on lockdown following threats
- Virginia gave millions to flood resilience projects in Hampton Roads. Here’s what they’ll do.
- Editorial: Long-overdue flood insurance reform should encourage resilience, improve fairness
- How Is This Appalling, Racist Harassment in Virginia Beach NOT Considered a Hate Crime? (It’s certainly “intended to intimidate or harass any individual or group because of race”)
- Slurs and monkey sounds blare near a Black family’s home. Some wonder why it’s not a ‘hate crime.’
- Would Conservative Cato Institute Mouthpiece Be Best Advocate for Falls Church City Kids?
- No date for return to Heritage High as Newport News school board reviews safety proposals in wake of shooting
- How Virginia Beach lost Something in the Water
- D.C.-area forecast: Cloudy skies dominate through Friday with mild temperatures (“A period of rain is possible over the weekend.”)
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