by Lowell
Here are a few international, national and Virginia news headlines, political and otherwise, for Friday, August 19.
- Rare, powerful thunderstorms bring severe winds to Europe, killing several
- U.N. Chief’s Meeting With Zelensky and Erdogan Underscores War’s Intractability
- Zelensky faces outpouring of criticism over failure to warn of war
- Mercenaries Enter Spotlight as Russian Troops Struggle in Ukraine (“Wagner Group has proven indispensable in Russia’s few successes in Donbas, and now is expanding its recruitment drive to prisons as it seeks to replenish its losses.” Evil.)
- Russia’s spies misread Ukraine and misled Kremlin as war loomed
- Russia’s spies misread Ukraine and misled Kremlin as war loomed
- Odesa Is Defiant. It’s Also Putin’s Ultimate Target
- WAR IN UKRAINE: Calm is an illusion in Odesa
- Russia allegedly tells nuclear power plant workers not to go to work Friday amid concerns of a planned incident
- Russian vehicles seen inside turbine hall at Ukraine nuclear plant
- Russia deploys hypersonic missiles to its Baltic exclave
- Xi and Putin plan to attend G20 summit in Bali, Indonesian leader says (Putin should NOT be allowed to attend.)
- Doctors stay in Ukraine’s war-hit towns: ‘People need us’
- Russia wants to disconnect nuclear plant from power grid – Ukraine
- Yangtze shrinks as China’s drought disrupts industry
- China’s response to Pelosi visit a sign of future intentions
- Iran deal tantalizingly close but US faces new hurdles
- North Korea tells South Korean president to ‘shut his mouth’ after offer of aid (Charming.)
- Nigeria’s Osun River: Sacred, revered and increasingly toxic (Horrible.)
- The Mirage of Women’s Freedom in Saudi Arabia
- Breathing room for Biden: Big summer wins ease 2024 doubts
- Americans Are Well Aware Of Climate Change — But Not About The Government’s Efforts To Fight It
- Biden’s Climate Law Is Ending 40 Years of Hands-off Government
- Can Democrats finally run on climate? New ads test the premise.
- National TV networks get better at linking climate change to extreme weather events, but still largely fail to mention solutions (It’s amazing how hard this is for them.)
- The New US Climate Law Will Reduce Carbon Emissions and Make Electricity Less Expensive, Economists Say (“Recent research shows consumers across the country are paying too much for electricity, given the carbon cost of the power now on the grid.”)
- Solar industry eyes 50 GW of manufacturing capacity by the end of this decade (“DOE concluded in a study that U.S. production could reach 10 GW in two years, 15 GW in three years and 25 GW in five years on its path to 50 GW annual production.”)
- Republicans call it an ‘army’ but IRS hires will replace retirees, do IT, says Treasury
- The DOJ Believes Trump Might Have Committed a Crime on January 6 (“A grand jury subpoena has been issued for ‘records from the files of Mr. Trump’s top aides, his daily schedule and phone logs, and a draft text of the president’s speech that preceded the riot.’f”)
- ‘Fiction’: Top Trump Officials Tell CNN His ‘Standing Order’ Claim Is Rubbish
- CNN Exclusive: ‘Ludicrous.’ ‘Ridiculous.’ ‘A complete fiction.’: Former Trump officials say his claim of ‘standing order’ to declassify is nonsense
- Judge May Release Affidavit in Trump Search, but Only After Redaction
- FBI Questioning Trump’s National Security Staff About His Top Secret Document Alibi
- Trump’s legal woes enter yet another protracted phase
- The Press’s Fealty to Both-Sidesism Means It Can’t Stop Falling for Trump’s B.S.
- After Mar-a-Lago: A panel of experts on the grave danger just ahead (“Experts on the far right discuss this moment of national crisis: Are we being ‘carried slowly toward civil war’?”)
- A post-Dobbs gender gap in new voters is poised to affect midterms (“Women are angry in the wake of Dobbs, and they are registering to vote.”)
- The GOP put an abortion dystopia on the ballot for the midterms
- On Twitter, “Libs of TikTok” is driving threats against a children’s hospital (“The anti-LGBTQ account reports it was banned by Facebook after waging a campaign of harassment against medical providers, but remains active on Twitter”)
- MAGA Republicans shut out the media — and the public
- A Jan. 6 participant has been harassing police officers at a Capitol attack trial (Uh…arrest him?)
- Grassley claims to support $35 insulin cap he helped kill (What a scumbag/liar.)
- McConnell says Republicans may not win Senate control, citing ‘candidate quality’
- The GOP Just Borrowed a Soviet Skill and Disappeared Liz Cheney
- Fox News Poll: Barnes edges Johnson in Wisconsin Senate race
- Fox News Poll: Kelly holds 8-point lead over Masters in Arizona Senate race
- Pa. Senate race no longer tossup as Fetterman memes zero in on Oz’s wealth
- Ron DeSantis in the “upside down”: Stop WOKE Act partly blocked, hit with lawsuit (“Federal judge compares Florida to ‘Stranger Things’ realm in scathing ruling on Stop WOKE Act and freedom of speech”)
- DeSantis’s new election crimes unit makes its first arrests (“Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis announced the first arrests made by the state’s new elections police force Thursday: Twenty people previously incarcerated for murder or sexual assault who he said had illegally voted in the 2020 election.” Absolutely appalling.)
- What Does Brian Stelter’s Exit Mean for the Future of CNN? (Probably nothing good.)
- Brian Stelter to depart CNN as it cancels ‘Reliable Sources’ media show
- Alabama GOP shared KKK imagery by ‘mistake,’ chairman says
- Hogan calls GOP gubernatorial nominee mentally unstable
- Democrats blast Minnesota GOP candidate’s ‘vote with bullets’ remarks
- National Republican group plans massive ad buy boosting J.D. Vance, signaling deepening GOP focus on Ohio’s Senate race
- Louie Gohmert leaves Congress having passed one law and spread countless falsehoods
- New York District 12 Poll: Nadler Extends Lead Over Maloney and Patel in NY-12 Primary
- New Polling Finds Strong (>2:1), Broad Support for Inflation Reduction Act. Yet Here in Virginia, Far-Right, Out-of-the-Mainstream GOP Congressional Candidates Oppose It.
- Sen. Tim Kaine’s Role In Abortion Bill Stuns Abortion-Rights Supporters
- NEW: Yesli Vega Vows to “REPEAL” Bill that Lowers Prescription Drug Costs (“Promising to raise the cost of prescription medicine if you get to Congress isn’t the winning issue Yesli Vega thinks it is.”)
- Anti-Abortion Extremist Yesli Vega Keeps Hiding Her Extreme Beliefs on Abortion (“Vega and her campaign did not respond to the [Christian Science Monitor]’s repeated requests for comment.”)
- DPVA Releases “Why Hung Cao Is Too Extreme for Virginia” (Cao Praised Violent Insurrection, Supports Total Abortion Ban, Denies Climate Science, etc.)
- “So…it’s actual not parents that get a seat at the Youngkin administration table…it’s private interests.”; “It’s the Betsy DeVos model of destroying public ed.” (“Youngkin wants to suppress black and brown voices.”)
- Youngkin’s superintendent says Black history won’t be censored
- Youngkin to set aside nearly $400 million for new tax relief in next budget (Note how the RTD uses Republican/conservative framing in this headline?)
- Former Virginia deputy attorney general sues old office (“Monique Miles says her support of the people who stormed the Capitol last year got her fired.”)
- VA Dept. of Education Finds Adverse Effects of COVID Pandemic-Related School Closures Continue, but “With the exception of writing…students in all demographic groups made progress in 2021-2022”
- Virginia’s education test results remain low compared to pre-pandemic rates
- Virginia officials blame lagging test scores on pandemic school closures
- Thursday Virginia COVID-19 Stats: 10-Day New Cases at 26,578; Hospitalizations at 800 (Near Highest Level Since Early March)
- Mountain Valley Pipeline opponents vow to keep up fight despite Manchin deal (“Activists who have fought the Mountain Valley Pipeline project for years say Democrats’ reported deal with the West Virginia senator won’t deter their opposition. They plan to keep pressure on financial backers.”)
- Appalachian Power rates will rise after Supreme Court of Virginia ruling
- Fairfax Co. schools fires counselor convicted of ‘solicitation of prostitution from a minor’
- ‘Where can I safely shop?’ Norfolk neighbors question safety after 7 people shot — with 4 dead — during violent afternoon (“Four people were killed and three injured in two separate shootings Thursday afternoon in Norfolk. Five were shot — three fatally — on Fenner Street off Tidewater Drive as police investigated a double shooting about 2 miles away at Wards Corner.”)
- D.C.-area forecast: A decent end to the workweek, but higher weekend rain odds
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