by Lowell
Here are a few international, national and Virginia news headlines, political and otherwise, for Saturday, September 24.
The White House switchboard connected a call to a rioter while the Capitol was under siege on January 6, 2021, according to former January 6 committee staffer Denver Riggleman.
“I only know one end of that call,” Riggleman said.https://t.co/U5PIrgqDV4 pic.twitter.com/cbkIFuvc6p
— 60 Minutes (@60Minutes) September 23, 2022
- Climate activists want Biden to fire the head of the World Bank. Here’s why
- World Bank president declines calls to step down (He’s a disaster.)
- Global Economy Knocked Off Course by War, Inflation
- Are heat pumps the key to accelerating the energy transition?
- Thousands call for ‘climate reparations and justice’ in global protests (“Fridays for Future ‘strikes’ in about 450 places demanded rich countries pay for damage from global heating”)
- Authoritarians want to spread their methods. Democracies must stand guard.
- From the Fed to Europe’s currency crisis, here’s what’s behind this selloff in financial markets
- Russian Men Join Exodus, Fearing Call-up To Fight In Ukraine (“Military-aged men fled Russia in droves Friday, filling planes and causing traffic jams at border crossings to avoid being rounded up to fight in Ukraine following the Kremlin’s partial military mobilization.”)
- Signs of torture, mutilation on bodies at Izium mass burial site: Ukraine officials
- Russia’s army is plagued by training and morale issues as Moscow rolls out partial mobilization
- Zelensky Calls On Ukrainians in Occupied Territory to Resist Russian Draft
- Facing Losses in Ukraine, Putin Gets More Involved in War Strategy
- Putin tears at the fabric of nuclear restraint. Words are dangerous, too.
- Ukraine war: Putin not bluffing about nuclear weapons, EU says (“The EU must take Vladimir Putin’s threats he could use nuclear weapons in the conflict in Ukraine seriously, the bloc’s foreign policy chief has said.”)
- G7 condemns ‘sham’ votes in occupied Ukraine
- Ukrainians Express Fear and Defiance as Staged Voting Begins
- Putin’s Draft Draws Resistance in Russia’s Far-Flung Regions
- ‘An Army of Zombies Is Leading Us to Hell’ (“An interview with a Moscow professional who just quit Russia to escape Vladimir Putin’s military draft”)
- Russians strike Ukraine as Kremlin-staged votes continue
- As Ukraine worries UN, some leaders rue what’s pushed aside
- Is China a juggernaut? Or an ailing giant? Both.
- Iran must deal decisively with protests, president says
- Iran’s president returns to mass protests in the streets — and deadlier crackdowns could be next
- Dissident: ‘Iranian women are furious’ over headscarf death
- Iranian security forces step up arrests of journalists as anti-state protests spread
- At least 35 dead in eight nights of protests, Iran state media report
- Videos show Iran security forces opening fire on protesters
- The AP Interview: Marcos wants to ‘reintroduce’ Philippines
- Britain’s sudden lurch to ‘Reaganomics’ gets a thumbs down from the markets
- Italy’s election campaign ends, tensions between EU and right flares (“Italy’s leaders held their final rallies on Friday ahead of a parliamentary election at the weekend that is expected to be won by a rightist alliance, putting Rome on possible collision course with Brussels.”)
- US quietly pursues Middle East breakthrough with Israel-Lebanon deal
- Fiona makes landfall in Canada with severe winds and rain
- Puerto Ricans seething over lack of power days after Fiona
- Powell Says Economy May Be Entering ‘New Normal’ After Covid
- Dow drops nearly 500 points to close at new low for 2022 on rising recession fears
- Riggleman: White House switchboard called a Capitol rioter on January 6
- The Memo: Unease about Trump’s legal woes spreads through GOP
- September National Poll: President Biden’s Approval At Year High; 56% of Voters Agree the Pandemic is Over
- Biden promises to codify Roe if two more Democrats are elected to the Senate
- Biden Makes an Appeal on State Legislative Races (“The president’s involvement is a sign that Democratic leaders are taking down-ballot contests more seriously than in past elections.” It’s about friggin’ time!)
- Democratic-Allied Group Pours $60 Million Into State Legislative Races
- The Polls Still Do Not Show A GOP Bounce Back
- Exclusive: Trump’s secret court fight to stop grand jury from getting information from his inner circle
- Trump Lawyers Push to Limit Aides’ Testimony in Jan. 6 Inquiry
- National security risk review of material seized from Trump’s Mar-a-Lago resumes
- Trump’s strategy in the classified documents case is quickly crumbling
- Trump opens rally with crude insults about ‘raging maniac’ New York attorney general after she sues him
- GOP Unveils ‘Commitment To America’ Plan With Stock Videos Of Russia, Ukraine
- House GOP Rolls Out Agenda With a Fake Lincoln Quote
- Kevin McCarthy Tripped Over His Clown Shoes Rolling Out His Pitch to Be Speaker
- Republicans Flirt with Christian Nationalism
- Republicans unveil 90s-throwback midterm election agenda
- Republicans offer their Commitment to Vapid Sloganeering (“The GOP’s Commitment to America is here, and it’s as empty-headed as anyone could have expected.”)
- Republicans Double Down on Obliterating Abortion Rights in “Commitment to America” Agenda
- House Republicans Release Their Vague ‘Agenda’ for 2023 (“There’s nothing about climate change, Russia, or extremist threats to democracy, and their abortion stance is very hard to find.”)
- ‘Trump Is a Messianic Figure in the QAnon Calls’ (“Trump’s embrace of the conspiracy theory is growing stronger. An extremism expert is worried.”)
- Employees in anonymous letter ask Biden to remove DHS inspector general
- Will Joe Manchin Get Played? (“Plenty of Democrats in both chambers don’t want anything to do with speeding up oil and gas projects. Republicans do want to speed up oil and gas projects. They live for it! But they don’t want to help fulfill a promise Chuck Schumer made to Manchin, and they figure they can get a better deal on this issue in the next Congress, when they may control one or both chambers.”)
- Congress, take the final sprint on Electoral Count Act reform
- Nina Totenberg Had a Beautiful Friendship With RBG. Her Book About It Is an Embarrassment. (And the media’s fawning coverage has also been an embarrassment.)
- California Just Struck a Major Blow to Car Culture (“By decoupling parking from new residential construction, its new law could reduce housing costs, too.”)
- Why Mastriano’s candidacy presents a special danger to the nation (This is by conservative George Will. Even he gets it.)
- Career prosecutors recommend no charges for Gaetz in sex-trafficking probe (Let’s hope this is inaccurate.)
- Maine Poll: Mills Leads LePage by 12; Majority of Voters Concerned Over Lobsters on Unsustainable Seafood “Red List”
- Ugly new details about Ron DeSantis’s stunt point to a deeper scam
- “We Won’t Be Outworked in This Race”: Can Mandela Barnes Overcome Ron Johnson’s Ware Chest? (“The Wisconsin Senate hopeful is gunning for one of the few flippable seats in a bitter midterm season. He’ll need not only the Democratic base, but to win over enough swing voters, who, as one strategist put it, are ‘voting on vibes.'”)
- Georgia to replace voting machines in Coffee County after alleged security breach
- Project Veritas loses jury verdict to Democratic consulting firm
- Republican Tudor Dixon makes light of plot to kidnap Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer at campaign stops
- Arizona’s 1864 law banning abortion in most circumstances in effect, judge rules (This is the horrific past AND the “Handmaid’s Tale”-style future if we don’t put Democrats in charge!)
- Arizona judge rules that state can enforce near-total abortion ban
- Elijah McClain’s death caused by ketamine injection, amended autopsy report says (Absolutely horrible, heartbreaking…)
- Kaine speaks out on Ukraine, the Mountain Valley Pipeline and courageous cops at the Capitol
- Tim Kaine returns to UVa for insurrection reflection
- Video: Sen. Tim Kaine Speaks in FAVOR of 23 Sections of Sen. Joe Manchin’s Energy “Side Deal,” But RIPS Section 24, Regarding the Mountain Valley Pipeline, as “open[ing] the door to serious abuse and even corruption” (“What ground would there be for such a historic rebuke of my hometown federal Circuit Court?”)
- Jen Kiggans and the Republican Commitment to Outlaw Abortion (DCCC: “Republican Party agenda shows that banning abortion is squarely on their agenda if they take power”)
- Congresswoman Elaine Luria Kicks Off Early Voting in Virginia with Meet and Greet in Suffolk
- Rep. Abigail Spanberger Statement Marking First Day of Early Voting in Virginia (“Over the next 45 days, Virginians will have the chance to participate in our democracy by voting early.”)
- Wexton, Spanberger speak truth to Youngkin on anti-trans school policies
- Youngkin wants a better measuring stick for Va. schools. What’s his plan?
- Video: After Campaigning for Hard-Right Candidate in KS, Youngkin Heads to TX, Spews Out Falsehoods, Distortions, Dodges About Donald Trump, Kari Lake, Virginia Education, Who Voted for Him in 2021, etc.
- Youngkin defends campaign support of 2020 election denier Kari Lake
- New Poll by UMW: “Large number of Virginians” Think Local Schools “doing an excellent or at least a good job”; “Youngkin’s net approval score of plus 15 was somewhat lower than that of former Gov. Ralph Northam” (who was at +31 at the same point)
- Virginia NAACP Disapproves of Governor Younkin’s Efforts to Remove Virginia from RGGI (“To remove Virginia from RGGI without an alternative plan…is unimaginable and unjust. The Urgency is Now.”)
- Schapiro: In contentious times, policy tug-of-wars tip on gaming the process (“The stories, whether told in Virginia or beyond, ultimately intersect, exposing Youngkin as a trans-Republican who presents as a solutions-oriented realist but identifies as a right-wing culture warrior.”)
- Youngkin’s rules for trans students leave many teens fearful, despondent
- Youngkin: ‘We’re not thinking about 2024, we’re focused on 2022’ (There is literally ZERO chance that is true.)
- Why does the Mountain Valley Pipeline matter?
- Virginia’s Lorax will keep planting trees
- Hampton Roads schools earn accreditation, but science remains problem area, data shows
- Williams: Mathews County must not surrender its Confederate monument to a Confederate group
- School Board Begins Review of Mandated Sexually Explicit Material Policy
- Major police response after cars struck by bullets in Fairfax County
- D.C.-area forecast: Beautiful today, with an afternoon storm threat Sunday
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