by Lowell
Here are a few international, national and Virginia news headlines, political and otherwise, for Friday, October 7.
- Opinion | To Avoid Climate Disaster, One Task Is More Urgent Than Anything Else (“Nearly 1000 new coal-fired power plants are planned around the world. We should not be building any.”)
- Nobel Peace Prize for Ukraine, Russia and Belarus activists
- Big Agriculture Casts Itself as Climate Champion Ahead of COP27 (“Critics say the US-led Aim4C coalition will sideline nature-friendly farming in favour of a polluting status quo.”)
- EU Leaders Set to Clash Over Energy Prices
- Russians Terrified by Putin’s Bunker Mentality as He Turns 70 With His Finger on the Nuclear Button (“For the first time, Russians are starting to believe that their isolated and out-of-touch leader really could launch a nuclear weapon.”)
- Biden’s chilling ‘Armageddon’ warning sharpens the stakes with Putin
- Biden: Putin could escalate “prospect of Armageddon” with nuclear weapons
- Biden: Nuclear ‘Armageddon’ risk highest since ’62 crisis
- Putin confronted by inner circle member over Ukraine war, U.S. intelligence finds
- Zelensky Slams Russia’s Use of Drones to Target Civilian Infrastructure
- Thailand attack: ‘I am full of pain and anger’
- Hundreds of Bodies of Civilians Found in Territory Reclaimed by Ukraine
- Ukraine’s military success is reshaping Russia as well as the war
- As his troops retreat, Russian defense chief comes under pressure at home
- Russian Infighting Peaks With Calls for Suicide and Execution (They mean “increases,” not “peaks,” because it can certainly get worse.)
- Putin’s path: from pledges of stability to nuclear threats
- Putin’s dream of Russian victory slips away in Ukraine
- Morale is plummeting in Putin’s private army (“Beyond the propaganda, the grim reality for Wagner mercenaries in Ukraine is exposed”)
- Two Russians flee Ukraine draft by crossing Bering Sea by boat to Alaska (“Individuals landed at beach on remote island to avoid compulsory military service and have appealed for asylum, reports say”)
- How Ukraine’s advances are cornering Putin, making the war more dangerous
- Ukraine’s Troops Size Up the Enemy: ‘They Are in a Panic’
- What the West is still getting wrong about the rise of Xi Jinping
- Analysis: As China party congress looms, signals sought on easing COVID policy
- Democrats Call to Punish Saudi Arabia Over OPEC’s Oil Cutbacks
- The Saudi snub of Biden is a disaster. Democrats must respond.
- UK risks ending Cop26 presidency in disarray over Truss climate policy
- Women’s Desperate Fury in Iran
- A wave of anti-vaccine legislation is sweeping the United States (“The anti-vaccine movement is gaining strength even after 1 million Americans have died of Covid-19.”)
- Americans Are Moving Into the Paths of Hurricanes (Big mistake.)
- Covid death rates are higher among Republicans than Democrats, mounting evidence shows (We’ve known this for a couple years now, but NBC treats it as breaking news. LOL)
- After hot summer, September jobs report could signal a cooling trend
- Global Fallout From Rate Moves Won’t Stop the Fed
- Tracking the Coming Economic Storm
- A climate change solution exists in century-old ‘steam loops’ all over the U.S.
- Jennifer Rubin: Cheney is a strong GOP voice against election deniers. Where are the rest?
- How to confront the rising power of the GOP’s election-denying wing
- The Constitution Is a Trump Enabler, and We Need to Reckon With That
- First Proud Boys leader pleads guilty to Jan. 6 seditious conspiracy
- Biden’s marijuana move could change lives – and impact the midterms
- Biden Goes to Pot (“Ahead of the midterm elections, the president issues a blanket pardon for those convicted of the federal offense of simple possession of marijuana.”)
- Video: President Biden Announces Historic Marijuana Reform Measures (Sen. Louise Lucas: “I am so proud of President Biden for pardoning every person convicted of federal possession of marijuana!”)
- Va. Democrats celebrate Biden’s pardons for simple marijuana possession
- The Memo: Republicans find traction with ‘soft-on-crime’ attacks on Democrats
- GOP steps up crime message in midterm’s final stretch (Just a reminder that the GOP is the party of the January 6th insurrection, of massive criminal Donald Trump, and in general of ZERO respect for/attacks on the rule of law or law enforcement)
- First Proud Boys leader pleads guilty to Jan. 6 seditious conspiracy
- Changes made by Postmaster General DeJoy before 2020 election harmed US Postal Service, judge rules
- Justice Department insists to Trump’s attorneys that he return all documents marked classified
- Justice Dept. Is Said to Believe Trump Has More Documents
- Trump’s Latest Revenge Fantasy: Purge the National Archives (Trump is dangerously insane.)
- The MAGA GOP has never been about ‘life.’ Only power.
- Political warlord Trump now targets his enemies — and Mitch is first on the list (“Like a cornered animal, Trump is ready to lash out — and he longs to make his violent fantasies come true”)
- House GOP confronts its 2023 rift: Impeachments
- Trump has one eye at elections overseas even as the midterms approach
- Democrats’ swing-state local news ploy
- Federal agents see chargeable tax, gun-purchase case against Hunter Biden (So they leak this, but nothing about charges against Trump et al for infinitely worse crimes? Got it.)
- To buy Twitter, Musk has to keep banks, investors on board
- Here’s what Elon Musk will likely do with Twitter if he buys it (He’s almost certainly destroy it.)
- Twitter-Musk Judge Postpones Trial as Deal Talks Stall
- Elon Musk May Already Be Pulling Some Shenanigans to Kill the Twitter Deal (Again)
- GOP crisis in Herschel Walker race was nearly two years in the making
- The Reporter Behind the Herschel Walker Bombshells (“The Daily Beast’s Roger Sollenberger has been racking up scoops this cycle on the Georgia Republican Senate candidate.”)
- Herschel Walker’s Latest Abortion Denial Still Makes No Sense
- Former Tucson classmates and teachers condemn Blake Masters as ‘dangerous’ for Arizona
- Sasse likely to resign from Senate, putting all eyes on Ricketts (Sasse was a massive disappointment.)
- Following AP reports on military record, J.R. Majewski turns to white nationalist host for help
- Sean Hannity’s nightly rally for GOP Senate nominees
- Deleted Matt Walsh blog post calls the concept of adolescence “a modern plague” (“The Daily Wire personality has come under fire for previous comments in which he defended teenage pregnancy”)
- Glenn Greenwald’s bromance with Alex Jones: New low for a onetime Pulitzer winner (“Once an independent muckraker, Greenwald has moved sharply rightward — but even so, this was embarrassing”)
- Meet ‘The Right Stuff,’ The Latest Doomed Reactionary Dating App (Embarrassing.)
- Wexton, Cao spar over inflation, abortion in latest VA10 debate
- Jan. 6 Defendant Coordinated Volunteers to Help Glenn Youngkin
- Video: Speaking at Arizona State University, Rep. Liz Cheney (R) Says “Glenn Youngkin should not come here and campaign for [election denier, extremist] Kari Lake” (Given Youngkin’s appalling behavior to date, unfortunately, it’s HIGHLY unlikely he’ll listen to this important advice.)
- Lawmakers ask inspector general for investigation of Youngkin political firm contract
- Democrats question $268,000 state contract for Youngkin’s political ad-maker
- “Who’d have thought the Youngkin Admin might have a ‘glitch’ in registering voters when around the country angry women are registering on mass?”
- Virginia Department of Education refuses to release emails on transgender policy
- Virginia Senate Majority Leader and House Minority Leader Send Letter To Office of the State Inspector General Calling for Full Investigation Into Award of $268,000 to Youngkin’s Political Ad Agency
- A generational challenge – Where are Virginia’s Black male doctors?
- For Virginia state government, secrecy is too often the norm
- A new report suggests collective bargaining is a boon for Virginia teachers and schools
- Editorial: Community colleges’ vital role for Virginia
- Pressing Safety Concerns, Opponents of the Mountain Valley Pipeline Gear Up for the Next Round of Battle
- Virginia Republicans vow to repeal Clean Cars law as interest grows in EVs (“The state’s auto dealer association supports the law, which will require auto manufacturers to send a minimum inventory of electric vehicles to the state beginning in 2024 — if Republicans don’t repeal it first.”)
- Can Virginia transit providers innovate their way out of an operator shortage?
- Cyclist groups seek to delay demolition of old Nice Bridge over Potomac
- Virginia’s limits on local authority are becoming “more intrusive” for Fairfax County, board chair says
- Virginia’s employment agency has ‘isolated’ some 4,200 claims that may have been compromised, official says
- Books in question for ‘vulgar’ material can be sold to minors in Virginia Beach for now, but ‘fight is far from over,’ delegate says
- Hanover school board members are appointed. The Virginia NAACP wants to change that.
- ‘What a day this was’: 1 arrested after firing shots at police during chase through Northern Virginia
- D.C.-area forecast: More sun and warmth before a weekend cooldown
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