by Lowell
Here are a few international, national and Virginia news headlines, political and otherwise, for Sunday, October 9.
- Beam me down: can solar power from space help solve our energy needs?
- Carbon capture subsidies promise a windfall for big oil and gas (Ridiculous.)
- Australia Is Rushing To Exit Coal
- How Pakistan’s Flood Crisis Bends Climate Talks Towards Reparations
- North American gray whale counts dwindling for the last two years (“An assessment released Friday shows the population is down 38% from its peak in 2015 and 2016”)
- Russia grapples with Crimea bridge damage amid Ukraine setbacks
- The Crimea bridge explosion is a devastating blow to Putin and Russian morale
- Explosion on Crimean Bridge a strategic and symbolic disaster for Putin
- ‘War crime:’ Industrial-scale destruction of Ukraine culture
- Crimea Bridge Explosion Disrupts Crucial Supply Route for Russian Forces
- Ukraine: Russian strikes kill 17 following bridge attack
- Russia appoints notorious general to lead Ukraine offensive
- Ukraine Latest: Trains Running Again on Damaged Crimean Bridge
- Russia ramps up security after Crimea bridge blast
- Russia appoints new overall commander for its military in Ukraine
- The War in Ukraine Launches a New Battle for the Russian Soul (“The last time people were writing in Russian so urgently was in the late nineteen-eighties, when Soviet citizens were confronted with the terror of the Stalinist past”)
- Deterring Putin from going nuclear
- Trump Blames U.S. for ‘Almost Forcing’ Putin to Invade Ukraine (First off, this is insane. Second, Trump is a Putin stooge. Third, Trump is also a traitor.)
- Putin faces more grim choices after blast hits his prized Crimea bridge
- Analysis: Putin’s war in Ukraine faces growing opposition from within his military’s ranks. But not because they all want it to end
- Ex-partner of Ukrainian ‘heiress’ who infiltrated Mar-a-Lago club shot outside Canada resort
- Thai town struggles with sudden loss of so many of its young
- First on CNN: Top US officials hold first in-person meeting with the Taliban since the US killed al Qaeda’s leader in July
- ‘A time bomb’: Anger rising in a hot spot of Iran protests
- Iranian protesters hack State TV with images of supreme leader surrounded by flames
- Filipino police kill 3 inmates in jail rampage after ex-senator was held hostage (“Philippine police killed three detained militants linked to Islamic State after they staged a Manila jail rampage that saw a police officer stabbed and a former opposition senator held hostage.”)
- NKorea launches 2 missiles toward sea after US-SKorea drills
- Friday Night Update from the ER in Arlington, VA: “if 80% of eligible people receive their booster dose…it would prevent about 90,000 deaths”
- To clarify, I meant ban abortion except for Republican politicians
- How Hitler’s Enablers Undid Democracy in Germany (“The way the Nazis used ‘the politics of legality’ to gain absolute power after a failed coup is an ominous lesson about the fragility of a republic”)
- Bullet-proof glass, guards: U.S. election offices tighten security for Nov. 8 midterms
- Women powered Democrats in the 2018 midterms. Will they again in 2022?
- Senate Control Could Come Down to These Long-Shot Races (“Outside of the must-win battlegrounds, contests in North Carolina, Utah, Colorado, and Florida could deliver surprises in November.”)
- 4 Weeks Out, Senate Control Hangs in the Balance in Tumultuous Midterms
- Help or hindrance? Biden takes a back seat as Trump goes all in on midterms
- New life for Musk-Twitter deal raises the Trump question
- As Mar-a-Lago case advances, Trump’s initial success could fade
- Trump’s flirtation with the n-word cannot be ignored
- The Justice Department’s sex trafficking investigation into Rep. Matt Gaetz seems stalled, attorneys say
- Hope for Dems in North Carolina (“Cheri Beasley is in dead heat against Republican Ted Budd, giving Democrats renewed hope in a high-stakes Senate race that has gone under the radar this midterms cycle.”)
- J.D. Vance’s First Attempt to Renew Ohio Crumbled Quickly
- Nevada Democrats sound alarm as election denier leads secretary of state race
- Tuberville: ‘Pro-crime’ Democrats want ‘reparations’ for ‘people who do the crime’ (Wildly false and wildly racist)
- Will old rules of politics apply to Herschel Walker? They did 2 years ago to a N.C. Democrat.
- Herschel Walker’s Baggage Is Hurting Him With A Key Group Of Voters (“Focus group participants in Georgia who voted for Trump in 2016 and Biden in 2020 were fond of Gov. Brian Kemp but cooler on the GOP Senate nominee.”)
- Rick Scott, Tom Cotton to rally in Ga. for embattled Herschel Walker (Proving that they have ZERO principles or integrity.)
- Herschel Walker and Donald Trump: The Unholy Alliance
- New Florida records raise more questions about DeSantis’s migrant flights
- Democrats were already struggling in Florida. Then came Hurricane Ian.
- Kari Lake was booted from Arizona town hall audience before Hobbs took the stage
- Poll: Hofmeister Holds Edge On Stitt 1 Month From Election
- Video: New Ad Highlights “How Extreme” Hung Cao Is ; After 1/6 Insurrection, He Said Violent Extremists “are my people, set them free” (Cao was also “thrilled” at Supreme Court overturning Roe v Wade)
- VA05 Dem Candidate Josh Throneburg Denounces Voter Intimidation Tactics At Early Voting Locations (“We have received a number of concerning reports about inappropriate behavior from Republican poll observers”)
- Reeves: Repeal in-state tuition for undocumented immigrants (Reeves is a far-right Republican. Enough said…)
- After Far-Right Extremist Geary Higgins Announces for VA SD31, Democratic Candidate Zach Cummings Asks Him, “Do you condemn those that participated in the insurrection on January 6, 2021?”
- Opinion: State of the Region report offers signs of growth, opportunity
- BREAKING: Holly Seibold Wins the Democratic Nomination to Fill the Seat of Former Del. Mark Keam (D-HD35), Who Resigned to Join the Biden Administration (Runner-up Karl Frisch vows, “I will do whatever I can to help her succeed”)
- Search continues for source of a ‘forever chemical’ detected in the Roanoke River
- Activists rally at Fairfax County School Board meeting (“FCPS governing body unanimously passes LGBTQ History Month recognition”)
- Contention, concern surround March, Williams nomination process
- D.C.-area forecast: Sunny and still cool today, then gradually warmer into midweek
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