by Lowell
Here are a few international, national and Virginia news headlines, political and otherwise, for Monday, October 10.
- Dire Climate Impacts Distract From Even More Dire Warnings
- A Thousand Miles in the Amazon, to Change the Way the World Works (“Lawyers and justice advocates found fresh evidence and testimony in Indigenous communities and sustainable villages, pressing a new theory of law aimed at recognizing the rights of nature.”)
- Nobel Prize in economics awarded to trio including Ben Bernanke for work on financial crises
- Russia Hits Kyiv, Other Ukrainian Cities in Largest Missile Barrage in Months
Russia Unleashes Biggest Barrage of Strikes on Ukraine Since Invasion - Russia Launches Biggest Strikes on Ukraine in Months (“Putin Says ‘Mass Strike’ on Ukraine Is Revenge for Crimea Bridge Attack”)
- Deadly explosions hit Kyiv after Putin blames Ukraine for bridge blast
- Wounded Putin Takes Frustration Out on Kids’ Playground (More war crimes by Putin’s regime.)
- Russia launched ‘massive attack’ across Ukraine
- Putin’s Regime Faces the Fate of His Kerch Strait Bridge
- Putin accuses Ukraine of Crimea bridge blast, calls it terrorism
- Crimean bridge: Excitement and fear in Ukraine after bridge blast
- ‘Ukraine will win’: Estonia’s departing spy chief opens up on Putin’s war
- Internet Outages, Arrests, and Anger Overwhelm Iran
- ‘A time bomb’: Anger rising in a hot spot of Iran protests
- Iran Protests Are Proving a Durable Challenge to the Islamic Republic
- Children among 185 killed during Iran protest unrest, rights group says
- Iran Petrochemical Workers Strike to Back Protests, Reports Say
- Trump speaks via video at rally of global far-right in Spain (Trump at this point is, no doubt about it whatsoever, a fascist. As is his movement.)
- Taiwan politicians dismiss Elon Musk’s ‘ill-informed and belittling’ China comments (“Musk, the world’s richest person, suggested giving China some control over the island to resolve the cross-strait dispute” Musk may be smart in his specific business area, but other than that, the guy’s a f’ing imbecile.)
- Defiant Taiwan’s identity is moving away from China
- ‘No Possibility of Reconciliation’ as US Slams China Chips
- How Xi Jinping accumulated power, and why it matters in a third term
- How Biden’s Chip Actions May Be Broadest China Salvo Yet
- The Best Way to Respond to Saudi Arabia’s Embrace of Putin (“Sen. Richard Blumenthal and Rep. Ro Khanna propose new legislation to halt arms sales to Saudi Arabia and rebalance the U.S.’s relationship with Riyadh.” Do it!)
- North Korea says missile tests simulate striking South with nuclear weapons
- Is the End of the Nancy Pelosi Era Near?
- Yet another lawsuit shows how abortion bans violate religious freedom
- Video: Former Rep. Riggleman (R-VA05) Says 1/6 Committee Could Produce “Hell of a Report,” Showing Insurrectionists “marching to the tune of one drummer…Donald Trump”
- Why Little-Noticed State Legislative Races Could Be Hugely Consequential
- Democrats try to pre-empt the GOP’s ‘soft on crime’ attacks. It may not work.
- With candidates like Herschel Walker, evangelicals are finding a way to tolerate those who advance their cause. (In other words, they have no real values, only a drive for power.)
- Both parties brace for October surprises
- Senate control is the biggest unknown with four weeks until the midterms
- Battle for Senate majority remains a nail-biter
- Should California be allowed to raise the price of bacon in Florida? (“A Supreme Court case asks just how far one state can go to change life in the other 49 states.”)
- The Hill’s Morning Report — As midterms near, both parties remain on edge
- Kanye West’s Twitter account locked for anti-Semitic tweet
- Kanye West Locked Out of Twitter Following Anti-Semitic Tweet
- Kanye West Threatens to Go ‘Death Con 3 on Jewish People’
- Twitter Has Locked Kanye’s Account After He Posted An Antisemitic Tweet
- The Exploitative Anti-Blackness of Kanye West
- Skepticism, Confusion, Frustration: Inside Mark Zuckerberg’s Metaverse Struggles
- Trumpism Has Found Its Leading Lady (“The Republican candidate for Arizona governor not only won Trump’s endorsement but has emerged as his most talented emulator. Is Kari Lake the new face of the MAGA movement?”)
- Republican Chuck Grassley vows to vote against a national abortion ban (His word on this is worth ZERO.)
- Racist remarks in leaked audio of L.A. council members spark outrage, disgust
- DeSantis steps up attacks on media
- “I’m Not Going To Say He’s Being Racist”: Fellow Republican Defends Sen. Tommy Tuberville’s Reparations Remarks
- Ex-Republican congressman Riggleman cuts ad supporting Spanberger (“Riggleman no longer identifies as a Republican.”)
- Glenn Youngkin defends support of election denier Kari Lake in Arizona
- Youngkin declines to say if he will run for president: ‘2024 is a long way away’
- Video: On CNN, Jake Tapper Rips Glenn Youngkin’s Decision to Campaign for Election Denier/Extremist Kari Lake – “Until recently, I thought that standing up for democracy and the rule of law and election integrity was ALSO a Republican value.” (Unfortunately, Tapper also let Youngkin get away with a LOT of lying, bullsh*t, etc.)
- Gun rights group takes aim at Virginia laws in wake of recent U.S. Supreme Court decision
- Environmental groups aren’t a fan of Governor Youngkin’s energy plan (Should be “aren’t fans,” and there’s very good reason for that.)
- Doula services now covered under Virginia Medicaid expansion
- Dominion wants offshore wind profits, but performance metrics? Not so much.
- Column: No, electric vehicles aren’t a threat to Virginians
- Virginia looking to loans for local flood resiliency efforts
- Virginia animal shelters welcome more than 260 victims of hurricanes
- Top Pulaski County official is outspoken about Del. March, Red Barn dispute
- New report highlights history of environmental violations at Radford arsenal
- Opinion/Editorial: Free speech should not be job guarantee
- D.C.-area forecast: Beautiful weather all week, except Thursday
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