by Lowell
Here are a few international, national and Virginia news headlines, political and otherwise, for Tuesday, October 11.
Tim Ryan slams JD Vance for being part of an extremist movement: “You’re running around with Lindsey Graham, who wants a national abortion ban. You’re running around with Marjorie Taylor Greene, who is the absolute looniest politician in America. This is a dangerous group!” pic.twitter.com/kYlMLDV666
— MeidasTouch (@MeidasTouch) October 10, 2022
- Solar powers up at Australia’s biggest hybrid renewables park
- Russia’s terror bombing will fail if NATO helps Ukraine withstand it
- The consensus in a resolute Kyiv: There can be no compromise (“‘We need to humiliate Russia,’ a Zelensky adviser told me.”)
- Missile strikes reported across Ukraine ahead of Zelensky’s G-7 address (Putin’s Russia should be labeled as a terrorist group and treated accordingly.)
- Air raid sirens sounded across Ukraine as Russia launches attacks
- Ukraine Changes Weapons Wish List After Kyiv Terrorism Attacks
- Biden promises Ukraine ‘advanced air defense systems’ after Russian missile strikes
- The War That Russia Already Lost (“Vladimir Putin tried to crush Ukraine. Instead, he made its cultural identity even stronger.”)
- Mass strikes on Ukraine are a desperate answer to Putin’s critics at home (“Missile attacks on civilian targets mark an attempt to respond to Russian president’s wounded pride and criticism his invasion is failing” Pure evil.)
- Putin’s rage against civilians may herald a brutal new phase in the war
- Ukraine to demand step-change in western aid after Russian missile blitz (“Zelenskiy’s wishlist will emphasise anti-aircraft systems, and repeat the longstanding demand for longer-range missiles. Diplomatically, Ukraine wants Russia declared a state sponsor of terrorism, and its isolation underlined in a UN general assembly debate beginning on Monday”)
- Kremlin war hawks demand more devastating strikes on Ukraine
- Analysts: Russian missiles seek to levy pain, could backfire
- Belarus’s Lukashenko announces troop deployments with Russia amid escalations in Ukraine
- Kremlin-aligned media have amplified Tucker Carlson’s coverage dozens of times
- Worried UN meets on Ukraine hours after Russian strikes
- War in Ukraine: No sign Russia considering nuclear weapons – GCHQ
- Ukraine’s victory “almost a done deal”: Military expert on how Russia’s invasion imploded
- Exclusive: Iran racing to expand enrichment at underground plant, IAEA report shows
- Afraid of arrest, Iranians shot amid protests seek medical help online
- China’s Communist Party leadership reshuffle: what to look for
- Democratic senator threatens to freeze weapons sales to Saudi Arabia over support of Russia
- ‘Enough is enough’: Dems rage at Saudis over oil cut, vow to block weapons sales
- Israel says ‘historic’ sea border deal struck with Lebanon
- Editorial: Stop the cycle of rebuilding in storm-prone areas
- The new hurricane resiliency: being off the grid
- GM Takes on Tesla With Its Own Solar Power and Energy Storage System (Good; do NOT buy from any company, such as Tesla, owned by Elon Musk!)
- Large rail union rejects deal, renewing strike possibility (“The third largest railroad union rejected its deal with freight railroads Monday — renewing the possibility of a strike that could cripple the economy — but before that could happen both sides will return to the bargaining table.”)
- Why Anthony Fauci is the greatest public servant I have known
- A winter pandemic wave is looming. Get the booster.
- Ending the war on marijuana is crucial for racial justice (“The move will help Black and Brown people, who have been disproportionately incarcerated. But it’s also a win for all.”)
- The 2022 midterms are the most important of my lifetime
- Conservative judges’ new gun-law rulings show ‘originalism’ beyond parody
- This Is What Happens When Election Deniers Let Their Freak Flag Fly
- Hitler’s Car? How Could Anyone Nazi What’s Going on Here?
- Trump’s false claim about Bush and a former bowling alley and Chinese eatery
- Trump lawyer Christina Bobb speaks to federal investigators in Mar-a-Lago case
- Trump lawyer told to certify Mar-a-Lago document search she did not conduct
- Why a Trump lawyer spoke to investigators in the Mar-a-Lago case
- Mastriano’s Attacks on Jewish School Set Off Outcry Over Antisemitic Signaling
- Evan McMullin, Sen. Mike Lee locked in nasty battle for Senate. What does the latest poll show?
- Fox News went all-in on Kanye West – just before he made antisemitic remarks on social media
- Republicans Curiously Silent on Kanye West’s Plans to Go “Death Con 3 on Jewish People” (“Perhaps that’s because they don’t have a problem with it.”)
- Kanye’s antisemitic tweet could be a preview of social media’s future
- Fox News Does Awkward About-Face on Kanye West After Antisemitic Rant
- Texas Election Chief Speaks Out on Conspiracy “Nuts,” Death Threats, and President Biden’s Legitimacy
- Alabama Sen. Tuberville equates descendants of enslaved people to criminals (Yep, Tuberville is not just stupider than a tube of toothpaste, he’s also a vicious racist. And to think that Alabama replaced a great man, Doug Jones, as its US Senator with this freak.)
- The Lincoln Project Is Still Alive and Kicking
- Tommy Tuberville and Other Republicans Aren’t Bothering to Hide the Racism (“Meanwhile the party leader wanders in a whole alternate dimension of half-truth, half-bowling alley.”)
- Dozens of Spanish-language election fraud YouTube videos demonstrate the platform’s toothless policies
- Ron Herrera resigns as L.A. Labor Federation head amid furor over leaked recording, sources say
- Garcetti, Padilla, Bass and Caruso call for Martinez, other council members to resign
- Nevada secretary of state contender pledges to secure Trump victory in 2024 (“Republican Jim Marchant leads coalition of top state election-official candidates determined to return Trump to White House” VERY VERY DANGEROUS.)
- Trump slams McConnell over lack of funding for Masters in Arizona
- Mark Finchem calls death of police officers as a result of Jan. 6 an ‘outright lie’ (This guy is completely unfit to hold any public office.)
- Scoop: Trump-aligned group declares “war on cartels” (“The group’s leadership includes Russ Vought, Trump’s former director of the Office of Management and Budget; Ken Cuccinelli, who held the second-highest position at DHS under Trump; lawyer Mark Paoletta and Kash Patel, a former Pentagon official.” The worst of the worst, in other words.)
- Five takeaways from the Ryan-Vance debate in Ohio
- Ben Sasse Skewered by University of Florida Students Over Anti-LGBTQ Statements
- Spanberger’s blast at Pelosi carries more benefits than liabilities
- NEW TV AD: Republican Congressman Denver Riggleman Endorses Abigail Spanberger (Note that when Riggleman was in the US House, he was a VERY conservative Republican member who voted 92% with Trump, so this is a very striking endorsement.)
- Va. election commissioner warns against voting law changes that stress aging system
- New “Renewables on the Rise 2022” Dashboard Shows Virginia Making Progress on Electric Vehicles, Solar, Wind… (“Virginia’s Clean Economy Act of 2020 has helped drive the adoption of clean energy in the commonwealth”)
- Glenn Youngkin Tries to Hide His Position on Abortion (In fact, Youngkin “has said he’d ‘happily and gleefully’ sign ‘any bill’ to restrict a woman’s ability to make her own health care decisions.”)
- Christian nationalism is a threat to some Virginia schools
- Virginia report finds Black drivers stopped at higher rates than white motorists
- Lawsuit seeks to halt demolition of old Nice Bridge as new bridge set to open Wednesday (“The new Nice-Middleton Bridge over the Potomac River connecting Maryland and Virginia is scheduled to open on Wednesday. But a group of biking and outdoor enthusiasts is saying that as the new bridge goes up, the old bridge does not have to come down — and they filed a lawsuit in federal court to halt the planned demolition.”)
- Opinion/Editorial: Lee statue suit keeps alive city pain, suffering
- Charlottesville museum hoping to melt Lee statue must tell plaintiffs where it is
- Fairfax County School Board commits to supporting transgender students, as community speaks out
- Citizen group pushes for halt to open burning at Radford Army Ammunition Plant
- Council candidate files assault charge against Rocky Mount assistant town manager
- Virginia Beach poker room shuts down again … temporarily
- D.C.-area forecast: A picture-perfect Tuesday and a nice Wednesday, too
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