by Lowell
Here are a few international, national and Virginia news headlines, political and otherwise, for Thursday, September 7.
- Private equity profits from climate disaster clean-up – while investing in fossil fuels
- Heat denial: influencers question validity of high temperatures (“Tweet viewed millions of times claimed ground temperature was being confused with air temperature” That really highlights the problems with social media.)
- Russian missile turns Ukrainian market into fiery, blackened ruin strewn with bodies (More terrorism and war crimes by Putin’s Russia.)
- Southern Russian City Is Rocked by Explosions
- Ukrainians Embrace Cluster Munitions, but Are They Helping? (“The weapons, banned by most countries over human rights concerns, are “not a magic wand,” but some Ukrainian troops say they are making a difference.”)
- Ukraine war: US to arm Kyiv with depleted uranium tank shells
- Putin’s First War Victims Beyond Ukraine Reveal Grim Secrets
- In northeast Ukraine, the Russians are coming – or maybe setting a diversion
- In Crimea, Pro-Ukraine Feelings Prompt a Russian Crackdown
- Why the North Korea-Russia alliance is worrying America
- Palestinians set out terms for agreeing to historic Saudi-Israeli deal
- Scoop: Trump privately urged to support Biden’s Saudi mega-deal
- Mexico decriminalizes abortion, extending Latin American trend of widening access to procedure
- Mexico’s Supreme Court upholds abortion rights nationwide, paving way for federal access
- Mexico set for first female president in 2024 election (“Former Mexico City mayor Claudia Sheinbaum and senator Xóchitl Gálvez were selected as the candidates for the two major electoral groups”)
- China’s Credit Wreck Exposes Governance Failings to the World
- Onshore Yuan Sinks to Weakest Since 2007
- China’s Exports Fall for a Fourth Month as Once-Reliable Growth Engine Sputters
- US, EU Plan New Chinese Steel Tariffs in Bid to End Trump-Era Trade Conflict
- Biden bets on emerging markets as Xi snubs G20
- “World changing:” Cannon-Brookes lays out new vision for planet’s biggest solar array (“The scale of the $40 billion project remains the same, with Sun Cable looking to provide huge amounts of green energy into both Singapore – via a 4,300kms sub sea cable – and into Darwin, where it hopes to support a massive green energy precinct.”)
- Hurricane Lee forecast to become “extremely dangerous” Category 4 storm
- As Climate-Fueled Weather Disasters Hit More U.S. Farms, the Costs of Insuring Agriculture Have Skyrocketed
- Biden Administration to Bar Drilling on Millions of Acres in Alaska
- US solar installations expected to be a record 32 GW in 2023
- Covid Cases Continue to Rise, but Experts Remain Optimistic (“An uptick in hospitalizations and deaths persists, but the numbers are relatively low and new vaccines are around the corner.”)
- Abortions Rose in Most U.S. States This Year, New Data Shows
- New state abortion numbers show increases in some surprising places (“What happened to abortion numbers since Roe v. Wade fell? The Guttmacher Institute has new state-by-state numbers that show people are traveling for the procedure.”)
- Senate Confirmation Still in Limbo for 301 Military Leaders
- Tommy Tuberville’s Hissy Fit Shows McConnell Has Lost His Hold on the GOP
- Pentagon goes on the attack amid Tuberville blockade
- Biden rejects conditions of plea deal for Sept. 11 attacks defendants
- Trump’s plans to become a dictator — denial will not save you (“Project 2025 is a strategy that has been developed by right-wing think tanks”)
- America’s Authoritarian Exceptionalism (“Demagogues usually arise in times of chaos and privation. In America, our demagogues have become powerful during a period of peace and prosperity.”)
- The Metaphor That Explains Why America Needs to Prosecute Trump (“Worrying about the dangers ahead is a bit like focusing on the risk that chemotherapy poses to a cancer patient’s health.”)
- American Democracy Perseveres—For Now
- Witness in Trump documents case reached deal with prosecutors, ex-attorney says
- Judge Shoots Down Trump’s Attempt at Trial Delay in 9 Words
- With Jan. 6 Rioters Sentenced, Prosecuting Trump Will Be a Different Challenge
- Georgia Prosecutors Land a Significant Win in Trump Case
- Georgia judge frets about timetable for Trump racketeering trial
- Trump bid to delay $250 million New York fraud trial is ‘completely without merit,’ judge says
- Trump suffers big loss in E. Jean Carroll defamation case, judge says he’s liable
- Donald Trump Won’t Show Up to Debate His Fellow Republicans, But Meghan Markle? Just Name the Time and Place
- I Can’t Keep Trump Off the Ballot (In fact, the language of the 14th amendment, section 3 is very clear.)
- Colorado Lawsuit Seeks to Keep Trump Off Ballots Under 14th Amendment
- The Giuliani aide who ‘vanished’
- ‘A Big Circle Jerk’: John Fetterman Dares Republicans To Impeach Joe Biden
- Pence Calls Trump’s Populism a ‘Road to Ruin’ for the G.O.P. (Pence finally figured this out?)
- McConnell says he won’t retire from Senate before 2026
- Why There Won’t Be Any Mutiny Against Mitch McConnell
- Wisconsin Republicans Threaten to Impeach Liberal State Supreme Court Justice (Wisconsin Republicans are anti-democracy extremists.)
- Newly obtained George Santos “vulnerability report” spotted red flags long before embattled Rep. was elected
- Federal judge orders Texas to remove floating barriers aimed at deterring migrants on Rio Grande
- Texas AG Ken Paxton’s Affair Explains Illegal Acts, Former Aide Testifies
- Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton Is Being Investigated on Charges of Being a Greedy Mofo
- Texas Teeters on Edge of Blackouts as Demand Squeezes Grid
- Utah officials sued over failure to save Great Salt Lake: ‘Trying to avert disaster’
- Alabama threatens to prosecute those helping women get an abortion
- Impeachment inquiry, funding could spell trouble for House GOP moderates (There are no “House GOP moderates” – that’s a lie.)
- Peter Navarro’s Contempt Trial Is Short and Sweet—and He’ll Probably Lose
- There’s a Word for Blaming Jews for Anti-Semitism (“Elon Musk’s conceit that Jews cause themselves to be persecuted is as old as anti-Jewish bigotry itself.”)
- Exclusive: Musk-owned X’s content moderation shift complicated effort to win back brands -former exec
- Mike Huckabee Ripped After Horrific ‘Bullets’ Warning Over 2024 Election
- Man accused of restraining officer Fanone joins 1,145 others arrested over Jan. 6
- Democrat Missy Cotter Smasal Announces Candidacy for VA02 Seat Currently Held by the Awful Rep. Jen Kiggans (R) (Endorsements include former Gov. Ralph Northam, Rep. Jennifer McClellan and VA Sen. Louise Lucas)
- Democrat Missy Cotter Smasal announces 2024 run for Congress in Kiggans’ district
- Budget Compromise Rejects Proposed Tax Handouts for Corporations and Millionaires and Invests In Virginia Families
- Video: VA House Dems Leader Don Scott Praises Budget Deal, Says It “protects access to often life-saving abortion services,” “prioritizes our students over big corporations”
- Youngkin didn’t get big tax cuts as Va. lawmakers pass budget compromise
- After six-month delay, Virginia General Assembly passes budget bill
- Virginia’s bellwether elections could reshape the commonwealth – and its governor’s political future
- Midsize solar developers in limbo after Dominion requirement spiked by SCC
- ICYMI: “With the current makeup… I don’t think we’ll get there.” HD57 Republican David Owen Caught On Tape Stating Support for Outlawing Abortion (Democratic nominee Susanna Gibson: “They’ll go as far as we let them”)
- Casino deal would include millions for child care
- Who Knew We Could Flip Chesterfield County Blue? (“There is energy among Chesterfield Dems that is usually only seen in presidential elections.”)
- Virginia is getting an extra $250 million for broadband expansion, thanks to researchers at Virginia Tech
- Aircraft to drop rabies vaccines for raccoons across Southwest Virginia
- Virginia sales tax holiday on track to return Oct. 20-22
- State funding for Richmond sewer project stripped out of budget deal
- Federal judge hears case on Loudoun County Public Schools’ bias reporting program
- Virginia Beach might hold January special election for council seat and sheriff
- D.C.-area forecast: Heat to slowly ease after today as storm chances return
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