by Lowell
Here are a few international, national and Virginia news headlines, political and otherwise, for Thursday, August 15.
- WHO declares mpox global health emergency
- Rosenberg: Ukraine’s advance undermines Putin’s image as ‘Mr Security’
- Ukraine gambled on an incursion deep into Russian territory. The bold move changed the battlefield (“The shock of Ukraine’s thunder run revealed chinks in the armor of its powerful adversary.”)
- Russians fleeing Ukraine’s incursion say Putin has abandoned them
- A Drunken Evening, a Rented Yacht: The Real Story of the Nord Stream Pipeline Sabotage
- Ukraine says it has taken more ground and prisoners during its advance into Russia border region
- Ukraine launches biggest drone attack on Russian airfields as incursion puts Kremlin on the back foot
- US-Russian woman jailed for 12 years in Russia for treason (Total f’ing joke/farce.)
- China’s Economy Fails to Pick Up After Worst Stretch in Five Quarters
- Gaza death toll hits 40,000 with thousands more yet to be counted
- Israel is redrawing the West Bank, cutting into a prospective Palestinian state
- Google says Iranian efforts to hack US presidential campaigns are ongoing and wide-ranging
- Iranian backed group steps up phishing campaigns against Israel, U.S.
- The Warped World of the U.K. Rioters (“The United Kingdom has become more multicultural, but a wave of anti-Muslim and anti-immigrant violence raises the possibility that it is also becoming more racist.”)
- Project 2025: Tory Candidates Have Ties to Group Drafting ‘Dangerous’ Trump Agenda (“The Heritage Foundation’s plan includes policies to turbocharge fossil fuel production.” Pure evil.)
- South Korea’s Yoon Offers Rare Olive Branch to Kim Jong Un
- Indian women lead night protests after doctor’s rape and murder
- ‘My family held a funeral for me’: Bangladesh’s ‘disappeared’ emerge from secret prisons (“Exclusive: Indigenous rights activist Michael Chakma is among the first to be released after the fall of Sheikh Hasina, but hundreds are still unaccounted for”)
- India pressed U.S. to go easy on Bangladeshi leader before her ouster, officials say (“After Indian lobbying, Washington toned down its criticism of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina. Now both countries must confront whether they mishandled Bangladesh.”)
- World’s biggest battery storage project gets underway in Chile
- Inflation’s Below 3%: Time to Worry About Something Else (The “mainstream media” can never just celebrate good news, they always have to talk about something ELSE to “worry about.” Clowns.)
- Survivors of climate disasters demand US inquiry into big oil’s ‘climate crimes’ (“More than 1,000 people sign letter to justice department for federal investigation into industry’s misinformation”)
- Biden administration releases national heat strategy
- Wind developers bid $93M for mid-Atlantic — blowing off Trump 2.0 threat
- Medicare negotiated drug prices for the first time. Here’s what it got (“In a press call ahead of the announcement, Becerra said if the negotiated prices were in effect in 2023, Medicare would have saved $6 billion and beneficiaries would have saved $1.5 billion in out-of-pocket costs, such as copays at the pharmacy counter.”)
- Trump Mocked For Calling Good Inflation Report ‘Kamalanomics’
- The inflation crisis appears to be over. What happens next? (“Is the Federal Reserve finally about to cut interest rates?”)
- Project 2025’s Climate Cuts Would Cost Americans Billions Of Dollars Per Year
- Democrats set to intensify attacks on Project 2025
- Presented with rise in border crossings, Kamala Harris chose a long-term approach to the problem (That’s smart.)
- The Brilliant Norm Ornstein Nails It on the “Mainstream” Press’ “irresponsible and reckless” Behavior; They’ve “failed so often and somehow refuse to even consider their shortcomings” (Meanwhile, “mainstream” political reporters like NPR’s David Folkenflik refuse to even seriously engage on any of this.)
- Kamala Harris is taking power back from the press corps
- Here’s an urgently needed, pre-election reform plan for the media
- Jump in Enthusiasm for 2024 Race
- Kamala Harris economic plan to focus on groceries, housing and healthcare (“Democratic nominee to draw contrast with Trump on tax and tariffs when she lays out details on Friday, aides say”)
- Harris to propose federal ban on ‘corporate price-gouging’ in food and groceries
- With Only 83 Days Until Election Day, Harris-Walz Campaign Launches Additional $90 Million Paid Media Buy for Remainder of August (“Ads will be targeted to high-impact programming that reaches the voters Team Harris-Walz needs to reach to win 270 electoral votes.”)
- Trump loses third bid for judge to step aside in hush money case
- Trump Allies Fear He’s Sabotaging His Own Campaign
- Republicans tell Trump to focus on issues, not “crowd sizes.” Project 2025 shows that will backfire (“There’s a reason Trump’s team wants to hide his policy agenda: Voters hate his plans as much as his personality”)
- Trump Keeps Watching Clip of Himself Being Shot at: ‘May Legit Have PTSD’
- Top Trump advisers in turmoil after campaign’s worst month of 2024 (“Senior aides see challenges from enemies real and perceived as the ex-president struggles against Harris”)
- Reporter grills Trump over ‘false’ crowd size claim: ‘There’s all kinds of video evidence’
- The Trump Campaign Endorses a Racist Theory (“A recent X post from a campaign account is part of a broader pattern of baseless fearmongering about migrant crime.”)
- In Economy-Focused Speech, Trump Still Lobs Personal Attacks at Harris (Another vague, super-weak, non-helpful, sanitizing headline by the NY Times. Pathetic.)
- Biden Who? Democrats Would Love To Talk To You About Their Candidate’s Age. (“A new ad backing Vice President Kamala Harris puts her relative youth front and center.”)
- Kamala Harris Needs to Knock Trump Without Popping the Joy Balloon (“Still riding a wave of optimism, the veep is expected to forge a more personal connection with voters that could insulate her from future MAGA attacks. One top Democratic speechwriter says they were ‘dreading’ writing a speech for Biden: ‘This will be a lot more fun.'”)
- Walz Says He’ll Make JD Vance Debate All About Project 2025
- Gov. Tim Walz agrees to VP debate hosted by CBS News on Oct. 1
- J.D. Vance Is Bombing His Audition As Trump Heir Apparent
- JD Vance in 2020 agreed grandmothers raising children is ‘whole purpose of the postmenopausal female’
- J.D. Vance’s Weird Thoughts on Older Women Exposed in New Audio
- New Poll Shows Harris Beating Trump in Pennsylvania, Among Women, and in “Personality” and Honesty (“Meanwhile, an average of national polls puts Harris ahead 47.2% to 46.7%.”)
- Pennsylvania 2024: Harris Has Slight Edge Over Trump In Tight Race, Gets Boost From Women, Quinnipiac University Pennsylvania Poll Finds; Senate Race: Casey Up 8 Points Over McCormick
- Renewed energy in Trump-Harris race puts North Carolina back on battleground map
- Robert F. Kennedy Jr. tried to meet with Kamala Harris to discuss Cabinet job (Total nutjob.)
- Democrats invite public to off-site ‘DemPalooza’ convention events in Chicago
- Trump effort to push back oral arguments in case against Fani Willis denied
- A Florida referendum is putting Trump in a bind on abortion
- Ruling: Fetus can be referred to as ‘unborn human being’ in Arizona abortion measure voter pamphlet
- George Helmy will be new U.S. Senator from New Jersey
- Turnout in Wisconsin election tops 26%, highest in 60 years for fall primary in presidential year
- Wisconsin’s Primary Results Show the State Clawing Its Way Back to Progressivism (“A brief round of applause for Ben Wikler and all he’s done with the Wisconsin Democratic Party.”)
- Tampa Voters Get Their Say Two Years After DeSantis Axed Their Democratic Prosecutor
- Columbia University president resigns after Gaza protests turmoil
- Senate candidates Hung Cao and Sen. Tim Kaine to debate in Norfolk (Cao is a total nutjob who says extreme, batsh*** things constantly. This should be…er…fun? LOL)
- Schapiro: Hung – by his own words (“Cao has a way with words that borders on the Trumpian, choosing — knowingly or not — to insult rather than inform, perhaps ignoring that his numerous rhetorical spitballs are a damning commentary on his candidacy and his character.”)
- Audio: Asked About Project 2025’s/Trump’s Plan for Mass Firing of Federal Employees, Youngkin Misdirects, Obfuscates, Downplays, Lies, Doubles Down… (Youngkin continues to (falsely) claim that fired federal employees could just find good jobs elsewhere, no problem!)
- Four years after Democrats overhauled Virginia’s elections, Youngkin says they’re safe and fair
- Editorial: Virginia’s elections are accurate and secure — despite Youngkin’s efforts (“The security of Virginia elections is paramount but Gov. Glenn Youngkin has proven time and again he’s the wrong man for the job.”)
- Former VA Lt. Gov. Bill Bolling (R) Predicts: “2025 could be a big year for Virginia Democrats” (“I don’t honestly see either [Jason Miyares or Winsome Sears] being able to compete with Rep. Abigail Spanberger”)
- Virginia’s solar industry continues to draw mixed reactions
- Miyares mum, for now, on potential run for governor
- Va. senator asks education department for probe, amid clash of U.S. and state law
- Much of rural Virginia is now growing younger, not older
- Dominion wins second offshore wind lease area with lone bid (“The win means Dominion Energy has the potential to produce up to another 4 gigawatts of electricity, enough to power up to 1.4 million homes, directly adjacent to its $9.8 billion Coastal Virginia Offshore Wind (CVOW) project currently being built.”)
- Why a massive Va. offshore wind project made it when others failed
- CASEY: 2 of 3 Roanoke mayoral candidates back Harris-Walz in the 2024 presidential election
- 4 injured in shooting at Virginia State University, and 2 men taken into custody face gun charges
- Study finds “large gaps” in Richmond cooling location availability
- Danville among first cities in Virginia to launch urban forestry campaign
- Richmond to pay Petula Burks’ former associate $31,000
- Stoney: ‘I’m tired of people s***-talking my city’
- Ferry service could reconnect the Peninsula and Norfolk; locations eyed in Newport News, Hampton
- Richmond clears last major hurdle to building minor league ballpark
- Loudoun sheriff identifies burglary suspect at Trump campaign office (“Toby Shane Kessler, who has no fixed address, has been in the D.C. area since at least 2018 and has a criminal history, officials said.”)
- D.C.-area forecast: Seasonably warm into the weekend, when shower chances return
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