by Lowell
Here are a few international, national and Virginia news headlines, political and otherwise, for Thursday, October 3.
- Wildfires are burning through humanity’s carbon budget, study shows (“Forests around world being changed from carbon sinks into carbon sources, making it harder to slow global heating”)
- Major storms contribute to thousands of deaths up to 15 years later, study finds
- Decades-long research reveals new understanding of how climate change may impact caches of Arctic soil carbon
- The fall of Vuhledar is a microcosm of Ukraine’s wartime predicament
- Putin Keeps Threatening to Use Nuclear Weapons. Would He?
- Russia captures key eastern Ukrainian town, exposing Kyiv’s critical vulnerabilities
- China’s Coast Guard claims to have entered the Arctic Ocean for the first time as it ramps up security ties with Russia
- Israel has vowed its Iran retaliation will be swift and ‘painful’ — but what might that look like?
- Rare Israeli strike in central Beirut kills 7 as troops battle Hezbollah in southern Lebanon (“It said that a strike on an underground compound in northern Gaza killed Rawhi Mushtaha and two other Hamas commanders, Sameh Siraj and Sameh Oudeh.”)
- Israel Hits Beirut as World Awaits Its Response Against Iran
- What’s Next in the Israel-Iran Conflict? (“In the span of a week—with the death of Hezbollah’s leader, Hassan Nasrallah, Israel’s invasion of Lebanon, and Iran’s ballistic-missile strike on Israel—the entire Middle East is changed.”)
- Hamas ‘disappointed’ by lack of support from many Middle Eastern countries, senior official says
- Iran Exposed to Israeli Attack After Blows Against Its Allies (“With Hezbollah and Hamas temporarily defanged, Tehran has lost a central pillar of its deterrence strategy and has few good options left.”)
- What the death of Hezbollah’s leader means for the Middle East
- Biden opposes any Israeli strike on Iranian nuclear sites
- After Successes, Israel’s Military Is in a ‘Long Game’ With No Clear Outcome (Exactly – what’s the long-term strategy?)
- Iran in one of most difficult positions since 1979, says expert
- Historic October heat in the West made possible by climate change
- The Solution to Giant Killer Cars Is Really, Really Simple (“A proposed rule could force automakers to downsize the largest of their vehicles. That’s what’s really needed to save pedestrians.” No question about it.)
- ‘Make them riot’ — Trump election case judge unseals special counsel motion on immunity
- Trump “resorted to crimes” to try to keep power in 2020, Jack Smith alleges
- Jack Smith’s Big New Jan. 6 Brief Is a Major Indictment of the Supreme Court (“The anger is at the Supreme Court for depriving the American people of the chance for a full public airing of Donald Trump’s attempt to use fraud and trickery to overturn Joe Biden’s 2020 presidential victory before voters consider whether to put Trump back in office beginning January 2025. The wistfulness comes with the recognition that there is about an even chance that this will be the last evidence produced by the federal government of this nefarious plot. If Donald Trump wins election next month, the end of this prosecution is certain and the risks of future election subversion heightened.”)
- 5 takeaways from the big new filing on Trump’s 2020 election plot
- As rioters stormed Capitol with Pence inside, Trump allegedly said ‘So what?’
- Bombshell immunity filing details Trump’s alleged ‘increasingly desperate’ bid to overturn 2020 election
- Jack Smith lays out his case against Trump in vivid detail
- Special counsel pushes to use Pence against Trump in 2020 election case
- 11 damning details in Jack Smith’s new brief in the Trump election case
- Special counsel Jack Smith provides fullest picture yet of his 2020 election case against Trump in new filing
- Trump Is Absolutely Fuming Over the Release of Bombshell Doc (“The former president took to Truth Social to vent his anger over the release of documents filed by Special Counsel Jack Smith, then went straight to the press.”)
- Trump’s Response When He Learned Pence’s Life Was In Danger On Jan. 6: ‘So What?”
- President Biden will visit Florida and Georgia, tracing Helene’s ruinous trail.
- Harris and Biden surveyed damage wrought by Hurricane Helene in 2 swing states
- Harris hands out meals, consoles families as she surveys Hurricane Helene devastation in Georgia
- Harris consoles those devastated by Helene in Georgia — a contrast with Trump’s visit
- Harris and Biden visit areas ravaged by Hurricane Helene
- Liz Cheney to join Harris for campaign event at birthplace of Republican Party
- Liz Cheney to Campaign With Harris at the Birthplace of the G.O.P. (“Ms. Cheney, the most prominent Republican to endorse the Democratic nominee, will appear alongside her in Ripon, Wis., where meetings in 1854 helped lead to the party’s formation.”)
- Trump downplays troop brain injuries from Iran attack as ‘headaches’
- Trump’s outrageously false claim of 13,000 migrant murderers ‘on the loose’
- Trump backs out of “60 Minutes” interview after appearing “scattered” and incoherent in Wisconsin
- Trump and his allies are not planning to concede another electoral loss
- Trump campaign brings in $160 million in September
- Trump Spent More Than He Raised for Second Month in a Row
- Donald Trump Claims Kim Jong Un Is “Trying to Kill Me,” Rants About “Water-Free Bathrooms” During Incoherent-Even-for-Him Remarks
- Video: Following VP Debate, Harris-Walz Campaign Launches New Ad Slamming Vance’s “Damning Non-Answer” On January 6th (“America, You’ve Got a Really Clear Choice of Who’s Going To Honor Democracy and Who’s Going to Honor Donald Trump.”)
- JD Vance Pushed Trump’s Project 2025 Agenda on the Debate Stage (“The Trump-Vance Project 2025 agenda will ban abortion nationwide, devastate working families, and undermine our democracy.”)
- Everything J.D. Vance Blamed on Immigrants During the VP Debate
- CBS News’ VP debate moderators let JD Vance tell a staggering lie about Trump’s efforts to destroy the Affordable Care Act
- The Vance Warning (“Trump’s running mate is a polished debater—but he still left three big tells about the danger he’d be in the White House.” I wouldn’t say “polished debater,” I’d say polished LIAR!)
- JD Vance is a dangerous, disciplined shape-shifter
- Vance’s debate performance was a breathtaking exercise in sane-washing
- VP debate draws over 43 million viewers, down 25% from 2020
- Walz-Vance Debate Takeaways: JD Vance Is a Very Good Liar (Charles P. Pierce nails it, unlike most of the “mainstream media”…)
- How Tim Walz Saved Himself (“At first, he looked overmatched by J.D. Vance. Then came abortion, health care, and, above all, January 6.”)
- Vance says he’s ‘focused on the future.’ That’s really MAGA 2.0.
- Vance says immigrants caused a housing shortage. Economists disagree.
- CNN’s Acosta tangles with Lewandowski: ‘You won’t admit the truth’ (Of course he won’t, so why even have him on your show?)
- Melania Trump passionately defends abortion rights in upcoming memoir (Her husband appointed Supreme Court justices who repealed Roe v Wade.)
- Exclusive: Musk funded right-wing political non-profit years before he endorsed Trump, sources say
- Musk faces regulators’ questions over X takeover – but will he show up? (“Musk abruptly cancelled a deposition with government lawyers and now they fear he’ll ghost them again.”)
- Exclusive: Multiple Women Claiming Romantic Relationships With RFK Jr. Threaten His Standing in Trump Orbit
- Brown raises close to $31M in competitive Ohio Senate race
- The Post endorses Angela D. Alsobrooks for U.S. Senate in Maryland (No brainer)
- Live Blog: After Skipping Several Other Debates, Far-Right-Republican Hung Cao Finally Debates Sen. Tim Kaine (at 7 pm Tonight)
- Virginia GOP Senate candidate suggests people who are tolerant of drag queens aren’t tough enough for the military (“When you’re using a, you know, drag queen to recruit for the Navy, that’s not the people we want,” Hung Cao said during a televised debate with Democratic Sen. Tim Kaine. This is an excellent, accurate headline, by the way – one of the only ones in the “mainstream media” this morning re: the Kaine vs Cao debate) Total nutjob.)
- Senate debate recap: Tim Kaine, Hung Cao discuss port strike, immigration, military and more (This bland headline – “discuss” – by the Virginian-Pilot is a great example of the media “sanewashing”/whitewashing far-right lunacy.)
- Kaine-Cao debate offers sharply different views about the nation’s course (At least this headline gets at the fact that Cao and Kaine were diametrically opposite on pretty much everything. Most other “mainstream media” headlines are so bland, generic and vague as to be misleading.)
- Kaine and Cao clash on immigration, the economy in heated debate at Norfolk State University (“Clash” isn’t what the headline should be; in fact, Cao was completely unhinged and unqualified – THAT should be the headline!)
- Anderson addresses ‘family’ photo controversy at first and only Virginia 7th District debate (Anderson “[said] his mom and his fiancé were in the audience,” but that has nothing to do with what Anderson did, which was to put a woman and children that were NOT his wife and kids in campaign materials…implying that they were his wife and kids.)
- Video: Derrick Anderson’s Disastrous Week Highlighted In New Advertisement, “Fake Family Guy,” Ahead of UMW Debate (“Derrick faked having a family. Now he wants to control yours.”)
- Derrick Anderson–Eugene Vindman 7th District debate light on details (This is classic “both sides,” “false equivalency” “journalism” – in air quotes. FAIL.)
- Video: New Ad by VA02 Dem Nominee Missy Cotter Smasal Says Rep. Jen Kiggans (R-VA02) Is “running away from her MAGA record” (“Jen supports banning abortion, no exceptions.”)
- Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin tells WTOP he’s ‘encouraged’ by recovery efforts in the state post-Helene
- Virginia colleges change protest rules, mirroring ‘unprecedented’ U.S. trend, advocate says
- Thousands of Hampton Roads homes have flooded at least twice, according to federal insurance data
- Roanoke mayoral candidates face off on homelessness
- Violent crime down 8% in Richmond as police tackle city hot spots
- Prosecutors’ closing argument prompts mistrial request from lawyers for Fairfax Co. officer accused of manslaughter
- VCU in talks to buy $275 million research building from Altria
- D.C.-area forecast: Increasing sunshine for the rest of the week
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