by Lowell
Here are a few national and Virginia news headlines, political and otherwise, for Monday, May 24.
- ‘War’ footing needed to correct economists’ miscalculations on climate change, says professor
- It’s Not Just Up to You to Solve Climate Change (No, but everyone should do their part.)
- India records 300,000th covid death, becoming third country to hit mark
- Iran official says nuke inspector deal expired; talks go on
- Blast at Iranian drone factory days after Israel’s Hamas accusation
- Diversion of Ryanair Flight to Belarus and Arrest of Journalist (Totally unacceptable.)
- One more international norm gets busted in the skies over Belarus
- Fury over “state piracy” as West weighs action against Belarus
- E.U. promises swift retaliation after Belarus forces down airliner and detains dissident journalist
- Antony Blinken Condemns Arrest Of Journalist After Plane Intercepted In Belarus (“Roman Protasevich was arrested shortly after the plane was diverted to Minsk on Sunday.”)
- Belarus accused of ‘hijacking’ plane to arrest activist, provoking outrage in the West
- Myanmar rebels claim police killings as Aung San Suu Kyi appears in court (“People’s Defence Force says at least 20 officers died and police station seized in fighting on Sunday”)
- Does the World Have a Responsibility to Protect Myanmar?
- Bernie Sanders: Progressives Should ‘Tone Down’ Calling Israel An ‘Apartheid’ State (“The senator responded to a question on ‘Face the Nation’ of whether labeling the Israeli government as so is contributing to the rise in anti-Semitic attacks.”)
- Belarus opposition figure detained when flight diverted
- Netanyahu has more than the left to worry about
- Sasha Johnson: BLM activist in critical condition after gunshot to the head (“Shooting in Southwark, London came after numerous death threats, says her Taking the Initiative party”)
- Intelligence on Sick Staff at Wuhan Lab Fuels Debate On Covid-19 Origin
- COVID-19 Vaccine Makers Are Looking Beyond the Spike Protein (“It’s time for more weapons in the shots-versus-virus arms race.”)
- Cable Car Disaster In Italy Kills 14
- Biden Administration Extends Temporary Protected Status For Haitians In U.S.
- Coronavirus cases and deaths in the United States drop to lowest levels in nearly a year.
- An 8th US state just reached a critical Covid-19 vaccination milestone
- A new study shows getting to net-zero emissions is doable. Here’s how. (“The goal must be to advance living standards everywhere while cutting the environmental impact.”)
- Summertime scramble: Dems sweating a pileup of big votes on Biden’s agenda
- Biden faces the most crucial phase of his presidency yet (“The President faces a moment of truth with a nation-changing agenda imperiled by a divided DC and resistance by pro-Trump Republicans”)
- How does the Biden White House get results? By remaining disciplined.
- Remember Biden’s radical, sweeping, transformative agenda? Well it’s pretty much stuck
- Dismissed in 2012, this diagnosis of GOP ills has now become undeniable (“The essay described congressional extremists, their rejection of truth, a party turning into authoritarians or ‘an apocalyptic cult.’ It bore a striking headline: — ‘Let’s just say it: The Republicans are the problem.'” Actually, it was NOT “dismissed in 2012” by a lot of us…but certainly by much of the “both sides”/false equivalence media.)
- January 6, 2025 could be the date American democracy dies. Mark it on your calendar. (“The 2022 and 2024 House elections are not just political battles over the Biden agenda or the Trump tax cuts. US democracy itself will be on the ballot.”)
- Ex-Trump ambassador says former President ‘absolutely’ bears responsibility for January 6 riot
- George Will: “I’d Like To See January 6 Burned Into The American Mind As Firmly As 9/11”
- Senate Republicans scramble to derail creation of Capitol riot commission (Evil.)
- Democrats seize on GOP opposition to Jan. 6 commission
- Four Months After Deadly January 6 Attack, National Guard Troops Are Leaving the Capitol
- Biden adviser: President will ‘change course’ in infrastructure talks if inaction seems inevitable
- How George Floyd shifted Biden’s reality
- White Troopers Policing Black Bodies
- A Year After George Floyd: Pressure to Add Police Amid Rising Crime
- Democrats: Roe v. Wade blow would fuel expanding Supreme Court
- ‘Breyer Retire’ Push Is Effort to Focus Liberals on Court Picks (He should do so ASAP.)
- ‘Who’s out protecting us?’: Spate of anti-Jewish attacks in the U.S. draws calls for more forceful response
- TikTokers wished a 97-year-old Auschwitz survivor a ‘happy Holocaust’ (“There has been a sharp rise in the number of antisemitic incidents since the start of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.” Disgusting.)
- Joe Manchin’s foolish hopes
- They tried to overturn the 2020 election. Now they want to run the next one. (“Trump supporters who back his claim that the 2020 vote was rigged are running to become the top election officials in key states.” That’s a huge problem.)
- Lawmakers worry the toxic atmosphere on Capitol Hill will follow them home, raising safety concerns
- Never forget that Liz Cheney helped produced Trumpism — and could be worse in the long run
- Hail Kevin McCarthy, People Pleaser and Trump Appeaser
- Flailing Washington Post gets a new leader at last — with no time to lose (“New editor Sally Buzbee is a promising choice — but the Post’s recent reporting on Republicans has been dismal”)
- A Century After The Race Massacre, Tulsa Confronts Its Bloody Past
- Better enforcement of tax laws could mean revenue gains. But we shouldn’t overstate them.
- Ousted AP Journalist Says She Was “Hung Out to Dry” By the News Agency
- Rand Paul says he won’t get a Covid vaccine (This guy’s a *doctor*???)
- What if the Unorthodox Arizona Audit Declares Trump Won?
- Phil Mickelson, a champion of comebacks and transformations, now has his greatest triumph
- Ten “Counterfactuals” For Virginia Politics Since 2005. For Instance, If Hillary Clinton Had Won in 2016, Would There Ever Have Been a “Blue Wave” In Virginia? (Also, what if Ralph Northam’s med school yearbook had been found in 2007? 2013? 2017? How about President George Allen?)
- Opioid deaths surged during coronavirus pandemic in D.C., Virginia and Maryland
- Sunday (5/23) Virginia Data on COVID-19: Hospitalizations At Lowest Point Since Early in Pandemic; 10-Day New COVID Cases Lowest Since 4/2/20
- McAuliffe makes campaign stop in Charlottesville
- ‘A lot of promise’: Vertical farming takes root in Virginia.
- Drugs continued to flow into Virginia prisons amid pandemic, raising concerns about corrupt staff
- Dozens rally in Richmond in support of Israel
- Fairfax Co. libraries to resume normal services June 5
- D.C.-area forecast: Cooler with possible showers today before heating up midweek
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