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by Lowell
Here are a few national and Virginia news headlines, political and otherwise, for Friday, June 11.
- Biden wants the world to know America is back. But has everyone else moved on?
- New Report: Climate Change and Biodiversity Loss Must Be Tackled Together, Not Separately (“The two leading science groups studying ecosystems and climate urged protection of carbon-rich habitats and warned against solutions to warming that lower species diversity.” Agreed 100%)
- Biden is showing that the U.S. can help vaccinate the world — and lead it
- G7 leaders face make-or-break moment in climate crisis (“Analysis: message in Cornwall is clear – leaders must act now or go down in history as the ones who threw away last-ditch chance”)
- These Leaders Will Be Tackling The World’s Biggest Problems At The G-7
- America may be ‘back’ at G7, but allies’ doubts about U.S. democracy linger
- EXCLUSIVE UK’s Raab: No doubt some countries are using vaccines a geopolitical tool
- Biden and world leaders meet at 2021 G7 summit
- Biden and G-7 leaders will endorse a global minimum corporate tax of at least 15%
- For Biden, Trump Is an Easy Act to Follow in Europe (“But no amount of rallying the allies is going to make it easy to meet with Vladimir Putin.”)
- G7: UK and US have an ‘indestructible relationship’, PM says
- Europe Seeks ‘Rebalance’ of China Economic Ties: G-7 Update
- Russia is preparing to supply Iran with an advanced satellite system that will boost Tehran’s ability to surveil military targets, officials say
- New Report Details Firsthand Accounts Of Torture From Uyghur Muslims In China
- Boris Johnson Is a Terrible Leader. It Doesn’t Matter. (“Britain’s prime minister is slapdash, venal, incompetent — and unassailably popular.”)
- Leading biologist dampens his ‘smoking gun’ Covid lab leak theory
- El Salvador Plans To Use Electricity Generated From Volcanoes To Mine Bitcoin
- Why Canada Won’t Open Its Doors (“COVID-19 case counts are plummeting and vaccinations are up, but hardly anyone can get across the border.”)
- Africa May Not Meet Vaccination Goal, W.H.O. Says
- Germany’s Upcoming Ballot Is a Climate Election
- As Biden prepares to meet Putin, millions of Syrian lives are at stake
- Myanmar has imprisoned 50 journalists — including two Americans. They should all be freed.
- Australia has 38GW of green hydrogen in pipeline, but major cost falls needed
- CDC says heart inflammation cases were higher than expected in 16- to 24-year-olds after second Covid vaccine shot, but still rare
- US unemployment claims fall to 376,000, sixth straight drop
- Inflation is hotter than expected, but it looks temporary and likely won’t affect Fed policy yet (We’re recovering from a massive economic collapse last spring, caused by the COVID-19 pandemic. So yeah…temporary as markets readjust.)
- Fewer Young Men Are in the Labor Force. More Are Living at Home
- Inside Clean Energy: Solar Panel Prices Are Rising, but Don’t Panic. (“The global increase in panel prices hasn’t yet hit the United States, and it may not last much longer.”)
- The green energy revolution is coming — with or without help from Washington (“It’s good for landowners. It’s good for farmers. It’s good for the environment and it creates jobs. And it also gets low-cost renewable energy to the cities and towns that need it.”)
- Lake Mead: largest US reservoir falls to historic low amid devastating drought (“The reservoir will be at its lowest since the 1930s when the Hoover dam was built, and officials expect levels to get worse”)
- FBI chief calls Capitol attack domestic terrorism and rejects Trump’s fraud claims
- The Keystone XL pipeline is dead. But the fight against similar projects is far from over. (Here in Virginia, we need to deep-six the Mountain Valley Pipeline.)
- Keystone XL Pipeline Canceled (Good riddance to an insane, environmentally destructive, economically nonsensical project.)
- Republicans mourn cancellation of potentially disastrous oil pipeline project (If you really really want to destroy our one and only planet – aka, our home – by all means vote Republican. If you’re prefer a habitable planet, then vote Democratic!)
- Senate confirms Zahid Quraishi as first Muslim American federal judge in US history
- Paul Krugman: Why Won’t Republicans Rebuild America?
- Why Democrats are voting on bills that have no chance of passing (“A series of upcoming votes could build the case for eliminating the filibuster.”)
- A red-state Democrat shows how to talk about ending the filibuster (“Being in favor of making government work just might be an effective message.”)
- Democrats wary of emerging bipartisan infrastructure deal
- Antsy Democrats warn of infrastructure time crunch
- ‘Time is running out’: Democrats split over Biden’s relentless focus on infrastructure (“Relentless” Weird word to use…also known as “doing his job!”)
- Gore pressed Biden to stick with climate plans as liberals fear White House is softening its agenda
- Bipartisan Group of Senators Reaches Agreement on Infrastructure Proposal (It doesn’t look particularly promising.)
- Here’s what we know about the bipartisan infrastructure deal(“The ten senators who negotiated the deal — five from each side — now have to pitch it to their respective parties”)
- Where Would We Be If Cal Cunningham and Sara Gideon Hadn’t Blown It?
- Moderate Democrats are winning elections. Progressives are winning the war.
- A New Giuliani Tape Shows a Key Witness Didn’t Testify Accurately in the First Trump Impeachment (“Kurt Volker said he didn’t know Trump wanted Ukraine to investigate former Vice President Biden. New audio indicates he did” That’s a crime, right?)
- Nancy Pelosi rebukes Ilhan Omar for tweet on Israel, Hamas and Taliban (“Omar’s tweet stoked controversy for appearing to equate the actions of democracies and ‘groups that engage in terrorism’”)
- Ilhan Omar Backs Down in Latest Blowup With Democrats
- Republicans keep coming up with ways to prove they are not populist (They’re “populist” in the sense of anti-democracy, authoritarian, etc.)
- Trump Justice Department subpoenaed Apple for data from House Intelligence Committee Democrats, sources say (Abuse of power.)
- Hunting Leaks, Trump Officials Focused on Democrats in Congress (Totally unacceptable.)
- Schiff calls for inquiry after report that Trump DOJ targeted Democrats in Congress
- Merrick Garland is right to be cautious about breaking with Trump’s Justice Department
- Garland wants to protect the rule of law from politics. This isn’t how to do it.
- People are angry at Merrick Garland for refusing to do what William Barr did (“The attorney general is obliged to follow and defend the law, not pursue a political agenda.”)
- Jason Miller to head tech startup that could become Trump platform (Horrible person.)
- Val Demings can show Democrats how it is done (“A guide to beating a Trump toady.”)
- Three Percenters militia members charged in U.S. Capitol attack
- Yogi-Turned-‘Stop the Steal’ Protest Organizer Indicted for Jan. 6 Conspiracy
- Many Americans Support Trump’s Ban From Facebook. But How Much Does He Need Social Media To Make A Comeback?
- Revealed: rightwing firm posed as leftist group on Facebook to divide Democrats
- Gohmert repeats debunked claim that Capitol rioters were actually anti-Trump (Gohmert is evil, insane and an imbecile. Great combo, eh?)
- Jim Acosta Torches Fox News as a ‘Bullsh*t Factory,’ Calls Tucker Carlson a ‘Race-Baiting Tyrant’ (No lies detected!)
- CNN Insiders React to Jeffrey Toobin’s ‘Awkward’ On-Air Return: ‘It’s Insane!’ (“Yeah, it’d be nice if occasionally CNN held itself to the same standards it correctly holds Fox to”)
- Jeffrey Toobin returns to CNN for the first time since Zoom exposure incident (Why?!?)
- Capitol Police officer Eugene Goodman will throw ceremonial first pitch at Nats Park
- Top Mayoral Rivals Attack Adams and Clash on Policing and Ethics
- VA Dem Candidates’ Twitter Followings Did NOT Correlate with Success at the Primary Polls on Tuesday
- WATCH: Terry McAuliffe on MSNBC Says “I Don’t Think Trump Has the Courage to Come Back to Virginia Because I’ve Beaten Him Twice” (Youngkin’s “first speech after the nomination, he said he wants to ban abortions and put more guns on the street. That’s who he is”)
- Breaking Down Tuesday’s Virginia Election Results (“Ayala spent practically nothing on digital advertising, and still won handily. Online ads matter, but clearly so do so many other tactics – from TV, to radio, direct mail, major endorsements, and good ol’ shoe-leather campaigning”)
- Extremist Virginia Senator Amanda Chase the Fourth Insurrectionist to Visit Arizona GOP’s “Fraudit”
- Virginia’s COVID-19 state of emergency to end June 30, affecting eviction protections, mask rules
- Thursday (6/10) Virginia Data on COVID-19: Hospitalizations, 10-Day New COVID Cases Near Lowest Points Since Start of Pandemic
- Gov. Northam signs probation reform bill alongside rapper Meek Mill
- Editorial: Four more takeaways from the primary (I generally avoid linking to Roanoke Times editorials, as they are usually abysmally bad, but this one’s generally ok, except for the bulls*** both-sidesism again, this time about how supposedly Democrats “will have a hard time portraying Republican Glenn Youngkin as a Donald Trump acolyte”)
- Former governor, education secretary call for more investment in Virginia’s historically Black colleges
- State delegate to file bill focused on improving sexual assault reporting at VMI
- Northam announces new leader to take regional spaceport ‘to the next level’ at Wallops Island
- Richmond design committee endorses removal of remaining Confederate monument bases, fencing
- Killing of Jerry Paul Smith called ‘irrational,’ Isi Etute defense called discriminatory
- Historic African American community in Loudoun concerned about future
- Loudoun County Supervisor Briskman backs school board’s equity work
- Richmond Fire Dept. rescues 19 people from vehicles stuck in high water from flash flooding
- D.C.-area forecast: Cooler and clammy today, with some downpours again possible
