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by Lowell
Here are a few national and Virginia news headlines, political and otherwise, for Monday, June 28.
- Canada weather: Heatwave hits record 46.6C as US north-west also frazzles (This is the climate crisis.)
- On climate change: We don’t need a new report to know it’s time to act
- EU countries approve landmark climate change law (“European Union countries on Monday gave the final seal of approval to a law to make the bloc’s greenhouse gas emissions targets legally binding, as EU policymakers prepare a huge new package of policies to fight climate change.” Hello America?)
- Panama Canal Tackles Climate-Change Puzzle: Too Little Rainwater or Too Much
- The Guardian view on getting to net zero: the crunch is coming
- India Says Too Early to Judge Risk of Delta-Plus Covid Variant
- Delta Outbreak Sees Once-Envied Australia Losing Its Luster
- Spread of delta variant prompts new coronavirus restrictions worldwide
- COVID-19 Outbreaks Across Australia Ramp Up Pandemic Restrictions
- Covid Live Updates: mRNA Vaccines May Offer Lasting Protection, Study Finds (“The Pfizer and Moderna shots’ effects could last for years, a detailed look at immune responses suggests”)
- Le Pen’s far-right party suffers blow in French regional elections
- How the UK — where the Covid delta variant ‘exploded’ — is a blueprint for the U.S.
- The Last-And Only-Foreign Scientist in the Wuhan Lab Speaks Out (“Danielle Anderson was working in what has become the world’s most notorious laboratory just weeks before the first known cases of Covid-19 emerged in central China. Yet, the Australian virologist still wonders what she missed.”)
- UN calls for end of ‘impunity’ for police violence against black people
- U.S. targets Iran-backed militias in Iraq, Syria strikes
- U.S. Carries Out Airstrikes in Iraq and Syria
- China is exporting propaganda while the rest of the world stands idly by
- Lapid to Blinken: Mistakes were made in US-Israel relationship, we’ll fix them
- Northwest “heat dome” signals global warming’s march
- Records crushed in Pacific Northwest amid historic heat wave
- Portland and Seattle shatter records amid historic heat wave
- U.S. Job Market Begins a ‘Weird Summer,’ With Choppy Recovery
- Biden shift reassures GOP senators on bipartisan infrastructure deal
- Republican senators say bipartisan infrastructure deal can move forward after Biden clarifies position
- Why Young Adults Are Among the Biggest Barriers to Mass Immunity (“Many young adults are foregoing Covid vaccines for a complex mix of reasons. Health officials are racing to find ways to change their minds.”)
- The Catholic bishops’ anti-Biden project is backfiring
- The Real Threat to American Catholicism
- Women Are Having Fewer Babies Because They Have More Choices (Which is a great thing!)
- Where Jobless Benefits Were Cut, Jobs Are Still Hard to Fill
- Americans Are Leaving Unemployment Rolls More Quickly in States Cutting Off Benefits
- U.S. shale industry tempers output even as oil price jumps
- Toyota is the no. 1 donor to 2020 election objectors — by far (Time to stop buying Toyotas?)
- Biden’s path forward will not be easy. But it is possible. (“Biden will have a harder time with taxes and voting rights.”)
- ‘Spray and Pray’: Republicans ramp up attacks on Biden on … everything (“GOPers have complained that the president is teflon. They’re still trying.”)
- What Critics of the “Woke” Army Don’t Understand (“Military commanders have long felt their personnel should understand the country they are defending.”)
- Juan Williams: Biden must grapple with racial dynamics of crime
- The Memo: Michael Dukakis warns Democrats on crime
- Biden adviser says Lindsey Graham ‘doesn’t have a clue’ on crime (Or anything else?)
- Wallace has contentious interview with GOP lawmaker: Aren’t you the ones defunding the police?
- ‘Republicans are defunding the police’: Fox News anchor stumps congressman (“Chris Wallace quizzes Jim Banks of Indiana on Fox News Sunday; Biden: $350bn in bill opposed by GOP is for law enforcement”)
- A Parade of Trump Loyalists Are Having Second Thoughts (Too little, too late?)
- Trump calls Barr ‘a disappointment in every sense of the word’ (Barr trying to salvage his reputation? Sorry, but he’s a disgrace.)
- ‘Utterly Deranged’ Trump Has Full Meltdown Over Bill Barr, Mitch McConnell (“The former president attacked the two key figures who enabled his agenda, calling them ‘spineless RINOs.'”)
- Why US Republicans are so focused on the origins of the Covid-19 pandemic (The things Republicans focus on…)
- Romney Hits Trump for Continuing the Election Big Lie: ‘Where Did He Hear It From? The MyPillow Guy? Rudy Giuliani?’
- Trump’s big lie about 2020 results suffers legal and political blows in key swing states
- Breyer’s future is Supreme Court’s biggest question (He really needs to retire – NOW.)
- Voters didn’t elect us to do nothing and blame the Senate filibuster. Get rid of it.
- A New Era Dawns In College Sports, As The NCAA Scrambles To Keep Up
- How The Delayed Census Has Affected Redistricting (“New Jersey and Virginia have been hardest hit by the delays, as they’re the only states that hold elections for their state legislatures in 2021…In Virginia, for instance, the old lines could help Republicans this November because much of the House of Delegates map was originally drawn as a Republican gerrymander…The new maps will come too late to be used in time for the 2021 election, but even though the next state election doesn’t happen until 2023, it’s possible a state or federal court could order Virginia to hold special elections in 2022 for all House seats under the new lines put in place later this year.”)
- Revealed: neo-Confederate group includes military officers and politicians (“One member listed as active in the data is Scott Wyatt, who represents the 97th district in Virginia’s house of delegates, which comprises rural counties north of Richmond, which served as the Confederate capital for much of the civil war.”)
- Opinion: No mystery why conservatives find education dangerous
- New York prosecutors set deadline for Trump on legal action – report (“Ex-president’s lawyers have 24 hours Monday to say why the Trump Organization should not face charges, reports claim”)
- QAnon Supporters Express Boredom With ‘Same Old’ Trump Speech: ‘This Is Getting Ridiculous’
- ‘It is not over’: New York’s mayoral frontrunner forced into waiting game (“Eric Adams has a 9-point lead in the Democratic primary and wants to start the transition now. But he still could lose.”)
- ‘First of all, I’m taller’: AOC dismisses Greene’s ‘little communist’ attack (“Marjorie Taylor Greene has harassed Ocasio-Cortez on Capitol Hill, prompting the progressive to raise concerns for her security” Why is Greene still in Congress at all?))
- Mike Gravel, former US senator for Alaska, dies at 91
- Fox News roiling over column in New York Times
- Possible Failure Point Emerges in Miami Building Collapse
- Florida condo building collapse death toll rises to 9, dozens still missing
- Sen. Bill Cassidy: ‘Roads and bridges are a woman’s problem’ because they are ‘doing the shopping’
- An Accusation Blew Up a Campaign. The Media Didn’t Know What to Do.
- She predicted the blue wave — now she’s trying to prevent a big red one (“Rachel Bitecofer forecast Democrats’ big wins in 2018. Now she’s trying to stop them from losing it all in 2022”)
- Andy Schmookler: The next battlefield in the war over democracy’s survival
- Madison Cawthorn, self-described ‘big history buff,’ keeps getting historical facts wrong (Horrible Congressman.)
- Mark Warner emerges as moderates’ dealmaker-in-chief
- Departing Berklee president releases musical send-off — featuring Senator Tim Kaine
- VA 5th CD Dems: Rep. Bob Good (R)’s Behavior “puts him firmly against the Constitutional oath to defend the United States against domestic enemies”
- Video: Asked By Reporters About Being Called a Racist, Extremist Rep. Bob Good (R-VA05) Whines, “you wouldn’t tell me you were going to ask me that question”
- Amid a push to end mental health hospitalizations, Virginia is still funding more beds
- Governance via Zoom is coming to an end in Virginia. Should it? (“In an interview, Alexandria Vice Mayor Elizabeth Bennett-Parker, who has pushed for less restrictive rules on electronic participation, said the shift to virtual meetings led to more public participation in the work of the numerous boards she serves on.”)
- Hampton schools have a new business: selling their curriculum and test questions to other schools (“They think they’re the first public school district in the state to try this.”)
- Thousands participate in downtown Pride parade
- D.C.-area forecast: The summer’s hottest weather so far through midweek
