by Lowell
Here are a few national and Virginia news headlines, political and otherwise, for Sunday, June 13.
- Plastics From Takeout Food Are Clogging Up Our Oceans, Study Shows (“Just 10 plastic products make up 75 percent of all such pollution.” Ban them?)
- Biden’s test in Europe: Drawing red lines with Putin and Erdogan
- G7 to agree tough measures on burning coal to tackle climate change (Good. Need to tackle natural gas, particularly fracked gas – since it releases a lot of methane in its production process – as well.)
- Analysis: With Trump gone, NATO wages war on climate threat
- Russia, U.S. and other countries reach new pact against cyber hacking, even as attacks continue
- G7 summit: China says small groups do not rule the world (What does that even mean?)
- Putin laughs off ‘killer’ comments ahead of meeting with Biden (Oh yeah, big joke that Putin’s a murderous thug.)
- Energy relations are a sign of Russia’s declining global standing
- G7 backs Biden infrastructure plan to rival China’s belt and road initiative
- America is back with Biden, France’s Macron says (“Neither Macron nor Johnson drew an explicit parallel between Biden and Trump, though both praised Biden’s distinctly cooperative tone.”)
- FACT SHEET: President Biden and G7 Leaders Launch Build Back Better World (B3W) Partnership
- Biden causes sighs of relief among world leaders even as G7 divisions linger
- Trump’s shadow still looms over cloudy skies at G-7 summit
- G7 Live Updates: Biden and Putin Won’t Hold a Joint News Conference
- Biden asks G-7 to take a tougher line on China, but not all allies are enthusiastic
- G-7 Leaders Face Demands to Pay Up After Green Growth Promises
- Biden’s Summit With Putin Follows A Harrowing History Of U.S. Meetings With Russia
- Brexit bust-up torpedoes Johnson’s bid to showcase ‘global Britain’ at G7
- Putin Says Direct Dialog Main Goal of Biden Summit Meeting
- G7 reaches consensus on China dumping, human rights abuses: U.S. official (“I would say there was unanimity in terms of a willingness to call out human rights abuses and violations of fundamental freedoms that invoke our shared values”)
- Iran Casts Doubt on Reviving Nuclear Deal Before Its Election
- Israel to Vote on Fragile Coalition to End Netanyahu Reign
- Yair Lapid Won’t Be Israel’s Next Leader. But He’s the Power Behind the Throne. (“If a new coalition government wins a confidence vote in Parliament on Sunday, Naftali Bennett will be Israel’s next prime minister. He wouldn’t be there without Yair Lapid.”)
- The Defeat of Benjamin Netanyahu (“Israel’s longest-serving Prime Minister has dragged the country ever rightward, abandoning the peace process and imperilling its very democracy.”)
- Concerns grow over China’s Taiwan plans
- Peru’s Fujimori leads protest to annul votes as Castillo nears win (Another right winger challenges democracy. At this point, it’s basically a defining characteristic of the right.)
- Most blue states will make Biden’s July 4 vaccine goal. The red ones won’t.
- Biden Administration Shutters Trump Pet Project Linking Immigrants and Crime
- U.S. Workers Are Quitting at Highest Rate in Decades (“Americans are deciding to take on new jobs and careers as the economy rebounds, spurning a return to business as usual. Some are burned out from extra pandemic workloads and stress, while others prefer the flexibility of remote work.”)
- It’s Time to Treat Voting Rights Like Climate Change
- How Giving Native Americans Their Land Back Helps Protect Nature (“Across the nation, territory is being returned to tribes in return for their stewardship.”)
- McConnell seeks to divide and conquer Democrats
- Joe Manchin: the Democrat who holds the fate of Biden’s agenda in his hands
- Teachers nationwide rally to protest restrictions on lessons about racism
- George Washington predicted Donald Trump: Why doesn’t everyone know this? (“If Republicans really want to Make America Great Again, they need to listen to Washington – and dump Trump”)
- There’s no escape from holding Trump accountable (“My hunch is that President Biden hoped that legal accountability for at least some of Trump’s abuses would be enforced by state and local prosecutors, saving his Justice Department from having to take the sorts of steps against a predecessor that friends of constitutional democracy try to avoid.”)
- Former Deputy AG Rosenstein has said he was not aware of subpoena for lawmakers’ data, source says
- Andy Schmookler: One could see this test was coming
- Garland Confronts Long-Building Crisis Over Leak Inquiries and Journalism
- One possible cause of the 2020 murder increase: More guns
- Justice Breyer’s Legacy-Defining Decision (Thanks for your service, now time to retire.)
- Donald Trump Is Starving (“A glutton for attention is yanked away from the buffet.”)
- Blue Origin auctions seat on first spaceflight with Jeff Bezos for $28 million (“Bidding opened at $4.8 million but surpassed $20 million within the first few minutes of the auction. The auction’s proceeds will be donated to Blue Origin’s education-focused nonprofit Club for the Future, which supports kids interested in future STEM careers.”)
- Biden to name Pulse Nightclub a national memorial
- CNN still hasn’t explained its decision to reinstate Jeffrey Toobin
- Austin police arrest one of two suspects involved in downtown shooting that left 14 injured
- Warner Says the U.S. Must Act Against Hackers
- As Terry McAuliffe Is Endorsed By SEIU, Glenn Youngkin’s Agenda Threatens Working Families Across Virginia
- The VA GOP’s 2021 LG Nominee Headed Up “Black Americans to Re-Elect [President Trump]”; Here’s What That Group Stands For (The choice for Virginia voters this November couldn’t be clearer…continue moving forward/together with Democrats…or to lurch backwards in a hard-right, reactionary direction with the Youngkin/Sears/Miyares ticket.)
- Here’s How Much Money Statewide VA Dem Primary Candidates Spent per Vote Received (Through 5/27) (Jennifer McClellan and Jennifer Carroll Foy spent the most per vote among gov candidates; Mark Levine among LG candidates; Hala Ayala spent the least per vote)
- WATCH NOW: Meet the three progressive women who unseated attention-grabbing men in Democratic primaries
- Former Democratic gubernatorial primary candidates urge supporters to help McAuliffe moving forward
- Saturday (6/12) Virginia Data on COVID-19: Hospitalizations, 10-Day New COVID Cases Near Lowest Points Since Start of Pandemic
- Editorial: Power fleeting in Hampton Roads? (“Once a power center in state politics, Hampton Roads has seen its fortunes dim in recent years, with Northern Virginia reaping the spoils.”)
- Arlington County plans to rename Lee Highway for abolitionist (“The Arlington County Board said at its Saturday meeting that it plans to vote next month to rename Lee Highway for abolitionist John Langston, who also was the first Black person to be elected to Congress from Virginia.”)
- Richmond police give overview of internal investigations to group trying to establish independent oversight
- D.C.-area forecast: Warmer with a storm chance late today; looking really nice by midweek
