by Lowell
Here are a few national and Virginia news headlines, political and otherwise, for Saturday, July 10.
- It’s ‘inescapable’: Pacific Islanders have tried to flee the climate crisis, only to face new threats
- Liberal democracies are running out of time to save the rest of the planet from covid
- Readout of President Joseph R. Biden, Jr. Call with President Vladimir Putin of Russia
- Biden tells Putin the U.S. will take ‘any necessary action’ after latest ransomware attack, White House says
- Biden Warns Putin to Act Against Ransomware Groups, or U.S. Will Strike Back
- Afghanistan’s Taliban, Now on China’s Border, Seek to Reassure Beijing
- Special Report: Afghan pilots assassinated by Taliban as U.S. withdraws
- Taliban Resurgence Raises Terrorism Fears From Moscow to Beijing
- Haiti on edge as conspiracy theories about President’s assassination fill the vacuum
- U.S rebuffs Haiti troops request after president’s assassination
- U.S. and Colombia Will Work With Haiti to Investigate Killing of President
- Colombians’ arrest highlights growing presence of private military contractors in Haiti
- Haiti’s interim PM confirms request for US troops to country
- Why were Colombian guns for hire allegedly key to Haiti assassination plot?
- ‘It’s shocking’: Haiti struggles to piece together story of president’s murder
- Macron to Meet Auto Officials With EU Set to Unveil Green Plan
- Treasury Secretary Yellen says will try to address concerns of tax deal holdout countries
- Japan’s Fukushima, in reversal, bars spectators from Olympic events
- How a hidden Biden victory could deal a big blow to Trumpian nationalism
- Heat Wave Killed An Estimated 1 Billion Sea Creatures, And Scientists Fear Even Worse
- Like in ‘Postapocalyptic Movies’: Heat Wave Killed Marine Wildlife en Masse
- On climate policy, there’s one main thing and then there’s everything else
- Reservoirs start to dry up as consequences of the Western U.S. drought worsen
- Where Are The Newest COVID Hot Spots? Mostly Places With Low Vaccination Rates
- CDC Urges Schools to Welcome Kids Back, Vaccinated or Not (“Face masks for unvaccinated teachers and students recommended as Covid-19 Delta variant spreads”)
- Biden’s effort to rein in corporate powerhouses sets off battle over who holds economic power
- Biden Order Opens New Front in Battle With Big Tech (“The president’s sweeping new executive order to spur competition targets big tech companies in ways that could fundamentally alter how they do business.”)
- Biden Says Competition Order to Restore ‘Heart’ of Capitalism
- Biden’s plan to make stuff cheaper (“The president’s big antitrust push could impact how much you pay for plane tickets and prescription drugs.”)
- The Democratic plan to smash poverty for seniors and people with disabilities (“The coming battle to expand Supplemental Security Income, explained.”)
- Biden’s Invisible Ideology (“The President has deployed an exasperating but effective strategy to counter Trumpism.”)
- Biden fires head of Social Security Administration, a Trump holdover who drew the ire of Democrats
- Mitch McConnell, naked and afraid
- There’s Only One Explanation for Why Republicans Are Against Early Voting (“It’s a movement to constrict democracy.”)
- The Biggest Threat to Democracy Is the GOP Stealing the Next Election
- What it will take to defeat the GOP’s voter suppression schemes
- There’s only one way for Democrats to beat back the GOP war on democracy (“This is where we finally arrive, the only real chance Democrats have at winning the war for democracy. It doesn’t involve stopping voter suppression but overcoming it, by working so hard and getting so many people registered and to the polls that even with the suppression measures in place, Democrats can still manage to win”)
- GOP lawmakers caught on video telling activists to thank Manchin and Sinema for not blowing up the filibuster: ‘Without that, we would be dead meat’ (Manchin and Sinema are being used by Republicans to block the Democrats from getting stuff done.)
- What the Exxon Tapes Reveal About the American Petroleum Institute’s Lobbying Tactics on Oil Trains
- Senate GOP backs emergency Capitol Police funding as shortfall nears
- Right-wing anti-vaccine hysteria hits fever pitch as Nazi comparisons grow (Beyond disgraceful, this is getting people killed.)
- Clarence Thomas is right about one thing: Legalized, recreational marijuana is a reality
- CPAC attendee circulates ‘plan’ to re-install Trump as president ‘in days’
- White nationalists prep for “physical” altercation with security at Dallas CPAC conference
- Oath Keepers Leader Sits for F.B.I. Questioning Against Legal Advice
- Stewart Rhodes, founder of right-wing Oath Keepers militia, spotted at CPAC
- Generation labels mean nothing. It’s time to retire them. (Agreed – they are almost completely meaningless.)
- Timothy Snyder Is Exactly Right: American Conservatives Are Seeking Their Own ‘Memory Laws’ (“This is a cowardly usurpation of the nation’s schools by politicians determined to make the next generation of kids as dumb as they are.”)
- There Is No Debate Over Critical Race Theory (“Pundits and politicians have created their own definition for the term, and then set about attacking it.”)
- No, School Board Fights Over Critical Race Theory Are Not Going to Hurt Democrats (“In red-turned-blue Loudoun County, Virginia a fight over how to teach students about America’s racial history has animated Fox News and conservatives. But it’s faux outrage.”)
- Twitter Finally Bans Nick Fuentes
- Trump’s Tech Lawsuit Already Turning Into Fundraising Scheme (Obviously.)
- A Fox News Climate Disinformation Channel Is The Last Thing We Need (“The media giant responsible for sowing doubt about the climate crisis is launching a 24-hour weather news channel.”)
- Texas lawmakers to consider sweeping voting restrictions (The Senate needs to do something!)
- Capitol Rioter Who Pleaded Guilty Asks Court Not To ‘Cancel’ Him With Prison Time (Prison time for committing serious crimes now equates to “cancel culture?” LOL)
- Warnock reports raising $7 million for 2022 Georgia Senate contest
- Democrats welcome Trump involvement in Virginia governor’s race
- Team Youngkin’s Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Week Continues as Trump Weighs In Again, Norm Ornstein Calls Them “Fanatic Cultists,” Dave Wasserman Says Trump Support an “in-kind contribution to McAuliffe” and Youngkin’s “message…an incoherent mishmash”
- Editorial: Youngkin is selling himself short. Here’s how. (“Republican strategists may think harping on critical race theory and the occasional transgender student is good politics but by making the culture wars the centerpiece of the Republican campaign in Virginia in 2021 they’re selling their standard-bearer short — unless, of course, Youngkin really is a culture warrior, in which case his choice of campaign issues is revealing.” It’s both, actually.)
- Virginia will follow updated CDC mask guidance for teachers and students
- The Republican Party of Virginia isn’t happy with Larry Sabato’s tweets (The VA GOP is an embarrassment and a disgrace on every level.)
- What is critical race theory? And why has it received so much attention in Virginia? (“Critical race theory has become a household phrase because of a campaign to make it one by twisting its meaning. Former President Donald Trump’s administration made it a target last fall…Right-wing organizations have put out playbooks in recent months detailing how supporters can pressure school boards and other elected officials to denounce critical race theory”)
- Friday (7/9) Virginia Data on COVID-19: Hospitalizations, New COVID Cases At Lowest Levels Since March 2020
- Educational program to fight online sexual exploitation of children launched in Virginia
- Virginia orders five state mental hospitals to stop taking new admits amid staffing crisis
- Equality Virginia, ACLU and Partners File Amicus Brief in Support of Model Policies for Transgender Students in Virginia Schools
- New Virginia state park honors Native American tribes that lived on the land for centuries
- Removal of statues to cap a long history of local efforts
- WATCH NOW: Charlottesville removing Lee, Jackson statues Saturday
- Charlottesville to remove Confederate statues that helped spark deadly rally (“Monuments to generals Jackson and Lee to be taken down; One person killed during white supremacist rally in 2017”)
- Charlottesville set to remove Lee statue that sparked rally
- Richmond’s Lee statue, after 131 years, is an unpardonable insult
- Violence-Tinged Anti-Trans Testimony in Warren County, VA School Board Meeting Wednesday Evening (One speaker commented: “Boys have a penis, girls have a vagina, keep it simple y’all; school is for readin’, writin’ and ‘rithmetic. Say ‘hell no’ to this abomination.”)
- Fairfax County moving forward with plans to potentially change confederate road names
- Richmond mayor and other Virginia officials considering examination of local building safety regulations after Miami condo collapse
- Metro is planning new station entrance in Crystal City, where HQ2 will bring thousands of workers
- Tropical Storm Elsa causes 3 tornadoes and 60,000 power outages for Dominion customers
- D.C.-area forecast: Sunny and pleasant today, then summer makes a comeback
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