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by Lowell
Here are a few national and Virginia news headlines, political and otherwise, for Thursday, July 22.
- From China to Germany, floods expose climate vulnerability
- G-20 Environment Ministers Meet Amid Summer of Climate Turmoil (“In a speech on Wednesday, climate envoy John Kerry urged countries to come together to break ‘mutual suicide pact’ of climate inaction.”)
- Massive rollout of wind, solar and batteries needed for net zero, says BNEF
- The new paradigm: Un-natural disasters in a changing climate
- After Covid, the climate crisis will be the next thing the right says we ‘just have to live with’ (We absolutely CAN NOT “live with” the climate crisis and environmental destruction in general.)
- How to Live in a Burning World Without Losing Your Mind (“The emotional burden of climate change can be overwhelming alongside the grief and frustration of our own lives.”)
- Existing spending on climate change falls short -U.S. energy official
- China Opposes Lab Leak Study in Any New Virus Origins Probe (“China says there’s no evidence for the theory and it defies common sense.”)
- U.S.-China Talks Point to Effort to Manage Rising Tension
- Chinese Suppliers to Apple, Nike Shun Xinjiang Workers as U.S. Forced-Labor Ban Looms
- How Thomas Barrack’s alleged illegal lobbying shaped Trump’s policies in the Gulf
- Death toll in China floods climbs to 33 as rains spread and more cities call for help
- Congress, Europeans trash pipeline deal
- Tokyo Reports Its Highest COVID-19 Numbers Since January As First Olympic Games Start
- Tokyo’s Olympics Have Become the Anger Games (“The Olympics are supposed to be a symbol of global togetherness, but Tokyo’s are shaping up to be the unhappiest in history.”)
- Tokyo 2020: director of opening ceremony sacked over 1998 Holocaust joke (WTF???)
- Deadly coral disease sweeping Caribbean linked to wastewater from ships
- The Saudi Prince of Oil Prices Vows to Drill ‘Every Last Molecule’ (That would destroy the environment. Sociopathic.)
- Delta variant sweeps through states that dialed back health powers (“In Texas, where Covid hospitalizations are up 30 percent and deaths up 10 percent over the past week, Gov. Greg Abbott recently barred counties, cities and school districts from requiring masks.” Insanely bad governance…by Republicans, of course. Don’t elect these people anywhere. Ever.)
- Nation’s largest hospital group supports mandatory coronavirus vaccines for health workers
- Biden pleads with unvaccinated Americans to be inoculated as virus surges
- Coexisting with the Coronavirus (“covid-19 is likely to become an endemic disease.”)
- What Vaccinated People Should Really Know About the Delta Variant’s Threat to Them
- As GOP supporters die of Covid, the party remains split in its vaccination message
- Anti-vaccine groups changing into ‘dance parties’ on Facebook to avoid detection
- White House officials debate masking push as covid infections spike
- ‘Ridiculous’: Vaccine Myths Cripple U.S. Uptake as Delta Surges
- Pelosi Rejects Two Big Lie Enthusiasts From Jan. 6 Commission (“Makes sense.” Yep, no brainer.)
- Nancy Pelosi Drop-Kicks Jim Jordan’s Election-Denying Ass From 1/6 Investigation Committee
- The GOP’s strategy on the Jan. 6 select committee will likely backfire (“The GOP’s anti-democratic, delusional mind-set will be on full display.”)
- On Jan. 6, Pelosi chose truth. McCarthy chose theater. (“Pelosi is deadly serious about the committee. The media should be as well.” Unfortunately, most of the media sucks.)
- Pelosi Statement on Republican Recommendations to Serve on the Select Committee to Investigate the January 6th Attack on the U.S. Capitol
- Republicans Won’t Support Any Real January 6 Probe
- How Kevin McCarthy is boosting the integrity of the Jan. 6 investigation (“We should be thankful that House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) just pulled Republicans out of any involvement in the select committee to examine the Jan. 6 insurrection. In so doing, he ensured that the committee’s investigation will both have more integrity and be more likely to undertake a valuable accounting. Which goes to a larger truth about this moment: Efforts at a real examination of arguably the worst outbreak of political violence in modern times — and efforts to protect our democracy more broadly — will not be bipartisan. These things will be done by Democrats alone.”)
- In vetoing Jordan and Banks, Pelosi safeguards history, democracy and Capitol attack probe
- Rep. Spanberger: ‘Only those who are willing to speak truth and seek truth’ should be on Jan. 6 committee
- McCarthy pulls his 5 GOP members from 1/6 committee after Pelosi rejects 2 of his picks
- 5 takeaways from President Joe Biden’s CNN town hall
- America in 2090: The Impact of Extreme Heat, in Maps
- The Senate’s infrastructure gamble, explained
- GOP blocks infrastructure debate as negotiators near deal
- Biden says ditching the filibuster would throw Congress ‘into chaos’ and lead to gridlock.
- The Republicans Have Already Given Biden What He Needs
- Rising Rents Threaten to Prop Up Inflation as Pandemic Limits End
- Trump and the GOP spin fantasies to hide his crimes against the Constitution
- Pelosi calls the GOP’s bluff on the Jan. 6 committee
- States Reach $26 Billion Pact to Settle Opioid Lawsuits
- Lindsey Graham Revives the Debt-Ceiling Blackmail
- Senate braces for a nasty debt ceiling fight (Stupid headline. In fact, it’s 100% Republicans who are irresponsibly doing this.)
- Prosecutors had evidence last year to charge prominent Trump ally Tom Barrack
- How law enforcement can weed out extremism within its ranks
- Why Biden’s Approval Rating Has Barely Budged In His First 6 Months
- It’s been six months since Biden took office. Here’s how he stands. (“He is doing better than many expected — with a few exceptions.”)
- Anthony Fauci Once Again Forced to Basically Call Rand Paul a Sniveling Moron (Which is 100% accurate.)
- Murders are up. Crime is not. What’s going on? (“The US is in its most violent period in the 21st century. There are some things we know — and others we don’t.”)
- Trump is coming for him. But Anthony Gonzalez has a quiet plan
- Will the battle over “critical race theory” be a winning issue for the right? It already is (“As used by Republicans, ‘critical race theory’ is an empty term used to channel racist urges. That’s why it works”)
- Today It’s Critical Race Theory. 200 Years Ago It Was Abolitionist Literature. (“The common denominator? Fear of Black liberation.” Bingo.)
- The hypocrisy of critical race theory’s opponents
- Texas Democrats Remain In Washington Amid Coronavirus Cases And Congressional Hurdles
- Fox News has undermined vaccination efforts and threatened public health. Now it’s trying to scapegoat undocumented immigrants for COVID-19. (Evil in every way.)
- GOP Legislators in Missouri Oppose Vaccine Efforts as State Becomes COVID Hotspot (Imbeciles.)
- Talk show host Larry Elder reinstated in California recall
- ‘Nowhere is safe’: heat shatters vision of Pacific north-west as climate refuge
- The California Dream Is Dying
- Maine Makes U.S. Recycling Actually Work Again (“A new law shifts the responsibility to producers after years of poor recycling rates due to China’s decision not to import plastic waste”)
- US church official resigns after news outlet uses phone data to out him as Grindr user (“Jeffrey Burill steps down after Catholic media outlet obtains cellphone data that revealed he was a user of gay dating app”)
- FBI agent at center of Whitmer kidnap probe assaulted wife after swingers’ party, authorities say
- Photos: Terry McAuliffe, Hala Ayala, and Mark Herring Host Gun Violence Prevention Roundtable Discussion With Former Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords
- “Using his luxury horse farm to dodge property taxes? Glenn Youngkin is sounding more and more like his idol Donald Trump every day!” (As if that’s not bad enough, this took place “while Virginians struggled to make ends meet during the pandemic last year”)
- McAuliffe releases his first general-election TV ad in Virginia governor’s race
- McAuliffe Promises Ban On Sale Of Assault-style Weapons, High Capacity Magazines
- Youngkins received 95% tax cut due to conservation status of their horse farm
- Opinion: Youngkin’s abortion position too extreme for Virginia
- Suzanne Youngkin speaks about the horse farm she and her husband Glenn Youngkin own during her presentation with the Fairfax Co. Board of Supervisors.
- Schapiro: Biden his time in behalf of The Macker
- Joint Statement from Virginia Health Care Organizations Encouraging People to be Vaccinated Against COVID-19 (In *stark* contrast, the 2021 VA GOP Lt. Gov. nominee says, “if you don’t want to get the vaccine, whatever!” Who are you going to believe?)
- VDOE and VDH release new guidance urging all Virginia elementary schools to require mask wearing
- Virginia Departments of Health and Education Stress Importance of In-Person Learning; Recommend Everyone Wear Masks in Elementary School, Unvaccinated Wear Masks in Middle and High School
- Virginia’s new school COVID-19 guidance keeps most safety decisions in the hands of local districts
- Wednesday (7/21) Virginia Data on COVID-19: With Delta Now Dominant, Hospitalizations Picking Up, Highest 10-Day New COVID Cases (+4,211) Since 5/23
- Editorial: Virginia set to blast off? (“As Amazon’s Jeff Bezos took to space, Virginia was reminded of how much it has invested in the company’s HQ2 project.”)
- Langley Air Force Base wants to relocate its West Gate. But first comes a wetlands study backed by federal funds.
- Cleaner air expected in Va. on Thursday after wildfire smoke triggered a health alert
- Dozens protest Albemarle’s proposed ban on firearms on county-owned property
- Smoke from Northwestern wildfires affecting air quality in Hampton Roads
- D.C.-area forecast: Pleasantly warm today and Friday before the weekend heats up with a few showers, storms
