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by Lowell
Here are a few international, national and Virginia news headlines, political and otherwise, for Friday, April 29.
Zelensky on Biden’s request for $33 billion for Ukraine: “This is a very important step by the United States. And I am grateful to the American people and personally to President Biden for it. I hope that the Congress will quickly support this request for help to our state.” pic.twitter.com/8oV6m8lGX1
— Christopher Miller (@ChristopherJM) April 28, 2022
- The Current Rate of Ocean Warming Could Bring the Greatest Extinction of Sealife in 250 Million Years (Get off of fossil fuels on an emergency basis!)
- Without Action on Climate, Another Mass Extinction Event Will Likely Happen in the World’s Oceans
- Ocean animals face a mass extinction from climate change, study finds
- Ocean life projected to die off in mass extinction if emissions remain high
- World Lacks Time, Not Minerals for Climate-Saving Technology
- It’s time we stopped kidding ourselves that coal is “cheap and reliable”
- Biden Seeks New Ukraine Aid as Russia Makes Slow Progress in Seizing East
- Could there be war between Russia and the West? Strategists predict what could happen next
- New gas pipeline boosts Europe’s bid to ease Russian supply
- Ukraine conflict could last years, Nato warns
- Kyiv attacked while UN chief was still visiting
- Ukraine slams Kyiv attack amid efforts for new Mariupol evac
- Russia making ‘slow and uneven’ progress as military tries to fix problems that plagued early invasion, US officials say
- Russia’s Long Disdain for Ukrainian Nationhood
- America, Again the Arsenal of Democracy
- The war isn’t over, but Ukraine is already prosecuting Russian crimes
- Ukraine’s top human rights official is determined to track war crimes and make sure Russians are held to account.
- Russian aggression may have a new target
- Russian forces reportedly came close to capturing Zelenskiy during first hours of invasion (“Interview with Time magazine reveals that Russian troops made two attempts to storm the presidential compound while Zelenskiy and his family were inside”)
- U.S. says Russian intelligence orchestrated attack on Nobel laureate (“Novaya Gazeta editor Dmitry Muratov was assailed with red paint laced with acetone during a Russian train trip on April 7.”)
- Oil Middlemen Fueled Putin’s War Machine. Now They’re Getting Out.
- Putin’s war on Ukraine has ‘driven US-Russia relations into the depths,’ US ambassador to Moscow says
- Ukraine Latest: Indonesia Says Putin, Zelenskiy to Attend G-20 (Why is Putin invited?!?)
- Meet the Sneakiest Defenders of Putin’s Invasion of Ukraine (“Propaganda peddlers rake in cash and followers at the expense of the truth and oppressed people in Ukraine, Xinjiang, and Syria.”)
- Biden asks Congress for $33bn Ukraine aid package
- Russia’s War on Ukraine Has Nearly Doubled Its Fossil-Fuel Revenues
- Ukraine names 10 Russian soldiers in alleged human rights abuses in Bucha
- Ukraine says Russia taking ‘colossal losses’ in eastern battle
- Deutsche Bank offices searched by authorities – Frankfurt prosecutors
- Political stakes high as Beijing responds to virus outbreak
- Kim Jong Un is adopting Putin’s Ukraine playbook
- Lloyd Austin is right. Russia must be weakened.
- Racial split on COVID-19 endures as restrictions ease in US
- Don’t Take the Surprising Drop in G.D.P. at Face Value (“Some special factors reduced headline growth in the first quarter.”)
- U.S. economy shrinks 1.4 percent in first quarter, raising fears of recession
- Time is running out for Biden’s EPA to act on climate
- The Largest U.S. Grid Operator Puts 1,200 Mostly Solar Projects on Hold for Two Years (Ugh.)
- Madeleine Albright’s funeral showed how far America has fallen
- The new Republican statism (“Local control? Federalism? Forget it. Republicans want to centralize power and direct it upward.”)
- The education culture war is raging. But for most parents, it’s background noise (“By wide margins, parents across the political spectrum are satisfied with how their children’s schools teach about race, gender and history. That’s according to a new national poll by NPR and Ipsos.”)
- Liberals Can’t Win a Culture War Without a Good Defense (“Democrats didn’t cede the communism issue to McCarthy”)
- 2022 Primary Season Heats Up: 13 Races To Watch In May’s Elections
- ‘Egg on our face’: New York redistricting mess spooks House Dems
- Bad news for Democrats who thought redistricting would be okay (“A vast asymmetry between the parties is working against Democrats.”)
- Capitol attack panel set to issue letters to Kevin McCarthy and other key Republicans (“Marjorie Taylor Greene and Lauren Boebert among those poised to receive letters requesting voluntary cooperation, sources say”)
- US creates board to counter misinformation as it swirls online
- Manchin Rejects Biden’s EV Tax Credit as ‘Ludicrous’ (Manchin is just awful.)
- Manchin’s moves leave Democrats doubting their agenda will pass
- Look at All These Companies Bankrolling Republican Jan. 6 Apologists
- Rachel Levine calls state anti-LGBTQ bills disturbing and dangerous to trans youth
- McConnell miscalculated Republican impeachment count against Trump, book says
- ‘Ask me nicely’: Trump demanded loyalty from governors for help, says book
- Likelihood of Trump Indictment in Manhattan Fades as Grand Jury Wraps Up (So much for justice being blind.)
- Feds seek $3M from Paul Manafort over failing to disclose offshore accounts
- Harvard’s history with slavery reveals an ugly truth about America
- G.O.P. Concocts Fake Threat: Voter Fraud by Undocumented Immigrants
- State accuses Exxon Mobil of deceiving public, perpetuating ‘myth’ of plastics recycling
- Editorial: Navy suicides sound alarm
- Georgia governor poll | Brian Kemp vs. David Perdue & Brian Kemp vs. Stacey Abrams results
- “Libs of TikTok” has used Twitter to target over 200 individual teachers, schools, and districts in 2022 for supporting LGBTQ students
- What Elon Musk’s polarization graph gets wrong
- Elon Musk Offloads $4 Billion of Tesla Shares, Pledges No More Sales
- Elon Musk’s uneasy relationship with the left explodes over Twitter takeover
- Williams: Twitter weaponized free speech. If Musk loosens the reins, he jeopardizes democracy.
- Personally, I Prefer Having Fewer Nazis on Twitter
- Musk’s Twitter Pitch Featured Job Cuts, Other Ways to Make Money
- Inside Twitter, Fears Musk Will Return Platform to Its Early Troubles
- Elon Musk Plans to Buy Twitter. Senate Democrats Have Some Questions
- Roger Stone Tries to Come Back to Twitter, Is Immediately Re-Banned
- Five reasons the Elon Musk deal to buy Twitter could still fall apart
- Republican who refuses to bend the knee to Trump surges in Ohio Senate race
- Okla. legislature approves bill banning abortions after 6 weeks of pregnancy
- Ron DeSantis is following a trail blazed by a Hungarian authoritarian (“The Florida governor isn’t doing ‘competent Trumpism.’ He’s inventing American Orbánism.”)
- The Wisconsin GOP is stuck with Ron Johnson. Democrats could pick a winner.
- Does Politico Know Who Kamala Harris Is?
- EXCLUSIVE: ‘I would like to see a naked body beneath my hands.’ (“GOP Rep Madison Cawthorn is caught on video with male scheduler’s hand on his crotch as new ethics complaint claims the congressman gave him thousands of dollars in loans and gifts”)
- Pregnancy From Rape Is ‘An Opportunity’ For Women, Says Republican Trying To Ban Abortion
- Revolt Brews in Michigan G.O.P. After Elevation of Trump Allies
- Sen. Tim Kaine, who suffers from long COVID-19 symptoms, pushes for research into treatments
- Study shows Virginia at increased risk for flash floods and landslides
- Virginia explained: the lawsuit trying to force new House elections
- Glenn Youngkin Pats Himself on the Back for 100 Days in Office; It Goes About as Well as You’d Think It Would. (More exaggerations, distortions, bulls*** and lies from the guy who was endorsed by Trump, Cruz, DeSantis, etc.)
- Governor Youngkin’s Bad Veto Session: Fails to Pass Signature Policy Initiative While Democrats Protect Progress (“Governor Youngkin and his allies…have shown Virginians where their allegiance lies – with negligent slumlords, skyrocketed healthcare costs, and against everyday Virginians.”)
- Longest-Serving Democrat in the VA House of Delegates, Ken Plum, Blasts Ouster of “Transformative” Eileen Filler-Corn (“Some newer members unjustly blamed her for the election losses that I believed should more accurately attributed to the disastrous race for Governor”)
- Karen Duncan: Some Thoughts On the Virginia House of Delegates “Palace Coup” Against Former Speaker Eileen Filler-Corn
- Portsmouth lawmaker led successful ouster of Filler-Corn; seeks to replace her as House minority leader
- Following national rise in antisemitism, Virginia teachers stress importance of Holocaust education (“April 28 is Holocaust Remembrance Day, commemorating the six million Jewish victims of the Holocaust. Yet, despite the lessons of history, antisemitism is on the rise in Virginia and around the world.”)
- Pope & Schapiro: Reconvene Session fallout and a change in leadership
- Virginia 10-Day New COVID-19 Cases Down 93% Compared to 1/19; Hospitalizations Down to 194 From ~4,000 in January
- Justice reform is slow, but Fairfax County is on the right track
- ‘Southwest Virginia is often left out’ (“Youngkin talks to Cardinal News about his first 100 days in office and why he intends to make Southwest Virginia a priority.”)
- Greater Richmond’s air quality better than most other cities, but not without risks
- Arlington County lawmakers give themselves $20,000 pay raise (“The move is meant to bring compensation in line with county board members’ nearly full-time workload in one of the wealthiest counties in the nation.” It’s far more than a full-time job to do it right, actually. Pay them accordingly!)
- D.C.-area forecast: Splendid bright and dry conditions through tomorrow
