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by Lowell
Here are a few international, national and Virginia news headlines, political and otherwise, for Monday, April 25.
Im no expert in body language but the interaction between @SecBlinken and @SecDef with their direct Ukrainian counterparts @DmytroKuleba and defense minister Reznikov (see @DefenceU ) seems extremely close, like they’ve been working very closely recently. https://t.co/bdc2NAAXOz
— Phillips P. OBrien (@PhillipsPOBrien) April 25, 2022
- Wind Power’s ‘Colossal Market Failure’ Threatens Climate Fight (“Turbine makers reel from soaring costs, changes in subsidies; Chinese companies could grab more of market as rivals stumble”)
- A Different Kind of Solar Power Attracts Attention (“Concentrated solar-thermal power, which uses mirrors to reflect and concentrate the sun’s energy, isn’t ready for prime time…yet”)
- Russia’s war in Ukraine is a ‘watershed moment’ for climate crisis
- Russia brutalising Ukraine but losing war, US says
- U.S. believes Ukraine can win the war with “the right equipment”
- Russian advance in Ukraine slow; US says Moscow ‘is failing’
- Ukraine Live Updates: U.S. Says It Wants Russian Military ‘Weakened’
- In Kyiv, Blinken and Austin announce aid, diplomatic surge
- U.S. to resume diplomatic operations in Ukraine
- U.S. Says It Wants Russian Military ‘Weakened’
- Heavy weaponry pours into Ukraine as commanders become more desperate (“Russian forces are attempting a pincer movement on Ukrainian forces in the Donbas. Will Western artillery, tanks and drones get there in time?”)
- Tested by war, Ukraine’s Jews keep faith in their country
- Putin Used Conspiracy Theories Before. Now He Seems to Believe Them. (Scary.)
- Russians Have Already Committed So Many War Crimes, It Will Take Years to Tally Them All Up (“Even the forensic pathologists are in tears in Ukraine, where the scale of the atrocities carried out by the Russians is too huge to calculate.”)
- Critics are wrong. Biden is getting Ukraine right. (Most of these critics aren’t operating in good faith, of course.)
- How Zelensky Ended Political Discord and Put Ukraine on a War Footing (“As he defends his country, President Volodymyr Zelensky has unified a government usually known for infighting.”)
- Putin Is Pushing Finland and Sweden Into NATO’s Arms
- Blinken, Austin pledge return of U.S. diplomats, more security assistance on Kyiv visi
- Putin abandons hopes of Ukraine deal and shifts to land-grab strategy
- U.S. Withholds Sanctions on a Very Close Putin Associate: His Reputed Girlfriend
- How Russia’s war in Ukraine is dividing the Orthodox Christian world
- I’ve dealt with Putin before: I know what it will take to defeat this brutal despot (By Viktor Yushchenko, the president of Ukraine from 2005 to 2010)
- Macron wins one for democracy, but the far right still looms (Yep, including in the United States, where everyone has to vote Democratic, up and down the ballot!)
- France’s Macron wins presidency, holding off Le Pen’s far-right threat to upend Europe and relations with Russia
- French Election: Macron Holds Off Far-Right Push
- Euro gains in early trade after Macron’s landslide victory against Marine Le Pen
- Emmanuel Macron’s Win Offers Him a Chance to Be Great
- Macron Gets Second Chance to Show France His Vision Can Work
- France’s Macron wins second term decisively
- What’s next for Marine Le Pen?
- Macron’s win is cause for great relief — and modest celebration
- Analysis: Foreign investors are ditching China. Russia’s war is the latest trigger
- Chinese Naval Base in Solomons a ‘Red Line,’ Australia Says
- New Congressional Evidence: Yes, Trump Allies Knew What Was Coming on Jan. 6
- ‘Get up off our rear ends’ or lose badly in midterms, Elizabeth Warren warns Democrats
- Warren slams McCarthy as ‘liar’ and traitor’ over Jan 6 tape (Every Democrat should be saying this.)
- Elizabeth Warren Is Fresh Out of Patience for Kevin McCarthy
- The Democratic Party Is Wasting Its Grassroots Energy (“The conservative movement is out-marching the left”)
- The Supreme Court ponders the right to pray on the 50-yard line (Who has confidence that this horrible, far-right Supreme Court will make the right decision in this, or any, case?)
- Warren Buffett Faces Renewed Climate Change Challenge by Investors (“Mr. Buffett has pushed back against investors who want to force Berkshire Hathaway to do more to reduce greenhouse gas emissions.”)
- McCarthy audio shows Congress must bolster our democratic system — now
- A Crusade to Challenge the 2020 Election, Blessed by Church Leaders (Sad excuse for “religion.”)
- Judge set to weigh whether Trump should be held in contempt (This SHOULD be a no-brainer. But will it?)
- Juan Williams: Trump rains on McConnell’s parade
- Why Being Anti-Science Is Now Part Of Many Rural Americans’ Identity (That’s beyond f’ed up.)
- Ron DeSantis’s attack on Disney obviously violates the First Amendment
- The real reason today’s Republican Party hates corporations like Disney
- Twitter in Advanced Talks to Sell Itself to Elon Musk
- Twitter Re-Examines Elon Musk’s Bid, May Be More Receptive to a Deal
- Climate Activist Dies After Setting Himself on Fire at Supreme Court
- Utah Democrats decline to nominate their own candidate, back independent in midterm Senate race
- Michigan Senate candidate: ‘A family should be a White mom, White dad and White kids’ (“Randy Bishop, a right-wing Michigan radio host who filed last week to run for the state Senate, said on his show last month that TV commercials were attempting to make him feel guilty because he thinks families should be all White.”)
- Joe Kahn can be a great New York Times editor (“I know him. Here’s why I think he might be the man for this perilous moment.” Sure hope so; we’ll see…)
- Inept ‘People’s Convoy’ chased out of Bay Area by egg-throwing kids
- Trump’s Georgia GOP Revenge Plot Is Backfiring
- The Latest in Virginia Republican Extremism: Amanda Chase, Bob Good, Ken Cuccinelli, Corey Stewart, Ted Nugent, etc.
- Why the University of Virginia is becoming a battleground for speech (“Once a bastion of preppy White men, it long ago admitted women and has expanded to more foreign students and non-Whites. That apparently seems threatening to the Old Guard, which is critical of the university’s attempts to extend its diversity outreach.”)
- Some Virginia House Democrats are trying to replace caucus leadership this week (Why?)
- Virginians Recognize Importance of Earth Day and Climate Change Advocacy; Let’s Address the Role of Campaign Donations Coming from the Fossil Fuel Industry
- Virginia’s rising syphilis cases are another bellwether of a strained public health system
- AG Miyares wants more transparency about decisions to dismiss or suspend judges
- Decades, tragedies and heartaches later, Virginia’s mental health system still struggles
- Del. Buddy Fowler to run for re-election in new district
- In Richmond visit, Sanders calls unionizing Starbucks employees ‘heroes and heroines’
- D.C.-area forecast: Pleasantly mild today and Tuesday before sharp cooling
