by Lowell
Here are a few international, national and Virginia news headlines, political and otherwise, for Sunday, May 8.
- Deadly ‘wet-bulb temperatures’ are being stoked by climate change and heat waves (“Wet-bulb temperature measures the combination of heat and humidity, which can hamper the human body’s ability to cool itself if at too high a level.”)
- Humans need to help other species face climate change, scientists say
- The Climate Conundrum Baked Into India’s Heat Wave (“How the country meets an escalating demand for energy is a problem the whole world must reckon with.”)
- India and Pakistan’s brutal heat wave poised to resurge
- The good times are rolling for Big Oil. 3 things to know about their surging profits
- British scientist says US anti-abortion lawyers misused his work to attack Roe v Wade (“Giandomenico Iannetti, a pain expert at UCL, angrily denies that his research suggests foetuses can feel pain before 24 weeks”)
- Putin’s choices filled with peril on eve of Victory Day parade
- Putin has put himself at the center of Russia’s Victory Day. But he has little to celebrate
- Why May 9 is a big day for Russia, and what a declaration of war would mean
- Ukraine Latest: EU Tries to Finalize Russian Oil Sanctions Plan
- The EU can’t quite get it together on a Russian oil embargo
- Ahead of a Victory Day without victory, Putin faces a choice over whether to launch all-out war
- Luhansk school bombing buries up to 60
- Seizing an Oligarch’s Assets Is One Thing. Giving Them to Ukraine Is Another. (“It could take years for Russian assets seized by the U.S. to be sold to benefit the Ukrainian people. The Biden administration wants to speed up the process.”)
- Zelensky to Meet Virtually With Group of 7 Leaders
- How Ukrainian Civilians Helped Win the Battle for Kyiv
- Russian Airstrike Kills Villagers Taking Shelter at School, Ukraine Says
- Patriotism, unease mix as Russia marks Victory Day in WWII
- Dozens feared dead as Russian shell hits Ukrainian school (Pure evil; yet another war crime by war criminal Putin’s regime.)
- CIA director says China ‘unsettled’ by Ukraine war
- Putin believes he can’t “afford to lose” in Ukraine, CIA chief says
- Putin sends Mariupol survivors to remote corners of Russia as investigation reveals network of 66 camps
- Russian rubles, Soviet flags, Kremlin TV: Putin bids for long-term control in occupied cities
- Russia’s Grave Miscalculation: Ukrainians Would Collaborate
- Ukraine: Women, kids, older adults evacuated from steel mill
- Brazil’s Lula Makes Presidential Candidacy Official at Event
- Sinn Fein hails ‘new era’ as it wins Northern Ireland vote
- Afghanistan’s Taliban order women to cover up head to toe (F*** the Taliban…and all who think like them.)
- Beijing loyalist John Lee elected as Hong Kong’s next leader
- Syrians in desperate need of aid hit hard by Ukraine fallout
- China Premier Warns of ‘Grave’ Jobs Situation Amid Lockdowns
- Philippines on high alert as all systems go for election
- Less immigrant labor in US contributing to price hikes (We need more, not less, immigration.)
- Jan. 6 was worse than you remember. It must define our politics. (“Jan. 6 should have been a turning point in our politics. Voters must recognize that where politicians stand on democracy is more important than tax rates, inflation, gas prices or any other policy issue.”)
- White House alarmed that Commerce probe is ‘smothering’ solar industry (This is absolutely nuts.)
- Utilities push back against growth of rooftop solar panels (That includes Dominion Energy, which does NOT want anyone but itself producing electricity.)
- The prospects for restoring Roe (“The outlook is grim in the short term. But there are three possible paths over the longer term.”)
- Women who fought for US abortion rights in the 70s call for mass global protests (“Veteran activists say the overthrow of Roe v Wade would equate to murder, and should send warning signals around the world”)
- A 49-year crusade: Inside the movement to overturn Roe v. Wade
- McConnell says national abortion ban ‘possible’
- Here’s What GOP-Nominated Justices Said About Roe v. Wade During Their Senate Hearings
- Republicans Would Really Prefer You Just Not Talk About the Roe Opinion (“Republican Senate candidates have been advised to say they’re ‘consensus builders’ on abortion.” They are, in fact, the polar opposite!))
- ‘We cannot go back’: People share their stories of abortion and access
- The Limits of Privilege in a Post-Roe World (“The new abortion regime is going to affect everyone.”)
- Where Does the Anti-Abortion Movement Go After Roe?
- Threat to Roe puts GOP on defense in 2022 battlegrounds (Republicans want to talk about anything/everything BUT abortion rights.)
- Will pro-choice protesters attack Catholic churches? The right seems to think so (“Starting on Thursday, the prospect of church protests became an increasingly hot topic, not among pro-choice advocates — since no mainstream movement groups appear to have endorsed the Ruth Sent Us actions — but rather on the right. The story sped from one conservative news outlet to another, including the National Review, Breitbart, Newsmax, the Washington Times, the New York Post, and, inevitably, numerous segments on Fox News and its affiliates.”)
- Abortion Rally Draws Thousands in Houston
- Judge rejects Trump lawsuit challenging ban from Twitter
- Oklahoma abortion clinics turn patients away under new ban — a glimpse into a post-Roe future
- California’s 2 largest reservoirs plunging at an alarming rate
- ‘SNL’ takes on Roe v. Wade and abortion laws
- ‘SNL’ Goes Medieval on SCOTUS Plan to Overturn Roe v. Wade
- Meghan McCain’s Feud With Dad’s Adviser Erupts on Twitter (Meghan McCain sounds like a horrible person.)
- Virginia Democrats Rip Far-Right AG Jason Miyares For “divisive parroting of fictional right-wing bot accounts,” “pushing right-wing propaganda,” Twisting the 1st Amendment, etc. (Miyares fear mongers about supposed “threats” by the “extreme left” to “[disrupt] Catholic Masses this Sunday.”)
- As UVA COVID Model Says “Case growth is widespread” and “BA.2.12.1 is even more transmissible than BA.2,” Youngkin “Hurriedly” Orders State Workers Back to Office (Sen. Ghazala Hashmi “receiving emails & calls from state employees angry/confused by this sudden policy shift,”; many of those employees “have children & summer camp decision that now must be changed – at great expense.”)
- The historical references for Youngkin’s tactics (“So, there is precedent for Mr. Youngkin’s actions: the tactics of segregationists. If Mr. Youngkin objects to being lumped with racists, he shouldn’t adopt their tactics.”)
- Youngkin urges Regent graduates to restore grace to public discourse (Youngkin preaching what he does NOT practice. In fact, Youngkin’s campaign for governor was NOT filled with “grace” at all, but with divisiveness, racist “dog whistles” or worse, etc.)
- 23 Va. school districts have taken books off shelves in past two years
- Friday Night Update from the ER in Arlington, VA: “Our total positive numbers for this past week are almost double what we saw the previous week” (“One million deaths. 1,000,000. That’s a huge number and probably not one we thought we would cross 26 months ago when the pandemic was declared.”)
- Competing Republican Southwest Virginia lawmakers spar over abortion (As usual, they don’t credit or link to the person who broke this story, which was Brandon Jarvis of Virginia Scope, followed by Blue Virginia, which DID credit Jarvis.)
- New owner of shuttered Patrick County hospital connected to legal controversy in Chicago
- Battling yard signs on a quiet corner in Alexandria
- William & Mary unveils memorial for enslaved people
- Low-lying Hampton Roads will likely be impacted by tidal surge beginning Sunday (Expect a LOT more of this as the climate crisis continues to get worse!)
- Surveillance video captures Heritage High School shooting; teacher describes moments of chaos
- D.C.-area forecast: A cloudy, brisk Mother’s Day, with sunshine Monday
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