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by Lowell
Here are a few international, national and Virginia news headlines, political and otherwise, for Saturday, May 28.
- Climate pressure from employees, shareholders rattles Big Oil (“The likes of Shell and ExxonMobil are meeting resistance to ‘business as usual’”)
- Key nations agree to halt funding for new fossil fuel projects (“The Group of Seven pledges to phase out unabated coal plants by 2035”)
- China’s coal mining boosts methane levels, also dangerous for climate change
- The Unavoidable Factor That Could Determine the Outcome in War in Ukraine (“Zelensky is well aware—and deeply fearful—of this flagging interest, which is why he continues to give rallying remote speeches almost daily, pressing his allies for more heavy long-range weapons more quickly. The campaign is succeeding.”)
- Biden says Putin trying to ‘wipe out’ Ukrainian culture, as prospect of retreat looms in east
- Zelensky promises Donbas will be ‘Ukrainian again,’ as Russian forces continue to make gains
- U.S. to Send Advanced Rocket Systems to Kyiv, Officials Say
- Ukraine fears repeat of Mariupol horrors elsewhere in Donbas
- Russia claims control of key city in Ukraine’s east
- Russia claims capture of railway junction in eastern Ukraine (“Russia said its forces were in full control of the Ukrainian town of Lyman, a railway hub in the Donetsk region, on Saturday in a gain that would help set the stage for the next phase of the Kremlin’s offensive in the eastern Donbas.” Ugh.)
- In occupied Kherson, Russia is imposing a grim, hopeless reality
- Sensitive Iranian Military Site Was Targeted in Attack
- ‘Tomorrow will be better’: Shanghai inches towards COVID re-opening
- Cardinal Angelo Sodano, Vatican power broker for decades, dies at 94 (“Sodano was accused of covering up one of the Catholic Church’s most notorious sex abusers.”)
- The Guardian view on Australia’s election: Labor needs to go bigger on climate
- California, New Zealand announce climate change partnership
- The Fed’s favorite inflation measure rose 4.9% in April in a sign that price increases could be slowing
- Key inflation measure eases, suggesting price increases could be slowing
- Stocks could build on gains in the week ahead as investors await Friday’s jobs report
- Mitch McConnell Never Puts America First
- Democrats See Progress With Manchin in Talks on Biden Economic Agenda (This falls into the “we’ll believe it IF and when we see it, and not a second earlier” category. Also, stop calling Manchin a “centrist”; he’s a VERY conservative Dem from a bright-“red” state.)
- Kevin McCarthy’s coverup for Trump just got much more alarming
- First on CNN: Georgia district attorney investigating Trump has subpoenaed officials from secretary of state’s office
- Up to 50 Subpoenas Expected as Grand Jury Begins Trump Inquiry
- Trump’s Federal Suit Against New York A.G. Is Dismissed
- As US mourns shootings, NRA in turmoil but influence remains
- NRA speakers unshaken on gun rights after school massacre
- Our gun laws were built on fantasy and terror (“The right’s gun ideology is meant to atomize and isolate us, so government solutions seem pointless.”)
- Official: Girl told 911 ‘send the police now’ as cops waited
- Families deserve answers about how police responded to Texas school shooting
- Protesters’ anguished shouts fail to dampen gun enthusiasm at NRA convention in Houston
- Trump, Cruz join NRA leaders in defiant response to Uvalde shooting
- ‘It’s straight out of a playbook’: At NRA convention, conspiracy theories abound (“To many attendees, the mass shooting in Uvalde was about mental illness and dark forces pushing their own agendas.”)
- Kathleen Parker: An AR-15 is not a colonial musket. Our laws should acknowledge that.
- Guns kill people. They don’t make people heroes.
- At N.R.A. Convention, the Blame Is on ‘Evil,’ Not Guns
- Donald Trump and Ted Cruz made inaccurate claims at the N.R.A. convention. Here’s a fact check.
- Children repeatedly called 911 as police stood in the hallway
- 78 Minutes (“That’s how long police say they left children locked in a classroom with a gunman as they repeatedly called 911, begging for help.”)
- Trump calls for school security systems that Uvalde elementary had
- Law Enforcement’s Attempt to Cover Its Own Ass In the Robb Elementary Tragedy Is Unforgivable
- The Uvalde police keep changing their story
- After El Paso shooting, Trump pushed again on gun control. His aides talked him out of it.
- At N.R.A. Convention, the Blame Is on ‘Evil,’ Not Guns
- Police waited 45 minutes in school before pursuing shooter
- In Uvalde, the Most Enraging Press Conference in American History
- Students in the room with the gunman called 911 many times
- Too Many Doors And Liberal Teachers: Here’s What The GOP Blames For The Uvalde Shooting
- We Already Turned Schools Into Fortresses (“Kids are dying anyway”)
- For Trump and Other NRA Speakers, the Answer to Uvalde Was More Guns (“The horror of Tuesday’s school shooting in Texas left an impression at the NRA’s annual conference, but it didn’t make a difference.”)
- NRA leader calls gun ownership ‘fundamental human right’
- Uvalde police chief who delayed officer response to shooting to join City Counci
- Federal agents entered Uvalde school to kill gunman despite local police initially asking them to wait
- Texas DPS on Uvalde shooting: ‘It was the wrong decision,’ not to breach classroom
- She smeared blood on herself and played dead: 11-year-old reveals chilling details of the massacre
- Uvalde gunman threatened rapes and school shootings on social media app Yubo in weeks leading up to the massacre, users say
- Senator who has received $1m from NRA runs into a locked door trying to avoid Texas shooting questions (“Ron Johnson asked about gun control the day after 19 students and two teachers were killed in Texas massacre. Texas congressman says it’s not time to talk about new gun laws.” This guy is heinous.)
- Vast majority of educators reject Republican proposals for arming teachers
- “Let Beto Speak”: Texans Desperately Need an Alternative to NRA Republicans
- Uvalde shooting pushes gun control to the fore in Texas governor’s race
- Essential Politics: Gun deaths dropped in California as they rose in Texas: Gun control seems to work
- Trump’s judges are coming for California’s gun laws. Can we stop them?
- San Francisco Giants manager Gabe Kapler ‘not okay with the state of this country’ in wake of Uvalde shooting
- Jan. 6 defendant who once posed as Hitler tells jurors he’s an ‘idiot’ who didn’t know Congress met at Capitol
- As Cheney files for reelection, poll from rival group shows her trailing badly
- Gun debate looms again in Va. congressional district miles from NRA
- Video: Virginia Dems Say It’s “Utterly Disgusting,” “Shameful,” and an “Abomination” That LG Winsome Sears Is Speaking at the NRA Convention in Texas Just Days After the Mass Shooting in Uvalde (“Gov. Youngkin – do you support your ticketmate and Lt. Gov. in this? did you ask her not to go? if you didn’t, you should – why not?”)
- At NRA gathering in Texas, Winsome Sears says guns aren’t the problem
- Va. Gov. Glenn Youngkin offers telework consideration for state workers with children
- Youngkin vetoes seven more bills, including eviction measures (Pathetic.)
- Friday Night Update from the ER in Arlington, VA: “What happened in Uvalde, Texas this week is hard to process”; “After two years of wearing goggles, I tried out a face shield”
- A look at some of the budget proposals lawmakers will take up next week
- Schapiro: Uvalde’s aftershocks for a Va. deeply scarred by guns
- Virginia can provide more hope for foster children
- Is hydrogen overhyped? A Virginia clean energy advocate doesn’t think so (“Alleyn Harned is realistic about the limitations of producing hydrogen from renewable energy. But he still sees it as a critical piece of the puzzle for reducing emissions.”)
- Virginia legislators’ budget proposal includes grocery tax elimination, raises for teachers and I-64 widening project funds
- Senators Chap Petersen, Jeremy McPike Explain Why They Are Probably Moving From Voting “Green” to “Red” on the Commanders Stadium Deal (Sen. Petersen asks, “Would it be almost more palatable to do this with an expansion franchise than with the current franchise?”)
- Former Virginia Tech football player Isimemen Etute found not guilty in beating death of Blacksburg man
- EVMS psychiatrist under fire after testimony in Depp v. Heard trial
- D.C.-area forecast: Heat builds through a mainly sunny Memorial Day weekend
