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by Lowell
Here are a few international, national and Virginia news headlines, political and otherwise, for Sunday, May 15.
NEW: A mass shooter in Buffalo, NY who killed at least 10 people had posted a manifesto online espousing the White Replacement Theory, per @BNONews.
White Replacement Theory has been long promoted and championed by Tucker Carlson on Fox News.pic.twitter.com/LaO82WpzfH
— Brian Tyler Cohen (@briantylercohen) May 14, 2022
- $11 Trillion and Counting: Global Stock Slump May Not Be Over
- Saudi Aramco’s Profit Soars as Oil Prices and Output Jump
- Front lines shift in Donbas as Ukraine mounts counteroffensive
- G7 presses China to put real pressure on Putin (“Group of Seven also says Taiwan has to be kept peaceful, underlining fears of Chinese military aggression.”)
- Russia’s Black Sea blockade pushing millions towards famine, G7 says (“Foreign ministers call for action to allow export of Ukrainian grain, as Kyiv claims Russian withdrawal from second-largest city” NATO could break that blockade, but at what risks?)
- Finland Applies to Join NATO to Deter Russian Aggression
- Russia faces stall in Ukraine; Finland favors joining NATO
- ‘Neutral’ Europe recedes as Finns, Swedes edge toward NATO
- GOP lawmakers visit Kyiv as Europe readies new alliances
- Russia’s Backyard Weighs Opportunities, Threats From Putin’s War (“Ex-Soviet states are striving to avoid conflict and loosen Moscow ties as Putin’s war in Ukraine sends tremors through the region”)
- Ukraine Launches Counteroffensive to Disrupt Russian Supply Lines (“Ukrainian forces continued clearing villages north of Kharkiv, Russian President Vladimir Putin warned Finland’s leader that joining NATO would risk damaging ties with Moscow, and GOP senators visited Kyiv.”)
- List of GOP lawmakers against Ukraine aid is quickly growing (This party is seriously f’ed up.)
- The far-right mystical writer who helped shape Putin’s view of Russia (“Alexander Dugin sees the Ukraine war as part of a wider, spiritual battle between traditional order and progressive chaos.” Sounds like Tucker Carlson!)
- Top Senate Republican meets Zelenskiy, Russia says U.S. involvement dangerous
- Ukrainian band Kalush Orchestra wins Eurovision amid war
- Israeli police investigate officers’ use of force at a veteran journalist’s funeral
- There’s an election in Australia. Here’s how climate fits in. (“The country has been hit hard by wildfires and other climate disasters, but it’s also making tons of money from fossil fuels.”)
- ‘America First’ is America at its worst
- Could solar power solve Puerto Rico’s energy nightmare?
- Abortion rights backers rally in anger over post-Roe future
- Thousands protest across U.S. to start ‘summer of rage’ to defend abortion rights
- Coast-to-coast rallies support abortion rights
- “Bans Off Our Bodies” Rallies Draw Abortion-Rights Supporters Expressing Anger, Defiance, and Unity
- Opinion | America’s Oil and Gas Boom Didn’t Deliver True Energy Security (“Investing in clean energy, efficiency and electrification is the only path to get us there.” Exactly!)
- Williams: Without informed citizens, democracy will succumb to falsehoods.
- A new covid wave? Be less alarmed, more prepared
- Justice Thomas Should Take a Long Look in the Mirror (But he won’t.)
- Supermarket Shooting Suspect Linked to Online Hatred
- Witnesses describe horrors of mass shooting at a Buffalo supermarket
- Ten Dead After White Supremacist Gunman Attacks Buffalo Supermarket
- America’s Gun Plague
- Buffalo Shooter’s Manifesto Promotes “Great Replacement” Theory, Antisemitism and Previous Mass Shooters
- Statement by President Biden on Mass Shooting in Buffalo, New York
- Gunman, 18, drove more than 3 hours to Buffalo to commit hate crime, officials say
- At least 10 dead in mass shooting at Buffalo supermarket
- Buffalo shooting: teenager accused of killing 10 in ‘racist’ supermarket attack
- Officials say a gunman’s attack that killed 10 was a racially motivated hate crime
- AUDIO: Stefanik staffer twists himself in knots defending “pedo grifters” comment
- The Musk-Twitter endgame
- Trump Endorses Extremist Mastriano in Pennsylvania Governor’s Race (“It’s a bit awkward, since the gubernatorial candidate’s ‘running mate,’ Kathy Barnette, is threatening Trump’s Senate candidate Dr. Oz.”)
- Trump Gives Last-Minute Endorsement to Big Lie Proponent in PA Governor’s Race (“The former president seems to be hedging his bets against a potential Senate defeat for Dr. Oz.” Mastriano is a DISASTER.)
- The Post-Trump Politics of the G.O.P. Primaries (“Conservative operatives have a few theories for why the former President’s endorsement of Mehmet Oz failed to clear the field.”)
- Rep. Elise Stefanik’s Staff Reportedly Backs Off Her ‘Pedo Grifter’ Theory On Formula Shortage (“A spokesperson now claims she meant ‘children’ grifters, not pedophile grifters, which still makes no sense.” It’s horrifying that this extremist nutter is any position of power.)
- Who Has the “Pedo Grifters” Nutjob Elise Stefanik (R), Who Spews the “Language of Civil War,” Endorsed in Virginia? (Stefanik also praised Youngkin’s supposedly “historic and electrifying victory” over supposed “Socialist” policies…)
- With One Week Until Convention, Challenger Dan Moy Sprints Toward Finish (It will be very surprising if far-right extremist, bigot, insurrectionist, etc. Bob Good doesn’t win easily. That’s where the far-right “base”‘s collective head is at right now, unfortunately.)
- Friday Night Update from the ER in Arlington, VA: “The ER is busy”; “Paxlovid is doing it’s job of preventing hospitalizations, but clearly the rebound of symptoms is not intended or desired” (“Finally, just a word on the baby formula shortage. Do not dilute the formula with extra water.”)
- Virginia closing COVID rent relief application portal Sunday
- Video, Photos: Large Crowds Attend “Bans Off Our Bodies” Rallies in Richmond, Elsewhere in Virginia (and Across the Country) (“Women seeking reproductive healthcare are not criminals!”)
- Editorial: Regional flooding needs cash flow (“The recent flooding again demonstrates the urgency of funding resilience projects across Hampton Roads.” Also, we need to get off of fossil fuels ASAP.)
- DuBois: The future I see for Virginia’s Community Colleges
- Hundreds, fearing the overturn of Roe v. Wade, march in Hampton Roads
- Charlottesville rallies in support of Roe v. Wade
- ‘Bans Off Our Bodies’ rallies through rain in Roanoke
- Boeing’s move to Arlington pushes ‘tech hub’ vision closer to reality (“More companies could relocate their headquarters to Northern Virginia. What does that mean for the county?”)
- Doug Wilder accuses VCU provost of racism for not firing employee
- D.C.-area forecast: Warm and humid with afternoon storm chances today and tomorrow
