by Lowell
Here are a few international, national and Virginia news headlines, political and otherwise, for Sunday, May 1.
- Solar energy can now be stored for up to 18 years, say scientists
- How Americans’ love of beef is helping destroy the Amazon rainforest (The meat industry is a disaster in so, so many ways.)
- Swallows and martins head back to the UK but a changing climate threatens their future
- Russian threats redraw the global energy map (“European nations rush to replace imports from Russia in a test of resolve”)
- COVID’s new Omicron sub-lineages can dodge immunity from past infection, study says
- Ukrainian Official Outlines Intentional Ambiguity on Strikes Inside Russia
- Pelosi Meets Zelensky in Kyiv, as U.S. Support for Ukraine Grows (“Fierce Fighting Rages in Eastern Part of Country”)
- Nancy Pelosi pledges US support until ‘fight is done’
- Some evacuated from Mariupol; US lawmaker Pelosi visits Kyiv
- How the ‘jack-in-the-box’ flaw dooms some Russian tanks
- From Battered Mariupol Steel Plant, Fighters Share Desperate Videos to Push Out Story
- Nancy Pelosi leads U.S. delegation to Kyiv, meets with Ukraine’s president
- Nancy Pelosi Visits Ukraine’s President Zelensky in Kyiv
- Hacking Russia was off-limits. The Ukraine war made it a free-for-all. (“Experts anticipated a Moscow-led cyber assault; instead, unprecedented attacks by hacktivists and criminals have wreaked havoc in Russia.”)
- Defeating Putin will require larger U.S. commitments — and risks
- Western artillery surging to Ukraine will reshape war
- Angelina Jolie Makes Surprise Ukraine Visit, Meets Children
- Russia’s Occupation of Southern Ukraine Hardens
- ‘Troll factory’ spreading Russian pro-war lies online, says UK
- EU Should Avoid Russian Energy Sanctions, Hungary Minister Says
- How the barbaric lessons learned in Syria came to haunt one small Ukrainian village
- Inside China’s Zero-Covid Fortress, Xi Admits No Doubts
- U.K. MP Resigns After Admitting Watching Porn in Parliament
- Covid-19 Cases Rise in the U.S., With Limited Impact (“The latest increase in Covid-19 infections hasn’t sparked a commensurate surge in severe illness, even as risks remain. Hospitalizations, though muted, are edging higher.”)
- Biden ticks up, but GOP holds advantage on economy, Post-ABC poll finds (It’s absolutely nuts that Republicans would ever enjoy an advantage on the economy, given their abysmal track record.)
- Biden roasts Trump, GOP, himself at correspondents’ dinner
- White House Correspondents’ Dinner returns with president in attendance
- Trevor Noah Holds Nothing Back in Brutally Funny WHCD Roast
- Biden gets ‘deadly earnest’ about threats to democracy amid jokes at correspondents’ dinner
- White House officials weigh income limits for student loan forgiveness
- Obama tackles disinformation after failing to ‘fully appreciate’ issue while president (It’s amazing he didn’t fully appreciate those when he was president, but great that he’s engaging on it now!)
- US Republicans return to politics of immigration as midterm strategy
- A Role Model for the Midterms (“Democrats need to fight back against the Republicans’ phony culture war. Michigan State Senator Mallory McMorrow showed how.”)
- McCarthy embodies the House GOP’s post-Trump dilemma and post-Gingrich history
- Trump faces biggest test of his ‘king-maker’ clout since leaving White House
- Meadows says 1/6 panel has sought to publicly ‘vilify’ him (In fact, Meadows richly deserves any vilification – and prison time – he gets, for trying to destroy our democracy!)
- A Democratic lawmaker warned Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez about possible violence ahead of January 6 and to ‘dress down’ because she is a ‘very recognizable target’: book (“Rep. Abigail Spanberger was concerned about possible violence in the days leading up to Jan. 6, 2021. She warned Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez that she was “a very recognizable target,” a new book says. She urged the progressive lawmaker to ‘Wear sneakers, dress down — don’t look like you.'”)
- Marjorie Taylor Greene accused of lying in hearing in Capitol attack case
- These candidates say Trump won in 2020—now they’re running to oversee future elections (Very, VERY dangerous – vote accordingly!)
- 2022 Midterms: A Guide to the Races Worth Watching (“A cheat sheet for all the crucial races, upsets, and campaign drama from now through Election Day.”)
- How Tucker Carlson Stoked White Fear to Conquer Cable
- Inside the Apocalyptic Worldview of ‘Tucker Carlson Tonight’
- How Tucker Carlson Reshaped Fox News — and Became Trump’s Heir
- How Twitter’s Board Went From Fighting Elon Musk to Accepting Him
- 11 Weird and Upsetting Facts About Elon Musk (Musk is completely f’ed as a human being.)
- Conn. lawmakers pass bill to be ‘place of refuge’ for abortion patients
- Dr Oz dropped by Columbia amid pro-Trump Republican Senate run – report (“‘He’s been a huge danger to public health,’ says prominent medical ethicist Dr Arthur Caplan”)
- Sean Hannity (Once Again) Confirms He Is Not a Journalist (This should have ended his career, but of course it won’t at the disgraceful Fox “News”)
- Country music legend Naomi Judd, one half of The Judds, dies age 76
- Youngkin assaults transportation funding to notch a political win
- Wayne Turnage, Who Served as Gov. Tim Kaine’s Chief of Staff, Calls Ouster of Eileen Filler-Corn as VA House Dem Leader a Huge Mistake (“Under Eileen’s leadership, in just two years, the Democrats in the House were instrumental in turbo-charging the pace of reform in the Commonwealth”)
- Scott’s backers promote him for House Dem leader after ex-speaker’s ouster
- Opinion: Ways to address gun violence in Virginia communities (“Proposed legislation to address gun violence in Virginia shows promise and deserves passage, Virginia Sen. Jennifer McClellan and Del. Marcia Price write in a guest column.”)
- Friday Night Update from the ER in Arlington, VA: COVID Pandemic “has made it much more challenging” to “find psychiatric beds for patients who required hospitalization” (Also: “let’s talk again about why COVID is different than the flu.”)
- Editorial: Finding a festival niche (“Since Hampton Roads depends on tourism, it’s worth considering how the region might fill the hole left now that Something in the Water has relocated to Washington.”)
- D.C.-area forecast: Showers and storms possible later today; warmer through midweek
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