by Lowell
Here are a few international, national and Virginia news headlines, political and otherwise, for Tuesday, May 24.
- Sharp cut in methane now could help avoid worst of climate crisis
- New Study Says World Must Cut Short-Lived Climate Pollutants as Well as Carbon Dioxide to Meet Paris Agreement Goals (“Cutting only CO2 emissions, but failing to rein in methane, HFCs and soot, will speed global warming in the coming decades and only slow it later this century.”)
- Qantas Says Synthetic Fuel Could Power Long Flights by Mid-2030s (“‘Power-to-liquid’ technology may prove the ‘nirvana’ for sustainable aviation, the Australian airline predicts.”)
- South Asia’s intense heat wave a ‘sign of things to come’
- Davos climate focus: Can ‘going green’ mean oil and gas? (Nope.)
- Spain paints itself as the answer to Europe’s Russian energy problem
- Expert: Monkeypox likely spread by sex at 2 raves in Europe
- As Monkeypox Cases Rise, Nations Are Urged to Examine Vaccine Stores
- Smallpox Vaccine Enters Wider Production Amid Monkeypox Outbreak
- Putin made ‘big strategic mistake,’ NATO chief says; Donbas attacks intensify
- Russia steps up shelling, seeking gains in Ukraine’s Donbas
- Russia launches assault to encircle Ukraine troops in east
- Denmark offers Ukraine Harpoon missiles to fight Russia’s Black Sea blockade
- Zelenskiy Calls For Sanctions on Russian Oil, Tech: Davos Update
- Biden: Leaders navigating ‘dark hour’ after Ukraine invasion
- After 3 months, Russia still bogged down in Ukraine war
- The War Won’t End Until Putin Loses (“Offering the Russian president a face-saving compromise will only enable future aggression.”)
- Former US soldier now fighting in Ukraine tells of days trapped in ‘house of horrors’
- Dictator Reveals Putin’s Wet Dream of a ‘New World Order’
- German economy minister expects EU embargo on Russian oil ‘within days’ -ZDF
- Russian invasion of Ukraine is a global issue, says Biden
- ‘Warmongering, lies and hatred’: Russian diplomat in Geneva resigns over Ukraine invasion (“Boris Bondarev issues public statement saying: ‘Never have I been so ashamed of my country’”)
- Russia’s Shrinking War (“The goals of Russia’s invasion keep getting smaller. But its depleted military is still failing to make major progress, and time is on Ukraine’s side.”)
- Russia Tries to Tighten Hold Over Occupied Areas of Ukraine
- E.U. Appears Closer to Imposing a Russian Oil Embargo
- Biden insists no change in U.S. policy as Taiwan comments hang over Quad summit
- On Taiwan, Biden gets less ambiguous and more strategic
- Duterte Hits Putin: I Kill Criminals, Not Children, Elders (“Outgoing Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte, who calls Putin an idol and a friend, voiced his rebuke for the first time over Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.”)
- Scoop: U.S. negotiating deal among Saudis, Israelis and Egyptians
- Review suggests Israeli fire killed reporter, no final word
- Albanese commits Australia to stronger 2030 target, starts climate reset
- Fox News host Tucker Carlson has a dangerous friend in Hungary’s Viktor Orban (“CPAC Hungary offered a terrifying glimpse of this country’s future, if right-wing media have their way”)
- Biden taps FERC Chairman Glick for a second term, potentially providing consistency amid energy transition
- Southern Baptist members call for cultural reforms after ‘horrifying’ report of sex abuse by clergy
- There’s a Chilly Efficiency to the Southern Baptists’ Approach To Sexual Abuse Scandals (“Compare it to the Catholic church, which smells vaguely of incense.”)
- The report on Southern Baptist abuses is a portrait of brutal misogyny
- New Justice Dept. policy says agents must intervene if they see abuse
- AP-NORC poll: Economy grows as priority on Russia response
- The Supreme Court just condemned a man to die despite strong evidence he’s innocent (This court is evil.)
- Jared Kushner’s follies show that ‘corruption’ has lost all meaning (“To the GOP, integrity is ‘corruption’ and Trump and his self-dealing cronies are innocent. But it didn’t start with him.”)
- Report: Jared Kushner’s $2 Billion Saudi Check Appears Even More Comically Corrupt Than Previously Thought
- The election system shuddered in 2020. Now, there are fears of an attack within (This needs to be stopped – immediately!)
- Why Republicans Love the Land of ‘Illiberal Democracy’
- Are Democratic attacks on the GOP over democracy missing their mark? (“Voters have to understand the threat to the 2024 election.”)
- Clarence and Ginni Thomas Are Telling Us Exactly How the 2024 Coup Will Go Down
- Election deniers want to control the 2024 election. And they’re getting closer
- Trump profited off visit to Vegas shooting victims
- Rioter who sprayed police with fire extinguisher sentenced to three years
- Georgia tests limits of Trump’s 2020 grievances
- Trump sparked a GOP war in Georgia. Some aren’t ready to forgive and forget.
- Trump’s bid to reshape GOP faces biggest hurdles in Georgia
- Perdue Slumming With Bannon for Votes on Election Eve
- David Perdue makes racist remarks about Stacey Abrams as he ends a lackluster campaign.
- Georgia GOP primary for secretary of state to test endurance of Trump’s election lie
- James Craig, Perry Johnson, 3 others shouldn’t make ballot, Bureau of Elections says
- Kellyanne Conway: Yes. Trump lost
- CBS offered Kellyanne Conway a platform to rehab her image. The network should rescind it.
- Greta Van Susteren Will Join Newsmax Early-Evening Lineup in June (What a f’ed-up person.)
- Why is Glenn Greenwald defending Tucker Carlson and the “great replacement”? (“Greenwald has been a Fox News partisan for some time, in near-perfect correlation to how often he’s invited on the network. Carlson has hosted Greenwald numerous times, while gaining his unswerving loyalty.”)
- Ronny Jackson Used Campaign Funds for Exclusive Club, Ethics Office Alleges
- MAGA Rep. Accused of Making Staff Drive Hundreds of Miles to Walk His Dog
- DPVA: Swamp-Backed Anti-Abortion Radical Wins Republican Nomination for VA-10 (Cao’s been endorsed by former White House physician Rep. Ronny Jackson, “who was found to have engaged in ‘inappropriate conduct’ during his time in the [Trump] White House.”)
- SpaceX executive defends Elon Musk against misconduct accusations
- Trevor Reed Rips Marjorie Taylor Greene For Stalling Resolution to Free Him From Russian Prison: ‘How Do You Justify That?’
- Madison Cawthorn Is Now Under Investigation Over Possible “Improper Relationship” and Potential Fraud (“What will ‘Dark MAGA’ do about this one?”)
- Washington Post Deletes Tweet Wrongly Declaring George Floyd Was ‘Shot’ by Police
- It’s been two years and Black people still can’t breathe
- The ‘constant barrage of tragedy’ shaping Black America
- Is Larry Hogan Living in a Fantasy World?
- Democrats Lewis, DeVaughan earn nominations in 6th and 9th
- GOP Lawmakers Plan Controversial Budget Amendment (“It would make many prisoners ineligible for extra good time credits – including a thousand expecting to be freed this summer.”)
- Virginia General Assembly to return June 1 to vote on state budget
- Virginia bans private funds for election offices after grants from Zuckerberg-allied group (“Youngkin signs law that drew bipartisan General Assembly backing”)
- Abortion wasn’t always a partisan issue in Virginia (My god, the media loves this ridiculous “partisan” framing.)
- After 11-month wait, Paul Goldman says he isn’t dropping his redistricting suit just yet (Whether one supports this case or not, I’d say we can all agree that the courts have dragged this out absurdly, to the point that it becomes moot, because time runs out. Pathetic.)
- Virginia 10-Day New COVID-19 Cases Down 85% Compared to 1/19, But Near 3-Month High; Hospitalizations Down to 459 From ~4,000 in January, But Also Increasing (Highest three-day total new COVID cases since February 7)
- Virginia learned the hard way that lower standards don’t benefit students (This editorial is laughably bad.)
- Judge Throws Out “Fight for Schools” Recall Cases Against Loudoun County School Board Members Brenda Sheridan and Atoosa Reaser Due to Lack of Sufficient Evidence (Reaser: “What I will tell you is this type of malicious court filing has a chilling effect on democracy. It discourages good people from stepping up…”)
- Source: Washington Commanders spend $100 million on land in Virginia for possible stadium
- Commanders acquire right to buy 200 acres in Va. for potential new stadium (“The franchise has been considering sites in Maryland, Virginia and the District for a new stadium, and its recent option to purchase the land could signal that the team has narrowed its options.” Horrible idea, and definitely DO NOT give them a penny in taxpayer-funded corporate welfare.)
- ‘Hope unites us’: Prayer vigils held across Hampton Roads in response to racially motivated shootings nationwide
- Editorial: Their land, once again (“Returning the Fones Cliffs land to the Rappahannock Tribe finds Virginia doing better to honor the history of Native people.”)
- D.C.-area forecast: Mostly cloudy and damp for days
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