by Lowell
Here are a few international, national and Virginia news headlines, political and otherwise, for Friday, June 17.
- UN climate talks end in stalemate and ‘hypocrisy’ allegation (“Adviser says European nations are sourcing fossil fuels abroad but failing to help developing countries”)
- Biden to announce new initiatives on curbing methane, zero-emissions vehicles at international climate meeting
- Biden to meet with major economic powers on climate, launch new global initiatives
- Ukraine’s bid to join EU gets major boost as executive backs candidacy
- Analysis: To overcome tensions with Kyiv, E.U. leaders backed away from diplomacy with Moscow, at least for now.
- As Russia advances, U.S. and Europe must redouble aid to Ukraine
- UN: “Tragedy of Mariupol far from over” for remaining residents
- EU Commission backs candidate status for Ukraine
- Ukraine moves step closer to EU membership
- Three American fighters reported missing in Ukraine
- Russia has ‘strategically lost’ war, says UK defence chief, as Lavrov says Moscow unashamed (“‘Russia is not squeaky clean. Russia is what it is’ – Kremlin foreign minister’s response to UN report claiming atrocities in Ukraine” Putin’s regime is evil.)
- France gears up for new battle: Macron v Mélenchon
- China launches high-tech aircraft carrier in naval milestone
- China launches third, most advanced aircraft carrier. It has a major upgrade
- China’s military expansion is reaching a dangerous tipping point
- Russia warned US it was going to conduct airstrikes on fighters in Syria
- As Po dries up, Italy’s food and energy supplies are at risk (This is the climate crisis.)
- Julian Assange’s extradition to US approved by UK government
- Israeli police conclude probe into conduct at Shireen Abu Akleh funeral, amid reports no officers will be punished
- Colombia Is Slipping Back Toward Violence. The Next President Can Stop That.
- Inflation is a worldwide problem — with little immediate relief in sight
- The AP Interview: Biden says recession is ‘not inevitable
- Biden says American people ‘really, really down’ (“Mr Biden says the ‘need for mental health in America has skyrocketed’ amid economic volatility.”)
- Recession Fears Surge Among CEOs, Survey Suggests
- Caught in the culture wars, teachers are being forced from their jobs
- The West experiences what scientists have warned about for years (“The climate crisis tends to amplify extremes on both ends of the spectrum, with the pendulum sometimes swinging suddenly from one side to the other”; Yep, the scientists were right and everyone should have listened.)
- A string of climate disasters has hit U.S. even before summer
- Capitol Rioters Came Within 40 Feet of Vice President Pence
- Ginni Thomas’s emails with Trump lawyer add to tumult at Supreme Court
- The pressure on Pence, Eastman’s pardon request and other takeaways
- How a conservative judge’s attack on the GOP could shift the debate (“Testimony from J. Michael Luttig will indict the whole GOP’s radicalization against democracy.”)
- There’s no longer any need for the Jan. 6 committee to issue a criminal referral
- What We Learned About Trump, Pence, and the January 6th Mob (“The third hearing on the attack on the Capitol revealed that the Proud Boys would have killed the Vice-President ‘if given the chance.'”)
- January 6 Hearings Build Case for a Trump-Eastman Criminal Conspiracy (“A California judge already concluded that Trump and his lawyer had acted criminally. The House select committee showed why that’s no exaggeration.”)
- First Thing: Trump a ‘clear and present danger to US democracy’
- Watergate 50th meets Jan. 6. Common thread: Thirst for power
- Trump’s Dangerous Wannabes (“Meet the ambitious mediocrities who almost brought down American democracy.”)
- The January 6 Committee’s Most Damning Revelation Yet (“Donald Trump’s plot to overturn the election was not a whisper, but a roar.”)
- Trump called his vice president a “wimp” for failing to do his coup
- Trump Adviser Seemed To Know His ‘Fake Elector’ Plan Was Garbage (“I’ve decided I should be on the pardon list, if that is still in the works”)
- What if there had been no adults in the room on January 6?
- On the Knife’s Edge of Democracy
- The criminal case against Donald Trump
- Tensions escalate as DOJ renews request for Jan. 6 panel transcripts
- Jan. 6 panel calls Ginni Thomas to testify
- Will the Jan. 6 Committee Set Its Sights on the Supreme Court?
- Don’t Let Bill Barr and Ivanka Trump Visit the Reputation Laundromat
- Bill Barr’s parting gift to Donald Trump: A possible “get out of jail free” card (“Barr said Trump seemed ‘detached from reality.’ As the former AG surely knows, that could be a legal escape hatch”)
- Ginni Thomas Has a Lot of Explaining to Do
- John Eastman and Ginni Thomas Should Have Their Hands Glued to a Bible for the Next Year (Absolutely! Then they should be in prison for a long time.)
- Jan. 6 committee reveals new details about Pence’s terrifying day
- 4 takeaways from the Jan. 6 committee’s hearing on Pence
- Trump aides told him that using Pence to overturn election was illegal
- When Pence finally drew the line with Trump, it wasn’t pretty.
- Ginni Thomas’s emails with Trump lawyer add to tumult at Supreme Court
- What We Learned About Trump, Pence, and the January 6th Mob
- Mike Pence Needs To Finish The Job And Testify Before The 1/6 Committee
- John Eastman says Ginni Thomas invited him to speak on ‘election litigation’
- Mike Pence Could Have (And Should Have) Invoked the 25th Amendment on Jan. 6
- Jan. 6 hearings point up critical role of the 25th Amendment
- Jennifer Rubin: Trump’s pressure campaign on Pence was more vindictive than anyone imagined
- Paul Waldman and Greg Sargent: The Jan. 6 hearing’s devastating case against Trump’s co-conspirator
- Sotomayor praises Clarence Thomas: ‘He is a man who cares deeply about the court as an institution’ (Are you f’ing kidding?!?)
- ‘So the Traitors Know the Stakes’: The Meaning of the Jan. 6 Gallows
- Jan. 6 Panel Gives Chilling Details of Pence’s Escape From Mob at the US Capitol
- Trump brought US ‘dangerously close to catastrophe’, January 6 panel says (“Bennie Thompson says US ‘fortunate for Mike Pence’s courage’ in refusing to accept Trump’s scheme to reject electoral count”)
- Trump Sycophants Advanced a Coup Plot They Knew Was Illegal
- Yes, Donald Trump is an “American monster”: But he wasn’t built by a mad scientist
- Why some Americans want to destroy democracy in order to save it
- Back burner no more: Dems set Manchin talks on party-line bill to simmer
- Senators tack $45B onto Biden’s defense budget
- Fox News accusing the Biden administration of deliberately spiking gas prices represents a cynical narrative escalation (Insane.)
- A Trump attorney has repeatedly gone on QAnon-supporting shows, once to call for “capital punishment” for Biden administration officials
- Justice Dept. secures first guilty plea for threats to election workers
- Republican Senate gun negotiator walks out of talks (“‘We’re about run out of our rope here,’ a frustrated Senator John Cornyn said as he left Washington.”)
- Scoop: Conservative backlash builds against Cornyn’s gun talks (“Frustration inside the Senate GOP conference is boiling among conservatives at the way Sen. John Cornyn (R-Texas) is handling the bipartisan gun reform negotiations — putting the man who aspires to succeed Mitch McConnell as Republican leader in a political jam.”)
- Gun-safety bill bogs down on details
- Leaked transcript: Inside Elon Musk’s first meeting with Twitter employees
- Elon Musk sued for $258 billion over alleged Dogecoin pyramid scheme
- SpaceX employees draft open letter to company executives denouncing Elon Musk’s behavior (Musk is nuts, a white supremacist, and many other bad things. Horrible person.)
- SpaceX Said to Fire Employees Involved in Letter Rebuking Elon Musk
- As Montana reels from floods, no one is sure where Gov. Gianforte is
- 1 dead, 2 injured in shooting at Alabama church, police say
- Walmart pulls MyPillow products from stores (Why wasn’t that done a LONG time ago?!?)
- Sen. Mark Warner: “My bill to allow people to sever their student loans from former partners – including victims of domestic abuse – just unanimously passed the Senate!”
- National Capital Region Delegation To NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell: Release The Report (“Moreover, we are extremely disappointed Mr. Snyder has declined to testify at the June 22 hearing”)
- US House Passes Landmark Wildlife Conservation Legislation; Every Virginia Democrat Votes YES, While Every Virginia Republican Votes NO.
- 6th district Republicans hold primary on Tuesday (“Navy veteran Merritt Hale challenges Rep. Ben Cline.”)
- Guest editorial: Good’s promises are very different from district’s needs
- In Va. swing districts, Democrats stand firm on gun restrictions
- Pope & Schapiro: Budget Amendments and Congressional Primaries
- Virginia lawmakers return to Richmond to take up Youngkin budget wishes
- ReproRising Virginia Executive Director Tarina Keene: “Last Night, [Gov. Youngkin] sent down an anti-abortion budget amendment he is hoping YOU don’t notice” (“This is a CRUEL & CALLOUS attack on a family facing a tragic pregnancy at their most vulnerable moment.”)
- Youngkin Proposes Cruel and Discriminatory Budget Amendment that Would Force Low-Income Virginians to Carry Pregnancies with Severe Fetal Diagnoses (“For legislators voting on Friday afternoon: Virginians are watching.”)
- An important Virginia criminal justice reform is threatened
- Advocates say Youngkin abortion amendment will have biggest impact on low-income and Virginians of color
- Prisoners may stay longer than expected if lawmakers approve proposed budget amendment
- Title IX helped daughter-father duo level the playing field for girls’ athletics in Virginia
- Virginia Health Advocacy Organizations Denounce Commissioner Colin Greene’s Views on Racism and Public Health (Greene’s views “are mired in racial stereotypes and antithetical to the most basic expectations we hold for Virginia’s public servants”)
- Black lawmakers outraged by Youngkin’s public health chief demand action
- Youngkin public health chief Colin Greene needs to listen to Black women
- Richmond mayor slams state health chief over racism comments: ‘A threat to public health’
- Governor Youngkin ‘disappointed’ in health chief’s dismissal of racial disparities
- VA Del. Candi King Rips LG Winsome Sears For Her “silence on the racist and dangerous comments of [ VA’s Chief Public Health Official] Colin Greene” (Sears DOES have time to cut a video for her pals at the NRA, in which she declares, “keep your hands off our Second Amendment rights”)
- If you can’t beat ‘em, join ‘em? Dominion Energy begins selling residential solar
- Under new law, some of Virginia’s government fleet is poised to go electric
- Virginia 10-Day New COVID-19 Cases Down 86% Compared to 1/19; Hospitalizations Down to 553 From ~4,000 in January; Both Up From a Couple Months Ago
- Northern Virginia superintendents urge Congress to pass gun legislation
- Maryland’s plan to build Fairfax toll lanes is an unwelcome surprise to some Virginians
- Portsmouth City Council met to discuss new city manager’s contract. Personal attacks and infighting followed.
- Spencer: Our opioid crisis and a path forward for the Roanoke Valley and beyond
- Fourth former fraternity brother pleads guilty in hazing death of Adam Oakes
- D.C.-area forecast: Quite hot today. Slight storm chance, mainly south of town.
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