Here are a few international, national and Virginia news headlines, political and otherwise, for Saturday, June 11.
- Climate crisis is ‘battering our economy’ and driving inflation, new book says
- Climate leaders gather at Overshoot Commission for action
- WTO looks to reach trade deals with its fate on the line
- Multi-Gigawatt Solar From The Middle East
- EU’s von der Leyen to discuss Ukraine’s EU membership progress with Zelenskiy
- Ukraine pleads for more weapons, cholera spreads in Mariupol
- War guilt and last kisses: A deceptive, uneasy calm for Kyiv
- Ukraine is running out of ammunition as prospects dim on the battlefield
- Intense street fighting in Severodonetsk – UK defence ministry
- Putin and Peter the Great: Russian leader likens himself to 18th Century tsar (Pathetic joke.)
- Britain says Russian forces have not made advances into the south of Sievierodonetsk
- Biden Says Zelenskiy Brushed Off Warnings of Russia’s Invasion
- Biden Races to Expand Coalition Against Russia but Meets Resistance
- Here’s What the World’s Media Thinks of the Jan. 6 Hearings
- US seeks full reset with Saudi Arabia, effectively moving on from the murder of Jamal Khashoggi
- U.N. calls on Saudi Arabia to free relatives of former spy chief
- Los Angeles Declaration on Migration and Protection
- Aukus pact: Australia pays $830m penalty for ditching non-nuclear French submarines (“Anthony Albanese pledges to reset Australia’s strained relationship with France after settling cancelled contract with Naval Group”)
- US: China’s military activity around Taiwan threatens region
- U.S. and allies trade barbs with China, Ukraine dominates Asia security meeting
- CDC to lift COVID test requirement for international air travelers
- Hopes fade of finding missing men as Brazilian police report finding ‘apparently human’ material
- An ‘Ugly’ Inflation Report Upended Hopes That Price Gains Would Ease
- Biden Team Points at the Fed as Inflation News Worsens
- US Stocks Suffer Worst Week Since January as Inflation Runs Hot
- National average price for regular gas is over $5 a gallon for the first time (“The average price of a gallon of gas in the US has hit $5, fueled by Russia’s war in Ukraine and an uptick in energy use amid the pandemic recovery.”)
- Why the return to the office isn’t working (“I don’t gain anything besides a commute.”)
- The Jan. 6 committee’s evidence spoke for itself. Is the Justice Department listening? (“Analysis: The panel’s work is aimed at the department’s top brass who will decide whether to bring charges against Trump and members of his inner circle.” They absolutely have to bring charges, and soon.)
- Ginni Thomas Was Up to Her Pinwheeling Eyeballs in the Effort to Monkeywrench the Electoral College
- Ginni Thomas pressed 29 Ariz. lawmakers to help overturn Trump’s defeat, emails show
- How the Jan. 6 panel is trying to reach the apathetic and apoplectic (How can any American be “apathetic” about the potential end of our democracy?!? That’s completely f’ed up.)
- History will accept only one Jan. 6 narrative. This committee has it.
- 3 former DOJ officials to testify in the next Jan. 6 hearing
- Jared Kushner Wasn’t Just Involved in Trump’s Push to Overturn 2020. He Helped Start It
- The Capitol siege: The cases behind the biggest criminal investigation in U.S. history
- The Moral Desolation of the GOP (“The sheer scale of Donald Trump’s depravity is unmatched in the history of the American presidency, and the Republican Party made it possible.”)
- Republicans Respond to January 6 Hearings by Defending Trump (“No remorse, no accountability”)
- Trump Hits Back at Daughter’s Account That She Accepted His Election Loss
- Jan. 6 Panel Puts Focus on Cabinet Discussions About Removing Trump
- Cheney leaves Trump and his GOP apologists reeling
- Liz Cheney to GOP and America: Trump did it, and we’re coming for him
- Liz Cheney Was Out for Blood
- Why Liz Cheney’s ‘seditious conspiracy’ talk is awful for Trump (“The committee is already telling a story about Trump that’s extraordinarily grave.”)
- Why It Matters That the Jan. 6 Hearings Put ‘a War Scene’ on Display
- How the Jan. 6 hearing played out on the pro-Trump web
- Ivanka Trump’s Jan. 6 testimony exposes family strain
- More Than 19 Million Watched Jan. 6 Hearing, Early Tally Shows (“The number, which will grow as the count adds more networks, is in the ballpark of big television events like a ‘Sunday Night Football’ game.”)
- The Jan. 6 Hearings Are a Trump Challenger’s Dream
- The January 6 hearings showed why it’s reasonable to call Trump a fascist (“We now know Trump expressed support for hanging Pence and did little to stop the violence — actions that suggest some very dark historical parallels.”)
- The Other Cause of January 6 (“Without the Electoral College, America would never have come so close to an overthrow of its government.”)
- The Jan. 6 committee’s new bombshells still don’t complete the story (It’s only one hearing so far.)
- Biden Says He Owns Two Shotguns, Arguing For Gun Restrictions
- Thousands rally for gun reform after surge in mass shootings
- 33 children, 3 teachers waited desperately for over an hour during Uvalde massacre, per analysis
- How low will the Supreme Court go on guns?
- Trump’s Truth Social Is Banning Users Who Post About Jan. 6 Hearings, According to Reports (So much for free speech or “Truth”)
- Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez tweets at Matt Gaetz, Lauren Boebert, and Marjorie Taylor Greene wanting to know if they asked for pardons after January 6
- I Can’t Stop Thinking About the Thin Blue Line Flags in the January 6 Video
- Democrats offer roll call of who ‘didn’t ask’ Trump for a pardon
- Who’s to blame for the rural crime wave? (“When it happens in Republican areas, suddenly the political leaders aren’t at fault.”)
- Giuliani hit with ethics charges by Washington D.C. authorities over false election claims
- How Carl Paladino Is Dividing New York Republicans
- DC bar brings ethics charges against Rudy Giuliani over election fraud claims
- Taylor Lorenz said an editor was to blame. Is that okay?
- Sen. Warner, Colleagues Urge Action on Skyrocketing Motor Vehicle Fatalities
- Senators Kaine, Warner; Reps. Connolly, Wexton, Beyer “disappointed in the Justice Department’s decision not to reopen the investigation into the killing of Bijan Ghaisar by U.S. Park Police” (Also, VA Sen. Scott Surovell calls this a “cowardly move by USDOJ “)
- Video: Former Rep. Denver Riggleman (R-VA05), Who Worked with 1/6 Committee, Says Closed-Door Testimony Was “Game Changer”; Also “Don’t think this is the end…more data’s coming in”
- ‘It was this brutal attack’ | Rep. Luria discusses Jan. 6 hearing (Rep. Luria said, “The totality of it was just visceral, it was this brutal attack, it was so loud, it just brings our how much violence and chaos there was.”)
- Justice Dept. won’t reopen probe of Bijan Ghaisar’s slaying by Park Police (“Ghaisar’s family had hoped the Merrick Garland-led department would reconsider the 2019 decision to close the case.”)
- In Virginia’s 7th, GOP race to take on Spanberger is anybody’s game (Typical WaPo “horse race” crap, treating politics as a “game,” instead of really digging into the ideas, policies, etc. – in this case very much extremist – of the candidates. Pathetic excuse for “journalism.” More broadly, that paper’s Virginia coverage is garbage.)
- Youngkin could delay early release of some prisoners (“More than 3,200 people in Virginia prisons are scheduled to go home early because of a new law that expands the state’s earned sentence credit program.”)
- The endless recalls in Virginia are pointless and must stop
- Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin hosts series of Pride Month events — to some surprise (Meanwhile, he appointed anti-LGBQT bigots to his administration and advocates for anti-LGBQT policies.)
- Virginia 10-Day New COVID-19 Cases Down 85% Compared to 1/19; Hospitalizations Down to 574 From ~4,000 in January; Both Up From a Couple Months Ago
- Williams: In conflating social justice protests with an attempted coup, Jack Del Rio undermined the Washington Commanders. He needs to go. (Agreed, he absolutely shouldn’t be coaching.)
- ‘Maybe I need to scream louder’: Why a Fairfax student organized a gun control protest
- Speed cameras in Chesapeake school zones catch more than 1,400 motorists going too fast — in a 2-week span
- D.C.-area forecast: Today’s rain focus is on morning; strong storms possible Sunday
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