by Lowell
Here are a few international, national and Virginia news headlines, political and otherwise, for Tuesday, June 21.
- Germany sticks to 2030 coal exit target amid energy worries
- EU warns against fossil fuel ‘backsliding’ as coal replaces Russian gas (“Ursula von der Leyen says focus should remain on investment in renewables as countries try to avert energy crisis”)
- Russia is squeezing Europe’s gas supplies, sparking a bitter and reluctant return to coal
- Montreal to host delayed Cop15 summit to halt ‘alarming’ global biodiversity loss (“Experts warn ambitious targets for nature must be agreed at UN meeting, moved from China to Canada after two-year wait”)
- Climate change is everywhere and dangerous, survey shows
- Why grain can’t get out of Ukraine (“About 20 million tons sit in storage, as this season’s harvest begins.”)
- A top E.U. official called Russia’s blockade of Ukraine a “war crime,” in a strong rebuke of the Kremlin’s tactics.
- After a Pivotal Period in Ukraine, U.S. Officials Predict the War’s Path (“As Russia makes slow but steady progress, the arrival of new weapons systems will help Ukraine hang onto territory, U.S. officials and analysts said. Still, officials in the Biden administration foresee Russia as likely ending up with more territory, though neither side will fully control eastern Ukraine.”)
- Ukrainian missiles hit Black Sea gas platforms, say Russian officials (“Reports of strikes come as Russian forces said to be gathering for final assault on Sievierodonetsk and Lysychansk”)
- Russia-Ukraine war: Moscow warns of ‘serious negative impact’ for Lithuania over goods blockade
- Two months on, Russia is still struggling to capture a small Ukrainian city
- Nobel sold for Ukrainian kids shatters record at $103.5M
- Russian emails appear to show ‘network’ holding $4.5bn assets linked to Putin
- China May oil imports from Russia soar to a record, surpass top supplier Saudi
- Russia can’t guarantee that American vets captured in Ukraine won’t face the death penalty
- ‘The impossible’: Ukraine’s secret, deadly rescue missions
- Ukraine Reconstruction May Cost $1.1 Trillion, EIB Head Says
- ‘You’re my hero’ – Ben Stiller meets Zelensky
- Yellen Says ‘Stay Tuned’ for Word on Russian Oil Price-Cap Plan
- EXCLUSIVE Iran prepares enrichment escalation at Fordow plant, IAEA report shows
- Row erupts over blocked goods at Russian territory (“Lithuania banned the transit of certain goods to the Russian territory of Kaliningrad over EU sanctions.”)
- Putin spokesman says Griner isn’t a hostage, gives no hint of release
- Biggest rail strike in 30 years brings UK to standstill
- Israel’s Government Collapses, Setting Up 5th Election in 3 Years
- The Killing of Shireen Abu Akleh: Tracing a Bullet to an Israeli Convoy (Whoever did this needs to be held fully accountable.)
- As Latin America swings to the left, the U.S. could take a back seat
- The center has not held in Colombia, but democracy still might
- Three takeaways from France’s legislative elections — and what could be next
- France elections: Macron to meet rival parties after losing majority (“Minority governments are a rarity in France, and Mr Macron’s Ensemble alliance is 44 seats shy of a majority. This means he will need to find support from mainstream MPs from both the left and right side of politics to help build a working majority.”)
- Despite Another Covid Surge, Deaths Stay Near Lows
- Biden says he’s nearing decisions on gas tax holiday and student loans as he tries to tame costs
- Biden team sees climate ’emergency,’ but powers are limited
- Solar-Power Developers Pledge to Buy U.S. Panels—If Someone Makes Them
- Be careful about lionizing Jan. 6 witnesses. They failed to stop the insurrection. (“What if some of these people had done the right thing?”)
- Trump campaign documents show advisers knew fake-elector plan was baseless
- Donald Trump plotted fake electors scheme, January 6 panel set to show
- Georgia secretary of state and other state officials slated to testify at January 6 hearing
- Speaker at meeting of Ginni Thomas group called Biden’s win illegitimate long after Jan. 6, video shows
- Exclusive: Trump’s Team Setting Up Eastman to Take Blame for Jan. 6
- Trump Says Jan. 6 Rally-Goers ‘Were Well-Behaved’ (The definition of “gaslighting”)
- Trump Knocks ‘Foolish’ Kevin McCarthy for Not Having Anyone on Jan 6 Committee: ‘Bad Decision Was Made’
- House Jan. 6 committee to reveal Meadows’ pressure on Georgia election officials
- Texas GOP’s election denial underscores the ongoing threat that’s central message of Jan. 6 hearings
- Prosecute Trump? Put Yourself in Merrick Garland’s Shoes.
- Photojournalist David Butow covered Trump and Jan. 6: “I don’t think there’s an America anymore” (“David Butow has photographed conflict zones all over the world. Jan. 6 ‘was one of the worst things” he’s ever seen'”)
- What a Roberts compromise on abortion could look like
- Supreme Court rushes to end a term like no other
- Inside the Democratic strategy sessions planning the post-Roe campaign
- Pence Navigates a Possible White House Run, and a Fraught Political Moment (His correct actions on 1/6 notwithstanding, Pence is HORRIBLE.)
- Elite Republicans are now openly encouraging political violence
- Social media companies take down, flag Greitens’ people-hunting video
- Missouri political group eyes former prosecutor to run as independent for U.S. Senate
- Exclusive: Officers arrived at Uvalde school with rifles, ballistic shield 19 minutes after gunman
- “If there’s kids in there, we need to go in”: Officers in Uvalde were ready with guns, shields and tools — but not clear orders
- As water crisis worsens on Colorado River, an urgent call for Western states to ‘act now’
- How the GOP is making national policy one state at a time
- Texas Republicans want to secede? Good riddance.
- Texas’s new secessionist platform exposes a big GOP scam
- The Texas Republican Party Celebrated Juneteenth By Trying to Drag Us All Back to 1857
- Texas Republicans Are Sewing Extremism Into the Fabric Of Their Party
- This Texas teen wanted an abortion. She now has twins.
- Elon Musk’s Trans Daughter Files to Change Her Name, No Longer ‘Wishes to Be Related’ to Him
- Elon Musk Says Tesla Job Cuts Will Reduce Workforce by 3.5%
- Musk ‘Undecided’ on Whether He Will Back Trump in 2024 Election (Musk has lurched to the far right in recent months.)
- How Franklin Graham pushed a domestic abuse victim to return to her husband (Franklin Graham epitomizes everything wrong with far-right Republican “Christian” fundamentalists.)
- Trump Hasn’t Endorsed in the Virginia GOP’s U.S. House Primaries This Tuesday, But His “Trumpist” (Far-Right “Populist”) Fingerprints Are All Over Them (One thing’s for sure: Trump is most definitely NOT “on the sidelines” of this party.)
- Primary races in D.C., Virginia will bring voters to the polls Tuesday
- Video: Sen. Tim Kaine Delivers Keynote Speech at NAACP Loudoun Branch’s Juneteenth March & Celebration (Kaine: “It is not just a freedom holiday. It’s a truth holiday… and that’s why it’s important to come and learn some truths maybe that not all of us were taught coming up.”)
- Kaine says Juneteenth celebration is a ‘freedom’ and ‘truth’ holiday
- Rep. Abigail Spanberger Urges President Biden to Use Defense Production Act to Strengthen America’s Short-Term Oil Refinery Capacity, Lower Gas Prices for Virginians (“[O]il demand has returned to pre-pandemic levels but global refining capacity has declined by 3,000,000 barrels per day”)
- Hale faces daunting odds in Tuesday GOP primary against Cline
- How the Jan. 6 hearings are landing in one Virginia swing district
- This Moderate Dem Warned of Inflation—and No One Listened (“Rep. Abigail Spanberger found herself increasingly frustrated with her party’s failure to acknowledge the threat of inflation until it was already seemingly out of control.”)
- Youngkin to sign budgets, ending six-month battle with assembly over priorities
- Youngkin appointee disparaged people online, made sexual reference about vice president
- Editorial: Another overdose record (“Virginia sets another record for annual overdose deaths, underscoring the need for action to address a crisis plaguing the commonwealth.”)
- ‘Punched, kicked, spit on’: Va. health care workers say they face more violence since pandemic (Totally unacceptable.)
- Will it be Maryland or Virginia? Feds near a verdict on new FBI headquarters
- First version of Virginia cold-case database includes killings unsolved for years — with plans to expand
- Virginia 10-Day New COVID-19 Cases Down 88% Compared to 1/19; Hospitalizations Down to 536 From ~4,000 in January; Both Up From a Couple Months Ago
- Williams: Racism is a public health crisis. So is the Virginia health commissioner’s racism denial.
- Dan Snyder again declines to testify before Congress on workplace misconduct allegations (What a scumbag.)
- Full Disclosure Briefing: LEGO comes to Virginia
- Descendants of enslaved people gather at Monticello to mark Juneteenth
- Actress, Author, and Activist Molly Ringwald to Headline Event for VA State Senator Ghazala Hashmi (Ringwald: “It is critical that we harness our collective power to reelect [Senator Hashmi]”)
- Democratic primary for Roanoke City Council is Tuesday
- Lynchburg area has been slow to recover since 2008 recession. Why?
- D.C.-area forecast: Dry air retreats, and humidity drips back into area
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