Friday News: “If This Isn’t a Climate Emergency, What Is?”; Rep. Elaine Luria Declares, “I Never Imagined the Enemy Would Come From Within”; “More evidence shows Trump’s depravity.”; “The Republican Party Wants Sex Control”

by Lowell

Here are a few international, national and Virginia news headlines, political and otherwise, for Friday, July 22.

• Europe wildfires: Are they linked to climate change?
• Europe is overheating. This climate-friendly AC could help.
• Deal for Ukraine grain exports due to be sealed in Istanbul (What are the chances war criminal Putin is acting in good faith? Zero?)
• Russia ‘looting’ steel bound for Europe and UK, says Metinvest boss
• Ukrainians from east and west are mingling amid war’s displacement — and bridging their divides
• Germany to Bail Out Utility Hit Hard by Russian Gas Shortfall
• The Leader of Italy’s Far-Right Wants Us to Burn Together
• Italy’s latest government crisis is no laughing matter
• China wants to ‘reduce misunderstanding’ with the U.S. It could start by talking.
• If This Isn’t a Climate Emergency, What Is?
• No Republican senator supported a climate plan – where is the party on the issue?
• Opinion | I Feel Utterly Hopeless About American Climate Policy
• Offshore wind farm proposed for Gulf of Mexico near Galveston could power 2.3 million homes
• America’s Self-Obsession Is Killing Its Democracy
• Watchdog Informs Secret Service of Criminal Inquiry Into Missing Texts
• The Post’s View: How Trump violated his oath on Jan. 6 by doing nothing
• January 6 panel: shining a light on American democracy’s nose dive (“The gripping hearings have laid out a remarkably complex plot of a simple story: a president’s attempt to blindly retain power”)
• Jennifer Rubin: 5 things we learned in the Jan. 6 committee’s stunning hearing (“More evidence shows Trump’s depravity.”)
• The damning case against Trump that the Jan. 6 committee has uncovered — and what comes next (“Stay tuned. Season two is coming.”)
• Takeaways from the January 6 hearings day 8 (“For hours, Trump resisted calls to calm rioters as Pence and his security feared for their lives. Here’s what we learned.”)
• Cheney: “Trump made a purposeful choice to violate his oath of office”
• Liz Cheney’s Revenge on Donald Trump—and Her Own Party (“The season finale of the January 6th committee showed Republicans wallowing in the former President’s dishonor.”)
• Trump’s behavior on Jan. 6 was worse than you thought. Much worse.
• Trump’s Incriminating Inaction During the Capitol Riot (“The eighth January 6 hearing showed that after months of frantic scheming, Trump had no interest in telling his supporters to stand down.”)
• There’s a Reason Trump Could Try to Overturn the Results of the 2020 Election (“Despite the good things about this bill, the single most important reform we could make for our presidential elections is to end the Electoral College in its current form”)
• Matthews testifies Trump tweet gave ‘green light’ to rioters
• Jan. 6 U.S. Capitol riot hearings lay blame at Trump’s feet
• Seven stunning moments from the Jan. 6 hearing
• Trump didn’t act and didn’t want to, plus 4 other takeaways from the Jan. 6 hearings
• Trump resisted aides’ pleas to call off the mob during the riot and refused to say the election was over the next day
• The Inescapable Conclusion From the January 6 Hearings (“Former President Donald Trump could not be compelled to call off the mob that nearly destroyed democracy.”)
• Jan. 6: Trump spurned aides’ pleas to call off Capitol mob
• Liz Cheney, Front and Center in the Jan. 6 Hearings, Pursues a Mission
• Liz Cheney Isn’t Mad—She’s Disappointed (“The Republican from Wyoming is converting plenty of Democrats into fans, but it’s the message she’s giving Republicans that might matter most.”)
• Jan. 6th Committee Corroborates Trump’s SUV Outburst
• The January 6 panel put on a gripping ‘finale’ full of damning details about Trump
• Trump Incited the Terrorism of January 6, Investigations Further Show
• Pence Secret Service detail feared for their lives during Capitol riot (“January 6 committee plays White House national security official saying agents made ‘calls to say goodbye to family members’”)
• Stunning New Video Shows Trump Day After Capitol Riot: ‘I Don’t Want To Say The Election Is Over’
• The Jan. 6 Committee Confirmed the Worst Truth About Trump. Now What Will We Do With It?
• The Jan. 6 committee makes Jan. 7 — and beyond — matter
• Trump Wanted to Take Back Jan. 7 Speech Admitting Biden Would Be President
• Kevin McCarthy accidentally tells the truth about the GOP and Jan. 6 (“The vile GOP strategy of casting the hearings as illegitimate has utterly failed.”)
• A radical plan for Trump’s second term (“Former President Trump’s top allies are preparing to radically reshape the federal government if he is re-elected, purging potentially thousands of civil servants and filling career posts with loyalists to him and his “America First” ideology, people involved in the discussions tell Axios.” This would be the end of America as we know it…certainly as democracy governed by the rule of law.)
• January 6 Hearing: Trump’s Attempted Coup Comes Into Focus
• ‘Loudmouth’ Capitol riot defendant had a rough day at his Jan. 6 jury trial
• Jan. 6 Committee Plays Slow-Motion Video of Sen. Hawley Running the Hell Away From His Beloved Capitol Mob
• Video Shows Sen. Josh Hawley Fleeing The Jan. 6 Rioters He Had Just Saluted (Pathetic.)
• Hawley’s effort to reap political rewards from Jan. 6 scampers off (Hawley is pure scum.)
• Some good news: Trump seems closer than ever to prosecution
• House GOP Conference deletes tweet attacking Sarah Matthews (These people are disgusting.)
• Pence seeks distance from Trump as he considers 2024 presidential run
• White House Announces That President Biden Has Tested Positive for COVID-19, Has “Very Mild Symptoms”
• White House tries to make Biden’s COVID a ‘teachable moment’
• Biden’s diagnosis is a reminder: We must still make things better
• Do the justices regret blowing up the Supreme Court’s reputation yet? (“The right-wing majority has set off two backlashes.” This court is complete crap.)
• Kagan says questions of legitimacy risky for Supreme Court (Why would anyone have any confidence in this extremist, illegitimate court at this point?)
• Supreme Court won’t reinstate Biden policy limiting immigration arrests
• The Republican Party Wants Sex Control
• US House Votes to Protect Americans’ Access to Contraception; ALL Dems VOTE YES; 195 Republicans (Including Virginia’s Four Extremist Congressmen) VOTE NO
• After Roe, Republicans Sharpen Attacks on Gay and Transgender Rights
• Tammy Baldwin, who is gay, confronted Marco Rubio about calling same-sex marriage vote a ‘stupid waste of time’
• Angelo Carusone on Verizon dropping OAN: Cable companies are finally done with subsidizing content that is otherwise not commercially viable
• Facebook forsakes friends and family to compete with TikTok
• A Jewish Republican group is denouncing Doug Mastriano’s links to an extremist social-media site
• Miami-Dade School Board Rejects New Textbooks With Sex Education Curriculum
• Unvaccinated Rockland County, N.Y. man diagnosed with polio
• GOP Candidate for New York Governor Zeldin Fights Off Stabbing Attack
• Pennsylvania money could be ‘turning point’ in regional Bay cleanup efforts
• Rep. Luria calls Jan. 6 ‘personal’: I never imagined the enemy would come from within
• Rep. Luria: Trump ‘betrayed his oath of office and was derelict in his duty’ on Jan. 6
• NEW VIDEO: Rep. Elaine Luria (D-VA02) Upholds Oath; Republican “Big Lie” Conspiracy Theorist Jen Kiggans Doubts Biden Election Win (“The differences in this election couldn’t be more clear”)
• Video: Rep. Elaine Luria (D-VA02) Co-Leading the 1/6/21 House Committee Hearing at 8 pm Tonight (Witnesses include two former Trump administration officials – Matthew Pottinger and Sarah Matthews. Should be fascinating.)
• Editorial: Crisis in the classroom (“Teachers are leaving the profession in droves, departures that threaten to be an enormous crisis come fall.”)
• New study shows Virginia teachers face worst “pay penalty” in the nation
• How the pandemic is still impacting Virginia restaurants
• Appeals court upholds dismissal of Goldman’s suit
• Virginia ends fiscal year with $1.9 billion surplus
• “This is an outrageous and irresponsible lie on the part of [the] VA GOP…because they can’t win on the facts” (In fact, what the VA GOP said is close to the polar opposite of what actually happened.)
• Virginia Explained: How can you save on residential solar?
• Virginia 10-Day New COVID-19 Cases Down 84% Compared to 1/19; Hospitalizations Down to 731 From ~4,000 in January; But at Highest Level Since Early March
• Abused beagles begin their trip to a new home
• Richmond, Henrico health officials offering monkeypox vaccine to high-risk populations
• New Ashland elementary school plans include single-occupant bathrooms
• Streahle: Roanoke, move forward with your blueprint for climate resilience
• Former Del. Jack Reid dies at 79, remembered as stalwart Henrico Republican
• D.C.-area forecast: Mid-90s today, then the hottest weekend of the year so far