by Lowell
Here are a few international, national and Virginia news headlines, political and otherwise, for Saturday, July 23.
- Can Europe Adapt to Extreme Heat?
- Climate Change Threatens River Transport Links in Germany
- The Energy Crisis Is Fueling Global Turmoil
- The audacious PR plot that seeded doubt about climate change (These are some of the worst people in the world.)
- “The Scale Is Hard to Grasp”: The Avian Flu Is a Catastrophe for Seabirds
- Melting ‘snowflakes’? How climate change became a new front in the right’s culture war
- Europe Frets With Gas Flows Still at Risk After Pipeline Restart
- U.S. Considers Supplying Ukraine With Fighter Jets, White House Says
- Ukraine war: Explosions rock Ukrainian port hours after grain deal (“Under the terms of Friday’s deal, Russia agreed not to target ports while grain shipments are in transit.” “These scumbags sign contracts with one hand and direct missiles with the other”))
- Ukraine’s Zelensky Says a Cease-Fire With Russia, Without Reclaiming Lost Lands, Will Only Prolong War (“In an interview, the Ukrainian president praised Western allies for supporting Kyiv and bearing the economic pain as fuel and food prices soar”)
- Russian Strikes on Odesa Raise Doubts About Grain Deal
- Russia Strikes Odesa Port Day After Grain Export Deal Signed
- The Desperate Lives Inside Ukraine’s “Dead Cities” (“Since Russia shifted its vicious invasion to the east, ordinary people trapped on the front lines have faced missile storms and starvation—and have no source of help except one another.”)
- ‘I can’t forget her’- Myanmar’s soldiers admit atrocities
- Sunak Labels Himself the Underdog as ‘Forces That Be’ Back Liz Truss
- China plans ‘great efforts’ to consolidate economic recovery
- The Myth of the Good Trump Official
- They did it and will do it again – if no one stops them
- The biggest takeaways from the Jan. 6 hearings (“The most damning accounts from the hearings came from former President Trump’s inner circle at the White House”)
- Jan. 6 hearings traced an arc of ‘carnage’ wrought by Trump
- Hearings test Trump’s clout and GOP’s wish to ‘forget about Jan. 6’
- The Criminal Case Against Trump Is Getting Stronger
- Finally, the dam is breaking against Trump (We’ll see…)
- Four reasons the Jan. 6 hearings have conquered the news cycle
- The Good, the Bad and the Chicken on Jan. 6
- Liz Cheney’s devastating final question puts the GOP to shame (“Every American must consider this: Can a president who is willing to make the choices Donald Trump made during the violence of January 6th ever be trusted with any position of authority in our great nation again?” Nope. Nor can anyone who fails to denounce Trump, Trumpism, the 1/6/21 insurrection, the “Big Lie,” etc.)
- 5 things we learned in the Jan. 6 committee’s stunning hearing
- Liz Cheney understood the assignment
- The Secret Service texting scandal demands answers
- Trump aides at heart of explosive Jan. 6 claims have hired private lawyers, committee member says
- Opinion: Why Steve Bannon’s conviction really matters
- Steve Bannon found guilty in Jan. 6 contempt of Congress trial
- ‘His life was threatened.’ But Pence isn’t talking about it. (Pence is a bizarre, deeply weird human being.)
- A Trump aide’s ‘media’ remark diagnoses our political cancer (“A striking moment from the Jan. 6 committee hearings recalls the sick symbiosis between the former president and the press.”)
- A radical plan for Trump’s second term (EXTREMELY dangerous. This would end America as we know it and turn it into something really, really nasty.)
- Trump’s Authoritarian Plans for a Second Term Should Scare the Crap Out of You
- Report: If Trump Wins in 2024, His Allies Want to Unmake the Entire Federal Government
- Trump 2.0 Could Be Powered By Sycophantic Bureaucrats
- First on CNN: Secret Service identified potential missing text messages on phones of 10 individuals
- ‘It’s a kangaroo court’: in key state, Trump backers dismiss January 6 hearings (It’s a deranged cult, impervious to reams of evidence.)
- Religious Doctrine, Not the Constitution, Drove the Dobbs Decision
- Biden’s doctor: President’s Covid symptoms ‘have improved’
- Republicans split on same-sex marriage bill, which faces uncertainty in the Senate
- Atlanta-area DA represents significant legal threat to Trump
- The most dangerous threat to America? White male entitlement. (“The people most advantaged by the American system are the only ones fantasizing about its violent overthrow.”)
- Internet troll ‘Baked Alaska’ pleads guilty in Capitol riot
- Jan. 6 hearing protesters hassle ex-police officer beaten by Capitol mob
- Colorado Man Pleads Guilty to Casting Missing Wife’s Ballot for Trump (Seems like most of the extremely rare voter fraud that occurred in the 2020 election was by Trump supporters. Funny how that works, huh?)
- Newsom signs California gun bill modeled after Texas abortion law
- California Governor Calls for No New Gas Plants in Climate Fight
- Author Wes Moore wins Democratic race for Maryland governor
- Doug Mastriano consultant and Gab CEO: Jewish conservatives like Ben Shapiro aren’t welcome in our movement
- How the NY Times obscures the Republican push to roll back marriage equality (This paper is badly broken.)
- South Carolina bill outlaws websites that tell how to get an abortion
- Cawthorn Campaign Illegally Spent Funds It Wasn’t Supposed to Touch
- Bo Jackson covered all funeral expenses for Uvalde victims’ families, governor says
- Mark Warner (big thumbs UP!) vs. Marc Elias (big thumbs DOWN!) on the Electoral Count Act Reform Legislation
- Senators Warner and Kaine; Reps. Wexton, Beyer and Connolly Call on President Biden to Raise the Detention of Virginian Asim Ghafoor with the Emirati Government
- Rep. Elaine Luria says Trump has ‘created fear’ within national security community
- Rep. Abigail Spanberger (D-VA07), Noting That She’s a “Former Federal Law Enforcement Officer,” Touts “Biden Administration’s Plan to Increase Funding for Police”
- ‘Not how our democracy is meant to work’: Transparency advocates say legislating through the budget is problematic
- Opinion/Editorial: Confederate defender will drive racial wedge deeper into Virginia (“Earlier this week, Ann McLean, Gov. Glenn Youngkin’s new appointee to the Virginia Board of Historic Resources, gave an interview to conservative radio talk show host John Reid. During that interview McLean likened Abraham Lincoln’s response to the secession of Southern states to Vladimir Putin’s unprovoked invasion of Ukraine. Guess she forgot about the Confederate attack on Fort Sumter.”)
- Schapiro: When Va.’s Republican Party was a big tent
- Youngkin’s appointments raise questions about his ‘moderate’ label (The fact is, anyone – particularly journalists – who called Youngkin a “moderate” was paying ZERO attention or pushing propaganda.)
- Virginia 10-Day New COVID-19 Cases Down 84% Compared to 1/19; Hospitalizations Down to 744 From ~4,000 in January; But at Highest Level Since Early March
- Over 60 Current and Former Elected Prosecutors and Attorneys General Urge VA Supreme Court to Protect Prosecutorial Discretion (“Last month, a Circuit Court judge in Virginia entered an unprecedented order removing [Loudoun County] CA [Buta] Biberaj’s entire office from a case, with no prior notice, based solely on his personal disagreement with the office’s handling of a plea agreement.”)
- Virginia unemployment drops to 2.8%, but staffing problems persist
- Rescue of 4,000 Beagles Prompts PETA Push: Empty ALL Laboratory Cages!
- Stoney won’t release certain documents related to Richmond mass shooting press conference
- As RPS faces nearly 200 teacher vacancies, school board approves new hiring incentives
- Williams: We can’t rest until Richmond housing is affordable for all
- In booming N.Va., hotel union tries a new message: No more new hotels
- D.C.-area forecast: Heat wave peaks this weekend, with temperatures near 100
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