by Lowell
Here are a few international, national and Virginia news headlines, political and otherwise, for Sunday, July 3.
- Blasts kill 3 in Russian border city, Ukraine hits base in the south
- Russia claims capture of pivotal city in eastern Ukraine
- Splintered Ukrainian city braces for new battle with Russia
- Investigators of War Crimes in Ukraine Face Formidable Challenges
- As tech companies pull back from Russia, China looks on with concern
- Taiwan: China attack not imminent, but US watching closely, says Gen Milley
- Thousands told to evacuate Sydney, as heavy rains bring ‘life threatening emergency’
- Africa’s desperate hunger: Ukraine war pushes Somalia toward famine
- Summer in America is becoming hotter, longer and more dangerous (And the far-right extremists on the Supreme Court and in the Republican Party are like, “whatever, let’s burn MORE fossil fuels!” Sociopaths.)
- Supreme Court’s E.P.A. Ruling Shifts More Power Away From Congress (Congress needs to assert itself, immediately and strongly.)
- Environmentalists condemn Biden administration’s offshore drilling plan (“Policy would ban new ocean drilling but allow up to 11 lease sales in Gulf of Mexico and Alaska’s south coast”)
- 10 ways to fix a broken Supreme Court (“Democrats don’t have the votes right now for major Supreme Court reform. But if they pick up seats, they could have many options.”)
- This July Fourth, we’re torn over what we love about our country
- The Long Path to Reclaim Abortion Rights (“Attempting to recover from their staggering loss, abortion rights groups have mounted attacks against abortion bans in state courts and at ballot boxes nationwide. They say their strategy is promising, but the path ahead is slow and not at all certain, with battles likely to go on for years.”)
- ‘People want me dead’: abortion providers fear violence after Roe overturned
- The end of Roe v. Wade raises fear of more prosecutions for pregnancy loss
- Doctors weren’t considered in Dobbs, but now they’re on abortion’s legal front lines
- The Anti-Abortion Movement Wants to Punish Women for Having Sex
- Democrats swiftly raised $80M after court overturned Roe
- Girl, 10, Reportedly Forced To Travel Out Of State For Abortion (“The young rape victim was denied the procedure in her home state of Ohio, where abortion banned.” Ohio’s Republicans are disgraceful.)
- Supreme Court Shakes Nation To Core, Has No Plans To Ease Up
- The Dobbs Decision Has Unleashed Legal Chaos for Doctors and Patients (“Overturning Roe v. Wade put old laws—including one from the nineteenth century—back on the books, and opened the door for new ones with ambiguous language and glaring omissions.”)
- The Supreme Court’s Conservatives Have Asserted Their Power (“But what if their big and fast moves, eviscerating some constitutional rights and inflating others, are bound for collision?”)
- Next up: voting rights, as US supreme court set to tear up more protections (Congress either stops this or we lose our democracy, period.)
- Why Republicans should be nervous about their candidates for governor
- The January 6 Committee Is Going to Have the Final Word (“By establishing an official record of the insurrection, the members are creating clarity in a political moment fogged with lies.”)
- Trump weighs early 2024 launch as January 6 committee looms over his future
- We can no longer avoid a criminal investigation into Donald Trump
- Jan. 6 showed two identities of Secret Service: Gutsy heroes vs. Trump yes-men
- Cassidy Hutchinson testimony tests Trump’s political strength
- Harris Links Abortion and Voting Rights, Says Fight Must Go On
- Ruling could dampen government efforts to rein in Big Tech
- The Michigan Democrat Who Could Solve Her Party’s Identity Crisis (“The Michigan lawmaker’s viral rebuttal to Republican attacks is becoming a playbook for beleaguered Democrats in a dispiriting election year.”)
- These candidates lost badly, but now are claiming fraud
- Jon Stewart says ‘the Supreme Court is now the Fox News of justice’ after the decision to overturn Roe v. Wade
- NEW POLL: Whopping 68% of Fox News Viewers Blame Jan. 6 on ‘Left-Wing Protesters Trying To Make Trump Look Bad’ (Completely insane. Was there even a single “left-wing protester” at the US Capitol on 1/6/21, among thousands of Proud Boys, Oath Keepers, Trump supporters, etc?)
- Boston mayor condemns ‘white supremacist’ march through city
- Masked white supremacist march in Boston draws condemnation: “Your hate is as cowardly as it is disgusting”
- Arredondo calls it quits on city
- Uvalde schools police chief resigns from City Council
- Experts wary over offers to help people travel for an abortion
- Abortion illegal in Texas again: Texas Supreme Court blocks order that allowed abortions to resume
- Texas can enforce 1925 abortion ban, state Supreme Court says
- Supreme Court marshal presses Md., Va. leaders to stop home protests
- Voters in Virginia’s 7th District should be wary of Yesli Vega’s ignorance
- Audio: Former VA Secretary of Education Atif Qarni “Pleasantly Surprised” at Two of Youngkin’s Board of Education Appointments, But Also Says Youngkin’s a “Racist” and “Bigot,” “so why are we surprised he’s going to appoint racists and bigots?” (Qarni praises Grace Creasey and Alan Seibert, rips Suparna Dutta for using “loaded racial language”)
- In clash over VMI’s future, Youngkin appoints conservatives to board (“The picks by Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin (R) were applauded by alumni resisting change at Virginia Military Institute.”)
- CASEY: Virginia laws about weed and related products change again
- Richmond Police Finally Admit to Tear-Gassing Peaceful Protest, Hope No One Notices. (“The department tweeted their retraction just before the holiday weekend.”)
- UVA fired and rehired its president 10 years ago, fearing a crisis that never materialized
- Red flag laws rarely used in Roanoke, New River valleys
- Fox Elementary report says cause of blaze is ‘undetermined’
- D.C.-area forecast: Slow to see the sun today; warm and dry for the Fourth of July
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