Wednesday News: “U.S. Inflation Report for July Is Expected to Show Easing Prices”; “GOP hysteria over the Mar-a-Lago search is an invitation to violence”; “Stop the scam, stop the grift. Release the warrant.”; “[C]limate bill is going to supercharge Virginia’s energy transition”

by Lowell

Here are a few international, national and Virginia news headlines, political and otherwise, for Wednesday, August 10.

“Donald Trump can release the warrant. He should release the warrant. If it’s such a scam, release the warrant. Stop the scam, stop the grift. Release the warrant. Let us see why they came in to Mar-a-Lago. Let us see what they’re looking for.” —@joenbc pic.twitter.com/fFeWOmPNJk

— Morning Joe (@Morning_Joe) August 10, 2022

• Drought threatens 60% of EU and U.K. as Europe faces “critical situation”
• Shelling in Ukraine kills at least 14, officials say
• War must end with liberation of Crimea – Zelensky (“Ukraine’s president devotes nightly address to Crimea after explosions rock a Russian airbase there.”)
• Putin’s Pushing His Army Bosses Into ‘Meat Grinder’ of Death (“Russian commanders are dying at a shocking rate. But Vladimir Putin’s desperation knows no bounds.”)
• Russia’s Trump Raid Tantrum Is a Spectacle You Don’t Want to Miss
• Ukraine special forces behind deadly Crimea strike, official says (“The airfield explosion in Crimea was the work of Ukrainian special forces, a Ukrainian official said, declining to disclose details on how the attack was carried out.”)
• China Says Taiwan Military Drills Over, Plans Regular Patrols
• A U.S.-China War Over Taiwan Isn’t Happening Anytime Soon
• Truss Supports Giving UK Ministers Power to Overrule Regulators
• Kenyans waiting for results of close presidential election
• Anti-vaxxers tout ‘medical freedom’ — and raise the death toll
• Biden administration ends Trump-era ‘Remain in Mexico’ policy
• Critical inflation report could show price increases have eased
• U.S. Inflation Report for July Is Expected to Show Easing Prices (“A report today is expected to show that price increases slowed last month, as lower gas prices and airfares created a welcome reprieve for consumers.”)
• ‘We’re back, baby’: New bill boosts US climate credibility
• Climate activists grapple with what comes after climate bill
• “Monumental:” US climate bill eliminates cost gap between green and dirty hydrogen
• Companies increase investment as Biden signs law boosting US semiconductor industry
• Congress has a chance to pass the most significant conservation law in decades
• The Lawless G.O.P. Response to the Raid at Mar-a-Lago
• Making Sense of the Trump Raid (“Merrick Garland’s DOJ takes its boldest step yet in pursuit of the former president.”)
• With the Trump Raid, Merrick Garland Draws a Line in the Sand
• Conservatives use Trump’s Mar-a-Lago search to scare audiences into falling in line behind their proto-fascism
• FBI raid on Trump’s residence takes US into uncharted territory (Actually, what took the US into uncharted territory was Trump’s entire presidency, including the 1/6/21 violent insurrection. The Guardian is an excellent paper, but this headline sucks.)
• FBI searched Trump’s home seeking classified presidential records – sources (“Search warrant executed by FBI agents suggests investigation comes with potentially far-reaching political ramifications for former president”)
• A Strong Democracy Can Hold Power to Account
• Which Criminal Investigation Was the Former President of the United States Raided in Relation To?
• After the Trump Raid, Silence Is Not an Option for Merrick Garland
• Right-Wing Pundits Are Clamoring for War
• Trump seizes on FBI search to fuel backlash
• Trump’s Week Has Gone From Normal Bad to Mar-a-Lago Staffers Hiding the Heinz Bottles Bad
• After Mar-a-Lago search, users on pro-Trump forums agitate for ‘civil war’ — including a Jan. 6 rioter
• What Is Really Unprecedented Is the Criminality … In response to the FBI raid on Mar-a-Lago …
• Conservatives Believe Trump Is Above the Law
• Mar-a-Lago search appears focused on whether Trump, aides withheld items
• Trump’s legal team was in talks with DOJ this spring over records stored at Mar-a-Lago, attorney says
• Why the Trump search warrant is nothing like Hillary’s emails
• Federal agents took about a dozen boxes from Mar-a-Lago, Trump lawyer says
• With FBI search of Mar-a-Lago, Trump’s whining kicks into overdrive
• Trump fields calls from Republican allies to speed up 2024 bid after FBI raid
• GOP hysteria over the Mar-a-Lago search is an invitation to violence
• What the F.B.I.’s Raid of Mar-a-Lago Could Mean for Trump
• F.B.I. Search of Trump’s Home Pushes Long Conflict Into Public View
• Simmering threat of violence comes to fore with search of Trump property
• Republicans Rally Behind Trump, Who Reprises Favored Role: Victim
• Trump could be charged with violating the Espionage Act, former DOJ national security chief says
• Trumpworld speculates about “flipped” aide after FBI search
• Stuck With Trump (“He’ll compel loyalty no matter what the FBI finds. If Republicans kowtow, they might as well hand him the 2024 nomination now.”)
• What Comes After the Search Warrant? (“Why August 8 may become a new hinge point in U.S. history”)
• FBI thunderbolt scrambles political predictions on Trump
• Former President Donald Trump to be deposed by NY attorney general on Wednesday
• Trump Says He’s Testifying Wednesday in NY Investigation
• Fox repeatedly mentions Hunter Biden and Hillary Clinton after FBI search Trump’s Mar-a-Lago
• Steve Bannon’s show melts down over the FBI search of Trump’s Mar-a-Lago residence
• Republicans Are Breathlessly Defending Trump Against the FBI Raid. But Just Wait. (“Hear me out: Maybe the feds turning over your home for crimes is bad for your political future.”)
• The Republican response to the Mar-a-Lago raid should scare you
• The Conspiracy Theory on the Far-Right Deep Web After the Trump FBI Raid (“If you haven’t heard of the ‘war on dissidents,’ you may soon.”)
• Trump tax returns must be given to Congress, federal appeals court says in new ruling
• Trump Allies Are Attacking Biden For a Plan to Hire 87,000 New IRS Agents That Doesn’t Exist
• This is Biden’s biggest unnoticed success (“He has appointed judges at a rapid clip, and they’re more diverse than any president’s before him.”)
• 3 more items Democrats should get done before the midterms (“… the Senate should complete work on the Electoral Count Act reform bill. With some key changes, the bipartisan proposal can go a long way toward heading off future coups…Democrats should put to a floor vote the proposed tech antitrust bill”)
• The Strength of Our Political Loyalties Changes Our Actual Beliefs
• Kansas voters used democracy to stop right wing extremists — but GOP fascism is still on the rise (“In Pennsylvania and Arizona, Big Lie supporters have won GOP nominations for governor and other key races”)
• Editorial: Five years later, “Unite the Right” still a grim wake-up call
• The narrative that Fox had turned on Trump was always underbaked. Now it’s totally collapsed. (The media looooved this narrative, though!)
• Fox boss Lachlan Murdoch privately levels harsh criticism against Trump, sources say
• Facebook Gave Cops Data To Prosecute Nebraska Teenager Who Allegedly Had An Abortion
• This Is the Data Facebook Gave Police to Prosecute a Teenager for Abortion
• Facebook gave police their private data. Now, this duo face abortion charges
• Republican Herrera Beutler falls in primary after voting to impeach Trump
• Election Denier Kim Crockett Wins Minnesota GOP Secretary Of State Primary
• Rep. Ilhan Omar survives close primary after campaign focused on policing
• With primary win, Becca Balint is likely to be Vermont’s first female and openly gay member of Congress
• The House GOP’s Plan to Troll Biden With Investigations (Do NOT NOT NOT put these people in charge!)
• Rightwing media embraces Aids-era homophobia in monkeypox coverage
• Wisconsin Republicans Embrace Trump in a Race Defined by 2020 Grievances
• Four takeaways from the Wisconsin, Vermont and Minnesota primaries
• Barnes wins Democratic Senate primary in Wisconsin, finalizing showdown with Ron Johnson
• Albuquerque Police Detain Suspect in Killings of Muslim Men (“The police said the man, Muhammad Syed, 51, would be charged in two of the killings and that he was a suspect in the other two deaths.”)
• Grand jury declines to indict woman in Emmett Till killing (“The fact remains that the people who abducted, tortured, and murdered Emmett did so in plain sight, and our American justice system was and continues to be set up in such a way that they could not be brought to justice for their heinous crimes.”)
• A Florida license plate has reopened the debate over the ‘Don’t tread on me’ flag
• Elon Musk sells $6.9 billion of Tesla stock ahead of Twitter legal battle
• Elon Musk’s Antics Turn Owners and Would-Be Buyers Against Tesla (I was seriously thinking about buying a Tesla prior to Musk going far-right, but absolutely wouldn’t do so now!)
• Elon’s Biggest Boondoggle (“Why did he spend the past five years trying to sell cities a hole in the ground?” So stupid.)
• Republican Jen Kiggans Changes Her Tune on Law and Order (“Republican incumbents appeared to become the party of ‘defund the police’ in a matter of hours.”)
• Virginia Republicans React to FBI Search of Mar-a-Lago *Exactly* as We’d Expect – Disgracefully, Hypocritically, and with ZERO Respect for the Rule of Law (These are the same people who wanted the FBI to investigate and “lock up” Hillary Clinton and pretty much anyone else with a “D” by their name…)
• Youngkin slams FBI and DOJ as Virginia lawmakers spar on social media amid Mar-a-Lago raid (This is absolutely how NOT to write a headline, making it all about who’s “sparring,” and reporting things without noting right up front whether or not they’re factually accurate. Why does the media continue to suck SO badly?)
• Youngkin calls raid on Trump club a ‘stunning move’ by feds (Again, the headline should note right up front that in reality, it’s not at all “stunning” when law enforcement officers do their jobs and attempt to enforce the law!)
• Buckle up, folks: this federal climate bill is going to supercharge Virginia’s energy transition
• Youngkin Apparently Wants To Inflict “trauma on a child by forcing teachers to out them to their entire community” (Sen. Louise Lucas: “They need to leave that crap to the folks in Florida”)
• What Is There To Hide? Governor Youngkin Is Sued For The Second Time For Refusing To Share “Tip Line” Emails (“Youngkin Administration Setting Precedent of Secrecy “)
• Editorial: Putting school lunch at risk (“Virginia shouldn’t be party to a suit that would allow children to be denied a school lunch based on any characteristic, including sexual identity.”)
• Tuesday Virginia COVID-19 Stats: 10-Day New Cases at 29,812; Hospitalizations at 759 (Near Highest Level Since Early March)
• Ridership drops could mean less funding for Virginia transit agencies
• Virginia is seeing a spike in THC-related poison control calls among toddlers and teens
• Organizations Advocating for Virginia LGBTQ+ Youth Respond to Hanover County School Board’s Proposed Restroom and Locker Room Policy (“…the Hanover County School Board crafted a horrible policy with a known anti-LGBTQ organization”)
• Hanover School Board considering new bathroom access policy
• Hanover County School Board introduces transgender policy; discussion is limited
• Williams: The Hanover School Board’s transgender policy would double down on discrimination
• Virginia Beach City Council makes its pick, appoints owner of public relations firm as its new member
• As one of Va.’s largest mills closes, smaller mills grind on
• Tens of thousands of students in Northern Virginia begin going back to school
• Spotsylvania School Board updates restraint policy, delays other decisions
• A new grant will help combat addiction in the Roanoke Valley
• D.C.-area forecast: Storm chances higher today before a totally different weather pattern (“Some storms later today could be strong to severe. Tomorrow we transition to a new pattern for Friday through Sunday.”)