by Lowell
Here are a few international, national and Virginia news headlines, political and otherwise, for Friday, April 14.
- How Electrifying Everything Became a Key Climate Solution
- The climate change debate dividing the World Bank
- ‘Bombshell’ 1989 Shell Memo Features in New Court Filing Alleging Climate Deception
- Gas can’t compete with wind, solar and storage, even in world’s biggest market
- US energy secretary says G7 can lead global emissions cuts
- OPEC+ cuts risk oil supply deficit, threaten economic recovery – IEA
- Global stocks rise after US inflation cools
- Russia’s commando units gutted by Ukraine war, U.S. leak shows (“Russia’s clandestine spetsnaz forces have been put to use alongside the infantry, suffering massive numbers of dead and wounded.”)
- Ukraine forces pull back as Russia mounts ‘re-energised’ Bakhmut assault, UK says
- Brazil’s president is expected to discuss a Ukraine peace proposal with China’s leader.
- China vows not to sell arms to any party in Ukraine war
- Suspected leaker of top-secret Pentagon documents arrested
- Stunning leak arrest spotlights major ongoing US intelligence vulnerabilities
- Jack Teixeira to appear in court accused of Pentagon leaks
- US Embarrassed After 21-Year-Old Arrested in Classified Documents Leak (“Allies cringe after yet another embarrassing document breach; Case shows that vast number of people have intelligence access”)
- A Festering Cauldron of Conspiracy Stew Is Behind the Pentagon Leak
- I Oversaw the Massachusetts Air National Guard. I Cannot Fathom How This Happened
- Twitter staff cuts leave Russian trolls unchecked
- Welcomed in Ireland, ‘Cousin Joe’ Biden jokes of staying
- An Overjoyed Biden in Ireland Stops Just Short of 2024 Announcement
- North Korea missile launch was new kind of ICBM, regime says, as first images emerge (“Kim Jong-un hails development of new solid-fuel rocket that can be deployed more quickly”)
- What Are America and China Fighting About, Anyway?
- Migrants say Border Patrol is keeping them between the border walls for days without food or shelter (WTF???)
- Unemployment Is Low. Inflation Is Falling. But What Comes Next? (The framing in the “mainstream media” ALWAYS has to be, “there’s good or even GREAT news under Democrats, BUT…bad shit could happen in the future so be afraid!!! It’s laughable.)
- Paper Doll Politics (“The recent rulings on access to the abortion pill assume women should have no agency over their own lives.”)
- Don’t celebrate the latest abortion pill decision — it’s an assault on all reproductive rights (“The 5th Circuit judges nodded approval of a 19th century federal law that was used to ban books and birth control”)
- The Abortion Pill’s Fate Lies With The Supreme Court (How far will they go this time?)
- U.S. to ask Supreme Court to restore full access to abortion pill
- Will SCOTUS Throw Out the Abortion Pill Ruling? (“The Biden administration will ask the Court to overturn restrictions on mifepristone, which is said to be safer than penicillin and Viagra.”)
- The FDA Should Not Enforce the 5th Circuit’s Indefensible Abortion Pill Decision
- The 5th Circuit uncorks a travesty on abortion pill case
- The Highest Court Has the Government’s Lowest Ethical Standards
- Billionaire Harlan Crow Bought Property From Clarence Thomas. The Justice Didn’t Disclose the Deal. (If Thomas broke the law, he should be charge/prosecuted.)
- Clarence Thomas’ Mom Definitely Still Lives in the House the Billionaire Bought
- Clarence Thomas’ Family Got $133K from Nazi-Obsessed Billionaire
- Harlan Crow Is Not a Nazi, but That’s Beside the Point
- The Court That McConnell Built: The Erosion Of Ethics, Justice, And Public Trust
- ‘We’re Getting Killed on Abortion’: Inside Trump’s Secret Meetings With the Religious Right
- Former Trump intel official testifies in Mar-a-Lago classified documents probe
- Trump’s Immunity Defense Narrowed by DC Appeals Court
- Trump appeared for deposition in high-stakes civil lawsuit threatening the fate of his business empire
- Report: Trump, in His Second Deposition With the NY Attorney General, Is F–ked Either Way
- Supreme Court won’t block $6B student debt relief settlement
- Top 2024 hopefuls to address NRA convention after shootings
- Trump, other 2024 hopefuls seek NRA’s blessing amid spate of shootings
- Why we shouldn’t underestimate Joe Biden
- Dianne Feinstein faces down Democratic firestorm (Just resign.)
- What Is Dianne Feinstein Still Doing Here?
- Republicans want to make it difficult for Senate to replace Feinstein on key panel (She should resign – now.)
- Where Democrats go from here on Feinstein’s perilous absence
- Ronald DeSantis Is Fighting a War on Woke-osity
- Freedom is under assault in Ron DeSantis’s Florida
- The astonishing radicalism of Florida’s imminent ban on abortion
- Ron DeSantis May Fall Into His Own Abortion Trap
- Trans people, students and teachers are besieged by DeSantis’s crusade. But he’s not done yet
- DeSantis signs Florida bill banning abortion after six weeks of pregnancy
- DeSantis could be walking into a general election trap on abortion
- How Tennessee Illustrates the Three Rules of MAGA
- Reinstated Tennessee Lawmaker Goes Viral For Smacking Down Colleague’s ‘Bigotry’ (“Stop using God to justify your bigotry. Stop using God to justify hatred and racism”)
- Tennessee House Speaker secretly bought $600,000 home in Nashville
- Tim Scott gets tripped up on abortion ban questions (Not ready for primetime.)
- San Francisco DA blasts Elon Musk over reaction to tech executive’s stabbing death (Musk is a disgrace.)
- Advertisers are reportedly concerned about Twitter CEO Elon Musk’s behavior and where he’s taking the platform. They should be.
- Twitter Is Broken. Thanks, Elon.
- Workers for slaughterhouse cleaning firm that hired children repeatedly used stolen identities to get jobs (Everything about this is appalling.)
- Daniel Perry, convicted of murder, wrote of wanting to kill protesters, Muslims, Black people, new court docs show
- Arrest made in SF killing of Bob Lee — tech exec’s alleged killer also worked in tech (So it’s NOT some random street crime after all.)
- SF Haters Go Suspiciously Silent After Bob Lee Murder Arrest
- Dan Snyder agrees to preliminary deal to sell Washington Commanders
- Dan Snyder timeline: Owner near deal to sell Commanders to Josh Harris
- ‘Topsy turvy:’ Virginia lawmakers react to restrictions on abortion medication
- Sen. Tim Kaine tours Southwest Virginia, talks substance use treatment
- Senator Tim Kaine test drives electric truck at Dublin Volvo plant
- Sen. Warner tells Southwest leaders they should unite around a single proposal for a regional technology hub
- Rep. Don Beyer (D-VA08) Calls On Justice Clarence Thomas To Resign (“…the reported existence of a hidden financial relationship between a conservative donor and a Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court is inexcusable and unacceptable.”)
- Virginia Rep. Jennifer Wexton shares about Parkinson’s Disease diagnosis
- 7 developments from yesterday’s Virginia General Assembly session
- VA House Democratic Caucus on Reconvene Session: MAGA Extremist Have Taken Over (“Youngkin and the MAGA Republicans have made a mockery of this vision, both during session and in the time since, pushing personal politics and moving us towards a Virginia reminiscent of Jim Crow”)
- Youngkin modifies process for people convicted of felonies to regain voting rights
- Amazon requests first HQ2 incentives from Virginia: Nearly $153 million
- All Virginia schools will soon be required to have defibrillators
- Recommendation to deny Dominion renewables projects highlights challenges of meeting VCEA goal
- General Assembly shelves Youngkin’s proposal to make protesting at judges’ homes a misdemeanor
- David Ramadan: Schools should embrace artificial intelligence, not ban it
- Suit to end solitary confinement gains plaintiffs
- Right now, there’s no rush on the state budget
- U.S. Forest Service Ignores and Downplays Evidence on MVP Harms, Again Recommends Our National Forest be Sacrificed for Corporate Gain
- Video: “Arlington Committee of 100” Commonwealth’s Attorney Forum with Incumbent Parisa Dehghani-Tafti and Challenger Josh Katcher (Katcher: “I became a prosecutor because I wanted to seek justice for victims, and that is not currently happening here in Arlington.” Dehghani-Tafti: “My campaign isn’t based on a cute slogan but on actual work and actual results”)
- Mom of student who shot teacher Abby Zwerner surrenders to police
- Richneck shooter’s mother turns herself in — a couple hours late — and is released on $5,000 bond
- Priddy questions Roanoke council’s protocol with Gun Violence Prevention Commission audit
- Community college is at the center of Southside Virginia’s economic comeback, school president says
- ‘Suspicious’ buses used in attempts to pick up children, Fairfax police say
- Virginia Beach mother struck, killed by car while teaching daughter to ride a bike, state police say (Horrible.)
- One Hampton Roads hemp business says they’re leaving Virginia after passage of controversial bill
- Richmond takes key step in acquisition of Mayo Island
- D.C.-area forecast: Staying warm through Sunday, with occasional rain chances
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