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by Lowell
Here are a few international, national and Virginia news headlines, political and otherwise, for Monday, April 10.
When you get off the plane with the legendary Joan Baez you know it’s a movement of the spirit. She stands with us in our struggle in Tennessee and said she’s hopeful to see young voices leading.
“WE SHALL OVERCOME…”
Serendipitous, indeed. pic.twitter.com/f4bj5akUte
— Rep. Justin Jones (@brotherjones_) April 9, 2023
- Opinion | Superyachts Are Climate Supervillains
- The Real-World Costs of the Digital Race for Bitcoin (“Bitcoin mines cash in on electricity by devouring it, selling it and turning it off — and they cause immense pollution. The public often pays a price.”)
- As spring offensive nears, Ukraine is drafting reinforcements
- Leaked Files Are a Disclosure With Fallout in Real Time
- Zelensky slams Russia over holiday attack that left father and daughter dead
- Russia nearly shot down British spy plane near Ukraine, leaked document says
- Ukraine May Run Out of Air Defenses by May, Leaked Pentagon Documents Warn
- Leaked Documents Suggest Ukrainian Air Defense Is in Peril if Not Reinforced
- New Details on Intelligence Leak Show It Circulated for Weeks Before Raising Alarm
- A rare glimpse into the depth of US intelligence on allies and foes
- Ukraine says Russian forces using ‘scorched earth’ tactics in battle for Bakhmut
- China ends Taiwan drills after practising blockades, precision strikes
- US Navy Challenges Beijing in South China Sea Amid Taiwan Drills
- China simulates striking Taiwan on second day of drills
- An eyewitness reveals how China is brainwashing the Uyghurs
- GOP embraces a new foreign policy: Bomb Mexico to stop fentanyl (“Republicans suggest everything from terrorist labels to an invasion to decimate drug cartels in Mexico.”)
- The Covert Mission to Solve a Mexican Journalist’s Murder (“After the death of a reporter who investigated narcopolitics, her colleagues formed a secret collective to bring the killers to justice—and challenge a culture of impunity.”)
- El Salvador Decimated Its Ruthless Gangs. But at What Cost?
- Driven by necessity, Bangladesh develops innovations to fight climate change
- BBC objects to ‘government funded’ Twitter label
- Japan ruling party triumphs in local elections despite criticism over links to Moonies
- Japan’s three megabanks to face votes on climate change
- More Than a Decade of Megadrought Brought a Summer of Megafires to Chile (“As relentless drought dries out subsistence farmers’ wells, vast eucalyptus and pine plantations, remnants of the Pinochet dictatorship, are torching their communities.”)
- Bill Clinton: Why has peace endured in Northern Ireland? Hope and history rhymed.
- Exxon’s new ‘advanced recycling’ plant raises environmental concerns (“Advocates warn plants like the latest addition to the Texas complex generate hazardous pollutants and provide cover for oil giants to produce new plastic products”)
- Offices are half-empty. That could be a risk for banks (“Investors on high alert for signs of trouble are now homing in on the downturn in the $20 trillion US commercial real estate market”)
- Heat-driven shifts in wind patterns could increase hurricane risks along US coastlines, researchers say
- Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez wants Clarence Thomas impeached (Absolutely, but he won’t be unfortunately.)
- AOC Wants To Know Who “Advised” Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas to Not Disclose Gifts
- GOP wages an asymmetrical war on democracy because it can’t get the votes (Exactly; it’s not “polarization,” it’s *asymmetrical warfare* by the right)
- Senate GOP wants Trump to stay away from 2024 races as his legal woes mount
- Trump bets indictments could make him 2024 nominee (“Ex-president hopes his legal woes will harden support from his base, but general election voters might recoil at his felony charges”)
- Bill Barr Warns Donald Trump Should Be “Most Concerned” About The Classified Documents Case
- Trump ‘dug himself a hole’ on classified documents and role in January 6 – Barr (“Ex-attorney general says former president has ‘penchant for engaging in reckless behavior’ and why he’s facing indictments”)
- How abortion changes election maps
- Health secretary slams abortion pill ruling as ‘not America’
- Wisconsin race cements abortion as galvanizing issue for Democrats
- A moment of hope emerges for the endangered Great Salt Lake. Seize it.
- The Texas Abortion-Pill Ruling Signals Pro-Lifers’ Next Push (“Get used to hearing a lot more about the Comstock Act.”)
- Health Secretary Says “Everything Is on the Table” to Protect Abortion Pill Access
- White House plans support for drugstores, pharma in abortion pill battle
- GOP Rep. Calls For ‘Real Conversations’ That Aren’t About Abortion, Like Border Control (Hahaha, nice try.)
- Mansplaining GOP Rep Thinks It’s Time to ‘Get Off’ the Abortion Issue
- Biden’s digital strategy: an army of influencers
- Biden’s 2024 campaign is starting to take shape, minus the announcement
- Anti-trans advocates keep contradicting each other (“How do we know the trans hysteria is a moral panic? Because conservatives can’t keep track of their own nonsense”)
- Battle over Biden labor nominee Julie Su heats up
- Fox settles defamation lawsuit from Venezuelan businessman over broadcast tying him to Dominion election claim
- Tennessee’s Political Divisions Deepen Between State and Its Cities
- Nashville council to vote on restoring ousted state lawmaker
- Ousted Tennessee Lawmakers Say GOP Speaker Is An ‘Autocrat’
- ‘Our vote doesn’t matter’: Black Tennessee residents frustrated over expulsion of legislators
- Expelled Tennessee Lawmakers Both Seeking Seats Again
- Newsom says DeSantis ‘scared to death’
- Greg Abbott Wants to Pardon the Man Convicted of Killing a Racial Justice Protester (Abbott is a menace.)
- Gov. Greg Abbott backs call for pardon for Daniel Perry, who killed Austin protester in 2020 (That is sick, evil, fascistic shit.)
- A Sex Scandal Tanked A Presidential Front-Runner In The 1980s. Why Not Today?
- Democratic Sen. Bob Casey of Pennsylvania to seek 4th term
- Twitter fails to report some political ads after promising transparency
- It’s time for Virginia to plan its next offshore wind farm (“The complexity of planning, permitting and building giant wind turbines 25 miles out in the ocean means Virginia needs to start planning the next project now”)
- Virginia Lawmakers reconvene for Youngkin’s amendments (“Virginia Lawmakers will reconvene on April 12 to take a look at the vetoes and amendments Governor Youngkin made to the bills they passed.”)
- Virginia bus driver shortages continue, but determining how bad they are is complicated (“Data shows small reduction in bus driver shortage amid recruitment efforts”)
- The next General Assembly won’t look much like the current one (“Based on retirements alone, more than one-quarter of the Senate will be new; so will one-third of the House of Delegates. Election defeats could push the turnover higher.”)
- Solar shingles help Virginia homeowner sidestep HOA aesthetic objections (“A former Tesla and SolarCity employee is helping to roll out a new roofing product called the Timberline Solar Energy Shingle that is easier and quicker to install than Elon Musk’s version.”)
- Hounded by baseless voter fraud allegations, an entire county’s election staff quits in Virginia (“In Buckingham County, four people quit their jobs after a feud between local Republicans and the general registrar consumed the small community.” Ugh.)
- GETTING THERE: Spotsy stands out in state crash report
- Norfolk residents who sued the city over the demolition of a historic home now must pay the city’s attorney’s fees
- D.C.-area forecast: Big warm-up this week, with 80s starting Wednesday
