by Lowell
Here are a few international, national and Virginia news headlines, political and otherwise, for Sunday, April 23.
- The unexpected link between imperiled whales and Greenland’s melting ice (“Climate change is pushing already endangered right whales to the brink. Scientists say the oceans will fundamentally shift as the world’s ice melts.”)
- Fix Your Diet, Save the Planet
- 7 ways we’ve made the Earth better since the last Earth Day
- ‘Green colonialism’: Indigenous world leaders warn over west’s climate strategy
- In Bakhmut, Ukrainian troops cling to western edge of a destroyed city
- Ukraine Gears Up to Hit Russians—and Show West It Can Win
- Spain sends 6 tanks to Ukraine, becoming latest Western power to do so
- Russia’s Technocrats Embraced the West, Then Enabled Putin’s War
- After Russia bombs own city, explosive found at same site
- China’s Ambassador to France Says Ex-Soviet States Lack Basis for Sovereignty (“France and countries across Eastern Europe condemn remarks from Ambassador Lu Shaye “)
- Anger in Europe After Chinese Diplomat Says Ex-Soviet States Not Sovereign
- Shifting production from China is impossible, says shipping boss
- Japanese fete LGBTQ progress, demand marriage rights as G7 summit looms
- The Iranian Diaspora Is at War — With Itself (“Disputes within the Iranian diaspora are getting uglier — and complicating U.S. foreign policy as the regime gets closer and closer to having a nuclear bomb.”)
- Russian mercenaries closely linked with Sudan’s warring generals
- Wagner group surges in Africa as U.S. influence fades, leak reveals (“Wagner’s influence in Africa is a source of alarm to the U.S., prompting a push to find ways to hit the group, according to the documents.”)
- U.S. evacuates embassy personnel and families from Sudan, sources say
- As War Rages in Sudan, Countries Angle for Advantage
- Sudan fighting continues despite ceasefire, army agrees to help evacuate foreigners
- Statement from President Joe Biden on the Situation in Sudan
- Afghanistan has become a terrorism staging ground again, leak reveals
- Ecuador’s criminal gangs bring death and mayhem amid political gridlock
- As the end of Title 42 nears, Congress is no closer on immigration overhaul (“Proposed GOP immigration legislation is too harsh, even for some Republicans.”)
- Biden Plans to Slash Planet-Warming Pollution from Power Plants
- E.P.A. to Propose First Controls on Greenhouse Gases From Power Plants
- On the First Earth Day, Environmentalism Wasn’t Partisan (“The GOP added it to the culture war issue. It didn’t have to be this way.”)
- How the White House sees its debt ceiling standoff with McCarthy (“As angst around the standoff grows, Biden is confident and not budging.”)
- McCarthy’s debt ceiling plan is theater unworthy of a high school gym
- The Supreme Court delivers a sigh of relief — and an outrageous dissent
- Chief Justice John Roberts punts on request to investigate Clarence Thomas (Roberts’ court is totally corrupted and illegitimate.)
- Democratic states stockpile abortion pills as legal fight for access looms
- Losing Ballot Issues on Abortion, G.O.P. Tries to Keep Them Off (Authoritarians.)
- MAGA Pastor Says Christians Must ‘Be The Ones Writing the Laws’ (Saying the quiet part – theocracy in this case – out loud.)
- Many States Are Trying to Restrict Gender Treatments for Adults, Too (So it’s not just about “protecting children.”)
- DeSantis’s Puddin’ Head Campaign
- DeSantis Faces Republican Scrutiny on Issues While Trump Skates By
- 44 percent of Republicans don’t want Trump to run for reelection: poll
- Biden-Trump 2024 Presidential Race Looks More Likely
- New York trial could confer new title on Donald Trump: rapist
- Chris Christie Doesn’t Want to Hear the Name Trump (“My very strange and angry breakfast with the former governor”)
- Trump Defends Push To Restrict Abortion Rights After Rebuke
- Who Else Has Harlan Crow Given Money To? (“Crow and his wife have poured millions into shaping state and federal politics over the past three decades.”)
- The New Faces of Black Power Politics (“Justin Jones and Justin Pearson demonstrate how to fight back in red-state America.”)
- Five questions as Biden readies for his reelection launch
- Pence to decide on presidential run “well before late June” (Pence is NOT going to be the 2024 Republican presidential nominee.)
- Fox News faces new legal threat from Smartmatic
- Federal Prosecutors Are Considering Four Charges Against Hunter Biden
- NAACP sues after Mississippi expands control over law enforcement in Jackson
- Celebs Don’t Want to Pay for a Blue Check Mark on Twitter. Musk Fanboys Are Mad About It.
- Elon Musk Figured Out the Media’s Biggest Weakness (“Here’s why the press falls for his stunts every time.”)
- Florida police decline to make arrests after neighbor shoots at grocery delivery car (If you want to live like this, then vote Republican. If not – and presumably almost nobody wants to live like this! – then make sure you vote Democratic in every election.)
- Ohio Republicans try to change rules to defeat abortion rights amendment (Yet again, Republicans try to change the rules to prevent people from voting.)
- Alaska Supreme Court, in landmark ruling, says partisan gerrymandering violates state constitution
- Alabama governor ousts a top education official over a book’s ‘woke concepts’ on race (Lunacy.)
- Bed Bath & Beyond files for bankruptcy
- Endorsement: Russet Perry for VA Senate in the Crucial-for-Democrats-to-Win, “Swing” SD31 (Loudoun/Fauquier) (Democrats won this district in 2016, 2017 and 2018, while Youngkin won it by just 0.6 points in 2021)
- Schapiro: Rewriting Va. political history one district at a time
- In Heated Debate on WAMU’s “The Politics Hour” Friday, Fairfax Commonwealth’s Attorney Steve Descano and Democratic Primary Challenger Ed Nuttall Rip Each Other as Liars, Incompetent, etc.
- At U.Va., an Alumnus Attacked Diversity Programs. Now He Is on the Board.
- Bond denied for white nationalist who carried tiki torch in 2017
- ‘Diary of Anne Frank,’ ‘1984′ added to lists of ‘explicit’ materials taught in Hampton Roads classrooms (This is insane.)
- D.C.-area forecast: Cooler today with a breeze; mostly dry and cool through midweek
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