by Lowell
Here are a few international, national and Virginia news headlines, political and otherwise, for Sunday, April 9.
- The World Bank Is Getting a New Chief. Will He Pivot Toward Climate Action? (“Under pressure from world leaders, development experts and shareholders, the bank opens its spring meeting on Monday, poised for big changes.”)
- Businesses face more and more pressure from investors to act on climate change
- OPEC+ Shock Revives Oil Bulls Even as Demand Warnings Flash
- U.S. officials believe ‘leaked’ classified documents about Ukraine war strength may be real
- Intelligence leak exposes U.S. spying on adversaries and allies
- Leaked Documents Reveal Depth of U.S. Spy Efforts and Russia’s Military Struggles
- The Russians Took Their Children. These Mothers Went and Got Them Back.
- WSJ Reporter’s Detention Puts Authoritarian Trend in Spotlight
- China sends dozens of warplanes towards Taiwan as US urges restraint amid military drills
- China simulates hitting ‘key targets’ on Taiwan
- Tensions build around Jerusalem shrine after Syria rockets (“Israeli warplanes and artillery struck targets in Syria following rare rocket fire from the northeastern neighbor, as Jewish-Muslim tensions reached a peak Sunday at a volatile Jerusalem shrine with simultaneous religious rituals.”)
- Israeli spy chiefs led secret revolt against Netanyahu reforms, leaked documents say
- Maia and Rina Dee named as British-Israeli sisters killed in West Bank shooting
- As tiger count grows, India’s Indigenous demand land rights
- North Korea Doesn’t Answer Calls From South Korea for a Third Day
- North Korean hackers stole billions from cryptocurrency firms
- E.P.A. Is Said to Propose Rules Meant to Drive Up Electric Car Sales Tenfold
- EPA reportedly planning to announce significant limits on tailpipe emissions to boost electric vehicle adoption (“The new limits would require as much as 67% of new vehicles sold in the U.S. by 2032 to be all-electric cars. EPA Administrator Michael Regan is expected to make the announcement in Detroit on Wednesday. The proposed limits would be the U.S.′ most aggressive climate regulations to date, and they would create a host of challenges for automakers.”)
- Children Are Not Property (“The idea that underlies the right-wing campaign for ‘parents’ rights'”)
- Justice Clarence Thomas’ GOP Megadonor Has A Nazi Memorabilia Collection: Reports
- Clarence Thomas’ Billionaire Buddy Has a Vast Collection of Hitler Paintings, Nazi Memorabilia (“Statues of fallen despots – toppled from public squares and smuggled out after dictators’ regimes – also reside in Harlan Crow’s ‘Garden of Evil'” Sounds EXACTLY like someone who would be Clarence Thomas’ buddy)
- Justice Clarence Thomas’s megadonor friend collects Hitler memorabilia – report
- Democrats ask chief justice to investigate Clarence Thomas trips: ‘It is your duty’
- The worst federal judge in America now has a name (This guy is an utter disgrace to the judiciary. Any Senator who voted to confirm him should be voted out of office at the next opportunity.)
- Will anybody stop that Trump judge from banning abortion pills? (“The federal courts are dominated by Republicans, so the appeals process could be rough.”)
- Biden Vows To Fight Unprecedented Abortion Pill Ban
- “Unprecedented Step in Taking Away Basic Freedoms From Women”: Biden Administration To Appeal Judge’s Decision To Ban Medical Abortion Drug
- The Abortion Pill Ruling Is Bad Law, and the Biden Administration Should Fight It
- Warning signs flash for Republicans on abortion ahead of 2024
- Texas judge delivers on the hopes of his antiabortion world
- Ignore the courts? Some Democrats say Texas abortion pill ruling demands it.
- What does 1870s Comstock Act have to do with abortion pills?
- Chuck Schumer Blasts ‘Complicit’ Republicans Over Abortion Pill Ruling
- Abortion was a 50/50 issue. Now, it’s Republican quicksand.
- Georgia Looms Next After Trump’s Indictment in New York
- Trump’s indictment and the return of his biggest concern: ‘the women’
- McCarthy faces GOP blowback after N.Y. Times leak (“McCarthy told colleagues he lacks confidence that Arrington can deliver a budget proposal, according to an explosive New York Times article published Thursday.”)
- Facebook, Twitter Rebuffed Sandy Hook Families’ Request for Data in Alex Jones Case (These companies are horrible.)
- Does Elon Musk Know What He’s Even Doing? (“The CEO of Twitter is turning in inept, intern-level homework for extremely high-profile decisions.”)
- Substack CEO pushes back at Elon, says Twitter situation is “very frustrating”
- Twitter targets its rival Substack, forcing well-known journalists to choose (Definitely go with Substack over Twitter.)
- Elon Musk Wants You to Hear About Substack Notes
- Twitter drops ‘state-affiliated’ label from NPR after backlash
- Elon Musk “Censors” Matt Taibbi’s Post about Twitter “Censoring” the “Hunter Biden” “Laptop” Story
- Sen. Richard Blumenthal breaks leg at UConn parade, will undergo surgery
- Iowa stops paying for rape victims’ morning-after pills and abortions (Iowa used to be a moderate, middle-of-the-road state. Not anymore!)
- Gov. Greg Abbott announces he will push to pardon Daniel Perry who was convicted of murder (A Republican governor shows utter disrespect for the rule of law.)
- Controversial Senator Kyrsten Sinema Prepares To Run as an Independent (Pathetic.)
- Make Wisconsin a Democracy Again (“Badger State Republicans can’t bear having to compete for power.”)
- No One Should Be That Shocked by What’s Happening in Tennessee (No, but we all should be horrified and disgusted.)
- Ben Ferencz, last living Nuremberg prosecutor of Nazis, dies (Amazing person. Rest in peace.)
- Sen. Tim Kaine, Rep. Don Beyer, Rep. Abigail Spanberger, etc. Rip Republicans “trying to ram national abortion bans and extreme right-wing ideology down Americans’ throats” (“‘Let states decide’ was a lie”)
- Youngkin’s Absurd Corporate Tax Giveaway Not Just Terrible Public Policy, It’s Also Politically Unpopular (“supported by [just] 19% of Virginians”) (Youngkin’s tax proposals “primarily benefit high-income families and profitable corporations, while leaving essential government services — including strong public schools — deeply underfunded”)
- Poll: Va. voters support using surplus on mental health, schools and tax cuts — but not for corporations
- With Primary Filing Deadline Past, Here’s a Helpful Listing of Some of the Most Competitive VA Senate, House of Delegates Seats – With June Primaries or 100% Set for November
- Opinion: Voting rights shouldn’t depend on the governor’s whims
- Youngkin faces backlash, lawsuit over new voting rights restoration process (“We have no idea what his criteria is or how he’s evaluating people…This is a generational step backwards.”)
- A Virginia budget deal is unlikely until June. Here’s what that could mean.
- CASEY: Virginia takes a small but worthy step forward on ‘Me Too’
- Column: For diversity and talent, Springfield is the clear winner
- Loudoun County Democratic Committee Announces Nominees and Primary Candidates for June and November 2023 Elections (In contrast, this November will feature “a MAGA Republican slate of candidates who seek to turn back the clock on all of the progress this County and State have made in the last several decades.”)
- Permit request withdrawn for eastern Montgomery County solar farm project
- D.C.-area forecast: A sunny and pleasant Easter Sunday; spectacular spring weather ahead
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