by Lowell
Here are a few international, national and Virginia news headlines, political and otherwise, for Friday, May 12.
- Restoring Seabird Populations Can Help Repair the Climate (“The number of ocean going birds has declined 70 percent since the 1950s. New research shows how projects bringing them back can also bolster ocean ecosystems that sequester carbon.”)
- Building nature-friendly solar parks
- Societal cost of ‘forever chemicals’ about $17.5tn across global economy – report
- Utility-scale solar installation goes automated (“Powered by installation robots, on-site assembly line and digital twin software, the Terabase automated power plant construction system aims to boost productivity and cut construction costs.”)
- Why Google is reinventing the internet search (“The exciting new AI transforming search — and maybe everything — explained.”)
- Ukraine war: WFP chief Cindy McCain says grain deal with Russia needed to feed world
- Ukraine claims gains in Bakhmut after Russia denials
- Ukraine’s cultural counteroffensive: The rush to erase Russia’s imprint (“In one of the most profound examples of how President Vladimir Putin’s invasion has backfired, Ukrainians are now trying to erase Russia from their landscape.”)
- G7 finance heads face tricky trade-off in debating steps to counter China
- Pakistan court orders Imran Khan’s release on bail, lawyer says
- Turkey’s Erdogan faces toughest test yet in landmark election — with high stakes for the world (“Turkey’s presidential and parliamentary elections on May 14 could hardly come at a more polarized moment for the country of 85 million.”)
- Erdogan’s opponents vow fresh start on Turkish human rights (“President Tayyip Erdogan’s opponents say they will repair the damage done to human rights during his rule, promising a new era for democracy and freedoms if he loses power in an election on Sunday.”)
- Palestinian militants fire more rockets, Israeli airstrikes hit Gaza despite cease-fire efforts
- Title 42 officially expires
- Title 42 has ended. Here’s what it did, and how US immigration policy is changing
- Strict new rules come into force at US-Mexico border as Title 42 immigration ban expires (“Secretary of homeland security warns ‘the border is not open’ after thousands of migrants had crossed onto US soil, hoping to be processed before midnight”)
- Trump’s awful threat to separate families should wake up Democrats
- Border officials prepare for surge of migrants as Title 42 immigration restrictions expire
- Yellen Says Only Good Outcome Is Congress Raising Debt Ceiling
- Biden, McCarthy debt ceiling meeting postponed, spending cuts on table
- Not worried enough? A U.S. default threatens national security, too.
- Here are the top four areas of debt ceiling compromise the GOP is eyeing
- How environmental wonks may help Biden unlock the debt ceiling crisis
- GOP senators disavow Trump on debt ceiling, signaling growing rift
- Trump’s debt ceiling “plan” could collapse the global economy
- At CNN Town Hall, Donald Trump Perfectly Embodies the GOP’s Cynical Debt Ceiling Game (“Kevin McCarthy and the Republicans have cast themselves as principled actors in their debt ceiling standoff with Joe Biden. But in his outrageous TV appearance Wednesday, the former president shamelessly revealed that it’s all an act. “)
- A Swaggering Clean-Energy Pioneer, With $400 Billion to Hand Out (“Jigar Shah runs a federal program that suddenly has a gusher of money to lend before the next election.”)
- Biden Power Plant Plan Gives Industry Time, Options for Cutting Climate Pollution
- The Supreme Court rediscovers humility — in a case about pigs (“The justices just did something very unusual: They didn’t try to make themselves even more powerful.”)
- Clarence Thomas Can’t Undermine the Legitimacy of the Supreme Court Fast Enough
- Trump’s sexual assault verdict marks a rare moment of accountability. And women are noticing
- CNN Went Full Jerry Springer
- The Worst Thing to Come Out of Trump’s Town Hall Didn’t Come From Trump (“When CNN treated its event as a means of making news, it had already lost the battle.”)
- Shame on CNN for That Naked, Cynical Play for Fox Viewers
- You’re Interviewing Trump. He’s Lying Through His Teeth. Here’s What to Do.
- 2 Years After Condemning Violence, Trump Now Fully Embracing His Jan. 6 Coup Attempt (“The former president’s recasting of domestic terrorists as ‘patriotic’ heroes has become central to his 2024 campaign.”)
- Trump’s team revels in town hall victory as CNN staff rages at ‘spectacle of lies’
- 2 Years After Condemning Violence, Trump Now Fully Embracing His Jan. 6 Coup Attempt
- Trump’s Second-Term Goal: Shattering the Norms He Didn’t Already Break
- Lessons for Chris Licht’s successor at CNN (“There is no evidence that CNN President Chris Licht is capable of learning anything. Nevertheless, his own journalists gave him a hell of a lesson during and after the totally predictable disaster that was the “town hall” with Donald Trump Wednesday night.”)
- Frustration at CNN boils over with Trump town hall
- CNN’s Donald Trump Town Hall Was Essentially a Campaign Rally (“The network gave Trump a platform to spout lies and insults—and a cheering section! Network boss Chris Licht is defending the debacle, but inside, says one CNN journalist, ‘the mood is absolutely the lowest.'”)
- Trump’s deposition vs. CNN town hall: He’s a coward without a bloodthirsty MAGA crowd (“Donald Trump won’t even show up in court without a mob of braying fascists to hide behind”)
- The debate over CNN platforming Trump is missing the point (“Trump retains all of the dark charisma and authoritarian preoccupations that have fueled him for nearly a decade at the forefront of American public life. The studio audience ate it up — much as millions of Republicans continue to do around the country. There is a reason why Trump’s primary poll numbers are high and getting higher: This is what a large portion of the country wants out of their politics.” Really, really disturbing.)
- Trump Suggests He Knowingly Took Documents From White House
- Trump’s comments on Mar-a-Lago documents ‘like red meat to a prosecutor’
- E. Jean Carroll May Sue Trump a Third Time After ‘Vile’ Comments on CNN
- CNN’s disastrous Trump town hall was exactly what its leaders want
- Right-wing media celebrate CNN’s town hall with Donald Trump
- Brilliant Thread by Brynn Tannehill on Last Night’s CNN Trump Disaster Focuses on THE AUDIENCE, aka the People Hillary Clinton Correctly Called a “Basket of Deplorables” (Also, Oliver Willis argues: “contra cnn, chris licht (and the rest of the mainstream media), covering donald trump is not ‘hard'”)
- CNN leadership under fire after ‘disastrous’ Trump town hall
- CNN Employees Are Not Happy With The Network’s Trump Town Hall (They should all quit if they can. CNN is a disaster and a disgrace to journalism.)
- ‘Incredible Bulls**t’: Anderson Cooper Ripped For ‘Gaslighting’ Over Trump Event (There goes all respect for Anderson Cooper! What a f’ing moron.)
- Justice Department moves to block Trump deposition in Strzok, Page lawsuits
- What does the GOP have on Biden? A whole lot of nothin’.
- Elon Musk says he’s stepping down as Twitter CEO, will oversee product
- NBCUniversal Ad Chief in Talks on Twitter CEO Post (“Linda Yaccarino is chairman of global advertising and partnerships at NBCU. Twitter owner Elon Musk said earlier he had picked a new chief executive without naming the person.”)
- NBCUniversal’s Linda Yaccarino Is in Talks to Become Twitter CEO
- Elon Musk says he’ll step down as Twitter CEO. But he’s not going anywhere.
- Tucker Carlson on Twitter? Scary.
- Man who choked NYC subway rider to death will face manslaughter charge, prosecutors say
- Republican front-runner for North Carolina governor attacked Civil Rights Movement: ‘So many freedoms were lost’ (This guy is completely unhinged.)
- Texas Is On Its Way to Turning Public Schools Into Jesus Camp (“Ah, you say, but what about that pesky Establishment Clause in the First Amendment?”)
- Will Texas Blow Up Its Energy Miracle to Bolster Fossil Fuels?
- Eric Trump will finally stop appearing with Hitler-promoting antisemites (for at least this week)
- Rep. George Santos Skewered As ‘A Disgrace’ In Democratic Challenger Ad
- Reps. Jennifer Wexton, Jennifer McClellan Blast House Republicans’ Passage of “extreme,” “cruel,” “unworkable,” “inhumane,” “xenophobic” “Child Deportation Act” (Democrats, in stark contrast, push for comprehensive immigration reform)
- From a Google search to a boxing gym: Jennifer Wexton’s Parkinson’s journey
- Commentary: US debt default would devastate Virginia
- Mark Rozell: Youngkin must restrain activists who would dismantle Va.’s election system
- Judge in Virginia Strikes Down Federal Limit on Age of Handgun Buyers (Crazy.)
- Glenn Youngkin and His Elections Commissioner Susan Beals “Going Full MAGA,” Pull Virginia Out of Crucial Multistate Voter Information Partnership (“ERIC”)
- Virginia joins Republican states pulling out of multi-state voter list program
- Virginia is the eighth Republican-led state to leave ERIC
- Virginia becomes the latest GOP-governed state to quit a voter data partnership
- Virginia joins Republican states pulling out of multi-state voter list program
- Virginia’s growing statewide trail network needs more effective environmental oversight
- Every Virginia GOP Legislative Official Receives Failing Grade in Climate Cabinet’s 2023 Virginia Scorecard (All 48 Democratic delegates receive “A+” score; all Senate Dems except for Dick Saslaw receive an “A+” or “A” score)
- Pope & Schapiro: Republicans pick several candidates in conventions (Bland, whitewashed headline; in fact, those candidates are all right-wing extremists.)
- FOIA Friday: What Virginia officials withheld or disclosed, May 5–11, 2023
- Supreme Court of Virginia says it won’t reconsider Wegmans decision (“The Supreme Court of Virginia turned down a request by Wegmans to reconsider a February decision that found neighbors had a right to challenge local approvals of the grocery giant’s plans to build a massive distribution center in Hanover County.”)
- Virginia Renews 15,000 Teaching Licenses About to Expire
- Youngkin wants to use sewers to track fentanyl use in Virginia
- Henrico County kicks off new reforestation program
- Two dozen Southwest, Southside schools to get state construction grants
- Editorial: As state investigation of Beach shooting founders, frustration abounds
- Energix withdraws second solar farm proposal in Franklin County due to public outcry (Ugh.)
- Services for Shawn Soares are Saturday in Loudoun County
- A steep cut to property taxes could endanger Lynchburg’s public schools
- Roanoke joins Bee City USA movement
- ‘Highly Unusual’: Man Killed in Fairfax County Police Shooting Attacked Officer, Chief Says
- Loudoun Co. school board member renews push for school resource officers at all elementary schools
- D.C.-area forecast: 80s today, with some haze and humidity tagging along
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