by Lowell
Here are a few international, national and Virginia news headlines, political and otherwise, for Friday, May 5.
- Geothermal Everywhere: Finding the Energy to Save the World
- Students occupy schools and universities across Europe in climate protest
- Renewable Energy Could Be Stored in Idle Oil Wells to Reach Net Zero
- Russia’s Next Standoff With the West Lies in the Resource-Rich Arctic
- Wagner Chief Again Threatens Bakhmut Pullout Over Supplies
- Wagner to leave Bakhmut over lack of ammunition, chief says (“The private military company will depart on May 10, Prigozhin says, after he launched an expletive-filled tirade against Russia’s army”)
- Pollution Reveals What Russian Statistics Obscure: Industrial Decline
- Kyiv reports fourth day of strikes; Kremlin vows revenge for drone incident
- Fight after Russian snatches Ukrainian MP’s flag
- US rejects Russia’s ‘ludicrous claim’ it was behind alleged attack on Kremlin as Moscow warns of ‘open-armed conflict’
- Russia’s jamming of US-provided rocket systems complicates Ukraine’s war effort
- The Dnipro River, Axis of Life and Death in Ukraine (“The river remains vital to daily sustenance, even as it also serves as a front line in the war — as it has countless times over thousands of years.”)
- Jill Biden Will Attend King Charles III’s Coronation, Touting ‘Special Relationship’ With UK
- UK PM Sunak’s Conservatives rebuffed by voters at local elections
- A shadow of growing despotism lurks over Turkey’s elections
- Serbian President Vows to Disarm Country After Back-to-Back Mass Shootings
- Idle Oil Wells’ Next Act? Becoming Batteries for Renewable Energy
- The gas industry is losing its most valuable customer: Blue states
- White House open to a short-term debt limit fix, OMB director says
- What would U.S. default actually look like? ‘Financial Armageddon.’
- U.S. Job Market Is Expected to Show More Cooling in April
- PacWest Leads Regional Bank Rebound After Bruising Rout
- Short Sellers Flocking to US Banks Are Risking a Painful Squeeze
- Judicial activist directed fees to Clarence Thomas’s wife, urged ‘no mention of Ginni’
- Out With Popular Sovereignty, in With Judicial Supremacy
- Sugar Justice: The Clarence Thomas Story
- Clarence Thomas Has Some Obscenely ‘Generous’ Friends
- Clarence Thomas: mega-donor paid for great-nephew’s private school (“Supreme court justice did not declare Republican Harlan Crow’s support for schooling of boy Thomas raised ‘as a son’”)
- Clarence Thomas’s problems multiply at Supreme Court
- Clarence Thomas should get out his checkbook and reimburse Harlan Crow
- The real reason for the Supreme Court’s corruption crisis (“Who watches the philosopher kings with lifetime appointments?”)
- Activist Helped Direct Payments To Ginni Thomas But Kept Her Name Off Bills: Report
- Biden to Name Air Force Chief to Top Military Post, Officials Say (“The appointment of Gen. Charles Q. Brown Jr. would mean that the top two Pentagon leadership positions would be inhabited by Black men for the first time in American history.”)
- Biden expected to tap Air Force general as next Joint Chiefs chairman (“If confirmed by the Senate, Gen. Charles ‘CQ’ Brown Jr. would replace Gen. Mark A. Milley as the president’s senior military adviser”)
- Fresh January 6 convictions raise the stakes for Trump
- The Proud Boys jury got it right
- Trump better beware! Proud Boys guilty verdict shows America wants Jan. 6 ringleaders to pay (“Once again, a jury shows they’re more interested in punishing the seditious generals than the foot soldiers”)
- In Rape Trial Deposition, Trump Says Vulgar Tape Simply Reflects Truth
- Trump Says Stars Get Away With Sexual Assault—’Unfortunately or Fortunately’ (Sick.)
- ‘I believed it then and I believe it today’: last witness testifies in Trump civil rape trial (“Carol Martin corroborates E Jean Carroll’s account of aftermath of alleged rape, and judge keeps door open to Trump appearance”)
- Trump Doubled Down on the Right to Sexually Assault People, Told E. Jean Carroll’s Lawyer She‘s Also Not His Type in Insane Deposition (“If you’re thinking, WTF, you’re not alone.”)
- Donald Trump Gets Last Chance to Testify in Rape Trial (“He has until Sunday to ask judge to let him appear”)
- Trump and lawyer disagree if he is returning to ‘confront’ rape accuser
- Jury in rape trial hears from Trump — but not in person
- Yet Another Bad Day for Trump at NYC Rape Trial (“E. Jean Carroll’s legal team rested their case Thursday—after a disastrous week for the former president.”)
- Justice Dept. Intensifying Efforts to Determine if Trump Hid Documents
- DOJ finds ‘insider witness’ in Trump Mar-a-Lago documents probe: report
- Trump is inviting Dems to make 2024 about Jan. 6. And they’re obliging.
- Enrique Tarrio was not just a random seditionist
- Ex-Proud Boys leader Tarrio guilty of Jan. 6 sedition plot
- Florida Passes Bill Allowing Trans Kids to Be Taken From Their Families (Insane.)
- Fox’s Gutfeld Somehow Blames George Floyd for Deadly NYC Subway Chokehold
- Making People Uncomfortable Can Now Get You Killed
- Tucker Carlson floats plan to host alternative GOP debate in post-Fox future
- Producer Tells All: How Tucker Carlson Became the GOP’s MAGA Puppeteer
- FOXLEAKS: Tucker Carlson asks makeup artist if “pillow fights ever break out” in the women’s bathroom
- More than 250 business leaders back Julie Su for Labor secretary as nomination hangs in the balance
- The Betrayal of North Carolina’s 12-Week Abortion Ban
- North Carolina advances likely veto-proof abortion ban to governor’s desk (“North Carolina’s Republican-controlled state Senate on Thursday passed legislation that would ban most abortions after 12 weeks.”)
- GOP frontrunner for NC governor mocked school shooting survivors and once justified shooting protesters
- Fears grow in North Carolina as ultra-extreme Republican eyes governor’s mansion (“To Mark Robinson, gay and transgender people are ‘filth’, homosexuality is an abominable sin, and the transgender movement is ‘demonic’ and ‘full of the spirit of the antichrist’. Muslim Americans, meanwhile, are invaders, and Robinson is not afraid to dabble in antisemitism: in his mind an international cabal of Jewish financiers make up a modern-day ‘four horsemen of the apocalypse’, who rule the banks in ‘every single country’.”)
- Nevada Election Conspiracist Jim Marchant Is Running for Senate (“He’s still claiming he was a highly successful businessman.”)
- Utah’s Suicide Pact With the Fossil Fuel Industry
- Brett Favre and partner sought Trump’s help funding drug company named in TANF scandal
- Kari Lake’s lawyer must pay $2K in sanctions for 2022 election statements
- Despite renewed focus on Feinstein’s health, details of her condition are scarce
- Dianne Feinstein Owes California a Responsible Decision
- Donor Confirms Massive Campaign Payment to Herschel Walker’s Company
- Jury finds Ed Sheeran didn’t copy Marvin Gaye classic (Ridiculous lawsuit.)
- Ex-UC Davis student arrested in serial stabbings that have terrorized city
- Rep. Jennifer McClellan (D-VA04) Welcomes VP Kamala Harris to Richmond to Celebrate Small Business Week (“Tours Babylon Micro-Farms, Richmond-Based Sustainable Indoor Farming Startup”)
- Video: Rep. Jen Kiggans (R-VA02) Lies to Virginia Veterans About Her Vote to Cut Veterans’ Benefits (“The Kiggans-backed Default on America Act would hurt – not help – the brave men and women who served our nation”)
- Schapiro: Youngkin’s talent for upstaging himself
- Former VA Secretary of Education Atif Qarni on Why the Upcoming Elections Are So Important, How Rs Are Trying to Generate Fear, Division Like in the 2021 Governor’s Election
- Former VA Secretary of Education Atif Qarni Talks About Which VA Democratic Primaries He’s Focused On, Who He’s Supporting and Why (Qarni has some very strong (negative) words about Sen. Chap Petersen’s “Common Sense Team”…)
- VA Legislative Black Caucus Elects Del. Cia Price as Vice Chair
- Pope & Schapiro: The budget, early voting, diversity, and Youngkin’s plans for next year
- How to change Virginia’s reputation for gun trafficking
- Appeals court questions state law on referendum signature collectors
- House Republicans ask state to study higher ed costs, DEI positions
- Conservative clean energy advocate wants Virginia to get solar right (“Skyler Zunk is co-founder of Energy Right, a nonprofit trying to make the conservative case for clean energy in his home state of Virginia.”)
- SD27 Democratic Candidate Joel Griffin’s Responses to Blue Virginia’s Candidate Questionnaire (Griffin: “I will beat either of these anti-choice Republicans in November because I can pull in independent voters and moderate Republicans in a way that my Democratic primary opponent can not.”)
- SD27 Democratic Candidate Ben Litchfield’s Responses to Blue Virginia’s Candidate Questionnaire (“We will win the seat by electrifying the Democratic base, activating low-propensity voters, and engaging younger voters.”)
- Chris Obenshain wins GOP state House nomination in 41st
- “Arlington GOP confuses two African-American women and randomly calls the Commonwealth’s Attorney ‘a Persian’” (Rep. Don Beyer’s Deputy Chief of Staff – Arlington R’s are “utter morons” and “openly racist”)
- Virginia’s 2023 primary elections: A guide on voting and key races to watch
- 3 Republicans square off in House District 89 firehouse primary
- Editorial: Applaud the public workers and private volunteers helping in tornado’s aftermath
- Buckingham registrar charges $200 ‘convenience fee’ in FOIA feud with county official
- Alexandria school board taps interim superintendent as permanent leader of school system
- D.C.-area forecast: Trying for 70 today, with fewer clouds and showers
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