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by Lowell
Here are a few international, national and Virginia news headlines, political and otherwise, for Thursday, May 18.
- Heat Will Likely Soar to Record Levels in Next 5 Years, New Analysis Says
- Global heating has likely made El Niños and La Niñas more ‘frequent and extreme’, new study shows
- How to Quit Cars (“They crowd streets, belch carbon, bifurcate communities, and destroy the urban fabric. Will we ever overcome our addiction?”)
- ‘It’s just crazy’: How the U.S.-China energy race imperils the climate fight
- Global debt nears record highs as rate hikes trigger ‘crisis of adaptation,’ top trade body says
- G-7 Latest: Biden, Kishida Hail Ties Ahead of Hiroshima Summit
- As G-7 Summit kicks off in Hiroshima, China and Russia are on everyone’s minds
- As G7 leaders start to arrive, Japan PM prepares push in Hiroshima for nuclear weapons pledge
- Ukraine and China Will Dominate G7 Summit, but a New Threat Lurks: A.I
- Traitor next door? Fear stalks Kherson after Russian occupation ends
- Russia fires 30 cruise missiles at Ukrainian targets; Ukraine says 29 were shot down
- I’ve never seen the Kremlin so rattled
- They endured horrors under Russian occupation. Now they have a warning for us.
- An Untested Oil Price Cap Has Helped Choke Revenue to Russia
- China’s loans pushing world’s poorest countries to brink of collapse
- Danish giant adds massive green hydrogen hub to 30GW Australia pipeline
- Erdogan triumphed by vowing to Make Turkey Great Again (“The liberal opposition needs a better message if it is to unseat the entrenched strongman. Vowing to fix the economy won’t cut it.”)
- Ecuador’s political instability, explained
- Southern Europe braces for climate change-fuelled summer of drought
- Deutsche Bank to Pay $75 Million to Settle Jeffrey Epstein Accusers’ Suit
- How solar power is keeping Lebanon’s lights on
- Spain, Sweden and Belgium: The European countries setting new wind and solar records
- Biden declares ‘America will not default,’ says he’s confident of budget deal with GOP lawmakers
- Wall Street Fears $1 Trillion Aftershock From Debt Deal
- Democrats warn Biden against cutting debt ceiling deal with McCarthy
- The fractured GOP is leaning on Rep. Graves to negotiate the debt ceiling and keep the party united
- Why the U.S. is so bad at building clean energy, in 3 charts (This has to change, ASAP!)
- Climate change is driving extreme events, but it’s also making “normal” weather weirder (“It’s been a strange few weeks for weather across the US.”)
- Appeals court shows openness to rolling back abortion pill access (There far-right activists in robes are a menace to our country.)
- The Supreme Court hands down a temporary, but significant, victory for gun control
- Why the Supreme Court Is Blind to Its Own Corruption
- The 5th Circuit Is Furious That the Supreme Court Put It in Timeout
- Federal Regulations Fail to Contain Methane Emissions from Landfills, a New Report Concludes (“A leading source of U.S. climate pollution could be curbed with more gas-collection systems and better emissions monitoring, environmental advocates say.”)
- Undercover audio of a Tyson employee reveals “free-range” chicken is meaningless
- Biden campaign memo: Many paths available on road to 2024 victory
- Mayoral losses deal blow to GOP in conservative strongholds
- Exclusive: New evidence in special counsel probe may undercut Trump’s claim documents he took were automatically declassified
- Trump May Have Just Cooked Himself in the Mar-a-Lago Case
- 2024 Trump Nomination Would Hurt Down-Ballot Republicans, Poll Finds
- Another Trump win in his proxy war with Ron DeSantis (“‘The Trump culture of winning is alive and well in Kentucky’ claimed Daniel Cameron after his GOP primary win” In fact, Trump mostly loses.)
- How William F. Buckley Jr.’s Right-Wing College Crusade Paved the Way for Ron DeSantis (“The Florida governor wants to turn campuses into ideological battlefields. The far right began that quest some 75 years ago.”)
- DeSantis’s book banners face a tough new foe: Angry moms with lawyers
- Trump, in the Span of 10 Hours, Brags That He Managed to “Kill” Roe v. Wade and Will Make a “Deal” on Abortion That the “Whole Country” Will Love (“Yes, we’re sure the man who regularly takes credit for ending the national right to an abortion will come up with something that everyone ‘can agree with.'”)
- Donald Trump set to address Georgia GOP convention
- Trump Attorney Touts Client’s Nonexistent ‘Powers’ In Bonkers CNN Interview
- A Sinister Flop (“Special Counsel John Durham served up not an investigation, but an excuse for future partisan abuses”)
- There’s now even less reason to blame Clinton for the Russia probe
- How John Durham Succeeded by Failing (“For years, Bill Barr’s hand-picked special counsel kept Trump’s Russia hoax hoax alive.” It definitely was NOT a “hoax” as Trump dishonestly claims.)
- F.B.I. Revokes Security Clearances of 3 Agents Over Jan. 6 Issues
- FBI: Agents set to testify on alleged abuses had clearances revoked over security concerns
- Leak suspect shared classified secrets with foreigners, prosecutors say
- Suspected leaker was warned multiple times, US says
- A glimpse into the dystopian abyss of President DeSantis’ America
- Rick Scott on Disney-DeSantis feud: ‘Cooler heads have to prevail’
- In the Real World Outside of His Tight-Knit, Right Wing Bubble, DeSantis’ Xenophobic Stunts Spur Outrage and Threaten Florida’s Economy
- Ron DeSantis Just Took Two Big Steps to Make Trans Lives Illegal
- No One Is More Dangerous For The White House Than Ron DeSantis — Including Donald Trump
- Texas Legislature Bans Transgender Medical Care for Children
- Montana becomes 1st state to ban TikTok; law likely to be challenged
- Communications director for Rep. George Santos resigns
- House votes to send Santos expulsion resolution to Ethics Committee (In other words, they’re burying it.)
- Democrats’ plan to boot George Santos from Congress just failed
- Pennsylvania GOP Doubles Down on Election Deniers, Including a Fake Trump Elector
- Christiane Amanpour voices dissent over Trump town hall, says she had ‘very robust exchange’ with CNN chief (CNN is a joke.)
- Tuberville finds himself at center of storm on abortion, white nationalism
- Florida Democrats think the unthinkable: We’re in play (“The Jacksonville win was just one election. But the party hopes it represents something more.”)
- Majority of U.S. Twitter users say they’ve taken a break from the platform in the past year
- Arizona’s farms are running out of water, forcing farmers to confront climate change
- Kentucky Primary Is a Look Into GOP’s Future
- A few hours in and Kari Lake’s trial is already over (or it should be)
- GOP Congressman Manhandles Protester During Boebert Event
- New York progressives heckle Santos, argue with Greene on Capitol steps
- ‘I’m going to kill you’: U.S. files charge in attack on Connolly staffers
- Rep. Jen Kiggans (R-VA02) Stands With George Santos, Votes to Protect Serial Liar (“Santos has been charged with wire fraud, money laundering, theft of public funds, and making false statements to Congress.”)
- Virginia Is Now Only One Of A Few Southern States Where The GOP Hasn’t Banned Abortion (“It’s more important than ever that we retake the House of Delegates and defend our majority in the State Senate to protect the rights of Virginia women.”)
- North Carolina’s abortion ban will have impacts in Virginia
- South Carolina moves closer to abortion ban, a Southern trend that puts pressure on Virginia
- Schapiro: Virginia’s new-ish governor is learning old tricks (“For a guy who had never been in politics, Gov. Glenn Youngkin is beginning to master one of its requisite skills: being petty.” Also note his retribution against Sen. Mamie Locke.)
- Quitting multistate voter-data program plays into conspiracy theorists’ hands
- Natural gas industry says no need for state methane emission regulation (In other words, there absolutely IS need for such regulation.)
- Tidewater, Southwest, Western regions biggest winners on school construction grants
- More businesses join community effort to cut greenhouse gas pollution
- Lashrecse Aird Launches Second TV Ad of Her 2023 Campaign for VA Senate, Emphasizes Importance of Lowering Healthcare Costs, Increasing Community Safety, Supporting Public Schools, and Protecting Reproductive Rights
- Blue Virginia Endorsement: Laura Jane Cohen for House of Delegates (She has the right priorities, values and experience for this job – go Laura Jane!)
- Fairfax County NAACP Calls for Independent Investigation Into Message Indicating Racist Culture of Oakton HS Cheer Team
- Norfolk School Board adopts expanded sex-ed curriculum; public speakers largely oppose decision (“The program will expand instruction to include terminology such as ‘homosexuality,’ ‘lesbianism,’ ‘abortion,’ and ‘masturbation.'”)
- 3 seek GOP nomination in convention Saturday for Southside House seat
- Editorial: Planned Norfolk casino has made the Tides’ future more opaque
- Richmond proclaims May as Jewish American Heritage Month
- George Mason University students plan walkout in protest of Gov. Youngkin delivering commencement speech
- D.C.-area forecast: Beautiful weather to end the workweek
