by Lowell
Here are a few international, national and Virginia news headlines, political and otherwise, for Thursday, May 4.
- COP28 president says fossil fuels still have a role to play, prompting concerns about climate summit’s goals
- The most mysterious forests on Earth are underwater (“Kelp forests are majestic, life-sustaining ecosystems. Climate change imperils them.”)
- Grain trader Cargill faces legal challenge in US over Brazilian soya supply chain (“World’s biggest grain trader accused of ‘shoddy due diligence’ on deforestation and alleged rights violations”)
- Four Possibilities for the Kremlin Attack (“Moscow claims Ukraine struck the Kremlin. The truth is likely worse.”)
- Ukraine’s Zelenskyy visits International Criminal Court
- Putin should be sentenced for ‘criminal actions’ – Zelensky (Absolutely.)
- Russia accuses US of being behind drone attack on Kremlin (Yeah, right! LOL)
- Why Russian Élites Think Putin’s War Is Doomed to Fail (“Rival factions are jockeying for power as the country navigates a crisis with no clear way out.”)
- Even China Isn’t Convinced It Can Replace the U.S.
- Exclusive: US climate envoy Kerry says China has invited him for talks
- Germany Urges China to Take Greater Responsibility on Climate
- The U.S. warms to a role for China in resolving the Ukraine war
- Britain’s Economy Needs a Pick-Me-Up. Is King Charles’s Coronation Enough? (Nope, they completely f’ed themselves with Brexit. Thanks, as usual, to right wingers.)
- Exclusive: Venezuela’s oil tankers at risk of sinking, fires, spills, report finds
- Sudan’s generals stake claim to more territory ahead of latest cease-fire
- Bolsonaro’s vaccine status falsified before he entered U.S., police say (He shouldn’t have been allowed in the U.S. for a bunch of reasons.)
- Why Biden is deploying more troops to the southern border
- FDA approves world’s first RSV vaccine, a shot for adults ages 60 and up
- What the end of the covid public health emergency means for you (“Here’s how major health policies will be affected when the covid public health emergency ends on on May 11.”)
- The Potential Economic Impacts of Various Debt Ceiling Scenarios
- Democrats finally seem terrified of GOP debt limit lunacy. About time.
- What a Fed response to a US debt default could look like
- 8 million could lose jobs if a lengthy debt ceiling crisis, White House warns
- PacWest Says It’s in Talks With Potential Partners After Plunge
- Ex-Fed Presidents Getting Worried About Regional Bank Turmoil
- Powell Opens Door to June Rate Pause, Stresses Inflation Job Not Done
- Why the Fed’s latest interest rate hike is controversial
- Biden allies join Republicans in vote to resume solar tariffs
- El Niño is coming. Here’s what that means for weather in the U.S.
- America’s Pace for Building Power Lines Is Two Times Too Slow
- Billionaire paid tuition for Justice Thomas’s grandnephew, report says
- Democrats eye funding cuts as leverage against Supreme Court
- Clarence Thomas Had a Child in Private School. Harlan Crow Paid the Tuition. (“Crow paid for private school for a relative Thomas said he was raising ‘as a son.’ ‘This is way outside the norm,’ said a former White House ethics lawyer.”)
- Chevron case: Supreme Court could take sledgehammer to agency power (Totally/wildly unacceptable.)
- How the Supreme Court could undermine the climate fight
- New data shows how little the electorate looks like the population (If the electorate looked like the population, Republicans would have no chance. Hence, Republican voter suppression targeted at minorities, young people, etc.)
- Video: Biden for President Releases Second TV Ad of 2024 Cycle – “Backbone” (“We’re investing in places and people that have been forgotten. They’ve been invisible. But we haven’t forgotten.”)
- Trump Using Photos From His Own Presidency To Argue Life Is Worse Under Biden
- Exclusive: Special counsel sat in on Pence’s testimony to federal grand jury
- That Sound You Hear Is Donald Trump Popping a Blood Vessel Over Mike Pence’s Jan. 6 Grand Jury Testimony
- Exclusive: Special counsel probing Trump Organization’s handling of Mar-a-Lago surveillance footage
- Judge Tosses Trump’s Lawsuit Against NY Times, Orders Him to Pay All Legal Fees
- Trump Will Offer No Defense in Rape Trial, His Lawyer Says
- E. Jean Carroll’s Quest for Justice and the Carnage of Donald Trump’s Misogyny
- Ex-FBI agent feds say urged Jan. 6 rioters to kill police worked terrorism task force
- ‘Unparalleled in its audacity and scope’: Herschel Walker implicated in ‘jaw-dropping’ wire fraud scheme
- Emails Reveal ‘Jaw-Dropping’ Herschel Walker Money Scandal
- It’s All but Settled: The Reagan Campaign Delayed the Release of the Iranian Hostages (That’s treason.)
- A Lesson From the Iran Hostage Crisis, Only a Few Decades Late
- Exclusive: Vivek Ramaswamy Paid to Have His Soros Fellowship and Covid-Era Role Scrubbed from Wikipedia Page
- Why The Writers’ Strike Has Huge Stakes For TV And Film — And Beyond
- Tyre Nichols’ official autopsy reveals brain injuries from blunt force trauma, DA says
- Witnesses Are Too ‘Intimidated’ to Testify Against Ammon Bundy, Lawyer Says
- Atlanta mass shooting live updates: 1 killed, 4 hurt; suspect at large
- How the Atlanta mass shooting suspect was captured (“The suspect was found inside a gated condo community 11 miles from where the shooting took place”)
- ‘Malice or ineptitude’: probe into cop killing of eco-activist frustrates family
- Democrats Should Target Ted Cruz in 2024 (“Colin Allred is a credible challenger who will benefit from nationwide progressive loathing for the Republican, who is not popular at home.”)
- Florida Republicans pass bill targeting transgender bathroom use
- Florida Republicans pass pronoun, diversity bills
- North Carolina GOP Rushes New Abortion Ban After Democrat Suddenly Switched Parties
- New York becomes the first state to ban natural gas stoves and furnaces in most new buildings
- Three McDonald’s franchisees in Kentucky pay $212K in fines after federal investigations find 305 minors — including 10-year-olds — working illegally
- 10-year-old children were found working at a Louisville McDonald’s until 2 a.m.
- 7 people found dead in Oklahoma were shot in the head in apparent murder-suicide, authorities say
- Since his ouster, embarrassing reports on Carlson pile up (He’s a sociopath, ergo not capable of embarrassment or shame.)
- Even Tucker Carlson knew Tucker Carlson was out of control
- Report: Fox News Fired Tucker Carlson After Discovering He Wasn’t Just Playing a Racist on TV (Among Other Things)
- When the hate comes home: It’s not just an act with Tucker Carlson and Steven Crowder (“Right wing pundits hide behind ‘just joking’ when called out for bigotry — but no, they really believe in hate”)
- “How White Men Fight” (“If this was the text that got Tucker Carlson fired, it’s fitting.”)
- Tucker Carlson, ‘White Men’ and the Lynch Mob Mentality
- The Truth Behind Tucker Carlson’s Racist Text Message (“A long time ago, it had ceased to matter whether or not Carlson truly believed what he was spouting or not.”)
- I Don’t Think Someone “Ranting” on the Subway Means They Deserved to Die
- Outrage simmers in New York after the killing of Jordan Neely on a subway train (“The attack on Monday has been called a semi-sanctioned vigilante response to homelessness and the mental health crisis”)
- After Hearing Horror Stories of Air Travel Experiences, Rep. Abigail Spanberger (D-VA07) Leads Effort Urging DOT to Protect Rights of Passengers with Disabilities
- Youngkin’s war on DEI
- Audio: Former Gov. Doug Wilder Rips Gov. Glenn Youngkin’s “DEI Is Dead” Appointee; Explains to MAGA Radio Host What Equity, Fairness and Justice *Actually* Mean (Wilder: “No, we are not living in the days of Stonewall Jackson or Robert E Lee; let’s act like it!”)
- Elections Daily Guide to Incumbent vs. Incumbent, Open-Seat Democratic VA Primaries on 6/20 Looks Mostly Spot-On
- Despite ceaseless slayings, Virginians keep combating gun violence
- Education advocates: public funds should be for public schools
- Virginia schools increasingly eye weapons detectors to keep firearms out of buildings
- Dominion eyes natural gas, modular reactors to meet projected demand
- More deaths, more secrecy, under Youngkin’s jail board
- Video: Democratic VA Senate Candidate Heidi Drauschak Unveils First Television Ad, “Broken Richmond” (“Virginia is one of the only states with no limits on corporation’s political contributions.”)
- Virginia’s probe into State Police hiring of ‘catfish cop’ ends with no investigative report (Wuuuuut?)
- Lawsuit seeking to terminate Bristol abortion clinic’s lease can proceed, but judge removes 2 defendants from the case
- Here’s how unusual the population losses in Northern Virginia and Hampton Roads are
- Educators ‘outraged’ after attorneys argue 1st-grade teacher shot in school is ‘workplace injury’
- Fairfax Co. parents urge Gov. Glenn Youngkin to not support Harry Jackson for school board
- D.C.-area forecast: Still cool today but a slow warm-up into the weekend
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