by Lowell
Here are a few international, national and Virginia news headlines, political and otherwise, for Thursday, May 25.
- Multiplying Solar and Battery Factories Put Net Zero in Closer Reach (“Industrial capacity to churn out panels, turbines and electrolyzers for the clean energy transition is growing fast, according to a new IEA analysis.”)
- IEA: Shift to clean energy accelerating, but coal investments too high to meet climate goals
- Fossil fuel investment set to exceed $1 trillion in 2023, ‘more than double’ levels needed for a net-zero future: IEA (There should be ZERO investments in fossil fuels at this point.)
- Clean energy investment is extending its lead over fossil fuels, boosted by energy security strengths
- Invasion of Ukraine ‘has fuelled funding boom for clean energy’
- Humanity Is Addicted to Plastic, but We Can Still Keep It Out of Our Oceans
- Putin slams ‘neocolonial system’ as invasion continues; Russian mercenaries pull out of Bakhmut (Putin is bonkers.)
- Prigozhin says war in Ukraine has backfired, warns of Russian revolution
- Head of Russian private army Wagner says his forces are handing control of Bakhmut to Moscow
- Russia’s Soviet-Era Bombs Elude Ukraine’s Modern Defenses
- Twitter’s restriction of Turkish election content sparks fear of precedent
- Kurds fear Erdogan win amid sharper nationalist rhetoric
- Any Debt-Limit Deal Still Faces Time-Consuming Hurdles to Avoid Default
- Democrats unanimously back debt ceiling discharge petition
- Democrats’ worry grows over White House approach to debt talks
- White House looks to turn Matt Gaetz’s ‘hostage’ comments against the GOP
- There’s no scenario where a debt ceiling breach is fine
- U.S. debt default could hit Social Security payments first
- McCarthy’s Republicans push debt ceiling talks to brink, lawmakers leaving town for weekend
- McCarthy Signals Debt Deal Optimism as US Put on Credit Watch
- House Dems take pessimistic tone on debt as McCarthy pushes to ‘finish up’ talks
- Highways Have Sliced Through City After City. Can the U.S. Undo the Damage?
- Biden picks history-making Air Force fighter pilot to serve as next Joint Chiefs chairman
- In some states, hundreds of thousands dropped from Medicaid
- The GOP Is Escalating Its War on Ideas (“It’s not only Ron DeSantis’s Florida. From targeting educators to banning books, Republicans are taking their anti-education crusade national.”)
- Unprepared Republican Presidential Candidates Are Flooding Into the Race
- Is the Surge to the Left Among Young Voters a Trump Blip or the Real Deal?
- Why aren’t we talking more about Trump’s business with the Saudis?
- Trump lawyers seek meeting with Garland over special counsel actions
- Four Forces Bind Trump’s Supporters More Tightly Than Ever
- Trump Goes Scorched Earth On DeSantis With Freaky Hitler/Satan Post
- Awkward Silence: Ron DeSantis’s Bold Twitter Gambit That Flopped
- Start of Ron DeSantis presidential campaign melts down in Twitter problems
- Ron DeSantis’s very online and very disastrous 2024 campaign announcement (“The Florida governor took to Twitter Spaces to announce a presidential run. It wasn’t pretty.”)
- Donald Trump should be vulnerable to GOP challengers on countless issues, but Fox has made them all off-limits
- Failure to launch: Twitter glitches deal double blow to Elon Musk and Ron DeSantis (“What liberals may have feared as the alliance of two anti-woke villains, turned out to have the menace of a damp dishcloth”)
- Meatball in the machine: Ron DeSantis learns a tough lesson about depending on Elon Musk’s Twitter
- Ron DeSantis Launches His Presidential Campaign Like the Right-Wing Troll that He Is
- The campaign launch Ron DeSantis will want to forget (“It was a farce due to technical issues but there are questions about him too, writes our North America editor.”)
- Ron DeSantis Is All In—on Creating an American Autocracy (“His plan to outflank Trump would scale up the calculated system of repression he designed in Florida.”)
- DeSantis’ Twitter launch disaster shows Musk’s platform isn’t ready for prime time
- 5 Takeaways From Ron DeSantis’s 2024 Announcement With Elon Musk (“Featuring big technical problems, many uses of the word ‘woke,’ and no mention of Trump.”)
- ‘It turned out to be a mistake’: Botched rollout puts DeSantis on his heels
- Five takeaways from Ron DeSantis’s glitch-ridden campaign launch
- Elon Musk’s Event With Ron DeSantis Exposes Twitter’s Weaknesses
- A glass of wine and a laughing-crying emoji: Trump team trolls Ron DeSantis launch
- Ron DeSantis gambled on Elon Musk and went bust
- Why did Ron DeSantis think announcing his candidacy to Elon Musk was a good idea?
- ‘Melting The Servers!’ DeSantis Tried To Launch His Campaign On Twitter. It Did Not Go Well.
- DeSantis’ launch marred by horrendous tech failures
- Ron DeSantis Twitter Launch Was a Disaster
- The Non-Rise and Actual Fall of Ron DeSantis
- Elon Musk wants to build a digital town square. But his debut for DeSantis had a tech failure.
- Watch Out: It Looks Like Twitter Wants to Be the Next Fox News
- Elon Musk’s Twitter stakes its claim as the new Fox News
- DeSantis’ 2024 Launch Fail Could Predict What Happens Next
- Elon Musk tried a big presidential broadcast event and Twitter broke
- DeSantis signs bill that makes his presidential run easier
- Jan. 6 rioter who put his feet on desk in Pelosi office sentenced to 4.5 years in prison
- James Comer Now Falsely Claims He Didn’t Link Biden Probe to Trump Poll Numbers
- AG Ken Paxton likely committed impeachable crimes, Texas House investigators say
- Georgia GOP Chair Goes Full Flat-Earth, Says Globes Are Part of a Conspiracy
- Jack Dorsey shares Robert F. Kennedy Jr. video echoing conspiracy theories (Dorsey’s a nut.)
- Professor Association Blasts Florida’s “Unparalleled” Assault on Higher Education
- Florida Mom Behind Amanda Gorman Book Ban Has Proud Boy Links
- Target’s surrender to MAGA rage shows how anti-wokeness really works
- Tina Turner: legendary rock’n’roll singer dies aged 83 (R.I.P.)
- DCCC Launches Billboard Campaign In VA-02 Calling Out Rep. Jen Kiggans’ Refusal to Condemn Trump’s Call to Defund Law Enforcement
- 3 Reasons Why Virginia’s 2023 Elections Are *Really* Important (“The Risk of a Republican Trifecta in the Short Term; The Looming Shadow of 2024 and Youngkin’s Ambitions”)
- Editorial: Trump targeted partnership that improves voter roll accuracy. Now Virginia is exiting.
- Youngkin sends mixed signals on 2024 presidential run
- Youngkin is Trying to Have His 2023 Cake and Eat 2024 Too
- Will he, won’t he — Is Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin reconsidering his bid for 2024?
- Letter: VA Dems Chairwoman Swecker to Governor Youngkin, Chairman Anderson Concerning GOP Registrar’s Comments (“In order to maintain the orderly function of our local governments across the commonwealth, I implore you to condemn this rhetoric.”)
- Some prosecutor primaries will be decided next month
- Localities make headway on Marcus Alert, but are still often missing emergency mental health response
- Axios Richmond: Myrna Morrissey Files for Divorce from VA Senator Joe Morrissey, “alleges emotional, verbal and physical abuse” (Myrna Morrissey “alleges he deliberately elbowed her in the stomach while she was pregnant with their third child and, in another encounter, choked her and slammed her against a wall”)
- In divorce filing, wife alleges abuse by Va. state Sen. Joseph Morrissey
- Virginia crab management committee recommends fall, spring catch limit increase
- CASEY: A fear of rainbows, in Roanoke County schools?
- Norfolk installed license plate reading cameras that can follow a car throughout the city
- Majority of Charlottesville School Board seats an open contest this election year
- Man arrested at McLean, Va., preschool had AK-47 in his car, police say
- Read the responses to our 59th House District candidate questionnaire
- Chris Piper, former elections commissioner, to lead VPAP
- D.C.-area forecast: Delightfully sunny and cool before holiday weekend shower chances
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