by Lowell
Here are a few international, national and Virginia news headlines, political and otherwise, for Friday, June 23.
- Why Wall Street’s Climate Efforts Are Failing (“A new report assails the galaxy of finance industry pledges, groups and models as nowhere near enough to make a dent in global warming.”)
- Climate change may have stimulated plankton bloom behind Thai mass fish die-off: expert
- Governments at Paris summit to finalise climate finance roadmap
- Urban microclimates can turn deadly as climate crisis deepens
- The World’s Empty Office Buildings Have Become a Debt Time Bomb
- When Trump Promises to End the Ukraine War, Here’s What He Really Means
- Ukraine’s Western-Trained Brigades Begin to Enter the Fight
- Ukraine intercepts missile attack on airfield; EU adopts 11th sanctions package against Russia
- A model for how the West can deter Russian aggression? Israel. (The only reason I’m including this bizarre editorial is to make the point that the WaPo editorial board is complete shit-for-brains.)
- Infighting among Putin’s lieutenants seems to reveal signs of ‘deep dysfunction’
- China is state most dangerous to its own citizens’ civil rights, report finds
- India’s Russian oil buying scales new highs in May
- Joe Biden and Narendra Modi hail ‘defining’ US-India partnership
- Biden and Modi cheer booming economic ties in visit that also reckoned with India’s record on rights
- Narendra Modi denies religious discrimination exists in India
- How Modi and Biden turbocharged India-US ties
- What Joe Biden Didn’t Say to Narendra Modi
- (“Whether ‘hypocritical pivot’ or pure pragmatism, the President had more than one reason to skip the lectures on democracy.”)
- Britons who want to rejoin EU at highest levels since 2016, survey finds (“Data showed 58% would vote to re-enter bloc, while more respondents said they trusted the European Commission more than the UK government”)
- Finkel: Australia can still reach its 82 pct renewables target by 2030
- Ukraine and its partners are beginning to win the peace
- Yellen Sees Lower Recession Risk, Calls for Consumer Slowdown
- Carbon Credit Market Seizes On a New Opportunity: Plugging Oil and Gas Wells
- US climate change lawsuit seeks $50 billion, citing 2021 heat wave
- 3M Reaches $10.3 Billion Settlement in ‘Forever Chemicals’ Suits
- The Pacific Northwest’s deadly 2021 heat wave fuels a new lawsuit against Big Oil
- Will the Federal Trade Commission Lead the Climate Reformation? (“Carbon offsets are modern day Indulgences that companies use to avoid cleaning up their act.”)
- Virtual Power Plants Are Coming to Save the Grid, Sooner Than You Might Think (“Networks of thousands of home-based batteries could be key to a cleaner, more reliable electricity system.”)
- US honeybees suffer second deadliest season on record (“Nearly 50% of US bee colonies died off last year, although efforts have helped the overall bee population remain ‘relatively stable’”)
- Clarence Thomas’ Latest Criminal Justice Ruling Is an Outright Tragedy (This ruling is a disgrace.)
- The Supreme Court’s latest opinion means innocent people must remain in prison
- ‘Shady and Corrupt’: Add Barrett Real Estate Deal to List of Supreme Court Ethics Scandals
- Poll: 61% of voters disapprove of Supreme Court decision overturning Roe
- Welcome to the Supreme Court, where corruption has no meaning
- Alito’s Billionaire Pals Reeled in a Big One—and It Wasn’t the Salmon
- Samuel Alito scandal shows why conservative justices on the Supreme Court are so whiny (“The Federalist Society keeps SCOTUS judges in a perpetually whiny state”)
- Does Justice Alito Hear Himself?
- Blame the Supreme Court for America’s Decade of Voter Disenfranchisement (“This is what gutting the Voting Rights Act looks like.”)
- Republicans Are Torching Democracy to Deny Women Abortions
- Obama warns democratic institutions are ‘creaky’ but Trump’s indictment is proof rule of law still exists in US
- One year after the Dobbs ruling, abortion has changed the political landscape
- Is There Any Twinge of Regret Among the Anti-Abortion Justices?
- How a Year Without Roe Shifted American Views on Abortion (“New and extensive polling shows public opinion increasingly supports legal abortion, with potential political consequences for 2024.”)
- ‘I Underestimated the Depth of Outrage’: A Year in Post-Roe America
- Despite Repeated Vows Not To, House GOPers Are Again Proposing Social Security And Medicare Cuts
- Trump Believes the Presidency Belongs to Him
- Trump Melts Down as DOJ Turns Over Evidence It Plans to Use Against Him
- Trump Trial Setting Could Provide Conservative Jury Pool
- Trump campaign’s Election Day operations official appears before Jan. 6 grand jury
- As the walls close in, the Trump money machine cashes in (“Trump’s big mouth causes confusion and chaos — but it also makes the cash flow”)
- Trump coup plotter John Eastman is finally facing real accountability
- Trump has it all wrong: He needs someone else to be president
- Senate, House Republicans on collision course over defense spending
- House Freedom Caucus faces an internal purge push
- The Memo: Boebert’s ‘frankly stupid’ impeachment push leads to GOP groans, Dem glee
- Top GOP senators bristle at House impeachment efforts
- Divided House Sidesteps Biden Impeachment Vote but Starts Inquiry
- Fox News is altering language in AP and Reuters articles on anti-trans legislation — including a quote from an elected official
- Ron DeSantis pushes racist tropes in latest comments about basketball and baseball players
- DeSantis Dodges Question on Endorsing Trump as 2024 Nominee
- Senator Rick Scott Has Been Weighing a Presidential Run
- Ethics panel expands Santos probe to include conduct covered in federal indictment
- I.R.S. Agent Told Congress of Hunter Biden Invoking His Father in Business Deal
- Military holds enter fifth month as Republicans struggle to appease Tuberville (Tuberville is dumber than a…well, tuber!)
- Missing Titanic Sub: Search and Rescue Effort Is Vast. Who Pays the Bill?
- The Media Cares More About the Titanic Sub Than Drowned Migrants
- GOP Lawmaker Finds Way To Blame Lost Submersible On ‘Epic Failure Of Leadership’ (What a joke. In fact, it was the private sector company’s fault.)
- U.S. Navy Detected Titan Sub Implosion Days Ago
- Read: Arizona GOP election official sues Kari Lake for defamation
- Hundreds of dolphins and sea lions have washed up dead or sick in California amid toxic algae outbreak
- Texas suffers under brutal, early heat wave. Experts say climate change is fueling it.
- Moms for Liberty chapter apologizes for quoting Adolf Hitler in newsletter
- Will Hurd Is Running To Win A Tiny Slice Of The Small Pie Of Anti-Trump Voters
- Just Another RFK Jr. Lie. I Know, Because It’s About Me. (RFK Jr. is completely pathological.)
- No Labels declines to reveal just who is funding its third party bid
- Why Not Whitmer? (“The Michigan governor isn’t running for president. But she is happy to be interrogated over whether she might change her mind.”)
- House clerk who oversaw McCarthy’s Speaker fight resigns
- Dish, Samsung, Wall Street Journal, and others are advertising on the Twitter account of a leading white nationalist group (“A Border Patrol recruitment ad also appeared on VDare, which objects to nonwhite immigration to the US”)
- Fox hasn’t mentioned Georgia investigation debunking its election lies
- Video: AZ, PA, and VA Lawmakers Held Press Call to Commemorate One Year Without Roe, Launch Partnership to Elect Democrats to State Legislatures (“Like [NC] was, [VA} is one election away from banning access to abortion. And that election is this November”)
- Voters, candidates and experts agree: Abortion was critical in Tuesday primary
- Political Winners and Losers: Virginia Primary Elections June 2023
- Pope & Schapiro: Taking a closer look at primary results
- Fears about cross party voting in Tuesday’s elections were unfounded (We still need to see if Susan Cunningham and/or Natalie Roy, both of whom were backed by Republicans like former Rep. Tom Davis, win for Arlington County Board.)
- Democrats need to flip just three seats to win back the Virginia House this year
- FOIA Friday: What Virginia officials withheld or disclosed, June 16–23, 2023
- Supreme Court ruling affects Indigenous adoption in Virginia
- Youngkin hosts Pride month reception at governor’s mansion (“Equality Virginia accuses governor of ‘hypocrisy’”)
- Survey: Va. health care workers increasingly confident about telehealth use
- Vowing to fight election loss, Sen. Amanda Chase admits she’s not sure there was fraud (Chase is bonkers…and also a sore loser.)
- Methane Activists in Richmond Detect Potentially Dangerous Gas Leaks (“Beyond Methane RVA obtained documents from the Richmond Gas Works that revealed hundreds of leaks and significant costs to city ratepayers—and the climate.”)
- Virginia’s Pro-Choice Majority Just Ousted an Anti-Abortion State Senator
- Loudoun County Public Schools spokesman found not guilty of perjury
- Loudoun County schools spokesman found not guilty of perjury (Ridiculous case by AG Jason Miyares’ office, including the lead prosecutor on this case, Theo Stamos.)
- Lucas vows ‘no compromise’ on Petersburg casino
- Del. March claims elections are ‘being bought.’ Election results show otherwise. (“Five incumbent senators lost on Tuesday; four of them raised more money than the candidates who defeated them.”)
- Editorial: Norfolk’s floodwall plan is better for officials responding to public concerns
- Tractor-trailer goes off side of Chesapeake Bay Bridge-Tunnel; massive rescue effort underway
- D.C.-area forecast: A few downpours possible today, then less rain this weekend
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