Saturday News: “Russia Slides Into Civil War…”Is Putin facing his Czar Nicholas II moment?”; One Year Later, “The devastating impact of Dobbs, by the numbers”; “Trump spoke at a fundraiser for Jan. 6 defendants”; “This isn’t the first time Moms for Liberty has quoted Hitler”

by Lowell

Here are a few international, national and Virginia news headlines, political and otherwise, for Saturday, June 24.

• Inside the search for $900 billion to fight climate change
• Analysis: Paris climate summit gives fresh impetus to development bank reform
• Energy Change Sweeps the North Sea (“The offshore wind industry continues to grow as nations look to change Europe’s oil and gas hub into a major source of renewable energy.”)
• A Crisis Erupts in Russia (“The Kremlin is accusing a Russian mercenary of an attempted coup—a stunning turn that could change the course of the war in Ukraine.”)
• Putin calls on Wagner group to halt ‘rebellion,’ says organizers will be punished
• Russia Issues Arrest Warrant for Wagner Chief on Charges of Mutiny
• Russia Slides Into Civil War (“Is Putin facing His Czar Nicholas II moment?”)
• Wagner mercenary chief says Russia’s war in Ukraine based on lies
• Russia tightens security as Wagner chief accused of mutiny
• Putin in crisis: Wagner chief Prigozhin declares war on Russian military leadership
• Google News Blocked in Russia as Feud With Mercenary Leader Intensifies
• Putin Denounces Wagner ‘Treason’ as Feud Erupts Into Revolt
• Putin is at risk of losing his iron grip on power. The next 24 hours are critical (“The Russian president is facing the most serious threat to his hold on power in all the 23 years he’s run the nuclear state. And it is staggering to behold the veneer of total control he has maintained all that time – the ultimate selling point of his autocracy – crumble overnight…This is now an existential choice for Russia’s elite – between the president’s faltering regime, and the dark, mercenary Frankenstein it created to do its dirty work, which has turned on its masters.”)
• What to Know About Prigozhin and Putin’s Twisted Relationship (“The Russian president once relied on the mercenary boss, but is Prigozhin a dead man walking now?”)
• Samuel Alito scandal shows why conservative justices on the Supreme Court are so whiny
• Supreme Court rejects Texas effort to force Biden administration to change deportation policy
• Pence: Democrats are trying to ‘bully’ Supreme Court Justices Alito, Thomas (Seriously, f*** Pence.)
• The Supreme Court may be running out of patience for Trump’s worst judges (“The Court’s decision in United States v. Texas stops rogue judges from seizing control of law enforcement.”)
• One Year After the Fall of Roe, Republicans Are Full Steam Ahead With National Abortion Ban
• The end of Roe, one year later (“The devastating impact of Dobbs, by the numbers.”)
• Biden Warns That Republicans Are Not Finished on Abortion
• ‘The Impossible Became Possible’: The Women Celebrating a Year Without Roe
• Protests planned across US to mark one year since loss of abortion rights (“Overturning of federal abortion rights has led to complete abortion bans, lesser care for patients and upended training for doctors”)
• Kamala Harris’s 2024 Role Crystallizes Around Abortion Rights (“The Biden-Harris ticket is going all in on the one-year anniversary of the Dobbs decision, betting the Republican assault on reproductive rights will continue to galvanize voters in the presidential election.”)
• Pedestrian deaths hit highest number in more than 40 years: report (Appalling.)
• Analysis: Donald Trump’s war on truth confronts another test with voters
• Exclusive: Special counsel trades immunity for fake elector testimony as Jan 6 probe heats up
• Former Trump Campaign Official in Talks to Cooperate in Jan. 6 Inquiry
• Trump spoke at a fundraiser for Jan. 6 defendants (That alone should be disqualifying.)
• Trump posts $5.6 million security payment as he appeals E. Jean Carroll sexual abuse verdict
• Billionaire-funded group driving effort to erode democracy in key US states (Evil.)
• Graham says Biden impeachment without due process would be ‘dead on arrival’
• Garland Pushes Back at G.O.P. Claims of Bias in Hunter Biden Investigation
• Two of the Most Deranged Members of Congress Are Now Nemeses
• Speaker McCarthy supports expunging Trump’s impeachments over Ukraine and Jan. 6
• McCarthy huddles with House Freedom Caucus and urges consensus and compromise ahead of major spending fights (McCarthy is an absolute disgrace to America.)
• NHL joins MLB in advising teams to halt wearing ‘Pride’ jerseys
• We Muslims Used to Be the Culture War Scapegoats. Why Are Some of Us Joining the L.G.B.T.Q. Pile-On?
• Elon Musk Keeps Lying About One Very Specific Thing
• No Labels Exposed: Here’s a List of Donors Funding Its Effort To Disrupt the 2024 Race
• Pro-RFK Jr. Super PAC Has Deep Ties to Marjorie Taylor Greene, George Santos
• Giuliani sanctioned for failing to produce records in defamation case
• Arizona Gov. Katie Hobbs strips county prosecutors of authority to pursue abortion cases
• Florida’s anti-drag law is likely unconstitutional, federal judge rules. A growing pattern
• The Memo: Trailing DeSantis declines to hit Trump head-on
• This isn’t the first time Moms for Liberty has quoted Hitler
• Ron DeSantis: My Supreme Court Picks Would Be Just Like Clarence Thomas, Samuel Alito (Any Republican president’s picks would be like Thomas or Alito; so do NOT elect them!)
• Elise Stefanik Is a Nuisance On Her Way to Becoming a General Blight
• Titan sub CEO dismissed safety warnings as ‘baseless cries’, emails show
• Marking One Year Without Roe, DCCC Launches Campaign to Hold Jen Kiggans Accountable for Anti-Abortion Extremism (“One year later, vulnerable House Republicans continue their push for a national abortion ban”)
• The Most Interesting Results From Virginia’s Legislative Primaries and What They Mean
• Families Face a Child Care Crisis, 2 Virginia Lawmakers Are Trying to Prevent It
• Was VA Sen. Chap Petersen’s Loss to Saddam Salim Tuesday Night a Political “Suicide,” “Murder-Suicide” or What? Also, Compare/Contrast to Sen. Creigh Deeds’ Narrow Primary Victory. (Ben Tribbett, Laura Stokes, Sam Shirazi and Cindy Cunningham weigh in….)
• [UPDATE: Maureen Coffey and Susan Cunningham Appear to Be the Preliminary Winners] Awaiting Arlington County Board Democratic Primary “Ranked Choice Voting” Results…
• Winners Emerge From Democratic Primary For Arlington Board
• Coffey, Cunningham win Democratic primary for Arlington County Board (Good that at least Maureen Coffey won!)
• The Clinch Coalition Calls for Increased Transparency, Public Input in Nuclear Power Proposals by Gov. Youngkin, Other Elected Officials (One potential nuclear plant site is “located only 800 feet from the Wise County Christian School”)
• Mountain Valley Pipeline gets final permit needed to resume construction
• Hey Amanda … Woman-Up and Let It Go
• This ‘Little Saigon’ shaped their childhood. Now they fear for its future. (“At Eden Center in Virginia, young Vietnamese Americans say they want officials to do more to protect a strip mall that’s become a Vietnamese cultural district.”)
• D.C.-area forecast: Warmer weekend, with scattered late-day showers or storms