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by Lowell
Here are a few international, national and Virginia news headlines, political and otherwise, for Saturday, June 17.
- The world’s oceans are extremely hot. We’re about to find out what happens next. (“Unprecedented Atlantic Ocean heating and El Niño in the Pacific are pushing the climate into uncharted territory.”)
- Global temperatures briefly spike above key climate threshold, scientists warn of more extremes
- UN steps up criticism of IMF and World Bank, the other pillars of the post-World War II global order (“Antonio Guterres says the International Monetary Fund has benefited rich countries instead of poor ones. And he describes the IMF and World Bank ’s response to the COVID-19 pandemic as a ‘glaring failure’ that left dozens of countries deeply indebted…He also called for scaling up financing for economic development and tackling the impact of climate change.”)
- Putin says Russia positions nuclear bombs in Belarus as warning to West
- Ukraine’s counteroffensive is underway. Here’s what’s happened so far
- Ukraine war: Putin confirms first nuclear weapons moved to Belarus
- Russia, Learning From Costly Mistakes, Shifts Battlefield Tactics (“Moscow’s forces remain uneven. But while bracing for a counteroffensive, they have improved in several key areas, foreshadowing a changing war.”)
- They Come At Night, Mostly. With Leopard Tanks And Western Optics, Ukrainian Troops Own The Dark. (“Ukrainian troops are taking control of the darkness along the southern front in Zaporizhzhia and Donetsk Oblasts. As Ukraine’s 2023 counteroffensive grinds toward its third week, more and more Ukrainian assaults are launching at night.”)
- Ukraine counteroffensive has ‘no chance,’ Putin says as Russians brace for long war
- A nuclear disaster was averted after the destruction of the dam in Ukraine. But what threats remain?
- Rescuers are braving snipers and racing time to ferry Ukrainians out of Russian-occupied flood zones
- Counting Russia’s dead in Ukraine – and what it says about the changing face of the war
- Biden gambles that delaying sanctions and playing down espionage will improve China relations
- What a three-part diplomatic push reveals about U.S. strategy on Asia (“China remains the key strategic challenge. Washington is building a safety net.”)
- Blinken travels to China amid low expectations and global worries of a new cold war
- Blinken’s China visit comes as Beijing faces economic challenges
- Paris talks to focus on funding poor countries to tackle climate crisis (“Talks on a global financial pact that will give poor countries access to funds to help them tackle the climate crisis and develop their economies in environmentally sustainable and socially equitable ways will begin next week in Paris.”)
- North Korea holds key meeting as US sends nuclear submarine to South Korea
- At least 41 killed in rebel attack on Ugandan school near Congo border
- Biden Administration Engages in Long-Shot Attempt for Saudi-Israel Deal
- Gas stoves pollute homes with benzene, which is linked to cancer
- Democrats Ask Treasury To Determine If Golf Merger Is A National Security Risk
- ‘Immaculate disinflation’: Fed more hopeful the U.S. can avert recession
- Fewer in U.S. Say Same-Sex Relations Morally Acceptable
- Federal government to give states $930M in grants to expand high-speed internet
- US Offshore Power Finally Has Wind in Its Sails
- AFL-CIO, 17 Unions Announced Their Endorsements of President Joe Biden and VP Kamala Harris for Reelection (“Earliest Presidential Endorsement in AFL-CIO History Triggers Massive Campaign in Support of Biden–Harris”)
- Biden begins re-relection campaign – does he have what it takes to win again?
- Biden returns to Philadelphia to rally with union workers in first big event of his 2024 campaign
- As Trump is arraigned, Republicans honor the insurrectionists
- Trump attorney quits another case, cites ‘irreconcilable differences’
- DOJ seeks protective order to prevent Trump from releasing classified materials amid ongoing investigation
- House GOP ponders action against DOJ in defense of Trump
- Judge Aileen Cannon Orders Lawyers In Trump Docs Case To Obtain Security Clearance (“The order is the latest indication that the Trump-appointed judge has no plans to recuse herself from the case.” She needs to recuse, immediately.)
- Secure bathrooms to ‘not a spy’: Here’s how Republicans are defending Trump
- Trump repeatedly celebrated the inclusion of transgender women in his beauty pageant
- Trump holds clear lead in GOP primary field after indictment: poll
- Trump’s rage at Biden has cornered his GOP rivals. That’s dangerous. (“How non-MAGA candidates are enabling Trump’s threats of retaliation over his indictment.”)
- What Trump doesn’t (but should) understand about the ‘Socks’ case
- J. D. Vance and the Yahoo Caucus
- Inside the $100 million door-knocking effort to boost Ron DeSantis
- Ron DeSantis Wants More Honoring Confederates, Less Funding for Black History
- Giuliani Says Key Biden Informant Is Dead
- Jim Jordan Notes ‘We Don’t Know For Sure If These Tapes Exist’ When Asked About Impeaching Biden Over Probe
- Obama accuses Tim Scott and Nikki Haley of being part of a ‘long history’ of Republicans who downplay racism
- The Trap for All of Trump’s 2024 Rivals (“The more embattled he is, the more the primary becomes a referendum on him. And in a growing primary field, he can win that referendum with a plurality.”)
- Report: Trump Literally Wants Every GOP Presidential Candidate to Promise That They’ll Pardon Him (“Meanwhile, the RNC is reportedly stipulating that any one candidate who wants to be on the debate stage this summer must vow to support the eventual 2024 nominee—which could mean backing a convicted felon.”)
- A damning new DOJ report accuses the Minneapolis Police Department of civil rights abuses (“After the murder of George Floyd, the Department of Justice began investigating Minneapolis. Here’s what they found.”)
- Twitter has suspended the accounts of a prominent Tesla and Elon Musk critic, PlainSite founder Aaron Greenspan (Musk falsely claimed to be a “free speech absolutist,” whatever that means.)
- Exclusive: Twitter to focus on video, commerce in business revamp
- Oath Keepers attorney is found incompetent to stand trial in Jan. 6 case
- Daniel Ellsberg, who leaked the Pentagon Papers, dies at 92
- RIP to Daniel Ellsberg, Who Stood Up for Whistleblowers His Entire Life
- Tucker Carlson Is Using His Twitter Show to Escalate His War With Fox News (“Fox reportedly sent Carlson a cease and desist for his new venture on Twitter, but that didn’t stop the host from attacking the network.”)
- Two Former Tucker Carlson Producers Exit Fox News
- Michigan man arrested for planning mass killing at synagogue
- Pittsburgh synagogue gunman found guilty in worst antisemitic attack in U.S. history
- Barbara Boxer warns progressives to back off on Dianne Feinstein or they may be sorry
- 3 Charged With New Hampshire Public Radio Attacks
- Thousands protest Dodgers’ Pride night event honoring LGBTQ+ ‘nun’ group
- Gov. Greg Abbott signs law placing limits on collegiate transgender athletes
- Dramatic week in Montana climate trial as youngsters tell of toll on lives
- Federal court blocks most of Indiana’s gender-affirming care ban
- It’s a Day Ending in the Letter “Y,” Which Means Glenn Youngkin’s LYING, This Time About U.S. “energy independence” (In fact, the U.S. under President Biden is a net energy EXPORTER, with U.S. energy production higher than at any point during the Trump administration…and growing!)
- Graphics: Top Donors in Senate Democratic Primaries – for Incumbents (Dominion Energy and Other Corporate Donors) and for Challengers (Clean Virginia, Sonjia Smith, Organized Labor, etc.)
- Former VA Secretary of the Commonwealth Levar Stoney: Under Gov. McAuliffe, “we made sure Virginia was in the business of removing barriers to voting, not creating more. Under Gov. Youngkin, Virginia is moving backwards.”
- Redistricting upends everything in Virginia’s legislative primaries
- Youngkin’s likely next pick for UVa Board of Visitors another controversial figure (“Joel Gardner, a vocal critic of UVa — especially its diversity initiatives — is slated to be one of those appointees to the body that governs the school, those close to the decision-making process told The Daily Progress…He has written for the Jefferson Council, a conservative alumni group that has been critical of DEI initiatives at UVa, likening policies at the school to ‘McCarthyism.'”)
- Insider-outsider Va. GOP primary fight will test Youngkin’s staying power
- 2 young newcomers running for Democratic nomination in Petersburg area
- Read the responses to our 82nd House District candidate questionnaire
- Davis, Jefferson vie for GOP nomination in Virginia’s new 39th House District Tuesday
- Father of 6-year-old Richneck shooter has several gun, assault charges on his record (“Malik Ramon Ellison, 26, the father of the 6-year-old shooter at Richneck Elementary School, has had his share of involvement with the local criminal justice system in recent years.”)
- D.C.-area forecast: Sunny and increasingly warm through the holiday weekend
