Sunday News: “‘The fire equivalent of an ice age’: Humanity enters a new era of fire”; Biden to LGBTQ Community – “You are loved; you are heard”; “Trump Lashes Out at ‘Nasty’ Pence in Bonkers Post-Indictment Speech”; “Why Youngkin’s anti-LGBTQ school policies are so dangerous”

by Lowell

Here are a few international, national and Virginia news headlines, political and otherwise, for Sunday, June 11.

• UN Considering Reforms to Limit Influence of Fossil Fuel Industry at Global Climate Talks (“Civic groups and elected officials say the selection of host cities for the annual COP meetings, as well as the designation of delegates with ties to fossil fuels, must be more transparent.” The fossil fuel industry should have literally ZERO influence at global climate talks.)
• ‘The fire equivalent of an ice age’: Humanity enters a new era of fire
• Political risks rise for Putin as Ukraine’s counteroffensive begins
• Ukraine’s dam collapse is both a fast-moving disaster and a slow-moving ecological catastrophe
• Zelenskyy says ‘counteroffensive, defensive actions’ taking place in Ukraine
• As Ukraine Launches Counteroffensive, Definitions of ‘Success’ Vary
• “Everything will die.” The dam’s destruction has imperiled a vital lifeline for Ukraine.
• Kherson’s unending nightmare through occupation, shelling and now floods
• US confirms China has had a spy base in Cuba since at least 2019
• Taiwan sends up fighters as Chinese warplanes cross strait’s median line
• Iran’s Khamenei says ‘nothing wrong’ with a nuclear deal with West
• Sunak Faces a New Electoral Headache After Johnson Resigns
• Furious Tories turn against Boris Johnson after ‘bias’ outburst
• PGA Tour Says It Couldn’t Afford to Keep Battling Saudi Arabia
• Fed Is Set to Pause and Assess the Effect of Rate Hikes
• An IRA renewables boom amid economic uncertainty will require reimagining financing, say bankers
• Bidens offer ‘joy’ at White House Pride event as LGBTQ attacks mount
• Biden lauds ‘extraordinary’ courage of LGBTQ Americans at White House Pride event
• Biden takes aim at ‘dangerous anti-LGBTQ’ laws at White House Pride event
• Biden hosts Pride Month picnic at White House: ‘You are loved, you are heard’
• The classified documents indictment is a stunning display of Trump’s narcissism
• Trump Calls Special Counsel A ‘Thug’ And ‘Deranged’ In First Post-Indictment Appearance (“Trump Saturday made his first campaign stops after his indictment on 37 counts of illegally retaining and conspiring to hide secret documents from authorities.”)
• Trump left with few defenses for hoarding top secret documents
• Trump’s path to indictment: ‘Isn’t it better if there are no documents?’
• National Security Implications of Trump’s Indictment: A Damage Assessment
• Video: Far-Right Former VA Attorney General, Trump Administration Official Ken Cuccinelli Says “There’s a strong technical case here against [Trump]” (Cuccinelli: “[Trump] shouldn’t have had, no president should have any classified documents even after they leave the White House”)
• Trump Supporters’ Violent Rhetoric in His Defense Disturbs Experts (Very weird NY Times headline/framing; why is this about “experts” behing disturbed, and not EVERYONE – including the NY Times? This is the classic “view from nowhere” by the media.)
• Trump vows to stay in the race even if convicted
• Trump delivers fiery post-indictment speech: ‘They’re coming after you’ (“Fiery” is one word for it, albeit by far not the most accurate description of what Trump’s doing.)
• Trump indictment largely based on insider accounts of life at Mar-a-Lago
• Donald Trump still headline act for Republicans, despite charges (That tells you everything you need to know about Republicans these days.)
• Trump Lashes Out at ‘Nasty’ Pence in Bonkers Post-Indictment Speech
• Trump Appointee Was Randomly Assigned to Documents Case, Clerk Says (That’s very hard to believe. It’s also completely unacceptable.)
• Trump-Friendly Judge To Oversee Mar-a-Lago Document Trial, Dealing Potential Blow to Prosecution
• Senate GOP leaders break with House on Trump indictment
• Jonathan Turley tells Fox News the Trump indictment is ‘extremely damning’ and a ‘hit below the waterline’ (“Lawyer says Trump legal team ‘have to take out every single count, or you’ve got a 76-year-old man looking at a potentially terminal sentence’”)
• How Will the G.O.P. Field Respond to Donald Trump’s Indictment? (“Trump is not only the first former President to face federal charges but also the most confounding front-runner ever in a Presidential primary.”)
• Pence calls for Garland to publicly justify Trump indictment (Pence continues to be a disgrace.)
• DeSantis and Pence circle the wagons around Trump after indictment (Should be automatically disqualifying.)
• Republican red meat: Ron DeSantis bids to outflank Trump on the right (Fascist, in other words.)
• George Soros Hands Control to His 37-Year-Old Son: ‘I’m More Political’ (“In his first interview as successor, Alex Soros says the family’s $25 billion philanthropic enterprise will boost its support for voting and abortion rights”)
• Ted Kaczynski, who planted fear and death as the Unabomber, dies at 81 (Now THAT is an accurate headline! So why can’t the media use headlines like that for political figures who have done horrible things during their lives?)
• Kaczynski Died by Suicide in Prison, Sources Say
• Ted Kaczynski, ‘Unabomber’ Who Attacked Modern Life, Dies at 81
• Why the Kennedys Absolutely Hate Hate Robert F. Kennedy Jr.
• A Bellwether Climate Case in Montana Seeks More Action Under State Constitution (“A group of young people in the Treasure State argue that fossil-fuel policies violate the state’s right to ‘a clean and healthful environment’” That’s 100% accurate.)
• North Carolina GOP censures Sen. Tillis for supporting LGBTQ+ rights, immigration policies (This party is completely off the far-right-extremist deep end.)
• Elon Musk Says Twitter Is Going To Get Rid Of The Block Feature, Enabling Greater Harassment
• Twitter stiffs Google
• Migrants say Florida contractors pushed to get them to board planes to California
• Brittney Griner harassed at Dallas airport, agent calls for ‘enhanced security measures for all players’
• Why Youngkin’s anti-LGBTQ school policies are so dangerous
• Prediction: General Assembly Elections* (“State Senate: Democrats 23 (+/-1), Republicans 17 (+/-1), Range: D+2 to R+1, Democrats hold majority. House of Delegates: Democrats 53 (+/-2), Republicans 47 (+/-2), Range: D+3 to D+5, Democrats win majority”)
• Editorial: Richmond shooting is another tragedy in a country awash with guns
• Williams: Pat Robertson transformed American religion and politics for the worse
• Breaking down the ‘culture war’ in Virginia Beach that’s divided the school board and community
• D.C.-area forecast: Hotter today, showers and storms likely tomorrow (“We are headed for near or past 90 today before a cold front brings a good chance of beneficial rain tomorrow.”)