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by Lowell
Here are a few international, national and Virginia news headlines, political and otherwise, for Tuesday, June 6.
- Regardless of What Mr. Bean Says, EVs Are Much Better for the Environment than Gasoline Vehicles (“An opinion piece actor Rowan Atkinson wrote for The Guardian contains some familiar and misleading criticisms of electric vehicles.”)
- Scientists Beam Solar Power From Space to Earth in World First
- Exclusive: Accounting for war – Ukraine’s climate fallout
- Critical Dam Destroyed on Front Line in Southern Ukraine (“Ukraine blamed Russia for destroying the barrier, but it was unclear immediately who was responsible.”)
- Ukrainian dam collapse ‘no immediate risk’ to Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant (“But IAEA says damage to Nova Kakhovka dam raises long-term concerns for power station’s future”)
- Destruction of critical Ukraine dam is ‘ecocide,’ Zelensky aide says
- Ukraine accuses Russia of destroying major dam near Kherson, warns of ecological disaster
- Major dam in Ukraine is heavily damaged, threatening southern regions with floods (Russia is a terrorist state and should be treated as one.)
- Fake Putin Speech Calling for Martial Law Aired in Russia
- Ukrainian forces advance on Russians, deny ‘counteroffensive’ has begun
- Exclusive: Top US general says Ukraine is ‘well prepared’ for counteroffensive in war that has ‘greater meaning’ for the world
- Brazil’s Lula lays out plan to halt Amazon deforestation
- Amazon’s road to ruin: highway threatens heart of the rainforest (Ugh.)
- Iran claims to have created hypersonic missile
- US Officials Seek to Curb Turkmenistan’s Colossal Methane Emissions
- Giorgia Meloni Seeks to Cement Power by Remaking Corporate Italy
- Prince Harry becomes the first British royal to testify in court in 130 years
- Abandoned Oil and Gas Wells Emit Carcinogens and Other Harmful Pollutants, Groundbreaking Study Shows
- The Climate Solution That’s Horrible for the Climate (“It’s fairly well-known that farm-grown fuels like corn ethanol and soy biodiesel accelerate food inflation and global hunger, but they’re also a disaster for the climate and the environment. And that’s mainly because they’re inefficient land hogs.”)
- Electric vehicles appeal to conservative buyers sick of gas guzzlers
- The remarkable upsurge in US clean energy manufacturing, in charts
- EPA Ends Trump-Era Bid to Kill Pollution Rules for Plastics Recycling
- The Murder Rate Is Suddenly Falling
- There Is One Group the Roberts Court Really Doesn’t Like (“It is difficult to overstate the hostility of the Roberts court to organized labor and the rights of American workers.”)
- U.S. Same-Sex Marriage Support Holds at 71% High
- Legislatures Passed 550 Anti-Trans Bills So Far This Year
- Big Tech rolls back misinformation measures ahead of 2024 (WILDLY irresponsible.)
- Do Republican States Really Care About Election Integrity? (Absolutely not; they just want to rig the elections in their favor.)
- Trump Blew an Enormous Hole in His Classified Documents Defense
- Conservatives attack special counsel Jack Smith as evidence builds against Trump
- Trump lawyers meet with DoJ to stave off indictment in Mar-a-Lago case
- Trump Lawyers Visit Justice Dept. as Classified Documents Inquiry Nears End
- Report: Donald Trump’s Lawyers Spent Monday Begging the DOJ Not to Indict Him (“If the ex-president’s Truth Social meltdown is any indication, the appeal did not go well.”)
- Exclusive: Mar-a-Lago pool flood raises suspicions among prosecutors in Trump classified documents case
- Trump made over $80 million from UK and Ireland while president
- Is House Oversight’s pressure on FBI just a Giuliani goose chase?
- Growing GOP field isn’t selling primary voters on why they should ditch Trump
- The Memo: GOP candidates search for lanes in newly crowded primary
- I’m not running for president in 2024. Beating Trump is more important.(“If Trump is the nominee, Republicans will lose again.”)
- Sununu passes on 2024 to “have more credibility speaking out against Trump”
- Team DeSantis bets big on angrier GOP base
- It Is Completely Bizarre That Florida Is Allowed to Do This (“This scheme to ‘transport’ migrants across state lines is crying out for the intervention of federal law enforcement on every level.”)
- DeSantis mum on migrant flights as California alleges ‘state-sanctioned kidnapping’
- Newsom threatens DeSantis with kidnapping charges after migrants flown to Sacramento
- Watch: Republicans literally beg migrants not to leave Florida over DeSantis anti-immigration law
- Texas sheriff recommends criminal charges in DeSantis’ migrant flights to Martha’s Vineyard
- Cornel West pleased with how 2000 election turned out, hoping for a replay (Imbecile.)
- Mike Pence, Trump’s former vice-president, announces White House run (Zzzzzz.)
- Mystery surrounds Mike Pence’s doomed presidential candidacy (“He’s everything no one wants. Yet he’s running.”)
- What Lane Does Mike Pence Think He’s Driving In, Exactly?
- Nikki Haley Generously Declares She Wouldn’t Have Women Executed for Getting an Abortion (“You’re welcome.”)
- RFK Jr. Blames Anti-Depressants for School Shootings (RFJ Jr. is deeply, deeply unwell…completely unhinged.)
- Twitter Admits in Court Filing: Elon Musk Is Simply Wrong About Government Interference At Twitter (Musk has gone full fascist…also batsh** crazy.)
- Twitter Missed Dozens of Known Images of Child Sexual Abuse Material, Researchers Say
- First on CNN: US senators question Twitter’s privacy compliance under Elon Musk
- Twitter’s U.S. Ad Sales Plunge 59% as Woes Continue
- American theocracy: Trinity Broadcasting Network’s nightly news program is spreading Christian nationalism
- With an ode to the First Amendment, a judge rebuffs the war on woke (“An unlikely source — a district court — rebuffs Republicans’ war on free speech.”)
- “Protect the kids” exposed as a lie after Tennessee’s drag ban gets knocked down by a Trump judge
- Axelrod: Manchin is ‘dead man walking’ in West Virginia
- Manchin allies say Axelrod, Dems are crazy to count him out in West Virginia
- No Water? No Subdivision. (“The end of Arizona’s desert sprawl may be near. Great!”)
- George Santos begs court not to reveal who paid his $500,000 bond
- Oklahoma Approves First Religious Charter School in the U.S. (Unconstitutional.)
- Robert Hanssen, former FBI agent convicted of spying for Russia, dead at 79
- Wisconsin judge: Don’t delete records from probe into 2020 Trump loss
- “Disgusting fearmongering” by “morally and ethically adrift word salad bar” Nikki Haley, Who Endorsed Both Glenn Youngkin and Jason Miyares
- D.C.-area carjackings have soared. Here’s where they’re happening.
- The Play “Here There Are Blueberries” Illustrates How “the battle against anti-Semitism is, in no small part, a battle for historical truth”
(“Virginia…has taken steps to better understand and address anti-Semitism, although with considerably less fervor”) - Virginia Nurses Share Personal Stories in Videos Highlighting the Growing Problem of Workplace Violence Against Health Care Professionals
- It’s looking unlikely that state lawmakers will pass budget amendments before July 1st
- Deploying the Virginia National Guard to the border is a political stunt
- Air Pollution Control Board to vote on withdrawing from RGGI
- Dominion Energy–backed Power for Tomorrow enters primary fray (“The group is running ads promoting Virginia candidates who’ve accepted donations from the utility in the past.”)
- Virginia wetlands protections remain robust despite Supreme Court ruling, say enviro groups
- How Virginia is spending new state funding to prevent gun violence
- Democrats warn of ‘very frightening things’ in Virginia if Republicans win legislature (“The November 2023 elections could determine whether the last southern state without an abortion ban follows Florida’s hard-right shift.”)
- Will Davis and Ron Jefferson vie for Republican nomination in Franklin County House district
- Democrats nominate candidate to oppose Sen. Stanley (“Democrats have nominated Renie Gates of Franklin County to run for the District 7 Senate seat. “)
- Lynchburg has the slowest economic growth of any metro area in Virginia. Here’s why.
- Myrna Morrissey’s pain: Seduced at 17, a mom at 18, ending her marriage at 27 (“Myrna Morrissey is divorcing the Virginia state Senator nearly 40 years her senior who seduced her when she was 17.”)
- With path cleared for the Mountain Valley Pipeline, opponents weigh next steps
- These people say they’ve been helped, or hurt, by candidates for Arlington Commonwealth’s Attorney
- Commentary: A Supreme Court decision on wetlands might have affected debt ceiling talks on the Mountain Valley Pipeline
- Mother of 6-year-old Richneck shooter charged with federal gun and marijuana charges
- Virginia plane crash investigators ask when pilot became unresponsive and why aircraft flew its path
- Sonic boom in DC – live: MAGA family identified as victims of jet crash that left ‘crater’ in rural Virginia
- Virginia Beach dentist stabbed to death by daughter at Birdneck Point home, police say
- D.C.-area forecast: Partly sunny, smoky and breezy
