by Lowell
Here are a few international, national and Virginia news headlines, political and otherwise, for Tuesday, June 20. Today is Virginia primary day 2023…make sure you vote, from 6 am to 7 pm, at your regular polling location!
- 53% of parents say climate change affects their decision to have more kids
- Beyond Montreal: six months after deal to halt biodiversity loss, where are we? (“There have been gains and losses since the Cop15 agreement was signed in December, with key moments still to come ahead of the next biodiversity Cop in Turkey in 2024”)
- EU countries fail to agree energy reforms after coal subsidy clash
- Column: Europe’s clashes over coal may extend well beyond Poland
- Russia attacks Kyiv and other Ukrainian cities in overnight air strikes
- Ukraine downs Russian drones but some get through due to gaps in air protection
- Critical infrastructure facility hit in Ukraine’s western Lviv region, official says
- They Were Captured by the Russians. Then the Hardest Fight Began. (“Ukrainian captives released in prisoner exchanges say that beatings were common, and that they suffered from woefully inadequate health care and food.” War crimes.)
- ‘Hell of a job’: Biden’s reaction and 5 other takeaways from Blinken’s trip to China
- Blinken’s China Trip Yields Best Possible Result: More Talks
- China’s Rebound Hits a Wall, and There Is ‘No Quick Fix’ to Revive It
- Spy balloon ‘chapter should be closed’ after China talks, Blinken tells NBC News
- India’s Modi Says Trust With U.S. Is Unprecedented
- As Modi visits White House, India’s reliance on Russian arms constrains him
- Saudi Arabia is quietly changing its textbooks. Could that lead to acceptance of Israel?
- Trump Real Estate Deal in Oman Underscores Ethics Concerns
- Greek Coast Guard Is Under Scrutiny for Response to Migrant Mass Drowning
- Vessel passengers may face dwindling oxygen levels and cold (“A group including a British man and a Pakistani father and son are on board the vessel”)
- Titanic tourist submersible goes missing with search under way
- Search Underway for Titanic Tour Submersible With Five Aboard
- Only One State in America Includes the Study of Climate Change for All Grades (Every state should do so.)
- US murder rate declines dramatically in 2023 — but you probably haven’t heard about it (“In many large cities, the decline in the murder rate, year-to-date, is even more pronounced. Year-to-date murders have declined 40% in Minneapolis, 28% in Atlanta, 26% in Los Angeles, 20% in Philadelphia, and 18% in Baltimore. But local coverage of these declines has been sparse or nonexistent.”)
- FBI resisted opening probe into Trump’s role in Jan. 6 for more than a year (“In the DOJ’s investigation of Jan. 6, key Justice officials also quashed an early plan for a task force focused on people in Trump’s orbit” What. The. F***???)
- Trump offers dizzying new justifications for classified documents as former Cabinet secretaries sound the alarm
- Judge orders Trump not to disclose evidence in classified documents case
- Fox’s Brit Hume Torches Trump’s Explanations for Why He Took Documents: They ‘Verge on Incoherent’ (They don’t “verge” on incoherent, they’re complete/utter bullshit.)
- Trump All But Confesses to Mishandling Classified Docs on Fox News
- A former prosecutor explains what surprised her most about Trump’s indictment (“Trump’s attacks on the Justice Department are ‘just so wrong,’ former federal prosecutor Mary McCord told me.”)
- Donald Trump and Fox News Anchor Bret Baier Clash in Heated Interview
- Trump: I was too busy to sort through the boxes I took to Mar-a-Lago (Busy doing what, golfing? LOL)
- Fox News Analyst Has Damning Description For Trump’s Disastrous Interview
- Trump drowns out GOP rivals
- Trump’s Legal Woes Aren’t Bad Enough For the GOP’s Own Good (“It will cost him more in the general election than in the primaries”)
- The charlatan who has Trump’s ear (“Tom Fitton is no lawyer, but Trump listens to him. Why? Because he’s saying what Trump wants to hear”)
- Evangelicals supported Trump because he ‘gave voice’ to their frustrations, Pence says (Their “frustrations” at the fact that they keep losing elections?)
- Democrats fed up with Tuberville want to change Senate rules
- How Republicans are wasting their House majority (“There’s a lot a party can do with control of one house of Congress. But Republicans are repeating their old mistakes.”)
- Biden calls Tuberville hold on military nominations ‘bizarre’
- Biden shouldn’t be as unpopular as Trump — but he is (“Biden has been the kind of president that I thought Americans wanted. But voters aren’t really rewarding him for that. That’s disappointing. A nation that regards Biden and Trump as similarly flawed politicians is one that is going to wind up with more Trump-style leaders who are cruel and corrupt — and not good at governing either.”)
- Gay rights are going backwards in the US, says Elton John (“Singer says he will no longer do residencies in the US, describing recent changes in law as ‘disgraceful’”)
- Well-funded Christian group behind US effort to roll back LGBTQ+ rights (“Advocacy groups condemn Alliance Defending Freedom as ‘a danger to every American who values their freedoms’”)
- Climate change denial hit its stride in the Bush-Cheney era, precipitating today’s climate disaster (“Republicans didn’t always deny the reality of climate change. Then, George W. Bush took office”)
- Democratic hopeful RFK Jr. sure sounds like a MAGA Republican
- RFK Jr. claims chemicals in the water are turning boys transgender (RFK Jr. is completely insane.)
- The conspiracy candidate: What RFK Jr.’s anti-vaccine crusade could look like in the White House
- Sen. Josh Hawley Shares His Mindblowingly Stupid Thoughts on Juneteenth (Hawley is completely FUBAR.)
- Lawsuit alleges NC House Speaker had affair, sex with people seeking political favor
- New Twitter rules could hinder war crimes research and rescue efforts (“Twitter’s recent move under Elon Musk to charge more than $500,000 annually for its API is hampering vital disinformation and war crimes research, experts say”)
- Will Elon Lose Control of Twitter?
- Kaine and Warner look to permanently expand Medicare telehealth services
- Virginia legislative primaries could shape abortion policy and more
- Glenn Youngkin eyes total control in Virginia
- Editorial: Tuesday’s primary helps set the table for massive November election
- Comparing Blue Virginia’s House of Delegates, State Senate Democratic Primary Ratings to Elections Daily’s. Polls Open Tomorrow at 6 am! (The ratings are mostly similar, although there *are* a few significant differences (e.g., SD11, SD21, SD29, HD96))
- Amid retirements and new challengers, Tuesday’s primaries could shake up the behavior of Virginia’s legislature
- For Dems trying to retake legislature, fiery primaries are the first hurdle
- Virginia voters head to polls in hotly contested primary elections
- Several senior members of the Virginia Senate face primary challengers (“Some of the Senate’s most senior members are in hotly contested races this year: Creigh Deeds, Chap Petersen, George Barker and Dave Marsden just to name a few of the longtime incumbents who have primary challengers.”)
- As primary returns come in tonight, here’s where to look for election trends
- Virginia’s authors speak out against book banning.
- The future of Virginia’s outdoors depends on us (“By protecting our natural resources, we’re also protecting our economy and the jobs that depend on it.”)
- Morrissey promises ‘wake-up call’ for Dems as Aird focuses on abortion
- Amid Squire-Laufer spat, a Republican candidate enters House race
- The Path to a Democratic House Majority Runs Through VA Beach: Meet HD97 Nominee Michael Feggans
- Youngkin condemns Loudoun County school board denying difference between males and females
- Loudoun Commonwealth’s Attorney Primary: Lancaster Vs. Biberaj
- For tree-sitter, no hiding from heartbreak of deal to greenlight Mountain Valley Pipeline (“Theresa ‘Red’ Terry made international headlines for tree-sitting in the path of the Mountain Valley Pipeline for 34 straight days in 2018. Five years later, she feels despondent about the federal debt deal that cleared a path for the long-stalled pipeline project to be completed.”)
- Fairfax County schools apologizes for sending phishing test to teachers
- ‘Trolling people?’ Fairfax Co. schools phishing test promised teachers end-of-year gift card
- Democrat Gregory Maxwell enters 39th District state House race
- Klan litters Charlottesville with anti-LGBT flyers
- The Daily Progress voter guide: Charlottesville City Council
- Police Announce Arrest in Ballston-Virginia Square Homicide
- D.C.-area forecast: Cloudy and not as warm today with promise of midweek rain (“We have been waiting an exceptionally long time for this, but a wetter pattern is finally afoot.”)
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