by Lowell
Here are a few international, national and Virginia news headlines, political and otherwise, for Wednesday, June 7.
- Arctic Summer Could Be Practically Sea-Ice-Free by the 2030s (Disastrous. GET OFF OF FOSSIL FUELS ASAP!)
- Too late now to save Arctic summer ice, climate scientists find (“Ice-free summers inevitable even with sharp emissions cuts and likely to result in more extreme heatwaves and floods” Great job, fossil fuel companies!)
- Slow Transition to Clean Energy Puts Billions at Risk of Household Air Pollution
- World off track for reaching key goal on sustainable energy by 2030
- Doubling global pace of energy efficiency progress by 2030 is key step in efforts to reach net zero emissions
- Mining Critical to Renewable Energy Tied to Hundreds of Alleged Human Rights Abuses
- Russia and Saudi Arabia’s Oil Partnership Shows Strain
- World Economy Set for Weak Inflation-Plagued Recovery, OECD Warns
- Collapse of Ukraine’s Nova Kakhovka dam an ‘ecological catastrophe’
- Floodwaters set to peak in Kherson today as evacuations continue (Russia under Putin is a terrorist state, bunch of war criminals.)
- Ukrainians make desperate escape from floods after dam collapse as shelling echoes overhead
- D-Day dawns for Ukraine
- Ukraine Dam Disaster: What Does It Mean for the War?
- Russia and Ukraine trade blame for destruction of Kakhovka dam, power plant (It’s almost certainly Russia’s fault, one way or the other.)
- First Thing: Ukraine says 42,000 at risk from dam flooding
- As flood waters rise around them, Kherson residents cast blame for destroyed dam on ‘inhumane’ Moscow
- Russia floundering in ‘mud of lies’ over Kakhovka dam destruction, Ukraine tells UN
- U.S. eyes Russia in destruction of Ukraine’s Kakhovka dam
- Drone attack in Moscow may have targeted homes of Russian intelligence officials, multiple U.S. officials say
- China’s exports plunge by 7.5% in May, far more than expected
- Sunak to raise trade issues in US talks with Biden
- ‘Game changing’: spate of US lawsuits calls big oil to account for climate crisis (Top oil executives should also face CRIMINAL prosecution.)
- Where wildfire smoke is hitting the U.S. the hardest — and when it will end
- Air Quality This Week Gives U.S. a Glimpse of the World’s Air Pollution
- In Kenya, lions are speared to death as human-wildlife conflict worsens amid drought (Ugh.)
- Germany’s far-right rides high on anti-immigration, anti-green agenda (Appalling.)
- Exclusive: Kosovo president open to new elections in Serb-majority municipalities
- Is it a ‘skip’ or a ‘pause’? Federal Reserve won’t likely raise rates next week but maybe next month
- Exclusive: CEOs increasingly foresee a “soft landing” for the economy (Some of us have thought that for months now.)
- How a Fringe Legal Theory Became a Threat to Democracy (“Lawyers tried to use the independent-state-legislature theory to sway the outcomes of the 2000 and 2020 elections. What if it were to become the law of the land?”)
- 10 years ago, SCOTUS tossed out the Voting Rights Act’s heart (One of the most disgraceful Supreme Court rulings in U.S. history, and it’s definitely on John Roberts’ shoulders. That guy SUCKS.)
- How This Year’s Supreme Court Term Could Be Its Most Damaging to Date (“The conservative-led court is poised to issue rulings that could wind the clock way back on voting rights, affirmative action, and student debt relief.” We need to fix the Supreme Court, desperately.)
- Appeals court weighs nationwide freeze of Obamacare’s coverage mandate
- The far right’s growing influence and 4 other takeaways from NPR’s ERIC investigation
- ‘It’s been a total witch-hunt. It takes its toll’: the LGBTQ+ families fleeing red states (“Anti-trans bills and threats leave adults and children fearing for their safety at home”)
- Oklahoma Republicans pave the way for the Supreme Court to end secular education (“A new taxpayer-funded religious school is a Christian nationalist move to destroy separation of church and state”)
- Marjorie Taylor Greene’s impeachment push will blow back on the GOP (“How a coming GOP campaign opens a window on the land of right-wing make-believe.”)
- Conservatives surprise McCarthy with floor rebellion over debt deal anger
- Conservatives Tank Their Own Gas Stove Bill Out of Spite
- The Gas Stove Has Been Fashioned Into Another Icon of Conservative Worship
- 6 tough topics the media must not ignore in 2024 coverage (“Treating truth and lies as worthy of equal consideration makes the media complicit in MAGA deception.”)
- These academics studied falsehoods spread by Trump. Now the GOP wants answers. (“Gym” Jordan et al are far-right thugs.)
- Trump’s next indictment is looming — and the evidence against him is trickling out
- The right sure loves a lot of ‘woke’ companies
- Political world braces for possible federal indictment of Trump
- Mark Meadows Testified to Grand Jury in Special Counsel Investigation of Trump
- Federal prosecutors using a second grand jury in Florida as part of Trump classified documents probe
- Grand Jury in Florida Hints at Unknown Complexities in Trump Documents Inquiry
- The 2024 GOP Field Is Basically Donald Trump and His Mini-Mes
- Chris Christie Announces ’24 Run, Taking Square Aim at Trump
- Chris Christie Launches 2024 Run in Bridge to Nowhere (Christie is a corrupt disgrace.)
- Mike Pence announces he’s challenging Donald Trump in 2024 presidential race (Pence is an imbecile, a Trump bootlicker and a right wingnut all the way. F*** him.)
- Mike Pence Is Starting His Presidential Campaign From A Historically Bad Position
- Far-right ‘Moms for Liberty’ listed as a hate group for first time
- How Moms for Liberty is helping states pass vicious anti-LGBTQ bills
- The Suburbs Are Still Driving American Politics, but Where Are They Taking Us?
- CNN’s Chris Licht showed the problem with anti-woke centrism (“Anti-woke centrism is really about emphasizing differences with progressives, who are inaccurately cast as Twitter-obsessed college graduates who constantly use terms like Latinx and are out of touch with ordinary Democratic voters.”)
- DeSantis Stays Silent on Whether Florida Arranged Migrant Flights to California
- Migrants flown to California get assistance as state weighs charges against DeSantis administration
- Florida ban on trans care for minors is likely unconstitutional, federal judge rules
- US Judge blocks Florida ban on trans minor care in narrow ruling, says ‘gender identity is real’ (Of course it’s real.)
- George Santos Ordered to Reveal His Bail Bond Sugar Daddies (“The indicted congressman has three days to give up the names of the individuals who put up the $500,000 bail bond.”)
- Family calls for arrest of White woman who fatally shot Black neighbor
- White woman who fatally shot Black neighbor is arrested in Florida
- The PGA Tour Probably Couldn’t Beat LIV Golf, So They Joined Them (Slimy.)
- The “BIG, BEAUTIFUL” Saudi Golf Deal Is Great News for Donald Trump
- Atlanta City Council Approves Funding for “Cop City”
- Latest Bay report card: Middling health but signs of progress
- New Roanoke College Poll: “Youngkin’s favorability rating is…down six points to 46% (from 52% in February)”; Biden Leads Trump 54%-38% (Youngkin’s +11 points net approval rating compares to +19 points for Ralph Northam, +24 points for Terry McAuliffe, +29 points for Bob McDonnell, +58 points for Tim Kaine, etc.)
- Video: In Virginia Beach, Freedom Virginia Launches 5-Stop ‘Show Me Your Values’ Mobile Billboard Tour on State Budget (VA House Dems Leader Don Scott: “do we let the MAGA agenda dictate our path, leading us towards tax handouts to big corporations, or do we invest in schools?”)
- Cutting Top Personal Income Tax Boosts the Wealthy, Excludes People with Lower Incomes
- “The Youngkin administration recently pulled Virginia out of ERIC. This thread explains why—and the consequences for the Commonwealth and the country.” (The far right is “pushing for policies in the name of election integrity that are actually hurting election integrity”)
- VA Sen. Barbara Favola Urges Virginia Air Board to Remain in Lawmaker-Approved RGGI (“I strongly oppose the unlawful repeal of the General Assembly-approved RGGI”)
- Virginia regulators expected to vote on Youngkin plan to withdraw from climate initiative
- Editorial: Virginians oppose RGGI withdrawal but that may not be enough (“The Virginia Air Pollution Control Board will meet in Richmond on Wednesday to decide whether it is a representative voice of the public, working in citizens’ best interests, or simply beholden to the will of one man, however misguided his orders.”)
- Telehealth abortion provider launches in Virginia
- What’s next for opponents of the Mountain Valley Pipeline?
- Mountain Valley Pipeline seeks dismissal of remaining lawsuits
- Newly graduated student, man attending graduation died in Richmond shooting, police say
- Virginia Elected Officials Respond to VCU Shootings. That Includes LG Winsome Sears, Who “shows up to a crime scene in which students were shot and she wants to blame city leaders & police”
- 2 dead, several injured after shooting outside Altria Theater in downtown Richmond
- 7 people shot following high school graduation in Richmond, Virginia: Police
- Some legislators face both primary challengers — and the challenge of many new voters (“Redistricting has dramatically reshaped some districts. For Del. Marie March, 80% of the voters in her newly drawn district are new to her.”)
- In Southside, Del. Tommy Wright faces first primary challenge in his 22-year career
- Bribery conviction upheld for Va. man who offered town $500 to back gaming machines
- Next steps for Virginia Beach superintendent still uncertain
- Teen convicted of killing Alexandria high school student in parking lot brawl
- Canadian wildfire causes air quality warning in Hampton Roads
- Smoke invaded the D.C. area yet again Tuesday and could get worse
- Richmond committee OKs updated casino plans
- D.C.-area forecast: Mild and dry as serious smoke issues continue
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