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by Lowell
Here are a few international, national and Virginia news headlines, political and otherwise, for Sunday, July 16.
- World experiences hottest week ever recorded and more is forecast to come (“There is a good chance that the month of July will see the highest global temperatures for 120,000 years”)
- Bleak Records Keep Coming: Heat Waves Are Smothering the Planet (“From Northern Africa to Southern Europe to the Western United States, humans are facing extreme upon extreme.”)
- Big Heat and Big Oil (“A rapid end to burning fossil fuel would arrest the heating that has caused extreme damage in recent weeks; and that rapid end is possible.”)
- A New Job for Electric Vehicles: Powering Homes During Blackouts
- Big oil quietly walks back on climate pledges as global heat records tumble (Evil.)
- An agricultural deal that guarantees food security for tens of millions is set to expire on Monday as Russia debates renewal
- Murderous minefields defend Russian strongholds, defying Ukraine’s counterattack (“Areas between 3 and 10 miles deep in front of the Russians’ main strongholds have been densely mined with antitank and antipersonnel mines and trip wires.”)
- Russia has ‘sufficient stockpile’ of cluster bombs, says Putin, as Ukraine gets US cluster bombs
- Ukraine bides its time in its counteroffensive, trying to stretch Russian forces before striking
- Kyiv confirms Wagner fighters’ arrival in Belarus
- Can US and China set aside rivalry for climate action?
- No respite in sight for heat-stricken southern Europe
- US, China Seek Climate Reset With Kerry’s Beijing Trip
- G-20 Latest: Yellen Sees China De-Escalation But Not on Tariffs
- China’s Economy Is Struggling to Gain Traction
- Yellen visits India again to promote closer ties and tackle global economic problems
- South Korea flood: Nine bodies recovered from flooded S Korea tunnel
- Britain signs deal to join $15.7 trillion Indo-Pacific trade bloc
- Netanyahu leaves hospital following dehydration; doctors implant heart monitor (“After all-night hospitalization, Sheba Medical Center says premier’s heart is ‘completely normal’ and that doctors used a subcutaneous Holter monitor ‘as is customary’”)
- Can Europe’s marauding far right be slain? Spain’s voters hold the answer (“Prime minister Pedro Sánchez gambled on a snap election. If he loses, the heirs of the age of Franco could be back in power for the first time in nearly 50 years”)
- Sudan’s mass grave is the latest development in a brutal conflict (“The violence is further destabilizing the region.”)
- A punishing heat wave hits the West and Southwest U.S.
- Heat wave live updates: Warnings issued for more than 100 million across the U.S.
- US heatwave: ‘Dangerous’ temperatures could set new records
- US Southwest swelters under dangerous heat wave, with new records on track
- Markets Appear Convinced Fed Can Do a Soft Landing
- The No-Nonsense Georgia Prosecutor on a Collision Course With Donald Trump (“District Attorney Fani Willis has carved out a reputation as a workaholic who relishes taking on complex cases.”)
- What We Know About Fani Willis’ Trump Probe (“A grand jury has been sworn in and will be at work throughout the summer.”)
- Winners and losers from the second fundraising quarter (The big “winner” is Joe Biden. Also “Democrats in competitive Senate races”)
- Trump accuses DeSantis of neglecting Florida as insurers flee: ‘We want him to get home’
- Ron DeSantis fires roughly a dozen staffers in a campaign shake-up
- DeSantis campaign sheds staff amid cash crunch
- Ron DeSantis’ campaign finances have some flashing warning signs
- Personal debts said to scuttle nomination of Biden’s acting cyber director
- RFK Jr. Airs Antisemitic COVID Conspiracies at New York City Fundraiser
- RFK Jr.’s Conspiracy Theories Finally Get Around to the Jews
- Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s Covid Remarks Raise Questions of Antisemitism (They don’t “raise questions” of antisemitism, they ARE antisemitism! Stupid NY Times.)
- Jewish groups denounce RFK Jr.’s false remarks that Covid-19 was ‘ethnically targeted’ to spare Jews and Chinese people
- RFK Jr.’s Legacy of Inflicting Damage on Black Communities
- Chris Christie raises $1.65 million during second fundraising quarter
- No Labels releases proposals to guide third-party presidential ticket (These people are really dangerous.)
- Marianne Williamson campaign is deep in debt
- US Rep. George Santos repays himself $85K raised from lackluster reelection fundraising
- Elon Musk says Twitter cash flow is negative due to ad revenue declines, ‘heavy debt’
- We fixed I-95 in 12 days. Here are our lessons for U.S. infrastructure.
- Sinema outraised by Gallego again, further clouding her future
- Democratic Lobby Group Airs Steamy Sex Scene Takedown of GOP: ‘Keep Republicans Out of Your Bedroom’ (Video)
- Several Super-Close Elections Since 2001 That Changed Virginia Politics in Huge Ways (The next time someone (falsely) claims that every vote doesn’t matter, point them to these elections…)
- Weed sales legal in Md., but not Va. Youngkin’s ‘not interested’ in change.
- Flip and Defend-A-District Friday (Volume IV): Travis Nembhard, Joshua Thomas, Del. David Reid, Del. David Bulova, Del. Kathy Tran (Thomas’ GOP opponent is “best known for being arrested for driving while intoxicated and initiating the controversial 287(g) program.”)
- Williams: Hanover, and Virginia, need more equity in education
- A gay couple ran a rural restaurant in peace. Then new neighbors arrived. (The new neighbors are MAGA bigots, super nasty, batshit-crazy, etc.)
- Arlington reverses use of ranked-choice voting system for fall elections (“The move brings the Northern Virginia suburb’s experiment with the increasingly popular voting system to a halt for now”)
- D.C.-area forecast: Showers and storms still a threat today, less so tomorrow
