by Lowell
Here are a few international, national and Virginia news headlines, political and otherwise, for Sunday, July 9.
- Did Planet Earth Just Have its Hottest-Ever Week?
- NATO’s unity will be tested at summit in Vilnius
- Ukraine pushes to reclaim Bakhmut, fighting on fallen city’s flanks
- A NATO Invitation Will Make or Break Ukraine (“America put an end to Mr. Putin’s plans to recreate a Russian empire by helping Ukraine to defend itself. Now it’s time to bury Moscow’s imperialist dreams. There is no better way to do it than by granting Ukraine a political invitation to join NATO in Vilnius now.”)
- Amid promising signs in Ukraine, uncertainties abound
- Ukraine in NATO? My heart says yes. But my head says no.
- NATO flexes muscle to protect Vilnius summit near Russia, Belarus
- Ukraine war: Twitter’s paid-for Blue accounts fuel misinformation
- Cluster bombs: Unease grows over US sending cluster bombs to Ukraine
- Biden heads to Europe amid questions over cluster munitions and Nato unity
- Zelenskiy and Poland’s Duda pay tribute to victims of WW2 massacre
- Putin turns to smear campaign in power move
- So is Turkey finally going to let Sweden into NATO?
- Moscow denounces return of Mariupol commanders sent to Turkey in prisoner swap (“President Zelenskiy flies men back to Ukraine as Russia says Turkey has violated terms”)
- Yellen sees ‘progress’ in rocky US-China ties, expects more communication
- Janet Yellen tells China the world is ‘big enough for both our countries to thrive’
- China and the U.S., Still Adversaries, Are Talking. That’s a Start.
- Yellen Says US-China Ties on ‘Surer Footing’ After Crucial Trip
- US-China talks a ‘step forward’ in relations, says Janet Yellen
- What the Dutch parliament collapse reveals about European migration
- US religious right at center of anti-LGBTQ+ message pushed around the world
- Saudi Oil Cuts Throw Last Year’s Standout Economy Into Slow Lane
- Israeli Protests Reignite As Netanyahu Pushes New Justice Bill
- Spain’s People’s Party could win absolute majority with Vox, poll shows
- Mexican journalist’s body found in Nayarit
- The importance of staying angry at the Supreme Court (“The way to beat a partisan Supreme Court is to hold a grudge against it for a really long time.”)
- Look at What John Roberts and His Court Have Wrought Over 18 Years
- Supreme Court was drawn into last four elections, and likely again in 2024
- Clarence Thomas Entered an Elite Club, and Opened a Door to the Supreme Court (“The Horatio Alger Association brought the justice access to wealthy members and unreported V.I.P. treatment. He, in turn, offered another kind of access.” MASSIVELY corrupt. Get this guy off the damn court!)
- 7 Republican AGs write to Target, say Pride month campaigns could violate their state’s child protection laws
- The Democrats Are Now America’s Conservative Party
- 14 promises Donald Trump has made in his campaign for a second term
- How Michael Flynn went down the conspiracy theory rabbit hole
- Meta’s Threads Is More of the Same Social Networking (“Much of what’s on the new social network is the kind of banal celebrity and brand self-promotion that users have tried to avoid on Twitter.”)
- Far-right figures, including Nazi supporters, anti-gay extremists, and white supremacists, are flocking to Threads (“Right-wing figures and extremists are testing Meta’s content moderation policies and posting slurs and other forms of hate speech on Meta’s Twitter alternative”)
- We Investigated the Deepest, Darkest Corners of the Internet to Understand Ron DeSantis’ Bizarre New Video
- Controversial ‘Pride Month’ video highlighted by Ron DeSantis campaign disappears
- Trump in Las Vegas speech attempts to rally voters against DeSantis: ‘He’s highly overrated’
- Ron DeSantis’ presidential bid is giving life to a struggling Florida Democratic Party
- Dangerous heat waves will hit the Southwest and Florida over the next week
- Iowa Republicans will hold 2024 caucuses on January 15
- Arizona Republican Party may be close to broke. But it has a larger problem
- Meet the DC thinktank giving big oil ‘the opportunity to say they’ve done something’ (“The fossil fuel industry has a long history of hiring PR firms to sow confusion about climate change – but the Climate Leadership Council isn’t just a front group”)
- Split appeals court says Tennessee’s trans care ban can go into effect during appeal
- LGBT+ Pride event in Georgia evacuated as far-right protesters storm site (That’s far-right terrorism.)
- Commentary: Virginians spoke and I listened. Here’s my Roadmap to Recovery in the newest phase of COVID.
- Abortion battle continues along Virginia-Tennessee border
- Williams: Police reform can’t be the new Massive Resistance in Virginia
- Video: At “Blue Brick Wall” Kickoff Event in Springfield, Sen. Louise Lucas Vows to Crisscross Virginia, Do Whatever Necessary to Stop Youngkin, Hold the Senate and Take Back the House of Delegates (“There’s no time to take a break…there’s too much at stake…you name it, it’s on the chopping block”)
- Editorial: Guard deployment to Texas smacks of political opportunism (“Gov. Glenn Youngkin’s deployment of 100 Virginia National Guard troops to Texas smacks of political opportunism and needlessly puts those men and women at risk.”)
- Opinion: Reinstate the commission purging racial inequity from Virginia law
- Flip and Defend-A-District Friday: Volume III (Susanna Gibson, Shelly Siimonds, Betsy Carr, Kimberly Pope Adams, Sara Ratcliffe)
- Founder of D.C. school where 4 killed appointed to Va. education board
- Prince William data center opponents hope to kill plan by delaying vote (“A measure to delay controversial land-use decisions until a new Prince William’s County board is seated in January seeks to take advantage of board chair Ann Wheeler’s election loss.”)
- Historic Black cemetery in Portsmouth will now receive city care after years of neglect
- D.C.-area forecast: Potent storms likely today, with a flood watch in effect
