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by Lowell
Here are a few international, national and Virginia news headlines, political and otherwise, for Wednesday, July 26.
- Gulf Stream could collapse as early as 2025, study suggests (We should be getting off of fossil fuels on literally an *emergency* basis at this point. Why aren’t we?!?)
- A crucial system of ocean currents is heading for a collapse that ‘would affect every person on the planet’
- Warning of a forthcoming collapse of the Atlantic meridional overturning circulation
- In an Ominous Sign for COP28, G20 Nations Once Again Failed to Reach a Deal to Phase Down Fossil Fuels (“Another proposal that would commit the coalition’s members to triple their renewable energy development by 2030 also failed to pass amid opposition from Saudi Arabia, China and Russia.”)
- Pope tells transgender person: ‘God loves us as we are’
- Putin strikes at a Ukrainian port — and endangers the world’s food supply
- Ukraine war is spurring a revolution in drone warfare using artificial intelligence
- Russian forces south of Bakhmut take heavy losses, reports suggest (“Ukraine has been trying to break Russian resistance in the area for several weeks.”)
- Opinion: Putin’s new target is a cultural and economic jewel (Putin is pure evil.)
- ‘They Shoot Without Stopping’: Where Russia Is on the Attack in Ukraine (“Along the vast 600-mile front line, Russia is mostly playing defense. In the northeast, it is once again mounting fierce offensive operations.”)
- Senate Targets US Investments in China Through Key Defense Bill
- China’s Foreign Minister Is Removed After a Month of Silence
- Antony Blinken calls China’s behaviour in the Pacific ‘problematic’ on visit to Tonga
- As China’s economy stalls, the unemployment rate is hitting new highs
- A familiar face for the US as China’s Wang returns as foreign minister
- Speculation rife after China foreign minister removed
- Deadly Mediterranean wildfires kill more than 40
- North Korea: China and Russia in first post-pandemic visits
- How fentanyl changed the game for Mexico’s drug cartels
- Israel’s Netanyahu suffers poll dip from judicial crisis
- Israel’s Supreme Court Could Strike Down a Bill Aimed at Limiting Its Power. But Will It?
- In Israel, the Worst May Be Yet to Come
- Spain election: Conservative boss Feijóo’s numbers don’t add up (“The Popular Party leader got the most votes in the election but lacks the support needed to form a government.”)
- U.S. consumer confidence jumps to a two-year high as inflation eases (“Tumbling inflation and sturdy hiring have raised hopes the Fed just might pull off a so-called soft landing — slowing the economy just enough to tame inflation without tipping the United States into recession.”)
- UPS Blinked, Teamsters Leader Says, Clearing Way for Labor Deal (“We put a lot of pressure on them in the media, we put a lot of pressure on them in the street and we weren’t going to reach out to them.”)
- “We’ve Changed the Game”: Teamsters Win Historic UPS Contract
- UPS, Teamsters reach labor deal to avoid strike
- More than 40 million people in the U.S. live in urban heat islands, climate group finds
- Water at tip of Florida hits hot tub level, may have set world record for warmest seawater
- Florida ocean records ‘unprecedented’ temperatures similar to a hot tub (“The 90-100F readings add to previous warnings over warming water putting marine life and ecosystems in peril”)
- Striking new data about young voters should alarm Trump and the GOP
- Homophobic Business Owners Are Having a Field Day Since Last Month’s Supreme Court Decision
- White House condemns Fox News over ‘dangerous and extreme’ Holocaust comments from top host
- A New Kind of Fascism (“I’ve resisted using the word until now, but something menacing and novel is taking shape with the possibility of a second Trump term.”)
- Eight search warrants issued in Trump classified documents case, new filings show
- The Fulton County Case Against Trump May Be the Most Serious
- Prosecutors Follow Multiple Strands as Jan. 6 Indictment Decision Looms
- Don’t count Trump out: He could still win in 2024 — or destroy the GOP
- A big lie, an attack on the Capitol — and soon, another indictment (“How Trump’s disparate and increasingly desperate campaign to undermine the 2020 election led to his next expected criminal charges.”)
- If Trump is indicted for Jan. 6, it will be clear why
- McCarthy again marches to Trump’s tune by invoking Biden impeachment inquiry
- Kevin McCarthy Is Playing With Fire in the GOP’s Biden Impeachment Push
- Inside McCarthy’s sudden warming to a Biden impeachment inquiry (McCarthy desperately wants to remain Speaker and has ZERO principles, backbone, etc.)
- Senate Republicans see Biden impeachment as fraught with risk
- DeSantis lets go of more than a third of campaign staff as reset continues (Gotta love how Politico buys DeSantis’ spin that this is a “reset” and not just the campaign floundering, running out of money, etc.)
- DeSantis team fires aide who secretly made video with Nazi symbo
- DeSantis’ small-dollar donation ratio ranks near bottom of GOP field
- Ron DeSantis Campaign Woes Keep Mounting
- Nice try, Florida. Slavery was not an awesome skill-building exercise.
- The time RFK Jr. pushed for an advertiser boycott of Sean Hannity’s show, then suggested he was a fascist
- RFK Jr.’s campaign filings show payments to a litany of Republicans and controversial activists, including some anti-vaxxers
- Unrepentant Robert Kennedy Jr attempts to revive campaign after antisemitism accusations (Horrible, horrible person.)
- Vaccine rejection may be linked to excess deaths among Florida, Ohio Republicans
- The New Tucker Is Just Like the Old Tucker: a Climate Denialist – Mother Jones
- Bannon co-defendant Shea sentenced to 5-1/4 years over ‘We Build the Wall’ fraud
- After Ousting Marjorie Taylor Greene, Freedom Caucus Is at a Crossroads
- Meta, Microsoft, hundreds more own trademarks to new Twitter name
- The demise of Twitter — er, ‘X’ — proves capitalism is alive and well
- Elon Musk’s absurd Twitter rebrand: Has the far right finally broken his brain? (“Musk ditches a once-beloved brand for a dopey new edge-lord logo. But an alliance with the far right won’t save him”)
- Judge Vacates Bowe Bergdahl’s Conviction and Dishonorable Discharge
- Texas Governor’s Policing of Border Pushes Limits of State Power
- Biden’s son Hunter heads to a Delaware court where he’s expected to plead guilty to tax crimes
- Sean Hannity suggests without evidence that Bronny James’ cardiac arrest was caused by the COVID-19 vaccine
- Transgender Patients Sue Hospital For Giving Records To Tennessee’s Attorney General
- Education Dept. Opens Civil Rights Inquiry Into Harvard’s Legacy Admissions
- Congress to hold hearing over claims US government has UFO evidence
- REMINDER: Jen Kiggans Bankrolled by MAGA Extremist Marjorie Taylor Greene (DCCC: “By accepting campaign cash from fringe conspiracy theorist Marjorie Taylor Greene, Jen Kiggans is endorsing her radical agenda.”)
- Video: Far-Right-Extremist Rep. Bob Good (R-VA05) Says “We should not fear a government shutdown,” Falsely Claims “most of what we do up here is bad anyway” (So, Good thinks Social Security, Medicare, the military, national security, veterans benefits/care, etc. are bad?!?)
- Virginia Republican Governor Glenn Youngkin, a Stealth Presidential Candidate?
- Trump’s Former Head of the EPA Has Been a Quiet Contributor to Virginia’s Exit From RGGI (“Gov. Glenn Youngkin caused an uproar picking Andrew Wheeler as his natural resources secretary. Senate Democrats blocked Wheeler’s nomination, but now he oversees regulatory efforts and remains involved in environmental policy.”)
- This year’s legislative elections might be historically expensive
- Youngkin wants Republicans to vote early. Local GOP leaders (and Trump) remain skeptical.
- Dominion gets approval to charge customers again for carbon market participation
- Roe Your Vote Virginia Endorses First Round of Pro-Choice Candidates for 2023 General Election (“The stakes are incredibly high this November with slim majorities in the House and Senate and Glenn Youngkin eager to sign any abortion ban put in front of him.”)
- Virginia state senator opposed efforts to lower drug costs (“Republican Siobhan Dunnavant opposed creating a prescription drug affordability board to make medicine more affordable for Virginians.”)
- Death of intellectually disabled inmate at Virginia prison drawing FBI scrutiny, document shows
- Virginia Beach School Board to Discuss Youngkin’s Transgender Student Policies
- UVa leaders float tracking professors’ political donations.
- Williams: An Amelia effort expands the conversation on reparations
- Richmond may join Virginia’s C-PACE green financing
- Richmond City passes exotic, wild animals ban
- Richmond eyes major zoning changes for short-term rentals, accessory units (“One draft regulation would increase Airbnb and VRBO oversight.”)
- D.C.-area forecast: Hot today. Dangerously hot Thursday through Saturday.
