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by Lowell
Here are a few international, national and Virginia news headlines, political and otherwise, for Sunday, August 6.
- ‘Despair is a luxury we can’t afford’: David Suzuki on fighting for action on the climate crisis
- Global warming to global boiling: Do such phrases help climate action?
- Heat Waves Are Killing Older Women. Are They Also Violating Their Rights? (“A group of Swiss women over 64 have filed a lawsuit against Switzerland with Europe’s top human rights court, saying the country has violated their rights by failing to curb emissions.”)
- Winter heatwave in Andes is sign of things to come, scientists warn (“Human-caused climate disruption and El Niño push temperature in mountains to 37C”)
- As Conflict Grinds On, It Expands Beyond Old Battlefields
- Putin’s Forever War (“President Vladimir Putin wants to lead Russians into a civilizational conflict with the West far larger than Ukraine. Will they follow him?”)
- Overnight airstrikes kill three in Ukraine as Moscow airport halts flights after foiled drone attack
- Ukraine war: Russia hits blood transfusion centre, says Zelensky (War crime; pure evil.)
- Analysis: China’s Ukraine peace talks gambit shows shifts amid hard realities
- With China Attending, Ukraine Peace Discussions Inch Forward (“The Saudi-hosted talks, which excluded Russia, narrowed gaps between Ukraine and major developing countries over fair conditions to end the war”)
- Under pressure in Ukraine, Putin lashes out at US in Syria
- Alarming photos show typhoon floods engulfing Asia
- China floodwater diversions to populated areas unleash wave of online anger
- The Reckoning That Has Chinese Officials Dropping Like Flies (“Xi Jinping is cleaning house—disappearing top Chinese officials and replacing them with loyal allies.”)
- Russia and China Sent Large Naval Patrol Near Alaska (“Four U.S. destroyers were dispatched to monitor Russian and Chinese ships”)
- A Global Web of Chinese Propaganda Leads to a U.S. Tech Mogul
- Russia ally Kim Jong-un demands more North Korean weapons output
- A deadline has arrived for Niger’s junta to reinstate the president. Residents brace for what’s next
- Niger’s coup adds to chaos in the Sahel, but it may also offer some hope (“The military takeover in one of west Africa’s more stable states has huge implications for democracy on the continent – and the response of its neighbours is crucial”)
- Pakistan ex-PM Imran Khan’s lawyers cannot reach him in jail, spokesperson says
- ‘We fight on’: fears for France’s Sunday paper over editor with far-right ties (“Bitter strike at Journal du Dimanche ends with staff exodus – and arrival of Geoffroy Lejeune, a supporter of leading xenophobe Eric Zemmour”)
- ‘The illegality of this is enormous’: will Turkey’s earthquake cleanup cause even more death?
- Racism at heart of US failure to tackle deadly heatwaves, expert warns (“Jeff Goodell, author of The Heat Will Kill You First, found ‘engine of planetary chaos’ in travels from Antarctica to California”)
- Climate change inaction means a lifetime of cruel summers | Editorial
- Clarence Thomas’s $267,230 R.V. and the Friend Who Financed It (Thomas is utterly corrupt and shouldn’t be on the Supreme Court.)
- Judge Swiftly Denies Trump Team Request To Extend Deadline Over Protective Order Debate
- Judge denies Trump legal team’s motion to extend deadline over protective order dispute in election subversion case
- Awkwardness in Trump’s circle: Top aides could be trial witnesses (“At least seven currently serving Trump advisers play important roles in the investigations against him, creating complications for his campaign.”)
- Mike Pence does not rule out being witness for Trump’s prosecution
- Took Long Enough: Pence Finally Stops Running From The One Good Thing He Did
- Trump hits Pence for standing by his decision to certify 2020 election: He’s ‘gone to the Dark Side’ (In fact, Pence followed the Constitution to the letter…albeit after trying to see if there was any way not to do so.)
- Trump Organization monitor flags ‘incomplete,’ ‘inconsistent’ financial disclosures
- The Challenges of Trump’s Third, Momentous Indictment (“No case in our system of justice could more directly and fundamentally address the stakes of American democracy and the rule of law.”)
- John Eastman Comes Clean: Hell Yes We Were Trying to Overthrow the Government (In other words, all the media outlets – and it’s most of them – reporting about January 6, 2021 as if it some sort of spontaneous “riot” have been wrong and/or lying for over two years now.)
- Democrats are drastically overperforming in 2023’s special elections. Is it a clue for Biden vs. Trump?
- Are G.O.P. Voters Tiring of the War on ‘Wokeness’?
- ‘We have to take it seriously’: Dems brace for a ’24 Biden-Trump rematch
- Why Have FBI Arrests Slowed Down for Jan. 6 Suspects? (“Online sleuths say they’ve identified more than 100 people on the FBI’s “most wanted” list of Capitol attackers. But the delay in making arrests even has some ex-agents concerned.”)
- ‘These people are diehard’: Iowa Trump supporters shrug off indictments (Sick cult.)
- Dershowitz slams Barr for ‘dead wrong’ comments on Trump indictment (Utterly appalling and disgraceful by Dershowitz.)
- Vivek Ramaswamy suggests U.S. may be aiding Ukraine because of Hunter Biden (Ramaswamy appears to be completely unhinged.)
- Anguish in Camelot: Kennedy Campaign Roils Storied Political Family (“The presidential bid by Robert Kennedy Jr. has tested the bonds of an iconic Democratic clan that does not want him to run or what to do about it.”)
- ‘What a joke’: Gavin Newsom’s team slams Ron DeSantis’ debate proposal
- Fallout from DeSantis’ ‘openly hostile’ politics is spreading to a key economic artery for Florida
- High-stakes Ohio ballot measure sets the stage for another hostile Senate race (“Ohio Secretary of State Frank LaRose wants to be a senator. But Issue 1, which he is championing in a special election Tuesday, already looms over the GOP primary.”)
- In Texas, a temporary win for abortion rights
- Charles J. Ogletree Jr., 70, Dies; at Harvard Law, a Voice for Equal Justice
- NASCAR suspends driver Noah Gragson for liking insensitive meme depicting face of George Floyd
- X, formerly Twitter, commandeers ‘@music’ handle from user with half a million followers
- ‘This is not a warzone.’ DC acting police chief says 3 dead, 2 injured in mass shooting
- Rep. Jennifer Wexton (D-VA10): “as we approach 2024, the rule of law and the core tenets of our electoral process will once again be on the ballot.” (“The conscious and corrupt actions by Trump and a group of co-conspirators culminated in the horrific events of January 6, 2021”)
- Virginia: Kaine faces big field of Republican challengers
- Creigh Deeds: It’s time to put politics aside and better fund public schools
- With Just 48 Days Until Early Voting Starts, Here Are the Key VA Senate Districts Which Will Determine Whether Youngkin Gets to Turn Virginia Into Florida…or Preferably NOT! (Youngkin has a shit-ton of $$$, but on the bright side, Dems have been overperforming significantly post-Dobbs-decision)
- Youngkin’s resolve to stay out of GOP presidential race got harder following new poll (Exactly what one would expect from the right-wing Washington Examiner. In fact, that VCU poll was a really weird, shoddy “poll” that showed all kinds of weird things that make little if any sense.)
- Virginia trans students, parents speak out against new Youngkin K-12 policies
- A new tick is spreading through Virginia, threatening livestock, wildlife and maybe people
- Solarize campaign helping Charlottesville and Albemarle meet climate goals
- Commentary: Why cuts to first-year programs will haunt VCU
- D.C.-area forecast: Shower chances rise again late today. Severe storms possible Monday.
