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by Lowell
Here are a few international, national and Virginia news headlines, political and otherwise, for Saturday, April 27.
- Global warming threatens Antarctica’s meteorites (Global warming threatens pretty much everything.)
- Putin Didn’t Directly Order Alexei Navalny’s February Death, U.S. Spy Agencies Find (Of course, Putin had Navalny killed by having him arrested, treated extremely harshly sent to an Arctic gulag, etc, etc. This headline is really misleading.)
- Russia renews attacks on the Ukrainian energy sector as Kyiv launches drones at southern Russia (Give Ukraine everything it needs: a) to defend itself; b) to take the fight to Russia itself.)
- Pentagon to ‘rush’ Patriot missiles to Ukraine in $6bn package
- Elite force bucks trend of Ukrainian losses on eastern front
- UK forces may be deployed on the ground in Gaza to help deliver aid
- Pelosi urges Gaza campus protesters to target Hamas as well as Israel (“We would like to see some of that enthusiasm recognise Hamas as a terrorist organisation that did a barbaric thing in Israel”)
- ‘I thought just kill me quickly’: Gaza hostage’s 54 days in captivity
- White House condemns Columbia student protest leader who called for Zionists to die (Utterly repulsive.)
- Columbia University says it has banned protester who said ‘Zionists don’t deserve to live’ (The fact is, the VAST majority of Jews are Zionists, in the sense that they support having a secure, thriving Jewish state – preferably living in peace with its neighbors – so if you say “death to Zionists” it’s really saying “death to the vast majority of Jews,” and also obviously “destroy Israel”)
- US doubles down on Israel support as campus protests rage over Gaza
- NBC News investigation reveals Israel strikes on Gaza areas it said were safe (Totally unacceptable.)
- Pro-Palestinian campus protesters face looming deadlines and risk of arrest
- Israel Makes Progress on Gaza Aid, but Risk of Famine Persists, U.N. Says (“The country’s efforts include opening new routes, and more trucks appear to be reaching Gaza, particularly the north.”)
- Israel Has a Choice to Make: Rafah or Riyadh
- Israel and Hezbollah Flirt With Dangerous Mideast Escalation
- In war-battered Gaza, residents grow angry with Hamas (“In interviews with more than a dozen residents of Gaza, people said they resent Hamas for the attacks in Israel and — war-weary and desperate to fulfill their basic needs — just want to see peace as soon as possible.”)
- Blinken tells CNN the US has seen evidence of China attempting to influence upcoming US elections
- Renewables cover 56 pct of Germany electricity use in March quarter
- Is the sun slowly setting on U.S. power? That depends on us. (“A Rand study foresees a diminished future — unless we can find a way to work together.”)
- Q&A: Thousands of American Climate Corps Jobs Are Now Open. What Will the New Program Look Like?
- The Supreme Court Boys Are At It Again
- The Supreme Court Appears Poised to Protect the Presidency—and Donald Trump
- What the Hell Did I Watch Happen at the Supreme Court on Thursday?
- John Roberts isn’t happy with previous ruling against Trump – what happens now?
- The Court is Corrupt. Say It With Me.
- Samuel Alito’s Resentment Goes Full Tilt on a Black Day for the Court (Alito desperately needs psychological help, but of course he won’t get it.)
- The Trumpification of the Supreme Court
- The Court Just Sealed Everyone’s Fate, Including Its Own (“This week, the Supreme Court managed to fail to meet the already extremely low expectations most sane people already had for it.” This court SUCKS.)
- Conservative Legal Philosophy Was All a Lie, Too
- SCOTUS majority abandons conservative principles to mount bizarre defense of Trump’s immunity claim
- Trump Melts Institutions, SCOTUS Edition (So much for the brain-dead “idea” that “our institutions will save us.” THEY WILL NOT.)
- ‘A lot would have to go wrong for Biden to lose’: can Allan Lichtman predict the 2024 election?
- Number of Trump Allies Facing Election Interference Charges Keeps Growing
- 2024’s split screen: Feisty Biden on the road, fuming Trump in court
- Echoing Their Client, Trump’s Lawyers Pursue an Absolutist Defense
- CNN Investigates If Trump is reelected, he plans to dismantle entire departments of the federal government (EXTREMELY dangerous!)
- Donald Trump Has Never Sounded Like This (“No major American presidential candidate has talked like he now does at his rallies — not Richard Nixon, not George Wallace, not even Donald Trump himself.” Trump’s gone COMPLETELY off the deep end.)
- Biden Campaign: “Another tortured week for the smallest man who ever lived, Donald Trump.” (“…a tired and ‘diminished’ Trump created a chaotic mess for himself and his campaign”)
- Trump’s criminal trials are accelerating the countdown clock on America’s news media (“Can the American mainstream news media fix itself?” Doesn’t look like it.)
- Takeaways from Day 8 of the Trump hush money trial
- Secrets, lies and payoffs laid bare in Week 1 of Trump trial testimony
- 5 takeaways from Trump’s first full week on trial in New York
- Biden Taunts Trump, Calling Him a ‘Loser,’ Trying to Get Under His Skin
- I’m happy to debate Trump, says Biden in surprise Howard Stern interview
- Biden talks to Howard Stern as campaign looks to reach voters
- After RNC Shakeup, Trump Ground Game Could Be Compromised
- NY Times Article by Former Editor of Nuclear Intelligence Weekly Argues We Should Be Focusing on Solar and Wind, Not Super-Expensive Nuclear Power (Let Alone “Small Modular Reactors” – SMRs – Which Are Speculative Technologically and Extremely Expensive) (Youngkin, for some reason, loves SMRs)
- ‘Where’s Cricket?’ Don’t Ask. Kristi Noem Defends Killing Her Dog. (Noem – who Youngkin actually campaigned for! – is pure evil, sociopathic or psychopathic, not sure which.)
- Maine Dems say they’ll consider cutting off Trump’s path, if Nebraska moves to hurt Biden
- Florida GOP Rep. Posey abruptly announces retirement
- Fox News hosts guest who has made antisemitic remarks and defended Holocaust denial (That’s Fox “News” for ya.)
- Right-wing media defend those indicted in Arizona fake electors scheme through false comparisons and debunked election-fraud claims (Right-wing media is a pox on America. That includes talk radio, like WRVA in Richmond, which no Democrat or serious journalist should ever appear on.)
- Virginia contributing $119M to close Metro budget gap
- Warner promises tough talk with postmaster general on Richmond mail service
- Clean energy bank could help funnel $300M to Virginia projects (“Younkin has until May to approve $10M in initial funding.”)
- State Sen. Ghazala Hashmi, Del. Cia Price: Youngkin Playing Games With Virginia’s Right to Contraception Act (“Youngkin continues to live under the delusion that he can play both sides of this issue because he doesn’t want to anger the loud extremists in his party who equate contraception to abortion”)
- Virginia using multi-pronged approach to address teacher vacancies
- Stoney calls Spanberger ‘very formidable candidate’ after leaving governor’s race (Larry Sabato on Levar Stoney’s governor campaign: “It wasn’t inevitable that he would withdraw. It was inevitable that he would not succeed.”)
- Va’s Climate Leaders Repudiate Youngkin’s Reckless Assault on RGGI Law
- Students protest on Virginia Tech’s campus against war in Gaza
- UVA launches the nation’s first school of data science
- UVa students, faculty named in blacklist, accused of antisemitism without evidence
- Ousted Portsmouth assessor sues for wrongful termination, alleges firing over golf course taxes
- D.C.-area forecast: Cool with showers today, then the heat is on
