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by Lowell
Here are a few international, national and Virginia news headlines, political and otherwise, for Sunday, April 14.
- How to spot five of the fossil fuel industry’s biggest disinformation tactics (Whenever you hear crap like “all of the above” or “it’s not EITHER/OR, it’s AND,” you know it’s total bullshit.)
- ‘Grownup’ leaders are pushing us towards catastrophe, says former US climate chief
- Have humans triggered a new geologic era? Geologists disagree if the Anthropocene exists or not (“Human influence on the environment is undeniable, but is it enough to merit its own epoch?” Yeah, pretty much.)
- One way to get China to clean up faster: build a ‘climate club’
- Drones are crowding Ukraine’s skies, largely paralyzing battlefield
- Ukraine war briefing: Ukraine’s army chief says eastern front has ‘deteriorated significantly’
- Ukraine Says Situation in East Worse as Russia Steps Up Attacks
- House GOP vows Israel vote after Iran attack amid bipartisan pressure on aid package
- Israel Says Hamas Rejected Cease-fire Proposal After Iran Attack
- Mideast Enters Dangerous New Phase With Iran’s Attack On Israel
- Global Leaders Try to Lower Tensions After Iran’s Direct Strike on Israel
- Israel hails ‘success’ in blocking Iran’s unprecedented attack. Biden now seeks diplomatic response
- U.S. helps Israel thwart Iranian attack of 300 drones and missiles
- U.S. Intercepts Drones and Missiles Aimed at Israel, as Allies Pledge Support
- Scoop: Biden told Bibi U.S. won’t support an Israeli counterattack on Iran
- UN Security Council to meet Sunday on Iran attack after Israel request
- Biden: U.S. and Israel were able to ‘take down nearly all’ Iranian drones and missiles
- Israel on high alert after unprecedented Iranian attack
- Biden blasts ‘brazen attack’ and backs Israel’s security
- As Iran attacks Israel, Biden confronts an escalating Middle East crisis he had hoped to avoid
- World on Edge as Israel’s War Cabinet Plots Retaliation
- Fate of Middle East hangs in the balance as Israel mulls its next steps (“Both Biden and the Iranians are well aware that Netanyahu would ideally like to destroy Iran’s nuclear facilities, which he has long seen as an existential threat to Israel. Reducing them to rubble would be very hard without US help, but it is possible that he and other Israeli hawks could try seize this opportunity to deliver that ambition.”)
- Israel Says Confrontation With Iran ‘Is Not Over’
- Iran’s Attacks Bring Long Shadow War With Israel Into the Open
- Military Aid to Israel Cannot Be Unconditional
- Israel vows victory and Iran warns against retaliation after attack (What would “victory” constitute, exactly?)
- U.S. Economy Now Expected to Keep Powering Higher
- Homicides Are Plummeting in American Cities
- Noncitizen voting isn’t an issue in federal elections, regardless of conspiracy theories. Here’s why
- Supreme Court to weigh if Jan. 6 rioters can be charged with obstruction (Obviously they tried to obstruct the official proceeding; why is this even a serious question???)
- Trump’s immunity claims tell voters all they need to know about him (“Don’t shrug off Trump’s views of presidential power. They would do irreparable damage.”)
- WHAT THEY ARE SAYING: Vice President Harris ‘Hammering’ Donald Trump in Arizona: “Enough with the Gaslighting”
- History in the making with debut of Donald Trump: criminal defendant (“The New York trial of the former president for allegedly paying hush money to a porn star will also test US justice system”)
- Donald Trump’s Trial of the Century (“Manhattan prosecutors have argued that the Stormy Daniels case—the first criminal trial of a former President in American history—is about much more than hush money. And legal experts believe that a conviction is likely.”)
- Donald Trump’s Very Busy Court Calendar (“The first criminal trial of a former President starts this week. After all the legal posturing, the action will finally get real—that’s the theory, anyway.”)
- Trump will juggle appearances in courtroom and on campaign trail as hush money trial begins
- Trump Says He Plans To Testify In New York Trial, Calls Jury Selection “Largely Luck” (“This will be the first-ever criminal trial of a former U.S. president who also happens to be a presumptive nominee.”)
- Majority of voters think Trump committed ‘serious federal crimes,’ according to NYT poll
- Mike Pence pushes a post-Trump path for conservatives and GOP
- Trump targets two likely witnesses ahead of his criminal trial, despite gag order (Lock him up!)
- Republicans in swing state Wisconsin unenthused by Trump: ‘A bad candidate’
- ‘Trumpstock’ brings peace, unity and a ton of disinformation to Schnecksville (“Fierce mountain winds in Lehigh County couldn’t move the bubble of misinformation surrounding the throng at a Trump rally.”)
- Kentucky GOP lawmakers remove Democratic governor’s role in filling US Senate vacancies
- Virginia politicians respond to Iran’s drone strikes against Israel
- VA Senators, Delegates Rip Gov. Youngkin’s Veto of Bill That Would Have Closed “Boyfriend Loophole,” for “put[ting] victims of sexual and domestic abuse in grave danger” (Legislators call out Youngkin’s “acquiescence to the slaughter of intimate partners and victims of domestic violence”)
- Column: Youngkin amendments seek to bring clarity to “skill games”
- Killings in Hampton Roads dipped in 2023 — though not yet back to pre-pandemic levels (“in 2023, while they were up sharply in Newport News. Portsmouth, meantime, led the region with the most homicides per 100,000 people, at more than six times the national average.”)
- Editorial: In Stoney’s latest stadium bid, will taxpayers get caught looking?
- D.C.-area forecast: Warm today and tomorrow with a shot at 80 degrees
