by Lowell
Here are a few international, national and Virginia news headlines, political and otherwise, for Friday, May 3.
- Venomous snakes likely to migrate en masse amid global heating, says study
- Summer heat hits Asia early, killing dozens as one expert calls it the “most extreme event” in climate history (“Much of Asia is sweltering under a heat wave that one expert calls ‘by far the most extreme event in world climatic history.'”)
- Study: Orangutan 1st wild animal seen treating injury with medicinal plant
- How rioting farmers unraveled Europe’s ambitious climate plan
- U.S. Accuses Russia of Using Chemical Weapons in Ukraine
- Weapons in U.S. Aid Bill Can’t Come Fast Enough for Ukraine
- Missile defence successes in Gulf, Ukraine fuel global urgency to acquire systems
- Alarm in Israel at reports of possible ICC legal action over Gaza
- Schumer poised to join Johnson invite for Netanyahu address to Congress (Ugh, why?)
- A hostage held in Gaza dies as Israel and Hamas work on a cease-fire deal
- Turkey halts trade with Israel over Gaza ‘tragedy’
- Israel and Saudi Arabia Are Trading Places
- Israeli Officials Weigh Sharing Power With Arab States in Postwar Gaza (“Though likely to displease both Israel’s right wing and many Arab states, a power-sharing plan signals that Israel is thinking about the future.”)
- U.S. Shuffles Military Assets in Middle East After Gulf Pushback
- China launches moon probe as space race with US heats up
- The dangerous new call for regime change in Beijing (“Republicans criticize Biden for being too soft on Beijing. Their preferred approach is much more dangerous.”)
- Russian forces sharing base with US troops in Niger (Yikes.)
- UK’s Labour claim big early win over PM Sunak’s Conservatives
- Britain’s climate action plan unlawful, high court rules
- US Jobs Report to Show Continuing Streak of Big Employment Gains
- Biden Extends Obamacare Access to ‘Dreamers’ Lacking Health Care (“White House expects 100,000 people to qualify for health plans”)
- Sudden surge in sea level rise threatens the American South (“One of the most rapid sea level surges on Earth is besieging coastal communities, choking septic systems, swallowing roads and drowning wetlands.”)
- This should be a 5-alarm fire for anyone who cares about inflation (“Donald Trump, the presumed Republican presidential nominee, wants to kneecap the Federal Reserve. This should be a five-alarm fire for anyone who claims to care about inflation.” That should be the headline, btw, not the vague crap the WaPo went with.)
- I Hate to Harsh Anyone’s Mellow, but Justice Amy Coney Barrett Is Not Some Kind of Hero (Ruth Marcus relentlessly churns out drivel for the WaPo’s mostly abysmal editorial page.)
- Biden, speaking on campus protests, says both free speech and rule of law ‘must be upheld’
- Video: Biden Nails It – “As President, I will always defend free speech and I will always be just as strong in standing up for the rule of law.” (“There’s the right to protest, but not the right to cause chaos”; “there is no place for hate speech or violence of any kind”)
- Over 2,000 protesters arrested at college campuses across the U.S.
- Why America’s Israel-Palestine debate is broken — and how to fix it (“It’s time to take back the Israel-Palestine debate from the radicals on both sides.”)
- Trump keeps warning us about his second term. Are you listening?
- Opinion: How one text exchange gave Trump an ominous day in court
- Jurors in Trump hush money trial hear recording of pivotal call on plan to buy affair story
- Trump’s Naps Are Actually Worrying (“He can’t even seem to stay awake for his own trial.”)
- Secretly recorded calls and more from Day 10 of Trump’s trial (“When Stormy Daniels’ former attorney was being cross-examined, things got heated. Here’s what happened.”)
- Shake-down allegations and another contempt hearing highlight 10th day of Trump’s trial
- Democrats alarmed over conservative judges in Trump court cases
- The Peculiar Persistence of Trump-stalgia (Bizarre.)
- Donald Trump is using campus protests to stoke right-wing violence for the election
- “As he sees fit”: Trump lays out the stakes — and the media is starting to hear his message (“In a Time interview, Trump tells us how law, order and freedom are at stake in November”)
- Trump keeps encouraging supporters to fight unsubstantiated claims of election fraud (The word USA Today chooses to use for Trump’s Big Lie is “unsubtantiated.” Yes, USA Today is completely f**ed up.)
- Young voters are mad about Gaza. But many don’t see it driving their 2024 vote. (The choice this November couldn’t be clearer – remain a democracy or become an authoritarian, dystopian nightmare.)
- Why Johnson is stuck with threats to end his speakership (“Democrats could want some sort of power-sharing agreement in exchange for helping the speaker defang the so-called motion to vacate. That’s too steep a price for him.”)
- Extremist Militias Are Coordinating in More Than 100 Facebook Groups (Facebook is a disaster.)
- Arizona Gov. Katie Hobbs signs repeal of 1864 abortion ban
- Lawmakers announce dog lovers caucus in wake of Noem news
- Kristi Noem’s VP chances appear as dead as the dog she killed. There are other reasons too.
- Man who bragged that he ‘fed’ an officer to the mob of Capitol rioters gets nearly 5 years in prison (Should be more like 50 years, but ok…)
- Arkansas governor says state won’t comply with new federal rules on treatment of trans students
- J.D. Vance Goes Full Memory Hole With Claim About Mike Pence On Jan. 6 (Vance is evil incarnate.)
- House Republicans launch multiple investigations into college protests
- Pro-Nazi streamers laud “groyper” takeover of Turning Point USA
- RFK Jr. Event Hosted by MAGA Group With Jan. 6 ties
- Rep. Scott Perry shared post from pro-Nazi and white nationalist account
- Rudy Giuliani, Who Filed for Bankruptcy Last Year, Can’t Get By on a $43,000-a-Month Budget
- Detailed Elections Data Since 2008 Shows Which CDs in Virginia Have Been Moving in the “Blue” or “Red” Directions (“VA-2 is obviously the Democrats’ most realistic target in the state, VA-1, a consistently Republican district, has become steadily less so since 2008.” – Sabato’s Crystal Ball)
- Virginia’s 2024 primary election: A guide on voting and key races to watch (“Early voting begins May 3, with several competitive House races on the ballot.”)
- Three Democrats seeking 5th District nomination agree to agree in campaign forum
- Pope & Schapiro: Campus protests, Florida’s abortion law, and the field for 2025
- Youngkin Says College Protests Have ‘Crossed Peaceful’
- VA Sen. Ghazala Hashmi Launches Her Campaign for the 2025 Democratic Nomination for Lt. Governor; Exclusive Blue Virginia Interview (“I think I’ve proven myself to be someone who takes a lot of hard hits on the issues that I care about, and I have taken those hits.”)
- 3 conservative groups challenge Dominion wind farm project (These people are fossil fuel industry tools, climate science deniers, etc.)
- Coastal Virginia Offshore Wind Project Moving Forward On Schedule (“Baseless claims from fossil-fuel-linked groups repeatedly disproven by scientists” – CCAN)
- A new nuclear energy law will likely mean higher utility bills (This is utterly moronic.)
- Virginia legislators mark a few housing wins during 2024 legislative session
- Commentary: Virginia counties step up to meet solar energy demand
- How Latinos contribute to life on the Eastern Shore (“Roughly 1 in every 10 Virginia residents is Latino.”)
- Hanover officials discuss major solar farm development
- UVa student protest diminishes in size as it enters its third day
- Starting Monday, Norfolk to begin fining drivers who speed in school zones
- D.C.-area forecast: Less toasty today, with periodic clouds and breezes
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