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by Lowell
Here are a few international, national and Virginia news headlines, political and otherwise, for Friday, May 31.
- Better late than never: Wealthy nations finally meet $100 billion climate aid goal
- Volodymyr Zelenskiy: Russian troops are laughing at and ‘hunting’ Ukrainians
- Biden secretly gave Ukraine permission to strike inside Russia with US weapons
- Ukraine can use U.S. weapons for limited strikes in Russia, Biden says
- Berlin lets Ukraine use German weapons against targets in Russia after the US also eases its stance
- Let Ukraine strike military targets inside Russia. But carefully.
- Exclusive: Israel reopens Gaza food sales as Rafah raid chokes aid
- Israel’s Rafah Campaign Worsens Dire Conditions in Gaza, Aid Groups Say
- UK and US strike Houthi targets in Yemen after rise in shipping attacks
- U.S. and Chinese defense chiefs hold first meeting since 2022
- South Africa heading for ‘coalition country’ as partial election results have ANC falling under 50%
- How Myanmar’s civil war is fueling drug trafficking, terrorism and cybercrime around the world
- Genocide Survivors in Darfur Are Caught in Another Brutal Battle
- Americans Are Thinking About Immigration All Wrong (“Population growth, economic growth, and income growth can be mutually reinforcing.”)
- Chief Justice John Roberts declines to meet with Democratic lawmakers about ethics flap and Alito’s flags
- Is US Offshore Wind Dead in the Water—Or Just Poised for the Next Big Gust?
- The GOP’s fight to hide the cost of its next tax cut has already begun
- What if This Is Our Last Real Election?
- Guilt Complex: Trump’s Felony Convictions Are a Big Political Problem (“Even for a politician who skates away from scandal, this week complicates Trump’s path to election.”)
- Donald Trump, Felon
- Trump Is Guilty, but Voters Will Be the Final Judge (“The jury has convicted the former President of thirty-four felony counts in his New York hush-money trial. Now the American people will decide to what extent they care.”)
- At long last, ‘Teflon Don’ Trump couldn’t unstick himself from the legal system
- Here’s what you should know about Donald Trump’s conviction in his hush money trial
- Trump Loses a Big Battle in His Lifelong War Against Accountability
- Donald Trump up close and personal: A president convicted by a jury of his peers
- Trump is no outlaw, just a grubby, sad criminal
- The Trump jury has spoken. Next up, the voters.
- Why the ludicrous Republican response to Trump’s conviction matters (“Republicans are busy attacking the legitimacy of the American legal and political system. We’ve seen where that leads.”)
- Trump’s remaining 3 indictments, ranked by the stakes
- Donald Trump Has Long Appeared Invincible. Not Anymore!
- Donald Trump Should Drop Out
- Biden, Democrats react to Trump’s guilty verdict: ‘No one is above the law’
- Trump supporters call for riots and violent retribution after verdict
- Trump campaign readies a script of martyrdom: ‘Very innocent’
- Will Trump go to jail? Can he be president? What’s next after guilty verdict?
- Bless the Trump jury, not for the verdict but for their service
- Trump lost on 34 felony counts – and a lot more
- Trump’s felon status won’t disqualify him. Only we can do that.
- No matter what he says, Trump is a felon
- What the jury got – and the pundits missed
- Trump Bungled the Trial (“A conviction wasn’t inevitable.”)
- After Trump’s conviction, the jury is still out on political damage
- With conviction in hush-money case, good fortune runs out for ‘Teflon Don’
- Hush-money trial was Trump’s to lose. Here’s why he did
- What the conviction means for the election (“There is no precedent for this moment – but we will have to wait until November to know the real impact.”)
- Wall Street Billionaires Are Rushing to Back Trump, Verdict Be Damned (These people are fascists.)
- Donald Trump found guilty of all 34 charges in hush money trial
- Holy Mother of God, He’s Been Found Guilty
- Money, Fame, Nightmares: Here’s What Awaits the Trump Jurors
Trump conviction in hush-money case sparks sharply divergent reactions- Is Trump going to prison? What to know about the possible sentence after his conviction
- How Trump’s Team Blew It
- Guilty on All Counts (“Donald Trump is the first president in U.S. history to be convicted in a court of law.”)
- Wrong Case, Right Verdict (“Donald Trump will not be held accountable before the 2024 presidential election for his violent attempt to overturn the previous election, but he is now a convicted felon all the same.”)
- What the Biden campaign thinks the Trump verdict means
- Opinion: Trump verdict keeps this bedrock American ideal alive
- False right-wing reports about Trump trial jury instructions fuel threats against judge
- America’s seething right
- Donald Trump Shares Chilling ‘Final Battle’ Video For Supporters Following Conviction (Sick, dangerous shit.)
- For 20 Years, I Couldn’t Say What Donald Trump Did on the Set of The Apprentice. Now I Can.
- Trump Called ‘Apprentice’ Contestant Kwame Jackson N-Word, Producer Says
- McConnell comes to Trump’s defense after guilty verdict (McConnell is a disgusting human being.)
- Reacting to Trump’s guilty verdict, Jesse Watters promises to “vanquish the evil forces that are destroying this republic”
- The Federalist CEO Calls For Republicans to Draw Up Lists of Democrats to ‘Put in Prison’ After Trump Verdict
- Trump Media shares tumble after Donald Trump found guilty on 34 felony counts
- Trump aide declares Larry Hogan’s campaign dead (“Hogan’s call to respect the rule of law seems to have incensed at least one top Trump advisor.”)
- Videos: At Two VA10 Democratic Forums Last Night, Candidates Mostly Agree on the Issues, Although Three Candidates Say They Wouldn’t Have Voted for the Israel Aid Package (e.g., ALL the participating candidates are pro-choice, pro-democracy, pro-gun-violence-prevention, pro-Ukraine, etc.)
- With Trump GUILTY Verdict on ALL Counts, Remember – Glenn Youngkin, Jason Miyares, Jen Kiggans, etc, etc. Endorsed This Scumbag
- Virginia GOP condemns Trump verdict; Dems say no one is above the law (Of course, god forbid the headline might note that the rule of law is crucial, and that indeed, nobody should be above the law!)
- Virginia politicians react to guilty verdicts in historic Trump trial
- Pope & Schapiro: Endorsements, fundraisers, and a poll that suggests Virginia might be in play
- Virginia disability advocates celebrate legislative wins
- What healthcare priorities are (and aren’t) in the two-year budget plan
- VIDEO: VA House Dems Caucus Chair Kathy Tran, Senate Health Committee Chair Ghazala Hashmi, Join Protect Our Care Virginia to Highlight New Health Care Benefits for Older Virginians and the AAPI Community
- $4.9M in new, 2-year budget set to tackle invasive species
- Executive director named for Virginia Commission on Electric Utility Regulation
- Commentary: No, banning foam plastics won’t bankrupt restaurants
- FOIA Friday: Government lawyer fills ‘citizen’ seat, Petersburg schools let payroll error slide
- In downtown Richmond, reaction to Trump verdict is swift
- Former Northern Va. economic official sentenced in embezzlement case
- Five Years After Virginia Beach Shooting, ‘No One Is Getting Better’
- Former Virginia mail carrier sentenced for stealing mail from 180-plus people
- D.C.-area forecast: Sunny skies today and tomorrow, then 80s this weekend
