by Lowell
Here are a few international, national and Virginia news headlines, political and otherwise, for Friday, May 17.
- The end of coral reefs as we know them (“Years ago, scientists made a devastating prediction about the ocean. Now it’s unfolding.” Humanity should have listened to the scientists years ago and made a MASSIVE course correction. In large part, that didn’t happen due to the fossil fuel companies spending huge amounts of money to deny climate science, delay/obstruct action, etc. That really SHOULD be criminal, but it isn’t – of course not.)
- Norway’s wealth fund asks Shell for more climate policy details
- Wind turbine makers halt race for size to focus on cost, delivery
- Ukraine’s defence lines stretched as Russian troops advance (How much of this is the result of months-long delays in providing aid BY HOUSE REPUBLICANS???)
- Ukraine Hits Energy Facilities With Huge Drone Attack, Russia Says
- Vladimir Putin’s China Visit Highlights Military Ties That Worry the West
- The Unpunished: How Extremists Took Over Israel (This is SUPERB journalism, strongly recommended. So now that the NY Times has demonstrated its ability to do great reporting like on far-right extremism in ANOTHER country, how about it does the same in OUR country, namely to the MAGA movement???)
- The Israeli Defense Establishment Revolts Against Netanyahu (Great, although this should have happened a lot sooner.)
- Scoop: Fuming pro-Israel Democrats blast “shameless” GOP vote (The media should report, factually, that the GOP vote was, indeed, “shameless” – and in 100% bad faith.)
- Israel accuses South Africa of false claims at ICJ
- US military starts delivering aid to Gaza through floating pier
- Israel Resists Grand Bargain as U.S. and Saudis Work on Security Pact
- Netanyahu Pacifies Israel’s Far Right and Alienates Everyone Else (Israel’s government needs to fall, immediately.)
- Biden’s right: The U.S. should oppose Israel’s tactics in Gaza (“Strategic stupidity is creating a humanitarian disaster.”)
- What Israel’s strategic corridor in Gaza reveals about its postwar plans (“Analysts say the buildup of the Netzarim Corridor is part of a large-scale project by the Israeli military to reshape Gaza and entrench its presence there.”)
- French police kill man trying to burn Rouen synagogue
- ‘Lone wolf’ charged in shooting of Slovakian prime minister Robert Fico
- Dow futures are little changed after blue-chip average touches 40,000 for first time: Live updates
- The Dow Jones hits 40,000 for the first time. What to know about this major milestone
- Free Solar for Farmers: Climate Law Gives Rich Incentives
- Clean Energy Is Driving ‘a New Era in American Manufacturing’ Across the Midwest (“Midwestern states have received nearly $30 billion in capital investments from the private sector since the passage of the Inflation Reduction Act in 2022.”)
- The Floating Offshore Wind Turbines Are Coming Home To Roost … In The US
- When ‘Stop the Steal’ Becomes Your Motto
- At Justice Samuel Alito’s House, a ‘Stop the Steal’ Symbol on Display
- Gorsuch, Alito break from conservatives on CFPB ruling (Alito and Gorsuch are angry, vengeful, extremist guys who have no business dispensing justice.)
- At Justice Alito’s House, a ‘Stop the Steal’ Symbol on Display (Alito has absolutely ZERO business being on the US Supreme Court – or ANY court. WTF???)
- The Consumer Finance Protection Bureau Lives To Fight Another Day (“I figured the Supreme Court had this one marked for dead from birth, but I’m delighted to be wrong.”)
- The Supreme Court decides not to trigger a second Great Depression (Batshit-crazy Alito and Gorsuch dissent!)
- Trump Hush-Money Trial Day 298: Hell Is Empty and Lauren Boebert and Matt Gaetz Are Here
- Now playing off-Broadway: Trump’s synchronized sycophants
- Michael Cohen gives Donald Trump his best day in hush money trial so far (“The presumptive GOP nominee has often seemed embarrassed and infuriated by his first criminal trial, which has featured salacious exposés of his personal life and details of his alleged attempts to cover it up.”)
- Opinion: Trump’s defense rocked Michael Cohen. But they didn’t knock him out
- Trump Allies Draw Up Plans for Unprecedented Immigration Crackdown (If Trump’s elected, god forbid, he will destroy our country in every way.)
- Trump and Johnson spread unfounded fears by urging non-citizen voting ban (“Trump falls back on false claim that non-citizen voting threatened his popular vote, despite data proving that it’s a lie” The media should report IN THEIR HEADLINES that Trump and Johnson are lying. Every single time.)
- Donald Trump wants to control the Justice Department and FBI. His allies have a plan (That would be the end of rule of law in our country.)
- Biden’s labor report card: Historian gives ‘Union Joe’ a higher grade than any president since FDR
- Silence from major news outlets helps Trump conceal his position on medication abortion (Constant failure by the media.)
- Biden asserts executive privilege over Hur audio files ahead of House contempt proceedings against Garland (What Republicans are doing here is NOT in good faith, and the media shouldn’t report it as such.)
- No wonder Republicans are afraid of a debate — Donald Trump is barely holding it together at trial (“Trump tantrumed and even quit a debate with Joe Biden in 2020, but now he’s even more emotionally volatile”)
- Biden’s team had a few demands for a Trump debate. A major one: No crowd.
- Biden ending new leases in America’s top coal region
- Morehouse College might halt graduation ‘on the spot’ if there are disruptions when President Biden speaks
- Gov. Greg Abbott pardons Daniel Perry, veteran who killed police brutality protester in 2020 (One of Youngkin’s favorite governors…)
- Greg Abbott: murdering left-wing protestors should be legal
- Greg Abbott’s Pardon of Daniel Perry Includes a Dark Detail (“In a disturbing move, Abbott also restored Perry’s firearm rights.” Abbott is pure evil.)
- NC Senate votes to ban people from wearing masks in public for health reasons (So if you have really bad allergies and the pollen count is through the roof, you can’t wear a mask? How about if you want to protect your lungs against diesel fumes?)
- ‘A Governor Who Doesn’t Seem to Have Much Interest in Governing Arkansas’
- This Alabama AG won’t stop at the state line to prosecute abortion
- Backlash over NFL player Harrison Butker’s commencement speech has reached a new level (“In addition to calling Pride Month a “deadly sin” and bemoaning diversity and equity initiatives, Butker set off waves of criticism when he suggested that women find more fulfillment through getting married and having children than by pursuing careers – directly after quoting a song by Taylor Swift.”)
- Riders give Metro high marks in poll but still worry about crime
- They don’t like abortion, but Kaine’s GOP challengers say they won’t seek a federal ban (This is REALLY bad journalism; in fact, Kaine’s challengers are LYING, as they’d most definitely support a federal ban on abortion. Why would a journalist: a) believe these extremist nutjobs; b) amplify their BULLSHIT???)
- Video: Regarding Debates, Sen. Mark Warner Says When the American People See Trump’s “rhetoric…anger…lack of any kind of plan,” “it won’t be good for…Trump” (Warner also comments on Ukraine, National Airport, election interference (“with less than six months before the election, I’m worried”), etc.)
- VA05 Far-Right-Extremist Rivals Bob Good and John McGuire Make Unholy Pilgrimage to Trump’s Trial in NY; McGuire Trashes Good as “fake MAGA, never Trumper, traitor” (Yes, the GOP really has devolved completely into an anti-democracy, anti-rule-of-law, cult-of-personality, racist, etc. nightmare.)
- GOP primary battle turns Va.’s 5th District into a political Tilt-a-Whirl (The WaPo minimizes/whitewashes fascism and the Trump cult, misses the main point of what’s going on, treats it as a fun game, etc. Just horrendous, badly flawed, unserious “journalism” as usual from these people – in this case, the same reporter who spent 2021 relentlessly whitewashing Youngkin as some sort of “moderate.”)
- Virginia Democrats vying for Rep. Wexton’s seat in Congress pitch themselves to voters at NAACP Loudoun event
- Democratic race to replace Rep. Wexton gets first negative attack (“Ads from a D.C.-based group target former Virginia House Speaker Eileen Filler-Corn, who is considered a leading contender in the party’s June primary election.” Filler-Corn campaign: “These false attacks against the first woman and Jewish person to be Speaker of the House are plainly sexist and rely on vile antisemitic tropes”)
- Brown decision was preceded by years of legal preparation. Its implementation in Virginia took years, too
- Pope & Schapiro: Budgets, endorsements, and Brown v. Board
- This week marks 70 years since “massive resistance” to Brown v. Board decision
- FOIA Friday: Possible pipeline flaws, Richmond mass shooting plot investigation
- 70 years after landmark Brown v. Board of Education ruling, the echoes continue in Prince Edward County
- Youngkin creates task force to calm furor over veterans benefits
- Military veterans call out Gov. Youngkin, General Assembly over changes to education benefits program
- Video: Lieutenant Governor Candidate Aaron Rouse Releases Campaign Launch Video, “Know Me” (“The video will serve as the centerpiece of an extensive digital advertising campaign that began this morning.”)
- Dominion approved for 3 long-term battery storage pilots
- Virginia Beach sergeant’s lawsuit claims he was demoted for speaking against discrimination
- Federal government cleaning up old landfill in Loudoun County
- Henrico to dedicate data center revenue to affordable housing fund
- Tech defense contractor shifts headquarters from California to Arlington
- D.C.-area forecast: Nice today with increasing clouds ahead of weekend raindrops
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