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by Lowell
Here are a few international, national and Virginia news headlines, political and otherwise, for Monday, May 6.
- El Nino and climate change combine in Brazil’s floods
- Russia announces nuclear weapon drills after angry exchange with senior Western officials
- Seven dead in attack on Russia’s Belgorod region
- Ukraine war briefing: Russian attacks kill three during Orthodox Easter
- Scoop: U.S. put a hold on an ammunition shipment to Israel
- Three soldiers killed in Hamas rocket barrage toward Kerem Shalom, aid crossing closed (Hamas is intentionally disrupting humanitarian assistance to Gazan civilians? Sounds on par for Hamas, which is a HORRIBLE organization that cares absolutely nothing about the people of Gaza.)
- Israeli army tells Palestinians to evacuate parts of Gaza’s Rafah ahead of an expected assault
- Truce Talks Drag as Hamas Hits Israel Crossing in Deadly Attack
- Israel Raids Al Jazeera’s Offices After Banning Broadcaster
- Benjamin Netanyahu asserted Israel’s right to fight its enemies in a defiant speech.
- Rafah Live: Israel tells Gazans to leave part of city, Hamas warns of ‘consequences’
- Xi Shouldn’t Expect an Easy Ride in Europe This Time
- 3 bodies in Mexican well identified as Australian and American surfers killed for truck’s tires
- Google Is Staring Down Its First Serious Threats in Years (“Government regulators, real competition – and itself”)
- The Supreme Court’s Republican bias hangs over the Trump immunity case (“The conservative justices must navigate a crisis moment of their own making.”)
- Of Course Donald Trump’s Defense Is to Pin Everything on the Woman
- Prosecutors move deeper into Trump’s orbit as testimony in hush money trial enters a third week
- Trump’s lawyers are trying to use his trial to generate conspiracy theories — but it’s not working (“Even the most MAGA-deluded voters struggle to pretend Trump is the victim in the Stormy Daniels plot”)
- Trump’s hush-money trial: The personal is truly political (“Trump embodies a malignant version (and perversion) of how the personal is political”)
- Biden Campaign Statement on Trump’s “40%” Welfare Comments, Celebrating Political Violence and January 6, etc. (“Trump is once again making despicable and insulting comments about the Holocaust, while in the same breath attacking law enforcement, celebrating political violence, and threatening our democracy.”)
- Clyburn hits out at Trump over Gestapo comment: ‘Incredible but not surprising’
- White House: Trump Gestapo comment echoes ‘appalling rhetoric of fascists’
- The Utter Absurdity of Donald Trump and RFK Jr. Running as ‘Outsiders’
- This is 2024’s new political normal six months from the election (So much “both sidesism” in this…yuck.)
- ‘If Roe v. Wade can fall, anything can fall,’ says Jeffries in stressing importance of elections
- Congress’ Odd Couple—Jeffries & Johnson—Mystifies Lawmakers (“The GOP speaker and the Democratic leader have a totally unique political relationship. Do they have any personal relationship at all?”)
- 5 factions that will decide Speaker Johnson’s fate
- Greene, Johnson feud set to come to a head
- Harris is making unprecedented Black outreach efforts as Biden campaign looks to her to bolster support
- Who believes the most “taboo” conspiracy theories? It might not be who you think (“White men with graduate degrees, a new study finds, are highly likely to hold especially noxious beliefs”)
- Tim Scott Refuses To Say If He’ll Accept 2024 Election Results Regardless Of Who Wins (Tim Scott is truly heinous.)
- Sen. Tim Scott, a Rumored VP Pick, Backs Trump’s Election Denial (Scott really should be shunned by everyone.)
- ‘Nuts And Clearly Disturbed’: New RFK Jr. Spot Has Absolutely Bonkers Opening
- Trump’s real-time reviews of 2024 VP possibles and other surrogates
- GOP: Noem up in smoke; Scott, Burgum rise in Trump VP race
- Kristi Noem Cries ‘Fake News’ After Disastrous Interview on CBS
- Kristi Noem Suggests Biden’s Dog Should Have Been Killed, Too (She’s a sick, suck f***)
- Will abortion turn Florida from red to blue?
- GOP official argues in favor of child marriage: Girls are ‘ripe’ and ‘fertile’
- Joe Kahn: ‘The newsroom is not a safe space’ (This guy is a complete clown, with zero business being the editor of the NY Times or any serious paper. What a joke.)
- I’ve read student protesters’ manifestos. This is ugly stuff. Clueless, too. (“The cosplaying pro-Palestinian activists on campuses are repeating the mistakes of the 1960s.”)
- GWU president, pro-Palestinian activists give conflicting accounts of protests
- Paul Manafort’s Life Was in Shambles. Then Donald Trump Came Along (“Mired in debt and marital troubles, the lobbyist was still fresh out of rehab when he hitched himself to the former president’s 2016 campaign, as Brody and Luke Mullins write in an excerpt of their new book, The Wolves of K Street. But it wasn’t long before Manafort’s personal baggage earned him the boot.”)
- Early voting begins for Virginia’s June congressional primaries
- More than 125 arrested at four Virginia universities amid nationwide protest over Israel-Hamas war
- Protesters want Virginia Tech to divest from Israel. Why divestment is easier said than done.
- Virginia law expands shared solar into coal country, but key details still have to be worked out
- Climate group expanding to Richmond with focus on businesses’ energy efficiency
- After decades on the sidelines, North Danville is in line for revitalization, shaped by community input
- Burned out and understaffed, Virginia Beach Fire Department seeks overtime relief
- D.C.-area forecast: Muggy through Thursday with daily downpour chances
