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by Lowell
Here are a few international, national and Virginia news headlines, political and otherwise, for Saturday, May 11.
- Brutal heatwaves and submerged cities: what a 3C world would look like (“Climate scientists have told the Guardian they expect catastrophic levels of global heating. Here’s what that would mean for the planet”)
- Another threat to bees: Climate change-fueled rising temperatures
- Climate Extremes Slammed Latin America and the Caribbean Last Year. A New UN Report Details the Impacts and Costs
- Gas Lobbyists Want LNG Expansion in Canada’s Arctic (F*** that!)
- A huge solar storm is slamming into the Earth. Scientists say you should look up
- A renewed Russian offensive on Kharkiv in northeast Ukraine forces some 1,700 civilians to flee
- Blinken sends Congress report on Israeli military’s operations in Gaza
- Biden administration won’t conclude Israel violated terms of US weapons agreement, AP sources say
- People leaving Rafah describe yet another fearful flight from Israeli assaults.
- Israeli war cabinet votes to expand Rafah operation area, amid growing U.S. concerns
- Israel orders new evacuations in the southern Gaza city of Rafah as it prepares to expand operations
- Opinion: Netanyahu and his extremist allies are endangering Israel’s long-term security
- Isolated and Defiant, Israel Vows to ‘Stand Alone’ in War on Hamas
- The Huge U.S. Bombs That President Biden Doesn’t Want Israel to Drop on Rafah (“The one-ton Mark 84 bomb was designed shortly after World War II. Adding guidance kits has kept it in use for more than 70 years.”)
- She Watched Her Son in a Hamas Hostage Video. ‘My Heart Broke.’
- Rafah Once Was a Refuge From the War. Now Gazans Don’t Know Where to Go.
- Biden’s Real Mistake in Pausing Military Aid to Israel (“…the move has enabled Benjamin Netanyahu to deflect attention from the fact that the most dangerous leader threatening Israel today is not Biden but Bibi.”)
- China Woos Philippine Elites Near Base US Needs to Defend Taiwan
- New Biden tariffs on China’s EVs, solar, medical supplies reportedly due Tuesday
- India’s Ruling Party Sharpens Campaign Rhetoric Against Muslims (Appalling.)
- Armed groups are likely committing ethnic cleansings and atrocities in Darfur — again (This is actually attempted genocide – where’s the world outrage?)
- Thinking of not voting? It’s music to Trump’s ears.
- Clarence Thomas says critics are pushing ‘nastiness’ and calls Washington a ‘hideous place’ (Clarence Thomas and his wife are the ones who are “hideous.”)
- Raunch and Business Records: 5 Takeaways From Trump’s Criminal Trial
- Trump Is Known as a Micromanager. Prosecutors Are Using It Against Him.
- Trump appears frustrated in court while possible Cohen testimony looms (“Trump’s demeanor suggests sour mood after Stormy Daniels’s testimony, and news his former lawyer may testify next week promises more angst”)
- Takeaways from Day 15 of the Donald Trump hush money trial (“Cohen is expected to take the stand Monday, putting him face-to-face with his former boss.”)
- Trump Hush-Money Payment Revealed in Bank Records
- Donald Trump Is Short on Cash—and Selling Laws to Anyone Who Will Pay
- Trump might not go to jail, but this trial is a close second
- Donald Trump Has Put a Literal Price on the Future of the Planet (“He had a bunch of oil executives over to his place and told them not to get too stressed about Biden’s climate policies.”)
- Trump Demands $1 Billion from Big Oil in Exchange for Doing Their Bidding (“Sometimes the corruption at the core of right-wing politics is so blatant, it just takes your breath away.”)
- Trump Campaign Hid Settlements With Women, New Complaint Says
- Trump Demands Rupert Murdoch Fire Paul Ryan for Unforgivable Act (Saying He Won’t Vote for Him)
- Congress’ Perpetual Coup Machine Is Merely Resting (Weird headline; this isn’t about “Congress” generically, it’s about the House GOP specifically – why not say so in the headline???)
- Project 2025 targets election 2024
- Melania Trump reveals son Barron, 18, has pulled out of being a delegate nominating his father for president because he has ‘prior commitments’
- Trump gets Barron’s age wrong when asked about his youngest son’s convention role (If this were Biden, we’d get endless stories in the “mainstream media” about how he’s supposedly senile, which is 100% false. But with Trump? Meh.)
- Federal Appeals Court Upholds Bannon’s Contempt Conviction
- Steve Bannon Still Isn’t in Prison, but He’s a Little Closer (“There’s still a chance he could run out the clock—on his contempt charges, anyway.”)
- Steve Bannon may head to prison after appeal fails (“He was convicted in 2022 for not co-operating with a congressional committee probing the capitol riot.” A delay of two years??? This is RIDICULOUS!)
- Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene rails against Fox News: “Fox News wants to control what Republican voters think”
- Giuliani Is Suspended by WABC, and His Radio Show Is Canceled
- VIDEO: Undercover At Moms For Liberty
- Kari Lake keeps giving Republicans new reasons to worry (Far-right slimeball Glenn Youngkin called this nutjob “AWESOME!”)
- Two Peas in a Pod: Jen Kiggans and Marjorie Taylor Greene (“When voters hear [Kiggans’] comments calling Marjorie Taylor Greene a teammate, they are astounded and disgusted.”)
- After Spanberger: 7th District Dems run local race in national spotlight
- State budget compromise reached by Youngkin, General Assembly leaders
- Virginia budget leaders reach compromise with governor on state spending plan
- Vital Program to Cut Pollution, Lower Energy Costs, and Protect Virginians from Flood Risk Removed as Part of Budget Compromise (“…it is incredibly disappointing that lawmakers aren’t doing everything they can to stand up to Gov. Glenn Youngkin’s illegal RGGI repeal”)
- FOIA Friday: Newspaper sues UVA, UMW shields records on campus protests
- Port of Virginia on track to have deepest channels on East Coast
- Port of Virginia details major expansion projects, including becoming deepest port on East Coast
- Former state delegate enters race for Virginia Beach mayor (“Another candidate has entered the race for Virginia Beach mayor in hopes of unseating incumbent Bobby Dyer. The latest: former state Del. Cheryl Turpin.”)
- State again cites Mountain Valley Pipeline for environmental violations
- VCU students, faculty don’t want Glenn Youngkin at graduation
- Video: School Board in Deep-“Red” Shenandoah County, VA Listens to Speakers Explaining Why They Shouldn’t Do “U-Turn” and Rename Schools for Confederates; Then Do So Anyway (School Board “resurrect[s] an act of 1959 that is forever rooted in Massive Resistance and Jim Crow segregation.”)
- A Virginia county board votes to restore Confederates’ names to schools
- Virginia school board votes to restore Confederate names to two schools
- UVA Faculty Senate calls for a probe of response to Gaza protest
- What we know about how UVa’s narrative differs from eyewitness accounts of May 4
- Virginia Beach marsh terrace project to be first on East Coast
- Williams: Irvo Otieno’s family needs the Justice Department, without delay
- D.C.-area forecast: Partly sunny weekend, with mainly late-day shower chances
