by Lowell
Here are a few international, national and Virginia news headlines, political and otherwise, for Wednesday, May 29.
- Coastal Communities’ Living Barriers—Mangroves and Coral Reefs—Could Soon Collapse Due to Climate Change (Ugh.)
- Growing up under fire: Ukraine’s children adapt to survive Russia’s invasion
- Trump stuns donors with behind-closed-doors rant about bombing Russia and China: report
- Why the Summer Could Be Disastrous for Ukraine (“Amid a new advance by Russian forces, Zelensky faces enormous challenges in marshalling the equipment and the manpower necessary to keep them at bay.”)
- Life on Ukraine’s front line: ‘Worse than hell’ as Russia advances
- Russian gains push White House to revisit some red lines
- US-built pier will be removed from Gaza coast and repaired after damage from rough seas
- Nikki Haley Writes ‘Finish Them!’ on Israeli Bomb After Refugee Massacre
- Netanyahu frequently makes claims of antisemitism. Critics say he’s deflecting from his own problems
- Israel’s operation in Rafah doesn’t cross US red lines – White House
- US-made munitions used in deadly strike on Rafah tent camp, CNN analysis shows
- The slaughter in Rafah and Israel’s moral nadir
- Taiwan’s legislature passes changes seen as favoring China, reducing president’s power
- More U.S. lawmakers meeting with Taiwan’s president as China tensions mount
- IMF Lifts China Growth Forecast to 5% Citing Fast 2024 Start
- Once ostracised, Italy’s Meloni is now centre stage in Europe
- South Africa’s president faces his party’s worst election ever. He’ll still likely be reelected
- South Africa elections: voting under way amid grim national mood (“Ruling African National Congress party could lose majority for first time since apartheid ended 30 years ago”)
- Italy, Spain, Portugal break daily solar generation records
- Mexico Is About to Elect Its First Female President. Her Job: Save the Nation (“Claudia Sheinbaum, a Jewish woman with a Ph.D. in energy engineering, is expected to become the first female president of Mexico, a historic ascent in a largely Catholic country.”)
- Nearly everything Americans believe about the economy is wrong
- The Alitos, the Neighborhood Clash and the Upside-Down Flag
- Neighbors Called Police After Spat With Justice Alito’s Wife Grew Heated: Report (“Emily Baden, who lived near the Alitos in Virginia, detailed a growing conflict with the Supreme Court justice’s wife over yard signs.”)
- Justice Alito’s Upside-Down Flag Claim Dismantled by Police, Neighbors: Report
- Why did the WaPo pass over a massive scoop?
- The media and sullen nonvoters should listen to Ken Burns
- Democrats Plan $100 Million Push on Abortion Rights to Win House
- Biden Beat Trumpflation And The Trump Crime Wave
- Trump is conditioning MAGA for the next stage (“Those who resist or are not sufficiently supportive will be punished”)
- Judgment day looms for Donald Trump in New York
- Evidence against Trump in hush money case is ‘overwhelming,’ prosecutor says in closing argument
- Jury in Trump’s hush money case is set to begin deliberations after hearing instructions from judge
- Prosecution: Trump hush money case “cloaked in lies”
- Jury Will Consider Felony Charges Against Trump Today
- Prosecutors detail Donald Trump’s ‘corrupt bargain’ in closing arguments
- Prosecutors Had Two Final Words for the Trump Jury: Stormy Daniels
- ‘A coward’s violence’: Robert De Niro trolls Trump outside hush-money trial
- ‘You are gangsters’: Robert De Niro clashes with pro-Trump protesters
- “Full panic mode”: Experts say Trump mad he’s “finally being treated like any other defendant”
- Donald Trump Says He’ll Stop All Electric Car Sales (Trump is completely insane.)
- Trump Has a New Plan to Deal With Campus Protests (“And he doesn’t seem to care that it violates the Constitution.”)
- Judge Cannon rejects request for gag order against Donald Trump in classified docs case (Cannon should never have been on this case, should be removed IMMEDIATELY.)
- Fox News has relentlessly assailed Judge Juan Merchan (Disgusting.)
- Trump Boasted About Sex With Stormy in Tahoe, Athlete Says
- The Panic of the Polls (“The 2024 election won’t be decided by vibes in May, but by votes in November.”)
- Former Marco Rubio Intern Indicted for Storming Capitol on January 6
- Marco Rubio Wants to Be Trump’s Vice President. He Doesn’t Want to Audition.
- RFK Jr. had a ‘visceral’ reaction to tear-downs of Confederate statues
- DNC to nominate Biden and Harris to bypass Ohio ballot issues
- Ohio House agrees to Biden ballot fix compromise if ‘anti-democratic’ Senate provisions removed
- FBI arrests ‘dreaded’ Jan. 6 defendant they say rammed ‘Trump’ sign into police line
- Appeals court upholds retired NYPD officer’s 10-year prison sentence for Capitol riot attack
- Texas House Speaker Survives Challenge From Hard Right (“Dade Phelan, the speaker of the Texas House, defeated a party activist and first-time candidate backed by former President Donald J. Trump in a bitter contest.”)
- The GOP establishment survived in Texas, but the results were messy
- The Texas GOP takes the party’s hostility to democracy to a new level
- This Trump Bootlicker Kissed the Ring and It Still Wasn’t Enough
- A Few Thoughts on Donald Trump’s Endorsement of Insurrectionist John McGuire Over Rep. Bob Good (R-VA05), Who Desperately Tried (but Failed) to Suck Up to the Cult Leader (Good endorsed Ron DeSantis, helped take out Kevin McCarthy, and pretty much alienated everyone in the Trumpified GOP)
- Trump makes endorsement for challenger in Virginia race and strikes blow to two-term Rep. Bob Good
- Trump endorses Va. state Sen. McGuire over Bob Good for Congress
- Trump Trashes Loyalist Republican Who Attended Hush-Money Trial
- A blow to Bob: Trump endorsement could tilt 5th District GOP primary in John McGuire’s favor
- Trump takes revenge on Rep. Bob Good after he endorsed Ron DeSantis
- Some legislative aides in Virginia do double duty as campaign staff (“Subramanyam listed four Senate staffers as having campaign roles”)
- Virginia’s Finance Secretary: Commonwealth’s economy “chugging along”
- Workgroup, lawmakers fine-tuning accessory dwelling unit proposal
- Groups Urge DEQ to Stop PFAS (“Forever Chemicals”) Pollution at Its Source in Issuing Permit to Danville, Va. Treatment Plant
- Judge nixes bid to block work on Virginia offshore wind farm
- Virginia board considers ousting GOP election official accused of sharing voting machine info
- Wages in Southwest Virginia still lag behind but are growing faster than both state and national averages
- State funds cut from Health Wagon backed an annual health expo for uninsured and underinsured residents
- Fairfax Co. School Board approves pay hike for public school employees
- Editorial: Celebrate the win, but don’t confuse AAA with real progress
- Virginia Beach festival task force calls for more accountability from event producers
- D.C.-area forecast: Showers and storms again later today, then a few spectacular days
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