by Lowell
Here are a few international, national and Virginia news headlines, political and otherwise, for Friday, June 7.
- News and tech media mostly quiet after UN chief calls for ban on ads for oil and gas (“The Guardian contacted 11 major organizations that run fossil-fuel ads after Wednesday speech by António Guterres”)
- There is more carbon dioxide than ever in the atmosphere. That’s bad for the climate
- Europe’s Swing to the Right Threatens Global Climate Policy
- Mexico Elected a Climate Scientist. But Will She Be a Climate President?
- Outages shroud Ukraine as Russian strikes on power plants take their toll
- Biden clashes with Russia — and Ukraine — over use of U.S. weapons ahead of Zelenskyy meeting
- Biden to invoke the power of democracy (“The speech at Pointe du Hoc sets up a dramatic moment with war once more on Europe’s doorstep”)
- Biden’s D-Day Speech Nailed the Threat of Modern Fascism
- The lesson from D-Day about our divisions
- As Biden rallies the free world, Trump serves a higher cause: Himself (“In Phoenix, at his first post-conviction campaign rally, Trump portrayed a dark and desperate America.”)
- Biden defends democracy in Europe while Trump undermines it at home
- Fighting Trump on the Beaches (“Biden’s fiery D Day speech in Normandy warns against the ex-President’s isolationism, while Trump is back home, targeting ‘the enemy within.'”)
- A Careful Dance: How Hezbollah and Israel Have Kept the Lid on a Wider War
- Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to address Congress on July 24 (Why???)
- After eight months of Israel’s bombardment, aid agencies warn crisis in Gaza is ‘like nothing else the world has seen’
- Israeli forces batter central, south Gaza with renewed truce bid at impasse
- Modi’s alliance unanimously elects him to lead as PM for third term
- Rishi Sunak apologizes for skipping D-Day event to do TV interview (Wow, that’s really bad.)
- ‘You can feel a shift’: will the French be lured by Le Pen? (Gack.)
- The devastating cost of fighting Myanmar’s military dictatorship
- Record heat wave menacing Western U.S. threatens more cities (This is the climate crisis for sure.)
- US Jobs Report Is Set to Confirm a Steady Slowdown Underway
- Latest jobs report expected to show slower but still-steady growth (Exactly what we want to see.)
- Chart: US sets new record with $71B in clean energy investment (That’s thanks to DEMOCRATS!)
- The law-and-order party defunds the IRS. Again.
- The Biden immigration order exposes MAGA hypocrisy
- Alito’s former neighbor says justice is ‘at best mistaken’ in flap over upside-down US flag
- Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas accepted gifts worth millions of dollars over 20 years, analysis finds (MASSIVELY corrupt.)
- Retired judge David Tatel issues a stark warning about the Supreme Court
- Surprise! The Worst Judge in the Country Just Landed Another Appalling Abortion Case.
- Progressives Urge Biden to Push Harder on ‘Greedflation’
- Trump, in his first post-trial rally, demands that appeals courts reverse his felony conviction
- Exclusive: Biden tells Muir he wouldn’t pardon son Hunter, says Trump got ‘fair trial’
- Trump Can’t Carry a Gun, but He Might Have the Nuclear Codes Again
- Republicans Have a Criminal They’d Like to Coddle
- What Trump’s Total GOP Control Means Next (“Republicans’ denunciations of a “rigged” trial have ushered in a dangerous new era of absolute loyalty to the leader.”)
- Trump says “sometimes revenge can be justified”
- Trump Says Revenge ‘Can Be Justified’ In Latest Threat To Political Enemies
- Donald Trump’s Mob Rule
- A new account rekindles allegations that Trump disrespected Black people on ‘The Apprentice’
- Trump’s lead over Biden narrows after conviction, analysis shows
- Trump search for a VP candidate narrows, with senators dominating list
- Tim Scott, a potential Trump VP pick, launches a $14 million outreach effort to minority voters
- Meet a former GOP staffer who is ‘building permission’ for Republicans to vote Biden (“On Thursday, the campaign announced a new member of their team: Austin Weatherford, who served as former Republican Rep. Adam Kinzinger’s chief of staff.”)
- Race to replace McConnell heats up over response to Democratic ‘show’ votes
- It’s Pretty Wild That Steve Bannon Avoided Jail Until Now
- Former Trump aide Steve Bannon ordered to jail by July 1 to serve contempt of Congress sentence
- Steve Bannon Must Finally Report to Jail
- A Bad Week for Backers of the Big Lie (“Two influential purveyors of Donald Trump’s web of lies recently faced trouble.”)
- Alex Jones agrees to liquidate his assets to pay Sandy Hook families, in move that would end his ownership of Infowars
- DeSantis high court majority: DeSantis can easily oust people’s elected prosecutors (“On a 6-1 vote Thursday, the Florida Supreme Court gave its governor all-but-unfettered power to remove locally elected prosecutors — a power that could quickly render Floridians’ ‘freedom’ to ‘vote’ for a prosecutor a fiction unless federal courts step in.”)
- Several Pa. House Republicans boo officers who defended Capitol on Jan. 6
- Tesla CEO Elon Musk could leave if $56 billion pay package not approved, shareholders warned
- “It’s Going to Be Super F–king Interesting”: Can Democrat Jon Tester Win Again in Trump Country?
- WaPo CEO: Ask Me Anything Except About Phone Hack Cover-Up
- Republicans want Hunter Biden’s trial to distract from Trump’s crimes — but, so far, it’s backfiring (“It illustrates instead how Democrats aren’t lying, getting defensive, or pushing conspiracy theories”)
- Sen. Kaine wants more career, fewer political-fundraising ambassadors
- Video: Sen. Mark Warner Talks GOP Opposing Women’s Right to Contraception; Tyler’s Law/Fentanyl; Envigo Beagles; Biden’s Border Executive Actions; Threats to Our Elections; etc.
- Rep. Jen Kiggans (R-VA02)’s Extreme GOP Raised Monthly Internet Costs for Over 45,000 VA-02 Households (“At every turn, Jen Kiggans caves to her Republican party bosses by enabling their extreme agenda”)
- Top GOP leaders in the 5th District urge Trump to reconsider McGuire endorsement
- NoVa primaries defined by crowded field, experts say (“29 candidates are competing for open seats in the 7th and 10th Congressional Districts.”)
- Just what are the limits of executive authority in Virginia?
- Pope & Schapiro: Lots of feuding, including the MAGA family kind
- Youngkin’s autocratic decision moves Virginia backwards on the transition to EV’s (“Some falsely argue that the government is telling people they cannot purchase gas vehicles. The compact does not prohibit the sale of new gas combustion engines until 2035 — eleven years and three governors from now.”)
- Va. House speaker reconvening lawmakers on military tuition program
- Virginia House speaker confirms special session on military tuition program
- Virginia House speaker OK with special session to restore military tuition program
- Oily Governor Youngkin’s Clean Car BS (“Youngkin and Miyares are playing their fiddles for fossil fuel dollars while the whole world burns.”)
- FOIA Friday: UVA withholds police body cam footage, more possible MVP problems
- Virginia Beach Republican Party chairwoman indicted on felony wire communications charge
- Erosion a concern to those living near Mountain Valley Pipeline
- I-95 traffic study shows Virginia on the hook for any attempts to fix
- Roanoke, which elected a Black majority council in 2020, could wind up with no Black members after this year’s election
- Black woman’s bid to buy Virginia Beach home faces illegal barrier, echoes of the past
- D.C.-area forecast: Less humid, quite nice today and into the weekend
********************************************************
Sign up for the Blue Virginia weekly newsletter
