by Lowell
Here are a few international, national and Virginia news headlines, political and otherwise, for Friday, June 28. And no, obviously that debate shouldn’t have happened (I’ve been saying this for months, so it’s not 20/20 hindsight) without real-time fact checking. Also, seriously, f*** Jake Tapper, CNN, and political “journalism” more broadly. These people are a disgrace to the profession.
- New agrivoltaics data shows improved grass, forage production under solar panels
- ‘A turning point’: US allies wince at Biden debate performance
- Economic Collapse Looms in West Bank, Imperiling Hopes for Gaza’s Future
- Trump Turned “Palestinian” Into a Slur
- Low turnout in Iran’s elections is what the regime fears most
- After a Testy Campaign in Tense Times, Iranians Vote for President
- In France’s rebranded far right, flashes of antisemitism and racism persist
- Supreme Court’s Abortion Rulings May Set the Stage for More Restrictions
- SCOTUS pushes Trump immunity decision to after debate (This six-month delay has been completely, wildly inexcusable.)
- Supreme Court blocks EPA’s interstate air pollution regulation (This Court is a f’ing disgrace, completely contemptuous of precedent and the rule of law, etc.)
- SCOTUS is going into July, destroying executive agency powers along the way
- The Supreme Court just lit a match and tossed it into dozens of federal agencies
- Sotomayor Torches Supreme Court’s Short-Sightedness in SEC Ruling
- The Supreme Court strips the SEC of a critical enforcement tool in fraud cases
- Supreme Court sidesteps ruling on emergency room abortion-access dispute
- The Supreme Court allows emergency abortions in Idaho for now in a limited ruling
- “It is delay”: Idaho abortion decision suggests a stealth Supreme Court push to aid Trump’s campaign
- Judge Aileen Cannon pushes back on idea that more hearings will delay Trump classified documents case
- Jack Smith brings receipts of vile threats against judges and prosecutors in Trump cases, tells Cannon former president fundraised off of lies about FBI
- Trump evades debate questions on accepting election results
- Trump Should Never Have Had This Platform (“The debate was a travesty—because its whole premise was to treat a failed coup leader as a legitimate candidate for the presidency again.”)
- Debate-watchers in the Biden and Trump camps seem to agree on something: Biden had a bad night
- Analysis: Biden’s incoherent debate performance heightens fears over his age
- Biden’s backfire: Top takeaways from a shocking first debate
- Democrats backed into a corner over Biden’s performance
- Debate highlights: Dems in full panic mode after Biden’s stumbling performance
- Biden debate performance is ‘nightmare’ for Democrats
- Raspy And Rambling, Joe Biden Fumbles Through Debate With Donald Trump
- The Debate From Hell: Stumbling Biden Slow To Counter Trump’s Barrage Of Lies (“Trump lied nearly non-stop, on everything from tariffs to the VA Choice Act to his role on Jan. 6 — and got away with it thanks to a tired and fumbling performance by Biden”)
- Democrats Privately Discuss Replacing Biden on Presidential Ticket (The question is, who would replace him? And how would Democrats avoid brutal internecine warfare over this???)
- Biden’s Shaky Debate Performance Has Democrats Panicking
- Dems freak out over Biden’s debate performance: ‘Biden is toast’
- Time to Go, Joe (“Biden needs to step aside—for the sake of his own dignity, for the good of his party, for the future of the country.”)
- A Disaster for Joe Biden (“Watching the president at the first debate was at times almost physically uncomfortable.” VERY uncomfortable. Look, Biden’s been an excellent president, but this is not going to cut it…)
- SOS to Clinton and Obama: You Can End the Biden Nightmare after That Debate
- Biden has shaky debate showing as Trump repeats falsehoods
- Top Democratic fundraisers sound the alarm after Biden’s debate performance
- Biden’s disastrous debate pitches his reelection bid into crisis
- Jill Biden Must Step Up Now to Help Oust Her Husband
- ‘Defcon 1 moment’: Biden’s debate performance sends Democrats into panic
- Biden struggles to land lines as Trump lies in first presidential debate
- Who could replace Joe Biden? Here are six possibilities
- Trump-Biden debate likely amplified Americans’ dismay about the election
- Trump Was the Trump We Know. Biden Was the Biden We Feared.
- Some Democrats call for Biden to step aside and ‘throw in the towel’ on 2024
- Trump’s Lies About Abortion in America Were Particularly Appalling
- Was the Debate the Beginning of the End of Joe Biden’s Presidency? (“Notes on a disastrous night for the Democrats.”)
- Biden Needed to Focus the Debate on Trump and Failed
- ‘God Help Us’: 12 Writers Rate Biden’s Performance at the First Presidential Debate
- Joe Biden Is a Good Man and a Good President. He Must Bow Out of the Race.
- Biden Cannot Go on Like This
- Democrats really have no way to spin this. We break down Biden’s disastrous debate.
- Opinion | The Worst Debate Performance in American History
- Climate change got a question in the presidential debate. It didn’t get much of an answer.
- Joe Biden Set All the Rules in the Debate—And Still Got Trounced by Donald Trump (“The 81-year-old president stumbled, froze up, and fell for foolish back-and-forths, delivering a dismal showing that’s caused some Democrats to reconsider his candidacy altogether.” Just inexcusable – Biden WANTED this debate! As he would say, C’MON MAN!)
- Donald Trump is getting away with it (“The debate proved that Donald Trump is still a threat to democracy. How have we lost sight of that?”)
- ‘You’re the sucker, you’re the loser’: 90 miserable minutes of Biden v Trump (Incredibly, incredibly unpleasant – just awful.)
- Biden’s Debate Failure May Mean It’s Time to Step Aside (Also, whoever advised Biden to do this and prepared him for this should be fired – immediately.)
- Joe Biden should save his legacy by ending his candidacy
- Jake Tapper and Dana Bash’s Debate Performance Was an Embarrassment (“Do you know what they were? They weren’t moderators. They were f***ing mic stands”)
- Secrets of How Dems Ditch Biden (Spoiler: Bad News, Kamala)
- Biden stumbles as Trump spreads falsehoods
- Biden’s Disastrous Debate Accelerates Doubts Over Candidacy
- Fact checking the CNN presidential debate (This needed to happen IN REAL TIME, DURING the debate!!!)
- Joe Biden Mumbles and Stumbles the Democrats Into Crisis
- Video: Biden-Harris 2024 Releases New TV Ad on the Fight for a Woman’s Right to Emergency Medical Care (“Donald Trump Did This: He put women’s lives in danger.”)
- DEBATE COUNTDOWN: Those Who Know Trump Best Say He’s Unfit for the Presidency (Former Aides Label Trump “Wannabe Dictator,” “Threat to Democracy”; Former Top Trump White House Aide: “This man is unfit to be president”)
- Trump’s unqualified VP faves might mean a Palin redux for the GOP
- The MAGA Enemies List for Federal Employees (“Please don’t wait until you see your neighbors or co-workers being dragged away in the street, because by then it will be way too late.”)
- Garland says rising threats against civil servants endanger democracy
- Oklahoma’s State Superintendent Requires Public Schools to Teach the Bible (Republicans want theocracy.)
- California Is Showing How a Big State Can Power Itself Without Fossil Fuels
- Video: New Ad Argues, “Tim Kaine is working to lower costs for Virginians while Hung Cao would raise costs for hardworking Virginia families”
- McClellan, Spanberger work to repeal parts of 19th century law that could ban abortion nationally (Great, but it won’t pass the Republican-controlled House.)
- Video: Ahead of Debate, VA State Senators Ghazala Hashmi and Aaron Rouse Call Out Donald Trump, Rep. Jen Kiggans (R-VA02) and MAGA Republicans for Trying to Take Away Virginians’ Health Care (“Let’s be clear, Donald Trump is a threat to our freedom and reproductive rights”)
- Youngkin congratulates McGuire on winning 5th District GOP primary (The headline, of course, fails to mention that McGuire is an insurrectionist who was in the pro-Trump mob outside the US Capitol on 1/6/21. Because that wouldn’t be “objective” “journalism” or something?)
- After skipping previous Trump rally in Virginia, Youngkin goes all-in (Youngkin is evil.)
- Pope & Schapiro: A Trump campaign visit and a potential recount
- Editorial: Supporters and skeptics should see former President Trump speak (I’m including this item just to say that the Virginian-Pilot and Daily Press have now officially jumped the shark – or a long line of sharks, actually. WTF??? Is this “The Onion?” Sick.)
- Commentary: Virginians support commonsense gun reform. So should our elected leaders (This headline is complete crap: in fact, our DEMOCRATIC “elected leaders” DO support “commonsense gun reform”; it’s REPUBLICANS who are the problem, and the headline should make that clear!)
- If Virginia were a country, we’d have the third highest rate of prisoners per capita in the world
- Va. Senate Dems pitch new plan for military education waiver program
- Virginia House set to take up VMSDEP, but trouble could be on the horizon
- Multiple new caregiving laws take effect Monday
- FOIA Friday: New effort to shield UVA shooting report, Portsmouth’s severance payouts
- First lady Jill Biden visits Virginia Beach ahead of presidential debate
- Breakfast links: Spain’s Arlington primary win bolsters Missing Middle advocates
- Trump rally could bring thousands to Chesapeake Friday, along with traffic and road closures
- D.C.-area forecast: Nice Friday ahead of weekend heat, humidity and storm chances
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