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by Lowell
Here are a few international, national and Virginia news headlines, political and otherwise, for Saturday, June 29.
- Q&A: The First Presidential Debate Hardly Mentioned Environmental Issues, Despite Stark Differences Between the Candidate’s Records
- Trump would withdraw US from Paris climate treaty again, campaign says (That SHOULD BE disqualifying in and of itself!)
- Journalists refused entry to Azerbaijan energy conference ahead of Cop29 (Unacceptable.)
- Russia presses its offensive in Ukraine and issues new threats as the West tries to blunt the push
- The U.N. begins distributing food aid in Gaza brought ashore by the U.S. military for the first time since June 9
- Israeli war’s latest phase may reckon with tension between dismantling Hamas and rescuing hostages
- Exclusive: US has sent Israel thousands of 2,000-pound bombs since Oct. 7
- Scoop: U.S. proposed new language in effort to reach Gaza hostage-ceasefire deal
- US removes Gaza aid pier due to weather and may not put it back, officials say
- The Postwar Vision That Sees Gaza Sliced Into Security Zones
- French PM in final appeal to stop far-right victory
- Who could replace Rishi Sunak as Tory leader if he loses the election?
- Britain Awaits a Wipeout Election (“After fourteen years of Conservative rule, how will Labour pick up the pieces?”)
- Brexit Backlash: Brits Now Regret Their Populist Revolt (NOW they’re figuring it out? LOL)
- Iran to hold runoff election with reformist Pezeshkian and hard-liner Jalili after low-turnout vote (“Mohsen Eslami, an election spokesman, announced the result in a news conference carried by Iranian state television. He said of 24.5 million votes cast, Pezeshkian got 10.4 million while Jalili received 9.4 million.”)
- Khamenei protege, sole moderate to battle in Iran’s presidential run-off
- The justices toss yet another precedent, delighting conservatives
- The justices just shackled Biden and every future president — and created new messes for Congress to solve (This Court is HORRENDOUS.)
- Elena Kagan’s scathing Chevron dissent highlights US supreme court’s disregard for precedent (“The court is turning into ‘an administrative czar’, says liberal justice after 40-year-old doctrine is overturned”)
- Supreme Court Imperils an Array of Federal Rules
- Supreme Court Executes Massive Power Grab From Executive Branch In New Ruling
- What it means for the Supreme Court to throw out Chevron decision, undercutting federal regulators
- The Supreme Court weakens federal regulators, overturning decades-old Chevron decision
- Attorney General Merrick B. Garland Statement on the Supreme Court’s Decision in Fischer v. United States
- Supreme Court makes it harder to charge Capitol riot defendants with obstruction, charge Trump faces
- Donald Trump could be in for a ‘huge windfall’ after the Supreme Court narrowed charges against January 6 rioters
- Supreme Court gives cities and towns power to criminalize homelessness
- Supreme Court Power Grab Overturns 40-Year Precedent In Huge Win For Corporations
- Project 2025 partners join right-wing media and climate deniers to celebrate SCOTUS decision overturning Chevron deference
- After EPA Ruling, Environmentalists Deem Supreme Court “No Longer Neutral”
- A String of Supreme Court Decisions Hits Hard at Environmental Rules
- The Supreme Court just made a massive power grab it will come to regret (“Welcome to hell, SCOTUS.”)
- The Supreme Court’s Ruling Criminalizing Sleeping While Homeless Shows New Depths of Cruelty
- 6-week abortion ban can take effect, Iowa Supreme Court rules, ending injunction (Bonkers.)
- Trump dodged a broad range of questions as Biden struggled on stage
- Biden acknowledges age, bad debate performance but vows to beat Trump
- Why Biden didn’t accept the truth that was there for all to see (“If he has the strength and wisdom to step aside, the Democrats will have two months to choose another candidate.”)
- How Biden and the Democrats should think through what to do now (“If he forges ahead, Mr. Biden would have four months to rebut fears about his mental acuity and physical stamina. But occasional good performances are a shaky reed on which to balance an election of titanic consequence.”)
- All 50 of Trump’s Lies (One of Trump’s most disgusting, heinous lies was about former VA Gov. Ralph Northam and supposed Democratic support for abortion “after birth.” Zero pushback from Jake Tapper, of course.)
- CNN fails the nation
- It’s Inexcusable That The Debate Ignored Project 2025
- Fact checks were prevalent during and after the Biden-Trump debate — but not for real-time viewers
- Katty Kay: Panic and confusion as Democrats weigh Biden’s future
- Biden vows to fight on in first speech after Trump debate
- It Was Up to Biden Alone to Push Back on Trump’s Lies at the Debate. He Couldn’t Do It. (“Trump lied over and over and over again. I can think of only one time he even sideswiped the truth.”)
- What would happen if Biden decided to leave the race?
- Will Biden be the nominee? 3 scenarios for what’s next. (“Open convention? Swap in Harris? Or stay the course?”)
- Joe Biden’s Debate Performance Was Objectively Terrible—and Trump Is Still Trump (“Where does that leave us?”
- Thoughts on Last Night’s Debate-From-Hell: “you don’t let a proven propagandist on stage without stopping him when he lies”; “Trump did not win the debate, Biden lost it” (“If we go down as a nation–and we just might–it’s because the corporatized media enabled it through performative neutrality”)
- Biden acknowledges bad debate performance and age
- A Newly Energized Joe Biden Addresses The Elephant In The Room (“I don’t debate as well as I used to, but I know what I do know: I know how to tell the truth”)
- Obama Rode to Biden’s Rescue—but Intervention Could Yet Come
- Biden acknowledges weak debate performance as Democratic questions swirl over whether he’ll stay in the presidential race
- Why Biden’s Debate Catastrophe Was Months in the Making (“On stage was a man who failed. Behind the scenes is a team whose arrogance, stubbornness and lethargy have walked America into a crisis.” These people…)
- Joe Biden bombed during the debate. But who will ask him to step down?
- The seven people who could force Joe Biden’s hand
- 60% of voters want Biden replaced as candidate after debate, poll says
- New York Times editorial board urges Biden to drop out of presidential race (The NY Times editorial board, by the way, has NOT called for Donald Trump – traitor, felon, insurrectionist, rapist, etc. – to drop out. Totally f’ed up newspaper.)
- The New York Times wants Biden gone — but they seem OK with a convicted felon (“Lies, confusion and garbage – the presidential debate was everything we feared”)
- I was at the Trump-Biden presidential debate and it became very clear what had gone wrong (“Their strategy had one major flaw: it relied on memory – not the president’s strong point, at 81 years of age – and on the delivery of facts. Facts are all very well and good during a political campaign and, of course, are paramount for policy. But debates are about who you are. Trump knows that very well.”)
- Biden’s Loved Ones Owe Him the Truth
- Joe Biden Just Handed Democrats a Serious Dilemma
- The Writing on Joe Biden’s Face at the Presidential Debate (“The true locus of the President’s humiliation onstage was not his misbegotten words but the sorry pictures he made with his face.”)
- Panicked Emails, Gallows Humor: The Aftermath of Biden’s Debate Disaster
- 10 options if Democrats actually try to replace Biden
- 47.9 million viewers tuned in to CNN’s presidential debate with Biden and Trump
- ‘You get back up’: Biden parlays disappointing debate into rallying cry for supporters
- Biden Team Hits Back After Debate With Whopping ‘50 Lies Trump Told On The Debate Stage’
- ‘Every Democrat Needs to Do Soul-Searching’: Biden’s House Allies Are Stressed About His Future
- ‘Chill The F**k Out’: John Fetterman Urges Democrats To Stick With Joe Biden
- ‘Hello from my Black job’: Democratic politicians question Trump debate remark
- The Agonizing Consequences of That Catastrophic Debate
- How To Process Biden’s Debate Disaster
- Scoop: Schumer’s pre-debate fears come true
- Major Democratic Donors Ask Themselves: What to Do About Biden?
- Kamala Harris Could Win This Election. Let Her.
- Harris is in a uniquely tricky spot as Biden’s lieutenant and most obvious successor
- Steve Bannon’s emergency prison appeal shot down by Supreme Court
- Steve Bannon must report to prison by Monday after Supreme Court rejects last-minute appeal
- Bob Good accuses Lynchburg elections office of improper conduct
- Military Veterans Slam Trump Ahead of his Trip to Chesapeake (“My deployment in Baghdad was the greatest honor of my life…Trump will never understand that feeling because all he thinks about is himself. He’s a disgrace to veterans and military families”)
- Ahead of Chesapeake Rally, Americans for Contraception Challenges Trump and Youngkin on Contraception Rights (Why did Youngkin veto “Virginia’s Right to Contraception Act, which would have codified the right to birth control pills, condoms, IUDs, emergency contraception, and more?”)
- Youngkin and Trump rally in Virginia, as Democrats defend Biden (“Youngkin led a lineup of Republican former governors and current candidates proclaiming their support for Trump.”)
- Former President Donald Trump discusses climate change, the American Dream at Chesapeake rally that drew thousands (This headline by the Virginian-Pilot is OUTRAGEOUSLY bad – in fact, Trump DENIED climate change, no clue what they mean by Trump discussing the “American Dream.” Just a bizarre newspaper.)
- Trump gushes about Youngkin, hammers Biden in first post-debate campaign stop in Chesapeake
- Trump steps up ground game in Virginia after Biden’s shaky debate
- Virginia House quickly passes repeal of military tuition program changes, but Senate fate unclear (The vote in the HoD was unanimous.)
- House of Delegates offers up clean repeal of VMSDEP changes
- Virginia House votes to repeal restrictions on military tuition program (“The Virginia Senate majority leader said the measure will not advance in that chamber.”)
- Report: Mountain Valley Pipeline testing released water in June
- Trump says the Unite the Right story was ‘debunked.’ Charlottesville disagrees.
- Loudoun Co. schools helping pair bikes with students who need them most
- How Henrico County’s housing compares regionally
- D.C.-area forecast: Hot and humid weekend, with occasional storm potential
