by Lowell
Here are a few international, national and Virginia news headlines, political and otherwise, for Sunday, June 23.
- Melting? Fossil Fuels Have Made Extreme Heat 35 Times More Likely in North America
- Hajj heat wave deaths underscore climate threat for most vulnerable
- German Minister Says China Indispensable to Achieve Climate Goals (Absolutely.)
- Ukraine war briefing: Zelenskiy calls for more military aid after strike on Kharkiv apartment block
- Russia Is Storing Up a Crime Wave When Its War on Ukraine Ends (“The return of Wagner recruits to Russia has proved a shock to residents of cities and villages who discover men they thought were serving long jail terms living among them.”)
- Russia could reduce decision time for use of nuclear weapons, lawmaker says (That’s crazy.)
- ‘No one knows what he’s going to say’ – WH fears mount about Bibi’s DC visit
- Unable to back down, Israel and Hezbollah move closer to all-out war (Really, really NOT good!)
- Israel’s Iron Dome risks being overwhelmed in all-out war with Hezbollah, says US (“Militants in Lebanon can fire 3,000 missiles a day, US officials warn as fears grow that the conflict will escalate”)
- ‘They miscalculated’: Gaza’s floating aid pier failing to deliver in rough seas
- Israel defence chief to discuss Gaza, Lebanon on U.S. trip
- At least 39 people killed in Israeli strikes across northern Gaza, officials say
- Israeli army strapped wounded Palestinian to jeep (WTF???)
- Israel’s Gallant Heads to US With Tensions High Over Arms Claims
- Blaming Hamas for Gazans’ Suffering, Many Israelis Feel Little Sympathy
- China’s teeming cities get greener and cleaner in nationwide parks campaign (“The goal is to make Beijing a garden capital with clear skies, clean water, abundant forests and harmonious living environments”)
- US, Vietnam Discuss Boosting Cooperation in Wake of Putin Visit
- The Man Softening the Ground for an Extremist Germany
- Why U.K. Conservatives Are Headed For A Historic Defeat
- ‘Mother of all battles’: French left join forces to beat far-right electoral threat
- French election this month rattles financial markets as debt woes mount
- In France, and the U.S., Immigration Moves to the Political Center
- ‘Catastrophic flooding’ in Upper Midwest prompts evacuations as record-breaking heat wave broils the West and mid-Atlantic (This is the climate crisis. It’s LONG past time to get off of fossil fuels!)
- Heat wave continues to boil the Midwest and East Coast while storms brew behind it
- In Trump we trust: religious right on crusade to make their man president (Really, really warped.)
- Trump keeps flip-flopping his policy positions after meeting with rich people
- Trump cranks up false, inflammatory messages to rake in campaign cash (“Fundraising experts say the solicitations are aggressive even by the standards of Trump’s frequently hyperbolic language. President Biden’s campaign condemned the messages as laying the groundwork for more violence.”)
- Trump Just Revealed How He’ll Attack Biden at Debate—and It’s Vile
- Trump Entertains Bizarre UFC-Like Concept For Migrants: ‘Not The Worst Idea I’ve Ever Had’
- Trump floats UFC-style migrant league amid border crisis (Sick, unhinged, etc. NOBODY should be voting for this psychopath.)
- Trump’s sledgehammer message to Philadelphia is light on facts, heavy on fear (“The former president used his first rally in the city of brotherly love to tie violent crime with illegal immigration, despite the evidence against this”)
- Trump floats ‘migrant league of fighters’ in latest dehumanizing rhetoric against migrants
- What Can We Expect from the Biden-Trump Debate? (“Until recently, it wasn’t clear that the two men would ever share a stage again. Now there’s a potential for even greater stakes and strangeness than four years ago.”)
- Here’s How Biden Could Rattle Trump in Their First Debate
- Who Is on Donald Trump’s Revenge List?
- Trump campaign seeks to head off convention revolt from its right flank
- Trump Says He’s Chosen a Vice President – But Hasn’t Told Them
- Trump endorses Ten Commandments in schools, implores evangelical Christians to vote in November
- Bernie shreds billionaires backing Trump: ‘They’d rather give up democracy than take a hit’
- GOP Plan for Democratic Convention: Bash Chicago as a Mess
- Elon Musk Wants You to Have More Babies (“Musk, father of at least 12, has been quietly buying mainstream respectability for fringe theories about a coming population collapse.” Musk is completely insane.)
- All The Washington Post Has Is Its Credibility (“The uproar over a publisher’s ethics is a matter of survival.”)
- Political Winners and Losers: Virginia Primary Elections June 2024
- Bowman, in Fight for His Political Life, Embraces the Left’s Star Power
- Some Jewish voters don’t like what he’s saying about the war in Gaza. Why that might cost him his seat
- Florida Dems Hope Fourth Time Is A Charm Against Rick Scott And His Bank Account
- DeSantis Vetoes All Arts Grants in Florida
- Donald Trump plans rally in Chesapeake on Friday after presidential debate
- Virginia legislators weigh in on bump stocks after federal ban struck down
- Editorial: Reducing barriers to mental health care will save lives in Virginia
- Va. proposed changes to African American history course, documents show (“The elective course was reviewed to see if it complied with Youngkin executive order banning ‘inherently divisive concepts’”)
- UVa alumna who claims school slow-walked sexual assault case speaks out
- Arlington Dems Press Release: JD Spain, Sr. Secures Democratic Primary Nomination for Arlington County Board
- D.C.-area forecast: Dangerous heat continues today, with a chance of late-day storms
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