by Lowell (note: I’ve been in the hospital for several days with a serious bacterial infection that appears to have impacted by heart; am out now and being treated with IV antibiotics for 6 weeks…hopefully it works! Meanwhile, back to fighting for our democracy and against those who would destroy it.)
- A new study finds the Earth is warming at a record rate, but there is no evidence of climate change accelerating
- Oceans face ‘triple threat’ of extreme heat, oxygen loss and acidification (Great job, fossil fuel industry…)
- A year of elections in democracies around the world is revealing deep dissatisfaction among voters
- Holocaust survivors urge young Europeans to vote against far right (“Those who lived through Nazi atrocities say voters must use their voice in EU elections”)
- ‘We Are the World Power.’ How Joe Biden Leads
- Donald Trump Is Banned from 37 Countries as Convicted Felon, Including Major Allies Like Canada and U.K. (“If elected president again, Trump would need special permission to enter several key countries for maintaining foreign relations”)
- Visiting Europe, Biden Will Find Both Solidarity and Isolation
- Macron is considering a risky plan in Ukraine. What if Putin calls his bluff?
- Ukraine is a dividing line in European election that centrists hope to exploit
- Israel and Hezbollah Move Closer to Full-Scale War
- Israel steps up military offensive in Gaza amid renewed truce efforts
- Gunman attacks U.S. Embassy in Beirut as Israel nears decision on launching Lebanon offensive
- Biden Suggests Netanyahu May Be Dragging Out War for Political Gain
- Israel phasing out use of desert detention camp after CNN investigation detailing abuses
- Mass graves and body bags: al-Shifa hospital after Israel withdrew its forces
- What Israel’s Leaders Can’t—or Won’t—Say About Biden’s Ceasefire Announcement
- Israel Secretly Targets U.S. Lawmakers With Influence Campaign on Gaza War
- How Mexico’s democratic election might undermine Mexican democracy
- The Failing State Next Door (“Mexico has its first woman president. But her big win may be a bigger danger to democracy and security.”)
- Mexican mayor killed hours after first woman elected president
- Why India’s Modi failed to win outright majority (“Mr Modi has lost some of his aura of invincibility and the results mean the opposition is back.” Good!)
- Indian Voters Have Finally Woken Up
- Modi Seeks to Shore Up His Coalition to Secure Third Term
- India’s election shows the world’s largest democracy is still a democracy (“The biggest takeaways from Narendra Modi’s political setback.”)
- Australia wants to become a renewable energy superpower. Can it?
- A War on the Nile Pushes Sudan Toward the Abyss
- Survey: Americans ready to take climate action
- Scorching heat wave set to smash records across U.S. Southwest (This is the climate crisis.)
- The Pentagon is learning how to change at the speed of war (“The dynamic Ukraine battlespace has provided a needed jolt to a system that has long been too slow to change.”)
- Biden Says Trump Left Him ‘No Choice’ as He Moves to Seal Border
- FACT SHEET: President Biden Announces New Actions to Secure the Border
- A Proclamation on Securing the Border
- Biden rolls out migration order that aims to shut down asylum requests, after months of anticipation
- In Shift, Biden Issues Order Allowing Temporary Border Closure to Migrants
- Democrats divided over Biden’s executive order
- Five ways to respond to Alito’s contemptuous letter
- Alito’s the tip of the iceberg: More Republicans wave Christian nationalist flag despite MAGA threat
- The Supreme Court remains the linchpin of Trumpworld’s push for power (“Trump’s response to his New York conviction and a new indictment of his allies in Wisconsin are the latest examples.”)
- Trump’s New York conviction is not enough (“If the federal government wants to uphold democracy and the rule of law, it can’t leave convicting Trump to the states.”)
- Judge Cannon expands hearing on Trump’s request to declare special counsel’s appointment invalid
- The Truth of Trump Is Very Far From the Myth
- Biden calls Trump ‘reckless and dangerous’ over claims trial was rigged
- Joe Biden Thinks “Something Snapped” in Donald Trump (“In some of his most direct remarks about the former president’s verdict, Biden underscored the link between his “unhinged” opponent’s personal corruption and his antidemocratic aspirations.”)
- Trump’s Most Audacious Lie Yet (“The former president is claiming he never said ‘Lock her up.'”)
- Trump asks judge to terminate gag order in hush money case
- The case for imprisoning Donald Trump
- Bankrolling the Big Lie
- Trump Allies Sue to Allow Election Officials to Refuse to Certify Results
- Married to the Mob (“To understand Trump, we need to understand how a mob boss operates. A key point is this: He keeps people with direct knowledge of his criminality close, and he often buys their silence with all that illegally gotten money. “)
- The best argument to lock up Trump: Merchan must protect the judiciary
- Democrats must defend Trump’s guilty verdict against MAGA jury denial
- Project 2025 partners use right-wing media to sow distrust in American elections
- Trump was convicted on 34 counts. Here’s how right-wing media melted down.
- Trump Floats Jailing Political Enemies, Attacks E. Jean Carroll In Wild Interview
- ‘It’s very possible’: Trump floats imprisoning his political opponents
- Team Trump Claims Guilty Conviction Led to $141 Million Fundraising Bonanza in May (“Apparently being a convicted felon is working out well for the ex-president.”)
- Scoop: Trump’s protectors push Johnson for House vote (“Conservatives want a floor vote on a bill that would allow current or former presidents to move any state case brought against them — such as the one in New York that resulted in Trump’s conviction — to federal court, according to multiple House Republican sources.” Crazy.)
- GOP plans aggressive ‘weaponization’ investigations in wake of Trump conviction (“House Speaker Mike Johnson vowed to use House oversight powers and other measures to target jurisdictions pursuing prosecutions of the former president.”)
- Conservative attacks on birth control could threaten access
- Scoop: GOP campaign arm’s birth control message
- After the Trump verdict, most Republicans say they’re OK with having a criminal as president (FUBAR)
- Racial resentment’ a factor in violence of 6 January 2021, study says (“Measurable in Trump supporters, psycho-social phenomenon can have consequences for democracy, authors say”)
- Lara Trump Failed the Hogan Test (“The Republican Party is turning away from candidates who support the rule of law.”)
- Colorado Republican Party issues call to burn all Pride flags
- ‘You Nazi piece of s—’: Hunter Biden’s wife confronts Trump ally in hallway outside gun trial
- Hunter Biden Prosecutors Might’ve Already Lost the Jury
- Trump takes a hit in New Jersey: 5 takeaways from Tuesday’s primaries
- Hunter Biden Didn’t ‘Knowingly’ Lie to Buy Gun, Lawyer Says
- Garland slams attacks on the Justice Department, telling lawmakers: ‘I will not be intimidated’
- Wisconsin attorney general files felony charges against attorneys, aide who worked for Trump in 2020
- Tim Sheehy won the Montana GOP primary. November’s race may decide Senate control
- ‘Cooking someone to death’: Southern states resist calls to add air conditioning to prisons (“Advocates have called the sweltering conditions in some prisons ‘cruel and unusual’ punishment.”)
- Dems weigh local ties, anti-Trump fame in primary for Spanberger seat
- VA-05 Republican candidate John McGuire is facing a lawsuit for defamation
- Commentary: On Ukraine and national security, Congressman Good falls short (And on everything else.)
- What’s in Virginia’s transportation spending plan?
- Virginia officials tout preparedness as ‘active’ hurricane season begins
- Editorial: Thousands of convicted felons would benefit from Youngkin’s mercy
- Va.’s first anti-hazing summit held at VCU, hosted by family of freshman who died after frat party
- Norfolk Southern and CSX sue Cox Communications over broadband installations
- Virginia moves closer to extending passenger rail to the New River Valley
- Public left out of talks about future of Virginia Aquarium, Virginia Beach council member says
- ‘It’s a mess:’ Richmond restaurants struggle with city meals tax woes
- Fariss waives preliminary hearing on drug, gun charges, sending case to grand jury
- D.C.-area forecast: Dodging showers and storms through tomorrow, drier Friday and Saturday
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