by Lowell
Here are a few international, national and Virginia news headlines, political and otherwise, for Wednesday, June 12.
- Harmful gases destroying ozone layer falling faster than expected, study finds (“Scientists say atmospheric levels of damaging gases peaked five years ahead of projections, as substances phased out”)
- Russian barrage leaves Kyiv residents without power and water
- Cash-Strapped Ukraine Plans to Sell State Assets to Help Fund War Effort
- G-7 to Call on China to Stop Helping Russia’s War in Ukraine
- US to Widen Sanctions to Curb Chip Sales to Russia’s War Machine
- Hezbollah sends rocket barrage into Israel after strike kills commander
- How Ambitious Plans for a Floating Aid Pier off Gaza Fell Apart
- Why so many ‘day after’ plans for Gaza amount to no plan at all
- Israel and Hamas Signal Openness to Cease-Fire Plan, but Stop Short of Accepting It
- Hezbollah fires scores of rockets at northern Israel as Gaza cease-fire talks hang in the balance
- UN inquiry says Israel and Hamas have both committed war crimes since October 7
- Hamas gambled on the suffering of civilians in Gaza. Netanyahu played right into it
- Four Israeli hostages are finally free. Now for peace talks to break through.
- European Union Hits E.V.s From China With Tariffs Up to 38%
- EU to Impose Additional Tariffs on EV Imports From China
- Emmanuel Macron calls for moderate parties to join his camp to defeat far right in snap election
- EU top jobs field narrows, von der Leyen set for second term
- Fed Officials Eye Key Inflation Metric Hours Before Rate Decision
- Fed meeting and inflation report both hit Wednesday, and the impact could be huge
- American Optimism Comes for the Economy
- Samuel Alito’s Wife Openly Fantasizes About Flying Anti-Pride Flag With the Italian Word for “Shame” Surrounded by Flames (What on earth is wrong with her???)
- Samuel Alito may not love his wife’s Jan. 6 flags, but he sure agrees with their message
- Alito recording plunges Supreme Court into deeper controversy
- Analysis: Samuel Alito, caught on tape, reinforces why people are skeptical of the Supreme Court
- Sam Alito Clearly Thinks He’s Untouchable
- Alito’s ‘Godliness’ Comment Echoes a Broader Christian Movement
- New Audio: Alito Bashes ProPublica for Reporting on Supreme Court Ethics (Alito is unhinged, fascistic and very dangerous.)
- Sen. Lindsey Graham says he will block Democrats’ effort to unanimously pass Supreme Court ethics bill (Graham is a disgrace.)
- Supreme Court has a lot of work to do and little time to do it with a sizeable case backlog
- ‘Unfit For Office’: Paul Ryan Torches Trump In Scathing Fox News Interview
- Don’t worry, Trump will go back in time and fix everything
- The Biggest Lie Trump–Biden 2024 Rematch Voters Are Telling Themselves (“The system will not inevitably ‘hold.'”)
- The ‘double haters’ misnomer: Biden’s secret weapon (“A two-thirds majority of this cohort of voters thinks a felon has no place running for president.”)
- Trump Is Not America’s Le Pen (“He’s worse.”)
- The ‘Chilling’ Trump Plan That Could Pave The Way For Authoritarianism (“This feels like the biggest problem that the fewest people understand about a potential second Trump administration”)
- Project 2025 partners want to make divorce a lot harder
- Holocaust denier Nick Fuentes tells his followers to join Project 2025 (“We just got to fill up this administration with groypers, which means you need to get in the database for American Moment or Project 2025 or AFPI or the Trump campaign”)
- The Worst Possible Trump Attorney General Is the One He’d Be Likeliest to Pick (“Corruption and cruelty defined the former president’s DOJ and his approach to public service overall, and he has now identified someone who could immediately make a second Trump DOJ even worse: Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton.”)
- Mitch McConnell To Meet With Trump For The First Time Since Jan. 6 Attack (McConnell is a disgrace.)
- Donald Trump Jr. moves to be MAGA’s new kingmaker (This guy is pure evil.)
- Hunter Biden verdict shatters Trump’s persecution narrative (“Hunter Biden’s guilty verdict should bolster faith in the legal system. But Trump supporters spun up new falsehoods.”)
- Hunter Biden verdict throws ‘sand in the gears’ of GOP’s attacks on legal system
- Hunter Biden’s conviction shows there’s not a two-tier system of justice (There actually IS a two-tiered system of justice, with Trump getting away with murder over and over again.)
- Trump and Co. Come Up With Most Deranged Theory Yet: Joe Biden Wanted Hunter Biden to Be Found Guilty (Lunatics.)
- Republicans push conspiracy theories after Hunter Biden verdict: ‘A fake trial’ (These people are insane.)
- MAGA propagandists juggle conspiracy theories following Hunter Biden verdict
- House Oversight chair pushes for sweeping DOJ probe after Hunter Biden guilty verdict
- Hunter Biden Conviction Blows Up Republican Conspiracy Theories
- Biden reacts to his son Hunter’s guilty verdict in gun case, vowing to “respect the judicial process”
- Nancy Mace Defeats G.O.P. Challenger, Dealing Blow to McCarthy’s Revenge Tour
- Dark money news outlets outpacing local daily newspapers (“As of last year, there were only 1,213 daily local newspapers in the U.S. That number may have gone down significantly in the time since, but the researchers who track that data have yet to release an updated figure for 2024.”)
- Sam Brown clinches Nevada GOP primary for key Senate race
- GOP averts disaster in Ohio shocker: 5 takeaways from Tuesday’s primaries
- “False gospel”: The new GOP attack on Dolly Parton is a tactic borrowed from the Christian right
- Traffic resumes through Baltimore’s busy port after $100M cleanup of collapsed bridge
- Judge strikes down Florida’s anti-trans care ban, citing animus
- Sen. Kaine visits Front Royal, states threats to democracy on the rise
- Kaine Visits Loudoun Seniors to Talk Prescription Cost, Access Challenges
- Video: Likely 2024 VA GOP US Senate Nominee Hung Cao “flips out when someone from Southwest Virginia confronts him about his ‘podunk’ comments” (This guy is unfit to hold ANY office, let alone U.S. Senate…)
- Mountain Valley Pipeline approved for operation
- Eileen Filler-Corn makes case for Virginia’s 10th Congressional seat
- DEQ’s effort to end the solar wars ends up making lemons out of lemonade
- Virginia joins request to American Bar Association to drop its DEI standards (Pathetic.)
- A charity or a front for Hamas? Attorney General Miyares wants access to a Muslim nonprofit’s books
- Editorial: Youngkin wants to discard another climate law without legislative consent (“Ignoring the public will, Gov. Youngkin tries to bypass the legislative again to roll back another climate law.”)
- Military families plead with Virginia lawmakers to keep dependents’ tuition program intact
- Southern Baptists expel Virginia church for believing women can serve as pastors
- Mountain Valley Pipeline gets final approval to begin operations (Stupid.)
- Virginia NAACP and Students Sue the Shenandoah County School Board (“A new lawsuit alleges the Shenandoah County School Board violated the US Constitution, Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and the Equal Educational Opportunity Act by reinstating Confederate school names.”)
- Virginia school board sued after reinstating Confederate school names
- Henrico schools update cellphone, self-defense and VHSL suspension policies
- Roanoke names interim city manager
- Contentious Franklin County School Board considers review of challenged book policy
- Some Arlington parents call for schools to adopt ‘away for the day’ cellphone policy
- City of Lynchburg accuses council member of witness intimidation 6 weeks before federal lawsuit trial
- D.C.-area forecast: One last comfortable day before heat arrives tomorrow and Friday
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