by Lowell
Here are a few international, national and Virginia news headlines, political and otherwise, for Friday, July 26.
- UN chief urges wealthy countries to beat fossil fuel ‘addiction’ amid expansions (“Secretary general said wealthiest countries are ‘signing away our future’ with more production and called for phase-out of fossil fuels”)
- In the Developing Field of Climate Psychology, ‘Eco-Anxiety’ Is a Rational Response (Seriously, if you’re NOT anxious about the climate crisis, are you even paying any attention at all???)
- Deep-ocean currents weaken in a warming climate
- Climate hero or villain? Fossil fuel frenzy challenges Norway’s green image (“As it rapidly adopts clean technologies while drilling furiously for oil and gas, the Nordic nation is a paradox”)
- Forget nuclear: 5B says plunging price of PV means giga-scale solar farms the future for old coal plants
- ‘Time for this war to end,’ Harris tells Netanyahu; ‘I will not be silent’ on Palestinian suffering
- Harris pressed Netanyahu at meeting for Gaza ceasefire, hostage deal (Good!)
- Kamala Harris condemns pro-Hamas protesters who burned American flag in D.C. (Also good.)
- Netanyahu protested to White House about U.S. sanctions on Israeli settlers (Too f’ing bad.)
- Netanyahu will meet Trump at Mar-a-Lago, mending a years-long rift (Disgusting.)
- Olympics live updates: French rail network sabotaged hours before opening ceremony
- U.S. authorities arrest Sinaloa Cartel leaders, including El Chapo’s son
- Fed Seen Signaling September Rate Cut at Next Week’s Meeting (Long overdue.)
- Biden-Harris Administration, NOAA propose $575 million to increase coastal climate resilience
- Justice Kagan calls for a way to enforce Supreme Court ethics code
- 25 states, including Va., file emergency appeal to U.S. Supreme Court to halt EPA’s carbon rule (Absolutely disgraceful by these right-wing, pro-polluter AGs, including the odious Jason Miyares here in Virginia.)
- Trump’s second-term agenda plans a purge of the federal workforce (EXTREMELY dangerous – this would be an unmitigated DISASTER!)
- The GOP’s Secret Weapon for 2024? Bogus Lawsuits.
- Yet Another Strong Economic Report Demonstrates Why It’s Both Morally Wrong and a “Bad Bet” for Republicans to “[root] for the economy to fail, hoping that Americans will suffer and it will benefit them politically” (Thanks to the Biden-Harris administration, former Speaker Pelosi, etc. (and no thanks to Republicans) for helping make this happen!)
- Economic Growth Quickens, Rising at 2.8% Rate in Second Quarter (“Second-quarter GDP marks sharp acceleration from the first quarter”)
- U.S. economy grew 2.8% in second quarter, a robust unexpected strengthening
- GDP surge: ‘The fundamentals are on the side of Harris’
- Future Forward launches a $50 million ad blitz for Harris ahead of DNC
- Harris’ launch shows Democrats were eager to take on Trump aggressively
- Yes, Biden earned a second term. He’s also right to step down.
- Zooms for Kamala Harris Draw Six-Digit Attendance, Break Records and Raise Millions (That includes the Virginia Women for Kamala Harris call last night. Great stuff!)
- Fearing a Trump takeover, Justice Department alumni endorse Kamala Harris (“Former DOJ officials warned in a new letter that the “fabric of the nation, the rule of law and the future of the Democracy are at stake in this election.””)
- Trump campaign plays defense amid Harris honeymoon
- The Typical GOP “Jezebel” Playbook Is a Loser in 2024
- ‘Trump Is Old And Quite Weird’: Kamala Harris Camp Hits Back At ‘78-Year-Old Criminal’ Trump’s Fox News Interview
- Harris says she’s ready to debate Trump and accuses him of ‘backpedaling’ from Sept. 10 faceoff
- Trump’s Campaign Says He Won’t Schedule Debates With Harris Yet
- Kamala Harris is making politics fun again
- What’s fueling Kamala Harris’ TikTok surge
- Harris Narrows Gap Against Trump, Times/Siena Poll Finds
- Harris Touts a Tough-on-Crime Image That Was Once a Liability
- Exclusive: CNN survey finds 48 states say Harris can get on ballot instead of Biden, rejecting claim switch breaks state laws
- Harris Is Said to Plan to Name Running Mate by Aug. 7
- Kamala Harris’s first important decision: Her running mate
- Republicans see Gov. Josh Shapiro as Harris’ ‘super strong’ VP contender
- Barack and Michelle Obama endorse Kamala Harris for president
- Video: “I’m Kamala Harris, and I’m running for President of the United States” (“We believe in the promise of America, and we’re ready to fight for it. Because when we fight, we win.”)
- Some House Republicans slam Vance as Trump’s VP pick: ‘The worst choice’ (Vance is a total freakazoid.)
- Kamala Harris’ stepdaughter responds to ‘childless’ attack from JD Vance: ‘I love my three parents’
- Trump botches Kamala Harris’s first name, again and again and again (He’s clearly doing it on purpose.)
- Republicans Really Wish Trump Hadn’t Picked J.D. Vance (Vance is a disaster in every way, also just a bizarre/freakish/extremist dude.)
- Aniston criticises JD Vance’s ‘childless cat ladies’ comment (Vance is just a repulsive person.)
- JD Vance’s ‘Cat Ladies’ Riff Has Serious ‘Handmaid’s Tale’ Vibes
- The Associated Press removes a fact-check claiming JD Vance has not had sex with a couch
- J.D. Vance Endorsed Book That Calls Progressives “Unhumans” and Praises Jan. 6 Rioters
- J.D. Vance has made it impossible for Trump to run away from Project 2025 (“He wrote the foreword for a new book by Project 2025’s architect — and has backed some of its most extreme ideas.”)
- Trump allies pour $32 million more into attacking Harris on the border and her record as prosecutor
- Vast majority of Black voters trust Harris and distrust Trump, survey finds
- The Cynic and the Two Nations (“It’s been twenty years since then-state senator Obama assured us there was not a liberal America and a conservative America. In that time, a new country has been building with fearful momentum. Can anything be done to stop it?”)
- F.B.I. Examining Bullet Fragments Found at Trump Rally Site
- Finally Word from the FBI -About The Trump Story The Press Has Refused To Question (This REALLY demonstrates how terrified most of the “mainstream media” is of Trump, the far right, etc. It’s glaring.)
- Melania Trump, Utterly Silent on So Much Else, Plans to Tell Us Allllll About Her “Extraordinary Life” (What a joke.)
- Elon Musk’s trans daughter Vivian Wilson slams his anti-LGBTQ+ comments as ‘ketamine-fueled haze’
- Elon Musk’s transgender daughter, in first interview, says he berated her for being queer as a child (Musk is just evil.)
- Blake Masters: ‘Political leaders should have children’ (Blake Masters is a far-right-extremist nutjob.)
- Pentagon panel to review Medals of Honor given to soldiers at the Wounded Knee massacre (Uhhhh…it was a friggin’ MASSSACRE, so no, soldiers shouldn’t be honored for it!)
- Newsom Orders California Officials to Remove Homeless Encampments
- ‘The woke radicals will not like it’: Oklahoma releases Bible guidelines for schools (And by “woke radicals,” they mean people who believe in the separation of church and state, also who aren’t Christian nationalists.)
- Judge throws out Gateway Pundit’s bankruptcy claim
- Video: Sen. Mark Warner Rips Trump Calling America “a stupid country”; Expresses Great Confidence in Kamala Harris, Says She “will do great in Virginia” (For VP, Warner prefers “somebody that is viewed as a moderate”, also “governors because they’ve got executive experience”)
- Video: Rep. Jennifer Wexton (D-VA10) Marks Disability Pride Month on House Floor Using New AI Voice Model (“I hope I can be a voice — even an AI voice — for Americans facing accessibility challenges and other disabilities, because too often people only see us for that disability. And in truth we are so much more”)
- A neurological disorder stole her voice. Jennifer Wexton takes it back on the House floor.
- Rep. Spanberger introduces legislation to get newspapers delivered on time
- Pope & Schapiro: The presidential campaigns and Virginia
- Newest Youngkin Board of Ed appointee draws Democrats’ ire (Yeah, because she’s an anti-public-education extremist who has ZERO business being on the Board of Ed.)
- Youngkin appoints two more to education board, including Scalia daughter
- Va. education board adopts new school accreditation regulations (“Board likely to consider accountability system in August”)
- Youngkin approves changes to animal waste rules aimed at reducing groundwater pollution
- Dominion customers’ bills to rise for offshore project costs
- Preview exhibit explores experiences of enslaved people in Virginia (“The Shockoe Institute is scheduled to open in fall 2025.”)
- Virginia awards $17 million for broadband to localities in Southwest and Southside
- Richmonders weigh in on Kamala Harris as presumptive Democratic nominee
- Richmond sells $130 million in bonds for Diamond District stadium
- Blacksburg councilman facing election fraud charges filed different addresses
- FOIA Friday: $223 for one email, Portsmouth needs redo on pay records
- Miyares defends Hanover schools in transgender athlete suit
- Family of sailor who died by suicide at Newport News Shipbuilding sues Navy, shipyard
- D.C.-area forecast: Decent today through the weekend as temperatures rise (Weather forecasters in this area keep blowing the forecasts this summer, by the way – they keep forecasting significant rain, like for this week, then…nope, fizzle.)
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