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by Lowell
Here are a few international, national and Virginia news headlines, political and otherwise, for Saturday, July 6.
- In Ukraine, Killings of Surrendering Russians Divide an American-Led Unit
- France ends ugly campaign and draws breath before historic vote
- Reformist Masoud Pezeshkian wins Iran’s presidential runoff election, besting hard-liner Saeed Jalili (“Pezeshkian promised no radical changes to Iran’s Shiite theocracy in his campaign, but even his modest aims will be challenged by an Iranian government still largely held by hard-liners.”)
- Reformist Masoud Pezeshkian elected Iran’s president (“The vote was declared in Dr Pezeshkian’s favour after he secured 53.3% of the more than 30 million votes counted. Mr Jalili polled at 44.3%.”)
- Iran Elects President Who Wants to Revive Nuclear Talks With West
- Iran’s Voters Elect Their First Reformist President in Two Decades
- Moderate Pezeshkian wins Iran presidential election, urges people to stick with him
- Hamas Drops Cease-Fire Objections as Talks Set to Continue
- Hamas is losing the backing of ordinary people in Gaza who are paying the human price of its war (How could anyone in their right mind support Hamas??? This is a terrorist group and a DISASTER in every way, including to its own people!)
- The dizzying array of legal threats to Brazil’s former president Jair Bolsonaro
- Center-left in US sees a lesson in British election results (“Labour’s win is an argument for ‘bold, pragmatic centrism.'”)
- New PM Starmer pledges to rebuild Britain after years of chaos
- Britain and France: A tale of two follies? (“Brits punish the Tories, who brought them Brexit and stagnation. Will France be deaf to the lesson?”)
- The US supreme court utterly distorted the true threat to American democracy
- “Ephemeral Streams” Are Critical—and a Supreme Court Decision Puts Them at Risk (This court is evil.)
- Trump seeks new pause in classified documents case, citing Supreme Court’s immunity ruling
- Why Aren’t We Talking About Trump’s Fascism?
- Donald Trump Claims Republicans’ Project 2025 has Nothing to Do With Him: ‘Abysmal’ (TRUMP IS LYING.)
- Trump Claims To Know Nothing About Far-Right Plan Pushed By His Own Aides
- Trump denies knowing about Project 2025, his allies’ sweeping plan to transform the US government (100% not plausible that Trump isn’t fully aware of this.)
- We should all be terrified of Trump’s Project 2025
- Trump’s Far-Right Army Is Threatening Bloodshed. Believe Them.
- “Donald Trump and Project 2025 are one big MAGA operation, coordinating on an extreme blueprint to rip away freedoms and undermine democracy — and they’ve made it clear themselves”
- ‘Exhausted,’ ‘bad episode’: Biden doubles down on debate explanations in ABC News exclusive
- Biden refuses cognitive test, denies he’s losing to Trump (Why not take the test? And yes, unfortunately, right now Biden is losing to Trump – horrifyingly.)
- ABC’s George Stephanopoulos’ exclusive interview with President Biden: Full transcript
- Biden at peace if he loses to Trump: “As long as I gave it my all” (That’s not acceptable at all.)
- It’s not fair, Mr. President, but it’s reality (“His interview with George Stephanopoulos did nothing to reassure people worried about a Biden defeat.”)
- Crisis? What Crisis? President Biden Rejects Democratic Pessimism.
- A $14 Billion Walmart Heir Joins Novogratz Urging Biden Exit (“Christy Walton among 168 signing Leadership Now Project letter; Letter from business leaders comes as pressure mounts on Biden”)
- “He’s toast”: Biden’s ABC interview flops with Hill Democrats
- Biden faced a low bar in his first post-debate interview. It’s not certain he cleared it
- ‘In denial’: Democrats livid that Biden is digging in
- Biden’s ABC interview does nothing to quell the existential crisis around his campaign
- In an ABC interview, Biden charts a course for Dems’ worst-case scenario (“The president appeared too frail to defeat Trump and too delusional to drop out”)
- Joe Biden Doesn’t Seem to Realize How Much Trouble He’s In (“Or at least, in his interview with George Stephanopoulos, he pretended not to.”)
- Healey, a top Biden ally, urges him to consider dropping out of the race
- Some of Biden’s Upcoming Fund-Raising Events Face New Uncertainty
- In the Hamptons, Wealthy Biden Donors Fear a “Dark” Future Under Trump
- Biden doubles-down at Wisconsin rally: ‘I’m staying in the race’
- It’s time for President Biden to undergo detailed cognitive and neurological testing and share his results
- Donors pledge $2 million for ‘mini-primary’ if Biden drops out
- Jeffries Plans to Meet Virtually With Top House Democrats on Biden’s Path Ahead
- Democrats start moving to Harris as Biden digs in
- Business leaders, pro-Democracy activists send letter asking Biden to withdraw
- Joe Biden Doesn’t Understand the Post-Debate Reality (“The president told George Stephanopoulos that he’d drop out only if ‘the Lord Almighty’ directed him to do so.”)
- Robert F Kennedy Jr promises to not ‘take sides’ with respect to 9/11 if elected president (This guy is completely unhinged.)
- Wisconsin Supreme Court changes course, will allow expanded use of ballot drop boxes this fall
- MAGA Gov Candidate’s Ugly, Hateful Rant: “Some Folks Need Killing!” (This guy is completely deranged.)
- Kansas Supreme Court Strikes Down Two Anti-Abortion Laws
- Warner building support among Democratic senators to push Biden out
- Sen. Mark Warner looks to align Democratic senators amid questions over Biden’s future
- Warner Is Working to Convene Democratic Senators to Talk About Biden’s Future (“While some House Democrats have been outspoken about the president’s debate performance, most senators have so far been quieter about their concerns.”)
- Sen. Warner seeks to form group of Democratic senators to ask Biden to exit race
- Sen. Tim Kaine: “It is a shame Hung Cao is hiding from Virginians and refuses to attend the Virginia Bar Association debate on July 20th.” (“Tim Kaine has participated in the VBA Debate in his gubernatorial and Senate campaigns and was looking forward to July 20.”)
- Bar association cancels Senate debate without commitment from Cao
- Highlights, Video From the 2024 Women’s Summit, Including VP Kamala Harris, Loudoun Chair Phyllis Randall, Simon Rosenberg, Tom Bonier, etc. (Randall: “Joe Biden had one bad night, but Joe Biden has had four good years being president and he’s running against a monster of a human being.”)
- Colorado boy, 18, dies after jumping into electrified Virginia lake (“Jesse Hamric, 18, was at a Fourth of July gathering with family and friends; He was found in distress in a lake and when friends jumped in they got shocked; Hamric was pulled out of the water but eventually died at a local hospital”)
- Appalachian Power issues warning about water levels
- Dangerously hot weather to continue Saturday; heat index could reach 110 degrees (“Meteorologists are expecting another day of excessive heat in Hampton Roads going into the weekend. “)
- D.C.-area forecast: Very hot again today, with a storm chance late
