by Lowell
Here are a few international, national and Virginia news headlines, political and otherwise, for Saturday, July 27.
- 2024 Paris Olympics highlight climate change’s growing threat to athletes
- Russia wary of U.S. and France election surprises, especially Kamala Harris
- Kamala Harris Is Known Abroad for a Personal Touch, and Tough Talk (“Heads of state and diplomats who have interacted with the vice president say she uses humor, and talk of food, to help leaven hard discussions.”)
- Trump meets with Netanyahu for first time since departing White House
- Netanyahu says Israel to attend Gaza ceasefire talks
- Away From the War in Gaza, Another Palestinian Economy Is Wrecked (“With the closure of checkpoints, Israeli Arabs cannot come to Jenin and Tulkarm to shop, and West Bank Palestinians cannot leave to work in Israel.”)
- Venezuela opposition seeks to end 25 years of socialist power in Sunday vote (Go opposition!)
- Flotilla on Seine, rain and Celine Dion mark start of Paris Olympics
- French train networks partially restored after line sabotage ahead of Olympics
- Olympic Ceremonies on the Seine were a daring feat. Paris stuck the landing.
- Elon Musk Joins MAGA for Olympics Performance Freak Out
- How cartel leader ‘El Mayo’ Zambada was lured to US in elaborate sting (“The last of an original generation of drug lords, the Sinaloa boss evaded capture for decades. Until now.”)
- Stocks soar, Dow closes 650 points higher buoyed by bullish inflation report
- Biden will announce Supreme Court reform plans next week
- Obama joins long list of Democrats endorsing Kamala Harris for president – at a glance
- Barack Obama: “Earlier this week, Michelle and I called our friend @KamalaHarris . We told her we think she’ll make a fantastic President of the United States”
- Harris Erases Trump’s Lead, WSJ Poll Finds
- Kamala Harris Narrows Gap With Trump in Polls From Her First Week
- Democrats Bet America Is Ready to Elect a Black Woman President
- Kamala Harris Has Brought the Joy (“Why Republicans are so freaked out about a woman who laughs.”)
- We have seen the attacks on Harris before (“Donald Trump and his supporters are using racism to paint the vice president as inferior.”)
- Harris maintains Biden’s pledge not to raise taxes on middle class
- Harris calls Sonya Massey’s family
- Spaceman, Senator, V.P. Pick? Kamala Harris Sizes Up Mark Kelly.
- The night White women raised millions for Harris. And broke Zoom.
- Silent No More, Harris Seeks Her Own Voice Without Breaking With Biden
- Can Kamala Harris Make Joe Biden’s Campaign Her Own? (“The vice president has inherited her boss’s sprawling 1,300-person campaign apparatus. Some insiders are worried that Harris needs stronger allies…’She needs some people in that room who are her people'”)
- Kamala Harris makes history as whirlwind week upends US election
- Democrats want Harris honeymoon to last forever
- Harris ‘veepstakes’ reaches fever pitch
- Could Josh Shapiro Help Kamala Harris Make the Case for the White House?
- ‘Ultimate team player:’ Why some Democrats think Roy Cooper is Harris’ top VP pick (“The North Carolina governor lacks the pizzazz of some other candidates, but that may be a bonus for a ticket looking to reassure voters, allies say.”)
- The Amiable Attack Dog From Kentucky Who Could Join the Harris Ticket (“Andy Beshear, the Democratic governor of a deep-red state, is an intriguing Southern contender to become Kamala Harris’s running mate.”)
- Why It Needs to Be Andy Beshear (“When it comes to being sensible and down-to-earth, Beshear walks the walk and talks the talk.”)
- Harris campaign reports record-breaking volunteer surge in key swing states
- ‘Gen Z feels the Kamalove’: Youth-led progressive groups hope Harris will energize young voters
- Trump once trashed bitcoin as ‘based on thin air.’ Now, he’s addressing crypto’s largest convention
- How Trump and Vance went from a ‘threat to democracy’ to ‘weird’ (They’re both.)
- The world has changed, and Trump needs a mulligan (“The former president is back to firing off random, late-night rage posts from his social media account.”)
- Pete Buttigieg Thinks the Trump Fever Could Break
- Trump May Pay a Steep Price for Vance
- JD Vance, an Unlikely Friendship and Why It Ended (“His views differed from a transgender classmate’s, but they forged a bond that lasted a decade — until Mr. Vance seemed to pivot, politically and personally.”)
- J.D. Vance Can’t Stop Saying Stupid Stuff (“He clarified today that he doesn’t hate cats – just women”)
- The Unnerving Changeability of JD Vance
- JD Vance’s ‘Cat Ladies’ Insult Sparks Criticism of Trump’s VP Pick
- Vance responds to ‘childless cat ladies’ backlash, claims Democrats are ‘anti-family’ (Vance can seriously f*** himself – or a couch, perhaps, lol.)
- On podcast for Project 2025 partner, JD Vance attacked journalists for being “miserable and unhappy” because their biological clocks have run out
- J.D. Vance Said QAnon Shaman Would Be a ‘Fun Guy to Have a Beer With’ (Vance is completely deranged.)
- JD Vance called for ‘federal response’ to block women from traveling for abortions
- JD Vance’s “childless cat ladies” comment points to the GOP’s right-wing media problem (“Rising in Republican politics requires appealing to the party’s sadistic weirdos”)
- Republicans are already souring on JD Vance
- Panicking Trump Loses It Over FBI Director’s Bullet Injury Testimony
- Donald Trump Seen Without Bandage For First Time Since Shooting, Seemingly Uninjured
- FBI seeking to interview Trump as part of assassination attempt investigation
- Trump to hold rally in Butler, Pennsylvania, where he survived assassination attempt
- Trump Cryptically Declares, ‘You Won’t Have to Vote Anymore’ If He Wins Second Term
- Trump Tells Crowd They ‘Won’t Have To Vote’ Again After Election In Bizarre Remarks
- Trump Tells Christians They Won’t Have to Vote in Future: ‘We’ll Have It Fixed’
- Trump calls Harris a ‘bum,’ complains about Biden’s withdrawal (“The former president urged attendees at a faith-themed event to vote, promising that in four years, ‘we’ll have it fixed so good you’re not going to have to vote.'”)
- Donald Trump Gets No Black Votes vs. Kamala Harris in New Michigan Poll
- As GOP Attacks Harris On ‘Defund The Police,’ It Defends A Criminal Who Honors Cop-Beaters (“At his rallies, Donald Trump literally salutes the violent insurrectionists who assaulted police on Jan. 6, and he has promised to pardon them if elected president.”)
- Trump ally who denies 2020 election results threatens law enforcement (“Patrick Byrne, former CEO of Overstock, said officials would face ‘a piano wire and a blowtorch’ if a case against a former Colorado elections official continues.” Sick dude.)
- NY Times Makes Incredible Retraction Involving Kamala Harris Polling — And A Bowl Of Chili With A Severed Finger In It?
- Justice Department reaches $2M in settlements with FBI officials whose texts infuriated Trump
- Virginia Democratic Senator Tim Kaine Discusses State of 2024 Elections
- Following Spanberger Push, President Biden Makes Final Nominations to Fill USPS Board of Governors (“Virginians have suffered some of the worst consequences of the detrimental policy changes made by Postmaster General Louis DeJoy”)
- Strategists, analysts see excitement and pathways for Kamala Harris in Virginia
- Highlights, Photos From Last Night’s Amazing VA Women for Kamala Harris Zoom Organizing Call Attended by Thousands
- ‘It feels like Obama’: Harris revitalizes Central Virginia Democrats
- DPVA Chair Susan Swecker on WAMU’s “The Politics Hour”
- Resignations shake up Hanover schools leadership
- Drought conditions in Richmond region improve following rainfall
- Developer lawsuit threatens to delay Diamond District neighborhood
- D.C.-area forecast: Temperatures return to near or above average into next week
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