by Lowell
Here are a few international, national and Virginia news headlines, political and otherwise, for Thursday, July 11.
- BP predicts global oil demand will peak in 2025, bringing to end rising emissions (“Outlook says use of wind and solar power will surge – but forecasts for gas point to slowing in energy transition”)
- Amazon Says It Reached a Climate Goal Seven Years Early (“The company said it effectively got all of the electricity it used last year from sources that did not produce greenhouse gas emissions. Some experts have faulted the company’s calculations.”)
- UN Expert on Climate Change and Human Rights Sees ‘Crucial and Urgent Demand’ to Clarify Governments’ Obligations
- Biden, Starmer project optimism amid political tumult
- NATO on the Edge: Biden Praises and Trump Denigrates a 75-Year Alliance
- Rep. Gerry Connolly (D-VA11): “As NATO commemorates its 75th anniversary, Allied leaders must recognize that the next front for NATO evolution will be in the battle between democracy and authoritarianism”
- A death knell for NATO: Project 2025 calls for Trump to “restructure” US foreign policy
- Trump considering cutting back intel sharing with Europe, officials warn
- F-16s head to Ukraine to begin flights this summer
- Nato vows ‘irreversible path’ to Ukraine membership
- Ukraine Is Fighting Russia With Toy Drones and Duct-Taped Bombs (“A cheap, locally assembled flying arsenal is changing the economics of war.”)
- A ‘peace mission’ and a likely Trump meeting: how Hungary’s PM became the spoiler of the Nato summit (“Viktor Orbán enraged most of the alliance by meeting with Putin and Xi, while shunning Biden, as he seeks to negotiate a Ukraine war settlement”)
- China tells NATO not to create chaos in Asia and rejects label of ‘enabler’ of Russia’s Ukraine war
- China building two-thirds of world’s wind and solar projects (“Country on track reach 1,200GW of installed wind and solar capacity by end of 2024 – six years ahead of Beijing’s target”)
- Israel tells ‘everyone in Gaza City’ to leave (“Leaflets dropped by aircraft instruct residents to leave the ‘combat zone’ and head to central Gaza.”)
- A Gaza cease-fire agreement appears within reach
- Yemen Houthi rebels fired an Iranian missile at Norwegian-flagged ship, debris analyzed by US shows
- Iran’s new president can only change the country so much (“Elite clerics still hold ultimate power.”)
- For Venezuela, a ray of light. Give the opposition a free and fair election.
- In the South, Sea Level Rise Accelerates at Some of the Most Extreme Rates on Earth
- US Inflation Data to Bolster Case for Fed Interest-Rate Cut in September
- Key inflation report looms on Thursday as traders grow more confident in Fed rate cut
- Inflation Data Projected to Show Cooling Pressures
- AOC launches effort to impeach Clarence Thomas and Samuel Alito (Unfortunately, this won’t go anywhere.)
- Clarence Thomas Took Free Yacht Trip to Russia, Chopper Flight to Putin’s Hometown: Dems (This guy is utterly corrupt.)
- It’s time to fight the lawless Supreme Court — before Donald Trump makes it worse (It’s actually long past time.)
- Expand the Supreme Court. And weaken it.
- Republicans Preview the Voter Suppression Policies They’ll Enact if Trump Wins (“The House passed a new bill that could lead to widespread voter disenfranchisement.”)
- Trump’s Project 2025: Gutting the National Weather Service (Bad!) (“Trump doesn’t just deny climate change exists, he’s planning to destroy the parts of our government that track it.”)
- Joe Biden Warns Project 2025 ‘Will Destroy America’
- Trump’s Mental Acuity Was on Full Display at His Rally in Doral on Tuesday (“This is not a man in touch with reality.”)
- Trump claims not to know who is behind Project 2025. A CNN review found at least 140 people who worked for him are involved
- Historian Exposes Potentially Fatal Flaws In Project 2025 Handbook (“Rick Perlstein explained why the right-wing Heritage Foundation’s playbook is ‘not what you’ve heard,’ highlighting the ‘blunt insanity’ in the ‘complicated” document.'”)
- How Donald Trump Echoes Joe McCarthy
- Democrat calls for congressional leaders to denounce Trump loyalist’s ‘target list’ (“Jamie Raskin says report on Ivan Raiklin, who calls himself Trump’s ‘secretary of retribution’, is ‘deadly serious’”)
- Trump’s ‘Secretary of Retribution’ compiles hit list for ‘vigilante death warrant’: Who’s on it? (Completely f’ed up.)
- Fake electors get tapped as GOP convention delegates
- Trump Is Planning for a Landslide Win (“And his campaign is all but praying Joe Biden doesn’t drop out.”)
- Pelosi urges Biden to make decision on race, despite his insistence he will stay
- Most Democrats want Biden to drop out, but overall race is static, poll finds
- Biden’s poor debate performance had almost no impact on voter preference, new report says
- Dems fear Biden’s fundraising is ‘cratering’
- Biden should provide evidence he can beat Trump, Democratic leaders say
- Democratic Sen. Peter Welch: Biden should withdraw for the good of the country
- Biden under renewed pressure to step aside as top Democrats make agonized appeals
- Biden Is Playing Right Into Trump’s Hands (“By rejecting calls to step aside, the president is only fueling the nihilism, conspiracism, and distrust that define the MAGA movement.”)
- The Lie David Sanger Told to Sustain NYT’s Non-Stop Campaign against Joe Biden
- Scoop: Schumer open to dumping Biden in 2024
- Biden’s political position is rapidly deteriorating as critical news conference looms
- I Love Joe Biden. But We Need a New Nominee. (by George Clooney)
- The Night President Biden Lost George Clooney’s Support
- C’mon, Man (“Does Joe Biden really understand the stakes?”)
- Biden is still best bet against Trump (by Stacey Abrams)
- Jeffries plans to relay Dem concerns to Biden
- Biden says it’s Dem ‘elites’ who are alarmed about his debate. Voters in Wisconsin beg to differ.
- Michael Cohen asks the Supreme Court to revive his lawsuit against Trump
- Judge signals he’s likely to dismiss Rudy Giuliani’s bankruptcy case
- Is This House Republican Calling for Armed Rebellion? He Won’t Say. (“Banks has repeatedly declined to clarify what message he hoped to send by posting a captionless image of the Appeal to Heaven flag the same night Donald Trump was convicted of falsifying business records in New York. As of Wednesday, it was still his pinned tweet.”)
- Tim Kaine Sure Sounds Like He Wants Joe Biden to Drop Out From Race
- Rep. Jennifer Wexton (D-VA10) Shares Video Debuting New AI Voice Model (“…just because people like me may not be able to use our voices in the same way, doesn’t mean our words are any less ours or any less important to hear”)
- Rep. Wexton unveils AI recreation of voice
- Good files recount petition in highly contested 5th District GOP primary race (It’s extremely unlikely to change the result.)
- Virginia Congresswoman sends letter to head of Social Security over claim delays: ‘Wait times unacceptable’
- State survey shows barriers to prenatal care access for Medicaid patients
- Skill games remain illegal in Virginia, but some businesses are evading the ban
- Dominion seeking small nuclear reactor proposals (This is a highly speculative, super-expensive energy technology.)
- More resources needed to help older Virginians facing homelessness
- VA Sen. Majority Leader Scott Surovell Announces Creation of Senate Democratic Workgroup on School Mobile Phone Policy (“…this issue requires a General Assembly input and a consensus solution”)
- Editorial: As shipyards seek more workers, opportunity abounds for the region (“Newport News Shipyard offers competitive salaries and job security, but struggles to hire. That’s a problem for Hampton Roads, Virginia and the nation.”)
- Question about candidate in Chesapeake mayoral race will head to court
- Suit to void Lynchburg election result seeks an extraordinary remedy, but the legal process is working the way it should
- Carjackings are down significantly in Arlington so far this year (Are the same people who falsely blamed Commonwealth’s Attorney Parisa Dehghani-Tafti for this going to now give her credit?)
- D.C.-area forecast: Tolerable heat today, with downpours a good bet Friday
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