by Lowell
Here are a few international, national and Virginia news headlines, political and otherwise, for Tuesday, July 23.
- Large-scale and intense wildfires carrying smoke across northern hemisphere (“Late spring and early summer blazes in Canada, Alaska and eastern Russia add to carbon emissions”)
- World’s Biggest Meat and Dairy Companies Spend More on Ads than Cutting Emissions — New Report
- How to unlock wind and solar energy potential in Latin America and Africa
- World Leaders Rush to Size Up Harris While Bracing for Trump Win
- Ukraine confronts labor shortage as need for soldiers drains workforce
- Palestinian factions agree to form unity government after talks in China
- Biden vows to end Gaza war, bring hostages home before he leaves office
- Harris won’t preside over Netanyahu’s speech to Congress
- Netanyahu Seeks Support in U.S. Visit, but Will Find a Nation Distracted
- Israel’s Netanyahu says deal could be near for hostages in Gaza
- Netanyahu faces delicate balancing act in US after Biden exits race
- Israel sends tanks back into Khan Younis area, 70 killed after new evacuation order
- Harris plans private meeting with Netanyahu as she skips congressional address
- As Netanyahu arrives in Washington, Kamala Harris treads a careful path on Israel and Gaza
- Hungary stripped of EU meeting over Ukraine stance (Orban is a disgrace.)
- Trump destabilized Canada in 2016. Trudeau doesn’t want it to happen again.
- No internet in Bangladesh yet despite apparent calm after deadly unrest
- New Federal Grants Could Slash U.S. Climate Emissions by Nearly 1 Billion Metric Tons Through 2050 (“Recipients in 30 states will share from a pot of $4.3 billion to tackle clean energy and emissions reduction projects.”)
- Innovative solutions emerge to reduce 2.5-TW US clean energy interconnection backlog
- Judge Cannon and JD Vance Are on the Same Team
- Trump’s age and health under renewed scrutiny after Biden’s exit
- Suddenly Trump Looks Older and More Deranged (“Now the Republicans are the ones saddled with a candidate who can’t make a clear argument or finish a sentence.”)
- Kamala Harris is breaking Republican brains
- Scoop: Harris’ big-donor money bomb (“Future Forward, the flagship super PAC blessed by President JOE BIDEN, received $150 million in new commitments from major Democratic donors in the 24 hours since the president announced he would step aside from the race”)
- Kamala Harris smashes fundraising record with stunning $81 million haul over 24 hours
- How Harris is preparing to contrast her record as a prosecutor with Trump’s as a felon
- Kamala Harris’ Presidential Campaign Earns Record Amount In 24 Hours (“The historic fundraising haul ‘represents exactly the kind of grassroots energy and enthusiasm that wins elections,’ Harris’ campaign said.”)
- Harris Opens Fire On Trump: ‘Predator, Fraudster, Cheater’
- Harris Has Enough Delegates to Clinch Nomination for President
- The simple reason why Kamala Harris has Donald Trump running scared (“Trump is terrified of Kamala Harris because she will put his violent misogyny in the spotlight”)
- Kamala Harris wins enough support to clinch Democratic nomination
- Can lame duck Joe Biden give legs to Harris campaign in final months?
- Running Kamala Harris may actually be a political masterstroke for the Democrats
- Harris Says She Knows ‘Trump’s Type’ From Her Years As A Prosecutor (“The presidential candidate said she’s familiar with taking down ‘predators who abused women.'”)
- JD Vance repeatedly indicated in 2016 that he believed Donald Trump had committed sexual assault
- Harris eyes changes at campaign headquarters while wary of drama
- Kamala Harris could set ‘new high bar for climate ambition’, advocates say (“Vice-president’s record on climate crisis strikes stark contrast with Trump in potential 2024 election match-up”)
- ‘DEI,’ ‘Colored,’ ‘Jezebel’: MAGA Attacks on Kamala Harris Are Getting Ugly (“MAGA lacks issues against her, so it brings up the silly and the slimy”)
- A shortlist of Democrats who could be a vice presidential pick for Harris
- Congressional Dems go from panic to wary relief: Is the chaos over? (“After weeks of panic that Biden would torpedo their chances of winning the House and Senate, down-ballot Democrats are starting to breathe easier.”)
- Biden: “It was the right thing to do” in suspending campaign, endorsing Harris
- Leading Advocacy Groups Throw Support Behind Vice President Kamala Harris to Take on Donald Trump (“Harris will have the organizing force of the entire backbone of the Democratic Party behind her as she campaigns to defeat Trump.”)
- Harris secures enough delegate endorsements to win the Democratic presidential nomination
- Biden flips the script — and Republicans forget their lines
- CBS News poll: Many Democrats feel election chances improved after Biden exit and back Kamala Harris as nominee
- All The Ways The Right Is Melting Down Over Kamala Harris
- Biden Phones in to Harris Event Amid Wacky Claims He’s Dead
- 2024 Race: Trump vs. Harris Too Close To Call, Trump Slightly Ahead In 6-Way Race
- J.D. Vance bashes Democratic nominee change as anti-democratic (Why uncritically amplify this crap???)
- Exclusive: Former attorney general Holder to vet Harris’ potential running mates, sources say
- Democrats Will Select Nominee by Aug. 7 in a Online Vote
- Who Should Kamala Harris Pick as Her Running Mate? (“There are a number of potential candidates—Mark Kelly, Andy Beshear, Roy Cooper—who could serve the Democratic ticket well.”)
- Democrats plan to have nominee by Aug. 7
- We’re All the KHive Now (“The vice president has injected much-needed energy into the Democratic Party while putting Trumpworld on its back feet.”)
- Sen. Mark Kelly Emerges As Unexpected VP Candidate For Kamala Harris
- Trump is already trying to back out of a debate with Kamala Harris
- Trump Calls Harris ‘Dumb as a Rock’ in Unhinged New Attack (Trump really, really hates women – especially smart, accomplished ones.)
- How Nancy Pelosi Got This Done (“She knows how to win. Could a President Harris be her greatest coup?”)
- Nancy Pelosi Got Joe Biden to Quit. Will She Get Democrats to Rally and Win? (“Though the former House Speaker has had a tepid relationship with Harris, she offered a full-throated endorsement on Monday. “My enthusiastic support,” she said, “is official, personal, and political”)
- JD Vance says he’s annoyed that he won’t have the chance to debate Kamala Harris (What a joke.)
- Fake Harris audio spreads like wildfire on TikTok after Biden’s announcemen (Social media is a pox on our country and on humanity.)
- The Republican Spin About Biden Dropping Out That’s Just Wrong (“They’re running this line roughshod. It makes no sense.”)
- Far-Right Trolls Have Launched a Racist Crusade Against Kamala Harris
- Trump’s New Rival May Bring Out His Harshest Instincts
- After Biden’s exit, Zoom led by Black women mobilized 44,000 for Harris (“The call, which organizers say raised more than $1.5 million, got women feeling energized and galvanized to support the vice president’s surprise bid for president.”)
- Harris’ frank talk about abortion and its impact on women’s health might energize voters
- Flailing right-wing media are not ready for Kamala Harris (“Their weird playbook against her doesn’t make any sense”)
- President Biden Played The News Of Leaving The Race And Endorsing VP Harris Perfectly (“But when the election is over, the Democrats will need a serious self-examination of how it all went down.”)
- Trump and RFK Jr. Discussed Trading Admin. Position for Endorsement: Report
- Trump’s Alarming New Rant Praising Dictators Shows Media Is Failing Us (“Former GOP strategist Rick Wilson tells me that the media’s sugar-coating of the Trump threat reflects decades of right wing ref-working. He’s seen it from the inside.”)
- MAGA Crowd Melts Down After Mike Pence Says Something Reasonable (“Trump followers were in a tizzy after the former vice president thanked Biden for ‘putting the interests of our Nation ahead of his own’ by ending his campaign.”)
- Secret Service director infuriates lawmakers with vague answers on Trump shooting
- Trump’s Sons Keep Falsely Blaming Democrats for the Assassination Attempt (That entire family is FUBAR.)
- Kaine, Virginia Legislative Black Caucus throw their support behind Harris
- VA Legislative Black Caucus Announces That Every Member “who will serve as a delegate for the 2024 Democratic National Convention has pledged their support to Vice President Harris.” (VLBC: “Today, we stand in awe of President Biden.”)
- US Rep. Ben Cline calls for Joe Biden to end his presidency (This is absurd, moronic, and should NOT be uncritically amplified by the “mainstream media”)
- Vance rallies Republicans, attacks Harris’ record at Radford event (True, but that’s not what the headline or focus of the article should be at all. Instead, it should be on the SUBSTANCE of what Vance said, which was…extreme, dishonest, distorted, etc. The media won’t do that, though, because…???)
- Ahead of JD Vance’s Rally in Radford, Virginia Leaders Slammed the Trump-Vance Project 2025 Agenda
- Hearing held in contested Lynchburg GOP primary ahead of August trial
- Rep. Gerry Connolly (D-VA11)’s Statement for Today’s House Oversight Hearing with the U.S. Secret Service (“I am deeply concerned about the normalization of political violence in this country, a trend I attribute to multiple factors.”)
- How will Biden not seeking reelection impact down-ticket races in Virginia? (This article tells us very little, if anything.)
- Video: DNC Launches Mobile Billboard Ahead of JD Vance’s First Solo Rally in VA to Hold Him and Trump Accountable for Their Plans to Ban Abortion Nationwide
- Editorial: Virginia voters will need to hear from VP Harris on the issues (Sure, but does the Virginian Pilot actually not know where Harris stands on the issues? Of course, this is a total clownshow of an editorial board, so…LOL)
- Va. plans to create cell phone-free education guidelines. Developing them will be complex.
- Virginia militias continue to organize locally as experts worry over elections
- Williams: Hanover leadership drain is a preview of Project 2025
- Richmond City Council unanimously approves sale of land to Planned Parenthood for $10
- Why young people are leaving Hampton Roads, according to a new study
- D.C.-area forecast: Briefly hotter today as storm chances stick around through Thursday (“We return to near 90 today, but the rest of the work week should stay in the 80s, with more chances to catch up on needed rainfall.”)
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