by Lowell
Here are a few international, national and Virginia news headlines, political and otherwise, for Tuesday, July 30. Also, check out last night’s “White Dudes for Harris” call, featuring Roy Cooper, JB Pritzker, Pete Buttigieg, Steny Hoyer, Mitch Landrieu, Adam Schiff, Tim Walz, Jeff Bridges, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Josh Groban, David Hogg, Bradley Whitford, Rory O’Malley, Paul Scheer, Adam Conover, Sean Astin, Michael Kelly, Lance Bass, Tim Daly, Mark Ruffalo, Mark Hamill, Ben Wikler, Josh Gad, etc. Amazing call – raised around $4 million for the Harris campaign! A few great quotes include:
MN Gov. Tim Walz: “There’s one golden rule in a small town…mind your own damn business…Who’s asking for this crazy stuff that they’re pushing…to ban birth control…to raise the price of insulin…to cut veteran’s benefits like Project 2025 does…”
IL Gov. JB Pritzker: “Afterward, of course, there’s another Zoom that I invite you all to, called ‘Couches Against Trump’, better known as CATs” – lol
NC Gov. Roy Cooper: “Real men respect women – their decisions, their careers – and it’s pretty clear that Donald Trump and JD Vance don’t – from Trump’s sexual assaults to Vance’s misogynistic comments, it’s pretty clear that disrespect for women permeates Donald Trump land and MAGA Republicans”
Jeff Bridges: “I’m white, I’m a dude and I’m for Harris!”
Bradley Whitford: “We’re really trying to stay OUT of the ‘Handmaid’s Tale'”
Mitch Landrieu: Trumpism is a “manifestation of what I think is the root of a poisonous tree…a complete rejection of really what America was about…essentially what they’re saying is…really some of us are created more equal than others”
Sean Astin: “Everyone is welcome” with Kamala Harris; “to me, there’s reverence…for women…when I think about smashing the donation button, I think of honoring them”
Josh Groban: “That very unity that I cherish in being able to perform is at risk in the country that I also live in…there is a real age-old drum that is being played on the other side right now that is oversimplifying something…based on fear…this idea that to celebrate the beauty of our similarities and…our differences is somehow a scary thing…”
- Global methane emissions rising at fastest rate in decades, scientists warn (“Researchers call for immediate action to reduce methane emissions and avert dangerous escalation in climate crisis”)
- Scientists Scramble for Fixes as Warming Decimates the World’s Coral (We need to stop emitting greenhouse gases on an emergency basis.)
- 85% of countries want a fast transition to clean energy – but how do we make it an equitable one too?
- Have babies for Russia: Putin presses women to embrace patriotism over feminism (Yep, so Putin can send them to their pointless deaths in Ukraine.)
- U.S. intelligence official: Russia likely to use propaganda to support Trump over Harris (Just think about that – Russia/Putin want Trump to win. So obviously, do the OPPOSITE!)
- Turkey threatens to ‘enter’ Israel to protect Palestinians (Israel’s Foreign Minister: “Erdoğan follows in the footsteps of Saddam Hussein and threatens to attack Israel. Just let him remember what happened there and how it ended”)
- Middle East crisis live: Lebanon on alert after Netanyahu warns of ‘harsh’ response to rocket attack (“US is leading efforts to contain escalation in hostilities between Hezbollah and Israel after deadly Golan Heights strike”)
- Venezuelan opposition says it has proof its candidate defeated President Maduro in disputed election (No shit – of COURSE it did!)
- Anti-Maduro protests spread as Venezuelan opposition says he stole vote
- In photos: Venezuela protests surge over Maduro election results
- Illegal crossings hit Biden-era low as migrants wait longer for entry
- Olympic ‘Last Supper’ scene was in fact based on painting of Greek gods, say art experts
- Seine River Is Still Too Contaminated for the Paris Olympics (“The men’s Olympic triathlon has been delayed until Wednesday.”)
- Eight people in critical condition after Southport attack that killed two children
- Jobs, Earnings in Spotlight Ahead of Fed Meeting
- President Biden Is Getting Serious About Supreme Court Reform
- Biden criticises ‘extreme’ Supreme Court in push for reform
- Supreme Court Rocked by New Leak of Bitter Abortion Split (The Roberts Court is a complete mess.)
- Exclusive: The inside story of John Roberts and Trump’s immunity win at the Supreme Court
- Biden calls for supreme court changes and decries Trump immunity ruling (Desperately needed.)
- Newly Released January 6 Tapes Expose GOP Congressman’s Dark Role (“Representative Mike Kelly played a key part in the events of January 6, 2021, according to new tapes.”)
- These Swing State Election Officials Are Pro-Trump Election Deniers (“At least 70 pro-Trump conspiracists are election officials in key battleground counties — and they are poised to make a giant mess on Election Day” Uh, get them the hell outta there???)
- Trump Was Totally Not Being Serious When He Suggested He’s Going to Appoint Himself President for Life: Republicans (“This is a guy who loves democracy, after all.” Yep, totally!)
- Trump Explains Why He Told Crowd They Won’t Have To Vote, And Makes It Sound Worse
- ‘Terrifying’: Democrats react to Trump saying people won’t have to vote again (“Former president told Christian supporters on Friday ‘it’ll be fixed’ in four years if he wins 2024 election”)
- Trump’s reckless vaccine ultimatum
- Republicans Are About To Become Desperate (“But they won’t respond by listening to the public; they’ll respond by ratcheting up the menace.”)
- “Old and quite weird”: Democrats finally discover new effective attack — and Republicans hate it
- Harris Trolls Trump: I’ll Go to Debate Even If You Don’t
- Harris Team Expands Push to Compete With Trump in Swing States
- Kamala Harris is rightwing white America’s worst nightmare
- Climate leaders say Harris has ‘lit an electric spark’ with young voters (“More than 350 environmentalists endorse her candidacy, saying it could help energize climate-minded voters, less than 100 days before the 2024 election.”)
- ‘She’s Damn Ready’: Shapiro And Whitmer Defend Harris, Bash Trump In Veep Auditions
- Republicans Want to Bring Women Back to the 1950s
- Trump and Vance seem ready to offend as many women voters as possible
- No, really, Republicans are getting weirder
- Trump’s outreach to Black men hits a stumbling block: Kamala Harris
- ‘White Dudes for Harris’ call raises over $4 million
- White Dudes for Harris Was a ‘Rainbow of Beige’ That Raised $4 Million
- ‘White Dudes for Harris’ is the latest in a series of Zoom gatherings backing the vice president
- Giant Zoom calls fuel record fundraising behind Harris campaign
- ‘White Dudes for Harris’ raise $3.5 million for Democrat’s campaign against Trump
- How Harris may win back a critical group of voters who abandoned Biden
- DNC Chair Jaime Harrison: “Democrats Head into 100 Day Stretch on Offense with Momentum, Grassroots Energy, and Infrastructure to Win Up and Down Ballot in November”
- The Most Revealing Moment of a Trump Rally (“A close reading of the prayers delivered before the former president speaks”)
- JD Vance’s ‘Hillbilly Elegy’ rings false
- J.D. Vance May Be The Worst Politician I’ve Ever Seen
- Tech Bro Elegy: How Did JD Vance Get Here?
- JD Vance calls Trump ‘morally reprehensible’ in resurfaced emails
- JD Vance’s right-wing media tour to clean up his attack on “childless cat ladies” is a debacle
- Vance’s ‘childless cat lady’ comment was part of broader pattern (“The GOP vice-presidential nominee called childless leaders ‘more sociopathic,’ and said they made the US ‘less mentally stable’” Vance is bonkers.)
- Trump defends JD Vance’s ‘childless cat ladies’ comment in Fox News interview
- Why, as a Republican mayor, I support Kamala Harris over Trump (“Arizona Republicans like me can emulate Sen. John McCain’s motto of ‘Country First’ and beat back Trump and his threat to democracy.” Any/every Republican who is pro-democracy and anti-authoritarianism should do the same – ASAP.)
- Scoop: Sen. Gary Peters emerges as VP dark horse
- Roy Cooper Withdraws From Kamala Harris VP Sweepstakes
- GOP senator, Fox News host battle over Harris ‘ding dong’ remark (Sen. John Kennedy is an imbecile and a nutjob, on par with Tommy Tuberville.)
- Obama photographer Pete Souza deletes X account after Trump ear attacks
- Marianne Williamson Ends Longshot 2024 Presidential Bid (What a joke.)
- Fellow billionaires ‘visibly winced’ as Elon Musk went on conspiracy theory rant: report (Musk is COMPLETELY insane. Also evil.)
- Arizona GOP Congressional Candidate Said Childless Cat Ladies Are ‘Demented’ And ‘Sick’ (Actually, the “childless cat ladies” are perfectly fine; Blake Masters, on the other hand, is definitely “demented” and “sick”)
- Daily Wire host goes on strange sexist rant: “Women cannot take care of themselves” (Andrew Klavan: “The central purpose of every society is to figure out the distribution of women because women are valuable” These right wingnuts are completely deranged.)
- To debate or not debate?: Virginia U.S. Senate faceoffs in limbo (“Almost six weeks after winning the Republican nomination for U.S. Senate, Hung Cao hasn’t committed to debating Sen. Tim Kaine” Hung Cao is terrified.)
- Q&A: Virginia US Sen. Tim Kaine on the State of Democracy
- Video: On “Morning Joe,” Rep. Abigail Spanberger (D-VA07) Rips JD Vance’s “egregious statements related to access to abortion rights” and “on women who don’t have children” (“Virginians know what’s at stake, we’re going to get out to the the polls and we’re going to vote” for Kamala Harris)
- Team Harris Holds Weekend of Action, Capitalizing on Grassroots Energy Across Virginia (“Team Harris and the Virginia Democratic coordinated campaign engaged over 2,300 volunteers and supporters at events this week”)
- Virginia prosecutors weigh in on Harris and her record (“I think there’s a great wealth of experience there, and if she wields her experience to teach her humility and how to use power thoughtfully and not capriciously, I think she’s going to be an outstanding candidate and a wonderful president.”)
- Late change to Democratic ticket won’t be an issue for Virginia election offices (Why would it be? Paperwork doesn’t even have to be filed until late August…)
- Virginia Department of Forestry takes down 4 p.m. burn ban signs (“After 75 years, social media and Nextdoor will be used”)
- A program developed in SWVa will serve as a statewide model to address a shortage of health care workers
- Fairfax plans to regulate data centers amid concerns about industry’s growth
- Liberty University, Jerry Falwell Jr. settle legal and personal disputes
- How are Virginia’s Olympians doing at the 2024 Paris Summer Games?
- Mastodon bones unearthed at Hampton Roads Bridge-Tunnel construction site (“The mastodon bones and other artifacts found during construction will soon go on display at a new project visitor’s center in Norfolk.”)
- D.C.-area forecast: Storms are possible late today ahead of a hotter Wednesday
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