| Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... |
by Lowell
Here are a few international, national and Virginia news headlines, political and otherwise, for Monday, April 28.
- Trump’s first 100 days: Clean energy supply chains upended across Southeast Asia
- Trump Tells Americans What Putin Wants Them to Hear
- Rubio Says Trump Will Decide This Week on Continuing Ukraine War Talks
- Marco Rubio says Russia and Ukraine both ‘have to give something up’ for peace: Full interview (Rubio can f*** himself.)
- Trump news at a glance: President says he wants Putin ‘to stop shooting’ after talks with Zelenskyy (“Trump expresses newfound sympathy for his Ukrainian counterpart, saying he ‘wants to do something good for his country’”)
- The Russian Military Moves That Have Europe on Edge (“Putin is expanding bases and preparing to move more troops to European border regions far from Ukraine; ‘we’re expecting some conflict with NATO’”)
- Russia claims it is ‘ready’ for Ukraine talks but demands recognition of occupied territories
- Ukraine Pinning War Hopes on Expanded Drone Program
- Putin Thanks Kim for North Korean Troops Fighting Against Ukraine
Donald Trump, beware – this is what a global liberal fightback looks like (“From the Canadian elections to universities and civil society, the campaign to turn the tide against anti-liberal nationalists is at last underway”)- Risk of global economic recession surges on US tariff shockwaves
- Trump Claims He’s Made 200 Deals on Tariffs. His Cabinet Members Can’t Name One
- ‘I don’t know if President Trump has spoken with President Xi’: Secretary Bessent
- With China and the US at intense economic odds, nations are being forced to choose sides
- Turkey’s People Are Resisting Autocracy. They Deserve More Than Silence.
- Yemen’s Houthi rebels say 68 dead in US airstrike on prison (“Alleged attack on facility holding African detainees raises fresh questions over US military operations in region”)
- Merz Taps Corporate Germany as New Cabinet Starts to Take Shape
- Trump officials deny U.S. citizen children were ‘deported’ to Honduras
- The ‘Trump effect’ and other things to watch for as Canada votes
- Canada votes in pivotal election transformed by Trump
- How people witnessed the ‘darkest day in Vancouver’ when a car slammed into a crowded festival
- Mark Carney Says He’s Ready to Confront the U.S. He’s Done It Before.
- D.E.A. Says More Than 100 Undocumented Immigrants Were Detained in a Colorado Raid (Just remember, the VAST majority of immigrants are law-abiding, hard-working people who grow/pick our food, change the elderly’s bedpans, build/repair our houses, etc.)
- Irish woman living legally in US for decades detained after visiting her father in Ireland (ICE is out of control.)
- Trump order to loosen fishing regulations poses major risks, experts warn (“Conservationists fear fallout from president’s proclamation on fishing in federally protected area of Pacific Ocean”)
- Trump took the US economy to the brink of a crisis in just 100 days (“Trump’s deteriorating political position is escalating pressure to produce outcomes that justify the damage to the economy”)
- Trump’s team brushes off economic concerns ahead of 100-day mark (They’re deeply in denial.)
- Trump’s second term will be the worst presidential term ever (“Tragically, the president’s second term is already more lawless and more authoritarian than any in US history”)
- In 100 Days, Trump Has Invented Something New: Clown-Show Fascism (“The Trump administration is a serious threat to democracy. They’re also laughably incompetent. But the result is no laughing matter.”)
- Is the U.S. Becoming an Autocracy? (“Other countries have watched their democracies slip away gradually, without tanks in the streets. That may be where we’re headed—or where we already are.”)
- Trump Boldly Claims Steep Tariffs Could Lead To Taxes Being ‘Completely Eliminated’ For Some Workers (In short, Trump wants to replace the PROGRESSIVE income tax with highly REGRESSIVE tariffs. That, of course, would hit lower- and middle-income Americans hard, while being a boon to the wealthy.)
- A Life-Changing Scientific Study Ended by the Trump Administration (“Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., declared chronic diseases an “existential threat.” Then his agency terminated the world’s longest-running diabetes trial.”)
- RFK Jr.’s Wish Is Coming True: Everybody’s Getting Measles
- Justice Department halts funds for programs for victims of hate crimes, child abuse, school violence and more (Pure evil. Also illegal and unconstitutional!)
- American Panopticon (“The Trump administration is pooling data on Americans. Experts fear what comes next.”)
- Donald Trump Is Selling the White House to the Highest Bidder
- The One Big Reason Donald Trump Keeps Failing (“He’s continuously deploying a strategy that is from nuclear negotiations—and it only works in nuclear negotiations.”)
- After Federal Cuts, Food Banks Scrounge and Scrimp
- Democrats Plan to Capitalize as G.O.P. Begins Outlining Spending Cuts
- Mike Johnson’s tight megabill timeline is on a collision course with reality (“While Republicans believe they’ve made some progress, they’re still far from agreement on key disputes.”)
- Why Trump can’t stop states from fighting climate change
- Trump’s Poll Numbers Are Historically Awful
- Hispanic voters helped Trump retake the White House. Now their support is waning (“Trump’s approval rating among Latinos has fallen 3 percentage points to 34% in a Reuters/Ipsos poll, amid concerns about the economy and the president’s hardline approach to immigration.” Should be zero.)
- Public sours on Musk’s role, is skeptical that government is cutting waste (“A Washington Post-ABC News-Ipsos poll shows 35 percent of Americans approve of the way Elon Musk is handling his job in the Trump administration, while 57 percent disapprove.” So 35% approve of lawlessness, corruption, incompetence, severe damage to our country, etc. Brilliant.)
- Elite Universities Form Private Collective to Resist Trump Administration
- MAGA loves a tantrum: How public meltdowns became the preferred method of GOP communication (“Why Nancy Mace, Pete Hegseth and Stephen Miller keep throwing fits on camera”)
- House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries, Sen. Cory Booker host a sit-in on Capitol steps over the GOP budget plan
- Cory Booker and Hakeem Jeffries Are Sitting in to Stand up for Medicaid
- GOP Rep says Trump ‘does not want’ agenda bill ‘to be a health care bill’
- Arrest made in Kristi Noem’s purse snatching, officials say
- Trump says he’s bringing back Columbus Day, but it never went anywhere (Columbus and his men are responsible for the deaths, enslavement, abuse, etc. of god-knows-how-many Native Americans…)
- ‘60 Minutes’ Calls Out Paramount for Executive Producer’s Exit in Rare On-Air Rebuke
- On air, ’60 Minutes’ reporter says ‘none of us is happy’ about changes that led top producer to quit
- Bernie Sanders: Americans Know What ‘Oligarchy’ Means, They Aren’t ‘Dumb’
- The Missteps That Led to a Fatal Plane Crash at Reagan National Airport
- Pass the D.C. budget fix
- D.C., Commanders plan to announce deal for new stadium at RFK (“Details of the deal — which must be approved by the D.C. Council — are expected to be announced by Commanders principal owner Josh Harris and Mayor Muriel E. Bowser (D) at a news conference Monday morning.”)
- Allen opposes Trump tariffs: ‘No taxes by proclamation’
- New Polling Shows Trump at Just 38%-58% Approval in Virginia: “Obviously some big headwinds for Virginia GOP” (Meanwhile, not a word so far from Earle-Sears or Miyares about whether or not they agree with Youngkin that their party’s LG nominee, John Reid, should drop out…)
- Demanding Presumptive VA GOP 2025 LG Nominee John Reid Drop Out Without Actually Getting Him to Drop Out Makes Glenn Youngkin Look Super Weak Within the Trump/MAGA GOP? (Meanwhile, where are the 2025 VA GOP gubernatorial and AG nominees on this situation? Hiding in their basements???)
- The weekend that sent the Virginia Republican Party into a tailspin
- How the Va. lieutenant governor’s race may play out after Youngkin calls on Reid to step aside
- Fmr. VA Lt. Gov. Bill Bolling (R): “It is an all out war between John Reid and Governor Glenn Youngkin and Youngkin’s political operatives. I’ve honestly never seen anything like this.” (“And what about Winsome Sears and Jason Miyares? Do they stand with Youngkin or do they stand with Reid?”)
- Lt. governor pick whom Youngkin wants off ticket welcomed in red Virginia (This aritcle is such a whitewash.)
- Reid accuses Youngkin of ‘coup against a gay man,’ vows legal action
- Virginia’s Right to Work law will again be a big campaign topic this year (Calling it “Right to Work” is right-wing framing, btw.)
- Report: Virginia hospitals see rising addiction diagnosis, increased workforce demand
- Charlottesville Dems wanted specifics on Earle-Sears’ education policy. She didn’t give them.
- ‘I’ll be stuck’: Virginians contemplate life without Medicaid as Congress considers cuts
- Russell County considers 3 small solar projects, as interest in Southwest Virginia grows among solar developers (“Thirteen commercial solar developments have been approved in far Southwest Virginia since 2020, according to a state database.”)
- CWG Live updates: Gorgeous today and turning toasty tomorrow (“Showers enter the forecast midweek before it turns cooler by the weekend.”)
