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by Lowell
Here are a few international, national and Virginia news headlines, political and otherwise, for Sunday, April 20. Happy Easter to those who celebrate!
- Melting glaciers will harm us all. Yet still we watch, unmoved (“The degradation of the Arctic tundra has triggered a terrible chain reaction that can only lead to greater mayhem”)
- Another crisis, another IMF summit: but unlike 2008, the delegates are disunited (“Where once the world came together to fight the credit crunch, Trump’s tariffs will set a more divisive test”)
- Trump Administration Draft Order Calls for Drastic Overhaul of State Department (“President Trump’s draft executive order would eliminate Africa operations and shut down bureaus working on democracy, human rights and refugee issues.” Completely insanity. And how the hell was Marco Rubio confirmed 99-0???)
- Trump and Xi are locked in a standoff over direct trade negotiations
- First Shockwaves of Trump’s Tariffs Are About to Hit the World Economy
- Rosenberg: Is Putin’s ‘Easter truce’ cause for scepticism or chance for peace?
- Zelenskyy says Russia is trying to create an ‘impression of a ceasefire’ as attacks continue
- The real strategy behind Russia’s sudden truce announcement (“Ultimately, this brief, likely theoretical, probably rhetorical and entirely unilateral stop to a three-year war is likely to do more damage to the role of diplomacy in the coming months than it does to support it.”)
- Putin’s War Economy Can’t Escape Trump’s Trade Blitz (“Russia dodged “Liberation Day” tariffs, but Moscow is still perilously exposed for one reason: oil.”)
- Erdoğan Sets His Sights on Israel (“If Trump wants to prevent another regional conflict, calling Turkey’s president a ‘friend’ won’t cut it.”)
- Israel has ‘no choice’ but to continue fighting in Gaza, says Netanyahu (“PM vows not to end war before destroying Hamas, as Israeli strikes kill more than 90 people in 48 hours”)
- How to dismantle democracy: Lessons aspiring autocrats may take from Hungary’s Orban
- The Trade Adviser Who Hates Trade (“Once sidelined, President Trump’s counselor Peter Navarro has returned to Washington and quickly upended the global trading system.” Navarro is a DISASTER.)
- Pope Sends Deputy to Lecture Vance on Compassion at Vatican (They mean “At Vatican, Pope Sends…”)
- How a defunct gang registry helped deliver Kilmar Abrego García to a Salvadoran prison
- The Supreme Court’s Late-Night Rebuke to Trump Is Extraordinary in More Ways Than One
- The Supreme Court signals it might be losing patience with Trump (If they really are, it’s about f’ing time.)
- Supreme Court Blocks Trump Admin’s Use Of Wartime Law To Deport Venezuelan Migrants, At Least For Now
- Supreme Court blocks some Alien Enemies Act removals in Texas-based case
- The Supreme Court bestirs itself
- Defying the Law and the Courts, Trump Seeks to Shift the Focus (Weak headline again by the NY Times.)
- What to know about the Supreme Court’s midnight Alien Enemies Act order (“Trump’s use of 18th century authority will be considered in second appeal with enormous potential consequences”)
- Donald Trump’s Deportation Obsession (“Right-wing ideologues have long fantasized about the prospect of mass self-deportation: the Trump Administration is attempting something far more radical.”)
- U.S. citizen in Arizona detained by immigration officials for 10 days (“19-year-old Jose Hermosillo, who is visiting Tucson from Albuquerque, says he was lost and walking near the Border Patrol headquarters when an agent arrested him for illegally entering the country. Hermosillo was not carrying identification.” Disgraceful.)
- A prince and knight fall in love and the Supreme Court is asked to intervene
- Former Trump Staff Members Liken His Actions to Those of ‘Royal Despot’
- The fascist moment is here: Have mainstream liberals heard the alarm go off? (“Welcome to upside-down America: David Brooks calls for revolution while Gretchen Whitmer and Gavin Newsom grovel”)
- Protesters fill the streets in cities across the US to denounce Trump agenda
- ‘Shame!’ Protesters Nationwide Rally Again to Condemn Trump Policies.
- Anti-Trump rallies held across the U.S. to protest administration’s policies
- Trump’s approval rating on the economy drops to lowest of his presidential career, CNBC Survey finds (“On the economy, however, the survey showed Trump with 43% approval and 55% disapproval, the first time in any CNBC poll that he has been net negative on the economy while president.”)
- Three Hegseth aides ousted in leak investigation decry ‘baseless attacks’
- Health Insurance for Millions Is Now on the Chopping Block
- Senate Democrats who took heat for government shutdown vote now feel vindicated (“They say allowing a GOP funding bill to pass has allowed Democrats to keep their focus on Trump as his tariffs have roiled the global economy.”)
- Rampin’ Up, Baby! That Thiel Start Up Hunting the Motherlode Contract is Inside Treasury (EXTREMELY disturbing, also sounds wildly illegal and corrupt!)
- Far-Right Activist Who Vowed “Retribution” Lands Role at the FCC (“Gavin Wax, who turned the New York Young Republican Club into the “vanguard of the Trump movement,” is the new chief of staff to commissioner Nathan Simington.”)
- White House solicits corporate sponsors for its Easter Egg Roll event (Slimy.)
- Three ex-presidents denounce the current one in a two-week stretch (“The only living president who has not spoken out since Inauguration Day is Republican George W. Bush, though he has made little secret of his antipathy for Trump.” Bush needs to speak up.)
- Outrage as Trump’s coal expansion coupled with health cuts: ‘There won’t be anyone to work in the mines’ (“Agencies protecting coal miners from hazards such as ‘black lung’ among those gutted by government cuts”)
- FSU shooting suspect had extremist views, access to gun. What to know. (“The suspect in the Florida State University shooting that left two people dead and injured at least six others Thursday had shared bigoted and misogynist views during meetings of a local political club, members said.”)
- Ron DeSantis finds a new political rival much closer to home (“The tension has steadily intensified during this year’s Florida legislative session. But it may have reached a peak this past week.”)
- Arizona Democrats are suddenly engulfed in party chaos
- Photos: On Official Visits to Poland, Ukraine and Germany, Sen. Tim Kaine Highlights Need to Continue Support for America’s Alliances (“Putin’s horrific Palm Sunday attack in Sumy was a disturbing—yet unsurprising—sign that Russia is not negotiating in good faith to stop the fighting”)
- Senators Mark Warner, Tim Kaine; Rep. Gerry Connolly (D-VA11) Say Trump’s Revival of Schedule F “makes all of us less safe,” Tell Colleagues, “you were warned”
- Tim Kaine and Mark Warner need to be more like Chris Van Hollen
- Ben Cline applauds Trump effort to boost Russia, China misinformation campaign (Ben Cline is a disgrace to Virginia, to Congress and to America.)
- In His Interview with Sam Shirazi, Ben “Not Larry Sabato” Tribbett Says “if I was setting a Las Vegas line [for the 2025 VA governor’s race], I would absolutely put [it] as a starting point in the double digits [in favor of Abigail Spanberger]” (Ben and Sam also discuss “scam PACs,” “the grifter industrial complex,” the Fairfax casino, etc.)
- Editorial: Running from Trump is no way to chase history (Classic “both sides”/false equivalence drivel by the RTD. Such a lame paper.)
- Health department confirms Virginia’s first measles case of 2025
- Virginia Department of Health tracing potential exposure to measles through child
- Editorial: White House targets climate science, to Hampton Roads’ detriment
- Schapiro: Trump cuts to libraries put knowledge out of reach
- More than 2,000 gather at Capitol Square to protest Trump administration
- Staunton Police did what they should have done to keep rallygoers safe
- CWG Live updates: Comfortably mild for Easter Sunday and mostly dry the next few days
