by Lowell
Here are a few international, national and Virginia news headlines, political and otherwise, for Tuesday, April 8.
- Zelensky confirms Ukraine troops in Russia’s Belgorod region
- JD Vance Uses 1 Derogatory Word To Describe China, And People Are Disgusted (“One social media user felt the loaded word that the vice president used was indicative of, ‘Racism, imperialism, arrogance and ignorance.;”)
- People Are Calling Out JD Vance For His Offensive Comment About The US Borrowing Money From “Chinese Peasants,” And It’s Shocking Even For Him (“You would think the poverty in which he grew up would give him some empathy, but instead it did the opposite.”
- China says it will ‘fight to the end’ after Trump threatens to impose still more tariffs
- Market Chaos Could Inflict Its Own Economic Damage
- Trump news at a glance: Wild swings on global markets as Trump threatens further China tariffs
- Trump’s Tariffs and China Collide to Shock the $115 Trillion Global Economy
- China calls Trump’s new tariff threat ‘a mistake upon a mistake’ and looks for opportunity in global trade war
- Trump says U.S. holding nuclear talks with Iran in surprise announcement
- South Korea sets snap election date after President Yoon’s removal from office (“Elections set for 3 June after months of political turmoil triggered by Yoon Suk Yeol’s shock declaration of martial law and subsequent impeachment”)
- Trump praises “very smart” Turkish strongman Erdoğan
- Hailing ‘smart’ Erdogan for ‘taking over Syria,’ Trump offers to mediate between him and Israel (Trump shows his complete ignorance of Middle East history: “Congratulations, you’ve done what nobody’s been able to do in 2,000 years. You’ve taken over Syria.’ With different names, but same thing.” In fact, the Ottoman Empire controlled Syria for 100s of years, from 1516 until the end of World War I in 1918.)
- Israel’s Supreme Court Considers Netanyahu’s Attempt to Fire Spy Chief
- A Leadership Crisis Is Compounding the Decline of the Palestinian Cause (“No fresh alternative has emerged to the increasingly unpopular duopoly of Hamas and Fatah.” Hamas is a bunch of brutal extremists/lunatics, while Fatah is ineffectual and corrupt. Great choice, huh?)
- Global Leaders Rush to Woo Trump, Hoping to Sway Him on Tariffs
- Trump Is Willing to Take the Pain
- Musk made direct appeals to Trump to reverse sweeping new tariffs
- Can Musk Pull Trump Back From the Tariff Ledge?
- Rightwing group backed by Koch and Leo sues to stop Trump tariffs (“New Civil Liberties Alliance says president’s invocation of emergency powers to impose tariffs is unlawful”)
- Trump’s Rationales For His Tariffs Are Incoherent And Contradict Each Other (“Bring back manufacturing? Raise revenue? Negotiate with every country in the world? Trump can’t have his cake and eat it too.”)
- Tariffs are freezing the U.S. economy
- Trump’s refusal to blink on tariffs raises the risks of an ugly endgame
- The False Tariff Headline That Sent Stocks on a $2 Trillion Ride
- How actual ‘fake news’ caused a market whiplash
- 7 GOP senators sign on to bill to check Trump’s trade authority
- UAW President Shawn Fain explains why he supports Trump’s tariffs (So stupid.)
- Wild market swings as tariffs rattle US economy
- The Case of Wrongful Migrant Deportation (“The Trump Administration’s never-back-down style is becoming a governance problem with overtones of cruelty.”)
- Supreme Court allows Trump to enforce Alien Enemies Act for rapid deportations for now
- The historically bad timing of Trump’s war on immigrants (“An aging United States will need more workers. Immigrants could fill that gap — if we let them.”)
- The Supreme Court just made it easier for Trump to deport people (“Despite the fact there isn’t a plausible argument the Alien Enemies Act can be used to do so.”)
- Turns Out Trump Lied About Those Deportations to El Salvador
- Supreme Court allows Trump to deport Venezuelans under wartime law, but only after judges’ review (The fact is, we are NOT AT WAR! So as usual, WTF are the right wingers on the Supreme Court doing???)
- The Disturbing Myopia of Trump v. J.G.G. (“In normal times, it might be possible to defend the Supreme Court’s 5-4 ruling on Monday vacating a pair of temporary restraining orders in the Alien Enemy Act case. But these aren’t normal times.”)
- The Supreme Court’s New 5–4 Bailout for Trump Couldn’t Be More Ominous
- Rights and Wrongs of the Supreme Court’s Ruling in the Alien Enemies Act Case
- Lawyer for U-M protester detained at airport after spring break trip with family (Totally unacceptable.)
- Nearly 150 Students Have Had Visas Revoked and Could Face Deportation
- Trump Administration Aims to Spend $45 Billion to Expand Immigrant Detention
- ‘A Path of Perfect Lawlessness’ (“The Trump administration’s arguments in a high-profile immigration case have much broader implications.”)
- Just Like the Old Trump (“The past couple of weeks have shown that the White House truly has no idea what it’s doing.”)
- RFK’s Anti-Vax Flock Turns on Him (“Buried near the bottom of an X post about his visit, Kennedy conceded that the measles vaccine is ‘the most effective way to prevent the spread of measles.’ He also said the government was providing ‘needed MMR vaccines.'”)
- RFK Jr. says he plans to tell CDC to stop recommending fluoride in drinking water (Deranged.)
- Health secretary RFK Jr. endorses the MMR vaccine — stoking fury among his supporters
- Don’t believe the hype: MAGA knows that RFK’s “endorsement” of vaccines is phony (“Using Trump’s pandemic playbook, Kennedy uses anti-prevention actions to speak louder than his empty words”)
- ‘The opposite of what Americans voted for’: Market turmoil causes Trump backlash
- The Independent Senator Who’s Warning Both Democrats and Republicans About the Dangers of Trump (“Angus King of Maine is desperate to wake people up to the fact that President Trump is putting our Constitution in the wood chipper.”)
- US Justice Dept mobilized armed Marshals to warn ex-lawyer over congressional testimony, letter shows (“This highly unusual step of directing armed law enforcement officers to the home of a former Department of Justice employee who has engaged in no misconduct, let alone criminal conduct, simply to deliver a letter, is both unprecedented and completely inappropriate”)
- Elon Musk’s Secret Weapon: the US Marshals Service (“Even though federal policy allows the Marshals Service to deputize private actors, it’s rare for the agency to do so. The former USMS officers I spoke with had never witnessed it happening.”)
- Trump Administration to Roll Back Array of Gun Control Measures (So basically, we’re talking about months and years of bad news followed by more bad news followed by…)
- Exclusive: As Social Security services are cut back, millions of seniors face long drives (“In less than one week, many Americans will no longer be able to apply for Social Security benefits over the phone, setting the stage for disruptions and upheaval for millions of seniors.”)
- Trump Is Back. So Are Millions of Protesters (“Nationwide demonstrations prove the president’s chaos agenda is finally breaking through to the broader public.”)
- Saturday’s Trump protests weren’t perfect. But they brought a glimmer of hope (“The Hands Off event proved Americans with a slew of different priorities can still form a broad left-liberal coalition”)
- Print Media to Mass Protests: “Please Turn to Page 18” (“Here’s how newspapers across America minimized one of the largest demonstrations since Trump’s return to power.”)
- Texas Gov. Greg Abbott sets November special election for deep-blue House seat (“Democrats had accused Abbott of delaying calling a special election for the seat after Rep. Sylvester Turner, D-Texas, died in early March.”)
- N.C. Supreme Court halts decision requiring verification of 65,000 votes in tight judicial race
- Republicans Are Stealing a North Carolina Judicial Race. They Won’t Stop There. (“It’s January 6 without the insurrection.”)
- The five-month campaign to steal a North Carolina Supreme Court seat
- Bluesky Can’t Take a Joke (“Bluesky has been a safe haven for users fleeing X and Threads. But while there’s less hate, there’s also fewer lolz.”)
- Senator Warner warns TikTok deal deadline extension breaks the law
- Rep. Gerry Connolly (D-VA11) and Rep. Maxwell Frost (D-FL10) Launch Investigation Into Elon Musk’s Rampant Conflicts of Interest at NASA (“The known conflicts of interest presented by this arrangement … are illegal and must be addressed immediately.”)
- Abigail Spanberger Campaign Reports Record $6.7 Million Raised in Q1 of Election Year; More Than Double Winsome Earle-Sears (“Spanberger’s Number is the Highest Amount Ever Raised in Contributions by a Virginia Statewide Candidate in Q1 of the Election Year”)
- Spanberger, Earle-Sears officially declared nominees for Virginia governor’s race
- From the top down, Virginia’s 2025 elections are packed with contenders (This article’s all “horse race,” which is interesting and all, but how about some information on the candidates’ positions on the issues, ideologies, etc?)
- Who’s running for Virginia governor in 2025? (This is an example of the media failing; if you got your information only from articles like this, you would have literally NO IDEA how far right Winsome Earle-Sears is…just a complete whitewashing. Why? Apparently, the media is TERRIFIED of angering right wingers. Instead, you’re going to hear a MILLION times, as if we don’t know already, that two women are running, that this will be “historic,” etc, etc. That’s about it…)
- With “all eyes on Virginia in 2025,” DLCC Announces “ongoing seven-figure investment to maintain the Democratic majority in the Virginia House of Delegates” (Also: “the DLCC is now unveiling an addition to the Target Map: the Lieutenant Governor’s race”)
- Virginia’s 2025 primaries are now set (“The June primary won’t feature a race at the top of the ticket, as the candidates for governor are now set.”)
- Pat Herrity to face John Reid in GOP lieutenant governor primary
- Editorial: Persistent teacher vacancies hamper Virginia schools’ recovery
- State legislators wrestled with AI this session, and likely for years to come
- Jay Jones announced his fundraising numbers
- Appalachian Power proposes shared solar minimum bill
- Update: Staunton Police did nothing to the driver who threatened protest rally
- CWG Live updates: Blustery and cool today with a freeze tonight for many (“Milder weather returns Thursday and Friday but rainy at times.”)
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