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by Lowell
Here are a few international, national and Virginia news headlines, political and otherwise, for Friday, May 9.
- The new pope, Leo XIV, has spoken out about urgent need for climate change action
- US tariffs, Europe slowdown reshape global solar panels trade
- Bill Gates: Elon Musk’s cuts will kill a million children
- Putin Targets ‘Victory’ in Ukraine as Trump Pushes for Truce
- JD Vance says Russia has asked for territory it hasn’t won (Russia should give back every single inch of Ukraine’s territory it has illegally and brutally taken.)
- China’s Xi stands with Putin at Russia’s Victory Day parade (Not good at all.)
- India, Pakistan accuse each other of attacks as hostilities rise
- China has spent billions developing military tech. Conflict between India and Pakistan could be its first major test
- Trump Team Seeks Tariff Cuts, Rare Earths Relief in China Talks
- China exports beat expectations despite slump in trade with US
- China’s Exports to U.S. Plunge as Trump’s Tariffs Bite
- Vance says US won’t intervene in India-Pakistan conflict: ‘None of our business’
- Here’s the Deranged MAGA Propaganda Coming to Voice of America
- First Afrikaners granted refugee status due to arrive in U.S.
- In Europe, the Center-Right Is Losing Its Battle Against Populism (This is very, very, VERY bad.)
- Poland and France commit to helping each other in case of military threat
- Scoop: Trump had “private meeting” with Netanyahu adviser ahead of Mid-East trip
- This Israeli Government Is Not Our Ally
- Pope Leo XIV inherits a packed in-tray, from a world on fire to sex abuse scandals
- Pope Leo XIV, the First American Pontiff, Took a Global Route to the Top Post
- MAGA Melts Down Over New Pope’s Anti-Trump, Pro-Immigrant Social Media
- MAGA melts down over ‘WOKE MARXIST POPE’ who is a ‘Never Trumper liberal’ (Hahahaha, in other words Prevost follows the teachings of Jesus and MAGA *hates that*)
- New Pope Leo XIV Bashed Trump and JD Vance on Twitter Just Weeks Ago
- Unearthed comments from new pope alarm LGBTQ+ Catholics (“Previous negative remarks by Pope Leo XIV about ‘homosexual lifestyle’ at odds with papacy of Pope Francis”)
- Is the new pope liberal or conservative? Neither. (“He’s conservative on issues of church doctrine, but progressive on social justice and care for the marginalized.”)
- Pope Leo XIV laments people valuing ‘technology, money and success’ over Christianity in first mass as pontiff
- The Conclave Just Did the Unthinkable (“What an American pope means for the Catholic Church and the world”)
- With Leo, there’s no going back from Francis (“Pope Leo XIV shares his predecessor’s commitment to social justice. “)
- Trump’s Bespoke Trade Deal With U.K. Sets Little Precedent for Other Nations
- Trump’s deal with the UK sends a clear message: 10% tariffs are here to stay
- The U.S.-U.K. deal shows the trade war is here to stay
- Right-Wing Pundit Torches Donald Trump’s U.K. Deal With 1 Brutal Word
- Trump’s deportation lies are nothing new: Remember Bush, WMD and Iraq? (“Before Trump invented an ‘invasion’ by Venezuelan ‘terrorists,’ Bush cooked up fake evidence for war in Iraq”)
- DHS Secretary Flouts SCOTUS Order, Says ‘No Scenario’ Where Abrego Garcia Comes Back (So…yep, we’re in a constitutional crisis NOW!)
- DHS Secretary Flouts SCOTUS Order, Says ‘No Scenario’ Where Abrego Garcia Comes Back
- Trump gives break to Rolls-Royce cars but threatens more tariffs on Mattel toys (Check out those priorities!)
- Noaa to stop tracking cost of climate crisis-fueled disasters: ‘Major loss’ (Insanity.)
- Trump’s Killing of Energy Star Program Will Cost Families a Bundle (“Created to encourage efficient appliances, the initiative has saved US households and businesses more than $500 billion.”)
- RFK Jr. Confronted With Surgeon General Pick’s Lack of Cred (This person has ZERO credibility -negative, actually.)
- The MAHA Takeover Is Complete (We are, indeed, living in an “idiocracy”)
- Trump’s New Surgeon General Pick Wants to “Raise the Vibration of Humanity”
- Federal purge guts infant death prevention campaign, alarming doctors
- Democrats vote to reject Senate crypto bill (“All Democrats and three Republicans — including Sens. Rand Paul of Kentucky and Josh Hawley of Missouri — voted against the effort.”)
- Up to 1,000 transgender troops are being moved out of the military in new Pentagon order (Cruel and stupid – the hallmarks of MAGA and Trumpism.)
- Trump’s tax cuts are set to shrink after GOP flinches at deep spending cuts (“On the chopping block could be a litany of Trump demands, including a permanent extension of the tax cuts passed during his first term.”)
- A fight over Medicaid cuts is threatening GOP plans for Trump’s ‘big, beautiful bill’
- Wild: House bill would strip courts of contempt enforcement power (WTF???)
- Key New York Republicans reject ‘insulting’ offer on ‘SALT’ tax break
- Trump Thinks His Interiors Mirror Versailles. This Expert Says They’re Giving Robber Baron With a Dash of Dictator. (It’s truly hidesous.)
- Leader of FEMA Is Dismissed as Trump Administration Takes Aim at the Agency
- Jeanine Pirro’s Fox producer thought she was “nuts.” Trump just named her DC’s top prosecutor.
- Trump eying Fox News host Jeanine Pirro for top prosecutor in DC (That’s completely deranged.)
- Jewish feud over Trump escalates with open letter in The New York Times (“More than three dozen former leaders of major Jewish organizations published an open letter in The New York Times rebuking current leadership for being ‘far too silent about the stunning assault on democratic norms.'”)
- Trump fires Librarian of Congress
- President Trump fires Librarian of Congress Carla Hayden (“Hayden, whose 10-year term was set to expire next year, had come under backlash from a conservative advocacy group that had vowed to root out those standing in the way of Trump’s agenda. The group, American Accountability Foundation, accused her and other library leaders of promoting children’s books with ‘radical’ content and literary material authored by Trump opponents.”)
- Joe Biden Still Thinks He Could Have Won in 2024 (It sure didn’t look like that, based on the polls, his disastrous debate performance, etc.)
- Alabama ‘purposely’ diluted Black votes with congressional plan, court finds
- Trump’s Justice Department launches criminal probe into Letitia James, multiple sources say
- Justice Dept. investigating N.Y. attorney general who has targeted Trump (Retribution and intimidation – wildly unacceptable.)
- Venerable New York Firm That Struck a Deal With Trump Is Losing Lawyers (Good – NOBODY should work there at this disgrace of a law firm.)
- Harvard Leaders See Only Bad Outcomes Ahead as They Battle Trump
- Scoop: Kemp plans secret White House sortie for Georgia Senate pick
- Joseph S. Nye Jr., political scientist behind ‘soft power,’ dies at 88 (Rest in POWER!)
- Revealed: Autopsy suggests South Carolina botched firing squad execution (“Records obtained by the Guardian indicate shooters did not hit Mikal Mahdi according to protocol, which lawyers say caused prolonged suffering”)
- Video: Sen. Mark Warner Says “While I’m not Catholic, I had huge admiration for Pope Francis and I hope the church continues in that direction.” (Sen. Warner also says Pete Hegseth “needs to go” after losing “three airplanes off a carrier in a couple week period”)
- Kaine and Warner reintroduce bill to protect national forest lands in the Valley
- All Virginia Republican Members of Congress (Wittman, Kiggans, McGuire, Cline, Griffith) Vote to Rename the Gulf of Mexico the “Gulf of America” (Virginia Rs continue to vote in lockstep with Trump to trash the federal government, destroy our democracy, run the most corrupt administration ever, etc.)
- Virginia Congressional Delegation *DEMOCRATS* Blast Trump Administration’s Attacks on CDC Programs that Address America’s Maternal Health Crisis (Not a single Virginia Republican signed this letter)
- One-on-One with Abigail Spanberger, the Democratic nominee for governor
- BREAKING: Winsome Earle-Sears Declares She is “Morally Opposed” to Reproductive Freedom (“Earle-Sears had called abortion ‘genocide’ and objected to the procedure in all instances”)
- Earle-Sears ‘morally opposed’ to Virginia’s reproductive rights amendment, note shows
- Pope & Schapiro: What will Youngkin’s legacy be?
- Virginia teachers struggle to keep up as history guide rollout lags
- Youngkin Vetoes Clean Energy Bills That Garnered Support From Dominion, Environmental Groups (“The bills would have increased small-scale solar projects and energy storage.”)
- Youngkin’s signature sets stage for Virginia health insurance to cover IVF treatment in the future
- Albemarle ICE detentions raise questions about due process for immigrants
- Commentary: I care for dying patients. Too often, Virginia law adds cruelty to their final days
- CWG Live updates: Mainly morning showers for a cool Friday; warmer, sunnier weekend
