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by Lowell
Here are a few international, national and Virginia news headlines, political and otherwise, for Monday, Memorial Day, May 26.
- Trump’s Vision: One World, Three Powers? (“President Trump’s recent actions and statements suggest he might want an arrangement where the U.S., China and Russia each dominates its sphere of influence.”)
- Everyone is emotional, says Kremlin, after Trump calls Putin ‘absolutely crazy’
- Russia sent a record number of drones into Ukraine as Trump says Putin has ‘gone crazy’
- Slammed by Russian missiles, Ukraine seeks more U.S. air defense systems (GIVE THEM EVERYTHING THEY NEED TO DEFEND THEMSELVES AND TAKE THE FIGHT TO RUSSIA!
- The Gaslighter In Chief (“How We Went From Everyone Knowing Trump Would Not Sanction Putin To Fooling Ourselves That He Would”)
- Exclusive: Russia does not see Vatican as a serious arena for peace talks, sources say
- Ukraine confirmed Chinese supplies to 20 Russian military plants, intelligence chief says
- For the First Time, China Invests More in Wind and Solar Than Coal Overseas
- The 90-Day Rush to Get Goods Out of China (“American and Chinese firms are racing to clear a backlog of orders during a pause in trade war hostilities”)
- Chinese tech giants reveal how they’re dealing with U.S. chip curbs to stay in the AI race
- Xi Mulls New Made-in-China Plan Despite US Call to Rebalance
- Trump Chickens Out on Tariff Threat After Phone Call With Europe
- Trump delays 50% EU tariffs until July 9 (“President Donald Trump said Sunday that he has agreed to delay a 50% tariff on European Union imports until July 9, the latest instance of Trump declaring an impending tariff and throwing markets into confusion only to later walk back the threatened levies.”)
- Israeli Military Aims to Take Over 75% of Gaza in Two Months
- Israeli strikes kill 52 in Gaza, including 36 in a school-turned-shelter, medics say (“Israeli strikes killed at least 52 people in the Gaza Strip on Monday, including 36 in a school-turned-shelter that was struck as people slept, setting their belongings ablaze, according to local health officials.” This is HORRIBLE.)
- Israel is losing almost all its allies as it forges on in Gaza
- US military tells allies in Africa to prepare to stand more on their own
- Trump and Pete Hegseth inspiring Islamic State recruitment propaganda (“Experts say president’s dismantling of world order, rapport with Netanyahu and choice of Pentagon chief benefiting IS”)
- Erdogan Might Have Finally Gone Too Far
- Nicușor Dan starts nightmare new job as president of Romania (“Monday’s inauguration comes at a critical time for the Eastern European nation of 19 million amid the threat of credit rating downgrades, a budget deficit crisis and a loss of faith in democracy.”)
- Australia is about to see a step change in its renewable transition strategy
- Veterans recoil at Trump plan to end Afghans’ deportation protection
- Businesses are finding a workaround for tariffs — and it’s entirely legal (“The “first sale rule” is a concept in U.S. customs law that allows importers to use the lowest cost of a good to calculate duties.”)
- Trump the central planner (He’s the OPPOSITE of free markets, free trade and free peoples, all of which the Republican Party CLAIMS to believe in – but obviously doesn’t.)
- The Economic Consequences of Destroying Harvard (“The most important aspect of this campaign of intimidation and disruption is, of course, the attack on freedom of thought. I hope that nobody actually believes the MAGA line that universities are indoctrinating their students in wokeness, DEI, Marxism, whatever. The real complaint, obviously, is that these institutions aren’t indoctrinating their students — that they are exposing young people to a variety of ideas and encouraging them to think for themselves, when they should be preaching right-wing dogma and obedience to whatever The Leader says they should believe. Given this terrifying reality of the Trumpian war on learning, indeed on scientific thought itself, it may seem crass to examine the economic consequences of the attacks on higher education. Yet it’s important to understand that these consequences will also be disastrous – both for the current economy and for the economy’s long-term future.”)
- For Trump, Civil Rights Protections Should Help White Men
- Law for lawlessness (“The Supreme Court’s Trump v. Wilcox ruling reveals its own outlawry while enabling the administration’s.”)
- Top Republicans threaten to block Trump’s spending bill if national debt is not reduced
- Mike Johnson urges Senate not to make major changes to megabill
- Mike Johnson Insists It’s ‘Moral’ to Throw People Off Medicaid (This guy is the opposite of a real Christian.)
- Sen. Ron Johnson says there’s enough opposition in the Senate to hold up Trump’s ‘big, beautiful’ bill (Stop calling it by Trump’s chosen nickname, which is a wild lie.)
- Johnson: ‘States are not properly administering’ SNAP payments
- In Springsteen’s protest, a fitting Memorial Day plea (“His lyrics echo a nation’s slow descent from hope to distrust — and hint at redemption.”)
- What Democrats Can Learn From Bruce Springsteen (“Springsteen’s patriotic framing of his onstage criticism seemed to get under Donald Trump’s skin more than any words from Democratic politicians”)
- How America got so weird: The Pilgrims made us do it (“Those guys who landed at Plymouth Rock were a doomsday cult, says Jane Borden — and we’ve emulated them ever since”)
- ‘That’s the Way Militaries Work in Russia and China and North Korea’ (“A military veteran in Congress raises the alarm about Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth’s firing of high-ranking officers.”)
- Jasmine Crockett: ‘It’s Time for Republicans to Question Trump’s Mental Acuity’
- Let’s stop pretending ‘no tax on tips’ is anything but a political ploy
- Rahm Emanuel, Teasing a White House Bid, Says Democratic Brand Is Weak (“The pugilistic Democrat isn’t hiding his political ambitions, openly considering a presidential run as the party struggles to find a way out of the wilderness.”)
- The Coming Democratic Civil War (“A seemingly wonky debate about the ‘abundance agenda’ is really about power.”)
- SpaceX Pushes Resources to Huge Rocket for Mars, Military Missions (“Elon Musk’s space company plans to test the huge experimental vehicle on Tuesday, in its first flight after two explosions this year.”)
- Elon Musk’s Legacy Is Making Trump’s Outrageous Agenda Seem Tame
- Whatever happened to Elon Musk? Tech boss drifts to margins of Trump world (“The president’s billionaire backer was ever-present at the start of Trump’s term but is now pulling back from politics – and Republicans want to keep it that way”)
- Cities tied to George Floyd mark 5th anniversary of his death
- Phil Robertson, ‘Duck Dynasty’ Star Who Spread Homophobic Hate, Dead At 79 (Gross.)
- New approach to cleaning the Chesapeake Bay rewards success (“By rewarding actual pollution reductions, “we’re unlocking the ingenuity of partners to develop and implement the most effective solutions for a healthier Chesapeake Bay,” said Joe Wood of the Chesapeake Bay Foundation.”)
- Arlington Dems: “The Republican Lt. Governor nominee in Virginia is justifying the murder of George Floyd” (who was asphyxiated to death in cold blood 5 years ago) (According to John Reid, “when you’re a criminal don’t be surprised when bad things happen to you”)
- Which Democratic candidate for Lieutenant Governor is the most electable?
- 6 Democrats want to be Va.’s lieutenant governor. Here’s what to know. (“They agree on many issues, but the six Democrats running in a June 17 primary to be the party’s lieutenant governor nominee approach the job from different angles.” This article is actually decent, amazingly, considering who wrote it. I mean, it’s all surface-level, obvious stuff with no diggging or new information, but at least it’s not erroneous, wildly biased, factually flawed, etc. as the WaPo often is. Also, note that this is pretty much the first article they’ve written on the Democratic LG race…despite having pretty much unlimited resources, given the fact that the WaPo’s owned by one of the world’s wealthiest individuals.)
- CWG Live updates: More great weather for Memorial Day; rainy by Wednesday
