by Lowell
Here are a few international, national and Virginia news headlines, political and otherwise, for Sunday, May 11.
- I just returned from Antarctica: climate change isn’t some far-off problem – it’s here and hitting hard (“As an oceanographer, I study how the ocean shapes our world. For Australia and other nations, the lesson is urgent”)
- Pope Leo XIV calls for peace in Ukraine, a Gaza ceasefire and release of hostages in Sunday appeal (Should say, “In Sunday appeal, Pope…”)
- Ukrainian president welcomes Russian overtures, but says ceasefire must come before peace talks
- What Trump does next on Ukraine is key – and he could go either way
- Putin Proposes Direct Russia-Ukraine Talks in Istanbul on May 15 (What Putin really needs to do is: a) cease fire; b) pull all his troops out of Ukraine; c) pay massive reparations; d) be tried for war crimes in The Hageu)
- Stakes Rise as U.S. and China Prep for Second Day of Trade Talks
- India-Pakistan ceasefire appears to hold after accusations of violations
- How the Clashes Escalated to the Brink of Catastrophe
- Why Danger for India and Pakistan Has Not Gone Away Despite Cease-Fire
- ‘No Marriage, No Children’ Is China’s Ticking Timebomb
- Trump thinks he is shaping the Middle East. Instead, it’s Gulf states that will dictate US foreign policy (“The US president travels to meet the region’s leaders facing an uncomfortable reality: he may need them more than they need him”)
- Iran and the US begin a 4th round of negotiations over Tehran’s nuclear program in Oman (The nuclear program isn’t in Oman, the talks are. Mainstream media’s grammar sucks.)
- Israeli strikes on Gaza kill 11 people, mostly women and children (And Trump doesn’t care.)
- Prospects of Saudi ties to Israel elusive as Trump seeks $1 trillion bonanza
- Once in Sync, Trump and Netanyahu Show Signs of Division Ahead of Middle East Visit (“President Trump and Benjamin Netanyahu of Israel are divisive, combative and have outsize egos. The fate of the region could hinge on their relationship.”)
- Quebec riding of Terrebonne flips to Liberals after recount shows candidate won by single vote (“Liberals now have 170 seats in House of Commons, two shy of a majority government” So yeah, every vote matters!)
- Trade war progress does little to reduce crippling uncertainty
- Trump Gestapo violently arrests Newark mayor at site of illegal prison (Now THAT is an accurate, descriptive headline, unlike most of the milquetoast stuff you see in the “mainstream media”!)
- Homeland Security Dept. accuses lawmakers of ‘storming’ an ICE facility despite oversight laws saying they could be there
- Trump admin eyes arrests for House Dems over ICE incident (Wake up people, THIS IS FASCISM.)
- Trump’s DHS Says More Dem Arrests Are ‘On The Table’ Following ICE Facility Protest
- ICE raids have ‘overwhelmed’ coastal California communities ‘We continue to allow double punishment for noncitizens’
- Rümeysa Öztürk, Tufts student held by Ice, vows to continue legal action after jail release
- Trump health cuts create ‘real danger’ around disease outbreaks, workers warn (“Key programs from child-support services to HIV treatment also gutted, leaving global populations vulnerable”)
- RFK Jr. Spews Wild Anti-Vax Theories As Measles Cases Surge
- Trump administration halts research to help babies with heart defects (This is a great example of how the Trump administration is operating – saving basically no money, nothing whatsoever to do with the deficit or debt, just gratuitous cruelty for no good reason at all.)
- DOGE Is Bringing Back a Deadly Disease (“Cuts to agencies that protect workers’ lungs are going to result in the resurgence of a preventable illness.” Again, why? It doesn’t save any money to speak of…just hurts people, many of whom are Trump supporters by the way.)
- Is Trump Out-of-Touch, Senile, Nuts or Something Worse?
- The many big things Trump ‘didn’t know’ about (Trump just lies and lies – and the media mostly covers for him, because…???)
- Trump Is Already Obsessed With the Midterms (“Eighteen months out, the president is already hyper-engaged in the fight to keep the GOP’s majorities in Congress.”)
- Republicans’ partial tax plan estimated to cost $5 trillion (Reminder: Republicans claim to care about the deficit and the debt, but literally EVERY SINGLE TIME they have the opportunity, they massively crank UP the deficit and the debt!)
- AOC Warns Republicans Are ‘Robbing People’ to Pay for Billionaire Tax Cuts (100% accurate.)
- Republicans stuck in the mud on Trump tax bill
- Trump isn’t the only one targeting federal employees. House Republicans are pushing cuts to pension benefits
- Pentagon Furthers Crackdown on Diversity Policies With Fresh Order for Review of Library Books (Maybe Hegseth should start READING those books, not getting rid of them???)
- Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth ’03 ‘plagiarized’ small portions of his senior thesis, experts say. But how serious is it? (Of COURSE he did…)
- Editorial: Storm preparations are key as weather forecasting succumbs to Trump cuts
- Trump fires director of U.S. Copyright Office, sources say
- Trump’s latest Fox News hire looks even worse than Pete Hegseth (“Jeanine Pirro hasn’t held a government legal job in decades but does have a key qualification: relentless loyalty to Trump”)
- Does Trump Have the Power to Install Jeanine Pirro as Interim U.S. Attorney?
- Democratic senator says GOP is trying to woo Fetterman (“Ruben Gallego said Democrats should keep Fetterman in their tent.”)
- Ranking Members Gerry Connolly (D-VA11), Kweisi Mfume (D-MD07): “The Oversight Committee will be keeping a very close eye on the actions of the new Postmaster, especially considering DOGE’s infiltration of the agency”
- Important Point by Sam Shirazi: Assuming VA Dems Win in November, “That means essentially lieutenant governor and attorney general are going to be picked in the [June 17] primary” (And yet June statewide primaries historically have seen only a small % of the turnout in November…)
- Virginia Republicans are reeling — and they have no one to blame but themselves (“Today’s MAGA-fied Republicans have entirely forgotten how to govern — or even how to police their own bad behavior.”)
- Former Petersburg city attorney facing new misconduct hearing before State Bar
- Williams: Kamras’ tenure as RPS superintendent defies the odds
- Two sentenced for role in death of inmate in Petersburg prison, lying to federal investigators
- CWG Live updates: Warm and beautiful for Mother’s Day; soggy at times this week
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