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by Lowell
Here are a few international, national and Virginia news headlines, political and otherwise, for Wednesday, May 28.
- Get ready for several years of killer heat, top weather forecasters warn (And by “several,” they mean FOREVER?)
- Global temperatures could break heat record in next five years (“Data also shows small but ‘shocking’ likelihood of year 2C hotter than preindustrial era before 2030”)
- Global climate predictions show temperatures expected to remain at or near record levels in coming 5 years
- US, Argentina launching new ‘alternative’ to WHO (WTF is this crap???)
- Brussels to propose ‘pragmatic’ 90 percent climate target for 2040 (“In an interview with POLITICO, EU climate chief Teresa Ribera warns against watering down the goal too much.”)
- Trump can show strength by getting tough with Putin
- Zelenskyy visits Berlin as he seeks more support for Ukraine in the war against Russia
- Zelensky says Trump was ready to impose new sanctions on Russia
- Ukraine’s New Way of War (“American weapons are important, but Ukrainian drones have changed everything.”)
- Trump’s Tirades Aren’t Swaying Putin
- Lindsey Graham: The U.S. Senate Won’t Tolerate Putin’s Games
- Putin is playing with fire, Trump says (Trump admitted he’s been helping Putin!)
- Exclusive: Putin, for Ukraine peace, wants a pledge to halt NATO enlargement
- Trump’s unfounded attack on Cyril Ramaphosa was an insult to all Africans
- Trump cautioned Netanyahu to avoid steps that undermine Iran nuclear talks
- One killed and 48 wounded when forces fired on crowd overrunning aid site, Gaza officials say
- ICC Top Prosecutor Was Preparing Arrest Warrants for Far-Right Israeli Politicians (“The court investigated Bezalel Smotrich and Itamar Ben-Gvir over West Bank settlements before Karim Khan took leave because of sexual-assault allegations against him.”)
- Chased, beaten and robbed: survivors describe Israeli settler violence in West Bank
- As Trump Seeks Iran Deal, Israel Again Raises Possible Strikes on Nuclear Sites
- The Flashing Signals That I Just Saw in Israel
- Trump Makes Wild New Claim About Canada Joining U.S. (The “Golden Dome,” BTW, is a massive boondoggle and waste of money.)
- How Mexico’s cartels recruit children and groom them into killers (Horrifying – the absolute worst of humanity right there.)
- Trade Crime Is Soaring, U.S. Firms Say, as Trump’s Tariffs Incentivize Fraud (“President Trump’s steep global tariffs have supercharged efforts to evade them. Some U.S. companies say the government is ill-equipped to keep up.”)
- Trump team pauses new student visa interviews as it weighs expanding social media vetting
- America Turns Its Back on the World (“Blocking foreign students is an act of self-destruction — and self-betrayal”)
- Trump Reportedly Pauses New Student Visa Interviews—Latest Threat To International Students Who Add $44 Billion To U.S. Economy
- Trump asks Supreme Court to make it easier to deport migrants to South Sudan and other third-party countries
- The ugly truth behind ICE agents’ masks (“ICE agents aren’t just masking their faces, but also masking the ugly truth of what a mass deportation program really look like in America in 2025.”)
- Wall Street Investors Mock Trump With A Brutal 4-Letter Code Word (“It’s called ‘TACO,’ which is code for ‘Trump Always Chickens Out,’ and it refers to the president’s tendency to announce massive tariffs, causing the markets to plunge, only to back off days later, causing them to rise again.”)
- Wall Street Bets the Worst of Trump’s Trade War Is Behind It
- These Disastrous New EPA Policies Will Undo Decades of Environmental Protections (“As the fossil-fuel industry rejoices, we’ll be hacking up coal dust.”)
- E. coli Outbreaks Are Ravaging America. The Trump Administration Doesn’t Give a Damn. (“I thought the FDA was supposed to warn us about these things.” This would also be a MASSIVE scandal in a Democratic administration.)
- ACOG Statement on HHS Recommendations Regarding the COVID Vaccine During Pregnancy (“ACOG is concerned about and extremely disappointed by the announcement that HHS will no longer recommend COVID-19 vaccination during pregnancy. As ob-gyns who treat patients every day, we have seen firsthand how dangerous COVID-19 infection can be during pregnancy and for newborns who depend on maternal antibodies from the vaccine for protection. We also understand that despite the change in recommendations from HHS, the science has not changed. It is very clear that COVID-19 infection during pregnancy can be catastrophic and lead to major disability, and it can cause devastating consequences for families. The COVID-19 vaccine is safe during pregnancy, and vaccination can protect our patients and their infants after birth.”)
- U.S. Will No Longer Recommend Covid Shots for Children and Pregnant Women
- Bobby Jr. would like to give your baby COVID (“Our HHS secretary is inviting a new variant to go wild. Can parents stop him?”)
- RFK Jr. threatens to bar government scientists from publishing in leading medical journals (RFK Jr. is completely insane – and evil.)
- Turns Out That RFK Jr.’s Plan to Make America Healthy Again Doesn’t Include Most Pregnant Women or Children
- Marshals’ Data Shows Spike in Threats Against Federal Judges (“Data gathered by the law enforcement agency responsible for judicial security showed 162 judges faced threats between March 1 and April 14.” Really, really terrible.)
- Judge Strikes Down Trump Order Targeting WilmerHale Law Firm
- The Trump White House and The Great Quieting (“Quite simply, lots and lots of things are not being said or reported because people are afraid to say them.”)
- How a trillion-dollar tax cut might affect the deficit
- FEMA at ‘high risk’ of disrupting ‘life-saving’ disaster relief, per internal memo
- Vance to headline Vegas fundraiser for Trump PAC costing $1 million per head (“The exclusive fundraiser is taking place the night before Vance is scheduled to speak at the Bitcoin 2025 Conference in Las Vegas.” CORRUPT.)
- Trump Media to raise $2.5 billion to invest in bitcoin (If Biden or Harris did this, it would have been a MASSIVE scandal.)
- Trump Pardoned Tax Cheat After Mother Attended $1 Million Dinner (WILDLY corrupt!)
- Trump’s new pardon attorney personally reviewed application for Jan. 6 ringleader Stewart Rhodes
- Trump to pardon reality stars Todd and Julie Chrisley (“The former stars of USA Network’s “Chrisley Knows Best” were sentenced to 12 and seven years, respectively, in 2022 for fraud and tax evasion.”)
- Trump Set To Pardon Reality Stars Todd And Julie Chrisley
- Trump’s pardons highlight Justice Department’s pullback from public corruption cases (“Former Virginia sheriff Scott Jenkins claimed he was being targeted because of his support for Donald Trump.” Nope, he was targeted because he’s a corrupt scumbag – and even the Trump DoJ said so!)
- Elon Musk says Trump’s agenda bill ‘undermines’ DOGE mission
- Musk’s role leading DOGE qualifies as ‘continuing and permanent,’ federal judge says (“The plaintiffs are arguing that Musk and the Department of Government Efficiency violated the constitution.”)
- Musk Says He’s ‘Disappointed’ That Trump Tax Bill Raises Deficit
- DOGE’s ‘5 things’ emails are dying a slow, quiet death
- There’s a Very Simple Pattern to Elon Musk’s Broken Promises (“Musk has a long history of making outlandish promises and unfulfilled predictions about his businesses—and it’s a habit that seems hard to break.”)
- SpaceX Starship Loses Control on Test Flight 9 as Rocket Re-enters Earth
- 3 takeaways from the most authoritative autopsy of the 2024 election yet (“New data that debunks the left’s favorite explanation for Harris’s defeat.”)
- After struggling in the Senate, Alabama’s Tommy Tuberville launches campaign for governor (The country’s stupidest Senator wants to be the country’s stupidest governor…)
- GOP chatters about Auburn coach Bruce Pearl for Senate
- Kaine, Warner raise issue with MAGAs checking their work on U.S. Attorney noms (“Nobody asks me about these things, but Kaine and Warner should have gone with a Democrat or Never Trumper, just as an act of resistance, given how the Trump administration is systematically trampling on the rule of law. Instead, our Democrats are acting like the breach of congressional protocol is the real issue here.”)
- MAGA Congressman Ben Cline tries to explain away vote to slash Medicare, Medicaid (Why is rock-solid-blue, non-competitive VA11 “politically vital” any more than any other district? Anyway: “Democrats are considering a “firehouse primary” in July to pick their nominee, assuming a late-summer special election date. The Fairfax County Democratic Committee has already begun lining up voting sites, with plans for at least one per magisterial district.”)
- Youngkin to set special election for Connolly’s seat amid primary season juggle (“Fairfax Democrats brace for fast-moving nomination as governor holds the timeline.”)
- Virginia Congressman Gerry Connolly remembered as a dynamic leader at his funeral (Grammar check: this headline should read, “At his funeral, Virginia Congressman Gerry Connolly remembered as a dynamic leader”)
- Video: UVA Prof. Larry Sabato Says Historical Trends Mean That in 2025, Virginia Dems “are more likely to win than the Republicans because Trump is in the White House” (“And the other two statewide positions, Lt. Governor and Attorney General, often are just coattail elections, depending on who’s winning the governorship.”)
- Earle-Sears is facing potential legal scrutiny after originally failing to disclose multiple trips paid for by outside organizations
- Video: With Exactly Three Weeks Until the Democratic Primary on June 17, Shannon Taylor’s Virginia Attorney General Launches New Television Ad (Ad highlights “Taylor’s fearless record taking on the KKK, the NRA and protecting all Virginians.”)
- Virginia Democrats on track to smash primary early voting record
- Four universities across Virginia say at least 183 research grants have been cut
- New boil water advisory issued in Richmond, months after January water crisis (“City cites pressure drop linked to treatment plant issue; residents told to boil water and conserve.”)
- 5 things about Richmond’s water crisis: No drinkable water until Thursday
- Richmond under second full-blown water crisis
- Richmond issues partial boil water advisory after issue at treatment plant
- Virginia Beach School Board votes to officially end DEI initiatives
- Roanoke County budget includes 3% cost of living adjustment for employees
- Local ‘No Kings’ rallies to counterprogram June 14 Trump military parade (“The Democratic Party committees in Augusta County, Staunton and Waynesboro and Rockingham-Augusta Indivisible are hosting a local “No Kings” rally at the Augusta County Courthouse in conjunction with the Nationwide Day of Defiance. The Staunton event is set to run from 2-4 p.m. on Saturday, June 14.”)
- Editorial: New trails will connect Hampton Roads cities, offer regional boost
- Column: Officials should protect Chesapeake from data center noise
- Fairfax teen says he shot man who jumped in front of and kicked his Tesla
- CWG Live updates: A cool, soaking rain this morning; scattered showers this afternoon
