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by Lowell
Here are a few international, national and Virginia news headlines, political and otherwise, for Tuesday, June 10. Just one week until Virginia Democratic primary day 2025 – make sure you vote!
World must move from ‘plunder to protection’ to save oceans, UN chief warns (“Speaking at summit in France, António Guterres calls for bold pledges to stop deep sea becoming ‘wild west’”)- See How Marine Heat Waves Are Spreading Across the Globe (“Sea surface temperatures in 2024 broke records and about a quarter of the world’s oceans are experiencing temperatures that qualify as a marine heat wave.” Disastrous.)
- Russia launches one of war’s largest air attacks on Kyiv
- Taiwan Indicts President’s Aide on Charge of Spying for China
- Inside the MAGA vs. hawk battle to sway Trump on bombing Iran (“Trump allies are trying to counter a private pressure campaign to ditch Steve Witkoff’s diplomatic effort and join Israel in attacking Tehran.”)
- Iran Appears to Reject Key Element of Nuclear Talks
- Scoop: Trump held lengthy Camp David strategy session with top team on Iran and Gaza
- Israel deports Greta Thunberg after Gaza-bound ship she was on was seized
- Several people confirmed dead in Austria school shooting, police say
- ‘A Self-Fulfilling Prophecy’: How the Clash in LA Could Explode
- Unrestrained Trump Turns to Military in Second-Term Power Play
- US Deploys Marines to LA as Protests Spread to More Cities
- Exclusive: DHS secretary seeks military arrests in Los Angeles in leaked letter
- About 700 Marines being mobilized in response to LA protests, sources tell CNN (This is COMPLETELY insane.)
- ‘Wildly underprepared’: National Guard troops seen sleeping on floors in exclusive photos
- We Finally Know What “American Carnage” Was About (“Behind the sadism lies an attack on democracy”)
- Pentagon draws up rules on possible use of force by Marines deployed to LA protests
- This Is What Autocracy Looks Like
- Attorney General Bonta, Governor Newsom Challenge Trump Order Seeking to Federalize California National Guard
- The Trump Administration Is Turning ICE Raids and Protests Into Reality TV
- Homan says Trump administration has “no intention to arrest” Newsom — after Trump says “I’d do it” (Trump is DERANGED.)
- Dr. Phil was embedded with ICE during controversial Los Angeles immigration raids
- Mass deportations are an unnatural fit for a country purporting to be free (It’s also going to be REALLY bad economically.)
- Latinas For Trump Co-Founder Rips Trump Immigration Policies As ‘Unacceptable And Inhumane’
- Why Is Tom Homan Going Full Fidel? (“…in recent days, in a series of increasingly belligerent and menacing interviews, he’s appeared in either faux military uniforms or, in most cases, civilian garb clearly meant to appear like military-style fatigues along with a ever-changing run of camo or olive drab baseball caps. While it is true that ICE has increasingly operated in a military posture and with military-style uniforms, it is important to remember that Homan is not part of ICE. He works for the Trump administration in a purely civilian capacity as a White House advisor.”)
- LAPD chief: Police had “no formal notification” of Marines’ deployment to LA
- ABC is too cowed to state the obvious about Stephen Miller (“The road to fascism is paved with ‘objectivity’ and ‘civility.'”)
- How Murdoch Media is fanning the L.A. flames
- Some migrants detained in L.A. ICE raids have already been deported (“Lawyers and relatives of those picked up in the workplace raids were rushing to locate them and intervene before their removal.”)
- California Gov. Gavin Newsom says Trump is stepping toward authoritarianism
- California union leader faces criminal charge for protesting ICE raid
- Trump Is Lusting for Violence (“The biggest threat to Los Angeles? A president hellbent on creating a crisis.”)
- ‘Kidnapped’: families and lawyers desperate to contact LA workers arrested in Ice raids (“As many demand the release of loved ones, Trump’s ‘border czar’ admits some were arrested without criminal records”)
- ICE Agents Concealing Their Faces: Can They Really Do That? (“It’s not illegal, but paired with high-visibility raids, police masking sows fear and conflict.”)
- The Los Angeles Protests Are an Act of Self-Defense
- Trump’s EPA to claim power-plant emissions ‘not significant’ – but study says otherwise (“US power sector would be world’s sixth largest emitter of planet-heating greenhouse gas if it were a country – study”)
- RFK Jr. removes all current members of CDC vaccine advisory committee
- RFK Jr. ousts entire CDC vaccine advisory committee (This guy is COMPLETELY insane.)
- Health Secretary RFK Jr. abruptly fires CDC vaccine advisory panel
- RFK Jr. purges every vaccine adviser on CDC panel; will pick replacements
- NIH scientists publish “Bethesda Declaration” rebuking Trump admin
- Why Trump turned against ‘gold standard’ mRNA vaccines
- Justice Jackson warns the Supreme Court is manipulating the rules to benefit Trump
- Trump asks the Supreme Court to neutralize the Convention Against Torture (“Trump’s lawyers claim they’ve found a loophole that will allow Trump to ship immigrants overseas to be tortured.”)
- Women and men diverge more than ever on support for abortion rights, poll shows (“Gallup poll found 61% of women identify as pro-choice, while only 41% of men do so, in three years after fall of Roe”)
- Democrats disillusioned clear the path for Trump’s rampage (“The image of then-President Biden welcoming Donald Trump back to the White House symbolized the disaster to come” That was a HUGE mistake by Biden.)
- As GOP weighs Obamacare cuts, the party’s constituents are more likely to use it, poll finds
- A U.S. Archbishop Shreds Trump’s Budget Bill: “The Cruelty of This Bill Is Historic”
- House to make fixes to GOP megabill to avoid ‘fatal’ ruling with Senate parliamentarian (“House Republicans need to make sure their package passes muster with the Senate rules.”)
- Senate GOP deeply divided over cutting cost of ‘big, beautiful bill’
- Tech Industry Fights to Save Clean-Energy Tax Credits
- Hegseth aide upended Pentagon leak inquiry with false wiretap claims (“Exclusive: ex-Doge staffer Justin Fulcher suggested he had evidence of wiretap that would help investigation”)
- White House struggles to hire senior advisers to Pete Hegseth (“At least three people have turned down potential roles working for the defense secretary and former Fox News host. Supporters say his leadership has been effective.”)
- House GOP majority to shrink as top Rep. Mark Green plans exit (A few dozen House Republicans should retire…and turn the chamber over to Democratic control – IMMEDIATELY. But they won’t, of course.)
- Mark Green says he’ll retire from House after megabill vote (“The Homeland Security chair said he plans to accept a private sector job he did not immediately disclose.”)
- Democratic frustration reaches boiling point over David Hogg (Tabloid headline: “DEMS GO HOGG WILD”? LOL)
- Mark Zuckerberg Personally Hiring to Create New ‘Superintelligence’ AI Team (What could possibly go wrong???)
- Pam Bondi’s brother loses his D.C. Bar election in a blowout (“Bradley Bondi lost his bid to be president of the D.C. Bar to Diane Seltzer, who received 34,982 votes compared with Bondi’s 3,490.” Amazing Bondi even received a single vote.)
- What to watch in New Jersey’s primary election for governor (“It is the most competitive in recent history and the most expensive ever.”)
- Army parade will cause numerous D.C. street closures, some lasting four days (“Officials announced an extensive security plan for Saturday’s celebration along the National Mall, including drones, metal detectors and thousands of police officers”)
- Sen. Tim Kaine on Trump Activating 2,000 National Guard Troops in Los Angeles: “Trump is trying to escalate violence with this move” (Sen. Mark Warner: This is “just another example of [Trump’s] desperate need to expand his own power over Americans’ wishes”)
- Editorial: Ejecting international students will diminish Virginia schools (“The Trump administration is needlessly disrupting the lives of more than 21,000 students enrolled at Virginia colleges and universities.”)
- Feds respond to Virginia lawmakers’ privacy concerns about airports’ facial recognition screening
- DGA Announces Initial $5 Million Investment in the Virginia Governor’s Race
- NEW: Spanberger Announces Plan to Lower Virginians’ Energy Costs, Continues Focus on Making Virginia More Affordable
- With VA Dem LG and AG Primaries in Just Over a Week, the 2Q25 Fundraising Totals Are Coming In…
- Earle-Sears wants to do away with taxes on tips
- As Democrats duke it out in Va. primaries, GOP nominees won’t be seen together
- In Blue Virginia Interview, LG Candidate Victor Salgado Rips 2025 VA GOP Ticket as “one of the most reactionary, bigoted…tickets”; Would LOVE to Debate a “hate-filled unserious clown of a person” Like John Reid
- State Sen. Ghazala Hashmi leans on legislative experience in lt. governor run
- Virginia Democrats beat early primary voting record
- Commentary: Cutting solar tax credits will cost Virginia billions
- Video: VA Senate Privileges & Elections Committee Votes 8-4 to Reject Eight Youngkin Nominees, Including Ken Cuccinelli to the UVA Board of Visitors
- Lawmakers refuse to confirm Cuccinelli to UVa board
- ‘No Kings’ protest in Staunton on Saturday set against backdrop of what’s going on in LA
- Danville area is rare part of Virginia with both Democratic and Republican House primaries in same district
- City Council confirms Avula’s CAO pick — but vent frustration at process, communication
- Top veteran FBI agents in Richmond, Norfolk forced out of jobs for anti-Trump opinions (This SHOULD provoke outrage, but…will it?)
- Environmental groups slam federal plan to ship wetlands mitigation out of Hampton Roads (“Proposed wetland bank in Prince George County sparks local outrage over loss of tidal protections.”)
- CWG Live updates: A few showers today. Trending hotter through midweek with some smoke. (“One more round of cloudiness and showers/storms this morning before an improving rest of Tuesday”)
