by Lowell
Here are a few international, national and Virginia news headlines, political and otherwise, for Monday, July 14.
- EU wants to see China take more ambitious climate action
- It’s Paradise Lost as Climate Change Remakes Europe’s Summers (“In peak vacation season, many of the continent’s most desirable getaways are becoming places to get away from.”)
- ‘Profound concern’ as scientists say extreme heat ‘now the norm’ in UK (“Increasing frequency of heatwaves and flooding raises fears over health, infrastructure and how society functions”)
- American Allies Want to Redraw the World’s Trade Map, Minus the U.S. (“Facing growing chaos, the European Union and numerous other countries are seeking to forge a global trading nexus that is less vulnerable to American tariffs.”)
- Tariffs latest: EU trade ministers meeting to discuss new US 30% rate
- EU Plans to Engage More With Other Nations Hit by US Tariffs
- Trump says US will send Patriot missiles to Ukraine: ‘They desperately need’ them
- Trump to announce “aggressive” Ukraine weapons plan (“President Trump will announce a new plan to arm Ukraine on Monday that is expected to include offensive weapons, two sources with knowledge of the plans tell Axios.”)
- Trump envoy arrives in Kyiv as US pledges Patriot missiles to Ukraine
- Trump says US will send ‘sophisticated’ equipment to Ukraine as he criticises Putin (The fact that Trump was “surprised” by Putin is all the evidence you need that Trump is an imbecile.)
- Trump’s Willingness to Arm Ukraine Puts Him Closer to Biden Approach (“President Trump is expected this week to formalize a new plan to sell American weapons to European allies, who would pass them onto Kyiv.”)
- China Gets More Airtime Around the World as Voice of America Signs Off (“Chinese state media has expanded its reach from Indonesia to Nigeria after Trump’s March order to dismantle U.S. government-funded outlets”)
- The ‘strongman’ PM who inspired Trump’s playbook – but now finds his power crumbling (“Defeat for Orban, who has ruled Hungary for the past 15 years, would be monumental.”)
- The outlines of a Gaza deal are obvious. But the suffering continues.
- Clashes between Druze and Bedouin in southern Syria kill at least 30
- ‘Humanitarian city’ would be concentration camp for Palestinians, says former Israeli PM (“Ehud Olmert says forcing people into camp would be ethnic cleansing”)
- The Young GOPer Behind “Alligator Alcatraz” Is the Dark Future of MAGA
- Florida Elected Officials Finally Get Into “Alligator Alcatraz.” Democrats Describe Conditions as “Vile.”
- US farm workers on Ice raids in the fields: ‘hunted like animals’
- Troops, terror and tears in Los Angeles as Ice raids show no sign of slowing (“Raids have left residents of LA’s MacArthur Park scared to go to trusted local businesses – and outside in general”)
- Making Immigration Great Again (“Trump has reminded America that immigrants are people”)
- Exclusive: Hundreds at Alligator Alcatraz have no criminal charges, Miami Herald learns (This administration is an utter disgrace.)
- Immigrants in overcapacity ICE detention say they’re hungry, raise food quality concerns
- “Cried every night”: ICE traumatizes a child with leukemia (“The Trump administration is going after easy targets, including sick children, to meet its deportation quotas” Pure evil.)
- How Much More “TACO” Madness Can the U.S. Economy Take? (“The stock market’s record-setting run suggests Wall Street isn’t taking Donald Trump’s tariffs and threats seriously—but they are already harming the economy.”)
- Bluffs and Bluster Aside, Trump’s Tariffs Are Here to Stay
- Is the U.S. Ready for the Next War? (“With global conflicts increasingly shaped by drones and A.I., the American military risks losing its dominance.”)
- Flash Floods and Climate Policy (“As the death toll climbs in Texas, the Trump Administration is actively undermining the nation’s ability to predict—and to deal with—climate-related disasters.”)
- Red States, Defying Reality, Are Reclassifying Gas as a “Green” Fuel (“The designation, pushed by right-wing think tank ALEC, allows fossil fuel firms to compete for clean energy funding.”)
- Please Shout Fire. This Theater Is Burning (“The United States is being destroyed from within, and mainstream journalism isn’t making that clear. When I was a kid, there was a popular phrase—”what if they had a war and no one came?” What if we were in a war and no one noticed?”)
- White House preps for legal fight over firings — despite court victory (“A Supreme Court ruling last week means planned reductions in force can continue, but unions and other groups will battle the administration at each step.”)
- GOP infighting over Trump’s DOGE cuts to take center stage as deadline looms
- GOP leader faces showdown with Republicans on Trump-backed funding cuts
- Tucker Carlson leads MAGA’s worried warriors in questioning Trump (“The former Fox News host and ‘America First’ leader spoke with NBC News as MAGA influencers rebel over amnesty, Iran and the Epstein files.”)
- 3 ways Trump might try to defuse the Epstein mess
- MAGA world erupts over Trump’s defense of Bondi amid Epstein files fallout (“President defends AG Bondi’s ‘fantastic job’ while MAGA supporters push for transparency”)
- Will the Epstein Story Hurt Trump in MAGA-Land? Wake Up—It Already Has (“MAGA’s already enraged that Trump has pulled an about-face on the Epstein files. Imagine their rage if they come out and a certain president not named Clinton is in them.”)
- Epstein fallout poses a loyalty test: Trump — or MAGA?
- MAGA cares more about Jeffrey Epstein than dying without Medicaid, which explains everything
- Trump says he spoke to Dan Bongino after reports deputy FBI director could leave post over Epstein files fallout
- Two-thirds of the DOJ unit defending Trump policies in court have quitv
- Blaming ‘Obama, Crooked Hillary’: Trump’s Epstein Memo Meltdown Gets Even Worse (“The president, who definitely cares about MAGA’s obsession with the Epstein files, wishes right-wingers would let it go and leave AG Pam Bondi alone in long rant”)
- Bondi Fires Her Personal Ethics Chief as DOJ Purge Continues (Bondi has ZERO ethics.)
- Democrats find reasons for hope and fear six months into Trump 2.0
- Biden Calls BS on ‘Liar’ Trump’s Autopen Conspiracy Theory
- FEMA search and rescue teams take days to reach Texas after flooding as agency faces overhaul
- DHS Secretary Kristi Noem says Trump wants FEMA ‘remade,’ not dismantled (WTF does *that* mean???)
- The right-wing outrage machine gears up, and a cartoonist gets death threats
- Trump Booed by Soccer Fans at FIFA Club World Cup Final
- Under Trump, the government mobilizes in response to fringe theories (“Trump officials have assigned government workers and spent taxpayer dollars to address conspiracy theories and easily-disproven assertions”)
- House Democrat floats radical solution to Congress’ age problem (“Rep. Marie Gluesenkamp Perez is proposing something unprecedented: Having Congress’ ethics office effectively adjudicate whether lawmakers are too cognitively impaired to do their jobs.”)
- Hacked Elmo X Account Shares Antisemitic Posts, Calls Trump Netanyahu’s ‘Puppet’
- Andrew Cuomo to run as independent in NYC mayor’s race, with a proposal
- Virginia Democrat on possible shutdown: ‘It’s time to stand up for the American people’
- A year ago today, God, ahem, spared Trump: The other guy, not so much (“Question for you, Bennie: what about the guy sitting behind the president who died that day?”)
- Virginia’s 11th District Special Election (“Tom Fitzgerald sits down with James Walkinshaw, the Democratic candidate for Virginia’s 11th District, to discuss the upcoming special election.”)
- Fmr. VA Del. Tim Anderson, the VA GOP’s Nominee in HD97, on Epstein Files Controversy: “President Trump is going to lose everything over this. All the good he has done and could do is going to be ruined to protect some nasty powerful pedophiles.” (So…what do Glenn Youngkin, Winsome Earle-Sears, etc. think about all this?)
- General Assembly prepares for potential September special session (“Lawmakers could reconvene this fall to address the impact of federal cuts.”)
- Virginia free clinics brace for healthcare cuts
- Va. governors make board appointments; legislators confirm them. How’s the process work? (“Recent battle over Gov. Glenn Younkin’s appointments to college governing boards reflect the checks and balances of the system — and its weak points.”)
- Williams: George Mason must take a stand against federal overreach
- How Hampton Roads sheriffs are working with ICE (“Most sheriff’s offices in the Hampton Roads region have policies in place outlining a partnership with federal immigration officials, including the use of 48-hour detainer holds. The number of detainer requests local sheriffs’ offices received this year varies across the region.”)
- Nothern Virginia is ‘at a critical crossroads,’ which means rural Virginia is, too (Should be NORTHERN, not “Nothern,” btw…)
- UVA professors demand details behind Jim Ryan’s resignation, but the board of visitors remains silent
- Inside the Conservative Campaign That Took Down the U.Va. President
- CWG Live updates: Tropical-like humidity may fuel flooding rains later today (“High humidity and storms are in the forecast many days this week.”)
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