by Lowell
Here are a few international, national and Virginia news headlines, political and otherwise, for Sunday, July 27.
- America finds itself on lonely ground as one of the few countries against climate action (“While Trump has infamously mocked climate change as ‘a great hoax,’ the ICJ unanimously declared that international law obliges ‘the protection of the climate system.'” When Trump calls something a “hoax,” you can be almost 100% certain that it’s not only true, but very very serious.)
- As U.S. Retreats on Climate, China and Europe Pledge to Go Green Together
- Trump administration to destroy birth control intended as aid (Vandalism – and illegal, evil, etc.)
- How Trump and trade wars pushed Russia and Ukraine into the cold
- ‘That idiot Putin wants to take it all’: Russia’s kamikaze tactics fuel a slow advance in Ukraine
- E.U. Cuts Aid to Ukraine Over Corruption Concerns (Yikes, that’s really bad.)
- Trump’s meeting with a key European official comes as his tariff deadline nears
- A Golfing Trump Is Greeted by Protesters in Scotland
- ‘Scotland is already great.’ Protesters troll Trump on his golfing trip
- The latest child to starve to death in Gaza weighed less than when she was born (Horrible. This is, of course, heavily the fault of Hamas, which launched the war – with a vicious terrorist attack against innocent Israelis – with the intent of provoking a massive Israeli response…and also of Israel’s far-right government, which did just that.)
- José Andrés: People of Good Conscience Must Stop the Starvation in Gaza
- No Meals, Fainting Nurses, Dwindling Formula: Starvation Haunts Gaza Hospitals
- Israel says it will open aid corridors as fury grows over starvation in Gaza (“A ‘large-scale humanitarian convoy’ carrying essential food supplies has been dispatched from Jordan”)
- Israel to implement humanitarian pause in Gaza after international pressure
- Greece enlists help from European allies to tackle raging wildfires
- Wind output smashes through 10 GW barrier for first time on Australia’s main grid
- Trump says Thailand, Cambodia agree to hold immediate ceasefire talks
- The bitter feud fuelling the border dispute between Thailand and Cambodia (“Animosity between former friends and political patriarchs Hun Sen and Thaksin Shinawatra is exacerbating clashes”)
- Venezuelan Little League team denied travel visas to U.S. for World Series (WHY???)
- ‘Hell on Earth’: Venezuelans deported to El Salvador mega-prison tell of brutal abuse
- Pressure Mounts on Fed Chief Powell in Tee Up to GDP, Jobs Data
- DOGE builds AI tool to cut 50 percent of federal regulations (Insanity.)
- Is Kissing Trump’s Ass, Real Nice and Slow How He Likes It, a Good Strategy? (“A case study from organized labor.”)
- NASA slashing over 20 percent of workforce (Bonkers.)
- Trump team’s ‘pocket rescission’ idea runs into GOP opposition
- Hegseth team told to stop polygraph tests after complaint to White House
- Four stories that are more important than the Epstein Files
- Musk sought to stoke the Trump-Epstein scandal. Mission accomplished.
- Ghislaine Maxwell’s meetings with Justice Department shrouded in secrecy
- Trump Floats Prosecuting Oprah as Latest Epstein Distraction Tactic
- Has the Epstein affair strained Trump’s cozy relationship with the Murdoch media empire? (“While the Wall Street Journal cast a stone against the president, Fox News is more than making up for it”)
- Elon Musk is threatening to put third-party candidates on the ballot. Democrats are giddy.
- How redistricting in Texas and other states could change the game for US House elections
- Trump ignites chain reaction with early redistricting gamble
- What the right’s war on college is really about (“Wesleyan President Michael Roth details the conservative agenda targeting American universities.”)
- ‘He fumbled this 1,000%’: How Ron DeSantis keeps making powerful enemies in Trump’s GOP (Reminder: DeSantis is one of Youngkin’s role models…)
- New details about police activity after lawmaker shootings raise questions about response (“The Minnesota Star Tribune found that Brooklyn Park police waited more than 60 minutes to enter the Hortman home and that several law enforcement agencies were unaware of the situation for hours.” That’s completely unacceptable and insane, really.)
- A man accused of stabbing 11 people at a Walmart is in Michigan authorities’ custody
- Lauren Boebert’s Son Charged With Misdemeanor Child Abuse (The mother is completely f’ed up, the son is completely f’ed up. Apple…tree.)
- Jason Yates, former CEO of My Faith Votes, pleads guilty to child porn possession
- Williams: Resist making DC football racist again
- Superb Letter from Constituent Rips MAGA Rep. Ben Cline (R-VA06) for His “Betrayal of CD-6,” Vote for Big Ugly Bill, “shameful complicity” with Trump in Severely Harming His District
- Virginia schools avoid $121M budget hit as U.S. releases funds
- Dominion Energy Fails to “meet soaring energy demand from data centers while complying with Virginia’s decarbonization mandate”; State Corporation Commission “chicken[s] out”
- Chesterfield County: Report undercuts rationale for Dominion Energy gas plant
- Company registered out of a Virginia home wins $1.2 billion Army contract to build ICE detention camp
- Hampton Roads gets new Virginia Supreme Court Justice — and 15 other state judges
- George Woltz, the visionary mind behind ‘Virginia is for Lovers,’ dies at 92
- Washington Gas customers in Virginia to see a surcharge this summer
- Commentary: How to give Richmond the mayor we deserve
- Opinion: Along the river, Richmond sells itself out – again
- Editorial: Money for tunnel toll debt will help low-income motorists, region
- Hot today with strong storms possible; more heat through midweek
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