Tuesday News: “Lethal heat is Europe’s new climate reality”; “Battle on Hill for Hell Bill”; “Musk Vows to Back Trump’s Nemesis as Their Feud Explodes”; “Jefferson warned about monarchs. UVA president’s ouster shows why.”; NSF to Leave VA HQ

by Lowell

Here are a few international, national and Virginia news headlines, political and otherwise, for Tuesday, July 1.

• UN expert urges criminalizing fossil fuel disinformation, banning lobbying (“Rapporteur calls for defossilization of economies and urgent reparations to avert ‘catastrophic’ rights and climate harms”)
• How Indigenous people find themselves on the frontline of the green transition (“Renewable energy and critical minerals projects often want to mine on sacred lands but minority groups are fighting back through the courts”)
• Europe heatwave puts Paris on red alert as parts of UK face possible 35C highs
• Dangerous Heat Grips Much of Europe, With More to Come
• Lethal heat is Europe’s new climate reality (“Some 4,500 people could die in the next three days due to soaring temperatures, an expert said.”)
• Global action without global governance: A four-pillar strategy for climate and nature (“Pillar 1: A carbon pricing alliance with a shared border mechanism”; “Pillar 2: A climate finance coalition for EMDE power sector decarbonisation”; “Pillar 3: Green industrial partnerships”; “Pillar 4: Scalable markets for carbon removals and nature protection”)
• EU may allow carbon credits from developing countries to count towards climate goals (“But green groups are furious over proposals that would allow part of the target to be made up from buying carbon offsets from overseas. They argue that the EU should meet its targets domestically. More than 130 groups wrote to express ‘extreme concern’ over the proposals last month.”)
• USAID cuts may cause over 14 million additional deaths by 2030, study says (14 million people’s lives lost for NO GOOD REASON, thanks to Musk, Trump, Rubio, etc. EVIL.)
• Bush, Obama — and singer Bono — fault Trump’s gutting of USAID on agency’s last day
• European factories show more signs of recovery but Asia hobbled by tariff risks
• Ukraine-Russia war latest: Moscow claims full control over Ukrainian region for first time since war began (“Putin’s forces claim to have control of Luhansk region that was illegally annexed in 2022”)
• Record rainfall in central China leads to flooding and evacuations (“More than a month’s worth of rain was dumped on the city of Xianfeng in just 12 hours.”)
• There’s a Race to Power the Future. China Is Pulling Away.
• Violent Settlers Turn on Israeli Military After Attacking Palestinians in West Bank (Wildly unacceptable – crack down on these lunatics!)
• 74 killed in Gaza as Israeli forces strike a cafe and fire on people seeking food (Sure sounds like a war crime.)
• Trump signs executive order lifting sanctions on Syria
• Trump imposes tougher US policy toward Cuba
• Iran-linked hackers threaten to release emails stolen from Trump associates
• ICE will require lawmakers to give a week’s notice before detention visits.
• Judge again delays Abrego Garcia’s release from Tennessee jail over deportation concerns
• Alligator Alcatraz immigrant prison camp is Florida’s sadistic ‘one-stop shop’ for mass deportation (Remember, Glenn Youngkin said Ron DeSantis was his model governor.)
• ‘I wanted to do something to fight back’: This iPhone app alerts users to nearby ICE sightings
• Appeals Court Weighs Trump’s Use of Alien Enemies Act for Deportations (“The case is likely to be the first to reach the Supreme Court on the substantive issue of President Trump’s invocation of a rarely used wartime law” How the hell is this law even still on the books???)
• The Mobland Origins of Donald Trump’s Governing Style
• The Supreme Court’s Pro-Trump Opportunism Is Now Undeniable
• Supreme Court Rules Some Americans Have a Constitutional Right to Insist on Theocracy (This Court is an unmitigated disaster.)
• How Religious Pluralism Lost at the Supreme Court (“The conservative justices’ ruling in a case involving LGBTQ-themed books in public schools is likely to benefit larger religious groups and ostracize smaller ones.”)
• Exclusive: DOGE now targeting SEC policy, eyes SPAC rules, sources say
• Americans Have Never Hated Being American More, New Poll Finds (“Only 41 percent of American adults reported being ‘extremely’ proud to be an American, and only 17 percent were ‘very’ proud, according to Gallup.”)
• Here Are the Republican Senators Who May Revolt on Trump’s Bill
• A megabill mystery: New solar and wind tax comes as a surprise to Republican senators
• Latest GOP Provisions in Budget Bill Seek to Crush Renewable Energy
• Trump’s clean-energy grenade rattles high-tech industries
• Senate Republicans Work To Shore Up Support On Trump’s Big Bill In Overnight Session
• Senate GOP scrambles to save Alaska SNAP carveout
• Murkowski slams brakes on megabill
• Collins, Murkowski vote with Democrats on striking Planned Parenthood provision from GOP megabil
• Senate Republicans Wound Filibuster To Pass Debt Bomb
• House GOP fumes over Senate megabill: ‘How did it get so much f‑‑‑ing worse?’
• Elon Musk says he’ll launch third party if megabill passes
• Trump suggests DOGE look at subsidies for Musk’s companies to save money
• Elon Musk just made his starkest political threat since the election
• Musk Vows to Back Trump’s Nemesis as Their Feud Explodes
• Another GOP senator warns Medicaid cuts could boomerang on Republicans
• ‘This Bill Will Really Damage Donald Trump Politically’
• The Center Is Not Holding (“The institutionalists are all but extinct. The moderates are fleeing. And Trumpism marches on.” Horrifying.)
• Fox News’ job as Trump’s tax and spending bill moves toward passage: Help it over the line (“Fox & Friends wants to help Trump get a win — without alarming its audience by accurately describing his One Big Beautiful Bill”)
• Ban on AI Regulations in Trump’s Tax Bill Carries a Huge Environmental Cost (“If it’s enacted, researchers predict, US carbon emissions will soar over the next decade.”)
• The Republican spending bill is a disaster for reproductive rights
• Elon Musk Calls Republicans Pigs, Calls for New Political Party
• Elon Musk Promises a New Political Party if Republicans Pass Trump’s Policy Bill
• Trump’s ‘big, beautiful bill’ hits another snag in House as conservative caucus raises red flag
• Anxious House Republicans scramble to forestall Senate’s Medicaid cuts
• In 24-hour span, two in GOP who split with Trump say they won’t seek reelection
• Young Men Who Elected Trump Just Realized They Scr*wed Up (“‘They are turning against him,’ John Della Volpe said.”)
• Team Trump Is Serious About Unleashing the Espionage Act on the Media (“It is more likely a matter of when, not if, the administration tries to prosecute journalists using the arcane law”)
• Trump drops lawsuit against Iowa pollster J. Ann Selzer (How is Trump’s lawsuit against CBS “News” – in air quotes – any stupider and more insane? So then why is CBS “News” – in air quotes – preparing to pay Trump a heap of money???)
• “Who’s to say anybody’s vote is safe?”: Trump DOJ targets North Carolina’s voter rolls
• Scoop: Roy Cooper leans toward N.C. Senate bid, potential Trump showdown
• Harvard Violated Students’ Civil Rights, Trump Administration Finds (This is a HORRIBLE headline by the Wall Street Journal, with the word “Finds” the truly egregious part, as if the Trump administration did a good-faith investigation and looked at the facts or whatever…)
• California Rolls Back Its Landmark Environmental Law
• Suspected Idaho shooter showed ‘Nazi tendencies’ in school, ex-classmates say: Updates (“The man accused of fatally shooting two firefighters in an ambush in rural Idaho on Sunday had “Nazi tendencies” in school, sketched pictures of guns and swastikas in a notebook and was “obsessed with guns,” three former classmates told USA TODAY.”)
• Bryan Kohberger to plead guilty to murder in Idaho student stabbings to avoid death penalty (Absolute evil.)
• Sen. Mark Warner: Tax Bill Has a Heap of Problems
• Sen. Tim Kaine Files Amendments to Dangerous Republican Budget Megabill, Including One “To rename the legislation the ‘Hurt People, Kill Jobs, and Spike the Debt to Reward the Rich Act.’” (“I’m also filing amendments to address ways this bill is uniquely bad for Virginia”)
• Kaine targets GOP budget bill with amendments to blunt its impact on Virginians (“Senator aims to block Medicaid cuts, preserve clean energy credits, and restore funds for Richmond water infrastructure.”)
• Demographics of VA11 Democratic “Firehouse Primary” Electorate: 61% Age 58 or Older; 57% Female; 74.8% “Strong Democratic” (Also, the electorate appears to have been heavily white, despite Fairfax being “majority minority”)
• Walkinshaw’s primary win buoyed by legacy of late Gerry Connolly
• The field is set for September’s special election in Virginia’s 11th District
• Video: In Arlington, Elected Leaders and Virginians Call Out Winsome Earle-Sears’ Extreme Record
• Virginia Democrats troll Youngkin, Republicans ahead of rally
• Five years in, the Virginia Clean Economy Act is paying off (“There are now 118,000 good-paying jobs in the Virginia advanced energy industry. Clean energy policy didn’t just enable new power generation; it helped signal to global manufacturers that Virginia is a smart place to do business.”)
• Va.’s failure to protect crucial HIV/AIDS services sets ominous precedent (“About 25,000 Virginians are living with HIV and proposed federal cuts to health care funding put their care at risk, writes guest columnist Eric Bonds”)
• Youngkin ignores assembly on vetoes as budget takes effect
• Virginia’s LGBTQ Caucus reacts to first openly gay candidate for statewide office
• Styrofoam ban on food containers in Virginia goes into effect on July 1 (Why not “Ban on styrofoam food containers?”)
• National Science Foundation to Leave Virginia headquarters as HUD Moves Out of DC
• Saslaw is back and he has a new PAC (“Seed money for the Virginia Forward PAC came from court-ordered restitution in the case of a former campaign treasurer who embezzled $653,000 from Saslaw’s campaign account from June 2013 to September 2014.”)
• The politics over UVa send us to a place we’ve never been before. Here are 8 ways how.
• After UVA president’s exit, Dems say they want to prevent further politicization of higher education (“Virginia Republicans largely silent except GOP lieutenant governor candidate John Reid, who called Ryan’s departure was ‘good.’”)
• Editorial: Jefferson warned about monarchs. UVA president’s ouster shows why. (“The commonwealth now faces a future in which its most prominent state university bowed to federal pressure and sacrificed its autonomy and independence.”)
• Former UVA Board of Visitors member dunks on outgoing president Jim Ryan in radio hit
• J.J. Davis named acting president of UVa
• Jennifer Wagner Davis to serve as acting University president
• Osprey nests in Hampton Roads are failing. Researchers want to know why.
• WTOP tours Lorton landfill being converted into Fairfax County’s largest solar array
• Judge voids Virginia Beach district-based election system, but not results (“A Circuit Court judge’s ruling means that Virginia Beach’s current 10-1 voting system can’t stay in place until the General Assembly says so. But the results of elections that used that system remain in effect.”)
• CWG Live updates: High humidity to fuel widespread storms today, some severe (“Drier air and lower humidity arrive on Thursday and stick around through July 4.”)