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by Lowell
Here are a few international, national and Virginia news headlines, political and otherwise, for Tuesday, July 22.
- Want To Fight Climate Change? Give Afro-Descendant Communities Land Rights, New Report Says (“A peer-reviewed study found Afro-descendant territories outperform comparable lands in preventing forest loss thanks to centuries of sustainable land management practices.”)
- They’re using the techniques honed by oil and gas to find near-limitless clean energy beneath our feet
- On Ukraine’s Front Line, a Sky Full of Killer Robots
- Zelenskyy renews offer to meet with Putin as officials say Russian attacks kill child in Ukraine
- Putin appears unfazed by ‘emotional’ Trump’s threats over Ukraine (“Benefits of better US relations come second to Russian leader’s maximalist war aims, say insiders and analysts”)
- Trump’s intelligence chiefs try to rewrite the history of the 2016 election (“Five years ago, Marco Rubio said there was ‘irrefutable evidence of Russian meddling.’ Now, Tulsi Gabbard says that claim is ‘treasonous’ and should be criminally investigated.” So is Marco Rubio going to be criminally investigated?)
- How Europe’s ‘trade bazooka’ could be a last resort against Trump’s tariffs
- The Global Economy Is Powering Through a Historic Increase in Tariffs
- Gaza hospital says 21 children dead from malnutrition in 72 hours as UN warns ‘last lifelines collapsing’
- Israeli forces push into parts of a central Gaza city that the war had largely spared
- White House confirms Trump objected to Israeli strikes in Syria
- Gaza is ‘hell on earth’ with doctors fainting from hunger, UN says, as 1,000 people estimated to have been killed seeking food
- Iranians asked to limit water use as temperatures hit 50C and reservoirs are depleted (Iran is a disaster in so many ways.)
- Brazil court freezes Bolsonaro son’s assets as ex-president threatened with arrest over social media use (“Eduardo Bolsonaro condemns Alexandre de Moraes’s order, while judge directs Jair Bolsonaro’s lawyers to explain why he breached social media restrictions”)
- U.S.-Based Orange Juice Importer Sues Over Trump’s 50% Tariff on Brazilian Goods (“Orange juice prices in the U.S. are already high. The suit argues that the tariff would lead to retail price hikes of up to 25 percent.”)
- Under Trump, Border Patrol arrests immigrants far from U.S.-Mexico border
- Trump’s border czar to target sanctuary cities in US: ‘We’re gonna flood the zone’
- Marines Will Begin Withdrawing From Los Angeles (It’s inexcuable that they were ever there in the first place.)
- A Federal Trial Reveals the Sprawling Plan Behind Trump’s Attacks on Pro-Palestinian Students
- Treasury Secretary Bessent calls for a review of ‘the entire’ Federal Reserve
- Trump tax bill to add $3.4tn to US debt over next decade, new analysis finds (“Congressional Budget Office report estimates bill will leave 10m more Americans without health insurance by 2034”)
- This Is the Presidency John Roberts Has Built (“The country is witnessing the creation of an all-powerful institution, and one man is responsible.” So much for all the idiots who claimed John Roberts was a “moderate” or “institutionalist” or whatever.)
- Wielding influence and fear, Trump is most powerful president in decades (What this headline SHOULD say is “blatantly violating the law and the constitution, while Republicans act as his accomplices, Trump is…”)
- Republicans are brazenly rigging the 2026 midterms (“America can survive the Trump regime—but only if we stop pretending like this is politics as usual. It’s authoritarianism in motion.”)
- Trump’s Campaign to Crush the Media (“The president has launched a frontal assault on the journalism business. So far, he’s winning.”)
- FEMA search and rescue chief resigns after frustration with Texas flood response
- Why tech billionaires want a ‘corporate dictatorship’ (“Guest host Jon Fortt and The Nerd Reich author Gil Duran discuss the Dark Enlightenment and the rise of tech authoritarianism.”)
- Trump’s Wildly Fascistic Posting Spree Isn’t Just a Distraction From Epstein (“The president spent Sunday night posting content fantasizing about the arrest of Barack Obama and other Democrats”)
- Trump’s Big Epstein Distraction Isn’t Working (“Plus: The new MAGA in-fighting over…polygamy?”)
- As MAGA world focuses on Epstein, Trump seeks focus on anything else
- Trump Posts Fake Video Showing Obama Arrest (This is really, really sick shit.)
- Trump’s latest attempt to defuse the Epstein revolt: Point supporters at common enemies
- Is Trump Really Turning the Tables on the Epstein Story? The Beltway Press’s Favorite Source Thinks So.
- JD Vance Visited the Murdochs Right Before the WSJ Dropped Trump’s Letter to Epstein (“The vice president’s mysterious little trip to Montana might be more devious than we think.”)
- Trump’s lawsuit against Wall Street Journal now has a judge — and it’s not Aileen Cannon (“The Obama appointee made history as the first openly gay Black man appointed to the federal bench.”)
- Epstein crisis forces House GOP to scrap votes (“Republicans will not to tee up a series of bills this week because Democrats are continuing to force votes over releasing the Jeffrey Epstein files.”)
- House grinds to a halt as GOP tries to shut down Epstein votes
- Johnson Retreats on Demand for Epstein Disclosures, Saying Trump Needs ‘Space’ (Worst Speaker ever. By far.)
- Epstein furor upends House for second week in row
- Trump’s Stunning Response When Asked if He Has Sexual ‘Age Limit’ Resurfaces as Epstein-Mania Boils
- White House removes Wall Street Journal from Scotland press pool over Epstein bombshell (The rest of the media SHOULD, but won’t, show solidarity.)
- Federal judge calls DOJ’s arguments ‘mind-boggling’ in lawsuit against Harvard
- Trump lashes out at federal judge presiding over Harvard case (“U.S. District Judge Allison Burroughs has ruled against the Trump administration in a separate lawsuit brought by Harvard.”)
- Tulsi dumps COINTELPRO files on MLK
- Trump administration releases FBI records on MLK Jr. despite his family’s opposition
- Bernice King Speaks Out as the Government Releases Files About Her Father, Martin Luther King Jr. (“The declassification of a new round of MLK records conjures her mother Coretta’s words: ‘They keep trying to assassinate your father over and over again.'”)
- The Art of the Settlement (“In a dramatic power play, Paramount’s board of directors overrode its three CEOs to secure the $16 million legal settlement with Donald Trump, Status has learned.”)
- Jim Jordan subpoenas DOJ prosecutor who helped investigate Donald Trump (“Gym” is a fascist for sure.)
- 5 key quotes from Hunter Biden’s first post-election interviews
- Hunter Biden Trashes Democrats He Saw as Betraying His Father
- Women’s contributions and men’s racism erased from history of national monument
- Judge gives ex-officer nearly 3 years in Breonna Taylor raid, rebuffs DOJ call for no prison time
- Prominent US anti-vaxxer says he caught measles and traveled back home (“Brian Hooker seems to not have alerted authorities of his illness after leaving west Texas” Sociopath.)
- Divorce, adultery allegations against Paxton jolt Senate race in Texas
- What the Cancellation of Stephen Colbert’s “Late Show” Means (“CBS and its parent company, Paramount, have set an end date for one of the last public pipelines to some version of the truth.”)
- Fired Colbert Hits Back at Trump With Three Profane Words
- Virginia back in play for Commanders stadium as President Trump ties deal to name change (“An exclusive negotiation window between the team and Washington, D.C., for a new stadium at the Robert F. Kennedy Memorial Stadium site expired July 15 without a city council vote. WUSA9 reports the delay has reopened the door for both Virginia and Maryland to re-engage with the NFL franchise.”)
- Column: Kiggans voted to take away help I can’t live without
- Video: Rep. Jennifer McClellan (D-VA04) Worries That Republicans Will Try to Completely Gut the Voting Rights Act, Also “cheat to keep the House” (Also: “…in Virginia, we’ve got an election right now. It’s going to be a canary in the coal mine.”)
- Albemarle Supervisor Mike Pruitt running for Congress
- Meet the candidate: Fairfax County Board of Supervisors member James Walkinshaw
- Ben Cline touts meaningless award from do-nothing MAGA group (This is how headlines in newspapers SHOULD be written; cut the faux-“objective” crap and cut to the chase.)
- “DLCC Brings the Receipts on GOP’s Costly and Disastrous Budget Law in Battleground States” – Including Virginia
- Earle-Sears attacks media as campaign struggles in polls and fundraising (Earle-Sears’ campaign is so dishonest.)
- Earle-Sears, Virginia GOP back anti-union policy, federal job cuts while claiming to support workers
- Fmr. VA LG Bill Bolling, a Trump-Supporting Republican, Says Dems Likely to “pick up 6 seats, perhaps more” in the House of Delegates This November (Bolling notes Rs have “a weak gubernatorial candidate, a statewide ticket that is not unified, and a Republican President who has a 40% approval rating in Virginia”)
- Not since 1969 have we known so little about how the next governor will perform in office (This is absolutely ridiculous; in fact, we know pretty much 95% of what each one of them would do as governor.)
- Editorial: Virginia should jump on second chance to use federal school funds
- Some Virginians worry about whether they’ll lose health coverage
- Lawsuit over Virginia’s felon voting ban gains steam with new legal filings
- Video: After James Walkinshaw Wins Nomination to VA11, Fairfax School Board Member Rachna Sizemore-Heizer Announces Campaign for Walkinshaw’s Braddock District (Fairfax County) Supervisor Seat (Rachna would do a great job on the Fairfax Board of Supervisors)
- Petersburg flooding tied to decades of silt buildup in Appomattox River (“Past dredging plans were halted by high costs and the discovery of contaminants.”)
- Northern Virginia economy looks beyond federal jobs to AI, tech
- These Virginia towns are moving away from water fluoridation (Morons.)
- Man accused of stockpiling bombs, using Biden photo for target practice, pleads guilty (“Brad Spafford pleaded guilty in federal court in Norfolk to possession of an unregistered short barrel rifle and possession of an unregistered destructive device, according to court documents. Each count carries a maximum sentence of 10 years in prison. His sentencing is scheduled for December.”)
- CWG Live updates: Best day of July today before heat and humidity build again
