by Lowell
Here are a few national and Virginia news headlines, political and otherwise, for Tuesday, July 13.
- Climate change is fueling mass-casualty heat waves. Here’s why experts say we don’t view them as crises (“Our brains are highly tuned to pictures of destruction, because we don’t want that to happen to us. With heat waves, there usually isn’t a visible swath of destruction.” That’s a fundamental, fatal flaw in the human brain.)
- Our climate change turning point is right here, right now (“People are dying. Aquatic animals are baking in their shells. Fruit is being cooked on the tree. It’s time to act”)
- Hydrogen Is One Answer to Climate Change. Getting It Is the Hard Part. (“Hydrogen is one of the most plentiful elements in the universe, but producing it in a way that is emission free is costly. Pioneering companies are working to change that.”)
- For a few hours, the world got to see Cubans’ desire for freedom
- Pandemic-driven hunger is making the world more unequal
- Cuban president claims protests part of US plot to ‘fracture’ Communist party (“Cuban officials blame the US for Sunday’s demonstrations as Biden calls on island’s leaders to hear citizens’ ‘clarion call for freedom’”)
- Cuba Cracks Down on Protests Amid Worst Economic Crisis in Decades
- Cubans, broken by pandemic and fueled by social media, confront their police state
- Cuba’s internet cutoff: A go-to tactic to suppress dissent
- A wild chase followed the assassination of Haiti’s president (“The plot to kill Haiti’s president allegedly spanned multiple countries and involved experienced ex-military officers and months of planning, local officials say”)
- Several tied to Haiti assassination plot were previously US law enforcement informants
- South Africa violence intensifies despite calls for calm (“President Cyril Ramaphosa addresses unrest in response to jailing of Jacob Zuma”)
- Governments World-Wide Gorge on Record Debt, Testing New Limits
- World’s Biggest Green Energy Hub Proposed for Western Australia
- World’s biggest wind and solar hydrogen hub planned for south-west Australia (“The world’s biggest renewable energy hub – comprising an astonishing 50 gigawatts of wind and solar capacity – has been proposed for the southern coast of Western Australia to create millions of tonnes of green hydrogen for use in Australia and for export.”)
- Johnson and Patel accused of hypocrisy over racist abuse of England footballers
- More Than 60 People Are Dead After A Hospital Fire In A Southern Iraqi City
- Biden Team Mulls Digital Trade Deal to Counter China in Asia
- Living with COVID-19: Israel changes strategy as Delta variant hits
- What happens if the Taliban wins in Afghanistan? (Nothing good.)
- FDA adds new warning on J&J vaccine related to rare autoimmune disorder
- Americans need to make a choice in order to avoid a Covid surge, expert says (“We can’t have it both ways; we can’t be both unmasked and non-socially distant and unvaccinated. That won’t work”)
- U.S. Officials Press Pfizer for More Evidence of Need for Booster Shot
- Inflation Likely Rose Again as Economic Recovery Continues
- American west stuck in cycle of ‘heat, drought and fire’, experts warn
- EPA Struggles To Track Methane From Landfills. Here’s Why It Matters For The Climate
- US drilling approvals increase despite Biden climate pledge (Not acceptable.)
- The Durable Myth of Urban Hellholes
- Moderates want to cut the spending on Biden’s plan. They should remember 2010. (“Let’s not make this same mistake again, shall we?”)
- Democrats closing in on deal to unlock massive infrastructure bill (“Sen. Mark Warner (D-Va.), a member of the Budget panel, declined to comment on reports that Democrats are looking at a price tag of between $3 trillion and $4 trillion for their reconciliation package but indicated they could soon be ready to share details.”)
- Biden’s bipartisan infrastructure deal could face key Senate GOP defections
- GOP support for bipartisan infrastructure deal going wobbly
- On voting rights, Biden talks and Republicans act (“President Biden is going to give a speech in Philadelphia on voting rights. But what will it accomplish?”)
- Biden To Tie GOP Voter Restriction Bills To Trump’s ‘Big Lie’ In Philadelphia Speech (“The president will push Democrats’ voting rights bill in Congress while accusing Republicans of basing new voting limits in the states on Trump’s election lies.”)
- 7 points Biden needs to make about voting rights (“Biden must declare that democracy itself will be on the ballot so long as Republicans remain the captives of demagogues and conspiracy theorists.”)
- House Democrats tell Senate: exempt voting rights bill from filibuster (“Filibuster exception would allow Democrats to push through their voting rights reform bill over unanimous Republican opposition”)
- Obstacles mount amid Capitol Police funding fight
- Amy Coney Barrett Is Following in John Roberts’ Footsteps (“The newest jurist has a knack for tacking to the center when it matters for her reputation.”)
- Republicans now stand for lawlessness and disorder (“Harassment is the key.”)
- Legal threats to Donald Trump ‘more serious than ever before’, experts say (Why hasn’t he been arrested yet?)
- Donald Trump May Already Be Violating Campaign Laws
- Republicans prefer Trump’s fantasies over truth and facts
- GOP anti-vaxxers are sacrificing citizens’ lives for political gain
- Republicans refusing to get vaccinated are owning no one but themselves
- Joe Biden Is Done Coddling Conservatives and Their Anti-Vaccine Bullshit (“The administration is calling out conservative anti-vaxxers for the dangerous hacks they are.”)
- The Anti-Vaxx Party Is Taking Shape (“The far right proudly rejects the COVID vaccine out of imagined fealty to Trump”)
- ‘Potentially a death sentence’: White House goes off on vaccine fearmongers
- The Republican Party’s top lawyer called election fraud arguments by Trump’s lawyers a ‘joke’ that could mislead millions
- ‘Get on the team or shut up’: How Trump created an army of GOP enforcers
- Trump wrong on officer who shot Jan. 6 rioter Ashli Babbitt, law enforcement official says
- Trump makes Ashli Babbitt, killed in the Capitol riot, into a martyr. Why that’s so dangerous.
- Trump Organization removes indicted top finance officer Allen Weisselberg from leadership roles at dozens of subsidiaries
- ‘Kraken’ Sanctions Hearing: Lin Wood Blames Sidney Powell In Attempt To Evade Punishment As Judge Expresses Skepticism
- Sidney Powell Is Going Down With the Ship
- Judge presses Trump-allied lawyers on 2020 election fraud claims (“U.S. District Court Judge Linda V. Parker said she would rule on a request to discipline the lawyers in coming weeks for filing a suit seeking to overturn Michigan’s results.”)
- Why are White evangelicals embracing an anti-democratic movement? Because they’re panicking. (“After their churches have politicized religion, their numbers are declining.”)
- The latest CPAC lunacy shows why Democrats must get tougher
- After the monster’s ball: CPAC celebrates the coup, and offers hints of the turmoil ahead (“CPAC speakers, including a defeated ex-president, almost dared each other to excuse Jan. 6 and encourage violence”)
- CPAC Emphasized Republicans’ Obsession With 2020
- “They Think Very Highly of Nikki”: The Kushner Family Is Cozying Up to Nikki Haley (Yuuuuuuuuuck.)
- Nikki Haley calls for every governor in America to ban funding for critical race theory in schools (She’s bonkers.)
- Arizona election official: Unchecked Cyber Ninjas use alarming ‘audit’ rules to count votes (Why is this being allowed at all? Wildly irresponsible at best.)
- Texas Democrats Flee State to Highlight G.O.P. Voting Restrictions
- ‘They will be arrested.’ Gov. Abbott responds to Texas Democrats’ flight to Washington, D.C.
- Deploy law enforcement? Call another special session? Texas GOP mulls options for elections bill after Democrats leave the state
- GOP House candidate who led disruption at Porter town hall holds extremist views
- Newsmax host suggests vaccines are “against nature,” and some diseases are “supposed to wipe out a certain amount of people” (Glenn Youngkin has appeared on this extremist network.)
- Maria Bartiromo’s top 10 fails (Utter disgrace to journalism.)
- Fox Runs All-Caps Disclaimer Over Trump’s Lies About Stolen Election at CPAC (They need to do that any time Trump speaks.)
- Tucker Carlson’s Manufactured America (“The Fox host has a new daytime show, and he’s using it to poison the meaning of patriotism.”)
- Sen. Tim Kaine discusses bilateral and government issues
- Abigail Spanberger column: July 15 child tax credit payments will reach 80% of central Va. families, mark a turning point in our economic recovery
- Twice-Impeached Trump Weighs In Yet Again, Calls Glenn Youngkin “Great Candidate,” But Darkly (and Falsely) Hints That If Youngkin Loses to Terry McAuliffe, It Must Be the “‘Vote Counters’ in Virginia”
- Terry McAuliffe Blasts Glenn Youngkin’s Refusal to Attend VA Bar Association Debate as “an insult to Virginians and shows that Glenn knows just how out of step he is with the people of the Commonwealth”
- Youngkin to skip marquee debate over moderator’s donation to Clinton Bush Haiti Fund (This headline is pathetic, pure stenography…just taking the Youngkin campaign’s bullshit excuse at face value. In fact, there’s zero chance that’s the actual reason Youngkin’s skipping this debate. ZERO.)
- Virginia Bar Association cancels debate after Youngkin chooses to skip it
- Youngkin Refuses To Join Virginia Bar Association’s Debate (“After 35 years, a Virginia political tradition is coming to an end. Republican Glenn Youngkin is refusing to take part in the Virginia Bar Association’s debate.”)
- Youngkin refuses VBA’s traditional July debate; candidates in agreement on just one
- Opinion | Virginians deserve to know where Glenn Youngkin stands on abortion
- Governor Northam Proposes $353 Million in American Rescue Plan Funding to Accelerate Small Business Recovery
- Northam rolls out plan to use $353 million in federal aid to help businesses hurt by pandemic
- In Virginia Beach, Northam outlines how he wants to spend federal coronavirus relief money
- Virginia AFL-CIO endorses Terry McAuliffe, Hala Ayala, and Mark Herring for Governor, Lieutenant Governor and Attorney General for the 2021 General Election
- Trump praised Youngkin but condemned the 2017 gubernatorial nominee for not embracing ‘MAGA’
- Video: VA GOP Lt. Gov. Nominee Gives Shoutout to Conspiracy Theorist/Extremist Lyndon LaRouche; Says Marijuana Legalization “is gonna destroy us” and “I’m tired of people being offended”
- Race data was missing for 1.3 million vaccinated Virginians. Health department says the glitch has been fixed. (“The state’s immunization registry was updated in December, causing the information system to extract data from the incorrect file.”)
- Monday (7/12) Virginia Data on COVID-19: Hospitalizations, New COVID Cases At Lowest Levels Since March 2020
- Virginia county to test power of GOP culture wars at ballot box (“Republicans are zeroing in on Loudoun County, Va., ahead of the state’s competitive gubernatorial race as the affluent, Democratic-leaning area finds itself at the center of America’s culture wars.”)
- Fairfax GOP Pushes “Rally to Free Political Prisoners” (aka, 1/6 Insurrectionists); Also (Falsely) Says CRT Stands For “Communist Radical Takeover of America” (Sen. Scott Surovell (D-Fairfax): “I never thought I’d see the committee that brought us respected national leaders fall this far but they are really working hard to become a permanent minority in NOVA”)
- Virginia PTA reinstates ousted members, puts Thomas Jefferson High PTSA on probation
- America’s fittest city is … Arlington, Virginia – for the fourth straight year, study finds (It’s actually a county, but…)
- Mountain Valley Pipeline to purchase $150 million in carbon offsets (How about not produce the greenhouse gases in the first place?!?)
- Opening date of proposed South Richmond casino might not be until fall 2024
- D.C.-area forecast: Hot and humid, with increased storm chances this weekend
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