by Lowell
Here are a few international, national and Virginia news headlines, political and otherwise, for Thursday, April 28.
- Massive wildfires helped fuel global forest losses in 2021 as more than 97,500 square miles of tree cover vanished (Disastrous.)
- UN Report Says Humanity Has Altered 70 Percent of the Earth’s Land, Putting the Planet on a ‘Crisis Footing’ (Also disastrous.)
- There’s No Scenario in Which 2050 Is ‘Normal’ (“The two paths to avoid the worst of climate change would still dramatically change the world as we know it”)
- Climate change may increase risk of new infectious diseases
- ‘Potentially devastating’: Climate crisis may fuel future pandemics
- Climate change is making India’s brutal heat waves worse
- Kerry warns world will blow through critical climate change threshold unless global leaders step up
- We Have Two Paths to Avoid the Worst of Climate Change
- “Eight years left to turn the ship”: Scientists share how climate change could change daily life
- What Russia cutting off energy to Poland and Bulgaria means for the world
- Russian Gas Stoppages Spur Europe’s Race for New Energy Supplies
- Putin using energy ‘as a weapon,’ Zelensky says
- Europe Sees Ambiguity in EU’s Advice on Russian Gas Demands
- ‘War is evil’: UN chief visits destroyed town near Kyiv
- How deep does the rot in the Russian army go?
- ‘Enormous impact’: US intelligence prevented the fall of Kyiv
- Drones Have Come of Age in Russia-Ukraine War
- Putin Must Be Stopped Once and for All
- Occupied Ukrainian city fears sham Russian referendum plans
- Key U.N. Players Urge Accountability For Atrocities In Ukraine (“The session included the ICC’s chief prosecutor, the chair of the U.N. Commission of Inquiry, Ukraine’s top prosecutor and human rights lawyer Amal Clooney.”)
- Some 1,150 corpses recovered in Ukraine’s Kyiv region since war began – police
- House Passes Bill Urging Biden to Sell Seized Russian Yachts to Aid Ukraine
- Putin warns West of further retaliation; Biden to ask Congress for new Ukraine aid package
- Germany must keep its promise of a new foreign and defense policy
- Our commitment to Ukraine will be tested. Americans must stay strong.
- Parents’ joy at Russia’s release of US Marine son (“Held in a Russian prison since 2019, Trevor Reed is safely on his way back to the US.”)
- American Trevor Reed is back in US after prisoner swap with Moscow
- Survivors Unite To Deliver Message On Holocaust Remembrance
- China’s capital sharpens COVID screening to prevent Shanghai-like chaos
- Iran Ramps Up Oil Exports as China Pulls Back on Russian Oil
- Dr. Fauci Clarifies Coronavirus Pandemic Not Over, After Saying U.S. ‘Out Of Pandemic Phase’
- Economists Estimate GDP Moderated in First Quarter
- The GOP is no longer a party. It’s a movement to impose White Christian nationalism.
- The Republican primaries have gone off the rails (“What happens when some of these clowns get elected?”)
- Biden Is Considering ‘Significant’ Student Loan Debt Cancellation, Say Lawmakers
- After years of progress on gay rights, how did the US become so anti-LGBTQ+?
- Democrats split over how hard to push Biden agenda
- Biden Blocked From Winding Down Title 42 Border Policy Early
- US egg factory roasts alive 5.3 million chickens in avian flu cull – then fires almost every worker (Horrifying. The question is, why is this not illegal???)
- Two Democratic progressives plot new ways to fight back against Republican gains
- What Is It About Donald Trump That Scares Every Prosecutor Who Crosses His Path?
- Trump unleashes his temper on GOP allies over Ohio Senate primary split
- Boeing ‘probably shouldn’t have taken’ Trump-negotiated Air Force One deal, CEO says
- In Sworn Deposition, Trump Expresses Fear Of Being Hit By Killer Fruits
- Trump’s latest hate rally: A master class in cult mind control (“At Ohio rally, Trump drums up hatred against ‘sick, sinister and evil people’ — by which he means you and me”)
- Just Call Trump a Loser (“His record is clear. Some nervy Republican challenger should say so.”)
- House GOP’s Trump defenders eye long game with McCarthy and avoid fight for now
- What Tucker Carlson’s fury at Kevin McCarthy says about the GOP (“Let’s stop saying Republicans are ‘cowards’ who ‘fear’ Trump. The truth is worse.”)
- The job Kevin McCarthy sold his soul for might elude him (“When you’ve lost Tucker Carlson, you know you’ve probably lost the speakership.”)
- Kevin McCarthy Once Again Caught Contemplating Doing the Right Thing Before Ultimately Doing Nothing Like the Coward He Is (“The GOP leader talked about reining in commentary that could lead to violence, then realized it wouldn’t be politically popular and did nothing.”)
- Scalise and Gaetz meet privately after tension over leaked audio
- Multiple RNC staffers have spoken to Jan. 6 panel, sources say
- First on CNN: New York grand jury hearing evidence in DA’s investigation into Trump Organization expires this week (Renew it!)
- Judge Says Real Estate Giant Broke Rules for Trump
- Trump’s Spokeswoman Calls For Arrests Over 2020 Election at QAnon Rally (Insane and dangerous.)
- Marjorie Taylor Greene Rips Catholic Church For Helping Migrants: ‘Satan’s Controlling the Church’
- Making Twitter More of a Cesspool Makes No Business Sense
- Elon Musk Isn’t Buying Twitter to Defend Free Speech
- Musk Criticizes Twitter Executive, Drawing Backlash
- What’s Elon Musk going to do with all the data Twitter collects?
- Elon Musk already broke his agreement with Twitter
- Breakingviews: Elon Musk probably won’t buy Twitter
- Judge rejects Elon Musk’s bid to end SEC tweet settlement
- Meta Shares Soar as Facebook Returns to User Growth
- Trump allies breach U.S. voting systems in search of 2020 fraud ‘evidence’
- Evan McMullin Is Betting That People Care About Mike Lee’s Role in Trying to Overturn the 2020 Election
- According to right-wing media, anything that makes them look bad is a “false flag”
- Tucker Carlson Pushed Trump to Endorse J.D. Vance With ‘Disgusting’ Sexual Innuendo
- Republican senator calls for ethics probe into Madison Cawthorn
- It’s Trump vs. Cruz in Ohio and Pa. Senate races
- Michigan Republicans put truth vs. lies on this year’s ballot
- Opinion CBS News commentator Mick Mulvaney has a new credibility problem
- Exclusive: MAGA Candidate Evicted from Home After Wife Asks Court for Emergency Order of Protection
- Citing cost pressures on homeowners, DeSantis vetoes bill to end solar incentives
- U.S. House Passes Spanberger-Cosponsored Legislation to Seize Russian Oligarchs’ Assets to Help Pay for Ukraine’s Fight for Freedom (“Ukraine can win this war, just as it did the Battle of Kyiv.”)
- Open Thread/Live Blog: Virginia General Assembly “Veto Session” Today; Youngkin and His Allies “hoping you’re not watching”
- In First 100 Days, “From cyberbullying a high schooler to failing to deliver a budget, Governor Youngkin has made one thing abundantly clear: Virginians are in for a long four years.”
- Youngkin attends Virginia March for Life in nod to anti-abortion voters (Also, Youngkin is 100% in sync with the marchers.)
- Governor Youngkin and Lt. Governor Winsome-Sears Lead Attack on Women’s Right to Choose (VA Dems: Youngkin Doubles Down on His Anti-Choice Stance, Participates in “March for Life”; Sears Declares “Abortion is Wicked”)
- VA Senate Kills Gov. Youngkin’s Amendment Which Attempted to Force an Election for Loudoun County School Board a Year Early
- Statement by Del. Eileen Filler-Corn After VA House Dems Vote to Oust Her as Leader: “I was proud of all that we accomplished after taking the majority in 2019…[and] look forward to working…to retake the majority”
- Va. House Democrats remove Filler-Corn without picking new leader
- Va. House Democrats oust former speaker Filler-Corn as party leader
- Va. Senate committee votes down Youngkin’s gas-tax holiday plan
- Youngkin prevails on vetoes but draws Democrats’ fire in heated session
- Youngkin and Miyares’ appeal of mask ruling is a harsh publicity stunt
- Youngkin prevails on vetoes, but loses on gas tax holiday, numerous bill amendments
- Virginia lawmakers work through amendments, sustain vetoes
- Virginia 10-Day New COVID-19 Cases Down 93% Compared to 1/19; Hospitalizations Down to 185 From ~4,000 in January
- Editorial: Celebrating NATO’s local ties (“The Norfolk NATO Festival, which begins Thursday, highlights the importance of our transatlantic partnership and our community’s unique role in it.”)
- Advocates say the mayor’s budget proposal fails to cut Richmond’s environmental impact
- Fairfax Co. schools may change when students can use cellphones
- Can Liberty University Be Saved? (“After Jerry Falwell, Jr.,’s ouster, some students and alumni have sought a more thorough excavation of Liberty’s values.”)
- D.C.-area forecast: Cool breezes but plenty of sun today, then turning milder
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