by Lowell
Here are a few international, national and Virginia news headlines, political and otherwise, for Monday, May 16.
- Breaking climate vows would be ‘monstrous self-harm’, warns Cop26 president
- Australia’s Slow Warming to Electric Cars May Get Election Boost (“Battery-powered vehicles are finally gaining momentum, and state support could be coming.”)
- Australian wind market takes off again as projects and turbines get bigger
- North Korea: More than a million Covid cases feared
- U.S., Europe race to improve food supply chains after India bans wheat exports
- NATO Prepares to Add Finland and Sweden to Northern Defenses
- Ukraine war is ‘best opportunity’ for nuclear comeback since Fukushima, industry says
- Finland, Sweden inch closer to seeking NATO membership
- Ukraine’s Military Regains Ground in Northeast, Targets Another Russian River Crossing
- Setbacks in Ukraine’s East Force Russia to Shift Its Ambitions
- Russia will not ‘simply put up with’ NATO’s Nordic expansion
- Sweden seeks to overcome Turkish objections to its NATO bid
- Ruling parties in Sweden, Finland back NATO membership in historic shifts
- Growing evidence of a military disaster on the Donets pierces a pro-Russian bubble.
- Russian war effort runs into diplomatic, military hurdles
- Ukraine: The children’s camp that became an execution ground
- McConnell takes on MAGA with Ukraine visit
- McDonald’s to sell its Russian business, try to keep workers
- Ukraine troops reach Russian border near Kharkiv – governor
- Europe’s leaders fall out of sync on Ukraine (“Germany, France and Italy are making overtures to Moscow.” Good cop/bad cop?)
- Analysis: Neutral Switzerland leans closer to NATO in response to Russia
- China’s economy skids as lockdowns hit factories, retailers
- El Salvador’s President Went All In on Bitcoin. Then It Tanked.
- Lebanon vote deals blow to Hezbollah, preliminary results show (“The current election is the first since Lebanon’s devastating economic meltdown.”)
- One Way to Do More for the Environment: Do Less With Your Yard (“You aren’t obliged to turn your yard into a meadow. All you need to do is stop spraying for weeds. Stop spraying for insects. Leave a little brush pile in the corner of the yard, if you can, and let the weedy flowers grow up along the fence line. When you’re choosing new trees and shrubs, or even just window-box flowers, take a moment to look up the native options that are just as pretty as the nonnative ones now in style. If you can set up a nest box for birds, and keep clean water available for all the thirsty creatures, that will help, too.” And ditch the lawn!)
- Democracy is at stake in the midterms. The media must convey that.
- Nancy Pelosi: supreme court ‘dangerous to families and to freedoms’
- How Democrats Can Hang on to Congress in 2022
- Support for abortion rights hits new high as midterm outlook stays mostly unchanged
- GOP Must Answer for ‘Great Replacement Theory’ Violence
- Buffalo gunman’s racism appears linked to mainstreaming of white nationalism (“Alleged Buffalo shooter cited the same hateful theories spread by Fox News hosts and prominent Republicans”)
- The Buffalo shooter’s views are mainstream on the right
- The Black victims of the Buffalo shooting were killed by white supremacy (“Politicians and thought leaders on the right who have recklessly stoked racial hatred share blame for the violence in Buffalo.”)
- After Buffalo Massacre, Gov. Kathy Hochul Calls for Social Media Companies to Crack Down on Hate Speech
- Biden Laments ‘Stain’ of Hate After Mass Shooting in Buffalo
- Biden starts conceding that the bygone era of D.C. may, indeed, be gone (“Among his inner circle, there has been a hankering for sharper elbows.”)
- Scrutiny of Republicans who embrace ‘great replacement theory’ after Buffalo massacre
- Republicans are fueling extremism and terror like the Buffalo shooting (“There is no easy fix to dealing with far-right terror. But we should stop assuming Republicans can help, when they are part of the problem”)
- Buffalo: This is where Donald Trump’s race-war fantasies lead (“He feeds on white rage — it got him elected president. At this point, the horror in Buffalo isn’t even surprising”)
- A Lone-Wolf Shooter Has an Online Pack (“Even when a shooter acts alone, their ideology is often shared.”)
- Pelosi calls for ‘balance’ between free speech and safety after Buffalo shooting
- After Buffalo Shooting Video Spreads, Social Platforms Face Questions
- Stefanik echoed racist theory allegedly espoused by Buffalo suspect (“The No. 3 House Republican, who ran Facebook ads parroting the “great replacement” conspiracy theory, illustrates the radical turn taken by an increasing number of Republicans.”)
- Suspected gunman allegedly inspired by racist theory underpinning global carnage
- Massacre suspect said he modified Bushmaster rifle to hold more ammunition
- The roots of the ‘great replacement theory’ believed to fuel Buffalo suspect
- The Buffalo Shooter’s Manifesto Relied on the Same White Supremacist Conspiracy Pushed by Tucker Carlson
- Making Sense of the Racist Mass Shooting in Buffalo
- The Buffalo Shooter Isn’t a ‘Lone Wolf.’ He’s a Mainstream Republican
- A Fringe Conspiracy Theory, Fostered Online, Is Refashioned by the G.O.P.
- “What happened in Buffalo is not just about some isolated shooter, some deranged sociopath. He was fueled by an ideology of hate promoted by…an entire US political party”
- Kellen Squire: Young White Men Like the Buffalo Terrorist Are Radicalized Online; We Need a Systemic Effort to Fix This (“Republican strategist Christopher Rufo admits aloud the plan to radicalize people and then shrug at what they end up doing.”)
- Grief and Anger Sweep Through Buffalo a Day After a Racist Massacre
- Buffalo shooter’s prior threat, hospital stay face scrutiny
- Buffalo shooting latest example of targeted racial violence
- California churchgoers detained gunman in deadly attack
- Buffalo Shooter Researched And Targeted Black Neighborhood, Officials Say
- Churchgoers subdued, hog-tied gunman after deadly Laguna Woods church shooting
- Karine Jean-Pierre makes history at White House
- 2022 midterms: What to watch as 5 states hold primaries
- 16 GOP Primaries To Watch In North Carolina, Pennsylvania, Idaho And Oregon
- QAnon’s Chief Enabler Ran a Website Where He Brushed Off Concerns About Pedophilic Content
- Trump’s Hold on the GOP Won’t Loosen Even If His Candidates Fail (“His cult of personality can withstand a few botched endorsements.”)
- U.S. Senator From Maryland Suffers ‘Minor Stroke’ (“Chris Van Hollen, a Democrat, said in a statement that there were ‘no long-term effects or damage,’ but that he would be under observation for a few days.”)
- Kathy Barnette Says She ‘Can’t Provide a Lot of Context’ for Her Anti-Islamic Tweets
- Your Guide to the Nightmare of the Pennsylvania Republican Primary for Senate
- Pennsylvania US Senate candidate Fetterman suffers stroke but says he’s ‘well on my way to a full recovery’
- Nebraska Guv Wants No Rape or Incest Exception for Abortion: ‘They’re Still Babies’
- Nebraska GOP governor says he will call a special session to pass total abortion ban if Roe is overturned
- A Fracture in Idaho’s G.O.P. as the Far Right Seeks Control
- Rep. Abigail Spanberger (D-VA07), a Former CIA Counterterrorism Officer, Says Buffalo Violence “is rooted in the deadly ideology of white supremacy and the conspiracy of ‘replacement.’” (“All Americans must recognize the threat of white nationalist domestic terrorism to our national security”)
- Spanberger’s Fredericksburg office sparks protest from Reeves supporters (Reeves is a bully.)
- Federal judge gives preliminary settlement approval for online predatory lending victims (“A federal judge in Richmond is giving preliminary approval to a class-action settlement providing almost $500 million in relief to victims of an online predatory lending scam.”)
- Review of Former VA House Dem Leader David Toscano’s Book “Bellwether: Virginia’s Political Transformation, 2006-2020” (Toscano discusses the “Virginia Way,” the “room where it happens,” impressions of his colleagues, redistricting, and much more.)
- Not a great time to roll out Dominion’s pricey solar tariff
- What’s ‘reasonable and prudent’ when it comes to Dominion offshore wind project’s costs?
- Women settle lawsuit against Liberty University
- A civil war among neighbors over Confederate-themed streets (“Mosby Woods, a quiet cluster of 523 homes in Fairfax City built in the mid-20th century, is a community that has grown divided over its identity as the City Council considers renaming its Confederate-named streets.”)
- Editorial: Documenting the Roanoke Valley’s local history before it fades
- ODU assistant professor who resigned amid backlash from pedophilia research has a new job at Johns Hopkins
- Stop the loss of hardwoods along the George Washington Parkway (Agreed, it’s absolutely absurd that this problem hasn’t been addressed, starting years ago!)
- D.C.-area forecast: Severe storm threat today, amazing Tuesday, late week heat blast
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