by Lowell
Here are a few international, national and Virginia news headlines, political and otherwise, for Wednesday, June 22.
- Rain-triggered floods in Bangladesh conjure climate warnings
- Climate change a factor in ‘unprecedented’ South Asia floods
- Europe wildfire risk heightened by early heat waves, drought
- Coal investments set to rise 10% this year as nations fret over energy security (Nuts.)
- How Russia’s vaunted cyber capabilities were frustrated in Ukraine
- Russia rains rockets on Kharkiv; at least 15 killed
- The U.S. attorney general visits Ukraine and names a veteran prosecutor to help investigate Russian war crimes.
- Top US ‘Nazi hunter’ to lead Justice Department effort to uncover war crimes in Ukraine
- Ukrainians still finding bodies in former occupied villages outside Kyiv (“Many exhumed bodies found near checkpoints used by invading Russian soldiers before their retreat in April”)
- Intel Reveals Putin Plan to Weasel His Way Into U.S. Hearts
- Linchpin of Ukrainian Defiance, a Southern City Endures a Barrage (“Without its Black Sea coast, a landlocked Ukraine would struggle. Mykolaiv is determined that won’t happen.”)
- At least 1,000 dead after earthquake flattens homes in rural Afghanistan
- Afghanistan quake kills 920 people, deadliest in 2 decades
- China Sends Warplanes Near Taiwan After US Rejects Strait Claims
- UK inflation hits 40-year record, highest in G7 (Just a reminder that this is a global phenomenon, definitely not in any way specific to the US, or to specific policies. In other words, as usual, Republicans are LYING.)
- Biden to call for 3-month suspension of gas and diesel taxes
- Biden calls on Congress to suspend federal gas tax
- F.D.A. Aims to Cut Down on Smoking by Slashing Nicotine Levels in Cigarettes
- The FDA is taking a historic step to reduce smoking deaths. It’s overdue.
- John Roberts played the long game on state funding of religious schools
- The Horrible Price Public Servants Paid For Standing Up to Trump’s Election Lies
- ‘The system held, but barely’: Jan. 6 hearings highlight a handful of close calls
- January 6 Was Only the Beginning (“To Trump’s true believers, the insurrection was an act of faith, Ashli Babbitt is a martyr, and white is not only a race, but a spiritual state.”)
- “Do you know how it feels to have the president of the United States target you?”
- Arizona House Speaker Rusty Bowers tells the world what Trump asked him to do
- Those ignoring the Jan. 6 revelations are guaranteeing more violence
- Trump’s pressure drew violence, threats to resistant officials, committee reveals
- Emotional Jan. 6 hearing shows election workers were the real heroes (“This wasn’t a game; Trump and his minions destroyed real people’s lives.”)
- January 6 Committee Explores Trump’s Post-Election Reign of Terror (“The former president and Rudy Giuliani tried to intimidate and smear anyone standing in their way, including local election workers.”)
- Key takeaways of Jan. 6 panel Day 4: Defying Trump’s election pressure came at great personal cost
- Fox anchor: Jan. 6 witnesses outlining ‘huge, stunning, clear’ lack of voter fraud evidence
- Could the fake electors scheme prove to be Trump campaign’s Achilles’ heel? (“The justice department is investigating whether the Republicans who signed as electors could be charged”)
- A few good Republicans stopped Trump – but his threat to democracy isn’t over
- January 6 hearings: state officials testify on Trump pressure to discredit election (“Pressuring public servants into betraying their oaths was a fundamental part of the playbook”)
- Exclusive: Raffensperger says he wishes Fox News carried every Jan. 6 hearing
- 1/6 panel: Local ‘heroes’ rebuffed Trump, then faced threats
- What Are Trump Supporters So Afraid Of?
- ‘There’s nowhere I feel safe’: Georgia elections workers describe how Trump upended their lives
- Election workers describe ‘hateful’ threats after Trump’s false claims
- The attempted revolution was televised — and recorded
- Shaye Moss staffed an election office in Georgia. Then she was targeted by Trump
- Jan. 6 Panel Ties Trump to False Electors Plan
- Frustrated with January 6 hearings, Trump turns ire toward his allies
- ‘I took an oath,’ Rusty Bowers, the Arizona House speaker, says of rejecting efforts to overturn the election
- 7 takeaways from the fourth day of the January 6 hearings
- State Republicans Resisted Trump’s Subversion in 2020. We Got Lucky.
- Ivanka Trump expressed a different view on the election to a filmmaker (” Ivanka Trump, the elder daughter of former President Donald J. Trump, told a documentary film crew in the middle of December 2020 that her father should ‘continue to fight until every legal remedy is exhausted'”)
- ‘What the F-ck Is This?’: Team Trump Blindsided by Jan. 6 Committee Getting Doc Footage
- A Republican Stood Up to Trump. So Right-Wingers Smeared Him as a “Pedophile.”
- Trump’s open confession will loom large at today’s Jan. 6 hearing (“Trump has told us he’ll do it all again, once more pliable actors are in place.”)
- Expectations about prosecuting Trump may be shifting
- Another reason for the Jan. 6 hearings: The GOP is still attacking democracy (“The insurrection never ended.”)
- Rusty Bowers proves to be the Jan. 6 committee’s most compelling witness yet
- Alone in Washington, Rusty Bowers tells world what happened in Arizona
- Trump Proves the Jan. 6th Committee’s Point
- As More Information Comes In, Jan. 6 Panel Plans at Least One Additional Hearing
- The defense of democracy depends on the power of honorable individuals
- Why Conspiracy Theories Flourish in Trump’s America
- American Grifters: Meet the MAGA Army Profiting Off Trump’s Election Lies
- ‘Heightened alert’: Abortion providers brace for ruling
- Who Stops a ‘Bad Guy With a Gun’? (“A review of 433 active shooter attacks reveals that most are over before the police arrive. Bystanders sometimes stop attackers, but seldom shoot them.”)
- Senate votes to advance bipartisan gun deal, breaking 30-year logjam
- Senators hail ‘bipartisan breakthrough’ on gun safety legislation
- DPS Director Steve McCraw says officers in Uvalde could have taken down gunman within 3 minutes had commander not hesitated
- Nearly a month after Uvalde school massacre, mayor launches fierce criticism of state investigators
- Head of State Police Calls Response to Uvalde Shooting an ‘Abject Failure’
- Lone Star hate: Right-wing activists in Texas drive a new wave of anti-LGBTQ bigotry (“Sure, Texas is a red state. But the merger of MAGA and anti-LGBTQ activism has revealed a whole new level of ugly”)
- What a drag queen’s criticism of Kari Lake says about the GOP (“Elite Republicans were fine with giving up the war against LGBTQ rights. But now they have to join in the hate.”)
- Fox News parent must face defamation lawsuit over election coverage
- CNN picks worst time to bail on ‘the Big Lie’
- Opinion: Eric Greitens’ ad typifies GOP extremists’ attitudes toward violence
- Gunning for RINOs: A Republican hits a new low (“Incitement to violence is happening again.”)
- 2024 intrigue: DeSantis declines to ask Trump for reelection endorsement
- Oz drops Trump branding in general election shift
- January 6 committee shows how Steve Bannon directed his followers to harass a Pennsylvania legislator to overturn the 2020 election
- Right-wing media are pushing for vigilantism against trans people and drag queens. Fascists are answering the call.
- Trump Backed Trans Beauty Queen Before He Went Full Phobic
- Ron Johnson Should Testify to Clear All This Up
- Rebuked again: Trump’s picks for House seats in Georgia go bust
- Rep. Mo Brooks and the downfall of a GOP MAGA conservative in pro-Trump Alabama
- Collins beats Trump-endorsed Jones in 10th Congressional District contest
- Georgia Republican voters reject more of Trump’s primary picks, while a late pick prevails in Alabama
- Cuellar Defeats Cisneros In South Texas Primary Runoff, Recount Shows
- Bowser wins Democratic nomination for D.C. mayor, AP projects
- Killer South Dakota Attorney General Ousted and Banned From Office
- Document reveals details of 2009 sexual assault allegation against Daniel Snyder
- Three Options for the FBI’s Long-Awaited New Headquarters Are Still on the Table
- Virginia Primary Day 2022 Results: Live Blog
- Sen. Jen Kiggans snags GOP nomination to face Virginia’s Rep. Elaine Luria
- The Case Against Yesli Vega…and FOR Reelecting Rep. Abigail Spanberger (D-VA07) (“Vega promoted conspiracy theories that the election was stolen…wants to see…Roe v. Wade overturned, and aligned herself with some of the most radical, far-right personalities in Washington.”)
- Rep. Elaine Luria proposes $37 billion boost to defense bill for new ships, planes
- The Case Against Jen Kiggans (R)…and FOR Reelecting Rep. Elaine Luria (D-VA02) (DCCC: “Kiggans is a self-serving, craven political opportunist who will do or say anything to get in power. Kiggans never met a conviction she didn’t abandon when it served her best interests”)
- Virginia Primary Day 2022: Open Thread
- Video: Former Rep. Denver Riggleman (R-VA05) Says Extremism Like 1/6, Greitens “Hunting RINOs” Ad, Getting “Baked Into Certain Portions of the GOP”
- Sen. Jen Kiggans, retired Air Force veteran Terry Namkung win Republican primaries
- Va. results: Vega wins GOP primary in 7th District; Beyer Dem winner in 8th
- Vega, Kiggans win Congressional primaries
- Cline wins 6th District GOP primary convincingly, will face Lewis in November
- Vega, Kiggans win GOP primaries in Virginia’s battleground districts
- Youngkin signs Virginia budget with tax cuts, spending increases
- Youngkin ceremonially signs Virginia budget while calling for more tax relief
- Youngkin calls $100M for lab schools ‘start-up capital’
- Youngkin signs state budget, discusses lab schools and health commissioner
- Youngkin’s LGBTQ board pick vows to stop crude tweets (Uh huh…)
- Virginia governor rolls back plastics phase-out, seeking to court recycling
- Virginia 10-Day New COVID-19 Cases Down 87% Compared to 1/19; Hospitalizations Down to 556 From ~4,000 in January; Both Up From a Couple Months Ago
- Editorial: Choose the right side of history (“Youngkin need not stop with curbing Greene. He has plenty of real problems that he could tackle and potentially even solve without engaging in culture war shenanigans that will leave self-inflicted wounds. He should distance himself from the CRT crusade and put it in the rear-view mirror.”)
- A GOP delegate describes lobbyists using robocalls in the Speaker’s district as a way to advance her bill (“For my red flag bill I’m going to be very honest, Chris Anders, who runs Virginia Constitutional Conservatives — he robocalled the Speaker of the House’s district to get my red flag bill out of the Rules Committee.”)
- Cobb, Sanchez-Jones, Volosin win Roanoke City Council Democratic primary
- Editorial: Very dirty, no secret (“Long-overdue air monitoring in Southeast Newport News and Lamberts Point in Norfolk must be followed with action for those communities.”)
- Local magistrate rejects Portsmouth mayor’s attempt to file charges against two sitting councilmen
- Family, former colleagues reflect on Virginia Beach councilman Louis Jones’ impact and legacy: ‘He was the godfather of City Council.’
- D.C.-area forecast: Storms likely later today and this evening; heavy rain and flooding possible
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