by Lowell
Here are a few international, national and Virginia news headlines, political and otherwise, for Tuesday, May 23.
- Global heating will push billions outside ‘human climate niche’
- What We Owe Our Trees (“Forests fed us, housed us, and made our way of life possible. But they can’t save us if we can’t save them.”)
- Lawmakers seek ouster of oil exec leading COP28 climate talks
- Shell CEO shielded by security as climate protesters try to storm AGM stage
- Oil giant Shell braces for shareholder revolt over climate plans after record profits
- Column: The top global solar power potential hotspots
- Ukraine courts Africa and ‘Global South’ as peace plans proliferate
- Before-and-after images of the destroyed Ukrainian city of Bakhmut (Putin is evil, as is anyone who’s enabled him.)
- Bakhmut Is Gone: An Aerial Look at the War’s Destruction
- Ukraine’s Counteroffensive Against Russia Could Play Out in Four Ways
- Russia fights alleged incursion from Ukraine for 2nd day, reports more drone attacks
- I was just in Kyiv under fire. I saw why Ukraine can win.
- What the foul-mouthed outbursts from Putin’s warlord show
- Drones strike Russian border region of Belgorod
- Russian Prime Minister Starts China Visit in Sign of Strong Ties
- Ukraine Can’t Win War Against Russia, Hungarian Premier Says (Why is Hungary still in the EU or NATO?)
- Bird flu: H5N1 virus in Brazil wild birds prompts animal health emergency
- Outcry as World Health Organization locks out Taiwan under pressure from China
- Saudi Energy Minister Tells Oil Speculators to ‘Watch Out’
- Australia’s green hydrogen export dream could require 812GW of wind and solar
- European regulators signal they are fed up with Facebook
- Biden-McCarthy meeting ends ‘better’ — but with no clear path to deal (Just remember, this is basically 100% the fault of MAGA/extremist House Republicans.)
- Secretary of the Treasury Janet L. Yellen Sends Letter to Congressional Leadership on the Debt Limit
- Why Trump Wants U.S. to Default on Debt (“And why Biden now says he’s ‘looking at’ invoking the Fourteenth Amendment.”)
- Did Biden screw up his debt ceiling strategy? (“The administration didn’t get everything right. But there was no realistic way to totally avoid this mess.”)
- McCarthy calls Biden meeting ‘productive’ and ‘professional,’ but no debt ceiling deal yet
- McCarthy end game on debt ceiling begins to come into focus
- A historic deal will drastically reduce Colorado River water use. But it’s not nearly enough (“An agreement between California, Arizona and Nevada will cut water consumption by 13% – but the river is still in serious peril”)
- Companies Object to Proposed SEC Rule Requiring Them to Track Emissions Up and Down Their Supply Chains
- America’s big shift to green energy has a woolly mammoth problem (“Transmission lines in the US need to be increased threefold, but faces pushback from fossil conservation and green groups”)
- From birth to death, legacy of racism lays foundation for Black Americans’ health disparities
- Neil Gorsuch Has Given Himself Away (” A justice like Gorsuch who frequently struggles to see injustice and cruelty in the present — from his votes in favor of capital punishment to his vote to let states curb women’s bodily autonomy — will surely struggle to see injustice and cruelty in the past.”)
- You Cannot Hear These 13 Women’s Stories and Believe the Anti-Abortion Narrative
- 7 news outlets reinvigorating political journalism in smart ways
- A tweet about a Pentagon explosion was fake. It still went viral. (“An apparently AI-generated image sparked a brief dip in stock markets Monday. Here’s how it could have been worse.”)
- The House GOP investigations are a joke. But don’t count them out.
- Mar-a-Lago prosecutors sought records of Trump Organization deals
- Trump’s attorney took notes that say the former president wanted to fight subpoena for classified docs
- Prosecutors Sought Records on Trump’s Foreign Business Deals Since 2017
- E. Jean Carroll Seeks New Damages From Trump for Comments on CNN
- Trump’s legal dramas overshadow his campaign as GOP field grows
- Report: It Sure Sounds Like Trump’s Lawyer Gave the DOJ Evidence He Obstructed Justice! (“Evan Corcoran gave special counsel Jack Smith 50 pages of handwritten notes as part of the classified documents investigation.”)
- Report: Trump, in a Second Term, Wants to “Control…Every Facet of Life in America” (“If you thought the former guy went full authoritarian in his first term, just wait for round two.”)
- Bragg shows a few cards. Critics should reconsider their gripes.
- ‘Blood in the water for DeSantis’: Trump world embraces Tim Scott’s candidacy
- Questions About Trump, DeSantis and Biden Fuel Growth of 2024 GOP Field
- The GOP Primary Might Be Over Before It Starts (“Donald Trump’s rivals are in denial.”)
- NAACP takes on DeSantis ahead of likely 2024 bid
- Ron DeSantis’s presidential campaign could be brief
- DeSantis envisions shaping ‘7-2 conservative majority’ on Supreme Court (Absolute nightmare.)
- Fox Panel Flames DeSantis: ‘Everything About Florida That You Love – DeSantis Inherited’
- DeSantis’s $13.5m police program lures officers with violent records to Florida
- Tim Scott’s Uphill Battle To Win The Republican Nomination
- Oracle’s Larry Ellison gears up to spend millions to back Tim Scott’s 2024 run
- Sen. Tim Scott vows not to overturn the election if he loses (Wow, what a guy! LOL)
- Draft Tucker PAC ceases activities after legal threat from Carlson
- Marianne Williamson loses top 2 campaign officials in a matter of days
- GOP Rep. James Comer Implies Biden Family Probe Is Really About Helping Trump In 2024
- MLK’s daughter jabs Cruz over NAACP Florida travel advisory
- The Uvalde Massacre Could Have Been Prevented (“The disastrous police response demands further scrutiny—and so does another side of the horrific tragedy.”)
- Judge Dismisses Kari Lake’s Last Claim After Losing Arizona Race (“AWESOME!” Right, Glenn Youngkin? LOL)
- The next target of the right’s campaign against woke companies: Fox News? (“A conservative outlet is attacking Fox for being too respectful of trans employees. It’s a sign of the times on the right.”)
- In Florida, reproductive care nightmares become tragically common
- Montana governor signs law to define ‘sex’ as only male or female
- Nashville Parents Ask: Must a Mass Shooter’s Writings Be Made Public?
- Texas Is Torturing Women Whose Pregnancies Fail
- Texas Forced This Woman to Give Birth to a Stillborn Son. She’s Suing
- Nazi swastika flag found after truck crashes near White House
- Daniel Penny Claims He Can’t Be Racist Because He Planned a Trip to Africa
- Video: “Republican @RepJenKiggans ADMITTED the default bill that cut Veterans care was a ‘tool’ for political leverage.” (VoteVets: “Our message to Jen Kiggans: we are NOT your pawns!”)
- Audio: Former Chairman of Virginia’s State Board of Elections Bob Brink Rips Youngkin Move to Pull Out of ERIC, Giving In to “years-long disinformation campaign…buttressed by Donald Trump” (“It’s almost as if these people are trying to guarantee that ERIC will fail, to kind of send it into a death spiral”)
- Glenn Youngkin, aka “Hamlet on the James River,” Continues His “To Run or Not to Run” Routine; Axios Reports He’s “reconsidering a bid for the 2024 GOP presidential nomination”
- Scoop: Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin reconsiders 2024 bid
- Self-described whistleblower fired from Virginia Department of Corrections (“Corrections Lt. Kelsey Haley sent lawmakers an email in December warning of ‘blatant corruption’ at the department.”)
- GOP Senate candidates denounce Youngkin intervention in primary fights
- Dominion seeks to expand rate program designed to shift grid demand (“Attorney General’s office expresses concern for participation from customers with highest need to change their electricity use times”)
- Virginia’s Secretary of Public Safety resigns; Governor names replacement
- Former Fauquier sheriff Robert Mosier resigns from Va. public safety cabinet post
- Editorial: Historic Preservation Month highlights threats to valuable Virginia landmarks
- Far Southwest Virginia is a ‘competitive hosting ground’ for small modular nuclear reactors, study finds (Really, really dumb idea, as SMRs are MUCH more expensive than energy efficiency, utility-scale solar, onshore wind, etc.)
- Flaw in Virginia whiskey lottery wildly skewed results, stirring backlash
- A Republican lawmaker delivered doughnuts to teachers. Then came a political food fight (“Critics object to Del. Amanda Batten’s teacher appreciation gesture funded with campaign money”)
- Buckingham GOP withdraws fired registrar’s nomination for elections board (“Local party official says she was unaware of order barring her nominees from election office”)
- D.C.-area forecast: More stellar weather until holiday weekend rain chances
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