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by Lowell
Here are a few international, national and Virginia news headlines, political and otherwise, for Monday, June 19. Polls open in <24 hours – make sure you vote in the *Democratic* primary, and obviously do NOT vote for whoever the Republicans are supporting.
- A Cheap Fix to Global Warming Is Finally Gaining Support (“Countries are building unlikely alliances and enacting new laws that will curb methane leaks from oil and gas fields to coal mines.”)
- Late push for coal subsidies upsets EU deal on energy reforms
- Ukraine says eight villages retaken from Russian forces in two weeks
- Our troops are advancing steadily, Kyiv says; Russia claims it thwarted ‘Ukrainian terrorist plots’
- Russia had means, motive and opportunity to destroy Ukraine dam, drone photos and information show
- ‘They enjoyed this’: Ukrainian woman recounts five-month nightmare of torture and imprisonment
- Ukraine clamps down on corruption as Western supporters cast watchful eye
- Ukraine’s Offensive Is a Battle of Readiness (“The coming battles with Russian troops ultimately will boil down to which side has better prepared and strengthened over recent months”)
- Alexei Navalny: Putin critic facing decades in prison as new trial begins
- Xi Meets Blinken as U.S., China Resume High-Level Engagement
- Xi tells Blinken in high-stakes meeting: World needs stable U.S.-China relations
- Blinken meets China’s Xi Jinping amid effort to ease tensions (“The meeting was the culmination of more than 10 collective hours of meetings Blinken held with Wang Yi, China’s top foreign policy official, and Foreign Minister Qin Gang.”)
- Xi Tells Blinken ‘Very Good’ That Progress Made on US-China Ties
- US-China pledge to stabilize deteriorating ties, resume high-level talks after Blinken visit
- As Switzerland’s glaciers melt, Alpine nation backs climate bill with net zero target for 2050
- Israel moves to expedite West Bank settlement building ahead of U.S. official’s visit
- Mass Immigration Experiment Gives Canada an Edge in Global Race for Labor
- North Korea says botched satellite launch was ‘gravest failure’
- Juneteenth is a holiday for all Americans. It’s our second independence day.
- This Juneteenth, Remember the GOP Is the Neo-Confederate Party (“The holiday isn’t just about emancipation, it’s about the defeat of the traitorous Confederacy. The modern Republican Party is its natural successor.”)
- As the nation celebrates Juneteenth, it’s time to get rid of these three myths about slavery
- Juneteenth, the newest federal holiday, is gaining awareness
- Heat wave fuels deadly storms and power outages across southern U.S.
- The Supreme Court is making religion an all-purpose excuse for ignoring the law
- House GOP flirts with Jan. 6 extremism
- Trump and other Republicans conjure a familiar enemy in attacking Democrats as ‘communists’
- Well-funded Christian group behind US effort to roll back LGBTQ+ rights (“Advocacy groups condemn Alliance Defending Freedom as ‘a danger to every American who values their freedoms’”)
- Trump’s attacks on FBI, DOJ create Senate GOP faultline
- GOP leaders face down conservative threats to paralyze House again
- Staunch Pro-Trump Lawmaker Admits That Mar-A-Lago Documents Are Of ‘Grave Concern’
- Morality Is for Trump What Colors Are to the Color-Blind
- Barr Says Documents Case Against Trump Is ‘Entirely of His Own Making’
- Trump prosecution could stretch well beyond 2024 election
- How government rules for classified papers could help Trump delay his trial
- The Memo: Barr, Bolton, Kelly line up to condemn Trump over alleged crimes
- Biden to highlight climate commitments during West Coast swing
- Fox News’ Howard Kurtz says the network’s ‘wannabe dictator’ chyron ‘went too far’
- Why the Pentagon Papers Leaker Tried to Get Prosecuted Near His Life’s End
- Sen. Tim Scott says there’s ‘no higher compliment than being attacked by President Obama’ (Uhhhh…alrighty then.)
- Senator Tim Scott Avoids Question on Trump Pardon, Vows to “Clean Out” DOJ (Totally uancceptable.)
- Christie calls GOP presidential debate pledge a ‘useless idea’
- Noting a Mountain of Delays, California Lawmakers Advance Bills Designed to Speed Grid Connections
- 1 dead, at least 20 hurt in a shooting at a Juneteenth celebration in Willowbrook, Illinois, police say
- Without a state budget, Va. schools face hiring uncertainty (There’s a biennial budget in place, actually; these are just possible changes to that budget.)
- Virginia Polls Opening in <44 Hours ; Here Are Some Thoughts/Ratings on the House of Delegates Democratic Primaries
- Virginia Primary Preview: 10 General Assembly contests to watch Tuesday
- For Democrats trying to retake Virginia legislature, fiery primaries are first hurdle
- Virginia students are pushing for fossil fuel divestment. Universities say it’s complicated. (This should have happened years ago. No brainer.)
- Loudoun County Democratic Committee: “Republicans are attempting to steal our Democratic Primary…Democrats Need RECORD NUMBERS in Tuesday’s Primary” (“This is the first time in modern political memory that the Loudoun County Republican Committee is waging a coordinated effort to manipulate the Democratic primaries.”)
- Q&A | Kellen Squire on the record
- One state Senate candidate wants to abolish the mandate for a public school system. Here’s why he can’t.
- Williams: The party of inclusion excludes a candidate
- One dead following shooting on Broad Meadows Blvd in Virginia Beach
- D.C.-area forecast: Hot today, then cooler with more clouds and midweek rain chances (“Wednesday and Thursday are probably the week’s wettest days.”)
