by Lowell
Here are a few international, national and Virginia news headlines, political and otherwise, for Saturday, July 1.
- Air conditioners fuel the climate crisis. Can nature help?
- Scientists Predict More Extreme Rainfall in Mountain Areas
- Could Putin Lose Power? (“Regime stability is a funny thing. One day it’s there; the next day, poof—it’s gone.”)
- Cracks in the System (“The attempted coup in Russia was aborted. But now that the dust has settled, it’s clear it can’t be swept under the rug.”)
- Ukraine, US agree: counteroffensive creeps ahead, measured in blood
- Putin crackdown on Wagner rebellion creates new weak points in Russian military
- Russia reducing its presence at nuclear plant, says Ukraine (“Staff at Zaporizhzhia told to relocate, says Ukrainian intelligence, as Moscow accused of explosion plot”)
- Ukraine aims to wear down and outsmart a Russian army distracted by infighting
- CIA director, on secret trip to Ukraine, hears plan for war’s endgame
- CIA Chief William Burns Called to Reassure Kremlin After Wagner Mutiny
- Wagner Uprising Highlights China’s Risks With Russia
- China’s Central Bank Appoints New Top Communist Party Official
- Hong Kong’s downfall is a warning to the world (“Beijing’s ever-worsening crackdown shows its true intentions for Taiwan and beyond.”)
- Q&A: Kate Beaton Describes the Toll Taken by Alberta’s Oil Sands on Wildlife and the Workers Who Mine the Viscous Crude
- State Department Afghanistan withdrawal report shows there wasn’t a plan for ‘worst-case scenarios’
- French president urges parents to keep teens at home as government orders buses to stop at 9 p.m.
- France riots: 45,000 police, armoured vehicles deployed to quell unrest
- More than 1,300 arrested on fourth night of riots in France
- Why Bolsonaro Was Barred in Brazil but Trump Can Run in the U.S. (We need a LOT better tools to fight misinformation, attacks on our democracy, etc.)
- Brazil Set to Bar Bolsonaro From Office for Election-Fraud Claims (We should do the same for Trump and every other insurrectionist in this country.)
- Bidenomics Is Working—Here’s Why the Business Press Won’t Say So (“To economics journalists, bad news is always just around the corner—especially when a Democrat is in the White House.”)
- Rush to Build Carbon Pipelines Leaps Ahead of Federal Rules and Safety Standards
- As climate warms, US allows moving species threatened with extinction as a last resort
- Climate Law Will Slash Emissions—Maybe Halving Them by 2035 (“Major climate models agree that the Inflation Reduction Act was a ‘huge step forward’ in cutting U.S. emissions”)
- Emissions and energy impacts of the Inflation Reduction Act (“Economy-wide emissions drop 43% to 48% below 2005 levels by 2035 with accelerated clean energy deployment”)
- Neil Gorsuch has a problem with telling the truth
- This Has Been a Very Bad Week for the Supreme Court
- Supreme Court says 1st Amendment entitles web designer to refuse same-sex wedding work
- The Supreme Court’s lawless, completely partisan student loans decision, explained
- Colorado web designer told Supreme Court a man sought her services for his same-sex wedding. He says he didn’t – and he’s straight
- FACT SHEET: President Biden Announces New Actions to Provide Debt Relief and Support for Student Loan Borrowers
- Biden reveals Plan B for student debt forgiveness
- Affirmative Action Ruling May Upend Hiring Policies, Too
- Joe Biden lays out new student debt relief plan after supreme court ruling
- The Supreme Court Turns ‘Equal Protection’ Upside Down
- This Supreme Court Is Not Normal (“The conservative majority just effectively gave businesses the right to discriminate against LGBTQ+ Americans under the First Amendment, and struck down Joe Biden’s student loan forgiveness plans. Yet the president remains reluctant to entertain major court reforms.”)
- Supreme court leaves intact Mississippi law disenfranchising Black voters (This court is an utter disgrace.)
- Why Justice Amy Coney Barrett wrote about babysitters in her student loan opinion
- Kamala Harris says fundamental freedoms are at stake with the Supreme Court rulings
- Supreme Court to Hear Major Guns Case Involving Domestic Violence (This will be a disaster.)
- The Supreme Court will decide if abusive spouses have a right to own guns (“The justices are forced to confront the gun policy disaster that it created.”)
- The Supreme Court’s Conservative Supermajority Continues Its Work Rolling Back The 20th Century
- The Supreme Court’s Conservatives Change the Rules of the Game (They lie and make shit up.)
- A fiery, furious end to an otherwise restrained Supreme Court term
- The Supreme Court Made It Even Harder to Close the Racial Wealth Gap
- The Supreme Court’s term was full of whimpers. Then it ended with a bang.
- The Supreme Court just handed Joe Biden a series of setbacks. It may have also given Democrats new motivation to reelect him
- The Supreme Court Just Opened the Door a Little Wider for Legally-Sanctioned Anti-LGBTQ+ Bigotr
- The Supreme Court Killed Biden’s Student Loan Forgiveness Plan. What Does That Mean For 2024?
- Biden still won’t nuke the court. But he is upping his criticism of it.
- President centers ‘Bidenomics’ as 2024 re-election campaign gathers pace
- Republicans claim Democrats can’t keep us safe – crime data disagrees
- Trump pressured Arizona Gov. Doug Ducey to overturn 2020 election, people familiar with call say (“In a phone call, Trump tried to pressure Arizona’s governor to overturn the state’s 2020 election results. Trump then asked his vice president to repeatedly follow up.” Lock. Him. Up.)
- Pence casts himself as Trump’s foil as GOP’s split on Ukraine widens
- Trump Ambassador Gordon Sondland Named in Illegal Donations Scheme
- Christie says he’s ‘living rent free in Donald’s head’ after Trump shares photo of him sleeping
- Jan. 6 defendant arrested near Obama’s home had guns and 400 rounds of ammunition in his van
- “On brand and dangerous”: Moms for Liberty platforming extremists shows “just how radical” group is
- Protesters Blast Moms For Liberty Summit in Philly: ‘Klanned Karenhood’
- Ron DeSantis Rails Against ‘Woke’ at Moms for Liberty Summit (DeSantis is evil.)
- Fox News Agrees to Pay $12 Million to Settle Hostile Workplace Suit
- An unlikely provocateur, Miss Texas, takes on the state’s GOP leaders (“Averie Bishop, the first Asian Miss Texas, has campaigned across the state defending much of what Texas’s GOP leaders have been outlawing.”)
- Virginia airports subject of airline battle in Congress.
- “Devastating #SCOTUS Decision”; “Full-Blown Legitimacy Crisis”; “Constitutional Breaking Point”; “Grim Moment in Our History” (“If we don’t expand the Court, no liberal policy will be allowed to exist for the rest of our lives”)
- Rep. Jennifer McClellan (D-VA04) on “Devastating” SCOTUS Student Loan Debt Ruling (“Today’s decision by the Court is a blatant overreach of their judicial authority.”)
- Democratic Persuasion and Turnout in Key VA State Senate and House of Delegates Seats (Historically, turnout in this year of the cycle has ranged from 29% in 2011 and 2015 to 42% in 2019)
- VIDEO: Elected Officials, Community Leaders Call for General Assembly to Pass Senate Budget That Prioritizes School Funding Over Tax Breaks for Corporations and the Rich
- VA House Democrats Introduce 89-Candidate Slate on Path to the Majority (Of these 89 candidates, “there are 46 women, at least 45 are candidates of color, and at least six candidates who are openly LGBTQ+. There are also at least 10 candidates who have proudly served in the United States Armed Forces.”)
- Virginia Senate Democrats Release Statements On Recent Supreme Court Decisions (“This Supreme Court is driven by ideology and has elevated the voices and opinions of extreme conservative activists rather than the best interests of all Americans.”)
- Schapiro: Defeated incumbents keeping distinguished company
- VCU students say court’s debt ruling could deter some from attending college
- ‘Is Pornhub down?’ — Yes, if you live in Virginia
- Virginia sheriff, 3 businessmen, indicted on federal bribery charges
- Virginia sheriff charged with handing out deputy badges for bribes, US attorney’s office says
- City stormwater projects move ahead despite budget pause
- Bus rapid transit project in Alexandria is part of regional expansion (“The Alexandria project is part of a national rise in bus rapid transit (BRT) systems stemming from their relatively inexpensive costs and an influx of federal money.”)
- Hanover explores land-use policies for solar energy facilities
- Arlington To Begin Accepting Missing Middle Applications On July 1
- Son of anti-violence activist shot and killed in Norfolk: ‘He was trying to go to work’
- D.C.-area forecast: Heat, humidity and storm odds surge to start July
********************************************************
Sign up for the Blue Virginia weekly newsletter
