by Lowell
Here are a few international, national and Virginia news headlines, political and otherwise, for Monday, April 8.
- How three European human rights cases could shape climate litigation
- Climate-warming gases being smuggled into Europe, investigation says
- Top Republican warns pro-Russia messages are echoed ‘on the House floor’
- Johnson confronts most significant threat to his speakership to date as key decisions over Ukraine aid loom
- Rep. Adam Smith says he trusts Speaker Johnson will ‘not abandon Ukraine’ (Why would anyone trust Mike Johnson to do ANYTHING right???)
- It’s Johnson’s decision time on Ukraine
- Mike Johnson faces revolt by hard-right Republicans over Ukraine aid package
- Battling Under a Canopy of Drones (“The commander of one of Ukraine’s most skilled units sent his men on a dangerous mission that required them to outmaneuver a swarm of aerial threats.”)
- ITrump’s secret plan to end Ukraine war would yield territory to Russia (“Foreign policy experts and some Republicans warned that pressuring Ukraine to cede land would reward Putin”)
- Ukraine denies a Russian claim that it launched drone strikes on a major nuclear power plant
- José Andrés Frustrated It Took Foreign Aid Workers’ Deaths To Spark Global Outrage Over Gaza
- Gaza buildings and land decimated in 6 months of war
- Palestinians returning to Khan Younis after Israeli withdrawal find an unrecognizable city
- Israel Backs Out of Khan Younis to Prepare ‘Future Operations’ (“Israel is preparing for Iranian response to embassy attack.”)
- The risk of wider war in the Middle East looms over Biden’s reelection effort
- Israel vows war ‘not over’ after pulling troops out of southern Gaza
- Israelis Are Hostages of Netanyahu
- A Fight Between Hamas and Other Palestinians for Power in Gaza Begins to Emerge
- In the shadow war with Iran, Biden just scored an unheralded victory
- Yellen Delivers Sharp Message to China Leaders With a Smile
- Yellen says she won’t rule out possible tariffs on China’s green exports
- Yellen says US will not accept Chinese imports decimating new industries
- Elon Musk will be investigated over fake news and obstruction in Brazil after a Supreme Court order
- Rwandan leader blames the world’s inaction as his country commemorates the 1994 genocide with lingering scars
- North America prepares for total solar eclipse (“99% of Americans will be able to see at least part of today’s eclipse, which won’t be visible to the contiguous US for another 20 years”)
- Anticipation grows ahead of total solar eclipse
- Biden will announce new student loan forgiveness plan impacting tens of millions of Americans (“Although Biden’s Plan B will be narrower than his original effort, tens of millions of borrowers stand to benefit.”)
- Amazon Is Capable of Reducing Plastic Waste in the US. So Why Isn’t It? (“It has done so elsewhere—when forced, a new report shows.”)
- Trump’s $175 Million Bond Is Even Shadier Than It Looks (“New information shows that the insurance company that swooped in and bailed out Trump with a $175 million bond isn’t on a list of vetted companies—and wrote a bizarre contract.”)
- Judge Cannon rules are not the rules lawyers are used to seeing applied in a courtroom. (“Hers is a court increasingly reminiscent of ‘Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland,’ where important matters are upside down. The Queen of Hearts told Alice during the trial of the Knave of Hearts, ‘sentence first, verdict afterwards.’”)
- Why is the Press Making Trump Seem More Normal? (“Believe it or not, much of the political press has an inadvertent pro-Trump bias” Is it really “inadvertent” or do they know exactly what they’re doing???)
- Christian nationalists embrace Trump as their savior – will they be his?
- Trump: it would be ‘great honor’ to go to jail for violating gag order
- Trump Panders to Billionaires, Vows to Keep Their Taxes Low During Fundraiser
- Trump tells billionaires he’ll keep their taxes low at $50 million fundraising gala
- Yes, Biden is really running in November. But a lot of voters say they doubt it (This lack of attention and concern by voters really could be the death of our democracy.)
- Melania’s Appearance With Donald Trump Sparks Mockery: ‘Checking the Clock’
- Boomers deliver surprise strength for Biden
- Trump vs. Biden Polls: Will Old Folks Save Joe?
- ‘Increasingly chaotic’: Why House Republicans are heading for the exits (“Twenty-one Republicans want to leave their jobs, underlining the increasing dysfunction in the House and fears about maintaining the majority in November.”)
- Former GOP rep says Trump ‘appeals to the worst of us,’ calls on Biden ‘to recognize the moment’ (Biden DOES recognize the moment; voters on the other hand mostly seem to not recognize it, thanks in large part to a HORRIBLE political media in this country.)
- The Government Isn’t Ready for the Violence Trump Might Unleash (“The Biden administration should be preparing for the worst.”)
- Scoop: Trump, GOP plot 2025 criminal probe of Bidens (That’s pure retribution, completely outside the rule of law, etc. We’d better not let these horrible, dangerous people back in power.)
- Top Democrats confident ‘blue wall’ in Midwest will save Biden
- Obama’s pollster on the Republican voters Trump should fear: “Wild enough to threaten his chances” (“For Trump, even a small dip in his base could cost him the election”)
- The Attraction of Fascism (“A new, aggressively pro-Trump video showcases the righteous hostility and increasing extremism among the right-wing elite”)
- “We’re Gonna Smoke This F–ker Out”: Inside Steve Bannon’s MAGA Mutiny That Brought McCarthy’s House Down (“In his new book, Finish What We Started, Isaac Arnsdorf witnesses the War Room host scheming with Matt Gaetz and planning a ground campaign for 2024 (and beyond). ‘Trump’s our instrument,’ Bannon says. ‘I think we’re going to do a hundred times more in the second term.'”)
- Schumer stares down to-do list as November looms
- ‘Increasingly chaotic’: Why House Republicans are heading for the exits
- House, Senate commerce chairs release bipartisan privacy bill
- How No Labels was thwarted — and a disaster for democracy was avoided
- I Served on the Florida Supreme Court. What the New Majority Just Did Is Indefensible.
- Video: On His Kickoff Tour, Sen. Tim Kaine Says 2024 Election Is a Battle Against “the most skilled and significant tear-down artist ever in the history of this country” – Donald Trump (In stark contrast, “we’ve got a president and vice president in Joe and Kamala who have done yeoman’s work”)
- Science funding is helping to drive the economy in Virginia
- Well-known Virginia equestrian judge found guilty on 5 counts of starving horses (Evil.)
- Williams: This mail service revamp could deliver us to ruin
- Centra and its oncology provider part ways, leaving patients with questions
- D.C.-area forecast: Passing clouds today but some sun should shine for eclipse
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