by Lowell
Here are a few international, national and Virginia news headlines, political and otherwise, for Thursday, April 25.
- Survey finds that 60 firms are responsible for half of world’s plastic pollution (“Study confirms Philip Morris International, Danone, Nestlé, PepsiCo and Coca-Cola are worst offenders”)
- Mosquito-borne diseases spreading in Europe due to climate crisis, says expert
- COP29 Climate Summit Countdown Starts With Finance at Forefront
- World’s billionaires should pay minimum 2% wealth tax, say G20 ministers (How about multiply that by 10?)
- Ukraine uses longer-range US missiles for first time
- Russia vetoes UN resolution to prevent nuclear weapons in space
- Ukraine uses long-range missiles secretly provided by US to hit Russian-held areas, officials say (Good – give them a LOT more long-range missiles!)
- GOP critics vow no more US aid for Ukraine (They love Putin, dictatorship, etc.)
- George Will Scorches GOP’s Anti-Ukraine Wing With A Chilling Thought
- So, 112 ignoble, infantile Republicans voted to endanger civilization
- Reactions to President Biden Signing Desperately Needed Aid Package for Ukraine, etc. (“Thank god we averted a historic mistake”; “After months of unnecessary delay by extreme GOP, we’ve delivered resources to counter adversaries in every corner of the globe”)
- Exclusive: Hamas official says group would lay down its weapons if a two-state solution is implemented
- Qatar passed U.S. proof-of-life of Israeli-American hostage on Monday
- US-Israeli hostage in Gaza appears in new video
- Netanyahu Calls Student Protests Antisemitic and Says They Must Be Quelled (“Antisemitic mobs have taken over leading universities.”)
- Netanyahu likens US campus encampments by ‘antisemitic mobs’ to 1930s Nazi Germany (“PM claims anti-Israel protesters are also chanting ‘Death to America’; standoff at Columbia continues amid dueling claims about talks with management on taking down tents”)
- Exclusive: China harbors ship tied to North Korea-Russia arms transfers, satellite images show
- Blinken arrives in China as relations crackle with tension (“Blinken’s trip is a sign of improved US-China ties, but the two still view each other with suspicion.”0
- ‘Waiting for Trump’: Viktor Orbán hopes US election will change his political fortunes (Shuddderrr…)
- ‘Europe could die,’ Macron warns, as he calls for stronger defences
- If Ukraine falls to Russia, Moldova knows it’s next
- U.S. economic growth likely continued into 2024
- U.S. Fertility Rate Falls to Record Low
- As bird flu spreads in cows, fractured U.S. response has echoes of early covid
- Coal and new gas power plants will have to meet climate pollution targets
- Interior unveils plans for up to 12 offshore wind lease sales through 2028 (“The announcement comes after the sector suffered another setback last week when New York announced it was not proceeding with awards for three offshore wind projects.”)
- EPA moves to curb power plant CO2 in landmark move (“The Environmental Protection Agency just imposed what may become the first federal mandate to cut carbon dioxide from power plants — if it survives legal and political hurdles that has tripped up past administrations.”)
- The Supreme Court’s likely to make it more dangerous to be pregnant in a red state (“But it’s not yet clear they’ve settled on a rationale for doing so.”)
- Supreme Court wrestles with fallout of Dobbs in arguments on emergency abortions
- The US supreme court heard one of the most sadistic, extreme anti-abortion cases yet
- Conservative SCOTUS Almost Entirely Ignores Pregnant Patients In Emergency Abortion Arguments (“Samuel Alito, Clarence Thomas and Brett Kavanaugh focused more on the spending power of the federal government than they did life-saving emergency abortion care.” Sick people.)
- A new Supreme Court case seeks to make it much easier for criminals to buy guns
- How to Know If the Supreme Court Is in the Tank for Trump
- Team Trump Is Ready to Lose the Supreme Court Immunity Case. They’re Celebrating
- The options facing top US court on Trump immunity
- Donald Trump again is trying to bend the Supreme Court and justice system to his will
- US supreme court to decide on Trump’s claim of presidential immunity
- Jack Smith’s One Job Is to Take Trump to Trial Before the Election (“The Supreme Court May Not Let Him”)
- Donald Trump Is Being Ritually Humiliated in Court
- Trump will be in New York for the hush money trial while the Supreme Court hears his immunity case in DC
- Trump can’t be in two places at once in double courtroom drama
- Opinion: New York understood the need for speed on Trump’s immunity claim. Will SCOTUS?
- The G.O.P.’s Election-Integrity Trap (“Trump has spent years arguing that mail-in voting is fraudulent and corrupt. Now the Republican National Committee, which sees mail-in voting as essential, must persuade his base to embrace it.”)
- DOJ Filing: Steve Bannon Is a “Co-Conspirator” in a $1 Billion Fraud Case (“Prosecutors identified the former Trump adviser as part of a massive criminal conspiracy allegedly orchestrated by Chinese tycoon Guo Wengui.” How the hell is Bannon not in prison???)
- Trump, Giuliani, Meadows are unindicted co-conspirators in Michigan fake elector case, hearing reveals
- Trump and Pals Named Unindicted Co-Conspirators in Michigan Fake Elector Plot
- Here are the states where 2020 Trump electors have been charged
- Meadows, Giuliani and other Trump allies charged in Arizona 2020 election probe (Lock ’em all up and throw away the key.)
- Trump’s 2020 ‘fake electors’ charged with state crimes in Arizona
- Arizona grand jury indicts 11 Republicans who falsely declared Trump won the state in 2020
- Government watchdog alleges Trump campaign broke the law trying to hide legal payments
- Biden gains on Trump in series of polls
- Biden keeps needling Trump as he walks a tightrope over his rival’s trial
- Fact check: Trump falsely claims police turned away ‘thousands’ from Manhattan courthouse and that supporters ‘can’t get near’
- Arizona state House passes a bill to repeal 1864 abortion ban
- Arizona GOP lawmaker booted from committee after backing abortion ban repeal
- Secret Service agent assigned to Kamala Harris hospitalized after exhibiting “distressing behavior,” officials say (“Two sources briefed on the situation told CBS News the agent spouted gibberish, was speaking incoherently and provoked another officer physically.”)
- The Republicans Who Want American Carnage (“Tom Cotton has never seen a left-wing protest he didn’t want crushed at gunpoint.”)
- Colleges grasp for solutions to pro-Palestinian student protests
- House Speaker Johnson drowned out by booing crowds at Columbia University speech on Gaza protests
- Mike Johnson’s trip to Columbia met with brutal hostility
- More than 20 arrests made at pro-Palestine protest on UT Austin campus
- In Florida, an exodus of people fleeing rising anti-immigrant sentiment (Youngkin’s role-model governor…)
- Meta loses $200 billion in value as Zuckerberg focuses earnings call on all the ways company bleeds cash
- Biden just signed a potential TikTok ban into law. Here’s what happens next
- ‘Lost touch with reality’: How TikTok’s vaunted lobbying operation went wrong
- Rightwing US website that spreads election conspiracies declares bankruptcy
- Video: Sen. Mark Warner Says With Passage of Foreign Aid Package, TikTok Bill and Section 702 Reauthorization, “The last five days, at least for me, has been like Christmas in April” (“I think it is as important as what happened in advance of World War II”)
- Johnson fundraises for House Republican who called Matt Gaetz, Bob Good ‘scumbags’
- Jewish GOP group slams Bob Good for ‘abandoning Israel,’ endorses rival John McGuire
- Rep. Jen Kiggans (R-VA02)’s Extremism Enables Yet Another SCOTUS Attack on Reproductive Freedom (“Despite efforts to mislead Virginians on her record, Kiggans has been an eager participant in the far-right crusade to ban abortion nationwide.”)
- Video: Former Speaker Eileen Filler-Corn Releases First Ad in VA-10 Primary (The ad starts to run today, with the first day of early voting in just 9 days (on 5/3))
- A nuclear electric utility bill hike may be on the horizon later this year
- Youngkin will visit Europe for his third international trade mission as Virginia governor
- Schapiro: Angling to offer something for everyone (“With Levar Stoney’s strategic retreat — rather than risk a pasting for the 2025 gubernatorial nomination, he’s risking a pasting for the 2025 lieutenant governor’s nomination — Democrats are forgoing a contest for their top spot to rally behind Abigail Spanberger, whose politics and posturing seem to give almost everyone in a party still whining over Glenn Youngkin’s squeaker victory in 2021 something to cheer about.”)
- Video: Freedom Virginia Releases New Ad Calling Out Gov. Youngkin for Blocking Bipartisan Budget That Would Lower Drug Costs, Require Corporations to Pay Their Fair Share (“Tell Governor Youngkin to stop blocking your shot at a better life.”)
- Jury rejects claims that Fairfax schools mishandled teen’s rape claims
- Editorial: As Amazon’s HQ2 hiring slows, a sound deal protects state taxpayers
- Rao: VCU Health wants to end $56 million payment to Richmond
- CASEY: Author of book ‘canceled’ by Floyd schools to appear at Floyd County library
- Virginia Beach needs to improve building accessibility after settlement with DOJ
- Petersburg doubles down on Cordish as its casino operator
- D.C.-area forecast: Cool into the weekend before big warming trend
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