by Lowell
Here are a few international, national and Virginia news headlines, political and otherwise, for Sunday, June 30.
- “Things Are Moving So Quickly” as Scientists Study This “Very Scary” Climate Strategy (“The controversial field of solar geoengineering is hitting its stride.” How about we just get off fossil fuels instead???)
- As climate change makes extremes more extreme, rainfall is no different
- Financing of Meat and Dairy Giants Grows Thanks to Big American Banks and Investors (Total insanity.)
- Solar leading Baltic states to energy security (“These nations aim to break away from years-long energy dependence on Russia amid growing security concerns while also continuing to prioritize the green energy transition.”)
- Zelensky renews long-range arms call after attack
- US and Europe warn Lebanon’s Hezbollah to ease strikes on Israel and back off from wider Mideast war
- Trump Uses ‘Palestinian’ As A Slur For The Second Time In A Week (Trump is completely f’ed up.)
- Israeli tanks advance into areas in north and south Gaza, fighting rages
- French Far Right Holds Strong Lead Ahead of Vote: What to Watch (So…massive f’up by Macron?)
- Biden team worries as Macron’s election gamble looks doomed
- French face election where center has ‘imploded,’ energizing the far right (In France, the center “does not hold?” Ugh.)
- With President Emmanuel Macron and President Biden vulnerable, so is Europe.
- How Iran Defied the U.S. to Become an International Power
- To Save the Amazon, What if We Listened to Those Living Within It? (“Aiming to prevent ‘climate and ecological collapse,’ rainforest inhabitants release a detailed plan to save their home, honing in on ending fossil fuel subsidies and securing Indigenous land rights.”)
- Hurricane Beryl intensifying east of Barbados, to become “major” hurricane
- What SCOTUS just did to broadband, the right to repair, the environment, and more
- Trump Had His Own Brain Freeze Moment Like Biden This Week
- To serve his country, Donald Trump should leave the race
- Biden promises donors ‘we’ll win election’ after debate criticism
- A private call of top Democrats fuels more insider anger about Biden’s debate performance (“A sense of deep concern is growing among some Democratic officials that leaders inside Joe Biden’s campaign and the Democratic National Committee are not taking seriously enough the impact of the president’s troubling debate performance.”)
- ‘It’s a mess’: Biden turns to family on his path forward after his disastrous debate
- Biden campaign argues president dropping out would ‘lead to weeks of chaos’
- What Biden owes his country if he stays in (“He needs to show he has clear strategy for undoing the damage of his debate performance.”)
- Jill Biden appears unmoved by panic over debate showing
- 48 Hours to Fix a 90-Minute Mess: Inside the Biden Camp’s Post-Debate Frenzy
- ‘I understand the concern’: Biden seeks to calm nervous donors after debate flop
- ‘Old and Frail’: Voters Express Alarm Over Biden’s Debate Performance
- Donors stress over path forward after Biden’s debate performance
- Democrats Worry Biden’s Debate Performance Hurt Down-Ballot Hopes
- Replacing Joe Biden Is a Fantasy Democrats Must Abandon (“An intra-party fight over the nomination could be a bigger gift to Donald Trump than one bad debate.” That’s the big worry.)
- Could Kamala Harris be a winner for the Democrats if Biden steps aside? (“The vice-president would be a logical choice if Biden does opt out, but some are already looking to other contenders”)
- How Biden and his advisers locked in a decision to run again
- Democrats: Stop Panicking
- Let’s Ask Trump To Leave The Race
- Biden campaign fundraises $27 million after first debate
- Jill Biden Could Make or Break Biden’s Campaign. She Says She’s All In.
- Biden supporters to New York Times: ‘F— off!’
- ‘So bad’: Bob Woodward calls Biden’s debate performance political h-bomb
- Maureen Dowd calls for Biden to leave race after shaky debate: He ‘looked ghostly’ (Of course she did.)
- Memo Reveals Trump’s Plan to Slash the Size of the G.O.P. Platform
- Want to Be Trump’s Running Mate? Make Sure He Knows About Your Donors.
- How will Louisiana’s new Ten Commandments classroom requirement be funded and enforced?
- A lifelong media maven grapples with the misinformation crisis
- What Left-Wing Democrats Haven’t Learned From Defeat (“Jamaal Bowman and the infantile style in American politics”)
- “Highlights” – OK, Yeah, They’re All LOWlights – From Yesterday’s Trump Rally in Chesapeake With MAGA Glenn Youngkin, Right-Wingnut Rep. Jen Kiggans (R-VA02), Extremist Hung Cao, etc. (A torrent of lies, plus the usual bigotry and nastiness of all types…yep, that’s a Trump rally for ya.)
- Too Much Winning? Even Trump’s Fans Are Uneasy After Biden’s Weak Debate. (As usual with the NY Times, very weird headline given the content of the article, which is heavily about conspiracy theory lunacy among the Trump supporters. You certainly wouldn’t know that from the headline, which seems to be written intentionally to be vague and misleading.)
- Audio: Asked Whether They Are a “Buy,” “Sell” or “Hold” on “Replacing Biden on the Ticket,” Del. Alfonso Lopez (D-Arlington) Says “Sell”; Del. Marcus Simon (D-Fairfax) and Del. Cia Price (D-Newport News) Say “Hold” (“I love President Biden, love everything he’s accomplished. But he’s got to be able to do better.” – Del. Simon “…to say that from a stylistic perspective one person won and that should carry the day versus a substance perspective is problematic for me.” – Del. Lopez “if the people that we’re asking to vote are basing it off of yesterday’s performance, then we’re in trouble. If we’re able to come back and tell the story of what that man has done, what we as Democrats have done and what we will do, then OK, cool” – Del. Price)
- Williams: Rewrite MLK? The Youngkin administration can’t be trusted with history.
- Youngkin names five new members to UVa board of visitors
- Commentary: The James is healthier today, but our work isn’t finished
- Low-income Richmond residents suffer more heat-related emergencies
- Virginia Beach Catholic school rocked by parent abuse allegations, priest reassignment
- D.C.-area forecast: Hot and humid with potent storms possible at some point today
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