by Lowell
Here are a few international, national and Virginia news headlines, political and otherwise, for Friday, July 5.
- This Proxy Season, Companies’ Success Against Activist Investors Surged
- Green power central to Ukraine rebuild of energy sector Russia wrecked (“The plan is to switch from large smoke-belching thermal power facilities — Ukraine has nine of those, which provide electricity to much of the country — to a mix of renewable energy like wind and solar, battery storage and biofuel installations.”)
- India PM Modi to meet Putin in first trip to Russia since Ukraine war began (Appalling.)
- Hungary’s Orban arrives in Moscow to meet Putin, drawing EU rebukes (Orban is a f’ing disgrace – and a hero to Trump and the American far right, which kind of tells you everything you need to know.)
- Musk’s X Risks Fine as EU Steps Up Crackdown on Big Tech
- As Biden slips toward the edge, NATO holds its collective breath
- Goodbye to Tory Britain (“Why British voters humbled the Conservatives and put Labour’s Keir Starmer in power”)
- Analysis: UK voters show ruthless drive to eject Tories
- Sunak to Resign After Labour’s UK Election Landslide
- Rishi Sunak to resign as Conservative Party leader after crushing election defeat
- Trump Ally And Brexit Champion Nigel Farage Wins Seat In Blow To U.K. Conservatives (Gack.)
- Labour sweeps to power, but Keir Starmer’s honeymoon may be brief: the key takeaways from the UK’s general election
- How Keir Starmer overwhelmed Britain’s Conservatives
- Starmer pledges to stabilise UK as Labour win huge majority
- The U.K. Elects a No-Drama Prime Minister After Years of Post-Brexit Chaos
- Surprise winners and losers in UK general election, from Greens to Reform UK (“The Greens, Reform UK and an independent or two achieved unlikely gains, while it wasn’t just the Tories who suffered shock defeats”)
- Le Pen Rivals Set to Block Far-Right French Majority, Polls Show
- New Factories and Jobs Are Not Enough to Stem France’s Far Right Surge
- Portugal plans to reintroduce tax breaks for foreign residents
- China Is Finally Starting to Do Something About the U.S. Fentanyl Crisis
- Brazilian police indict ex-President Bolsonaro in undeclared diamonds case, sources say
- Iran holds runoff presidential vote pitting hard-line former negotiator against reformist lawmaker
- Israel-Gaza war: hopes grow over ceasefire as US hails proposal as ‘breakthrough’ (This falls into the “believe it if and when it actually goes into effect” category.)
- Biden Presses Netanyahu to Close Cease-Fire Deal After Signs of Progress
- West Coast faces record temps as 150M under heat alerts across U.S.
- The Jobs Report May Hold Clues to the Durability of Labor Market Strength
- US Jobs Report to Show a Substantial Slowdown in Hiring in June
- ‘We have never been here as a country’: Historian Heather Cox Richardson puts Trump immunity ruling into perspective
- The Supreme Court Has Murdered the Constitution (“America’s founding document is now an all-but-meaningless scrap of paper. Happy Fourth!”)
- Biden, critics fear emboldened Trump after Supreme Court immunity ruling (Why does the media keep using the word “critics” instead of saying straight-out what the facts are? It’s cowardly and pathetic.)
- Trump’s New Racist Insult (“The former president’s recent attack on Senator Chuck Schumer is like an Everlasting Gobstopper of offense, with new layers emerging one after another.”)
- ‘We Must Not Fail’: Cheney Offers Stark 4th of July Warning About Trump And His Threats to ‘Unravel Our Republic’
- If Joe Biden Were as Ruthless About Immunity as Donald Trump
- Biden Heads Into Make-or-Break Weekend for 2024 Election
- Biden’s delegates pledged to support him. Some are having doubts.
- Major Democratic Donors Devise Plans to Pressure Biden to Step Aside (“The president appears intent on remaining on the ballot, while wealthy donors are discussing plans to put their money elsewhere.” But can we believe anything the NY Times says at this point?)
- Project 2025 was supposed to boost Donald Trump’s campaign — but it may be backfiring instead (If so, when’s that going to show up in the polls???)
- Biden staff “miserable,” alarmed as pressure builds
- Biden heads into a make-or-break stretch for his imperiled presidential campaign
- Biden Tells Governors He Needs More Sleep and Less Work at Night
- Criminal Trump is clearly unfit for office (“The 2024 presidential race between Joe Biden and Donald Trump reaches a pivotal point”)
- Biden Tries to Prove He Is Still Democrats’ Best Bet
- Biden set for a high-stakes TV interview as he seeks to recover from first debate
- Treatment of President Biden and Donald Trump Puts Parties in Stark Relief
- The Bidens Can’t Let Go (“The President’s family has defended him by invoking his past. But these arguments aren’t landing, since the case against his Presidency is that he isn’t even capable of leading as he could twelve months ago.”)
- ‘Bitter old man’: Trump shredded for egocentric and rambling July 4th rant
- Behind the Curtain: Kamala Harris’ epic edge
- What Kamala World Is Thinking (“As they wait for a sign, the vice-president’s allies are furious at the talk of her being passed over.”)
- Moulton: Biden should exit election ‘and let new leaders rise up’
- Doug Burgum’s Big MAGA Rebrand (“A lot of North Dakotans are wondering what to make of their governor who has decided he wants to run with the MAGA herd.”)
- Commentary: When Youngkin plays political games, Virginians lose (They’re not “games,” though – Youngkin is deadly serious.)
- Pope & Schapiro: VMSDEP and recounts
- Youngkin administration denies FOIA request from member of own task force
- Virginia offshore wind lease sale planned for August
- Dominion, Chesterfield County weigh ‘site suitability’ for natural gas plant proposal
- Boil Water Advisory Lifted for Arlington
- Richmond makes surprising find at desecrated Black cemetery: intact graves
- D.C.-area forecast: Scorching today, with heat indexes reaching 105 to 110
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