by Lowell
Here are a few international, national and Virginia news headlines, political and otherwise, for Saturday, May 10.
- A New Handbook Shows Churches How to Hold Fossil Fuel Actors Accountable (“Because it shouldn’t be up to children, or future generations, to fix the climate crisis.”)
- Today’s Children Face a Lifetime of Extreme Heat because of Climate Change (“Young people today will be exposed to a number of heat waves that no one would have experienced before the burning of fossil fuels started raising global temperatures”)
- Sustainable Switch Climate Focus: EU softens car emissions targets
- Trump Promised to End Two Wars Quickly. In Private, He Admits He’s Frustrated. (“The president has told donors resolving the conflicts has been more difficult than he thought” Duhhhh…)
- European leaders arrive in Kyiv amid push for 30-day ceasefire
- The view from Kyiv: Hope for peace but a plan to fight on
- Trump tacks toward Ukraine amid renewed calls for ceasefire
- Is Russia co-opting US far-right groups to attack western democracies? (“Startling allegations that the Base’s leader is a Russian spy lend support to claims of a Kremlin ‘long game’”)
- Trump envoy relied on Kremlin interpreter in meetings with Putin to end war in Ukraine (“Steve Witkoff broke with long-standing protocol by opting to rely on Kremlin translators during high-level meetings on Ukraine.” That’s outrageous.)
- Chinese exports, aided by tariff dodging, defy Trump’s trade pressure (“Strong export growth in April, despite sky-high U.S. tariffs, will give Beijing a boost at trade talks this weekend.”)
- Zero ships from China are bound for California’s top ports. Officials haven’t seen that since the pandemic
- Tariff talks begin between US and Chinese officials in Geneva as the world looks for signs of hope
- This Is the Trade Conflict Xi Jinping Has Been Waiting For (“For years, the leader of China has planned to make the world dependent on its exports and know-how. But the strategy has costs for his own country.”)
- Why Trump just publicly negotiated with himself over China’s tariffs (“Economic advisors preface talks with the fact Trump is the wild card that may decide to change course any time”)
- Israel Plunges Into Darkness (“What Netanyahu describes as impending victory is a dive into the morass.”)
- Hegseth cancels Israel trip to join Trump on Air Force One
- India and Pakistan step up military strikes amid calls to de-escalate
- G7 Foreign Ministers’ statement on India and Pakistan (“We, the G7 Foreign Ministers of Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, the United Kingdom and the United States of America and the High Representative of the European Union, strongly condemn the egregious terrorist attack in Pahalgam on April 22 and urge maximum restraint from both India and Pakistan. Further military escalation poses a serious threat to regional stability. We are deeply concerned for the safety of civilians on both sides.”)
- A New Kind of Battle for Two Old Enemies (“Pakistan accused India of launching air-to-surface missiles that targeted at least three bases. Soon after, Pakistani officials said retaliatory action against Indian bases had begun.”)
- India and Pakistan accuse each other of firing missiles at airbases as conflict intensifies
- India, Pakistan Signal Intent to Ease Tensions After Strikes
- Exclusive: US weighs special status for Greenland as quest for island intensifies (Reminder: this is completely insane and should never be normalized.)
- How an American Cardinal Beat the Odds to Become Pope (“U.S.-born Cardinal Prevost overtook the favorite, Italian Cardinal Parolin, during a historic conclave”)
- Maga says Pope Leo may be American, but he’s not ‘America first’
- Where does Pope Leo XIV stand on key issues like sexual abuse, climate and poverty? (“He has been described as a peace-seeking bridge builder but he opposes female ordination and abuse survivors are wary”)
- The Big Winner of Trump’s Much-Hyped Trade Deal Is … Not the U.S. (“It’s a great day to be an Anglophile. But the global economy is still on the verge of a ruinous trade war.”)
- She was arrested for an op-ed. Now a judge has ordered her freed.
- Tufts student detained by ICE in viral video is released, thanks supporters (She NEVER SHOULD HAVE BEEN ARRESTED, let alone imprisoned, and anyone involved in doing so should face SEVERE consequences. But they won’t, of course…)
- Newark’s Mayor Arrested at Protest Outside ICE Detention Center (ICE is out of control.)
- Mayor Baraka of Newark, New Jersey, arrested at immigration detention center he has been protesting
- ICE moves detainees to Texas facility where judge declined to halt deportations (OK, what the f*** is going on here???)
- WATCH: Stephen Miller says Trump administration is ‘actively looking at’ suspending habeas corpus (The fact that they’re even thinking/talking about this is HORRENDOUS – can’t overstate how dangerous this is!)
- Suspending Habeas Corpus (“In response to adverse rulings in numerous immigration cases, Stephen Miller is raising the specter of suspending habeas. His argument is factually and legally nuts, but it’s worth explaining ‘why.'”)
- Trump involved in discussions over suspending habeas corpus, sources say (If you endorsed or campaigned for Trump, as Youngkin did, seriously f*** you.)
- Crypto Is Still for Criming (“Democrats shouldn’t give this scam cover, but probably will”)
- ‘It’s bleak’: Trump prepares to gut investments to clean up heavy industry (“The Industrial Demonstrations Program would create thousands of jobs while helping modernize U.S. industries like steelmaking. It’s on Trump’s chopping block.”)
- Judge Pauses Much Of Trump Administration’s Massive Downsizing Of Federal Agencies
- Judge Temporarily Blocks Trump Plans for Mass Layoffs and Program Closures (“An emergency ruling by a federal judge in California amounted to the broadest effort yet to halt the Trump administration’s overhaul of the federal government.” It’s overwhelmingly illegal and unconstitutional, so…yep.)
- Uproar over surgeon general pick exposes MAHA factions among RFK Jr. allies
- Kash Patel Is Seriously Infuriating FBI Officials
- Hegseth escalates targeting of race, gender in military’s academic settings
- Trump, Raking In Cash, Expands His Power in the G.O.P. Money World (“President Trump’s super PAC has grown even more influential, and powerful groups for congressional Republicans are being stocked with Trump allies.”)
- New FEMA head tells staff: “Don’t get in my way… I will run right over you” (Thug.)
- Trump to Tap McKernan for Domestic Finance Role at Treasury
- Trump has sat for only 12 ‘daily’ intelligence briefings since taking office (Just imagine the reaction by Republicans and the media if Biden had done this??? They would have been screamning that he’s old, senile, etc.- which obviously he’s not.)
- IRA’s fate unclear as Republicans look to finance megabill (“The Inflation Reduction Act is a likely target in a plan to cut $2 trillion in spending, but certain provisions have benefited red districts.”)
- There are big, ugly problems at the center of the House budget bill (“Republicans have created impossible restraints on their tax-and-budget package.”)
- Trump fires 3 Democrats on Consumer Product Safety Commission (“They told the Post that they plan to fight the move in the courts.” Absolutely, because what Trump did is illegal.)
- America’s Richest Foundations Team Up Against Feared Trump Assault
- Most Americans disapprove of Trump’s treatment of colleges, a new AP-NORC poll finds
- Trump’s dismantling of Education Department gives states ‘green light’ to pursue voucher programs (“Texas recently became the 16th state to enact a statewide private school voucher program, an uptick critics fear will erode the public education system.”)
- Angry Trump Kills “Woke” Program—and Accidentally Screws MAGA Voters (“It’s called the Digital Equity Act. That word—’equity’—caught the White House’s attention. So now Trump is moving to nix funding—but it could cut off millions destined for red America.”)
- Inside the salacious scandal that derailed Jeanine Pirro’s political career (“No other U.S. attorney nominee is known to have come under a federal probe after being caught on tape scheming to catch a cheating spouse in the act.”)
- Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene says she won’t run for U.S. Senate (Too bad, I was looking forward to Ossoff kicking her pathetic ass.)
- An isolated John Fetterman clashes with colleagues and staff as he skips his Senate duties (“Fetterman, who is facing scrutiny after former staffers have raised concerns about his mental health, has missed nearly every committee hearing and regularly skips votes.” Not doing your job is unacceptable. Next election, Democrats in Pennsylvania need to nominate somebody else.)
- Trove of documents unsealed in NYC mayor’s criminal case offers a glimpse of thwarted investigation (The fact that it wasn’t glaringly obvious, four years ago leading up to the NY City Democratic mayoral primary, that Adams was a scumbag, is a massive failure of the media and of voters…)
- New York City Is About to Make a Huge Mistake (“Andrew Cuomo, who leads in the mayoral polls, has a Trumpian belief in his own spurious talents and triumphs. His election would likewise be a disaster for everyone subject to his rule.”)
- ‘Sloppiness I’ve never seen before:’ Warner calls for Hegseth to resign following loss of F/A-18s (“One jet shot down by friendly fire, two jets slid off the aircraft carrier”)
- Warner joins colleagues on both sides of the aisle in affordable housing push
- Video: Abigail Spanberger Pledges to Protect Virginians’ Fundamental Rights, Reproductive Freedoms (“My Opponent Has Made Clear That She Would Put Further Restrictions On a Woman’s Access to Reproductive Healthcare”)
- Abigail Spanberger Says She Can Take on Trump Without Bashing Him
- Virginia Small Businesses, Families Brace For Recession As Glenn Youngkin and Winsome Earle-Sears Support Trump’s Attacks (79% say the Trump administration’s cuts to federal programs and jobs will hurt the DC metro area economy)
- Ahead of Winsome Earle-Sears’ Commencement Address at Regent University, Elected Leaders and Norfolk Teacher Call on Her to Stand Up for Virginia Students (“Earle-Sears has a long record of supporting legislation that would cut funding from Virginia’s public schools.”)
- Audio: Jeff Schapiro Correctly Points Out That “Right to Work” Laws Are “all about keeping labor weak,” and That Abigail Spanberger Has Said Unspecified “reforms may be necessary” (Of course, Virginia Rs very much WANT to keep labor weak; they also want to falsely claim that Spanberger’s far left or whatever…)
- Winsome Earle-Sears opposes the legal protection of access to contraception and IVF
- Fmr. Virginia Attorney General Mark Herring Endorses Shannon Taylor For Attorney General (Herring: “In these uncertain times, the Commonwealth needs an attorney general who has decades of experience and a proven track record of winning tough fights.”)
- Governor Glenn Youngkin speaks at Liberty University’s 52nd Commencement (Youngkin talks about being a “servant leader,” but as governor, he’s mostly focused on divisiveness, vetoes, attacks on public education – and immigrants, LGBTQ kids, etc. – campaigning for far-right extremists, etc.)
- VCU withholding degrees of three pro-Palestine student protesters
- VDH: increased levels of ‘forever chemicals’ found in Chickahominy fish
- CWG Live updates: Crisp start to a sunny and beautiful weekend; more rain arrives Monday
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