by Lowell
Here are a few national and Virginia news headlines, political and otherwise, for Saturday, June 12.
- This melting glacier was already the biggest source of sea level rise. Then things got worse.
- The Acceleration of an Antarctic Glacier Shows How Global Warming Can Rapidly Break Up Polar Ice and Raise Sea Level (“New research on the West Antarctic Ice Sheet tracked the disintegration of a floating ice shelf and how that accelerated the flow of the Pine Island Glacier to the sea.”)
- António Guterres on the climate crisis: ‘We are coming to a point of no return’ (“UN secretary general says he’s concerned that the richest nations have pumped billions more into fossil fuels than clean energy since the pandemic”)
- Canada will not approve new thermal coal mining projects, cites environmental damage
- The weekend read: Driving toward the European solar inflection point
- G7 to counter China’s clout with big infrastructure project – senior U.S. official
- G7 Leaders Are Poised to Sign a Declaration on Global Health
- Biden Pushes G-7 to Criticize China Over Xinjiang Allegations
- The world is horrified by the dysfunction of American democracy
- G-7 Poised to Counter China’s Effort to Gain Worldwide Influence
- U.K. Tells EU Don’t Be ‘Bloody Minded’ as Brexit Row Dogs G-7
- Biden tries to erase Trump’s ‘America First’ on world stage
- Cameras Off: G7 Summit Heralds the Return of In-Person Diplomacy
- Netanyahu’s last ditch bid to Gantz: ‘I’ll resign now, you’ll be PM for 3 years’
- Putin Shares Blame for 400,000 American Deaths. Should Biden Shake His Hand?
- Putin Sees Chance to Work With Biden at Low Point in U.S. Ties
- In NBC interview, Putin calls Trump ‘colorful’ but says he can work with Biden (Putin’s a thug.)
- Russia’s FSB poisoned another Putin critic. It’s chilling.
- Biden wants Russia’s cooperation. But Putin thrives on chaos.
- Vladimir Putin says Biden ‘radically different’ after impulsive Trump (Yeah, Trump was Putin’s puppet while Biden is a patriotic American.)
- Inside the palace intrigue in Jordan and a thwarted ‘deal of the century’
- Indigenous people are the world’s biggest conservationists, but they rarely get credit for it
- Belarus Role in Ryanair Landing Was ‘Gangsterism,’ Irish PM Says
- Peru’s Castillo on verge of being named President after last-minute vote wrangling
- Tensions Rise in Peru as Presidential Runoff Vote Count Drags On
- Moderna Says It Doesn’t See Signs That Shot Causes Heart Issue
- Hate Wiped Away A Muslim-Canadian Family. Here’s How Friends Want Them Remembered
- Wonking Out: Economic Nationalism, Biden-Style
- The Keystone XL Pipeline Is Dead. Next Target: Line 3.
- FDA decides 60 million doses of Johnson & Johnson vaccine must be be discarded; 10 million can be released
- Private Inequity: How a Powerful Industry Conquered the Tax System (“The I.R.S. almost never audits private equity firms, even as whistle-blowers have filed claims alleging illegal tax avoidance.” Beef up the I.R.S., start auditing!)
- Glick: FERC to outline plan to tackle transmission ‘certainly’ by the end of summer
- Democracy Is Already Dying in the States (“Republicans around the country are proving Joe Manchin wrong”)
- Deb Haaland: My grandparents were stolen from their families as children. We must learn about this history.
- Law enforcement struggles to recruit since killing of Floyd
- Democrats try to ease tensions between ‘the Squad’ and Jewish lawmakers ahead of key month for party’s agenda
- Why Does Elena Kagan Keep Roasting Brett Kavanaugh? (“The Supreme Court is quiet. Too quiet. It is almost mid-June, and the court has yet to release any blockbuster decisions. What’s going on? — The simple answer is also the obvious one: These cases have sharply divided the justices”)
- Watergate’s John Dean: New Donald Trump Scandal Is ‘Nixon On Stilts And Steroids’ (“‘It is beyond Nixon,’ the former White House counsel said of the Trump Justice Department’s gathering of private information about members of Congress.”)
- Ex-Prosecutor Pulls No Punches With Donald Trump: ‘Unabated Crime Wave As President’ (“Glenn Kirschner warned what may happen if the ex-president isn’t held accountable.”)
- Trump’s false Lafayette Square exoneration (“Don’t be fooled by the media’s credulous acceptance of a new report”)
- What the new IG report about the gassing of protesters around Lafayette Square actually says (“Trump supporters are touting it as a total exoneration of the former president. That’s not at all what it really says.”0
- What you need to know about the House’s opening bid to rein in Big Tech (“The bills have the beginnings of bipartisan support, but will likely need even more to actually pass.”)
- House Bills Seek to Break Up Amazon and Other Big Tech Companies
- Lawmakers unveil major bipartisan antitrust reforms that could reshape Amazon, Apple, Facebook and Google (“Amazon, Apple, Facebook and Google could be forced to overhaul their business practices under an expansive set of antitrust reforms introduced by a bipartisan group of House lawmakers on Friday. The package of five bills would make it harder for dominant platforms to complete mergers and prohibit them from owning business lines that present clear conflicts of interest. The measures come in the wake of a lengthy investigation by the House Judiciary subcommittee on antitrust into the four companies that was completed last year.”)
- Pelosi urges Senate Democrats to back voting rights bill and ‘save democracy’
- Garland announces expansion of Justice Department’s voting rights unit, vowing to scrutinize GOP-backed voting restrictions and ballot reviews
- Garland declares voting rights expansion ‘central’ to democracy
- The Justice Department Can Swing a Mighty Big Stick in the Realm of Voting Rights
- Merrick Garland’s Job Is to Root Out Trump-Era Corruption at DOJ. He’s Failing
- Three big takeaways from the explosive new Trump-DOJ revelations (“The Justice Department needs to be more transparent about Trump-era corruption.”)
- Another stunning revelation about the Trump Justice Department requires answers — and action
- Wait. Trump’s DOJ did what?
- Three big takeaways from the explosive new Trump-DOJ revelations
- Senate Democrats threaten to subpoena Barr, Sessions for testimony over Justice Dept.’s secret pursuit of two House Democrats’ data (I don’t get why they “threaten” and don’t just do it, immediately.)
- Barr and Sessions “Must Testify” on the Trump Administration’s Secret Probe of Democrats (“Democratic leaders say they’ll subpoena ex-Trump officials if they refuse.”)
- Jeff Sessions Claims He’s Clueless About His DOJ’s Snooping on Congress
- Barr pushed investigators to finish leak probes
- Apple tightens rules after Justice Department targeted U.S. lawmakers
- Can polarization be a good thing? Just look at 2021’s big gubernatorial races. (Youngkin’s a right winger, Cruz and Trump endorsee who spews out a LOT of meaningless pablum, like “rip-roaring economy” and “I’m not a politician” GACK)
- How Trump’s Removal From Social Media Could Affect His Grasp On The GOP
- The Pathetic New Chapter of the Baby Trumps
- Is there an uncontroversial way to teach America’s racist history? (“A historian on the unavoidable discomfort around anti-racist education.”)
- The ‘Critical Race Theory’ Monster Hunt Begins
- Here are the winners of the 2021 Pulitzer Prizes
- Darnella Frazier, the teen who filmed George Floyd’s murder, wins honorary Pulitzer
- Texas Is Beta-Testing False History
- Texas will build a wall along its border with Mexico, governor says (“It is unclear if the state has the authority to construct a wall after Joe Biden stopped building projects on the border”)
- Republican U.S. Sen. Ron Johnson suspended for a week from YouTube for COVID misinformation (Why only a week?)
- Chicago Cop Arrested In Jan. 6 Attack Allegedly Texted ‘We Inside The Capital LMFAO’
- Cobb County school board bans teaching critical race theory (Totally f’ed up to ban teaching an important area of research/study. Why?)
- Nevada schools reckon with race, triggering polarization
- Video: Glenn Youngkin Says “slavery was abhorrent, BUT…” (Youngkin’s entire attitude is repulsive, and should be rejected overwhelmingly by Virginia voters this November. No ifs, ands or “BUTs about it!)
- Northam unveils limited plan for hiring bonuses, but faces skepticism over minimum wage, funding
- From alligator wrestler to ex-governor: McAuliffe gets a reboot as ‘Terry 2.0’ (“Before he was Virginia’s chief executive, the former DNC chief and fundraiser was known for over-the-top stunts. But in his latest run, he can rely on his record as governor.”)
- With the Primary Over, What Might the Losing 2021 VA Dem Candidates Do Next? (For instance, Lee Carter’s heading off to be a sheep farmer…)
- High Stakes in the Virginia Attorney General Race (“It’s no surprise who is behind GOP AG candidate Jason Miyares: Donald Trump and his co-conspirators at the Republican AG Association.”)
- Video – Terry McAuliffe on Paid Family and Sick Leave: “There’s Hope on The Way… This is About Helping People”
- Virginia Posts Record Revenue Increase as Collections Rise 66.2 Percent in May (Governor Northam announces appointment of Secretary (Joe Flores) and Deputy Secretary of Finance (Carter Hutchinson))
- Virginia Attorney General signs on to amicus brief protecting eviction moratorium
- Wendi Weber column: Facing our climate’s ‘new normal’ with solutions for people and wildlife in Virginia
- Friday (6/11) Virginia Data on COVID-19: Hospitalizations, 10-Day New COVID Cases Near Lowest Points Since Start of Pandemic
- Explaining the new July 1 marijuana laws
- Stream cleanups, hotels, affordable housing: How Rescue Plan funds are being spent in Northern Virginia
- Schapiro: When Northam speaks, voters listen
- McAuliffe says he will keep majority of Northam’s policies if elected to governor
- Youngkin, GOP candidates rally at local brewery cited for clearing land believed to contain historic Black cemetery
- What Washington and Lee has embraced
- No food, no housing: The pandemic has been harsh on Virginia’s community college students
- Northam names two new UVa board members, reappoints two others (“Dominion Energy now has two executives serving on the Board of Visitors” Not acceptable)
- Fairfax County’s lone Muslim school board member reflects on uproar over Israel criticism
- Expanding Options for Solar in Virginia
- Williams: As the new executive director of the ACLU of Virginia, Mary Bauer plans to “go big and be bold.”
- RTD columnist Michael Paul Williams wins Pulitzer Prize
- Loudoun County Public Schools to appeal court order on reinstating teacher
- Education about race, guidelines about transgender children come to Botetourt County
- D.C.-area forecast: Sunshine returns and temperatures are relatively comfortable for June
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