Rep. Jen Kiggans (R-VA02)’s Extreme GOP Raised Monthly Internet Costs for Over 45,000 VA-02 Households
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Oily Governor Youngkin’s Clean Car BS
By Kindler
It should be awfully clear by now whom Virginia Governor Glenn Youngkin represents – not the people of the Commonwealth, but the special interests that control the Republican party, chief among them the Big Oil, Gas and Coal fatcats who funnel millions of dollars to the GOP in order to maintain their dirty legacy.
Youngkin almost never goes against the diktat of the fossil fuel lobby and lately, that has meant working to violate laws enacted by the legislature and his predecessor, Governor Ralph Northam. First, he proclaimed his plan to break the law that brought Virginia into the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative (RGGI), contravening the 2020 Clean Energy and Community Flood Preparedness Act which brought with it millions of dollars in funds for disaster resistance and energy efficiency funding.
And now, he and Attorney General Jason Miyares are declaring their monarchical right to violate the Clean Car Standard enacted in 2021 – and, as befits a party with a convicted felon and pathological liar as its presidential standard-bearer, they are defending their law-breaking by spreading disinformation about electric vehicles and the Virginia law promoting them.
Youngkin and his Republican cronies love to make it sound like the supposedly communist state of California is being allowed to force its laws on the Commonwealth through a “misguided electric vehicle mandate imposed by unelected leaders nearly 3,000 miles away.” But that’s baloney. First, as stated, he’s talking about a law passed by the Virginia General Assembly and signed by Virginia’s last governor.
Second, per federal law, each state gets to choose between two vehicle emission frameworks, either the baseline standard set by the US EPA or the alternative, more stringent approach promulgated by California. Currently, 18 states representing a third of the country go with the latter option. So, this has nothing to do with “freedom” – it’s simply a matter of choosing the alternative promising to minimize the climate hell our children and grandchildren will have to endure.
(Speaking of climate hell, it got up to 121.8 degrees in New Delhi last week and is heading to that territory in the US Southwest as we speak – but Republicans want to make the climate situation much, much worse in order to squeeze a few more bucks out of their fossil fuel donors. In this, Youngkin is, as always, following his leader, Trump, who has promised oil executives that he’ll enact all the policies they want if they give him $1 billion in donations.)
Youngkin also makes it sound like the Clean Car Standard is going to force everyone to buy an EV tomorrow. Once again, nope – the law focuses on establishing a steady transition under which manufacturers are required to increase EV sales from the current level of 9% to 22% by the end of next year, with all light duty vehicles required to reach zero emissions by 2035. As the rules are focused on manufacturers, it’s not like police will be stopping you on the highway if you’re driving a gas-powered car.
And also note that the definition of “zero emissions” here includes plug-in hybrids as well as fully electric vehicles. As a plug-in hybrid driver myself, I can attest to this convenient alternative allowing you to cover much of your local driving gas-free without ever having to worry about “range anxiety” for longer trips.
Per the Washington Post, “Youngkin also depicted his action on the clean-car requirements as a matter of national security, saying that Chinese companies dominate the supply chain for electric vehicles.” Well, this is mighty rich coming from the governor who killed Virginia’s chance to get a Ford EV battery plant built in Southside Virginia that would’ve provided 2500 American jobs.
If he really cares about reducing Chinese influence on such industries, he should become a cheerleader for Biden administration policies, e.g., those under the Inflation Reduction Act and CHIPS Act that are precisely focused on bringing more clean energy manufacturing businesses and jobs to the U.S. And by the way, when Edmunds posted its list of top ten EV brands sold in the U.S., there was not a Chinese company among them.
In short, Youngkin and Miyares are just being oily in the service of Big Oil and playing their fiddles for fossil fuel dollars while the whole world burns. It’s shameful and it only inspires me to work harder to replace these clowns with a full slate of Democrats to take over the state and bring us back to working to be a leader, not a laggard, in the clean energy transition.
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Thursday News: “In Normandy, Biden Will Link Fight for Ukraine With Allied Effort on D-Day”; “Senate GOP blocks bill to guarantee access to contraception”; WSJ Hit Piece on Biden Has “Familiar Stench” (of Murdoch, etc.); “Protesters clash with Marjorie Taylor Greene, McGuire at campaign rally in Albemarle”
by Lowell
Here are a few international, national and Virginia news headlines, political and otherwise, for Thursday, June 6.
- Investment in clean energy likely to be double figure for fossil fuels in 2024, IEA says (“Low-carbon electricity investment driven by solar projects but oil and gas spending still too high to meet climate goals”)
- ‘Godfathers of climate chaos’: UN chief urges global fossil-fuel advertising ban
- Nearly half of journalists covering climate crisis globally received threats for their work (“Groundbreaking new research also reports that 11% of surveyed have faced physical violence in their reporting”)
- UN chief says world is on ‘highway to climate hell’ as planet endures 12 straight months of unprecedented heat
- In Normandy, Biden Will Link Fight for Ukraine With Allied Effort on D-Day
- Leaders and veterans commemorate the 80th anniversary of D-Day
- Opinion: There’s one world leader who won’t be at D-Day commemorations (That would be war criminal Putin.)
- Putin warns that Russia could provide long-range weapons to others to strike Western targets
- Putin’s Existential Problem: Not Enough Russians (“Russia’s population has been in decline for years, and the war in Ukraine has made matters worse.”)
- Tommy Tuberville Tries to Argue Putin Has No Interest in Ukraine (Tuberville appears to be a Russian asset. Also dumber than a…well, tuber.)
- In Global Elections, Strongmen Are Taken Down a Notch (“In Turkey, India and elsewhere, where some feared authoritarian leaders would consolidate power, democracy has proved surprisingly resilient.”)
- In India, the voters have spoken. They do not want autocracy.
- “Ali Baba and the 40 thieves”: Emirati-Palestinian shouting match blew up Blinken meeting
- Dozens reported dead in Israeli strike on UN school in Gaza
- Diminished Hamas switches to full insurgent mode in Gaza (“Hamas has seen about half its forces wiped out in eight months of war and is relying on hit-and-run insurgent tactics to frustrate Israel’s attempts to take control of Gaza, U.S. and Israeli officials told Reuters.”)
- Biden is right: It’s time to end the awful Gaza war
- Israeli strike kills at least 33 people at a Gaza school the military claims was being used by Hamas
- Biden squeezes Netanyahu on cease-fire talks (“The multi-pronged effort targets Hamas leaders, too, but the Israeli prime minister could prove the more complicated get.”)
- Scoop: Egyptian official faced “tense” grilling from U.S. lawmakers
- Myanmar soldiers burned off tattoos and gave detainees urine to drink, witnesses tell BBC
- European Parliament elections 2024: How far right will the E.U. shift?
- Giorgia Meloni, the belle of Europe’s electoral ball
- Biden’s climate chief warns against ‘U-turn agenda’
- Trump wants the Supreme Court to toss out his conviction. Will they? (“It’s hard to see how they’d do it legally, but this Court has a history of reading the law creatively.”)
- Alito’s account of the upside-down flag doesn’t fully add up. Here’s why.
- Alito’s former neighbor says justice is ‘at best mistaken’ in flap over upside-down US flag
- Ukraine war briefing: Russian oil refinery burns again in drone attack (“Ukraine rations power as generation falls far short of needs; US to reportedly release $225m more in weapons, France to sign €650m deal. What we know on day 834”)
- Republicans hide their war on contraception in plain sight
- Senate Republicans block bill to protect Americans’ access to contraception
- Senate GOP blocks bill to guarantee access to contraception
- Republicans Proudly Declare They’re Against Making Contraception a Federal Right
- Speaker Johnson appoints two Trump allies to a committee that handles classified intelligence (Appalling.)
- Georgia appeals court pauses lower-court proceedings in Trump election case (Ugh.)
- Judge Cannon expands hearing on Trump’s request to declare special counsel’s appointment invalid (Totally bonkers.)
- Trump again suggests political opponents may face prosecution, too
- It was the Best of TIME (Biden), It was the Worst of TIME (Trump) Interviews (“On the cover of the magazine, Trump, sitting alone surrounded by his own dark, demented retribution.”)
- Trump wants retribution. That’s dangerous, unlawful and un-American.
- Small Shift Toward Biden After Trump Verdict
- Trump vs. Biden Polls: Conviction Not Having Big Impact Yet
- The Wall Street Journal’s story about Biden “slipping” is comically weak
- This Piece from ‘The Wall Street Journal’ Has a Familiar Stench (100% a hit piece, based on nothing pretty much. This is what Murdoch-owned papers do.)
- Leading Democrats say WSJ ignored their on-the-record comments praising Biden’s mental acuity (“The article heavily cited anonymous Republicans instead”)
- The Two-Time Trump Voters Who Have Had Enough
- Exclusive: ABC’s David Muir to interview Biden Thursday in Normandy
- D-Day Anniversary Is an Opportunity for Biden to Rebuke Trump
- VP contenders Burgum, Vance, Rubio asked for documents from Trump team (Yuuuuck.)
- NYPD preparing to revoke Donald Trump’s license to carry a gun after felony conviction in New York
- Byron Donalds expresses nostalgia for the Jim Crow era, when ‘the Black family was together’ (Sick.)
- Clash Over Phone Hacking Article Preceded Exit of Washington Post Editor (“Will Lewis, the chief executive of The Washington Post, objected to coverage of a legal development involving him in a phone hacking case.”)
- For The Post, a Supreme black eye (“Deference to Justice Alito hands a scoop to the New York Times.”)
- The Cars Always Win (“New York’s stalled congestion-pricing plan was a rare chance to try something different in American transportation.”)
- Hochul Halts Congestion Pricing in a Stunning 11th-Hour Shift
- Hunter Biden’s ex-wife says she first became aware of his drug use in 2015
- Marjorie Taylor Greene calls Bob Good a ‘liar’ and John McGuire a ‘loyalist’ at rally
- Poll shows McGuire with 10-point lead over Good in 5th District primary
- Protesters clash with Marjorie Taylor Greene, McGuire at campaign rally in Albemarle
- CASEY: Reps. Griffith, Cline question Dr. Anthony Fauci & Attorney General Merrick Garland (Cline and Griffith are both disgraces to their districts, to Virginia, to Congress and to America.)
- VA07 GOP Frontrunner’s Ad Features Right-Wing Sheriff with Questionable Judgement and Views, Including Holding a Conspiracy-Theory/Islamophobic Seminar Entitled, “Understanding The Muslim Threat”
- All Of The VA GOP Extremist US Senate Candidates Would Not Lift a Finger To Protect Birth Control Access (“Cao, Parkinson, Smith, Emord, And Garcia All Stand With Trump, Not Virginians, As He Attacks Birth Control”)
- Youngkin’s (and Miyares’) Relentless Assault on Cleantech (Including EVs), the Environment and the Rule of Law Continue. (Youngkin, “who’s running hard for Trump’s VP nod despite NO signature accomplishments, doesn’t mind ignoring separation of powers & playing dictator.”)
- Youngkin to ditch California electric vehicle standards
- Virginia will exit California electric vehicle mandate
- Youngkin Seeks to Override Legislature on Clean Cars Law; Doubles Down on Undemocratic Pro-Polluter Agenda (“Virginia’s Governor doubles down on undemocratic pro-polluter agenda”)
- Youngkin Pledges to Decouple Virginia from California Vehicle Emissions Standards by End of 2024
- Video: Former Republican “Morning Joe” Scarborough Mocks Idea That Youngkin’s a “More Moderate Republican” After Youngkin Vetoed Bill Guaranteeing Women the Right to Contraception
- Charlottesville, Virginia, shows how small cities can take a lead on zero-emissions public transit (“The city council is set to vote on a strategic plan this month that would expand service and phase out fossil-fuel buses over the next decade and a half.”)
- VCU officials reviewing $56M payment to Richmond for failed development project, JLARC suggestions
- VCU, Rao should further separate from health system, state watchdog says
- 80 years after D-Day, a national memorial in Bedford keeps memories alive
- D.C.-area forecast: More storms possible today, then turning less humid and quite nice
VA07 GOP Frontrunner’s Ad Features Right-Wing Sheriff with Questionable Judgement and Views, Including Holding a Conspiracy-Theory/Islamophobic Seminar Entitled, “Understanding The Muslim Threat”
Over in VA07, there are both Democratic and Republican primaries going on right now, with the winner of each vying for the seat currently held by Rep. Abigail Spanberger (D) this November. To see a list of all the candidates, click here.
On the Republican side, given his fundraising lead as well as his numerous endorsements, it appears that the frontrunner is Derrick Anderson. What do we know about Anderson? Mostly, that he has right-wing stances on the issues (e.g., he’s virulently anti-immigration); that he thinks the NY trial of Donald Trump – which found Trump guilty on ALL COUNTS – was “ridiculous“; that he thinks “investigations into the January 6th Insurrection are a ‘cover-up‘” (that belief alone should automatically disqualify Anderson from holding any public office – ever); that he’s vowed to “Stand with President Trump to Take on Far-Left Liberals and the Swamp“; etc. So yeah…if this guy were to win, god forbid, this November, it would represent a MASSIVE downgrade from Rep. Abigail Spanberger, and would be really bad in general.
So given the above information, you’re probably not surprised to know that Anderson recently put out an ad with Greene County Sheriff Steve Smith, promoting Smith as someone who could (supposedly) “keep our families safe.” Yeah, sure…except that Smith has a *myriad* of “issues,” including: defending a school resource officer who handcuffed a 4 year old; overseeing deputies who were caught trying to solicit minors online; pushing “seminars” that promoted an Islamophobic extremist who doesn’t believe Muslims deserved 1st amendment rights; hiring a friend who, in 2002, had received three felony convictions for altering or forging vehicle titles in what prosecutors referred to as a resale “scheme” (Smith had testified in his friend’s 2002 trial that he had been transferred the title of two cars his friend had bought and Smith resold them for a higher price. Smith defended his friend and claimed he “wasn’t trying to scam anybody”); etc.
And yet this is the type of person is someone Derrick Anderson features in one of his ads? At the minimum, that’s revealing about where Anderson’s coming from and how he thinks. Combined with Anderson’s hard-right, pro-Trump views, VA07 voters shouldn’t even CONSIDER supporting him this November over whoever Democrats end up nominating…
Youngkin Seeks to Override Legislature on Clean Cars Law; Doubles Down on Undemocratic Pro-Polluter Agenda
From the Chesapeake Climate Action Network (CCAN):
Youngkin Seeks to Override Legislature on Clean Cars Law
Virginia’s Governor doubles down on undemocratic pro-polluter agenda
RICHMOND, VA— Governor Glenn Youngkin announced today that his administration will refuse to implement Advanced Clean Car Standards, a regulation Virginia joined through legislation in 2021 to phase in zero-emission vehicles in line with major manufacturer’s timelines and climate deadlines to meet net-zero carbon emissions. This announcement runs contrary to a determination in 2022 by the Attorney General, Jason Miyares, that Virginia must adopt the updated regulations pursuant to the 2021 law, and that the legislature would need to amend the law to prevent adoption.
Today’s announcement is in line with Governor Youngkin’s repeated attempts to override state law in pursuit of a pro-pollution agenda. In recent years, he directed the Air Board to repeal the regulations tying Virginia to the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative, a pollution reduction program that funds flood resilience and low-income energy-efficient housing.
Transportation is the largest source of carbon emissions in the Commonwealth, making Clean Car Standards one of the most significant steps that the legislature has taken to reduce air pollution and combat climate change. Widespread EV adoption would save Virginians nearly $30 billion in public health costs while saving thousands of lives, according to the American Lung Association.
The Clean Cars rules apply to manufacturers selling vehicles in Virginia, not to individual customers or automobile dealers. The rules only apply to new cars. According to 2022 polling, 76% of Virginians support requiring manufacturers to provide a minimum number of electric vehicles in Virginia.
“Yet again, Governor Youngkin seeks to undermine democracy to ensure corporate polluters can continue to cash in at the expense of Virginians’ health and our planet,” said Victoria Higgins, Virginia Director for Chesapeake Climate Action Network. “This Governor has repeatedly demonstrated a belief that he is above the law and is happy to pollute our air and water if it means he can score a couple political points with Big Oil and national donors. Emissions from cars are both our biggest contributors to climate change in Virginia and a public health crisis, consequences that are shouldered disproportionately by low-income families and people of color. Thankfully, Governor Youngkin’s days in power are dwindling. We are looking forward to a governor who will stand up for the environment and state law.”
Major manufacturers like General Motors, Volkswagen, Ford, and Volvo have pledged to shift towards production of EVs in line with the timeline established by the updated Advanced Clean Cars regulations.
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Chesapeake Climate Action Network is the first grassroots organization dedicated exclusively to raising awareness about the impacts and solutions associated with global warming in the Chesapeake Bay region. Founded in 2002, CCAN has been at the center of the fight for clean energy and wise climate policy in Maryland, Virginia, and Washington, DC.
Youngkin’s (and Miyares’) Relentless Assault on Cleantech (Including EVs), the Environment and the Rule of Law Continue.
Utterly disgraceful as usual from right wingnuts Glenn Youngkin and Jason Miyares, neither of whom have the slightest respect for the rule of law, and both of whom are viciously anti-cleantech and anti-environment/pro-fossil-fuel-industry.
Video: Former Republican “Morning Joe” Scarborough Mocks Idea That Youngkin’s a “More Moderate Republican” After Youngkin Vetoed Bill Guaranteeing Women the Right to Contraception
Former Republican “Morning Joe” Scarborough on Glenn Youngkin:
.@Morning_Joe on VA’s extremist Gov:
Youngkin, who is supposed to be..’a more mod Republican’..He vetoed a bill that would guarantee women the right to contraception..giving women the right they’ve had since 1965 would ‘trample on religious freedoms’ That’s how crazy this [is] pic.twitter.com/XJ48ZUNFeP
— Virginia Democrats (@vademocrats) June 5, 2024
All Of The VA GOP Extremist US Senate Candidates Would Not Lift a Finger To Protect Birth Control Access
From DPVA:
All Of The GOP Extremist Senate Candidates Would Not Lift A Finger To Protect Birth Control Access
Cao, Parkinson, Smith, Emord, And Garcia All Stand With Trump, Not Virginians, As He Attacks Birth Control
Richmond, VA – Just two weeks after Donald Trump went on Pittsburgh’s KDKA and admitted he was open to allowing states to restrict access to birth control, the U.S. Senate is voting on the Right to Contraception Act to protect this fundamental freedom. Despite the clear threat Trump is to Virginians’ reproductive freedom, Republican Senate candidates have not said a single thing condemning Trump’s threat to restrict birth control access or how they would protect this fundamental freedom in the U.S. Senate. Their silence is deafening and is a political gift to Donald Trump’s extreme anti-choice agenda.
MAGA extremists Cao, Parkinson, Smith, and Emord are anti-choice and believe life begins at conception, which puts in vitro fertilization and birth control access on the MAGA chopping block.
Here’s why they haven’t said anything:
- Hung Cao endorsed Donald Trump for President in December. When asked on the Jiggy Jaguar Show if he would have Trump campaign with him, Cao said “absolutely” and affirmed that he was a “MAGA Republican” and in the “Trump America First camp.” Since receiving Trump’s endorsement, Cao has praised Trump on X numerous times, including a photo of the two with the caption “MAGA!”
- On “Richmond’s Morning News with John Reid” Scott Parkinson said, “Well, listen, I’ve enthusiastically endorsed President Trump in his race, I hope to have his support as well. I would probably campaign shoulder to shoulder with him all throughout the Commonwealth of Virginia.” Parkinson called Trump’s trial “politicization of our legal process.” After the verdict, Parkinson posted a photo of himself and Trump with the caption “Stand tall with Trump.”
- At the Augusta County Regional Republican Christmas Party in December, Chuck Smith said, “I’m an American first, pro American, pro-life, pro children, pro values pro Trump, pro MAGA, and an anti-democratic, a card carrying, gun toting 100% unapologetic supporter of the Second Amendment to the United States Constitution.” In a string of posts about Trump’s guilty verdicts, Smith said the day was one where “we bow our heads in shame and disgrace.”
- Jonathan Emord said, “we need a commander in chief like President Donald Trump” at the Appomattox Senate Candidate Forum in May. Emord also peddles the Big Lie, believing that Trump won in 2020. Emord is hoping to get Trump’s 34 convictions overturned by filing an amicus brief in New York.
- Eddie Garcia thinks that “if President Trump is serious about winning Virginia, I’m going to be the one to deliver to him.” After Trump’s New York verdict Garcia posted, “Once again, @realDonaldTrump is the victim of political prosecution turned political persecution by the radical left.”
We know the Republican Senate candidates would vote against the Right to Contraception Act because they care more about pleasing Trump than protecting Virginians’ fundamental freedoms.
“From being the architect to overturning Roe to now attacking birth control, Donald Trump has made it clear that he is the biggest threat to Virginia women’s health and safety in a generation,” said DPVA Chairwoman Susan Swecker. “As the U.S. Senate votes to protect the right to contraception, Virginians know the Republican Senate candidates will vote against them because they are pro-Trump, pro-MAGA, and will put Donald Trump’s anti-choice, anti-birth control, and anti-freedom agenda ahead of Virginians no matter what. Virginians deserve leaders who will stand up for abortion rights, their right to contraception, and their reproductive freedom, not MAGA extremist lapdogs like the GOP Senate candidates.”
It was the Best of TIME (Biden), It was the Worst of TIME (Trump) Interviews
From the Biden-Harris reelection campaign:
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Wednesday News: “Indian Voters Have Finally Woken Up”; “Trump Floats Jailing Political Opponents”; “Biden calls Trump ‘reckless and dangerous’ over claims trial was rigged”; “Racial resentment’ a factor in violence of 6 January 2021, study says”
by Lowell (note: I’ve been in the hospital for several days with a serious bacterial infection that appears to have impacted by heart; am out now and being treated with IV antibiotics for 6 weeks…hopefully it works! Meanwhile, back to fighting for our democracy and against those who would destroy it.)
- A new study finds the Earth is warming at a record rate, but there is no evidence of climate change accelerating
- Oceans face ‘triple threat’ of extreme heat, oxygen loss and acidification (Great job, fossil fuel industry…)
- A year of elections in democracies around the world is revealing deep dissatisfaction among voters
- Holocaust survivors urge young Europeans to vote against far right (“Those who lived through Nazi atrocities say voters must use their voice in EU elections”)
- ‘We Are the World Power.’ How Joe Biden Leads
- Donald Trump Is Banned from 37 Countries as Convicted Felon, Including Major Allies Like Canada and U.K. (“If elected president again, Trump would need special permission to enter several key countries for maintaining foreign relations”)
- Visiting Europe, Biden Will Find Both Solidarity and Isolation
- Macron is considering a risky plan in Ukraine. What if Putin calls his bluff?
- Ukraine is a dividing line in European election that centrists hope to exploit
- Israel and Hezbollah Move Closer to Full-Scale War
- Israel steps up military offensive in Gaza amid renewed truce efforts
- Gunman attacks U.S. Embassy in Beirut as Israel nears decision on launching Lebanon offensive
- Biden Suggests Netanyahu May Be Dragging Out War for Political Gain
- Israel phasing out use of desert detention camp after CNN investigation detailing abuses
- Mass graves and body bags: al-Shifa hospital after Israel withdrew its forces
- What Israel’s Leaders Can’t—or Won’t—Say About Biden’s Ceasefire Announcement
- Israel Secretly Targets U.S. Lawmakers With Influence Campaign on Gaza War
- How Mexico’s democratic election might undermine Mexican democracy
- The Failing State Next Door (“Mexico has its first woman president. But her big win may be a bigger danger to democracy and security.”)
- Mexican mayor killed hours after first woman elected president
- Why India’s Modi failed to win outright majority (“Mr Modi has lost some of his aura of invincibility and the results mean the opposition is back.” Good!)
- Indian Voters Have Finally Woken Up
- Modi Seeks to Shore Up His Coalition to Secure Third Term
- India’s election shows the world’s largest democracy is still a democracy (“The biggest takeaways from Narendra Modi’s political setback.”)
- Australia wants to become a renewable energy superpower. Can it?
- A War on the Nile Pushes Sudan Toward the Abyss
- Survey: Americans ready to take climate action
- Scorching heat wave set to smash records across U.S. Southwest (This is the climate crisis.)
- The Pentagon is learning how to change at the speed of war (“The dynamic Ukraine battlespace has provided a needed jolt to a system that has long been too slow to change.”)
- Biden Says Trump Left Him ‘No Choice’ as He Moves to Seal Border
- FACT SHEET: President Biden Announces New Actions to Secure the Border
- A Proclamation on Securing the Border
- Biden rolls out migration order that aims to shut down asylum requests, after months of anticipation
- In Shift, Biden Issues Order Allowing Temporary Border Closure to Migrants
- Democrats divided over Biden’s executive order
- Five ways to respond to Alito’s contemptuous letter
- Alito’s the tip of the iceberg: More Republicans wave Christian nationalist flag despite MAGA threat
- The Supreme Court remains the linchpin of Trumpworld’s push for power (“Trump’s response to his New York conviction and a new indictment of his allies in Wisconsin are the latest examples.”)
- Trump’s New York conviction is not enough (“If the federal government wants to uphold democracy and the rule of law, it can’t leave convicting Trump to the states.”)
- Judge Cannon expands hearing on Trump’s request to declare special counsel’s appointment invalid
- The Truth of Trump Is Very Far From the Myth
- Biden calls Trump ‘reckless and dangerous’ over claims trial was rigged
- Joe Biden Thinks “Something Snapped” in Donald Trump (“In some of his most direct remarks about the former president’s verdict, Biden underscored the link between his “unhinged” opponent’s personal corruption and his antidemocratic aspirations.”)
- Trump’s Most Audacious Lie Yet (“The former president is claiming he never said ‘Lock her up.'”)
- Trump asks judge to terminate gag order in hush money case
- The case for imprisoning Donald Trump
- Bankrolling the Big Lie
- Trump Allies Sue to Allow Election Officials to Refuse to Certify Results
- Married to the Mob (“To understand Trump, we need to understand how a mob boss operates. A key point is this: He keeps people with direct knowledge of his criminality close, and he often buys their silence with all that illegally gotten money. “)
- The best argument to lock up Trump: Merchan must protect the judiciary
- Democrats must defend Trump’s guilty verdict against MAGA jury denial
- Project 2025 partners use right-wing media to sow distrust in American elections
- Trump was convicted on 34 counts. Here’s how right-wing media melted down.
- Trump Floats Jailing Political Enemies, Attacks E. Jean Carroll In Wild Interview
- ‘It’s very possible’: Trump floats imprisoning his political opponents
- Team Trump Claims Guilty Conviction Led to $141 Million Fundraising Bonanza in May (“Apparently being a convicted felon is working out well for the ex-president.”)
- Scoop: Trump’s protectors push Johnson for House vote (“Conservatives want a floor vote on a bill that would allow current or former presidents to move any state case brought against them — such as the one in New York that resulted in Trump’s conviction — to federal court, according to multiple House Republican sources.” Crazy.)
- GOP plans aggressive ‘weaponization’ investigations in wake of Trump conviction (“House Speaker Mike Johnson vowed to use House oversight powers and other measures to target jurisdictions pursuing prosecutions of the former president.”)
- Conservative attacks on birth control could threaten access
- Scoop: GOP campaign arm’s birth control message
- After the Trump verdict, most Republicans say they’re OK with having a criminal as president (FUBAR)
- Racial resentment’ a factor in violence of 6 January 2021, study says (“Measurable in Trump supporters, psycho-social phenomenon can have consequences for democracy, authors say”)
- Lara Trump Failed the Hogan Test (“The Republican Party is turning away from candidates who support the rule of law.”)
- Colorado Republican Party issues call to burn all Pride flags
- ‘You Nazi piece of s—’: Hunter Biden’s wife confronts Trump ally in hallway outside gun trial
- Hunter Biden Prosecutors Might’ve Already Lost the Jury
- Trump takes a hit in New Jersey: 5 takeaways from Tuesday’s primaries
- Hunter Biden Didn’t ‘Knowingly’ Lie to Buy Gun, Lawyer Says
- Garland slams attacks on the Justice Department, telling lawmakers: ‘I will not be intimidated’
- Wisconsin attorney general files felony charges against attorneys, aide who worked for Trump in 2020
- Tim Sheehy won the Montana GOP primary. November’s race may decide Senate control
- ‘Cooking someone to death’: Southern states resist calls to add air conditioning to prisons (“Advocates have called the sweltering conditions in some prisons ‘cruel and unusual’ punishment.”)
- Dems weigh local ties, anti-Trump fame in primary for Spanberger seat
- VA-05 Republican candidate John McGuire is facing a lawsuit for defamation
- Commentary: On Ukraine and national security, Congressman Good falls short (And on everything else.)
- What’s in Virginia’s transportation spending plan?
- Virginia officials tout preparedness as ‘active’ hurricane season begins
- Editorial: Thousands of convicted felons would benefit from Youngkin’s mercy
- Va.’s first anti-hazing summit held at VCU, hosted by family of freshman who died after frat party
- Norfolk Southern and CSX sue Cox Communications over broadband installations
- Virginia moves closer to extending passenger rail to the New River Valley
- Public left out of talks about future of Virginia Aquarium, Virginia Beach council member says
- ‘It’s a mess:’ Richmond restaurants struggle with city meals tax woes
- Fariss waives preliminary hearing on drug, gun charges, sending case to grand jury
- D.C.-area forecast: Dodging showers and storms through tomorrow, drier Friday and Saturday
