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Wednesday (7/8) News: "Trump says Iran ceasefire 'over' and talks a 'waste of time'"; "MAGA Loves Trump's World Cup Meddling'Until We Lose"
3+ hour, 44+ min ago (47+ words) Blue Virginia Here are a few international, national and Virginia news headlines, political and otherwise (economic, environmental, etc.) for Wednesday, July 8....
Thoughts on VA Del. Holly Seibold's Argument That Voters Get "frustrated with politics that feels more focused on protecting incumbents. .. keeping power concentrated among the same people"
14+ hour, 43+ min ago (158+ words) Good points (see here and below) by former Virginia Democratic blogger and labor/Fairfax Democratic activist Karen Duncan, responding to this post by Del. Holly Seibold (D-Fairfax) about how, when she ran for House of Delegates in 2022, "[n]early the…...
Tuesday (7/7) News: Oil Companies Profit as "World Gets Dangerously Hot"; "NATO braces for difficult summit"
1+ day, 3+ hour ago (98+ words) Blue Virginia Trump Creates a New Clash With Europe Federal agents showed up at his door Also, right wingers have been using this same attack for decades, along with fear mongering, xenophobia, etc Many Democrats, disgusted by their party\u2019s failure…...
One Year After Rep. Jen Kiggans (R-VA02) Voted for Trump's "Big UGLY Bill," Virginians Are Paying the Price
1+ day, 20+ hour ago (210+ words) I would never EVER call the Big UGLY Bill by the bizarre, Orwellian name that Trump gave it, but other than that I agree with this press release from former Rep. Elaine Luria (D-VA02): One Year After Kiggans" Vote for One…...
Monday (7/6) News: "Incomprehensible," "Painfully corrupt: Criticism mounts as FIFA gives United States special treatment"
2+ day, 1+ hour ago (148+ words) Blue Virginia Also, check out Virginia's own Jamelle Bouie on why \"Trump's Fourth of July Party Was a Huge Failure\"- \"He rejects the founding ideals of the country and has nothing to say about them wants you to get more…...
Video: Gov. Abigail Spanberger Argues re: Data Centers That Being "upset about something. .. [is] not how you make good policy"
1+ day, 22+ hour ago (1455+ words) Video: Gov....
Record Heat and Data Centers Are Making It Hotter, Drier, and Costlier
2+ day, 2+ hour ago (428+ words) By Michelle Moore, Bridge2 Blue It's dangerously hot, with code-red air quality in northern Virginia. As air conditioners run non-stop, Virginians are seeing, right now, just how costly data centers are." Extreme heat worsens" every one of their impacts. Heat advisories…...
Sunday (7/5) News: Trump's Bizarre July 4 - Crowd Chaos, Rants About Supposed "Communists," Cringe-Inducing Comments About Civil War, etc.
3+ day, 2+ hour ago (147+ words) Blue Virginia There is not a military solution to every problem The zero-sum understanding of what it means to be pro-Israel has gone so far that it is now alienating Israel\u2019s staunchest supporters More than 130, 000 people have been forcibly disappeared…...
Saturday (7/4) News: For July 4th, "Trump Pardons Violators of the Clean Air Act and a Major Donor"; At Mt. Rushmore, Trump "read a half-baked red scare speech straight out of 1950"
4+ day, 3+ hour ago (108+ words) Blue Virginia that we set up over 250 years Can this be fixed, assuming we ever get back to sane leadership? Maayyyybe? But the problem is, as always, it's a LOT easier to destroy than to create, and once something is…...
Friday (7/3) News: Severe Heatwave "virtually impossible" without climate crisis"; "Trump"s Huge Windfall Has Few Known Global Precedents"
5+ day, 3+ hour ago (60+ words) Blue Virginia Then It Got Nixed promised ambitious plans to make Americans healthier Also note that if a Democrat - Obama, Biden, etc Is It Time to Fret About Graham Platner? (It was time to \"fret\" about Platner months ago...