by Lowell
Here are a few national and Virginia news headlines, political and otherwise, for Friday, February 21.
- Epidemic Worsens Outside China, Roiling Markets: Virus Update
- America’s Russia nightmare is back
- German PV tender delivers record low solar power price of $0.038/kwh (“The 100 MW tender was five times oversubscribed.”)
- Revealed: quarter of all tweets about climate crisis produced by bots (“Draft of Brown study says findings suggest ‘substantial impact of mechanized bots in amplifying denialist messages’”)
- Americans want renewables and are willing to pay for them (“U.S. renewable energy use has grown significantly in the last decade, yet data from a new survey suggests many Americans may not fully understand the importance of solar and wind.”)
- Lawmakers Are Warned That Russia Is Meddling to Re-elect Trump
- The Scariest Part of Richard Grenell’s Appointment
- Trump set off by intelligence assertion that Russia favors him (“After a senior U.S. intelligence official told lawmakers last week that Russia wants to see President Trump reelected, he erupted at his acting director of national intelligence, Joseph Maguire, viewing him and his staff as disloyal for telling Congress about Russia’s perceived preference.”)
- Trump considering Doug Collins as nominee for director of national intelligence (Ee gads.)
- Trump puts an unqualified loyalist in charge of national intelligence
- Will Richard Grenell Destroy the Intelligence Community? (“President Trump selected an unqualified loyalist as his top spy. We know what happens next.”)
- Roger Stone’s sentencing shows what the ‘rule of law’ is all about
- NSC aide who worked to discredit Russia probe moves to senior ODNI post (“Kash Patel, a former top National Security Council official who also played a key role as a Hill staffer in helping Republicans discredit the Russia probe” Appalling.)
- Trump Rips ‘Parasite’ Oscars Win and Brad Pitt in Colorado Rally Rant
- Trump Enters Full Conspiracist Mode at Colorado Rally
- Trump Stews Over McCabe But Is Wary of Driving Barr to Resign
- Roger Stone Judge Amy Berman Jackson: Look Out, America, ABJ Is the New RBG
- Roger Stone’s sentencing shows what the ‘rule of law’ is all about
- At the Justice Dept., a cautious sigh of relief as Roger Stone’s sentence hits Barr’s preferred target
- Trump says Roger Stone has ‘very good chance of exoneration’ hours after sentencing
- ‘All traitors must die’: Feds charge man for threatening whistleblower attorney
- How Stephen Miller Manipulates Trump (“Donald Trump’s senior adviser has been the true driving force behind this Administration’s racist agenda. How far will he go?”)
- Stacey Abrams Spearheads ‘Fair Fight,’ A Campaign Against Voter Suppression
- Democrats Set a TV Ratings Record at Their Las Vegas Debate
- Elizabeth Warren ‘Crushed’ the Debate. But Is It Too Late?
- How Bloomberg Bungled a Debate That He Had Been Prepped For
- Wounded but defiant, Bloomberg promises to keep fighting
- Harry Reid says Sanders needs more than plurality to win Democratic nomination
- Bloomberg quietly plotting brokered convention strategy
- One Bloomberg spent $340 million on polished ads. The other one stumbled through the debate.
- American Federation of Teachers urges members to support Biden, Sanders, Warren
- The Democratic race is now Sanders against the field, and a contested convention possibly awaits the party
- Biden slams rival Sanders over past gun control stance
- Dems race to avoid going broke before Super Tuesday
- The Debate Exposed Bloomberg’s Downside — But It Was There All Along
- Bloomberg releases edited video following debate
- Who benefits from Bloomberg’s troubles?
- Some conventional wisdom on the debate we can live without
- The Democrats Miss Another Chance to Actually Debate Their Positions on Climate Change
- Poll: Biden leads Sanders, Steyer in South Carolina (“But the former vice president’s advantage is much smaller in a new Winthrop University poll than it was last fall.”)
- Democrats Went After the Wrong Guy (“Bernie Sanders is the front-runner. But his opponents still aren’t treating him like one.”)
- Rivals worry Sanders building ‘insurmountable’ Super Tuesday lead
- Warren, Bloomberg and What Really Matters (“Dems should be talking about financialization and fraud.”)
- The GOP’s new 2020 strategy: Invoke President Sanders (“Trump and Republicans are suffering in the suburbs. But they’re confident voters there will view Bernie as worse.”)
- The Memo: Chaos deepens among Democrats after Bloomberg’s misfire
- Democratic Presidential Candidates Ended January Short on Cash (“Pete Buttigieg and Joe Biden haven’t invested in any ads in the crucial Super Tuesday states, data show”)
- What Bernie Sanders, Michael Bloomberg and Donald Trump have in common
- The Stop-Bernie Campaign Can’t Figure Out Which Way to Go
- Is This Actually Warren’s Comeback?
- How conservatives learned to wield power inside Facebook
- New report shows 12 ways that Facebook favors conservatives (“A Facebook executive personally defended keeping up a network of fake news sites”)
- The Oil Industry Is Quietly Winning Local Climate Fights (“In the past few years, the American Petroleum Institute and its allies have fought against climate-friendly policies in at least 16 different states.”)
- Sen. Warner is happy with dredging progress, wind deal at the Port of Virginia
- Biden for President Campaign Announces 29 Endorsement From Elected Officials, Community Leaders in Virginia [UPDATED]
- Democratic presidential hopefuls round up Virginia endorsements ahead of Super Tuesday
- Brand-New Energy Efficiency Scorecard of U.S. Utilities Ranks Dominion Near Dead Last…Utterly Abysmal
- House of Delegates Passes Virginia Budget for 2021 and 2022
- Virginia House and Senate adopt budgets, prepare for battle
- Virginia budget plans include teacher, state worker raises
- Video: Emotional Virginia House Appropriations Committee Chair Luke Torian Gets Choked Up at Passage of “Most Progressive [Budget] in Virginia’s History”
- Bipartisan Push to Provide More Oversight of Utility Bills
- The General Assembly Sets its Sights on Behavioral Bills
- Pope, Church & State: A weekly look at the General Assembly’s 2020 Session
- Finnerty: Virginia should lead on clean energy in 2020
- This renowned German professor was headed to U-Va. to teach about the rise of far-right extremism. The State Department held up his visa. (“No one has told Hajo Funke, a leading scholar of far-right movements, why his visa was delayed.”)
- Activists Celebrate as Reproductive Health Protection Act Passes Senate Committee
- Democrats push to update school immunization schedule over objections from antivaxxers, GOP
- Will Virginia get a full Medicaid dental benefit? Advocates say it could be life-altering for poor patients.
- Sen. Bill Stanley says Second Amendment sanctuary status keeps local deputies from getting raises (Voting with Dems on this: Republicans Tommy Norment, Emmett Hanger, Jill Vogel, Steve Newman)
- Blue Ridge Caucus: State senators remember former Gov. Gerald Baliles
- Norfolk man arrested on charge of threatening Speaker of the House Eileen Filler-Corn (It’s amazing there haven’t been a LOT more arrests, as there have been a LOT of threats made the past few weeks.)
- Editorial: Why does Virginia have so few female judges?
- Private schools concerned about ramifications of Virginia Values Act
- Norfolk signs 5-year deal with Carnival, bringing 4,000 passenger cruise ship Magic next year
- The ‘city that cares’ is now Virginia’s second-largest
- Fairfax Connector Bus Workers Say They’re Prepared To Strike
- Arlington County manager calls for no new property tax rate hike, more services next year (“The fines for overdue books would be cut and funds for affordable housing increased.”)
- Latest Hampton Roads snow forecast: 4 or 5 inches in some areas, winter storm warning issued
- Blustery today! At least sun lasts through the weekend, as we warm.
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