by Lowell
Here are a few national and Virginia news headlines, political and otherwise, for Monday, December 14.
- A $7 trillion climate change warning to the stock market from its biggest shareholder
- Australia left behind as world leaders brush off Morrison’s empty climate gestures (Morrison is a bad joke, like Trump.)
- US to hold world climate summit early next year and seek to rejoin Paris accord (“Action points for first 100 days of Joe Biden presidency seen as boost to international action currently falling behind”)
- Europe Hit With Tougher Virus Curbs Ahead of Vaccine Rollout
- Russian government spies are behind a hacking campaign that has breached U.S. agencies and a top cyber firm (Trump’s buddy Putin attacking America again.)
- Exclusive: U.S. Treasury breached by hackers backed by foreign government – sources
- Scoop: O’Brien takes wife on COVID-era tour of Europe
- Bipartisan group to offer 2-part coronavirus relief package
- The World Needs Biden to Lead on Climate Reporting (“The next president should make the U.S. adopt the gold standard for mandating climate-related financial disclosures.”)
- US readies for first Covid-19 vaccinations as country nears 300,000 deaths
- Hospitals scramble to prioritize Covid vaccine for their workers
- UPS Executive: Vaccine Shipments Will Reach Distribution Centers Monday Morning
- Congress reaches make-or-break week on coronavirus relief, with deal elusive
- U.S. expects to have immunized 100 million against COVID-19 by end of March -Slaoui
- White House staff members will be among the first to be vaccinated.
- Donald Trump reverses plan to give White House officials Covid vaccine (Alrighty.)
- CBS News poll: Most feel election is “settled” but Trump voters disagree
- A Stunning Passage from the Latest Court Rejection of Team Trump
- Trump Has Never Believed in Democracy (“He wants to wield power without winning it legitimately.”)
- So much for ‘Biden the socialist’ (“The canard evaporates.”)
- The military has promised many times to combat sexual assault. Biden must ensure that it finally does.
- The Wall Street Journal column about Jill Biden is worse than you thought
- Wall Street Journal Opinion Editor Defends Item on Dr. Jill Biden (It’s astounding that Paul Gigot used to appear on the PBS NewsHour. He’s gone completely off the deep end.)
- It’s over. When the electoral college announces Biden’s win, Republicans must move on.
- Five things to watch when the Electoral College votes
- Electoral College set to seal Trump’s fate — yet again (“A ritual that is normally a little-noticed curiosity will today turn into a symbol of the US political system’s durability while under assault from a defeated President”)
- GOP Senator Says ‘Country First’ as Electoral College to Meet (“Senator Lamar Alexander said the presidential election and its extended aftermath in the U.S. legal system is ‘over,’ and that President Donald Trump, in defeat, needs to put ‘the country first.'”)
- States prepare for pandemic-era Electoral College meeting
- The Electoral College Shouldn’t Matter More Than the Majority’s Votes
- Karl Rove: Trump Is ‘On the Edge of Looking Like a Sore Loser’
- Trump on attending Biden inauguration: ‘I don’t want to talk about that’
- Pete Buttigieg emerging as leading contender for Transportation secretary
- Distinguished pol of the week: Stacey Abrams showed Democrats how to win
- Trump tells allies he will run in 2024, but hints he may back out
- Why Donald Trump is failing at making his dictator dreams a reality (“Trump’s autocratic designs are disturbingly forthright and blatant. We’re lucky he’s not better at building power”)
- Trump Vows Election Challenges “Not Over” as Voters Say He’s Weakening Democracy
- ‘A dark, empty place:’ Public officials face personal threats as tensions flare (Totally unacceptable.)
- Warnock And Ossoff Are Testing A New Strategy For Democrats In The South
- Loeffler disavows photo taken with longtime white supremacist
- Michigan AG Accuses Republicans Supporting Trump Lawsuits of Violating Their Oaths of Office
- Right-wing media and Trump supporters encourage secession, martial law after Supreme Court defeat (These people are seditionists.)
- Cleveland’s Major League Baseball Team Will Drop Its Indians Nickname (Good.)
- In final years at Liberty, Falwell spent millions on pro-Trump causes (“The nonprofit university’s think tank ran Facebook ads to ‘pray for our president,’ with Donald Trump’s image.”)
- Sunday (12/13) Virginia Data on COVID-19: Hospitalizations, 10-Day (+37,406) New Cases Hit Record Highs
- Is the Washington Post Editorial Board Nostalgic for Republican Control of Virginia? (“Today’s WaPo editorial on a Virginia GOP convention was a hot mess in many ways.”
- Virginia lawmakers focus on racial equity as they debate marijuana legalization
- New study outlines how families of color in Virginia are affected by the pandemic
- BREAKING: Candi King Easily Wins HD02 Democratic Caucus with 43.8% in 5-Way Field; Special Election Set For 1/5/21
- With Virginia HD02 Dem Nominating Caucus Today, Watch the Candidates’ Saturday Night Debate (Candidates participating were Rozia Henson, Jr., Candi King, Pamela Montgomery, Nyesha Wilson, and the moderator was Del. Elizabeth Guzman.)
- Candi King wins Democratic primary in 2nd House of Delegates race
- Kessler revives FOIA lawsuit in new venue
- U.Va. voluntarily withdraws from bowl consideration, finishes season 5-5
- D.C.-area forecast: Rain today may change briefly to snow before a bigger winter storm Wednesday
