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by Lowell
Here are a few national and Virginia news headlines, political and otherwise, for Tuesday, December 15.
- With First Dibs on Vaccines, Rich Countries Have ‘Cleared the Shelves’
- Boko Haram claims responsibility for kidnapping hundreds of boys in Nigeria (Evil.)
- Social media giants face big fines and blocked sites under new UK rules on harmful content (Good. We should do the same.)
- Putin Finally Congratulates Biden on Winning U.S. Presidency (Very sweet of him, lol.)
- Why Trump just sanctioned NATO ally Turkey
- China’s ban is less of a threat to Australia’s coal industry than international climate ambition
- Japan Plans Huge Offshore Wind Expansion to Hit Climate Goal
- Emmanuel Macron proposes French referendum to add climate change to the constitution
- Hopes for a ‘normal’ Christmas fade as pandemic rages in Europe and North America
- US Covid deaths pass 300,000 as first Americans receive coronavirus vaccine
- Scope of Russian Hack Becomes Clear: Multiple U.S. Agencies Were Hit
- U.S. Homeland Security, thousands of businesses scramble after suspected Russian hack
- ‘The most lopsided economic event imaginable’: Wave of evictions threatens Black, Latino tenants
- Biden’s Victory in the Electoral College Was a Welcome Affirmation of Democracy
- Just How Dangerous Was Donald Trump? (“He failed to bend the state to his will, but he still broke the country.”)
- Congress nears deal on $1.4 trillion government funding measure
- A Day That Settled an Election and Brought Hope for Defeating a Pandemic (The election actually already was settled, and we already knew the vaccine was coming, but sure…)
- ‘In America, Politicians Don’t Take Power’: Biden Harshly Rebukes Trump Over Election
- ‘Time for everybody to move on’: Senate GOP accepts Biden’s win
- Biden keeps giving Republicans who ignore his win the benefit of the doubt (“He’s not necessarily getting the same in return.”)
- More Republicans Now Say Joe Biden Is President-Elect
- Joe Biden’s speech to America: ‘It is time to turn the page’
- Biden hails democracy and rebukes Trump after electoral college victory (“The president-elect repudiated Donald Trump and said his assault on the democratic process was ‘unconscionable’”)
- ‘Democracy prevailed’: Biden aims to unify divided nation
- Scoop: Trump’s frenetic, fanciful, bitter final plea
- Maryland’s GOP governor skewers Republicans’ ‘embarrassing’ refusal to accept election results
- Biden sends his most blunt signal yet (“America can at last sense eventual deliverance from the twin menaces of 2020: a murderous virus and a vanquished President’s quest to extinguish democracy”)
- As electoral college formalizes Biden’s win, Trump backers hold their own vote (What a joke.)
- Joe Biden has a fine line to walk (“The president-elect must denounce efforts to upend democracy.”)
- GOP leaders pinched by pro-Trump bid to reverse election outcome (They need to uphold their oaths to the constitution, period.)
- Bill Barr’s Departure Reveals the Hollowness of Trumpism (“Like Jeff Sessions before him, the attorney general discovered that all that matters to Trump is personal loyalty, not ideology.”)
- Senate GOP warns Biden against picking Sally Yates as attorney general
- Bye-Bye, Bill Barr
- Barr failed at his job. His bootlicking resignation letter made that clear.
- Attorney General William Barr resigns
- Stephen Miller is a fraud who should just go away already (Miller is more like another “f” word, namely “fascist”)
- Yes, Trump will leave office — but his seditious secession movement isn’t going away (“Trump is doomed, and ultimately so is his movement. But they may be willing to destroy America on their way down”)
- ‘GOP Lawmakers Are Scared’: Republican Insiders Texted Me Their True Feelings About ‘Stop the Steal’
- How do we hold the traitors to democracy accountable? (“They betrayed their country.”)
- Stephen Miller: ‘Alternate’ electors will keep Trump election challenge alive
- When Did Republicans Start Hating Facts? (“A straight line runs from Reagan to the Trump dead-enders.”)
- Should NeverTrump Conservatives Form A New Party? (“In the wake of Trump’s electoral defeat and political survival, principled Republicans must offer their own vision for America.”)
- Biden Stumps for Georgia Democrats to Forge Path for His Agenda
- Michigan House punishes GOP Rep. Gary Eisen for hinting at Electoral College disruption (Is the Virginia GOP going to do the same to State Sen. Amanda Chase for calling for “martial law?”)
- Congressman cites Trump’s efforts to overturn election in announcing decision to quit GOP
- Rep. Paul Mitchell’s letter quitting the GOP, fearing ‘long-term harm to our democracy’ with its support for Trump’s actions
- Wisconsin Supreme Court tosses Trump election lawsuit
- Georgia’s Supreme Court Rejected Trump’s Suit Over the Weekend. His Proxy Appealed Another Case and Lost Immediately on Monday.
- CNN’s Rick Santorum: “I don’t see any Republican blocking … democracy from working” (Why in hell would CNN have the odious Rick Santorum on its network?)
- Inside the Right-Wing Media Bubble, Where the Myth of a Trump Win Lives On
- The ‘urban myth’ behind the GOP claims of voter fraud (It’s just a massive lie, told over and over again.)
- Poll: Despite Record Turnout, 80 Million Americans Didn’t Vote. Here’s Why
- Va. Sen. Tim Kaine proposes measure to prevent suicide, burnout among health care workers
- Nurses and doctors tell Sen. Tim Kaine they need help
- Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC) Lashes Out at Tiny Falls Church, VA for Its School Board’s Vote to Change Name of Thomas Jefferson High School
- Lindsey Graham is outraged that local school boards get to name schools
- Video: 13 Presidential Electors From Virginia Meet, Cast Votes For Joe Biden, Kamala Harris
- 2 Metro stations, entire Blue Line, will be closed for over 3 months in 2021
- Monday (12/14) Virginia Data on COVID-19: Hospitalizations, 10-Day New Cases (+37,769) Hit Record Highs
- Video: Governor Northam Welcomes First Shipments of COVID-19 Vaccine to Virginia
- New Report: “Black families experience higher rates of economic, food and housing insecurity during COVID-19 crisis”
- ‘Devastating’ new report finds major problems with special education in Virginia
- Halfway Through Month-Long Process, Virginians Applying to Redistricting Commission Skew Old, Male, White, Wealthy
- All Democrats running for governor in Virginia say they support ending the death penalty
- Filler-Corn, first woman speaker in Va. history, endorses McAuliffe for governor
- Progressive group backs Foy in Virginia governor’s race (“The progressive group Democracy for America will endorse Virginia state Rep. Jennifer Carroll Foy’s (D) bid for governor on Tuesday, as activist groups begin to take sides in what is expected to be a hotly contested Democratic primary.”)
- Nominees set for special election to fill Virginia state House seat (“In a party-run primary on Saturday, Democrats chose Candi King, an education advocate and former small-business owner, from a field of five. Heather Mitchell, who ran for the seat in this dark blue district in 2019, was the only Republican to seek that party’s nod, so there was no nominating contest. Mitchell lost to Carroll Foy, who took more than 60 percent of the vote.” Go Candi King!)
- Behind Unsigned Editorials, a Columnist With Ties to Dominion (Highly unethical and disgraceful “journalistic” behavior by the Virginian-Pilot and Daily Press.)
- Economic Recovery Following the Pandemic is on Track, But Could Take Longer in Rural Virginia
- Cutting pollution can also protect low-income Virginians from increasing electric bills
- Mamye BaCote, influential former Newport News delegate, dies at 81 (R.I.P.)
- Former Delegates Mamye BaCote and Bob Bloxom pass away
- No More Masks: VHSL Says Students Won’t Have to Wear Them During Games
- Gov. Ralph Northam gets mixed reactions for asking faith leaders to ‘set an example’
- First batch of COVID-19 vaccines arrives in Hampton Roads at Sentara
- Mary Washington Healthcare plans to roll out virus vaccine Tuesday
- Martha Jefferson Hospital gets COVID vaccine; UVa expects doses Tuesday
- Hampton University President William Harvey to step down in 2022 (“Harvey has been president for over a quarter of Hampton University’s 152-year history.”)
- Indicted Fairfax Co. police officer to file defamation lawsuit
- Arlington Asks Richmond for Authority to Install Speed Cameras and Lower Speed Limits
- Former Norview High star Keyontae Johnson reportedly in induced coma after collapsing during game (Very disturbing. COVID-related heart problems?)
- D.C.-area forecast: Sunny and cold today, as a winter storm arrives Wednesday
