by Lowell
Here are a few national and Virginia news headlines, political and otherwise, for Monday, January 26.
- Global ice loss accelerating at record rate, study finds (Stop all new fossil fuel projects immediately. Also, start a rapid phaseout of existing fossil fuel facilities. And reforest, big time.)
- Renewables chief hails ‘crucial’ Biden climate agenda as administration plans massive energy overhaul (“The International Renewable Energy Agency has hailed the U.S. decision to rejoin the Paris Climate Accord as a “crucial” step forward in the fight against climate change. The Biden administration plans to make the U.S. a 100% clean energy economy with net-zero emissions by 2050. The administration also plans to decarbonize the U.S. power sector by 2035.”)
- Navalny’s Long-Running Battle with Putin Enters a New Phase
- Rich countries’ ‘me first’ vaccine hoarding is leaving behind low-income nations
- One year after “Black Summer” bushfire crisis, media misinformation still burns
- Virus Variants Push Nations to Lock Down and Zip Up Borders
- North Korean envoy defects in possible sign that Kim’s power base is ‘drifting’
- China Overtakes U.S. as World’s Leading Destination for Foreign Direct Investment
- Mexico’s President, Who Downplayed Virus, Has Covid-19
- Trump Administration Quietly Eased Sanctions on Israeli Billionaire
- Exclusive: Biden to impose South Africa travel ban to combat new COVID-19 variant – CDC
- Biden to reinstate Covid-19-related travel restrictions lifted by Trump
- CDC director says federal government does not know how much Covid vaccine the U.S. has
- Nancy Pelosi to formally send article of impeachment to Senate today
- Democrats press ahead with second impeachment trial, as GOP is divided on how to defend Trump
- Biden will sign executive order aimed at strengthening American manufacturing
- Biden’s authority is on the line already in first full week of presidency (“Lasting change and America’s hopes of overcoming the pandemic will rely on Biden’s ability to leverage his experience to forge common ground in the capital”)
- Finally, a president who takes white supremacist violence seriously (“Domestic terrorism will be treated for what it is: a national security threat.”)
- Fauci on What Working for Trump Was Really Like (“From denialism to death threats, Dr. Anthony S. Fauci describes a fraught year as an adviser to President Donald J. Trump on the Covid-19 pandemic.” Bottom line: Trump is an evil moron.)
- Trump Fumes in His First Weekend Out of Office as Fauci Clowns on Him
- For Biden, urgency will matter more than unity
- Final ‘Fact-Checker’ Numbers Show Just How Nuts Trump’s Last Year Really Was (“The president made 30,573 false or misleading claims during his four years in office, with nearly half of them coming during his final year.”)
- Jeffrey Clark Was Considered Unassuming. Then He Plotted With Trump. (“Justice Department colleagues said they were shocked by Mr. Clark’s embrace of former President Donald Trump’s falsehoods and his plan to oust the acting attorney general”)
- AP source: Biden to drop Trump’s military transgender ban
- The press is less patient than the administration on covid relief
- AP source: Lawmakers threatened ahead of impeachment trial
- McCarthy takes heat from every direction as House Republicans feud following the Capitol siege
- After Capitol riot, police chiefs work to root out officers with ties to extremist groups
- Biden to Push Congress on Stimulus After Senators Question Cost
- Lawmakers in both parties lobby White House for a more targeted relief bill
- Analysis: Congressional Democrats face challenges in repealing Wall Street-friendly rules
- “I Don’t See the Last Four Years as This Journalistic Anomaly” (“New York Times national political reporter Astead W. Herndon on covering Trump’s first rallies, the biggest mistake in early reporting, and when to use the word racist.”)
- Skepticism reigns as Biden, McConnell begin new era
- Members are quitting Mar-a-Lago because it has become a ‘sad’ and ‘dispirited’ place since Trump moved in, author says
- Members are quitting ‘sad’ Mar-a-Lago after Trump loses
- Moderates vow to ‘be a force’ under Biden (“The GOP senators in the group are Susan Collins (Maine), Lisa Murkowski (Alaska), Mitt Romney (Utah), Rob Portman (Ohio), Bill Cassidy (La.), Capito, Jerry Moran (Kan.) and Young. The Democrats are Sens. Manchin, Mark Warner (Va.), Maggie Hassan (N.H.), Jeanne Shaheen (N.H.), Mark Kelly (Ariz.), John Hickenlooper (Colo.), Dick Durbin (Ill.) and Independent Sen. Angus King (Maine), who caucuses with Democrats. “)
- Birx says someone was giving Trump ‘parallel data’ about Covid pandemic
- MAGA media looks to turn White House briefing room into a battlefield (Boot them out; they’re not legitimate news organizations.)
- Sen. Rand Paul continues making false claims of 2020 election fraud (And ABC News invites him on to do so. Why?)
- The Biden administration must go into overdrive to reclaim our courts
- A roadmap for the new Congress: From dysfunction to meaningful change
- Tough Decisions Ahead For Biden’s Incoming Solicitor General
- How West Virginia Became a U.S. Leader in Vaccine Rollout
- Mitch McConnell ‘plays the long game’ to retain some power as it slips away (“Out of power in the chamber, the Republican now faces unruly politicians and pressure over how to handle Trump impeachment”)
- Sarah Huckabee Sanders expected to announce gubernatorial bid (Appalling; she shouldn’t hold any position of public office, ever.)
- Fatal Police Shootings Of Unarmed Black People Reveal Troubling Patterns
- Did the New York Times fire an editor over a tweet? The Lauren Wolfe controversy, explained
- Cruz, Hawley as subjects of ethics complaint regarding Capitol riot analyzed by Sen. Kaine
- Sunday (1/24) Virginia Data on COVID-19 Finds +3,792 Confirmed/Probable Cases (to 472,447), +58 Hospitalizations (to 20,712), -1 Deaths (to 6,078)
- Video: “Virginia’s Vaccine Czar” Answers Questions About COVID-19 Vaccine Rollout, Gap Between Vaccines Received and Administered, etc.
- Lawmakers are considering adding ‘advanced recycling’ to state code. So what exactly is it?
- ‘If we can get this right, it’s a step in the right direction’: Virginia lawmakers seek to boost cultural competency in schools
- Video: VA GOP Chair Says “[party] staff deserves to have a world-class facility, not the *literal ghetto* they now live and work and serve in.” (Dictionary definition of “ghetto”: “a part of a city, especially a slum area, occupied by a minority group or groups.”)
- Virginia GOP chief calls party’s run-down headquarters a ‘literal ghetto’ (“The remark drew a rebuke from the Democratic Party of Virginia, which called it ‘blatantly racist.’ In need of repairs and boarded up since vandalism in September, the building is the only eyesore on the block.”)
- We Demand This Fraud Be Stopped: Repeal “Right to Work” in Virginia
- Jennifer Boysko and Hala Ayala column: Small-business owners have spoken — Virginia needs paid leave
- Regulatory route becomes more complicated for Mountain Valley Pipeline (“The journey of the Mountain Valley Pipeline, up and down precarious mountainsides and under rocky streambeds, was never an easy one.”)
- Tenant protections spurred by COVID-19 pandemic could become permanent under Price bill
- Fairfax Co. parent group unsure if schools will commit to latest reopening plan
- Arlington Co. parent groups conflicted on when to bring students back to classrooms
- Taikein Cooper, Theresa Kennedy, Bryce Robertson and Thad Williamson column: Keep Kamras
- Wintry mix develops late this afternoon, and it could get slick tonight
