Sunday News: “Protesters across Russia defy Putin”; “Biden gambles that he can do it all”; “Trump Really Meant to Become the American Erdogan. That’s Clearer By the Day.”; “Northam is waiting until after the session to consider endorsements”

by Lowell

Here are a few national and Virginia news headlines, political and otherwise, for Sunday, January 24.

• ‘Not afraid’: Protesters across Russia defy Putin in marches for jailed opposition leader Navalny
• China-Taiwan tensions rise days into Biden presidency
• ‘The problem is Putin’: protesters throng Russia’s streets to support jailed Navalny
• Biden must act to save Navalny’s life — and hopes of freedom in Russia
• Climate change will cause a shift in Earth’s tropical rain belt — threatening water and food supply for billions
• Britain’s Boris Johnson presses Biden for new trade deal
• Covid Shot Scarcity Weighs on Hopes for Biden’s Global Push
• Leaders of Vaccine Rollout Deliver Some of World’s Top Gains
• U.S., Japan Defense Chiefs Agree to Strengthen Alliance in Call
• U.S. Pushes China to Cease Pressure on Taiwan, Open Dialogue
• Capitol Riot Puts Spotlight on ‘Apocalyptically Minded’ Global Far Right (“United by racist ideology, extremists have built a web of real and online connections that worry officials on both sides of the Atlantic and beyond. Many adherents saw the Capitol riot as a teaching moment — about how to pursue their goal of overturning democratic governments in more concrete ways.”)
• Biden administration to unveil more climate policies, urges China to toughen emissions target
• Why Vaccines Alone Will Not End the Pandemic (“Social distancing, masking and other measures should remain in place until late July, ‘and that may be optimistic,’ said Dr. Shaman. Otherwise, yet another resurgence of the virus is possible.”)
• Undoing Trump’s legacy: Biden wastes no time in first 100 hours as president
• The Memo: Biden gambles that he can do it all
• Biden urges patience as frustration grows over vaccine supply
• The Vaccine Rollout Will Take Time. Here’s What The U.S. Can Do Now To Save Lives
• Democrats Make Federal Election Standards A Top Priority (“Democrats, asserting constitutional authority to set the time, place and manner of federal elections, want national rules they say would make voting more fair.” In general, fixing our democracy – along with fixing the climate/environment – has to be top priority for years to come.)
• Return of the technocrats: Biden aims for ‘normal’ after four years of tumult
• Biden faces a tougher task than any president but Lincoln (Along with FDR.)
• Chuck Schumer Calls For Probe Into Trump’s Alleged Justice Department Coup Attempt (“The Senate majority leader calls Trump’s scheme to use the DOJ to overturn Georgia’s presidential election results ‘attempted sedition.'”)
• Trump jumps into a divisive battle over the Republican Party — with a threat to start a ‘MAGA Party’
• Capitol attack will spur broad crackdown on domestic extremists (Many years overdue.)
• The 50-50 Senate is already running into trouble figuring out its rules (The Senate suck so badly.)
• Justice Department, FBI debate not charging some of the Capitol rioters (Charge them all.)
• Pennsylvania Lawmaker Played Key Role in Trump’s Plot to Oust Acting Attorney General (Charge him with any/all appropriate crimes.)
• The Final, Frenzied Days of the Trump Presidency (“What was going on inside the Defense Department in the aftermath of the Capitol attack? Adam Ciralsky had a front-row seat”)
• Amazon could face a new union push and antitrust scrutiny under the Biden administration
• Two former Trump officials to be investigated for posting papers denying climate change
• Military and Police Investigate Members Charged in Capitol Riot
• Numerous Capitol Police officers who responded to riot test positive for coronavirus
• Trump Really Meant to Become the American Erdogan. That’s Clearer By the Day. (“The ex-president*’s strongman desires were not merely performative, and he had enough like-minded people around him to make that happen.”)
• Trump shuns ‘ex-presidents club’ — and the feeling is mutual
• No, President Biden has not already renounced ‘unity’
• In Biden’s Catholic Faith, an Ascendant Liberal Christianity
• Republicans Have Decided Not to Rethink Anything (“What if they held a GOP civil war and nobody came?)
• Trump made official what has always been obvious: He’s Florida Man (Yep, he’s a perfect fit for that FUBAR state.)
• My wife guarded the Capitol. My mom joined the horde surrounding it.
• Will Hurd: If the GOP wants a future, it must look in the mirror (Right, but they won’t.)
• Capitol rioter charged with threatening to ‘assassinate’ Rep. Ocasio-Cortez
• The GOP Found Their Backbone in Liz Cheney. Trumpists Want to Cancel Her. (“What’s wrong with the GOP, No. 3,867: Cheney cast a brave vote. Her colleagues should be making her speaker. Instead, they want to demote her.”)
• The Trump Administration Let Boeing Settle a Killer Case for Almost Nothing
• How Doug Ducey, Arizona’s Republican Governor, Views His Party After Trump
• Ariz. GOP censures Cindy McCain, Jeff Flake, Doug Ducey; narrowly reelects Kelli Ward (These people are completely bonkers.)
• Kentucky Republicans reject resolution urging Mitch McConnell to stand with Trump
• Don’t believe right-wing media — overturning Roe v. Wade is a big deal
• Larry King, television and radio journalism royalty, dies at 87
• Editorial: Virginians want results, not more promises, on vaccine effort
• Holes in Va.’s race, ethnicity reporting for vaccines leave doubts about equitable distribution
• Saturday (1/23) Virginia Data on COVID-19 Finds +4,904 Confirmed/Probable Cases (to 468,655), +110 Hospitalizations (to 20,654), +77 Deaths (to 6,079)
• The Larger the Population, the More Vaccine Doses Your Region Will Get.
• Sen. John Bell: “Senator Chase is clearly not sorry for supporting the insurrection…My resolution to censure Senator Amanda Chase will be going forward next week.”
• Video: As VA GOP Argues Endlessly Over Its Method of Nomination, State Central Committee Member Complains About “the VICIOUS incivility and attacks that have been coming from one side”
• Virginia GOP leaders reaffirm decision to pick nominees in a convention
• Northam is waiting until after the session to consider endorsements and Republicans (hopefully) finalize a nomination method today
• Virginia AFL-CIO Touts “Huge Win for Workers” as State “Enacts First Permanent Workplace Virus Protection Standards in the Nation”
• Rasheeda N. Creighton, Makya Renée Little, and Rodney Robinson column: Governor’s schools reform an overdue course correction
• Virginia moves toward banning capital punishment, in a shift for prolific death penalty state
• VA Del. Danica Roem Responds to Opponent of Her Afterschool Meals Bill: “When will it stop? When we feed every kid”
• Editorial: Will General Assembly again punt on school construction?
• Virginia should cancel its medical malpractice damages limit
• Virginia Lawmakers Vote to Remove Statue of Segregationist at State Capitol
• Legislators seek strategies to lure data centers to Southwest Virginia
• Rocky Mount officer says he and colleague fired for participating in U.S. Capitol riot
• Opinion/Editorial: Restoring productive leadership in Charlottesville (“Negativity. Conflict. Dissension. There are plenty of words to describe what’s been going on in Charlottesville, both in government and among the citizenry. Now the city must find a way to engage in constructive criticism.”)
• Wintry mix arrives midday tomorrow and lasts into the night; another storm threat Wednesday night into Thursday