by Lowell
Here are a few national and Virginia news headlines, political and otherwise, for Thursday, January 14.
- Top scientists warn of ‘ghastly future of mass extinction’ and climate disruption
- Countries adapting too slowly to climate breakdown, UN warns
- “The World Is Watching In Shock”: Global Investors Are Getting Jittery as America Descends Into Political Turmoil (“As major companies suspend political donations following the deadly Capitol siege, some sovereign-wealth-fund managers are putting the brakes on U.S. investment. For the first time, says one senior Wall Street executive, the country has been flagged as a political risk.”)
- China reports first Covid death in more than six months as WHO investigators arrive
- Europeans Recognize Trumpism for What It Is (It’s almost classic fascism; if you’re read any history, you’d know that.)
- J&J’s one-shot Covid vaccine is safe and generates promising immune response in early trial (“U.S. officials and Wall Street analysts are eagerly anticipating the authorization of J&J’s vaccine, which could happen as early as next month. Public health officials and infectious disease experts say world leaders will need an array of drugs and vaccines to defeat the virus, which has killed at least 382,120 Americans since the beginning of the pandemic.”)
- Vaccine Frenzy Leads to Frustration as States Race to Scale Up
- The First Step Toward Unity Is Honesty (“More Republicans need to be honest that the election wasn’t stolen. Law enforcement needs to be transparent about the threats facing the nation.”)
- What Unity? (“Some argue that impeachment is divisive. That’s fine with me.”)
- News Analysis: A Preordained Coda to a Presidency (“The impeachment of President Trump for a second time seemed like the almost inevitable culmination of his four years in office, Peter Baker writes.”)
- The House Impeaches Trump Again, But Most Republicans Stick with Him
- Republicans Are Tough on Terrorism Until the Terrorists Are Republicans (“The same lawmakers who obsessed over Benghazi are downplaying the attack on the Capitol.”)
- Jennifer Rubin: Trump is impeached yet again. But most GOP members shrug at sedition.
- President Trump deserved impeachment. The Senate must convict him quickly.
- Trump’s Second Impeachment Was Just as Awful as the Original (“Not even an insurrectionist mob in the Capitol can divorce the House G.O.P. from the departing President.”)
- Trump conviction faces uphill climb in Senate. It could all come down to McConnell. (“Senators are not expected to consider the House impeachment resolution until Tuesday, the day before President-elect Joe Biden takes office.”)
- Republicans Still Don’t Get It (“Even after almost dying, they are screaming about their right to blather while in the act of blathering.”)
- Trump’s Second Impeachment Shows How the GOP Remains Stuck in Trumpism (“The Republicans were given a path out. They said, ‘No thanks.'”)
- ‘He is a clear and present danger’: the remarks that led to impeachment
- Second impeachment puts Trump in first place among lords of misrule (“A presidency of fear, rage and division came to an appropriate climax in the House of Representatives but his loyalists stay true to his lies”)
- TRUMP IMPEACHED AGAIN. WHAT COMES NEXT (“ANALYSIS Trump’s unique second impeachment sealed history’s verdict on a corrupt and disgraced presidency, but the trial hangs over Biden and the Republicans”)
- Exclusive: Trump considering lawyer who spoke at rally for impeachment defense – sources
- Ten Republicans joined Democrats in charging Trump with ‘incitement of insurrection’
- Trump Impeachment Deepens GOP Divide (“Mitch McConnell and Kevin McCarthy are taking different stances on punishing the president, and the split is rippling through the party”)
- Trump is isolated and angry at aides for failing to defend him as he is impeached again (Pathetic, horrible person.)
- Under Heavy Pressure, Trump Releases Video Condemning Capitol Siege
- 4 Ways President Trump’s 2nd Impeachment Will Change Washington (“The cracks of Republican party are out in the open, growing larger in real time”)
- Trump angrily watched impeachment proceedings while asking about path forward: Sources
- McConnell says he’s undecided on whether to vote to convict Trump
- McConnell Holds Trump’s Fate as Impeachment Heads to Senate
- Most House Republicans Did What the Rioters Wanted (They really weren’t “rioters,” they were insurrectionists.)
- The president as pariah: Trump faces a torrent of retribution over his role in the U.S. Capitol siege
- Trump Impeachment Trial After Term Ends Is Backed by History
- Biden forgoing Amtrak trip to Washington over security fears
- Trump’s grip on the GOP loosens ever so slightly (“It’s still his party, but stewards of a more traditional brand of conservatism made their presence known in the impeachment vote.”)
- Our psychopath president has finally imploded: And all this was totally predictable (“Trump is a symptom of hatred and division in America, not the cause. But banishing him is a crucial first step”)
- QAnon reshaped Trump’s party and radicalized believers. The Capitol siege may just be the start.
- Graham fights Trump’s ouster as McConnell keeps his options open (How on earth was John McCain friends with this scumbag?)
- The End Of The Pussy-Grabbing President (“From start to finish, one of the defining themes of Donald Trump’s presidency was his profound anxiety about masculinity.” Toxic through and through.)
- Try Him Now — One week after he fomented a mob that stormed the Capitol …
- Trump impeachment: No unity until his morally bankrupt defenders get over him and repent
- The Senate can constitutionally hold an impeachment trial after Trump leaves office
- Feds warn extremists may be emboldened to carry out additional attacks after Capitol insurrection
- Axios-Ipsos poll: Republican voters side with Trump over McConnell (We have found the problem, and it’s Republican voters for sure.)
- Dark-money GOP fund funneled millions of dollars to groups that pushed voter fraud claims
- Amid Riot Chaos, Some National Security Leaders Are Absent From View (“The Trump administration’s response to the attack, incited by the president, has lacked broad reassurances to a country on edge.”)
- Trump Rants in Near-Empty White House: I’ll ‘Never’ Say Biden Won (“While the president rages at his second impeachment, his staff has lost the will to fight.”)
- Revealed: walkie-talkie app Zello hosted far-right groups who stormed Capitol
- Walkie-talkie app Zello, used by rioters at Capitol, deletes more than 2,000 channels
- Until Republicans Say the Words, ‘Joe Biden Won,’ the Republic Will Continue to Wither and Die
- Why Didn’t The FBI And DHS Produce A Threat Report Ahead of The Capitol Insurrection?
- Legislatures boost security after insurrection, FBI warnings
- Capitol Police Officers Say They Wouldn’t Be Surprised If Members Of Congress Helped Plan The Attack (Arrest/expel all of them, immediately.)
- Democrats demand investigation of whether Republicans in Congress aided Capitol rioters
- Intelligence report: Capitol riot has emboldened domestic extremists who now pose ‘greatest domestic terrorism threats in 2021’
- How Joe Biden can make government great again
- Donald Trump finally discovers a spotlight he wants to ignore
- A Republican Lawmaker for Whom the Spectacle Is the Point (“Rep. Lauren Boebert represents an increasingly clamorous faction of the party that carries Mr. Trump’s anti-establishment message and is ready to break all norms in doing so.” Disgusting.)
- Jordan calls on Cheney to step down from House leadership
- Scoop: Snapchat will permanently ban Trump’s account
- Exclusive: Parler CEO says social media app, favored by Trump supporters, may not return (Good riddance.)
- How Facebook Incubated the Insurrection (“Right-wing influencers embraced extremist views and Facebook rewarded them.”)
- Fox News hosts rail against Republicans who support impeaching Trump over January 6 insurrection (Fox is a loony bin.)
- QAnon podcasts supportive of the Capitol insurrection are streaming on Apple and Google podcast platforms (WTF?)
- “Stop the Steal” organizer Ali Alexander is still making money using online merchandise and fundraising sites(“Following this report, GiveSendGo appears to have suspended Ali’s ability to raise funds on the site.”)
- Republicans continue to defy metal detectors as Capitol security ramps up (Anyone who refuses to go through metal detectors should be barred from the House floor, clearly, and otherwise disciplined if they continue their behavior.)
- Top White House adviser Hicks no longer works at the White House, a previously planned departure
- How to help pro-democracy Republicans dump the seditionists (“We must defeat antidemocratic Republicans”)
- Impeachment is just the start. Republicans must cast off the deadwood. (“The Republican Party cannot survive if it harbors seditionists.”)
- ICE’s Latest Leader Has Resigned After Just Two Weeks On The Job
- Proud Boys Supporter With 1,000 Rifle Rounds Made Threats, U.S. Says
- Ex.-Michigan Gov. Snyder charged in Flint water crisis (Republican, of course.)
- Middlebury College revokes Rudy Giuliani’s honorary degree
- America After Trump and Trumpism – From Failure and Impotence to Maturity: What Authentic “Unity” Looks Like
- 2 Rocky Mount police officers who were in Capitol during riot face federal charges (Appalling.)
- Two Off-Duty Virginia Police Officers Charged in Federal Court Following Events at the U.S. Capitol
- Feds Charge 2 Trump-Loving Cops Who Took A Selfie During Attack On U.S. Capitol
- Two Virginia police officers, man in ‘Camp Auschwitz’ sweatshirt arrested in Capitol riot
- Virginia Leaders’ Statements on the Impeachment of “Clear and Present Danger” Donald Trump
- Video: Former Rep. Denver Riggleman (R-VA05) Says “If we allow people to incite this type of violence…it’s just going to empower people in the future”
- Rep. Gerry Connolly (D-VA11) Statement In Support of Impeaching Donald Trump
- Virginia congressional delegation split on impeachment vote (Good, Cline, Wittman and Griffith continue to disgrace themselves.)
- The Virginia GOP gubernatorial convention just got more interesting
- Filler-Corn strips three GOP delegates of key committee assignments for backing overturning election results (A good start.)
- After Joining Capitol Protest, Virginia State Representative Says Critics Should Focus on “Colored Community” Instead (“Rep. Dave LaRock of Loudoun County says he, like President Trump, is under attack” LaRock is a racist, seditionist, etc. He has no business serving in public office.)
- Amid calls for resignation, Virginia delegate regrets ‘colored’ remark (LaRock only “regrets” it – in air quotes because obviously he doesn’t really feel any remorse – because he got called out on it and because he’s under pressure to resign – which he should do immediately or be expelled.)
- Del. LaRock lashes out at critics amid growing calls to resign (“Lashes out” is much more LaRock-like than any “regrets” or remorse.)
- VA Legislative Black Caucus Announces Its 2021 Legislative Agenda
- Video: VA House Speaker Eileen Filler-Corn Opens 2021 House of Delegates Session, Which Will Adjourn in Memory of Capitol Police Officer Brian Sicknick
- Virginia’s December 2020 Revenue Report Finds General Fund Collections Up 15.1% From Previous Year
- Northam says state revenue increase bodes well for teacher raises
- VIDEO: Governor Ralph Northam Delivers State of the Commonwealth Address
- Northam urges Virginians to look forward amid hardship
- Republicans have no business talking about the integrity of elections (“Democrats want to lower barriers, in part because more people will go to the polls — including folks who support Democratic candidates. Republicans erect barriers in this increasingly blue state, because they believe a fair fight will lessen their chances of winning.”)
- Finally, these Republicans can stomach Trump no more
- Republicans blocked a routine move to extend the General Assembly’s legislative session (Jerks.)
- Pro-Trump Republican picked for Va. redistricting commission tweeted about ‘rigged’ election, used slurs for female celebrities (“A Fredericksburg-area Republican picked for one of the citizen seats on Virginia’s new redistricting commission previously made vulgar or degrading online comments about President Donald Trump’s detractors, calling Olympic skier Lindsey Vonn a “bimbo” and actress Jane Fonda a “b*tch c**t.”” Appalling and unacceptable.)
- Progressive Jennifer Carroll Foy says she raised over $1.9M in Virginia governor’s race
- Northam calls for end to death penalty, addressing racial inequity as lawmakers return to Richmond
- Lawmakers Weigh Stronger Regulation of Utilities
- Virginia Democrats continue push for criminal justice reform as General Assembly convenes
- Virginia moving to legalize marijuana sales, Northam says in proposed bill
- Video: Virginia House Majority Whip Alfonso Lopez Responds to GOP Refusal to Approve 46-Day Session: “If Republicans have a better place to be they should let the rest of us do our job.”
- Video: Virginia Senate Democratic Caucus Lays Out Priorities and Agenda
- Editorial: Year-round school is worth exploring
- Dunnavant, Morrissey, Petersen to introduce budget amendment requiring schools to open in person to receive state funds (No.)
- As session opens, Virginia Senate pays tribute to late Sen. Ben Chafin
- Herring supports efforts to end death penalty in 2020 legislative session
- Fundraising Numbers for 2021 Virginia Democratic Statewide Candidates Coming In…
- Wednesday (1/13) Virginia Data on COVID-19 Finds +4,598 Confirmed/Probable Cases (to 412,545), +144 Hospitalizations (to 19,470), +75 Deaths (to 5,552)
- Virginia hospitals report 16% more beds filled with COVID patients since start of the year
- Editorial: A bipartisan push to end school disparity
- Pulaski Co. Planning Commission recommends approval of large solar farm
- Northern Va. police agree to investigate each other’s officer shootings, but not Fairfax or Loudoun (Very poorly written headline, by the way.)
- Virginia Tech earns an ‘F’ for governing board accountability, advocacy group says
- Mild for mid-winter today but cooling down by the weekend
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