by Lowell
Here are a few national and Virginia news headlines, political and otherwise, for Monday, February 15.
- India’s arrest of activist tied to Greta Thunberg’s movement sparks outrage
- Pfizer Supply Exec Says Company Hopes To Ship 2 Billion Vaccine Doses This Year
- Bill Gates: Solving Covid easy compared with climate
- Myanmar protesters undaunted amid crackdown
- Myanmar coup: Gunfire heard and troops seen on streets
- 94 Percent Drop in Symptomatic COVID Cases Seen Among Vaccinated, Biggest Israeli Study Shows
- Puerto Rico governor: “Congress is morally obligated to respond” to island’s statehood vote
- Cement giants turn to green hydrogen and carbon capture to curb emissions
- A Decade After the Arab Spring, Autocrats Still Rule the Mideast
- Draghi has changed Italy’s political landscape ‘dramatically,’ experts say (“This is best possible outcome, and better than I had expected, because it provides a degree of stability and political accountability”)
- Taliban Close In on Afghan Cities, Pushing the Country to the Brink
- ‘What’s the Point?’ Young People’s Despair Deepens as Covid-19 Crisis Drags On
- CDC director warns states against dropping mask mandates amid concern about Covid mutations
- What’s been driving down Covid-19 cases (“Over 38 million Americans have gotten at least their first dose of a Covid vaccine, but that’s not the reason cases are decreasing across the US, an expert says”)
- Fauci: Stimulus bill needs to be passed for schools to reopen
- Covid-19 vaccine hesitancy is splitting dangerously along partisan lines
- New, Daily Coronavirus Cases Drop Below 100K For First Time In Months
- Half of US under winter weather advisories as freezing temperatures grip the country
- Blackouts in Texas as Big Freeze Upends Energy Markets
- Cold Weather Cuts Permian Oil Output by 1 Million Barrels a Day (“Texas isn’t well prepared for unusual Arctic weather; Supply loss expected to be short-lived as weather improves”)
- Biden gets his first chance to fully exercise his influence and power
- Biden Takes Center Stage With Ambitious Agenda as Trump’s Trial Ends
- The massive GOP betrayal of our democracy requires a forceful Democratic response
- Biden calls on Congress to ‘enact commonsense gun law reforms’ on third anniversary of Parkland shooting
- Biden Agenda Faces GOP Seeking to Unify in Opposition
- Biden is winning Republican support for his $1.9 trillion coronavirus relief plan. Just not in Washington. (“GOP mayors and governors say the spending is urgently needed to help struggling cities and states.”)
- Biden has started erasing Trump’s legacy. Now the hard part begins.
- Now is the wrong time for Democrats to skip town (Agreed, this is no time for vacations…move FAST!)
- First Thing: Capitol breach should be investigated like 9/11, lawmakers say (“Politicians on both sides of the aisle have made fresh calls for a commission into how the Capitol was breached. Plus, is a change of direction brewing in the GOP?”)
- Calls Grow for Commission to Investigate Capitol Riot
- Trump’s Defense Was an Insult to the Impeachment Proceedings and an Assault on Reason
- Is the GOP’s extremist wing now too big to fail?
- Senate GOP ready to turn page on Trump
- Party leaders rip Republicans who voted to convict Trump
- Trump triumphant – but senior Republicans still see battles ahead (“Former president celebrates second impeachment acquittal as supporters and moderates prepare to contest party direction”)
- ‘White supremacy won today’: critics condemn Trump acquittal as racist vote (That’s part of it, for sure.)
- Democrats defend lack of witnesses: ‘We needed more senators with spines’ (Correct.)
- The Memo: Trump is tainted but not done
- Blue Lives Matter Is Over (“Once the Trump mob attacked officers, Republican hypocrisy was exposed.”)
- Juan Williams: Bring sanity back to the GOP (Too late for that?)
- Why Are Republicans Still This Loyal to a Mar-a-Lago Exile? (“If they don’t disown Trump, he will continue to own them.”)
- The beginning of the end of Trumpism (Yeah, we’ll see…)
- 7 GOP Senators Voted To Convict Trump. Only 1 Faces Voters Next Year (“Alaska Sen. Lisa Murkowski will face voters in 2022 but her state’s new primary and voting system likely means she’ll be in less danger of losing her primary.”)
- Lindsey Graham says Mitch McConnell speech slamming Trump could haunt Republicans in 2022
- Lindsey Graham’s latest Fox News Sunday appearance highlights the GOP’s identity crisis (“Graham is still all in on Trumpism. Bill Cassidy? Not so much.”)
- The Senate Acquitted Trump. His Legal Problems Are Just Starting. (We keep hearing this, yet Trump seems to always get away with it. Why?)
- Trump’s acquittal widens divide in GOP
- I voted to convict former President Trump because he is guilty. (By conservative Republican U.S. Senator Bill Cassidy)
- Two Republicans who voted for Trump’s conviction were immediately censured (“Bill Cassidy and Richard Burr are in trouble back home.”)
- After impeachment, bipartisanship is dead — and so is the immoral Republican Party
- This is how bad McConnell really is
- There are only seven honorable Republican senators
- Graham: Lara Trump is biggest winner of impeachment trial (Alrighty.)
- CBS’ Margaret Brennan: We Invited on Two Dozen Senate Republicans After Trump Acquitted — ‘No One Accepted’
- Trump impeachment lawyer Michael van der Veen’s home vandalized (Not acceptable.)
- VA Teen Rs, Former Reps. Denver Riggleman (R-VA05), Barbara Comstock (R-VA10) Condemn VA GOP National Committeewoman After She Compares Trump Impeachment to Nazi Show Trial
- Metro changes how often trains will run
- Virginia Democrats to unveil plan to reopen schools as political pressure mounts (“The House bill, which would require schools to create plans for in-person and virtual learning by June 1, could break a political stalemate on the issue.”)
- Sunday (2/14) Virginia Data on COVID-19 Finds +2,575 Confirmed/Probable Cases (to 549,999), +60 Hospitalizations (to 22,906), +16 Deaths (to 7,012)
- The GOP nomination discussion in Virginia has a new development (“A group of Republican State Central Committee (SCC) members has taken advantage of quorum requirements and scheduled a meeting of the committee for February 20. The group called for the meeting with the intention to change the nomination method from a typical convention to a party canvass.”)
- Amanda Chase Claims She’s the “first woman to ever fully run for Governor”; In Fact, Mary Sue Terry Was the Democratic Nominee for Governor in 1993, Losing (Unfortunately) to George Allen in November
- Virginia lawmakers move to cut state funding for adoption agencies that refuse LGBTQ couples
- Virginia marijuana bills promote social equity, reparations, advocates say
- Report: Virginia’s land use policies promoted racial segregation, contributed to wealth gap
- Brett A. Vassey column: Advanced recycling bill will attract jobs, help create a more sustainable future (The person who wrote this is an industry representative.)
- Editorial: Northam should send back the coal tax credit bill (This attack on Del. Sally Hudson is really uncalled for and obnoxious.)
- Thousands of people remained without power after historic storm as crews worked overtime Sunday to restore service
- A stormy week with rain late Monday and a wintry mess Thursday
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