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by Lowell
Here are a few national and Virginia news headlines, political and otherwise, for Saturday, February 13.
- Warming and Warnings From the High Himalayas (“The region is warming much faster than much of the planet, and the consequences are already showing.”)
- A Life in Opposition: Navalny’s Path From Gadfly to Heroic Symbol
- Herd Immunity May Be Out of Reach – But Normality Is in Sight (“The virus may keep circulating, but the vaccines will tame it”)
- Oxford Sets Child Trial; U.S. Doses Hit 50 Million: Virus Update
- Biden’s Pick for Iran Envoy Resurrects Bitter Debate Over Nuclear Deal
- Brexit Was Sold as Taking Back British Control. Post-Brexit Is Chaos. (Utter idiocy.)
- China refused to provide WHO team with raw data on early COVID cases, team member says
- ‘Imperfect messenger’ Bill Gates on what needs to change to avoid climate disaster
- Bill Gates says climate change is biggest challenge ever faced by humanity (“The amount of change, new ideas. It’s way greater than the pandemic. And it needs a level of cooperation that would be unprecedented”)
- The people of Myanmar have been robbed of their democracy. But they aren’t giving up.
- Anger over arrests at anti-coup protests in Myanmar
- Why Biden Is Reviving Climate Change’s Magic Number (“President Joe Biden has ordered his staff to move promptly to calculate new social cost estimates for CO₂, plus nitrous oxide and methane.”)
- CDC says it’s safe to reopen schools — with proper precautions
- Virologist says reopening indoor dining is ‘reckless’ as new, more transmissible coronavirus strains spread in the U.S.
- CDC Offers Clearest Guidance Yet For Reopening Schools
- Strong evidence in-person schooling can be done safely, CDC says (“A CDC roadmap emphasizes mask wearing and social distancing, and says vaccination of teachers is important but not a prerequisite for reopening.”)
- CDC issues detailed guidance for safely reopening K-12 schools
- Hours after new CDC guidance for schools released, teachers give nod of approval
- Trump told McCarthy that rioters ‘more upset about the election than you are’: report
- New details about Trump-McCarthy shouting match show Trump refused to call off the rioters
- House Republican pleads for Pence, Trump aides to speak out on Jan. 6 insurrection
- How Trump’s lawyers (and Tucker Carlson) are using BLM to exonerate Trump (Utterly appalling.)
- Trump’s lawyers offered an attack on everything but the evidence
- For the Defense: Twisted Facts and Other Staples of the Trump Playbook
- Trump’s Taste for Blood (“If Republicans won’t convict, bring on the handcuffs”)
- The 10 Worst Moments from Trump’s “Defense”
- The Incompetence Lasted to the Very End
- Trump lawyers keep accusing Democrats of manipulating evidence. But they’re doing that themselves.
- Four silly arguments that Trump’s lawyers just made (“That Trump’s team knew they could get away with such nonsense shows the fix is in.”)
- No. 2 GOP senator suggests he’s open to censuring Trump
- Why bother? Trump’s lawyers don’t even offer an impeachment defense because Republicans don’t care
- Do Even Donald Trump’s Defense Lawyers Believe Him?
- The real reason Trump’s impeachment defense was so bad (“Trump’s impeachment defense failed because what Trump did was indefensible.”)
- Democrats have one big weapon left against Trump. Will they use it? (“Specifically, the impeachment managers can still call witnesses. And the case for this has gotten stronger, now that we are so close to showing that Trump may have knowingly endangered Pence’s life.”)
- Takeaways from Day 4 of the impeachment trial (“The Trump team’s presentation included a heavy dose of whataboutism.”)
- On a bed of lies and rage, Trump’s defense rests
- Four Pinocchios for Trump attorneys’ claim he was denied ‘due process’
- Senate GOP gripped by conviction vote intrigue
- Republicans Are Gearing Up to Ignore All Evidence
- How Democrats Are Trying To Convince Republican Senators To Convict Trump
- Here’s Why Trump’s Fighting Words Are a High Crime
- Trump defense team ridiculed over video of Democrats saying ‘fight’ (“Democratic senator decries ‘false, dangerous and distorted equivalence’ but impeachment defence met with ridicule online”)
- Trump Is Guilty (“There’s no doubt who must be held responsible for attacking the Capitol and trying to overturn the results of the election.”)
- Trump’s lawyers utterly failed to answer questions from wavering Republican senators (“For instance, they would not give new specifics on how Trump responded to the Capitol breach.”)
- Trump’s Defense: What About Democratic Violence? (Answer: There Wasn’t Any.)
- Trump’s lawyers turned impeachment into a MAGA video release. He ‘loved’ it. (Disgusting in every way.)
- Kamala Harris: The exodus of women from the workforce is a national emergency
- Impeachment trial: defense lawyers argue Trump is victim of ‘cancel culture’ (Riiiiight.)
- The Memo: GOP senators face defining vote on Trump
- Sen. Cassidy seen holding draft statement indicating support for Trump’s acquittal
- Key GOP senators push Trump’s lawyers to explain ex-President’s actions as Pence was endangered
- The Beauty of Jamie Raskin’s America, on Display at Trump’s Impeachment Trial
- “I Don’t Trust the People Above Me”: Riot Squad Cops Open Up About Disastrous Response to Capitol Insurrection
- Once impeachment is over, the threat to Trump shifts to real courtrooms
- Postmaster general’s new plan for USPS is said to include slower mail and higher prices (Sounds like a brilliant “plan,” eh?)
- Sen. Patty Murray recounts her narrow escape from a violent mob inside the U.S. Capitol
- Facebook Meets Apple in Clash of the Tech Titans—‘We Need to Inflict Pain’
- Senate passes legislation to award Officer Eugene Goodman Congressional Gold Medal
- White House aide suspended for threatening reporter (He should be fired for this.)
- Just Fire TJ Ducklo!(“Biden’s deputy press secretary was an unprofessional, misogynistic creep to a reporter. It’s not that hard!”)
- Graham’s post-election call with Raffensperger will be scrutinized in Georgia probe, person familiar with inquiry says (Graham almost certainly committed crimes.)
- Graham to meet with Trump to talk future of GOP (Two criminals.)
- In office, Trump was the greatest threat to U.S. democracy. Now it may be Tucker Carlson.
- The media fails to meet the moment (“reporters — despite evidence to the contrary — assume (or pretend to assume) Republicans are acting in good faith…for all the coverage of the trial itself, the media does not take domestic terrorism seriously.”)
- Nikki Haley Made the Devil’s Bargain
- Stop trying to save the GOP. It’s hopeless. (“The only option is to leave and fight from outside.”)
- Lincoln Project Co-Founder Resigns From Board Amid a Deepening Crisis
- Scoop: Lincoln Project co-founder resigns
- Lincoln Project backers consider cutting off donations after misconduct allegations as co-founder Steve Schmidt quits board
- Andrew Cuomo’s Star Turn Just Crashed and Burned (“He seemed steady as a rock when we needed him—and when the president was a disaster. But now we’re getting a look under the hood, and it isn’t pretty.”)
- Banned from Instagram for vaccine misinformation, Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s dangerous lies continue to flourish on Facebook (Facebook should be held liable for this crap.)
- Sens. Warner, Kaine Urge Biden Admin. to Reverse FEMA Decision Not To Reimburse Virginia For Costs Associated with Emergency Declaration on 1/6
- New Virginia Governor Poll: McAuliffe Leads Dems at 43%, with Others in Single Digits; Chase Leads Rs at 24%, Followed by Pete Snyder at 13%, Kirk Cox at 7%
- BREAKING: 6-Month (!) Delay in Census Redistricting Data Almost Certainly Means “RIP 2021 redistricting cycle” in Virginia
- Virginia (almost definitely) won’t get census data in time to redraw maps for 2021 elections
- Week in Review: The Virginia GOP’s Growing State of Chaos
- Va. to institute statewide COVID-19 vaccine preregistration system; Fairfax Co. to sit out
- Virginia Legislators Advance Revised State Budget
- Virginia House of Delegates Passes Amended Biennial Budget
- Virginia’s House and Senate pass competing state budget plans (“The budgets boost teacher pay while addressing the ongoing pandemic.”)
- Tension over election integrity erupts in Virginia House of Delegates (This headline sucks; in fact, the “tension” – in air quotes – was because Republicans are flat-out lying about voting/elections and trying to suppress votes. Why doesn’t the WaPo just say that instead of retreating into distorting and cowardly “both sides-ism?”)
- Opinion: Virginia can help ease the transition to clean cars
- VIDEO: Terry for Virginia Releases New Video Highlighting Love & Equality in Virginia
- Virginia Supreme Court agrees to hear appeals in cases seeking to block removal of Richmond’s Robert E. Lee statue
- Estimated $40 million in unemployment paid by VEC on claims filed in the names of ineligible prison inmates
- Audio: VA Secretary of Public Safety Brian Moran Says “I think we’re turning the corner and being aggressive with vaccinations.”
- Friday (2/12) Virginia Data on COVID-19 Finds +3,109 Confirmed/Probable Cases (to 544,209), +103 Hospitalizations (to 22,718), +8 Deaths (to 6,966)
- Virginia Reworks Its Vaccine Pre-Registration Process
- Enviro Groups Write Virginia DEQ Director, Argues “it is clear that [Mountain Valley Pipeline]’s plan cannot meet Clean Water Act and state law requirements”
- Editorial: Why those data center bills matter to rural Virginia
- Roanoke area prepares to finish big vaccination week (“The state is receiving 130,000 doses a week, plus CVS is getting 26,000 doses. Additional doses are going to federal employees and veterans. Supplies are expected to increase in March.”)
- Richmond region records largest single-year spike in homelessness with 50% increase
- Old Dominion University names its first Black president
- CNU President Paul Trible to take 6-month sabbatical to care for wife
- White’s Ferry purchased by Loudoun County businessman and landowner
- Gov. Ralph Northam declares Virginia under State of Emergency due to winter weather
- After blanket of snow, sheet of ice threatens Fredericksburg region
- Ice storm warning means to expect outages and dangerous travel in the Richmond region this weekend
- An icy mess today, with more winter storms lined up into next week (“Periods of sleet and freezing rain may lead to treacherous travel.”)
