by Lowell
Here are a few national and Virginia news headlines, political and otherwise, for Monday, March 8.
- Arctic Ocean Was Much Warmer Than Average During February (Stop emitting greenhouse gases, ASAP!)
- Brent crude breaks $70 after Saudi Arabia’s oil facilities attacked by Yemen’s Houthis
- Iran-Backed Houthi Rebels Say They Targeted Saudi Oil Port
- Preparing for Retaliation Against Russia, U.S. Confronts Hacking by China
- U.S., South Korean Negotiators Reach a Cost-Sharing Accord on Troops
- Switzerland referendum: Voters support ban on face coverings in public
- Russia’s Vaccine Is Embraced Abroad, Avoided at Home
- Xi Jinping’s Eager-to-Please Bureaucrats Snarl His China Plans (“Beijing has launched a campaign against Communist Party cadres who waste time on meaningless tasks to make themselves and their bosses look good”)
- U.S. proposes power-sharing plan to Afghan and Taliban leaders
- U.S. hits record daily Covid vaccinations but health officials warn against loosening restrictions
- The Differences Between the Vaccines Matter (“Yes, all of the COVID-19 vaccines are very good. No, they’re not all the same.”)
- Here’s how close the US is to a possible Covid-19 surge, expert warns
- House Poised To Pass Biden’s $1.9 Trillion COVID-19 Relief Bill On Tuesday
- Biden’s Giant Stimulus to Easily Pass House, Democrats Say (“President Joe Biden’s $1.9 trillion package will sail through the House when it takes up the bill on Tuesday, according to Democratic lawmakers and aides.”)
- Lawmakers, activists remember civil rights icons to mark ‘Bloody Sunday’
- Rescue Package Includes $86 Billion Bailout for Failing Pensions
- Biden is rolling back the culture war. The country should thank him.
- Biden rides a ‘Keep It Simple, Stupid’ strategy to early success
- Biden Faces ‘Balancing Act’ Advancing Clean Energy Alongside Labor Allies
- Sen. Manchin Says Filibuster Should Be “Painful” to Use
- Manchin wants to make filibuster ‘painful’ to use
- Joe Manchin Says He Might Reform the Filibuster and Save American Democracy
- What Is Happening To the Republicans? (“The GOP is confronting the kind of existential crisis that has destroyed American parties in the past”)
- Biden Endorses Female Generals Whose Promotions Were Delayed Over Fears of Trump’s Reaction
- Time for some more ‘good trouble’ on voting rights, 56 years after ‘Bloody Sunday’
- Wanted: A voting rights campaign chief
- Biden’s “Bloody Sunday” Voting-Rights Order Won’t Be Enough (“Halting GOP voter suppression will hinge on the fate of the filibuster.”)
- Biden To Sign Executive Order Reviewing Betsy DeVos’ Title IX Rules
- Biden to formally establish new Gender Policy Council
- America rebalances its post-Trump news diet (“Nearly halfway through President Biden’s first 100 days, data shows that Americans are learning to wean themselves off of news — and especially politics”)
- Juan Williams: GOP underplays white racist terrorism
- How the GOP blew its chance at a 2022 working-class coalition in just 10 hours, 43 minutes | Will Bunch
- Lindsey Graham Says Trump Could Make The GOP Stronger — Or Destroy It (“In an Axios interview, the Republican senator admitted the former president has a ‘dark side.'” It’s almost all dark side with Trump.)
- Trial Of Former Officer Derek Chauvin Set To Begin Monday
- Hawley becomes GOP cash cow despite Jan. 6 blowback (Appalling.)
- Political landmines await Garland at DOJ (“The circuit court judge, who’s expected to be confirmed by the Senate this week, will inherit a Justice Department that had been mobilized to protect former President Trump’s personal and political interests using sweeping theories of executive power.”)
- Palace should launch investigation into Meghan allegations, says Labour (“Shadow education secretary says action should be taken to investigate ‘really shocking allegations’”)
- Meghan Markle and Prince Harry’s Oprah Interview Was a Royal Family Depth Charge (“In their bombshell Oprah interview, talking about Meghan contemplating suicide and palace racism, Meghan and Harry revealed a royal family as unfit-for-purpose as Diana endured.”)
- Meghan and Harry’s interview with Oprah stunned. But it’s unlikely to change the monarchy.
- Meghan reveals she ‘didn’t want to be alive anymore’ in bombshell interview with Oprah Winfrey
- Meghan accuses UK royals of racism, says ‘didn’t want to be alive’
- “Neanderthal thinking?” The social science underlying Fox News’ desire to make its audience feel victimized.
- Philanthropist MacKenzie Scott, Ex-Wife of Jeff Bezos, Marries Seattle School Teacher
- Top State Leader Says ‘Cuomo Must Resign.’ Governor Says ‘No Way.’
- Cuomo defiant as top New York lawmakers call on him to quit
- FCuomo leans on crisis management playbook as walls close in
- COVID 1 year later: Va. Gov. Northam’s ‘difficult decisions,’ positive diagnosis — and persistent lack of smell (“It has been nearly six months since Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam tested positive for COVID-19 and he still has no sense of smell.” Wow.)
- Video: On One-Year Anniversary of First COVID-19 Case in Virginia, Gov. Northam Says “the end of this pandemic is in sight…there is every reason to be hopeful that things are getting better for all of us”
- One Year Into Pandemic, Virginia Has Recorded 585,700 COVID-19 Cases, 24,661 Hospitalizations, 9,596 Deaths, 2.3 Million Vaccines
- Upcoming 2021 Democratic Debates, Forums, Straw Polls: Virginia Governor, Lt. Governor, Attorney General
- {Drumroll Please…} Announcing the 2021 VAPLAN Legislative Scorecard
- Jennifer McClellan discusses legislating while running for governor (“Everyone’s policy positions, perspective, and approach to governing are shaped by their life experiences and what they know. I am not running to be the first Black woman governor but who I am and how I lead is shaped by that.”)
- Virginia Court of Appeals set to get six new judges after lawmakers agree to expansion (“The legislation will increase the court from 11 to 17 members, which lawmakers say is necessary to handle the additional workload expected to follow the court’s expanded powers.”)
- Northam administration’s statewide plan seeks to ‘institutionalize’ diversity at state agencies
- The Va. GOP’s 2021 convention is a mess. A new law might make them even harder in the future.
- Giant Confederate flag to continue flying in Virginia, but from smaller pole
- 13,500 Chesterfield middle and high school students are returning to the classroom for the first time since November
- Roanoke memorial pays tribute to historic march, addresses ongoing concerns
- Some Norfolk rec centers and libraries will stay closed, even when the pandemic winds down
- D.C.-area forecast: One more chilly day before an outstanding stretch of spring weather
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