by Lowell
Here are a few national and Virginia news headlines, political and otherwise, for Saturday, March 6.
- We Throw Out More Than 2 Trillion Pounds of Food Every Year, UN Says (“Here’s why that’s a problem for the climate.” It’s bad in pretty much every way.)
- Nasa’s Perseverance rover begins its exploration of Mars
- Pope, Top Iraq Shiite Cleric Hold Historic, Symbolic Meeting
- ‘It is the question of the century’: will tech solve the climate crisis – or make it worse?
- China’s Top Leaders Leave Tough Climate Decisions to Bureaucrats
- China aims to be carbon neutral by 2060. Its new 5-year plan won’t cut it. (“The plan could allow for emissions to keep growing through 2025.”)
- I’ve Never Seen Anything Like This’: Chaos Strikes Global Shipping
- Myanmar forces fire tear gas, stun grenades on protest as U.N. envoy calls for action
- U.K. Variant Is Spreading Fast in U.S., Even as Cases Level Off
- 1 Shot Or 2 Shots? ‘The Vaccine That’s Available To You — Get That’
- Neanderthals Were Smarter Than Anti-Mask Republicans (“Biden was probably too king to Greg Abbott”)
- Biden gets it. Reviving democracy worldwide is key to national security.
- US experts warn new Covid variants and states reopening may lead to fourth wave
- US gains 379,000 jobs as more states reopen economies (“Number was the largest gains recorded since November but US is still 10m jobs short of position pre-pandemic”)
- Senate Republicans are trying to drag out the stimulus process in the middle of a national emergency (Disgraceful as always, and yet do they ever pay a political price for their irresponsible, callous behavior?!?)
- Democrats reach deal on unemployment aid, allowing $1.9 trillion relief bill to go forward (“Senate Democrats aim to approve the legislation by this weekend and send it back to the House.”)
- Senate Democrats announce deal on unemployment insurance, allowing Biden bill to move forward
- More Democrats join the effort to kill the filibuster as a way of saving Biden’s agenda.
- Biden gets involved to help break Senate logjam
- What’s in the Senate’s $1.9 trillion covid bill: Checks, unemployment insurance and more
- Why Carper, Coons just voted against Democrats’ attempt to hike the minimum wage to $15
- Senators pull all-nighter inching toward COVID-19 relief vote
- Senate holds longest vote in history as Democrats scramble to save relief bill
- ‘No idea what he’s doing’: Manchin perplexes with Covid aid power play
- Biden administration tells facilities for migrant children to reopen to pre-pandemic levels
- The MAGA phenomenon has never been about economics (“Race and resentment drive the GOP.”)
- Sinema Slammed For Exaggerated Thumbs-Down On $15 Minimum Wage (Bizarre.)
- Republicans’ most self-destructive political move yet (“Opposing a popular measure that can’t fail is dumb politics.”)
- Green vs. Blue: Biden’s climate plans face labor concerns (Yep, this is an ongoing problem.)
- Biden has decided not to wage war on ‘Neanderthal’ GOP governors. Here’s why.
- Republicans aren’t fighting Democrats. They’re fighting democracy. (“The only route to power for a white-nationalist party, then, is to become anti-democratic.”)
- Giuliani probe awaits Garland as he nears AG confirmation (“With Merrick Garland poised to be confirmed as attorney general as early as next week, one of the first major questions he is likely to encounter is what to do about Rudy Giuliani.”)
- U.S. Chamber decides against political ban for Capitol insurrection (Disgraceful and 100% unacceptable.)
- For top budget job, Biden hesitates at naming a candidate who has bipartisan support
- Trump Is No Longer Tweeting, But Online Disinformation Isn’t Going Away
- The Navy tried to cast Capt. Brett Crozier as a villain. New emails reveal how much support he really had
- Democrats Want a Stronger Edge in the Senate. Ohio Could Be Crucial. (“The retirement of a moderate Republican senator and conservative infighting have raised Democratic ambitions in the state, a longtime political bellwether that is increasingly tilting red.”)
- Democratic Rep. Zoe Lofgren quietly releases massive social media report on GOP colleagues who voted to overturn the election
- What the Media Are Missing About Joe Manchin (“The senator has skillfully managed his image, to stay viable in a state that went from a Democratic to a Republican majority.”)
- Rachel Powell, Capitol Rioter Known as ‘Bullhorn Lady,’ Indicted by Grand Jury
- Federico Klein, former Trump appointee charged in Capitol riot, wants jail cell without cockroaches
- Mike Lindell Is Readying Another Documentary and Lawsuit That He Claims Will Finally Convince SCOTUS the Election Was Stolen
- Capitol riot shaman’s TV interview irks judge (Also, CBS completely disgraced itself.)
- GOP groups quiet as billionaire donor stands accused of running biggest tax fraud scheme ever
- Ron Johnson: No decision on 2022 run but leaving office is ‘probably my preference now’
- Cuomo Is Told to Preserve Records at Issue in Sexual Harassment Inquiry
- Cuomo Accuser Claims NY Governor Skipped Out of Sexual Harassment Training, Had Female Aide Complete It for Him
- Two Top Female Aides Leave Andrew Cuomo Administration
- New York lawmakers strip Gov. Cuomo of emergency Covid powers as death data scandal roils state
- Texas Opts Not to Fix $16 Billion Power Overcharge
- Rudy Giuliani, After Blowing Past Deadline to Respond to Dominion’s Billion-Dollar Lawsuit, Personally Asks for Extension
- Biden Moves to Fire EEOC Top Lawyer Who Wouldn’t Resign
- Anti-virus mogul John McAfee charged with fraud over crypto promotion
- Facebook faces US investigation for ‘systemic’ racial bias in hiring
- The NFL must provide a full accounting of alleged sexual abuse in the Washington Football Team
- Audio: 2020 VA GOP U.S. Senate Nominee Says “we didn’t lose because of voter fraud; we lost because Virginia is a is a bluish state”
- Do the Republican Candidates for Governor Support Critical Relief for Virginia Families, Schools, and Small Businesses?
- Schapiro: Northam serves up a cold, heaping helping of revenge (“Northam’s problems with Herring are personal and political. They intersected following Northam’s humiliation…Ralph Northam and Jay Jones especially are close — so close they will be next-door neighbors in Norfolk, where the governor recently bought a house. That is, of course, unless Jones moves to Richmond.”)
- AG Mark Herring Hints at Appeal After Judge Dismisses Lawsuit to Have ERA Recognized as 28th Amendment
- Virginia’s Equal Rights Lawsuit Shot Down by Federal Court
- Virginia Works to Mitigate Evictions Crisis, Implement Long-Term Solutions to Increase Housing Stability
- BREAKING: VA GOP Chair Feeling “Fatigued” as the Laughable Liberty U. Parking Lot Convention Idea Predictably Falls Apart
- The Republican Party of Virginia is continuing to struggle with finalizing its nomination process.
- Virginia is poised to reform its HIV criminalization laws. Is the rest of the U.S. next?
- Friday (3/5) Virginia Data on COVID-19 Finds +1,652 Confirmed/Probable Cases (to 583,060), +100 Hospitalizations (to 24,514), +71 Deaths (to 9,428)
- Advocates Want Northam To Speed Up Marijuana Legalization in Virginia
- Southwest Virginia Prepares For Special Election March 23 (“Longtime Southwest Virginia Sen. Ben Chafin passed away due to COVID-19 earlier this year. Now voters will fill his empty seat.”)
- Pearisburg native and combat veteran to challenge Hurst in 12th District
- Sam Rasoul for Lt. Governor Releases First Digital Ad and Mail Piece
- Decades-old murder cases in Suffolk, York County cited in watchdog reports on Virginia Parole Board
- ‘He made this community stronger’: Henrico police captain killed in hit-and-run mourned at service
- Loudoun School Board Censures Leesburg District Representative (“Following a more than two hour closed session held virtually, the School Board voted 7-0 to publicly reprimand Barts for her social media postings deemed to expose elements of the board’s private deliberations and to spread misinformation.”)
- Richmond to freeze 600 vacant jobs positions under $770.3M budget that includes employee raises
- Arlington recycles over 5 million of pounds of glass in two years
- D.C.-area forecast: Cold wind keeps blowing today and tomorrow, then springtime warmth surges
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