by Lowell
Here are a few national and Virginia news headlines, political and otherwise, for Monday, December 13.
Disgusting & dehumanizing. Tax billionaires already. This is dystopian.
South Dakota arena holds a “Dash for Cash” where teachers get on their knees & fight for $1 bills to use for class supplies as people watch & cheer.😳
SD ranks 29th in K-12 educationpic.twitter.com/JCaLabloYd
— Qasim Rashid, Esq. (@QasimRashid) December 13, 2021
- ‘2.4C is a death sentence’: Vanessa Nakate’s fight for the forgotten countries of the climate crisis
- Tornado outbreak offers a grim climate warning, scientists say
- We’ve Failed Our Planet. This Is an SOS.
- ‘Amazon forests of the underground’: Why scientists want to map the world’s fungi (“‘These fungal networks have been a global blind spot in conservation and climate agendas,’ said Toby Kiers, an evolutionary biologist and professor at Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam.”)
- The Climate Crisis Is Raging, but We Are Not Powerless (“Donating to conservation nonprofits is every bit as important as voting for conservation candidates. If we can’t save the planet and the species who call it home, including us, every other issue we care about will go up in flames, too. That’s why I support a variety of nonprofits working to preserve and repair wildlife ecosystems, and not just those that work on a global level.”)
- Solar parks could be used to boost bumblebee numbers, study suggests (“Lancaster University researchers say sowing wildflowers alongside panels would have benefits for farmers who rely on pollinators”)
- China’s Solar Giants Make a Bid to Dominate Hydrogen Power
- The end of coal is coming 3 times faster than expected. Governments must accept it and urgently support a ‘just transition’
- Coal central to China’s zero carbon goals, top US envoy to Beijing says
- Omicron could become dominant variant by next week in some European countries, officials predict
- Satellite images, expert suggest Iranian space launch coming
- Satellite Images Show Russian Military Forces Keep Massing Near Ukraine’s Border
- The curious case of a map and a disappearing Taiwan minister at U.S. democracy summit
- Haiti’s Leader Kept a List of Drug Traffickers. His Assassins Came for It. (The more we learn about this, the more troubling it gets.)
- North and South Korea agree ‘in principle’ on formal end of war
- North Korea’s Kim at a critical crossroads a decade into his rule
- Fauci says omicron can evade vaccine protection, but boosters help
- US Covid cases rise. See how your state compares
- Fauci urges Americans to get Covid booster as US nears 800,000 deaths
- As U.S. Nears 800,000 Virus Deaths, 1 of Every 100 Older Americans Has Perished
- Biden calls on EPA to investigate role of climate crisis in deadly tornadoes
- Search and rescue continues in Kentucky after deadly tornadoes in South and Midwest
- Kentucky tornadoes: Biden declares federal disaster as hopes rise that death toll could be lower than feared
- (“Will Joe Manchin see through Lindsey Graham’s desperate scaremongering?”)
- Pelosi will stay around to lead House Democrats through the next election — and perhaps beyond (Good!)
- Democrats face time crunch as they race to finalize Biden plan
- Democrats Are Solidly Behind Biden. There’s No Consensus About a Plan B.
- Why Republicans Won’t Help Fix the Law That Produced Chaos on January 6 (“Many want to reform a statute that helped prompt the Capitol Riot. Congress won’t budge.”)
- Juan Williams: The GOP is an anti-America party
- An existential threat runs into political realities of US democracy
- Nothing is more important than Team Trump’s January PowerPoint urging a full-blown coup
- Meadows said National Guard would be ready to ‘protect pro Trump people’ before Capitol insurrection, House investigators say (Need to start arresting people, immediately.)
- We’re Edging Closer to Civil War
- On The Trail: Trump-inspired challengers target GOP governors
- Student-loan forgiveness would mean everything to Latinx students stuck in a debt cycle
- How to close the economic perception gap (“President Biden is not without tools to improve his messaging.”)
- Graham criticizes McConnell over debt ceiling, says GOP leaders must work with Trump
- The Upcoming Elections That Could Shake Both Parties
- Marshall: ‘I still remain concerned’ Biden didn’t win 2020 election fair and square (Why are nutjobs like this even allowed on Sunday morning talk shows?)
- Deadly Collapse at Amazon Warehouse Puts Spotlight on Phone Ban
- Chris Wallace quits Fox News; the “thin veneer of respectability” Wallace gave the network is gone
- Newsom Calls For Assault Weapons Ban Modeled After Texas Abortion Law
- Chris Wallace bolts Tucker Carlson’s Fox News
- Chris Wallace Leaves Fox News as Right-Wing Hosts Hold Sway
- Chris Wallace to Join CNN Plus After Fox News Channel Departure
- Video: Sen. Mark Warner Says Social Media Regulation Is “Long Overdue”; Congress Also Needs to Deal with Artificial Intelligence, Which Is “Rushing Ahead” Into a Potentially “Scary Future”
- ‘We are fighting a biological war’ (“Northam urges residents in rural Virginia, where vaccination hesitancy is the highest, to roll up their sleeves.”)
- Virginia Medicaid is removing its final barrier to treatment for hepatitis C
- Attorney General files brief to throw out election repeat lawsuit
- Report says Virginia has thousands of unregulated aboveground chemical storage tanks
- One state lawmaker will again try to end solitary confinement in Virginia
- JMU political analyst weighs in on newly proposed Virginia legislative map
- Recycling in Hampton Roads: Chesapeake considers ditching curbside, while changes happening with glass
- D.C.-area forecast: Increasingly mild weather as this week wears on
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