by Lowell
Here are a few national and Virginia news headlines, political and otherwise, for Saturday, December 11.
- First Fires, Then Floods: Climate Extremes Batter Australia (“Many of the same areas that suffered through horrific bush fires in 2019 and 2020 are now dealing with prodigious rainfall that could leave some people stranded for weeks.”)
- The Man Who Predicted Climate Change (“In the nineteen-sixties, Syukuro Manabe drew a graph that foretold our world today—and what’s to come.” We should have started acting THEN!)
- The U.S. has officially stopped financing new coal plants abroad
- Putin keeps U.S. and European allies guessing about Ukraine
- How the United States Can Break Putin’s Hold on Ukraine
- Boosters Provide 70% to 75% Omicron Protection in U.K. Study
- Two Weeks Into the Omicron Outbreak: Where to From Here?
- At a moment of peril, the world’s democracies needed Biden’s pep rally
- Iran’s Nuclear Program Ignites New Tension Between U.S. and Israel
- Of Course Trump’s Cronies Made an Actual PowerPoint of Their Coup Plan (“It involved Trump declaring a national security emergency.”)
- Capitol attack panel obtains PowerPoint that set out plan for Trump to stage coup
- Trump campaign lawyer authored two memos claiming Pence could halt Biden’s victory
- Select Committee Subpoenas Individuals Involved in Planning January 5th and January 6th Rallies Preceding Violent Attack on the U.S. Capitol
- What can happen to Mark Meadows and other Trump advisers who are ignoring Jan. 6 subpoenas?
- Republicans blame Biden for inflation. So what’s their plan? (First of all, inflation is in no way/shape/form Biden’s fault. Second, Republicans have zero plans to deal with it, while Democrats DO have a plan.)
- Relax. Omicron Isn’t Going to Take Down the Economy.
- S&P 500 rises to record close Friday despite inflation fears, posts best week since February
- An Optimistic Scenario for Inflation (“The key thing for the economy, and for Biden’s political prospects, is whether rising prices turn out to be temporary or permanent.”)
- If John Roberts Really Wants to Save the Court, He Should Retire
- What John Roberts’ role in Texas’ abortion case could signal for the future of Roe
- The Supreme Court’s Texas Abortion Decision Is a Disaster for Constitutional Rights
- John Roberts Has Lost Control
- Supreme Court Allows Challenge to Texas Abortion Law but Leaves It in Effect
- Don’t be fooled: The Supreme Court’s Texas abortion decision is a big defeat for Roe v. Wade (“Justice Neil Gorsuch’s majority opinion is sneaky, underhanded, and a big blow to abortion rights”)
- Biden Talks Vaccines and Bob Dole in Interview With Jimmy Fallon
- Trump Is Trying to Run Out the Clock, But He’s Running Out of Time (“The D.C. Court of Appeals hit him in the gut with a ruling that even the current Supreme Court will be loathe to overturn.”)
- Meat packers’ profit margins jumped 300% during pandemic – White House economics team
- The damage done by Joe Manchin is likely to get much worse
- Biden says he will speak with Manchin next week
- Dozens killed after tornadoes tear through several US states
- “He’s Always, Historically, Been His Own Best Salesman”: Joe Biden’s Press Strategy Is Vexing Reporters
- Trump demands undermine unity of GOP leaders
- Racists and Taliban supporters have flocked to Twitter’s new audio service after executives ignored warnings
- Hillary Clinton Warns What People Might Be Missing About A Trump Run In 2024 (“The 2016 Democratic presidential nominee cautioned what a third Donald Trump campaign could do to the country.”)
- In Bid for Control of Elections, Trump Loyalists Face Few Obstacles
- Democrats Could Have Gerrymandered Away a GOP Seat. Why Didn’t They? (“In Maryland, Democrats had the chance to go for the jugular. Here’s what happened instead.”)
- Kanye West publicist pressed Georgia election worker to confess to bogus fraud charges
- Two election workers break silence after enduring Trump backers’ threats
- Andrew Cuomo’s top aide and Chris Cuomo planned to discredit Fox News’ Janice Dean over Covid criticism, sources say
- David Perdue files election lawsuit with recycled, already-disproven claims of fraud
- Prosecutors keep focus on placing Maxwell at center of Epstein’s sex trafficking ring
- From quiet Falwell acolyte to bombastic Marjorie Taylor Greene ally: A freshman lawmaker’s political evolution (“Once a mild-mannered glad-hander at Liberty football games, Bob Good now has allied with some of the chamber’s most bombastic Trump loyalists.”)
- FiveThirtyEight Analysis Finds Youngkin “netted a whopping 468,000 votes” in 70%+ Biden Precincts – FAR More Than Youngkin’s Overall 63k-Vote Statewide Margin
- Partisan Lean and “Shifting Voters” Give Us a Hint As To How State Senate, House of Delegates Incumbent “Pairings” Might Play Out
- Glenn Youngkin Declares War on Clean Energy and Climate Action
- Virginia’s economy and the climate need the Build Back Better Act
- Schapiro: Court-drawn districts – the revenge of the nerds
- Ralph Northam promises to increase Virginia teacher pay 10 percent. Will it happen?
- Northam proposes $27 million for center on gun violence
- Controversy over water plant at key Monacan site may be history
- 7 People in Virginia Play an Outsized Role in Progress on Global Climate Goals (“Here’s why Virginia’s State Water Control Board should prevent the flow of fracked gas through the long-delayed Mountain Valley Pipeline.”)
- Loudoun County Picks Up Seats, Power in Latest Redistricting Plan
- Chief Arlington prosecutor gets federal grant for restorative justice program with help from federal grant
- Caroline officials, residents consider a slew of solar projects
- Williams: In failing its transgender students, Hanover schools takes another walk on the wrong side of history.
- Mack loved ones condemn Dacey’s pardon
- More than 20 firearms stolen from Virginia Beach gun store; authorities offering rewards
- D.C.-area forecast: Strong south winds deliver record highs today before gusty evening showers
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