by Lowell
Here are a few national and Virginia news headlines, political and otherwise, for Saturday, January 15.
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— Mark Herring (@MarkHerringVA) January 14, 2022
- How the Refrigerator Became an Agent of Climate Catastrophe (“The evolution of cooling technology helps to explain why supposed solutions to global warming have only made the situation worse.”)
- From Pandemic to Endemic: Can 2022 Succeed Where 2021 Failed?
- Fact check: The theory that SARS-CoV-2 is becoming milder
- Mass Trials in Cuba Deepen Its Harshest Crackdown in Decades
- China has a ‘zero-covid’ policy. What happens when it meets omicron?
- Tsunami waves hit South Pacific island of Tonga following underwater volcanic eruption
- Russia Rejects IEA Charge It’s to Blame for Europe Gas Crunch
- US claims Russia planning ‘false-flag’ operation to justify Ukraine invasion
- The pipeline at the center of geopolitical drama (“Nord Stream 2 is looming over escalating Russian-Ukraine tensions.”)
- Headed to disaster? US, Russia harden stances in talks
- Ukraine hit by ‘massive’ cyber-attack on government websites (“Suspected Russian hackers leave message warning: ‘Ukrainians … be afraid and expect worse’”)
- Charting the Global Economy: Inflation’s Grip Tightens Further
- Johnson’s office apologises to Queen for party on eve of Philip’s funeral
- Why Brits Are So Incredibly Angry at Boris Johnson (“Americans don’t understand the extremity of the COVID measures he gleefully ignored.”)
- Possible Netanyahu plea deal could force him out of politics
- Prince Andrew’s Very Bad Week (“A ruling in a New York legal case, in which Andrew is accused of sexual abuse, led to the Duke of York being stripped of his military titles.”)
- White House announces website to order free COVID-19 tests starting Jan.19
- The C.D.C. conceded that cloth masks do not protect against the virus as effectively as other masks.
- CDC says N95 masks provide the most protection against COVID-19
- Biden decarbonization goals could triple reliance on electric grid: EPRI
- Fewer groceries, more debt: Families brace for first month without child tax payments
- Mike Pence equates voting rights protections with Capitol attack (Pence is an imbecile.)
- MLK had a dream. Trump had a mob. How two days in January offer competing visions for America
- The fates of the 10 House Republicans who voted to impeach Trump
- One of Biden’s biggest achievements is going largely ignored (“Biden is rapidly filling judicial vacancies – and Democrats in the Senate aren’t letting Republicans stop him.”)
- House Democratic campaign arm outraises GOP counterpart in final quarter of 2021
- Biden Team Regroups After Supreme Court Loss On COVID Mandates (“Biden said the mandates have already had their desired effect on reducing the number of unvaccinated adults.”)
- The Supreme Court’s Vaccine Mandate Decision Was an Opening Shot Against Regulating Anything (“You will note that the majority opinion is unsigned.”)
- The Supreme Court Just Made an Incredible Power Grab
- The Culture War Has Warped the Supreme Court’s Judgment (“The justices’ recent decision hinges on a new and alarming embrace of the right-wing crusade against vaccination.”)
- The conservative knives come out for Brett Kavanaugh
- Biden White House forces resignation of former Trump aide who promoted baseless Jan. 6 theories
- CNN Unearths Audio Of Kevin McCarthy Saying Trump Admitted Responsibility For Riot (It was an insurrection, not a “riot”)
- U.S. Names Official to Counter Foreign Election Interference
- GOP attempt to award Mich. Electoral College votes to Trump referred to feds, Nessel says
- Redistricting: Ohio Supreme Court strikes down congressional map, forcing another round of drawing
- Ohio Supreme Court rules that GOP gerrymander is ‘unconstitutional’
- With Voting Bills Dead, Democrats Face Costly Fight to Overcome G.O.P. Curbs
- Election officials in Texas reject hundreds of ballot applications under state’s new voting restrictions
- Ohio’s Overturned Congressional Map Shows How Lawsuits Might Scramble Redistricting
- Trump’s top Texas backer joined ‘Stop the Steal.’ It’s ending badly for him.
- DirecTV to Drop One America News in Blow to Conservative Channel (Every cable and/or dish provider should also drop the Fox “News” hate-and-disinformation network.)
- Tucker Carlson repeatedly hosted an Oath Keeper charged with seditious conspiracy
- Oath Keepers leader spewed anti-government hate for more than a decade. Alex Jones gave him the audience
- The accountability-free world of Tucker Carlson
- DeSantis second-guesses Trump’s early pandemic recommendation (“The Florida governor says he regrets not speaking out ‘much louder’ when former President Trump told the nation to stay home at the start of the pandemic”)
- Audio: Sen. Tim Kaine Says There Could Be “some twists and turns, possibly some surprises” in Voting Rights Legislation; Also Says “I think we’ll get there” on Build Back Better
- New Virginia Governor Youngkin to Lift School Mask Mandate, Change COVID Policies (F’ing stupid. And irresponsible.)
- What Is Glenn Youngkin’s Pick for a Top-Level Education Post, Hard-Right-Winger Elizabeth Schultz, Hiding By Deleting Her “ThinkSchultz” Twitter Account?
- Youngkin names key leaders for his incoming administration (There are some real doozies in here…)
- Cabinet pick to ‘change the trajectory of the commonwealth’ (Speaking of doozies…)
- Governor Northam Issues More Than 1,200 Pardons, Restores Civil Rights of 126,000 Virginians
- Northam issues pardons in flurry of actions before leaving office
- On Inauguration Eve, Youngkin proclaims spirit of Virginia ‘alive and well’ (Yes, thanks to *Democratic governance*. Now, let’s see if Youngkin can manage not to completely f*** it up.)
- Governor Northam Announces Commonwealth’s Implements of Execution Donated to Virginia Museum of History and Culture (“Electric chair, execution gurney, and other artifacts of capital punishment to be preserved for education about Virginia’s history”)
- Virginia Gov.-elect Glenn Youngkin, first Republican to win statewide since 2009, set to be inaugurated Saturday
- House Democrats Unveil 2022 Priorities to Continue Building a Better Virginia
- Virginia COVID-19 Cases Up a Massive (175,258!) the Past 10 Days; Hospitalizations Near Highest Level (3,845) Since Pandemic Began
- As Incoming Winter Storm Expected to Bring Snow to Much of Virginia, Gov. Northam Declares State of Emergency
- A storm foretold turned into a nightmare. Virginia must do better.
- The Same Far-Right, Pro-Trump, “Big Lie” Virginia Delegate Pushes Extreme “student citizenship skills” Also Thinks Abraham Lincoln Debated *Frederick Douglass*. WTF?
- Virginia Republicans Want Students to Learn About the Debate Between “Abraham Lincoln and Frederick Douglass.” But It Gets Worse.
- The great confusion (“A bill sponsored by freshman Del. Wren Williams cites the wrong Lincoln debate. A state agency later claimed responsibility for the error.”)
- Northam pardons Sen. Joe Morrissey for his interaction with 17-year-old
- Miyares fires 30 in AG’s office, including lawyer investigating dangerous conditions at Richmond apartments
- Former OSIG investigator files federal lawsuit alleging wrongful termination, defamation in Parole Board probe she led
- Remnants of Confederacy remain in Richmond
- D.C.-area forecast: A frozen Saturday, with snow arriving Sunday afternoon, then changing to ice and rain
