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by Lowell
Here are a few national and Virginia news headlines, political and otherwise, for Sunday, January 30.
- North Korea missile tests: Biggest launch since 2017
- U.S. and allies debate the intelligence on how quickly Putin will order an invasion of Ukraine — or whether he will at all
- Russia’s Lavrov: NATO wants to ‘drag’ Ukraine into alliances
- UK expected to boost its NATO offer with major military deployment to Europe’s borders amid rising Russian aggression
- US targets Russian disinformation in bid to defend Ukraine
- In Eastern Ukraine’s Largest City, Pro-Russia Sympathies Wither (“While Kharkiv may have been a relatively easy target for Russia in the past, sentiment in the industrial city of 1.4 million has since shifted dramatically against the Kremlin.”)
- Lavrov Says Russia’s Response to West Is Delayed: Ukraine Update
- Thousands opposed to COVID-19 rules converge on Parliament Hill (“Trudeau and his family have been moved from residence over security concerns” So, there’s extremism in Canada too.)
- Living by the Code: In China, Covid-Era Controls May Outlast the Virus (“Apps for tracking the spread of illness gave Xi Jinping a door for deepening the Communist Party’s reach into the lives of citizens.”)
- Islamic State strikes from shadows in vulnerable Syria, Iraq
- UN: 2,000 children recruited by Yemen’s rebels died fighting
- Why Tucker Carlson’s special on Hungary and Soros matters (“Fox Nation’s ‘Hungary vs. Soros’ is an appalling example of the mainstream right’s embrace of views from the fringe”)
- U.S. Covid-19 Hospitalizations Retreat, but Deaths Keep Rising
- Most Americans say pandemic will be over when virus becomes comparable to seasonal flu
- COVID Is a Vibe (“After Omicron, the pandemic will be what we make of it.”)
- Fed May Opt for 50-Point Rise Due to Inflation, Bostic Says
- The worst of the nor’easter that slammed the Northeast with record snowfall has passed, but ‘dangerously cold’ wind chills remain in some areas
- Inside the campaign to pressure Justice Stephen Breyer to retire
- White House pushes back after Republican senator says Supreme Court pick will be ‘beneficiary’ of affirmative action
- Supreme Court Conservatives Plot A Liberal Apocalypse In 2022 (“A grim year of judicial rulings awaits liberals on abortion, affirmative action, guns, the administrative state and more.”)
- How Breyer’s replacement could reshape court’s liberal wing
- Black Women in Law Feel Pride and Frustration Ahead of Court Nominee
- Biden considering Judge J. Michelle Childs and may be casting wider net for Supreme Court vacancy
- Trump tours the country endorsing candidates to reinforce the ‘big lie’
- Trump says he’ll treat Jan. 6 rioters ‘fairly’ if reelected: ‘If it requires pardons, we will give them pardons’ (Trump is a fascist.)
- Trump teases a presidential run and dangles pardons for January 6 rioters at Texas rally
- DNC chair Jaime Harrison has considered early exit amid White House tensions
- National Democrats take aim at Iowa’s caucuses as discussions begin over 2024 calendar
- Georgia county purges Democrats from election board and cancels Sunday voting (“The takeover in Spalding county is part of Republican efforts to dominate elections mechanisms nationwide” Very, very disturbing.)
- Nils Lofgren Pulls Music From Spotify in Solidarity With Neil Young
- Spotify loses $4 billion in market value after Neil Young controversy
- Video: On MSNBC, Rep. Elaine Luria (D-VA02) Says, “The dots are just clearly connecting…this was a plan, it was a plan for a coup and it’s very clear” (“There’s no possible coincidence that each of these electors from the seven states…could have had these nearly identical certificates that they sent to Washington”)
- Opinion: Climate progress off to a bad start under the Youngkin administration
- Youngkin sparks Democratic backlash in Virginia
- After hard-charging start, Youngkin faces tricky work of relationship-building (“Hard-charging?” WTF?)
- Editorial: Virginia’s war on ideas
- CASEY: Could Virginia teachers get arrested for discussing this column?
- Opinion/editorial: Tip line divides us
- Editorial: With state revamp, don’t contradict diversity, equity and inclusion goal
- Friday Night Update from the ER in Arlington, VA: “While the numbers are better than a month ago, I suspect we still have 4-6 weeks until we start to get back to low tide” (Also: “Both Pfizer and Moderna have started clinical trials to evaluate a vaccine that targets Omicron.”)
- State Lawmakers Attack Citizen Air and Water Boards
- Lawmakers Want to Warn Kids About Gambling Addiction
- Flouting CDC, Youngkin health chief wants to help Virginia move on from covid
- Suffolk school investigation report into student’s COVID death ‘incomplete,’ parents say
- D.C.-area forecast: Bone-chilling cold this morning, briefly near or above freezing this afternoon
