Thursday News: “Biden to squarely blame Trump for Jan. 6 assault”; “Trump must have his day in court for his crimes on Jan. 6”; “Republicans’ Jan. 6 Responsibility”; “Congresswoman Elaine Luria: Democracy was dangerously close to falling on January 6th”

by Lowell

Here are a few national and Virginia news headlines, political and otherwise, for Thursday, January 6.

• Economies Have Adapted to a World Where Covid Calls the Shots
• ‘The next variant is just around the corner’: Experts warn the world’s at risk until all are vaccinated
• Coal-dependent Indonesia starts tapping huge solar power potential
• Russian troops arrive in protest-roiled Kazakhstan, where security forces have killed dozens of protesters
• Vladimir Putin and Xi Jinping twist history to justify wars of aggression against Ukraine and Taiwan
• Omicron Is Milder (“How should that affect your behavior?”)
• For C.D.C.’s Walensky, a Steep Learning Curve on Messaging
• CDC recommends that 12-to-17-year-olds receive the Pfizer-BioNTech booster
• Fed Leaves Gradualism Behind With Urgency on Rates, Assets
• Merrick Garland Made a Lethally Important Point About His January 6 Investigation (“His speech on Wednesday did everything it was supposed to do”)
• Garland: DOJ will hold those responsible for Jan. 6 riot accountable, whether they were present or committed other crimes
• Biden To Blast ‘Shadow of Lies’ That Led To Jan. 6 Riot At U.S. Capitol
• Biden to squarely blame Trump for Jan. 6 assault
• Biden Plans Searing Critique of Trump to Mark Jan. 6 Riot Anniversary
• January 6 may be only a preview of a deeper democratic rupture
• January 6 may have just been a dress rehearsal
• In their own words: Lawmakers, staffers remember Jan. 6 insurrection
• The false prophets who inspired the violence on Jan. 6
• The Jan. 6 attack: Reporting, and running from terror
• The Real Threat to American Democracy (“It’s not Republican politicians. It’s their conspiracy-addled voters.”)
• The insurrection will be decentralized: The next Jan. 6 will happen in the state houses (“Republicans have a more effective strategy than storming the Capitol: They plan to destroy democracy state by state”)
• The Guardian view on Trump’s mob, a year on: threats to democracy grow
• Democrats quietly explore barring Trump from office over Jan. 6
• How the GOP became party of Trump’s election lie after Jan. 6
• The Lesson of January 6: Tragedy Does Not Yield National Unity (“Trump and his cult have turned 1/6 into ammo for their war on democracy.”)
• To stabilize democracy, Congress must reform the way it counts electoral votes
• Fixing the Electoral Count Act is no substitute for voting reform
• In OAN interview, Trump continues to push rigged election claims while whitewashing the January 6 insurrection (Trump is an unhinged wannabe dictator.)
• Christian Nationalism Is One of Trump’s Most Powerful Weapons (Very, very dangerous shit.)
• How Christian nationalism drove the insurrection: A religious history of Jan. 6 (“Fanatical, extreme religious faith wasn’t incidental to last year’s Capitol assault: It was a central driving force”)
• Can Democrats make protecting democracy matter in 2022? This candidate says yes.
• The G.O.P. Is Making ‘Critical Race Theory’ the New ‘Shariah Law’
• The AP Interview: Pelosi says ‘democracy won’ on Jan. 6 (More like “barely escaped – for now – with its life”)
• The January 6th Criminal Case Against Donald Trump
• Trump must have his day in court for his crimes on Jan. 6
• Republicans’ Jan. 6 Responsibility (Karl Rove of all people: “The GOP has a duty to condemn the riot and those who refuse to acknowledge it.” Note that it was an insurrection/coup attempt, not a “riot.”)
• I Fear for Our Democracy (By Jimmy Carter)
• Sean Hannity’s bottomless corruption
• Sean Hannity’s texts should remind everyone he was Trump’s “shadow” chief of staff — and not a journalist
• The ridiculous hypocrisy of Sean Hannity hiding behind ‘freedom of the press’
• Mike Pence’s team helping Jan. 6 committee
• Polling on Jan. 6 shows the vast majority of Americans aren’t crazy
• The GOP isn’t even trying to sound coherent anymore
• MyPillow CEO Mike Lindell says his phone records were subpoenaed by House Jan. 6 committee
• Editorial: At a crossroads (“One year since a violent mob stormed the U.S. Capitol, those who instigated the attack have yet to be held accountable by the courts or by the voters.”)
• After meeting with Jan. 6 committee, former Trump press secretary Grisham says she ‘cooperated fully’
• Scoop: Bipartisan Senate group in talks about election reform measure
• Why Won’t These Retiring Republican Senators Support a Voting Rights Bill? (“Senators Richard Shelby, Richard Burr, Roy Blunt, Rob Portman, and Pat Toomey have nothing to lose, except…”)
• Greene, Gaetz to hold Jan. 6 presser after Trump cancels (Extremist freak show.)
• Surprise: Democrats dodged a gerrymandering fiasco. A top analyst explains why.
• Fox News During the Jan. 6 Riots Was Even Worse Than You Remember
• Cobb GOP cancels ‘homage to treason’ for Jan. 6 insurrection
• Sen. Tim Kaine on January 6 Anniversary: “Urged on by President Trump, right-wing insurrectionists stormed the U.S. Capitol”
• Congresswoman Elaine Luria: Democracy was dangerously close to falling on January 6th
• Stay or go? New Congressional maps present residency issue for Representatives
• Spanberger asks Northam, Youngkin for probe into I-95 shutdown
• By Far, Glenn Youngkin’s Worst Cabinet Pick Yet: Trump’s Appallingly Bad, Anti-Environment EPA Administrator Andrew Wheeler (Youngkin to name the guy who falsely claimed the climate crisis isn’t an “existential threat” as Virginia’s next Secretary of Natural Resources)
• Rep. Don Beyer (D-VA08): “Anti-environment ideologue” Andrew Wheeler “is one of the worst people the Governor-elect could have chosen for this job”
• Trump’s Former EPA Administrator Andrew Wheeler Has a History of Serving Clients (Not Citizens): Does That Mean a Resurrection of Virginia Uranium Plans?
• Trump EPA head, coal lobbyist tapped as Virginia’s environmental chief
• Youngkin nominates Trump EPA chief Andrew Wheeler for secretary of natural resources (“Virginia Gov.-elect Glenn Youngkin nominated Trump EPA chief Andrew Wheeler as secretary of natural resources, drawing immediate pushback from environmentalists and Democrats.”)
• Youngkin announces secretary of administration pick (“Margaret ‘Lyn’ McDermid was CIO for Fed, Dominion”)
• Top Northam administration officials say state should not forbid new fossil fuel plants (Stupid.)
• Virginia COVID-19 Cases Up 137,551 (!) Over the Past 10 Days; Hospitalizations at Highest Level Since January 2021
• State of emergency declared for Virginia as more snow expected
• Gov. Ralph Northam Declares State of Emergency in Advance of Second Winter Storm
• Union Members Testify at State Budget Hearings, Call on General Assembly to Protect Our Progress and Invest in Working Families (“We have made tremendous strides, and we must protect our progress.”)
• The outgoing AG threw down a gauntlet on disciminatory policing. Will his successor pick it up?
• A Virginia legislator wants to ban a practice holding back students with college debt
• Gun rally won’t return to Richmond this year due to new laws
• Southwest Virginia looks to the future as the region shifts from coal (“Two studies show potential for building wind turbines and batteries for electric cars”)
• What’s gone wrong in Charlottesville: a three-part series
• Roanoke County School Board prepares for possible mask mandate changes under Youngkin
• Doctor fighting Sentara ivermectin ban resigns from Eastern Virginia Medical School (Good riddance.)
• Power restoration efforts slow going as crews find ‘extensive and devastating’ damage (“By Wednesday evening, less than 40% of people in Albemarle County didn’t have power. Many more people in Charlottesville had their lights turned back on Tuesday with less than 5% still powerless”)
• Virginia Uber rider refunded $600 bill after I-95 shutdown
• D.C.-area forecast: A burst of snow tonight then a blast of cold Friday