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by Lowell
Here are a few national and Virginia news headlines, political and otherwise, for Tuesday, January 4.
- The Year Our Climate Crisis Got Even More Real
- A Widening Web of Undersea Cables Connects Britain to Green Energy (“Linking one nation’s power grid with another’s is considered essential as more electricity is generated from solar and wind.”)
- Omicron Cases Are Hitting Highs, But New Data Put End in Sight
- How Bad Are Plastics, Really? (“Plastic production just keeps expanding, and now is becoming a driving cause of climate change.”)
- Days Before Jan. 6 Anniversary, Trump Endorses Hungary’s Autocracy-Curious Orbán (“Democracy advocates and the European Union have criticized Hungary’s leader for his anti-immigrant, anti-democratic policies.” Appalling.)
- In coronavirus-hit Mexico, many women are ‘determined to not have babies’
- Job Openings on Track for New High Ahead of Omicron Wave
- The Viral Lies That Keep Killing Us
- U.S. Sets Global Daily Record of Over 1 Million Virus Cases
- ‘It’s Chaos’ as Schools Confront Omicron
- Congress warned of explosive Omicron spread on Capitol Hill
- Omicron might be less dangerous, but it’s twisting the nation in knots (“The US is being drawn into a debate over how much risk is acceptable to get the nation back on its feet as Omicron rages out of control”)
- Conservatism and Fascism Are Not the Same Thing (“The Republican evolution into an authoritarian party is the most important development of the current political era.”)
- Violent Conflict Expert Predicts Possible Right-Wing Dictatorship ‘By 2030, If Not Sooner’
- States prepare for new round of voting wars as midterms approach (Ugh.)
- The Republican Party Is Succeeding Because We Are Not a True Democracy
- Schumer promises vote on Senate rules changes by MLK Day
- Sen. Schumer on Manchin, Sinema: We’ve got to keep pressing them on voting rights
- Will a Doomed Voting-Rights Push Really Help Biden?
- Democrats hit pause on Biden’s climate, social spending package
- Capitol attack panel in race against time as Trump allies seek to run out clock
- The January 6 interim report is critical to saving US democracy
- The risk of a coup in the next US election is greater now than it ever was under Trump
- In the Capitol’s Shadow, the Jan. 6 Panel Quietly Ramps Up Its Inquiry (“From a nondescript office building, a few dozen investigators and members of Congress are rushing to dissect what led to the worst attack on the Capitol in centuries.”)
- Fear, anger and trauma: How the Jan. 6 attack changed Congress
- Will American democracy survive the next few years?
- The GOP’s grip on states is becoming a horror show. Some Democrats see a way out.
- If we are to save our democracy, there must be a reckoning for the Jan. 6 attack
- Too many Republicans condone violence, and even more exonerate Trump (“Let’s be clear in 2022: Most Republicans are anti-truth, some are anti-democracy.”)
- The Jan. 6 committee must consider Trump’s criminal liability
- The Capitol Police and the Scars of Jan. 6 (“For many officers, their bodies, minds and lives will never be the same after the attack.”)
- Peter Navarro: Trump Distributed Bogus Election Fraud Research to ‘Every’ Congressional Republican (“There were over 100 congressmen ready to implement the plan” Every one of them should be booted out of Congress, immediately.)
- Another Far-Right Group Is Scrutinized About Its Efforts to Aid Trump
- What I Got So Wrong on Jan. 6 (“From a room inside the Capitol, I thought the insurrection might be a breaking point for Republicans in Congress. How naive.”)
- From the Capitol to the city council: How extremism in the U.S. shifted after Jan. 6
- If Biden starts counterpunching, he’s got plenty of targets
- AG Merrick Garland plans speech on Jan. 6 investigation for Wednesday (It had better be a good one, or don’t even bother.)
- Shared history of January 6 is impeded by disinformation, denial and diversion
- News organizations should not air Trump’s lies about January 6 live
- Trumps move to quash subpoenas for their testimony in civil investigation
- Ivanka and Donald Trump Jr. Would Rather Not Discuss the Trump Organization’s Many Alleged Crimes. (“The duo are trying to dodge a subpoena from the New York Attorney General)
- New York A.G. Seeks to Question Trump Children in Fraud Inquiry
- Sunday shows miss story on House Republican tweet against vaccines
- Why The Republican Party Isn’t Concerned With Popularity
- What Investors Learned From the Elizabeth Holmes Trial: ‘Zero’
- Live Updates: Elizabeth Holmes Found Guilty of Four Charges of Fraud
- Matt Gaetz’s no good — but not so horrible — 2021. What’s next? (“Matt Gaetz still faces no child sex trafficking charges – and he might never” WTF?)
- Odds of Gerrymandering Grow in New York as Redistricting Panel Falters
- Motorists stranded for hours along I-95 after winter storm causes havoc and leaves more than 400,000 without power
- Rep. Bobby Rush to retire after 15 terms
- Politics and Prose becomes first unionized bookstore in D.C.
- New Report by “Forward Majority” Urges Democrats to Focus Efforts on Taking Back State Legislatures, Including in Virginia (Among other things, Democrats need to be “engaging voters year-round to build a local narrative and brand with key audiences, rather than ceding the message war to Republicans for 20 out of every 24-month election cycle”)
- Mark Herring Joins Other AGs, Files Brief in Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia to Force Recognition of ERA Ratification
- Chase scraps bid for Congress now that 7th District has moved to Northern Virginia
- State Sen. Amanda Chase will end race for Virginia’s 7th Congressional District, cites redistricting maps
- ‘Trump in heels’ Amanda Chase discontinues congressional run after redistricting
- Chase ends her congressional campaign; intends to run for reelection to state Senate
- Virginia COVID Cases Leap 42,185 Since Friday; Up a Massive 111,367 Over Past 10 Days (“Hospitalizations highest since January 2021”)
- Richard Cullen to leave McGuireWoods to serve as counselor to Youngkin (The revolving door keeps on revolving…)
- Youngkin picks Richmond insider Richard Cullen, businessman Jeff Goettman for key Cabinet posts
- Republicans may roll back automatic restoration of rights later this month
- How far can Youngkin’s school-choice push go? (“It comes down to what can get through the Senate”)
- Editorial: Improve Virginia schools (Sure, as long as the revenues are raised to pay for it.)
- Cops’ role in Capitol attack divides Virginia town with ties to Confederacy (“Two of three active police officers charged for Jan. 6 are from Rocky Mount.”)
- Nicole Merlene Is the First of Likely Many Democratic Candidates to Announce for the Newly Drawn HD02 in Arlington
- Some Norfolk City Council members want answers on housing authority subsidiary’s investments (“What I’ve read thus far is very concerning.”)
- Rick Holcomb to retire after 19 years in two stints as DMV commissioner
- Va. troopers handle at least 653 crashes, 649 disabled vehicles during storm; tens of thousands lose power
- EVENING UPDATE: Snow hits Virginia hard to start 2022. More may be ahead later this week.
- Nearly 25,000 still without power after snow rolls through Southwest, Central Virginia (“Information as of 11:15 p.m. Monday”)
- Winter storm causes widespread power outages in Fredericksburg area
- Changed Metro Looking Toward Silver Line to Loudoun
- Train Arrives in Fairfax County After Passengers Stuck For 12 Hours During Snowstorm
- How Nelson County became No. 1 for remote workers
- New Virginia Beach voting districts divide Oceanfront resort area, raise questions
- D.C.-area forecast: Sunshine bursts back today before another chance of snow Thursday night
