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by Lowell
Here are a few national and Virginia news headlines, political and otherwise, for Wednesday, January 19.
- A Project to Count Climate Crisis Deaths Has Surprising Results
- Renewable hydrogen costs “expected to plummet” by 2030 – here’s how (“Although expensive today, green hydrogen costs are expected to plummet 75 per cent by 2030, as the price of electrolysers rapidly declines…The price decline means that green hydrogen will be cheaper to make than blue hydrogen from natural gas across the world by 2030”)
- Athletes warned against speaking up on human rights at Beijing Games
- US and Russia to hold talks on Ukraine in potential sign ‘diplomacy is not dead’
- Ukraine: Blinken in Kyiv urges Russia to take peaceful path
- Russia moves more troops westward amid Ukraine tensions
- White House warns Russian invasion of Ukraine may be imminent
- Putin to Ukraine: ‘Marry Me or I’ll Kill You’
- Downing Street party: How Boris Johnson’s future hangs in the balance
- UK PM Johnson faces growing pressure to resign (It’s amazing that this scandal has “stuck” to Johnson, while so many much MUCH worse scandals never really “stuck” to Trump. Why?!? Fox “News?”)
- Tonga undersea cable needs ‘at least’ four weeks to repair: NZ
- Biden will make 400 million N95 masks available to Americans for free
- The end of the Omicron wave is in sight
- New York and other north-eastern US states see a rapid fall in Covid cases
- Free N95 Masks to Be Made Available at Pharmacies
- Neil Gorsuch Reportedly Refuses To Wear Mask In Supreme Court, Forcing Others To Call In (Sociopathic.)
- Schumer proposing talking filibuster amid voting rights standoff
- National Pro-Democracy Coalition Calls On Senate Democrats To Hold The Floor Until The Freedom To Vote Act: John R. Lewis Act Is Passed
- Schumer prepares for Senate floor showdown with Manchin, Sinema
- There’s Still a Way for Kyrsten Sinema to Salvage Voting Rights
- GOP senators complain about ‘wasting time’ after stonewalling voting rights legislation
- Biden officials are undermining Russian disinformation in Ukraine. Democrats should do the same to GOP lies.
- Dear media: Stop giving Republicans the benefit of the doubt
- The Elite Political Press Is Incapable of Looking the Monster in the Eye (“The conservative movement is full of rage and ominous potential, with the former president as its figurehead.”)
- Biden’s report card: 1 year in, accomplishments and stalled priorities
- Biden needs a reset. Here’s how he can do it.
- The Republican Parallel Universes Strategy (“The great thing about offense is that it lets you set the narrative. Trump understood this well, using his morning tweets to set the day’s news agenda. Biden can do that too, albeit in a more constructive way. Call press conferences. Deliver regular statements. Don’t complain about the media focusing on the wrong things. Take control. Drive the news cycle. They’ll focus on your message if you’re relentless about putting a message out there. But that means Americans need to see a lot more of Joe Biden.”)
- Mike Pence may soon face a fateful choice
- Jan. 6 committee on verge of obtaining some records Trump has tried to shield
- Select Committee Subpoenas Trump Allies Involved in Attempts to Challenge or Overturn 2020 Election Results
- Rudy Giuliani and 3 Others Subpoenaed by Jan. 6 Committee
- New York AG: ‘Misleading statements’ found in Trump Org. finances
- New Evidence Shows Trump ‘Personally Implicated’ In Potential Fraud, Including Lying About the Size of His Manhattan Apartment
- N.Y. attorney general alleges Trump’s business inflated property values, wealth statements
- N.Y. Attorney General Outlines Pattern of Possible Fraud at Trump Business
- Attorney General James Takes Action to Force Donald J. Trump, Donald Trump, Jr.,
- Exclusive: Eric Trump and Kimberly Guilfoyle’s phone records subpoenaed by January 6 committee
- Ivanka Trump Returns to Instagram With a Photoshoot Pretending to Be a Good Person
- The Countless, Confusing, Sometimes Contradictory Takeaways Of The 2021-22 Redistricting Cycle
- Wife of Justice Clarence Thomas signed off on letter saying Capitol attackers ‘have done nothing wrong’ (She’s an extremist.)
- Florida could shield whites from ‘discomfort’ of racist past (The word “snowflakes” comes to mind.)
- The Murdochs and Fox must answer: Why hasn’t the network fired Lara Logan? (“After Logan likened Anthony Fauci to a Nazi doctor, her talent agency dropped her; she is reportedly scheduled to speak at an anti-vaccine rally. Meanwhile, Fox is silent.”)
- After DirecTV, what does OAN have left? (“The far-right conspiracy theory network is losing its biggest carrier by far. But One America News Network still has other ways to infect discourse.”)
- Sen. Tim Kaine Statement on US Senate Beginning Voting Rights Debate
- Rep. Spanberger: Congress stock trading ban would remove ‘the perception of impropriety’
- Metro’s general manager to retire after six years as top executive
- Glenn Youngkin’s awful first moves are already sparking a rebellion
- Virginia NAACP: “We demand Governor Youngkin immediately rescind the nomination of Mr. Andrew Wheeler and urge all legislators to block Mr. Wheeler’s confirmation”
- Video: VA House, Senate Democrats Rip Glenn Youngkin’s “Culture War,” “Illegal Actions” Over His Threats to Defund Schools Over Mask Wearing
- Video: In Powerful Speech. VA Del. Cia Price Rips Republicans’ Voter Suppression Bills, “Gaslighting” and “Dangerous” “Attempts to Undermine Our Democracy”
- Confusion, lawsuit follow Virginia governor’s order on masks
- Youngkin’s illogic on masks
- Virginia parents file lawsuit against Gov. Youngkin over executive order ending mask mandates in public schools
- Youngkin does not rule out withholding funds for school districts that do not comply with executive order
- Parents from Chesapeake sue Youngkin, saying school mask order conflicts with state law
- Group of 13 Chesapeake parents sue Youngkin over scrapping of statewide school mask mandates
- Gov. Youngkin’s mask order on schools gets pushback
- Va. parents file lawsuit, schools vow resistance against Youngkin’s order making masks optional
- Editorial: The battle over masks (“By taking away a measure of protection from them — under threat of financial penalty — Youngkin undermines a cause to which all Virginians should rally: keeping schools open for in-person instruction.”)
- Williams: Gov. Youngkin’s “critical race theory” order is the epitome of systemic racism. Leave MLK out of it.
- Bill to ban voting history mailers that ‘put people on blast’ dies in Va. Senate
- Sen. Louise Lucas, age 77, is Virginia’s newest social-media star after an eventful inauguration weekend
- Partisan debate erupts in Va. Senate over Miyares’ firing of 30 in AG’s office (The media, as usual, covering this in a false “both sides” manner. Why?)
- Virginia COVID-19 Cases Up a Massive 186,367(!) the Past 10 Days; Hospitalizations (3,948) at Highest Level Since Pandemic Began
- Limiting campaign donations met with resistance in the Virginia Senate
- PolitiFact VA: Youngkin’s school standards claim leaves out important context
- Loudoun County Board Masking Resolution Stopped for Now (“County supervisors Tuesday night declined to suspend their regular rules of order to rush the resolution through. They have not yet voted on the resolution itself; that can still happen at a future board meeting, and is likely.”)
- Feds release new details about Jan. 6 weapons cache at Arlington hotel
- Roanoke County School Board tables mask mandate for now
- VCU, other colleges rescind vaccine mandates for employees following Youngkin’s directive (Youngkin already doing damage, for absolutely no good reason.)
- Virginia Tech lifts COVID-19 vaccine mandate for employees
- ‘Make it more environmentally sound’: Citizen group takes on popular Southwest Va. trail network
- Ex-Norfolk sheriff Bob McCabe’s lawyer asks for competency evaluation, says mental health has declined in jail (“McCabe, now 63, suffers from early-onset Alzheimer’s disease and his condition has grown worse since he was convicted in August and had his bond revoked, according to his attorney.”)
- D.C.-area forecast: Briefly warmer today before potential burst of snow for Thursday morning rush
