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by Lowell
Here are a few national and Virginia news headlines, political and otherwise, for Thursday, February 10.
- The search for carbon-neutral protein
- See the True Cost of Your Cheap Chicken (Don’t buy it.)
- Vestas Installs Mould for World’s Longest Wind Turbine Blades
- The world needs a way out of the crisis Russia has provoked. The Minsk agreement is not it.
- Can Ukraine and Russia be persuaded to abide by Minsk accords? (“Analysis: As Macron tries to revive 2015 agreement, Ukraine believes it is impossible to fulfil as it could hand power to Russia”)
- Ukraine tensions: Russia begins military drills with Belarus
- Russia set to begin massive military drills with Belarus; U.S. slams ‘escalatory’ action
- Finns Don’t Wish ‘Finlandization’ on Ukraine (or Anyone)
- Ukraine-Russia crisis at most dangerous moment – PM
- Boris Johnson says Ukraine crisis has entered ‘most dangerous moment’
- Fox News goes all-in promoting anti-vaccine-mandate Canadian truckers
- Auto industry already feeling the pinch from Canadian bridge blockade
- Jared Kushner Met With Saudi Crown Prince, Aramco CEO on Regional Tour
- Russian star practices despite report of positive drug test
- For Nathan Chen, the journey to redemption is complete after winning the gold medal
- COVID cases are plummeting, and deaths could decline soon
- Abrupt end to mask mandates reflects a shifting political landscape
- School Districts Must Make an Important Decision: to Mask or Not?
- Key Inflation Measure Expected to Show Prices Climbed at Fastest Pace in 40 Years
- Biden administration plan calls for $5 billion network of electric vehicle chargers along interstates
- The fight isn’t over whether America will be a democracy, but what kind of democracy
- Documents weren’t the only things Trump tore up while in office
- Potential criminal investigation into Trump is front-page news – unless outlets decide to give him a pass (“Reporters and outlets who spent two years chasing Hillary Clinton’s emails finally have a real scandal to uncover”)
- New revelations shed light on Trump world cover-up (“The latest revelations about the insurrection emerged despite incessant efforts by Trump and those around him to obstruct the Jan. 6 investigation”)
- Giuliani asked Michigan prosecutor to give voting machines to Trump team
- Read the emails showing Trump allies’ connections to voting machine seizure push (LOCK HIM UP NOW.)
- National Archives asks Justice Dept. to investigate Trump’s handling of White House records
- Archives Found Possible Classified Material in Boxes Returned by Trump
- Haberman book: Flushed papers found clogging Trump WH toilet
- President Trump May Have Violated Laws Protecting Government Property When He Destroyed, Removed Records, NGOs Assert
- McConnell was right to criticize the RNC’s censure resolution. Now, he should answer these questions.
- Republican rift exposes choice: With Trump or against him
- How Mitch McConnell’s dance with Donald Trump really works (“When he criticizes Republican excesses, he makes it possible for moderates to stay in the fold.”)
- McConnell squares off with conservatives for downplaying ‘violent insurrection’ (So “conservatives” now means “insurrectionists,” apparently.)
- Pence rebuked Trump — and received an outpouring of GOP support in response
- New report details the influence of Christian nationalism on the insurrection
- Jan. 6 committee subpoenas Trump adviser Peter Navarro
- Former White House press aide appears before Jan. 6 committee (“Sarah Matthews, a Trump White House press aide who resigned over the Jan. 6 riot at the U.S. Capitol, appeared Tuesday for an interview”)
- Fox News is trapped: Examining its bizarre recent coverage of Trump’s coup attempt
- Exclusive: U.S. majority supports tech regulation to preserve democracy
- More evidence the Supreme Court is hostile to the Voting Rights Act
- Another GOP governor rejects Mitch McConnell’s invitation to run for Senate
- GOP falters in effort to recruit star governors for Senate
- Senators Unveil Bipartisan Bill To Renew The Violence Against Women Act
- Republicans are trying to turn red America into a dystopia
- Ron DeSantis, ‘Don’t say gay,’ and the new GOP ‘snitch culture’
- ‘Blue’ suburban moms are mobilizing to counter conservatives in fights over masks, book bans and diversity education (It’s a miracle – the WaPo actually published a story about “blue” suburban moms, not just “red” ones!)
- This Is the Kind of History They Want to Pass Laws Against Teaching
- The Stories Fox News Doesn’t Cover (“In an alternate reality, what’s left out can matter as much as what’s made up.”)
- Stock trading ban gains steam but splits Senate GOP
- ‘Gazpacho police’: Nazi gaffe lands Republican congresswoman in the soup (“Marjorie Taylor Greene appears to confuse Hitler’s secret police with popular Spanish cold tomato soup”)
- Marjorie Taylor Greene Accuses Pelosi of Running ‘Gazpacho Police.’ (In addition to being evil, Marjorie Taylor Greene is an imbecile.)
- Will Madison Cawthorn be barred from Congress? N.C. election board says maybe (“By fanning the flames of Capitol riot, contentious Republican freshman may have knocked himself off the ballot”)
- Sarah Palin Takes the Stand at the New York Times Trial – and Her Strategy Is Clear
- I have a name for what fueled Joe Rogan’s new scandal: Bigotry Denial Syndrome
- Already embroiled in controversy, Spotify’s Joe Rogan platforms another serial climate misinformer
- Steep ridership losses will force changes to Metro service after pandemic, transit leaders say
- Senators Kaine and Warner discuss Russia, inflation and infrastructure
- Kaine, colleagues pushing to reinstate COVID-19 emergency paid sick and family leave
- Youngkin’s executive orders raise constitutional questions. It’s unclear when they’ll be answered.
- Virginia Republicans Continue Efforts To Defund Local School Divisions By Disguising Charter Schools As Lab Schools (“Youngkin has promised to be the education governor, but he’s repeatedly shown just the opposite”)
- Dr. Janice Underwood (Virginia’s First Director of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion) Has a LOT to Say – On the “Monster Minority Machine,” the Importance of DE&I, Her Successor, “People who were so easily manipulated,” Democratic Messaging Failures, etc. (“DE&I are principles of democracy…and our democracy is under attack.”)
- Virginia NAACP Issues Statement Against Optional Mask Wearing in School Amidst Virginia Senate’s Passage of SB 739
- Video: VA Senate Passes Legislation Mandating In-Person Instruction, Allowing Parents to Opt Out of Masking Their Kids (This comes after the Senate also passes a backdoor censorship bill. The Senate Dems’ firewall is looking shaky at the moment…)
- The Two Faces of Glenn Youngkin (“Glenn Youngkin as a candidate offered a template for the GOP in a post-Trump America. As Virginia’s governor, many say he’s taken a sharp turn to the right.”)
- Youngkin may get his mask victory, but he should learn he’s not a monarch
- Youngkin blasts media ‘misperceptions’ of his school masking policies (Youngkin went on far-right media again last night, this time on Hannity, who was apparently an advisor to Trump before/during/after the 1/6 coup attempt.)
- Virginia Senate votes to make masks in schools optional statewide (Really stupid.)
- Virginia appears set to ban school mask mandates. How soon will it happen?
- Virginia Senate passes bill to end school mask mandates — with help from Hampton Roads Democrats
- Kim Bobo column: Limit excessive use of solitary confinement
- Virginia Senate Passes Bill Requiring Parental Notification of ‘Sexually-Explicit’ Content in Classrooms
- Sexually explicit material notification legislation may be headed for a gubernatorial signature
- Bill to strip state environmental boards of permitting authority is a big mistake
- House GOP leadership scuttles bill to bar abortions after 20 weeks
- Miyares moves to reverse state’s endorsement of Waverly innocence request
- Schapiro: 21 days on, Youngkin’s Day 1 is a nightmare for some
- Editorial: In 2022 Virginia politics, the pros turn weird
- Protesters demand prison reform: Lawmakers may not oblige (“Virginians hoping for prison reform are keeping an eye on two bills in the General Assembly. As Sandy Hausman reports, they gathered in Richmond recently to demand an end to solitary confinement and worry that few people will be paroled if a measure passed by the House wins Senate approval.”)
- Advocates warn of weed ‘oligopoly’ as Virginia looks to speed up sales
- URGENT Take Action NOW to Protect Our Air and Water!
- Virginia COVID Hospitalizations Declining; New Cases Far Lower Than a Couple Weeks Ago; Deaths Still Staying High
- Editorial: Flexibility should center COVID fight (“The pandemic has forced Virginia to be flexible in its fight against the virus, and the commonwealth has done well to adjust when needed.”)
- Albemarle County rolls back testing requirement for unvaccinated student-athletes
- The Virginia Military Institute reinforces its female cadets’ fears
- Officers shot on Bridgewater campus mourned as heroes
- D.C.-area forecast: Mild through Saturday before winter cold and a chance of snow arrive Sunday (“Highs are well into the 50s the next three days”)
