by Lowell
Here are a few national and Virginia news headlines, political and otherwise, for Friday, March 18.
I love the Russian people. That is why I have to tell you the truth. Please watch and share. pic.twitter.com/6gyVRhgpFV
— Arnold (@Schwarzenegger) March 17, 2022
- Nations Should Conserve Fuel as Global Energy Crisis Looms, Agency Warns (“The International Energy Agency said countries should encourage use of mass transit and car pooling, among other things. That could also help the climate crisis.”)
- China weighs exit from ‘zero COVID’ and the risks involved
- Global Exodus From Chinese Markets Prompts Xi to Change Tack (“Beijing appeals to international investors after equities sink; Top officials pledge more transparent and predictable policies”)
- Top U.S. Officials See China Moving Closer to Support Putin
- Chinese carrier sails through Taiwan Strait hours before Biden-Xi call
- How the U.S. and EU Cut Russia Off From the Global Economy
- Another Dictator Is Having a Bad Year (“But while we’re all justifiably obsessed with the Ukraine war — I’m trying to limit my reading of Ukraine news to 13 hours a day — it’s important to note that there’s a superficially very different yet in a deep sense related debacle unfolding in the world’s other big autocracy: China, which is now experiencing a disastrous failure of its Covid policy.”)
- Ukraine war: Joe Biden to warn Xi Jinping China will face ‘costs’ if it helps Russia (“Leaders will hold first phone call since the invasion of Ukraine on Friday, amid speculation that Beijing could provide financial or military support to Moscow”)
- US sets the stage for contentious Biden call with China’s Xi
- Biden looks to assess where China’s Xi stands on Russia war
- As sanctions over Ukraine war mount, Russia turns to India to buy oil and arms (Unacceptable)
- Ukraine Update: Russia Repeats Its Threat to Target Arms Convoys
- Russia batters Ukraine with bombs (“Missile hits site near airport in west as fierce resistance stalls ground invasion”)
- The war in Ukraine could hardly be going worse for Putin. Don’t assume he agrees.
- Russian strikes on Lviv raise fears of Ukraine war spreading west
- Russian missiles strike Lviv, 43 miles from Polish border
- NATO Wants to Avoid Getting Dragged Into a War With Russia by Mistake
- Why Arnold Schwarzenegger taped an impassioned video to Russia, telling Putin: ‘Stop this war.’
- In Ukraine’s second city, a furious rain of bombs and rockets takes a toll: ‘There are no coffins left’
- ‘Scum and traitors’: Under pressure over Ukraine, Putin turns his ire on Russians (Putin is evil, just like Trump…two fascistic birds of a dictatorial feather.)
- Russia Leaves Cities in Ruins as Civilian Toll Rises (“Missiles Strike Western City of Lviv, Mayor Says”)
- Putin’s warning to anti-war Russians evokes Stalinist purges
- Putin’s New Pledge Is a Frightening Sign for Russia’s Future and the World’s
- Putin has already lost (“His aura of invincibility is gone.”)
- Germany’s Scholz urges ceasefire in call with Russia’s Putin
- Putin’s chilling warning to Russian ‘traitors’ and ‘scum’ is a sign things aren’t going to plan
- Putin Likely to Make Nuclear Threats If War Drags, U.S. Says
- US pours cold water on hopes of diplomatic solution in Ukraine
- Ofcom revokes RT’s broadcast licence
- Ukraine Awaits Word of Deaths, Survivors After Russia Hits Theater Turned Bomb Shelter
- Koch Industries to stay in Russia, says exiting does ‘more harm than good’ (Koch=Evil. Do NOT buy their products.)
- Inside Russia’s propaganda bubble: Where a war isn’t a war
- Missiles Strike Western City of Lviv, Mayor Says
- The friendship between China and Russia has boundaries
- Blinken joins Biden in calling Russian attacks ‘war crimes’
- Facing resistance in Ukraine, Putin turns to a familiar playbook: Bombing civilians (Analysis: “Their forces are not really capable of taking the cities street-by-street,” one analyst said. “So instead they are now trying to starve out and bombard the defenders into surrendering.”)
- Mounting Russian casualties lead to more questions about its military readiness
- The war in Ukraine is triggering a global food crisis. Here’s how the U.S. can help.
- Can Ukraine win the war? These analysts think so. Here’s how it might unfold
- The Emerging Path to Peace in Ukraine
- American man killed in Ukraine while waiting in bread line, family says
- Scoop: Ukraine sought long-term resistance funding
- More than two dozen Senate Republicans demand Biden do more for Ukraine after voting against $13.6 billion for Ukraine (Utter shamelessness is Republicans’ “superpower”)
- Daniel Yergin on Russia losing its status as an “energy superpower”
- Republican Senators Block Confirmation of Key Biden Officials, Stymying Ukraine Response
- How ‘Ukrainian bioweapons labs’ myth went from QAnon fringe to Fox News (“A feedback loop involving Russia and Tucker Carlson is promoting claims of US funding for biological weapons in Ukraine”)
- Don’t be fooled: The GOP love affair with Putin is worse than it looks (“Never mind the opinion polls and the Republican posturing. When the right sees Putin, they want what he’s got”)
- Another COVID Wave Is Looming (“How bad will it be?”)
- Moderna seeks FDA authorization for 4th dose of COVID shot
- Largest Federal Utility Chooses Gas, Undermining Biden’s Climate Goals (This framing is completely asinine. In fact, it’s not “Biden’s climate goals,” it’s what science says absolutely has to be done if we’re going to have a habitable planet worth living on.)
- The far right’s national plan for schools: Plant charters, defund public education (“Exclusive: Hillsdale College’s ‘classical’ charter schools are spreading fast — but the true goal is much bigger”)
- Hannity’s clownish contortions on Ukraine reveal the rot at Trumpism’s core
- Amazon Closes $8.5 Billion Acquisition of MGM
- Republican hopes to ride far-right rage into Idaho’s governor’s office (“Lieutenant governor Janice McGeachin is building a coalition including white nationalist and far-right militia backing, in what she tells supporters is ‘the fight of our lives’” Really, REALLY disturbing!)
- Mark Meadows’s 2020 Vote Is Under Investigation in North Carolina (Spoiler: he’s a powerful white guy, so he’ll totally get away with it. Ugh.)
- Cuomo Says He’s Open to Running for Governor, Starting New Party (What a jerk.)
- Trump’s EPA chief Scott Pruitt weighing Senate run in Oklahoma (Gack.)
- Texas’s voter suppression law got its first test. It worked like a charm.
- Amid protests, Penn swimmer Lia Thomas becomes first known transgender athlete to win Division I national championship
- Democrat Tim Kaine pans GOP’s ‘wild’ attack on Biden’s Supreme Court pick Ketanji Brown Jackson
- Over 100 Black Law Professionals Show Support For Supreme Court Nominee Ketanji Brown Jackson
- Civis Analysis of 2021 VA and NJ Elections: Republicans “remobilized Trump 2020 voters,” While “more 2020 Biden voters stayed home” (In the end, compared to 2017 (when Northam won in a landslide), Dem turnout was up 200k votes, but GOP turnout was up 500k votes…approaching presidential levels.)
- Youngkin says RGGI won’t work to cut emissions. Critics say his own report shows he’s wrong. (“The report actually confirms the need for RGGI”)
- Why Youngkin wants to get out of agreement combating climate change
- 2022 Legislative Recap: Democrats Fought to Keep Communities Safe and Dangerous Guns off The Street (“Republicans claim to be the party of law and order, but the 2022 legislative session shows otherwise”)
- Legislation to crack down on marijuana products, including synthetics, heads to Youngkin
- Pope & Schapiro: The new normal of overtime budget negotiations
- A bill to ban transcript withholding stalled this GA session, but lawmakers aren’t giving up hope
- 10-Day New COVID-19 Cases Down 95% Compared to 1/19; Hospitalizations Down to 462 From ~4,000 in January
- Virginia community college board names new chancellor, defying Youngkin’s call to restart hiring process
- Virginia approves 1 GW renewable energy expansion by Dominion Energy (“Dominion Energy is nearly halfway to targets established by the 2020 law, but must still build out nearly 10,000 MW of new wind and solar capacity to comply.”)
- How many Virginians with disabilities lack reliable transportation? Right now, we don’t know.
- Check Out the VA Teen Dems’ and VAPLAN’s “March Madness” Brackets; Which Virginia Legislators Have Done the Most to #ProtectOurProgress?
- Jury boosts landowners’ compensation for Bent Mountain property taken by Mountain Valley Pipeline
- With new protections for experimental animals, Stanley calls for adoption of rescued beagles
- Modern-day ‘Monuments Man’ in Martinsville helps Ukraine (“An archaelogist at the Virginia Museum of Natural Resources helps track status of cultural sites endangered by war.”)
- Fairfax Co. schools expecting up to 30,000 students to attend summer programs
- D.C.-area forecast: Well into the 70s today. Shower and storm chance Saturday.
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