by Lowell
Here are a few national and Virginia news headlines, political and otherwise, for Sunday, March 27.
- Complex Models Now Gauge the Impact of Climate Change on Global Food Production. The Results Are ‘Alarming’ (“Climate change is a ‘threat multiplier,’ making hunger emergencies worse. Advanced modeling shows that crop yields could plummet, faster than expected.”)
- Insurers could have been climate heroes. Instead, they have risked a crisis to dwarf 2008
- Germany can go without Russian gas by 2024, thanks to renewables, hydrogen, efficiency (Do it!)
- Europe can lead the way through an energy crisis without more fossil fuels
- Russia-Ukraine War Upends Arctic Climate Research
- Chain Reaction: Why Global Supply Chains May Never Be the Same
- War shakes Europe path to energy independence, climate goals (Europe should massively accelerate its transition to a clean energy economy.)
- Ukraine launches counterattacks against Russia (“Ukraine has reclaimed several villages near Kharkiv and Sumy, officials say, as the city of Lviv faces Russian missile attacks”)
- Zelenskyy: West needs more courage in helping Ukraine fight
- Biden lashes at Putin, calls for Western resolve for freedom
- Biden calls out Putin in speech on last day in Europe
- If Russia Uses Chemical Weapons In Ukraine, NATO Will Take Action, Warns Official
- Biden not seeking Putin’s ouster, Blinken says; Zelensky pushes for planes
- Biden Condemns Putin, Saying He ‘Cannot Remain In Power’
- What Is Putin Thinking? (“The national identity the Russian President has helped promulgate—illiberal, imperial, resentful of the West—has played an essential role in his brutal invasion of Ukraine.” Disgusting in every way; the worst of humanity.)
- Biden Meets Ukraine Refugees in Poland, Including Ones From Mariupol
- Biden delivers a clarion call for democracy. Now bring it home. (“A dictator bent on rebuilding an empire will never erase a people’s love for liberty.”)
- Biden summons history in sweeping call for renewed alliance of democracies
- Russian generals are getting killed at an extraordinary rate
- After a month of war, a defiant nation is forever changed but adapting
- Rockets strike Lviv, indicating Russia’s unrelenting barrage
- Russian soldiers release Ukraine town’s mayor and agree to leave after protests
- The Making of Vladimir Putin (“Tracing Putin’s 22-year slide from statesman to tyrant”)
- Biden rallies allies against Russia: Five takeaways
- Ukraine calls for more arms, says Russia is destroying fuel and food depots
- Russia’s failures in Ukraine imbue Pentagon with newfound confidence (“Even though the U.S. military has not played the primary role in the American response to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, senior Pentagon officials are quick to tout the still-unfolding war as proof of America’s economic, diplomatic and military strength.”)
- Poland’s Duda Slams Hungary for Its Policy Toward Russia
- Second ‘black box’ found in China Eastern plane crash
- U.S. envoy not confident Iran nuclear deal is imminent
- Before Israeli-Arab summit, Blinken seeks to reassure allies on Iran
- What a Single Metric Tells Us About the Pandemic (“Excess mortality and COVID”)
- Pretending the Pandemic Is Over Will Not Make It So (The NY Times editorial board is complete sh*t-for-brains, but they stumbled upon the truth in this case.)
- President to Propose 20% Tax Aimed at Billionaires, Unrealized Gains
- Biden budget to trim $1T from deficits over next decade
- Biden to unveil new minimum tax targeting richest 700 Americans (What we really need is a steep wealth tax for hundred-billionaires like Jeff Bezos, Elon Musk, etc.)
- Biden to Sidestep ‘Build Back Better’ Proposals in His Budget
- Legal scholars and lawyers who know Justice Thomas say he can no longer ignore his wife’s activism
- Texts Show Ginni Thomas’s Embrace of Conspiracy Theories
- The Worst Ginni Thomas Text Wasn’t From Ginni Thomas
- Ginni Thomas’ West Wing contacts raise new questions for another Trump ally: John Eastman
- Brooks’s turn on Trump could give the Jan. 6 probe momentum
- Ketanji Brown Jackson is the most popular Supreme Court nominee in years
- QAnon’s Takeover of the Republican Party Is Virtually Complete (“It would be hilarious if it didn’t involve people in positions of real influence.”)
- Republican Senators Play the QAnon Game (“It is also a travesty, a wicked and immoral use of the power of public office. Of course, neither wickedness nor immorality are, or have ever been, obstacles to political power. If they were then, well, we wouldn’t be living in this world.”)
- Graham: Judicial confirmation process could get even more toxic
- Republicans engineered a democratic disaster in Texas
- Questions abound as Trump raises – and hoards – huge sums of 2024 cash (“Without any declared candidacy, and with little spent on Republican candidates, the purpose of Trump’s war chest remains opaque”)
- In Georgia, Trump Tries to Revive a Sputtering Campaign
- Rep. Jeff Fortenberry resigns after being found guilty of lying to FBI
- MTG Bizarrely Accuses Pete Buttigieg and His Husband of Trying to Get Into Girls’ Bathrooms
- Foo Fighters drummer Taylor Hawkins had 10 substances in system when he died, authorities say
- Kaine meets with UVa docs to hear about long COVID
- The 2022 VAPLAN General Assembly Scorecard Is Here! (Who are the most – and the LEAST – progressive members of the Virginia House of Delegates, State Senate?)
- Video: In Speech to Liberty University, Youngkin Rails Against Right-Wing Bogeyman Like “Cancel Culture” and Supposedly Teaching Students They’re “Inherently Racist”; Refers to His Political Opponents as “The Enemy”
- Key Youngkin adviser is paid by political firms (“Matthew Moran, a Richmond insider who has helped newcomer Gov. Glenn Youngkin navigate an unfamiliar Capitol, serves as a volunteer while on a paid leave from two political firms.”)
- Opinion: Youngkin ignores facts to reject RGGI’s market-based solutions
- Opinion: New data shows education likely didn’t sway governor’s race
- Friday Night Update from the ER in Arlington, VA: “The BA.2 variant is doubling its prevalence about every 2 weeks…Get vaccinated (or your booster). Keep a mask handy.”
- The new COVID subvariant is already in Virginia. Here’s what you should know.
- Congress allowed funds covering COVID testing and vaccines for uninsured Virginians to run out. The loss risks a critical safety net
- D.C.-area forecast: A winter chill grips the DMV; slowly warming by midweek
