by Lowell
Here are a few national and Virginia news headlines, political and otherwise, for Tuesday, March 29.
Doocy: When you said that chemical weapon use by Russia would trigger a response in kind
Biden: It will trigger a significant response
Doocy: What does that mean?
Biden: I’m not going to tell you. Why would I tell you? pic.twitter.com/jf6Mr1bLmT— Acyn (@Acyn) March 28, 2022
- Temperatures unheard of in parts of Antarctica shocked scientists
- Ecuador’s High Court Rules That Wild Animals Have Legal Rights (Nature in general should have rights.)
- Climate groups say a change in coding can reduce bitcoin energy consumption by 99% (“A simple switch in the way transactions are verified could reduce bitcoin’s energy-guzzling mining habits”)
- Russia’s War in Ukraine Reveals a Risk for the EV Future: Price Shocks in Precious Metals
- In a Climate Crisis, the Future Relies Alarmingly on Big Tech
- Russia’s invasion has made energy security a hot topic. The U.S. thinks hydrogen could be the answer
- Ukraine and Russia Trade Blows on Multiple Fronts
- Peace talks begin in Istanbul as Russia ‘resets’ forces in Ukraine
- Ukraine launches counterattack around Kyiv as new talks begin
- NATO Allies Are Split on Whether They Should Talk to Putin
- Ukraine Update: Kyiv Seeks Cease-Fire Deal in Fresh Russia Talks
- Ceasefire talks need to yield results – Turkish leader
- Ukraine, Russia hold new talks aimed at ending the fighting
- Ukraine says it retook several towns as it seeks to relieve hard-pressed cities
- Stop overestimating the Russian military and underestimating Ukrainians
- Russia no longer demanding Ukraine be ‘denazified’ in ceasefire talks
- The drone operators who halted Russian convoy headed for Kyiv
- Pentagon will accelerate production of missiles Ukraine has requested to refill US stockpiles
- After Russian forces pull back, a shattered town breathes
- Analysis: A Brutal Russian Playbook Reapplied in Ukraine (The Putin regime is evil incarnate.)
- Roman Abramovich and Ukrainian Peace Negotiators Suffer Symptoms of Suspected Poisoning (“The Russian oligarch and others developed symptoms they blamed on hard-liners in Moscow who they say want to sabotage talks to end the war”)
- Putin and the Myths of Western Decadence
- Kyiv will investigate video that appears to show Ukrainian forces shooting Russian prisoners of war
- ‘I Make No Apologies’: Biden Says His Comments Were an Expression of Moral Outrage
- Putin shouldn’t remain in power. Biden’s advisers blew it. (“Biden might have gone off script, but his advisers are off base.”)
- Joe Biden: ‘No Apologies’ For Saying Putin ‘Cannot Remain In Power’ (“‘I’m not walking anything back,’ the president said Monday.”)
- Biden told the truth about Putin. But regime change is not a policy option.
- Biden’s Putin ad lib wasn’t a gaffe. He was right.
- Germany, urged to ‘stop Putin’s war machine,’ resists Russian energy embargo
- Biden’s biggest mistake: It wasn’t what he said about Putin — it was taking it back (“Biden spoke from the heart, and people around the world were grateful. Only pundits and politicos were horrified” Agreed 100%.)
- Saudi energy minister says oil alliance OPEC+ will leave politics out of output decisions
- North Korea Signals It’s Preparing for a Nuclear Test, Exploiting U.S.-Russia Rift
- The Trumps Did Business With an Oligarch Linked to Iran’s Revolutionary Guard. They’d Like You to Forget.
- EXCLUSIVE Iran struck Iraq target over gas talks involving Israel – officials
- It’s not too late for new Covid-19 drugs to change the pandemic (“The new, easy-to-take antivirals are now on pharmacy shelves. This is who they stand to help the most.”)
- Covid News: U.S. Virus Deaths Drop to Lowest Point Since Summer
- ‘Biggest fraud in a generation’: The looting of the Covid relief plan known as PPP (Anyone who committed fraud should be held to account.)
- Why U.S. Population Growth Is Collapsing
- A milestone: Majority say they’ve had covid — even more in GOP
- Free COVID tests and treatments no longer free for uninsured, as funding runs out (“The Biden administration has asked Congress to allocate $22.5 billion more for pandemic relief. But the funding is stalled and the effects are already being felt.”)
- Biden’s asking for $5.8 trillion in spending for 2023. He’s unlikely to get it. (Dumb headline.)
- Progressives push Biden to act with Democrats’ midterm hopes in balance (“Congressional groups have drawn up lists of executive actions to further the Biden agenda while not giving up on legislation”)
- The right is done retreating in the culture war. It’s time to roll back rights. (“On abortion, on race, on LGBTQ rights, Republicans are bolder than they’ve ever been and they’re turning back the clock.”)
- The GOP is increasingly viewing politics with the zeal of religious absolutism
- Ginni Thomas May Be Off the Charts, but She Is No Outlier
- The Supreme Court must protect itself from the Thomas duo (“The Supreme Court has a serious problem thanks to Ginni Thomas.”)
- Trump’s Jan. 6 plot appears darker and more dangerous by the day
- A Federal Judge Just Told the Truth About Trump
- A judge’s ruling reinforces the darkest reading of Trump’s coup effort (“A federal court says Trump likely committed multiple crimes with regard to January 6.”)
- Federal Judge Finds Trump Most Likely Committed Crimes Over 2020 Election
- It Looks to Me Like the January 6 Investigation Has Quietly Expanded
- Jan. 6 committee recommends former Trump aides Navarro and Scavino face contempt charges
- ‘Do your job’: Jan. 6 committee presses DOJ as push for Meadows contempt charge languishes
- Video: Rep. Elaine Luria (D-VA02) Says DoJ “Must Act Quickly”; Declares “Attorney General Garland, do your job, so that we can do ours!”
- Jared Kushner expected to appear before Jan. 6 committee this week
- Romney says he hasn’t reached a decision yet on Ketanji Brown Jackson nomination
- Ted Cruz’s Efforts to Keep Trump in Office Went Far Deeper Than We Knew (Lock. Him. Up.)
- Florida governor signs controversial ‘Don’t Say Gay’ bill into law
- Joe Manchin Is the Embodiment of Justice John Paul Stevens’ Warning About Citizens United (“The difference between selling a vote and selling access is a matter of degree, not kind.”)
- People’s Convoy Gives Up, Will Leave D.C. After 3 Weeks of Doing Absolutely Nothing
- Attorney General Who Killed a Man Manages to Dodge Impeachment (“Jason Ravnsborg is now not likely to face any consequences after a special investigative committee of the South Dakota House of Representative voted against his impeachment” That’s completely f’ed up.)
- BOEM sets May auction for offshore wind leasing in 2 areas off the Carolinas
- Local Election Officials in Georgia Oppose G.O.P. Election Bill
- The Unreality of Will Smith’s Oscars Slap (“What followed an unprecedented moment of violence was almost as surreal as the incident itself.”)
- The misguided chivalry of Will Smith (“Chris Rock made a bad joke about Jada Pinkett Smith. Unfortunately, her husband’s offense became the story.” Exactly; if Smith hadn’t hit Rock, the story would have been about Rock’s offensive “joke.”)
- Will Smith Apologizes to Chris Rock After Academy Condemns His Slap (Smith should have been escorted out, probably should have been arrested, definitely should NOT have been allowed to speak. The Academy completely f’ed this up.)
- Fox Nation’s Lara Logan Suggests Theory of Evolution Is a Hoax Funded by Jews
- Fox vets keep leaving the network and saying it is propaganda (Fox is a complete disgrace.)
- A conspiracy theory about Hunter Biden and Ukrainian biolabs went from QAnon supporters and far-right message boards to the Kremlin and Tucker Carlson
- Sen. Mark Warner, Reps. Don Beyer and Bobby Scott Comment on President Biden’s FY2023 Budget Proposal (“The Biden-Harris Fiscal Year 2023 budget proposal lays out a clear vision for how America can build back better and meaningfully improve the lives of our nation’s students, workers, and families.”)
- PolitiFact VA: Good’s claim invents a position for Ketanji Brown Jackson (Bats**t-crazy Bob Good gets a “Pants on Fire” for his latest lunacy. Who votes for nutjobs like Good???)
- Audio: Rep. Don Beyer (D-VA08) on Combatting Russian Disinformation; on How Tucker Carlson, Tulsi Gabbard, etc. Are “the perfect pawns for Russian television” (Beyer also comments about how he lost the 1997 VA governor’s race partly due to his stances on “guns and tobacco”)
- Education spending remains one of the biggest budget challenges for Virginia lawmakers
- DPVA: New Report Raises Concerns About Corruption and Conflict of Interests in Youngkin Administration (Remember, a 2020 report found Virginia to be one of worst states in the country when it comes to ethics, transparency in government, etc. )
- Va. AG: Costs high, benefits uncertain from Dominion wind proposal (In fact, the benefits would be VERY high, but the costs could certainly be lower.)
- Virginia Employment Commission backlog eliminated, Younkgin administration says (That’s because the unemployment rate has plummeted and the COVID crisis has eased big time.)
- Heat-mapping study found major temperature swings within Virginia localities
- As the pandemic eases, officials want to get more Virginians back on public transit
- Virginia 10-Day New COVID-19 Cases Down 97% Compared to 1/19; Hospitalizations Down to 288 From ~4,000 in January
- Editorial: Trading silver for screens (“Virginia has an opportunity in film and television production, if lawmakers agree to provide money for tax breaks.”)
- University of Richmond strips names of enslavers from campus buildings
- Two weeks after Norfolk-bound cargo ship grounded in Chesapeake Bay, attempt to refloat it is about to begin
- D.C.-area forecast: More sun, less wind and slowly rising temperatures
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