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by Lowell
Here are a few national and Virginia news headlines, political and otherwise, for Wednesday, March 9.
- Can we finally talk about freeing ourselves from fossil fuel tyranny?
- Turning the Amazon Into the Serengeti: a Bad Idea
- Russia ‘has gone all in’: Does Putin have a way out of his war in Ukraine?
- Russians flee Putin’s crackdown as Ukraine invasion reshapes Moscow’s future
Russia-Ukraine war: what we know on day 14 of the Russian invasion (“US rejects Polish offer of fighter jets to help Ukraine as Russia claims it is opening humanitarian corridors from Kyiv, Chernihiv, Sumy, Kharkiv and Mariupol”)- Putin’s always wanted to weaken the West. He’s done the exact opposite
- Ukraine war at 2-week mark: Russians slowed but not stopped
- NATO Members Mount Huge Operation to Resupply Ukrainian Fighters
- Xi Jinping is surely rethinking his grand bromance with Putin
- Sirens in Ukraine’s capital as civilians try to flee cities
- Russian Invasion Turns Ukraine’s Local Politicians Into Resistance Leaders
- Russia Set to Ban Commodity Exports Following Western Sanctions
- The World Needs to Prepare for a Long Ukraine War
- U.S. Intelligence Tells Congress Putin Is ‘Unlikely to Be Deterred’
- Ukraine first lady condemns Russian ‘mass murder’
- Putin’s Endgame Starts to Look Like Reducing Ukraine to Rubble
- Putin’s military failures force bitter Russian reckoning
- Russian forces face resistance in key areas of Ukraine 2 weeks into invasion
- ‘We are not co-operating’: Life in occupied Ukraine
- Kyiv has transformed into a fortress, with its residents determined to defend it
- Pentagon says Polish proposal to transfer jets to US to give to Ukraine isn’t ‘tenable’
- Poland Pushes Fighter Jet Issue Over to NATO to Decide
- The Terrible Case for a No-Fly Zone in Ukraine
- Iconic U.S. brands Coca-Cola, Pepsi, McDonald’s and Starbucks suspend business in Russia
- Harris heads to Poland amid turbulence over jets for Ukraine
- How the Putin Shock Might Affect the World Economy
- U.S. and Western Companies Increase Russia’s Isolation
- “War Crimes Are Part of Russia’s Deliberate Strategy”
- Russia continues to advance on the critical city of Dnipro, threatening to cut off Ukrainian forces.
- Angry Putin set to ‘double down’ in Ukraine, intel chiefs warn lawmakers (Putin sounds completely psycho.)
- ‘Please Help Our Nation’: Ukrainian Politician Breaks Down During Plea For U.S. Military Aid
- With Ukraine war, Europe’s geopolitical map is moving again
- The weather may be working against Putin (“Within weeks, however, temperatures in western Europe will have warmed to the extent that Russian gas will be less critical to heat homes in Germany and elsewhere. Indeed, by mid-March, daytime temperatures in Frankfurt will be passing 60 degrees.”)
- Saudi, Emirati Leaders Decline Calls With Biden During Ukraine Crisis
- Oil falls towards $125 as investors weigh U.S. import ban
- Analysis: Taiwan studies Ukraine war for own battle strategy with China
- South Koreans vote for president in tight, bitter election
- Exit Polls Show Dead Heat in South Korea Presidential Election
- Venezuela Releases Imprisoned Americans After Talks With U.S.
- Joe Biden bans Russian oil imports in ‘powerful blow to Putin’s war machine’
- US demands shale industry does ‘whatever it takes’ to ease oil crisis
- WSJ Poll: 79% of Americans Back Ban on Russian Oil Even if Energy Prices Rise
- Republicans cheer Russian oil ban and jeer Biden for rising gas prices (Completely asinine as usual.)
- As he seeks to isolate Putin, Biden warns of costs at home
- Ending Russian oil imports, Biden anticipates disingenuous GOP attacks
- Yellen Applauds White House’s ‘Historic’ Crypto Executive Order
- Vaccines work for children. Ignore the nonsense spoken in Florida.
- John Bolton: Trump Cared More About a “Spaghetti Bowl of Conspiracy Theories” Than Ukraine
- Trump “Admired” Putin’s Ability to Kill Whomever He Wanted: Ex-Staffer (“Does anyone love dictators more than Donald Trump?”)
- Top lawmakers reach deal on Ukraine aid, $1.5T spending (“Party leaders planned to whip the 2,741-page measure through the House on Wednesday and the Senate by week’s end, though that chamber’s exact timing was unclear. Lawmakers were spurred by the urgency of helping Ukraine before Russia’s military might makes it too late.”)
- Senate passes $107 billion overhaul of USPS, lauding mail agency’s role in pandemic response
- Inside the Jan. 6 committee’s effort to trace every dollar raised and spent based on Trump’s false election claims
- Will the Independent State Legislature doctrine literally mean the end of democracy? (“How the right turned a fringe constitutional theory into a brutal political weapon that could lock in GOP power”)
- This Supreme Court Case Is a Reminder the American Republic Is Hanging By a Thread (“The ‘independent state legislature doctrine’ is highly dangerous to American elections.”)
- GOP pushes for an ‘earthquake in American electoral power’ (“Conservatives are promoting the ‘independent legislature’ theory, which would hand vast election powers to GOP legislators in battleground states.”)
- GOP’s violent rhetoric keeps getting worse — and almost nobody is paying attention (“At CPAC, Sen. Rick Scott essentially called for eliminating leftists. Armed Republicans understand what he means”)
- Florida’s harmful ‘Don’t Say Gay’ bill is just one example of a dark national trend (“Kids will pay the price for attempts to spur a moral panic and win votes by inflaming an entirely unnecessary culture war.”)
- Senate Republicans might help Democrats keep the majority (“They are doing more damage to their chances than Democrats ever could.”)
- Even in war, the GOP’s search for ways to undermine Biden never ends
- Why the GOP agenda will grow even more extreme in the coming years
- EPA Prepares to Approve Bee-Killing Pesticides for 15 More Years (“Banned in Europe, neonicotinoids have ‘contributed to this toxic landscape across the country.'” F’ing stupid.)
- ‘Astonishing’: Shackleton’s Shipwreck Found ‘Largely Intact’
- Why Was Trump’s ICE Director at AFPAC’s ‘Nazi Conference’?
- Longtime Proud Boys leader Enrique Tarrio charged with conspiracy in Jan. 6 attack on Capitol
- Guy Reffitt guilty on all counts in first Capitol riot trial
- Guilty: Jury Convicts Insurrectionist in First January 6 Trial
- The Son Who Brought Down His Insurrectionist Father (“Guy Reffitt was convicted in a landmark, emotionally wrenching case.”)
- Smartmatic can pursue election-rigging claims against Fox News, Giuliani
- Johnson blocks vote on antisemitism envoy, meets with truckers instead
- Michigan GOP candidate says he tells daughters to ‘lie back and enjoy it’ if rape is inevitable (Completely demented.)
- GOP nominee for Michigan legislature is a QAnon supporter who endorsed call to kill Biden, Fauci, and others
- As Biden considered sanctions against Russian oil, Fox & Friends repeated the network’s top 4 lies about gas prices
- Missouri lawmaker seeks to stop residents from obtaining abortions out of state
- Mark Meadows Spread Trump’s Voter Fraud Claims. Now His Voting Record Is Under Scrutiny.
- The sad, strange saga of Mark Meadows’s dream home
- Fox News Poll: Gibbons and Mandel lead Ohio GOP Senate primary (Mandel is an extremist and appears to be mentally unhinged.)
- Fox News Poll: McCormick tops Dr. Oz in Pennsylvania GOP senate primary poll
- Fox News Poll: Kemp leads Perdue in Georgia’s GOP primary race for governor
- Texas Youth Gender Clinic Closed Last Year Under Political Pressure
- Fox Newsers rally around Rick Scott’s radical GOP blueprint
- Video: Sen. Mark Warner Says Ukraine Shows People Willing to “Fight and Die” for Liberal Democracy, and That This Fight Goes “Way Way Beyond Ukraine”
- Sen. Tim Kaine Cosponsors Bipartisan “Ban Russian Energy Imports Act”
- Video: Just Back from Trip to Ukraine-Poland Border, Rep. Gerry Connolly (D-VA11) Says We Have to Help Ukrainians “take this fight to the Russians and to raise the cost to Russia of this reckless, malignant act”
- Virginia’s General Assembly session could go into overtime as budget negotiators look for a deal on tax cuts (“Budget negotiators in Virginia’s General Assembly are rushing to meet a deadline for a deal on tax cuts, a key campaign promise of Gov. Glenn Youngkin (R). With the clock ticking, this year’s legislative session could go into overtime beyond Saturday’s scheduled adjournment.”)
- Court hears arguments in case regarding special election this fall
- Budgets agree on reducing pension liabilities, but by how much?
- Localities and natural gas: lawmakers weigh how much power city councils should have
- Elected leaders need to stand up for election officials (By Chris Piper, who is the outgoing commissioner of the Virginia Department of Elections.)
- After Landslide Votes in Both Chambers, 5 Beagle Protection Bills Head to Gov. Youngkin’s Desk
- Virginia lawmakers pass new regulations for controversial beagle breeding facility (“Virginia has been responsible for ignoring this mess for a long time”)
- Legislators want to expand eligibility criteria for health district directors (“Some local health departments are struggling to fill leadership roles”)
- Some state lawmakers want to roll back Virginia’s new police documents law
- Bill restricting public access to police files advances out of Virginia Senate (“We are moving backwards”)
- 10-Day New COVID-19 Cases Down 94% Compared to 1/19; Hospitalizations at Lowest Level Since August 2021
- Key Va. lawmakers reach deal to cap Commanders stadium bonds at $350 million (How about capping it at…uh, zero?)
- Hanover County School Board invites outside review of transgender policies, adopts equity proclamation (“The Hanover County School Board agreed Tuesday night to allow a Christian conservative legal advocacy organization that some call a ‘hate group’ to look at the board’s ‘equal educational opportunities’ policy — the policy at the heart of the board’s contentious actions regarding transgender students that prompted a lawsuit filed against it last December.”)
- Limpert: Mountain Valley Pipeline will be a health hazard
- Editorial: Inaction on campaign cash (“When given the chance to impose thoughtful limits on campaign donations, Virginia lawmakers yet again declined to act.”)
- Project Veer update: ‘Now is the time’ for Southwest to look at offshore wind industry
- Norfolk City Council unanimously votes to suspend sister-city relationship with Russian city (“The council passed a resolution unanimously Tuesday night calling for the suspension of the relationship ‘until peace and sovereignty are restored in Ukraine,’ even though the nonprofit organization that fosters the relationship has said it wanted to maintain it.”)
- Virginia Supreme Court agrees to hear case of fired West Point teacher (“Peter Vlaming was fired from his job as a high school French teacher in 2018 after he refused to use pronouns such as ‘him’ and ‘his’ to refer to a female student who was transitioning to a male. The Virginia Supreme Court has agreed to hear his case.”)
- Virginia Beach City Council talks about new election system as appeal in voting case plays out in court
- Loudoun school system updates Title IX policies after much-criticized handling of sex assault cases
- Williams: The beltway truckers protest was destined to stall. It’s time to tackle real issues instead of manufactured ones.
- Fox Elementary students find a temporary home at First Baptist
- D.C.-area forecast: March madness strikes early with a wild weather week (“We’re seeing it all this week from 80 degrees on Monday, to a cold rain today with a touch of snow possible north of town, to what should be a stormy Saturday with wind and rain that could end as snow.”)
