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by Lowell
Here are a few international, national and Virginia news headlines, political and otherwise, for Thursday, December 22.
- Sowing Doubt: How Big Ag is Delaying Sustainable Farming in Europe
- Five Charts That Capture the State of Global Energy in 2022 (“The past year saw unprecedented energy shocks with Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, even as the world got closer to peak fossil fuel consumption.”)
- Did This Year Move the Needle on Climate Change? (“Climate action was needed more than ever in 2022. Here’s what changed—and what didn’t.”)
- Opinion | Could Fusion Arrive in Time to Solve Climate Change?
- As climate change threats grow, textbooks aren’t keeping up, study says
- Europe Is Learning to Live Without Russian Energy (“Russian President Vladimir Putin played the energy card on Europe to undercut Ukraine. Europe called his bluff.”)
- In a Famed Game Park Near the Foot of Mount Kilimanjaro, the Animals Are Giving Up (Horrible.)
- Oil Companies Had a Problem With ExxonMobil’s Industry-Wide Carbon Capture Proposal: Exxon’s Bad Reputation
- Zelensky helps Pelosi exit House in historic fashion
- Zelensky’s grit and defiance epitomize the nation he leads
- 5 takeaways from President Zelensky’s historic visit to DC (“The Ukrainian president made his first trip out of his country since Russia invaded. Both he and President Biden say they see the war entering a new phase.”)
- Zelensky makes impassioned plea for U.S. support amid grueling war
- Zelensky’s visit yields remarkable moment for two presidents
- Putin’s brain and the Ukraine disaster: What does the Russian leader really want?
- Zelensky’s visit highlights that freedom is winning in Ukraine — for now
- Russia’s Draft Patched Holes but Also Exposed Flaws in War Machine
- Amid a show of unity, Zelensky and Biden differ on some war needs
- Analysis: For Zelensky, a Celebration of Resilience and a Pitch for Support
- U.S. Aid Is ‘Not Charity,’ Zelensky Tells Congress as a Lengthy War Looms
- Unmasking the Russian Military Unit That Killed Dozens in Bucha (“Exclusive evidence obtained in a monthslong investigation identifies the Russian regiment, and commander, behind one of the worst atrocities in Ukraine.”)
- Five biggest moments from Zelensky’s address to Congress
- Zelenskyy comes to Washington and pulls neither punches nor asks
- Standing alongside Zelenskyy, Biden pledges to aid Ukraine ‘as long as it takes’
- Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy’s unexpected visit to the US, explained
- Zelensky Recalled Us to Ourselves (“He came to thank the U.S. for supporting Ukraine. It is Americans who should thank him.”)
- Zelensky to America: “Russian tyranny has lost control over us”
- Zelenskyy thanks ‘every American,’ sees ‘turning point’
- Zelenskiy Wins Applause, Aid in Half-Day Dash Through Washington
- Ukraine is alive and kicking, Zelensky tells US
- Russia scrubs Mariupol’s Ukraine identity, builds on death
- Ukraine Latest: Biden Vows Support; Zelenskiy Calls for Weapons
- Putin Pledges Unlimited Spending to Ensure Victory in Ukraine
- Zelenskyy’s visit to Washington hailed a historic success; Kyiv’s energy situation remains dire
- Zelenskiy Urges US Congress to Help Ukraine Turn the Corner in War
- Biden Says Giving Kyiv Advanced Weapons Risks US Alliances
- Volodymyr Zelenskiy channels Churchill to briefly unite a polarised US Congress (Cut the stupid “polarised” language, but yes, Zelensky channeled Churchill.)
- Zelenskiy invokes fight against Nazi Germany in speech to US Congress
- How Russia, Iran, and China Are Susceptible to Revolution
- Turkey, Saudi Arabia decry Taliban university ban for women
- A U.S. ally in Iraq vowed to tackle corruption. Torture and extortion followed.
- ‘I’ve done it’: Netanyahu announces his 6th government, Israel’s most hardline ever (This one is appallingly bad.)
- ‘We will not surrender’: Bolsonaro militants demand coup as Lula prepares to take power (“On the afternoon of 1 January, the leftist icon, who governed from 2003 to 2010, is due to be formally returned to the presidency at the age of 77. Vans have begun removing Bolsonaro’s belongings from the presidential residence after an anarchic four-year reign during which there were nearly 700,000 Covid deaths and a surge in Amazon destruction.” Bolsonaro is the “Trump of the Tropics,” and that is really, really not a good thing.)
- Sam Bankman-Fried is extradited to the U.S. as 2 former FTX employees turn on him
- American life expectancy is now at its lowest in nearly two decades
- ‘Tripledemic’ Rages On: Fever-Filled Weeks Lie Ahead
- Bomb cyclone and Arctic outbreak put 215 million under weather alerts
- Wild winter weather brings drastic temperature drops within minutes across the U.S.
- Mitch McConnell Sets the Script for Lame Duck Spending Omnibus
- The budget deal reflects Senate Republican fears of the new GOP House
- Senate hits snag in bid to pass $1.7 trillion spending bill
- Mike Lee, Title 42 drama holds up omnibus passage
- America Should Finish the Work the Jan. 6 Committee Started
- Jan. 6 panel prepares to unveil final report on insurrection
- Why the Jan. 6 Committee Let Ginni and Clarence Thomas Off the Hook (“When you’re a justice, they let you do it.”)
- Jan. 6 select committee releases transcripts of 34 witness testimonies
- First transcripts from Jan. 6 committee reveal key witnesses refusing to testify
- Gods Don’t Bleed. Trump Is Bleeding.
- The GOP elite wants to brand Trump a loser — the humiliating release of his tax returns could help (“Not only did Trump’s candidates lose big in 2022, but he couldn’t even make money selling White House influence”)
- I.R.S. Routinely Audited Obama and Biden, Raising Questions Over Delays for Trump
- Trump’s Taxes: Red Flags, Big Losses and a Windfall From His Father
- Trump Paid $1.1 Million in Taxes During Presidency, but $0 in 2020, Report Shows
- How the release of Trump’s taxes blows up a big GOP myth (“Despite all the Republican talk of ‘fishing expeditions,’ Democrats have been vindicated.”)
- In Testimony, Hannity and Other Fox Employees Said They Doubted Trump’s Fraud Claims
- Sotomayor and Kagan need to think about retiring
- Report: Pro-Trump Lawyer Pressured Cassidy Hutchinson to Lie to January 6 Committee
- Fox News barely covered House reports detailing problems with Donald Trump’s tax returns (Fox is definitely not “News”)
- Porn, Piracy, Fraud: What Lurks Inside Google’s Black Box Ad Empire
- What Elon Musk failed to understand about Twitter
- Liz Cheney and Adam Kinzinger Put Patriotism Over Politics
- Kamala Harris, a Very Turbulent Year in America, and the Challenge of Being First
- Matt Gaetz and Lauren Boebert blow through Capitol security and refuse screenings before Zelensky speech
- George Santos also lied about his grandparents fleeing anti-Jewish persecution during WWII (This guy absolutely should not be sworn in to Congress.)
- Brazilian database records, historian cast doubt on Santos’ claims of Jewish ancestry
- Did Republican Representative-elect George Santos lie about everything?
- Exclusive: Clean Up On Aisle George Santos
- She was an ABC News producer. She also was a corporate operative
- Florida GOP to hold no-confidence vote in RNC Chair Ronna McDaniel
- Childhood immunizations drop in Florida, where public health is mocked
- The Fall of the Progressive Boy King(“Sean McElwee’s patron SBF went bust and now he’s suffered his own scandal.”)
- Kari Lake’s Conspiracy-Addled Lawsuit Over Arizona Election Loses Some Weight
- Commanders owner Daniel Snyder should face a reckoning
- Following Ukrainian President Zelensky’s Speech to Congress, Sen. Mark Warner Declares, “We will continue to stand with the Ukrainian people, and our NATO allies, to back Ukraine”
- Schapiro: Luria front and center among Virginians holding Trump accountable
- BREAKING: Jennifer McClellan Wins VA04 Dem Nomination Overwhelmingly, with 84.8% (!) of 27,900 Votes Cast(McClellan is on track to become the first African-American woman EVER elected to Congress from Virginia!)
- Virginia on track to send first Black woman to Congress
- Virginia Dems move to elect state’s first Black woman to Congress (“The district is heavily blue, so McClellan is very likely to win the special election on Feb. 21, when she’ll face off against Republican Leon Benjamin.”)
- Video: VA Dems Provide Update of Ballot Counting in VA04 Nomination, Say They’re About Halfway Through, Vow to Count Every Vote and Get It Right (Leaders note that this a volunteer-run process, with ~26,000 votes cast sharply contrasting with Republicans’ miniscule turnout.)
- McClellan wins 4th District Democratic primary in bid to succeed Rep. McEachin
- Jennifer McClellan is poised to make history in Virginia after winning Democratic nomination to succeed late Rep. Donald McEachin
- Video: On U.S. House Floor, Rep. Abigail Spanberger Celebrates U.S. Representative Elaine Luria’s Superb Record of Service
- Video: Rep. Don Beyer Looked at Trump’s Tax Returns, Says “I was just amazed that you could report $100 million in income and have a tax under $1,000” (“…what jumped out at me is almost $300 million worth of unsubstantiated deductions”)
- RGGI Pays Climate Costs, But Youngkin Sticks it to Taxpayers
- Youngkin’s revised history standards draw from broader conservative movement (And by “conservative,” they mean far right.)
- Virginia subcommittee on campaign finance reform still failing to complete only job
- Civic Education Commission endorses alternate Virginia history standards
- Youngkin gears up for the make-or-break year of his governorship (Dems need to make sure it’s “break.”)
- Glenn Youngkin’s Big Plans (Sen. Lucas’ trash can is going to be full next year!)
- New book gives behind-the-scenes account of former Governor Northam’s tumultuous term
- Guest editorial: The city’s Lost Cause statues are all gone. So what now?
- Experts weigh in on questions about uranium mining safety in Pittsylvania County
- Editorial: A season for giving (“Hampton Roads families should strive to make the holidays brighter for our neighbors struggling during difficult times.”)
- D.C.-area forecast: Heavy rain today, Arctic blast Friday
