by Lowell
Here are a few international, national and Virginia news headlines, political and otherwise, for Friday, January 6. Two years ago, a bunch of Trump supporters assaulted our nation’s Capitol and our democracy.
- Slashing greenhouse gas emissions key to saving Earth’s glaciers, study finds (Not in a decade or two or three – NOW!)
- A new climate reality: Less warming, but worse impacts on the planet
- Scientists Report a Dramatic Drop in the Extent of Antarctic Sea Ice
- Wind generated a record amount of electricity in 2022
- Eurozone Inflation Eases on Lower Energy Prices
- U.S. and Germany sending armored vehicles to Ukraine
- Kremlin-ordered truce is uncertain amid suspicion of motives
- Russia’s 36-hour cease-fire begins; Zelenskyy rejects pause as a ‘cover’ to advantage Russian troops
- Battered and Strained by War, Ukraine’s Economy Adapts to Survive
- Tesla Slashes Prices in China Again After Deliveries Slump
- The US Keeps Offering China Its Covid Vaccines. China Keeps Saying No
- Biden’s national security adviser is hopeful war over Taiwan can be prevented
- Violence hits Mexico cartel stronghold as ‘Chapo’ son nabbed
- Sinaloa cartel launches violent response as Mexico recaptures El Chapo’s son
- How Worried Should We Be About XBB.1.5? (“Yet another new and highly transmissible subvariant of the coronavirus is taking over.”)
- Biden immigration plan would restrict illegal border crossings
- Job growth expected to have cooled in December but not enough to slow Fed rate hikes
- U.S. Jobs Report Expected to Show Only Slight Slowdown in Hiring
- A biotech firm says the U.S. has approved its vaccine for honeybees
- U.S. EV Sales Jolted Higher in 2022 as Newcomers Target Tesla
- Fears US supreme court could radically reshape clean water rules (“Conservative-majority court could soon decide on scope of Clean Water Act, dramatically affecting laws and wetlands countrywide”)
- U.S. Moves to Bar Noncompete Agreements in Labor Contracts
- Killings by US police reach record high in 2022
- What the heck does ‘weaponizing the federal government’ even mean? (“Republicans keep saying the government is tormenting Americans. Care to explain?”)
- 2 Years After Jan. 6 Insurrection, New GOP Chaos Roils The U.S. Capitol
- The Hill’s Morning Report — Speaker deal slowly coming together (“Critics, including some moderate Republicans, worried such a pact could weaken the role of the Speaker and render the House ungovernable.” That’s exactly what will happen.)
- Dems bask in the speaker schadenfreude
- Making America the Opposite of Great
- Analysis: Speaker Quest Reveals McCarthy’s Tenuous Grip on an Unruly Majority
- Kevin McCarthy Is Not the Only Loser in the House G.O.P.’s Speaker Mess
- Imagine Negotiating a Debt-Ceiling Ransom With These Maniacs
- Kevin McCarthy Doesn’t Have Enough Fans Inside The House … Or Outside It
- Kevin McCarthy’s Humiliation Is Getting Embarrassing for the Whole Republican House (“His political karma is starting to leave teethmarks on everyone’s hindquarters.”)
- Opinion: Kevin McCarthy’s fiasco is a blow to Donald Trump
- Kevin McCarthy and the price of power for its own sake
- The McCarthy speaker circus is a good argument for voting Democrat
- How January 6 may have doomed Kevin McCarthy’s speaker hopes
- Democratic leadership is off to a great start — thanks to MAGA crazies
- House Democrats connect Jan. 6 to GOP’s speakership fight
- There you go again, House Republicans
- First order of business for the GOP House? Defunding the (tax) police.
- 2 years after Jan. 6, speaker scrap paralyzes Congress again
- McCarthy offers deal to end standoff in House speaker fight
- McCarthy speaker spectacle is no joke. It shows the Republican Party will damage America.
- Policy demands, personal animus and more: Meet the McCarthy resistance
- No Tears for Kevin McCarthy (“The defeat of Kevin McCarthy in his bid for the speakership of the House would be good for Congress. The defeat of Kevin McCarthy would be good for the United States. It might even be good for his own Republican Party.”)
- What Kevin McCarthy’s concessions to right-wingers would mean for a functioning Congress (“They’d make it harder for him to run the chamber — and perhaps harder for Republicans to hold on to it.”)
- McCarthy Destroys His Speakership In Order to Save It
- What McCarthy’s concessions could cost him — and the GOP
- Has McCarthy given up his speaker powers before he’s even won?
- Kevin McCarthy Debases Himself in Hopes of Finally Winning Speaker Vote, Then Loses Again (And Again, And Again)
- The Chaos Is the Point: The McCarthy Holdouts Are Trolling Democracy
- ‘I’m not even a congressman’: House lawmakers and staffers can’t function while speaker fight drags on
- In House Speaker Fight, Trump Struggles to Play Kingmaker
- The Republican divide plays out in conservative news outlets.
- GOP rebels cash in on McCarthy misery
- Moderates increasingly frustrated over McCarthy’s concessions (They’re not “moderates,” but they’re less right wing than the Bob Goods and Lauren Boeberts of the world.)
- Yes, January 6 Was a Heavily Armed Insurrection (“The House committee’s final report and court documents further reveal that many Trump extremists brought guns.”)
- Enablers, line-straddlers and quiet resistors: How GOP lawmakers contributed to Jan. 6
- Trump’s renewed attack on Ruby Freeman is revealing. Here’s why. (“Seemingly out of nowhere this week, former President Donald Trump fired off a series of deranged, disjointed ‘truths’ about former Georgia election worker Ruby Freeman.”)
- Corporate America Condemned the January 6 Riot—Then Went Right Back to Funding Election Deniers
- Two Years Later, Prosecutions of Jan. 6 Rioters Continue to Grow (“The Justice Department’s investigation of the Capitol attack, already its largest ever, has resulted in 900 arrests, with more potentially to come.”)
- Trump Sued by Estate of Capitol Police Officer Who Died After Jan. 6 Attack
- Trump accused in lawsuit of causing wrongful death of Officer Brian Sicknick in US Capitol attack
- Judge Rules for Justice Dept. in Dispute With Trump Over Documents Search
- Trump lawyers ordered to hand over names of individuals hired to search Trump properties for classified documents
- Jack Smith Obtains ‘Trove’ Of Communications With Trump Lawyers
- Trump’s Troubles Mount as Special Counsel Gets New 2020 Evidence
- Right-wing media lash out at Fox News over its coverage of the House speaker vote
- Kevin McCarthy’s Speakership Bid Has Fox News at War With Itself (“The split between Sean Hannity and Tucker Carlson highlights the stark divide House Republicans will need to overcome in choosing their next leader.”)
- Jan. 6 Committee Experiment Found TikTok Went From Zero To Nazi in 75 Minutes
- Almost two years after the January 6 Capitol attack, Fox News continues to perpetuate lies and disinformation about elections
- South Carolina Supreme Court rules abortion protected under state constitution
- Within hours of Debbie Stabenow announcing her retirement, Dems are scrambling to replace her
- Herschel Walker Staffer: Matt Schlapp ‘Groped’ My Crotch
- “Don’t Say Gay”: Florida schools purge library books with LGBTQ characters
- In Queens, protesters call on George Santos to resign — or face voters
- Damar Hamlin is awake and communicating with those around him, doctors say (Phew!)
- Idaho suspect in student murders thoroughly cleaned vehicle, also seen wearing surgical gloves, source says (Pure evil.)
- Chesapeake Bay still in poor health, blue crabs suffering, says State of the Bay report
- Video: Former Rep. Denver Riggleman (R-VA05) Says Anti-McCarthy Rs “are one scoop short of a sundae,” Being Driven by Right-Wing “Base” Voters (“[Today’s GOP] is what it is, but it isn’t going to die.”)
- Video: On “Morning Joe,” Rep. Abigail Spanberger (D-VA07) Says Intra-GOP Fighting “is deeply concerning,” Not Just for the Speaker but Also for the Debt Ceiling, etc.
- Dominion Energy’s Climate Report confirms the future of power is renewable
- 2023 VA General Assembly Kicks Off Next Wednesday; Here Are Some of the (Many) Horrendous Bills That Right-Wing Republicans Have Introduced (Rs’ assault public education, women’s reproductive freedom, gun violence prevention, voting rights, you name it…)
- VA House Democratic Caucus Joins with Senate Democrats to Work for Virginians (“Democrats head to session united with a shared Vision for Virginia”)
- VCU poll: Positive grades for Youngkin, support for renewables
- Virginia awards $52 million for additional flood resilience projects (Thank you RGGI!)
- Republican lawmakers revive push for school choice legislation
- In Salem, Youngkin promises tax cuts, emphasizes ‘compete to win’ (Good right winger that Youngkin is, tax cuts for the rich are his answer to everything.)
- The governor wants to cut “unnecessary regulations,” but could that hurt housing development?
- Pope & Schapiro: What’s at stake in Tuesday’s special elections and the General Assembly session
- Del. Marie March uses social media to blame judge, lawyers for court loss
- Longer-term testing finds GenX chemical still present in Roanoke River
- Former VA Young Dems President, Civic Federation Secretary Maureen Coffey Announces Candidacy for Arlington County Board
- NEW: Three County Board hopefuls make their pitch to Arlington Dems during packed meeting
- Portsmouth’s new police chief speaks at vigil hours after being hired as city’s top cop: ‘I need you. My officers need you.’ (“Jenkins will be the city’s fifth chief in four years. He assumed the interim position in July after then-City Manager Tonya Chapman fired Police Chief Renado Prince.”)
- Criminal cases move forward against Loudoun schools officials (“Schools spokesman accused of lying to grand jury; attorney for former superintendent files motion for dismissal in his case”)
- Former Loudoun Co. schools superintendent files motion to have charges dismissed
- County Operations Now Run Entirely on Renewable Electricity
- D.C.-area forecast: Breezy today, with a cooling trend through the weekend
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