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by Lowell
Here are a few international, national and Virginia news headlines, political and otherwise, for Monday, January 23.
- New Study Reveals Arctic Ice, Tracked Both Above and Below, Is Freezing Later
- 18 Times More Power: MIT Researchers Have Developed Ultrathin Lightweight Solar Cells
- Full price benefits of wind and solar won’t be seen until we get rid of gas
- Opinion: Russia could soon make the war in Ukraine even deadlier
- Germany promises a decision on tanks; Russian official warns Ukraine allies risk own destruction
- Ukraine war: Germany won’t block export of its Leopard 2 tanks, foreign minister says
- Poland pushes for more tanks for Ukraine, asks for German OK
- Ukraine has a new cache of weapons on the way — but not German tanks (“Some allies are becoming frustrated with Germany; Poland has said it will find a workaround to send its tanks.”)
- Ukraine war upended energy markets forever
- With the loss of Soledar, Ukrainian positions in Bakhmut jeopardized
- Polish PM vows to aid Ukraine with or without German consent
- Send Ukraine tanks to get Germany to do so, McCaul urges
- Cannon-Brookes keeps world’s biggest solar project alive with $65m zero interest loan (“Sun Cable, the company behind the proposed 20GW solar farm, up to 42GWh of battery storage and a 4,200km transmission link to Singapore, was put in administration last week after a falling out between Cannon-Brookes and fellow shareholder and billionaire green energy evangelist Andrew Forrest over the business plan.”)
- Russian Agents Suspected of Directing Far-Right Group to Mail Bombs in Spain
- Germany and France Push for Huge Spending to Compete With US
- After Bolsonaro, Can Lula Remake Brazil? (“Following a prison term, a fraught election, and a near-coup, the third-time President takes charge of a fractured country.)
- FDA considers major shift in COVID vaccine strategy (“The goal is to simplify vaccination against COVID and perhaps adopt an approach similar that used for the flu vaccine, with annual updates to match whatever strain of the virus is circulating.”)
- Markets Bet on Quick Drop in Inflation Rate
- Janet Yellen Dismisses Minting $1 Trillion Coin to Avoid Default
- The Hill’s Morning Report — Debt ceiling battle highlights 2023 uncertainty
- McConnell is a key player in approaching debt ceiling fight
- These six GOP House leaders will sway US climate policy
- America’s unique, enduring gun problem, explained (“While the majority of Americans support more gun control restrictions, including universal background checks, a vocal Republican minority unequivocally opposes such laws — and is willing to put pressure on GOP lawmakers to do the same. Alongside the NRA, and a well-funded gun lobby, this contingent of voters sees gun control as a deciding issue, and one that could warrant a primary challenge for a lawmaker who votes for it.”)
- The Anti-Abortion Movement Could Lose Control of the GOP
- The SCOTUS Leak Probe Leaves Exactly Nine Stones Unturned
- The Return of the ‘Jim Crow’ Backlash to Diverse America
- The power of a conspiracy theory — and a 3-step plan to deprogram American idiocracy (“What can be done to lessen the power and appeal of conspiracy theories in American politics and society?” “America’s public education system needs to be improved and expanded. Critical media literacy needs to be taught across all educational and age levels.”))
- How the White House plans to target 18 House Republicans from districts Biden won
- ‘Fox News in Spanish’: Inside an upstart media company’s big plans to impact the 2024 election (Do Democrats have a plan?)
- Early rift over immigration exposes House GOP’s tough path to consensus
- Jeff Zients to be Biden’s next chief of staff
- Will American politics stay stuck? Biden has a plan for that.
- The Biden document case shouldn’t hinder Jack Smith’s probe into Trump
- Biden Lawyers Initially Thought Official Files Went to Think Tank Only
- POLL: Most Americans think both Biden and Trump inappropriately handled classified documents (Wildly different cases.)
- Even Democrats Are Now Critical of Biden Over Documents Fiasco
- Democrats ding Biden on documents even as they push back against GOP (“Joe Biden has shown total cooperation in this effort. That’s a sharp contrast to President Trump”)
- Proud Boys on defensive at sedition trial haunted by absent Trump
- Mike Pence sits alone in a corner of sadness
- Trump’s MAGA forces threaten to upend vote for RNC chair
- Trump team struggles to consolidate support ahead of S.C. event
- Trump Looks to Ditch His Own Social Media Site
- Santos’s financial woes pile up, threatening his political career
- Democrats see Mississippi governor’s race as ripe for an upset
- ‘There is no plan. There’s nothing’: Florida Democrats in despair over future
- Florida teachers told to remove books from classroom libraries or risk felony prosecution (Fascistic.)
- Monterey Park shooting: Suspect found dead after dance studio attack (“California police have identified the gunman suspected of killing 10 people in a ballroom dance studio near Los Angeles as Huu Can Tran, 72, who was later found dead in a white van.”)
- Live Updates: Officials Say Gunman Who Killed 10 in California Is Dead
- Lunar New Year shooting: A grim moment in Monterey Park, America’s first suburban Chinatown
- Texas Environmentalists Look to EPA for Action on Methane, Saying State Agencies Have ‘Failed Us’
- Video: On Face the Nation, Sen. Tim Kaine Says We Should Have a “clean lift of the debt ceiling”; “very very happy that the President and Speaker McCarthy are talking” (Sen. Kaine also comments on classified documents, the latest mass shooting, tanks to Ukraine…)
- ON THE HILL: VA Rep. Spanberger talks Biden classified documents, debt ceiling crisis
- Virginia Gov. Youngkin stokes 2024 campaign speculation after killing Ford battery plant over its links to China (Yep, it looks like Youngkin killed 2,500 good jobs for Southside Virginia – which badly needs those jobs – to stoke his 2024 presidential ambitions.)
- Economic experts weigh Youngkin’s decision to halt Ford plant
- Debt, lobbying and distrust hamper funding for higher ed in Virginia (“The ugliest part of this story is that Youngkin might have needed an excuse for failing to land the plant. According to an auto production analyst interviewed by the Associated Press, the Pittsylvania battery plant would have been far from other Ford production facilities.”)
- Legislators, advocates hope ‘Second Look’ bill gets a second look
- General Assembly to weigh proposal to turn college savings surplus into scholarships
- My Rock-Ribbed Republican, Card-Carrying NRA Member Grandfather Would Have Been Aghast at 6-Year-Old Getting a Gun and Shooting His Teacher (And no, Youngkin’s idea of more jail time for first graders isn’t the answer)
- Life after the legislature: Former Salem Del. Habeeb now helps shape policy in other ways
- Pulaski County prosecutor, sheriff, once Democrats, announce GOP bids
- Former city mayor tosses hat into House of Delegates race (“Former Charlottesville Mayor Dave Norris says he’s running for the newly-redrawn 54th District seat in the House of Delegates. Sally Hudson currently represents the are covered by the district, but she is running against state Senator Creigh Deeds for his seat. Norris was mayor from 2008 to 2012.”)
- D.C.-area forecast: Another milder-than-normal week without meaningful snow
