by Lowell
Here are a few international, national and Virginia news headlines, political and otherwise, for Saturday, January 28.
- Thunberg, UN urge quick action on climate migration
- The Doomsday Clock sends the wrong climate message
- Google let Daily Wire advertise on ‘climate change is a hoax’ searches
- Russia Seeks Gains in Ukraine Before Western Tanks Turn Up
- Tanks for Ukraine Have Shifted the Balance of Power in Europe (“Smaller countries forced NATO’s greatest powers to give Ukraine the vehicles it needs.”)
- Russia’s deputy foreign minister to meet new U.S. envoy early next week – RIA
- Axios interview: Yellen holds the line on Russia sanctions
- How to keep the West solid for Ukraine (“Olaf Scholz’s decision to ship German-made heavy battle tanks for Ukraine’s use is a reminder that transatlantic unity should not be taken for granted.”)
- Air Force general predicts war with China in 2025, tells officers to prep by firing ‘a clip’ at a target, and ‘aim for the head’ (“I hope I am wrong. My gut tells me will fight in 2025”)
- Mexico’s top cop is on trial along with the war on drugs
- Jerusalem synagogue killing spree leaves seven dead, three injured
- In the last 48 hours, violence in Israel and Palestine has spiked
- Brazil: dozens of Indigenous children hospitalised amid health crisis (“Health secretary of Boa Vista, the capital of Roraima state, says 59 children in hospital, 45 of them from the Yanomami people”)
- India’s Gen Z grapples with Modi’s dark past in clashes over new documentary
- Women in South Korea Are on Strike Against Being ‘Baby-Making Machines’
- Yellen warns of debt ceiling “catastrophe” for U.S. and beyond
- What recession? Inflation, GDP offer hope for ‘soft landing’
- CDC urges people with weak immune systems to take extra precautions after Covid subvariants knock out Evusheld
- FDA eases blood donor restrictions on gay, bisexual men
- Making Farms Organic Is Paying Off
- Exclusive: Supreme Court did not disclose financial relationship with expert brought in to review leak probe (This Court is a complete joke.)
- Can Anything Be Done to Assuage Rural Rage? (“What about rural perceptions of being disrespected? Well, many people have negative views about people with different lifestyles; that’s human nature. There is, however, an unwritten rule in American politics that it’s OK for politicians to seek rural votes by insulting big cities and their residents, but it would be unforgivable for urban politicians to return the favor…So the ostensible justifications for rural resentment don’t withstand scrutiny — but that doesn’t mean things are fine…Still, anything that helps reverse rural America’s decline would be a good thing in itself. And maybe, just maybe, reducing the heartland’s economic desperation will also help reverse its political radicalization.”)
- The Jobless Rate Is at a Half-Century Low. In These States, It’s Even Lower.
- The Durham Probe Was Barr’s Witch Hunt (“A shockingly unethical crusade to vindicate Trump.” Bill Barr is scum.)
- As more people turn to abortion medication, right-wing media pivot to attacking it (Of course they do…)
- Republicans confront bitter divide; no clear path forward
- Marjorie Taylor Greene Is Thinking Much Bigger Than a Few Measly Committee Assignments
- Marjorie Taylor Greene Is Reportedly “Angling” to Be Trump’s VP Pick
- House Republicans bring the bread and circuses (Mostly circuses, though, not bread.)
- The discharge petition won’t save us
- Marjorie Taylor Greene keeps rising in Republican ranks despite ‘loony lies’ (That tells you everything you need to know about today’s Republican Party.)
- The quiet takeover of the Tea Party: GOP establishment is now full MAGA (“The new MAGA establishment: The former gadflies and bomb throwers are the Republican Party now”)
- Meta, Fox News, and the collapse of the anti-January 6 consensus (Meta/Facebook, Twitter, Fox “News,” etc. are all disgraces.)
- Fox distorts facts surrounding classified document recovery to attack Biden and defend Trump
- Trump kicks off 2024 bid with events in early voting states
- Trump Calls For ‘Certifying’ Patriotic Teachers, Election Of Principals By School Parents (This is pretty much textbook fascism.)
- Hakeem Jeffries says Democrats won’t pay a ‘ransom note’ to GOP over debt ceiling
- Ronna McDaniel wins RNC chair race that grew very messy by the end
- Why traffic stops can be so dangerous for Black Americans like Tyre Nichols
- Social media reacts to gruesome videos of Tyre Nichols beating
- Tyre Nichols remembered as beautiful soul with creative eye
- Mostly peaceful protests held across the U.S. after release of Tyre Nichols footage
- Inhumanity in Memphis (“The police officers who fatally beat Tyre Nichols must have known their actions were being recorded, but that hardly seemed to deter them.”)
- The killing of Tyre Nichols was heinous and shocking. It was also not an aberration (“The majority of Americans have resigned themselves to accepting policing as it currently exists. This must change”)
- ‘Seared in our memories’: outpouring of shock and horror over Tyre Nichols’s video
- Video Shows Police Brutally Beating Tyre Nichols—Then Laughing About It (They can laugh about it the rest of their lives rotting in prison.)
- Tyre Nichols’ brutal beating by police shown on video
- Video appears to show police hit Tyre Nichols 9 times in 4 minutes (“In the video released by Memphis, Nichols can be heard screaming for his mom during the confrontation”)
- Cops Kept Beating Tyre Nichols as He Screamed for His Mom (Humans at their absolute worst.)
- Tyre Nichols not seen to resist in police beating video
- Video shows Tyre Nichols calling for his mother, beaten by officers now charged in his death
- Video shows Memphis officers kick, punch and tase Tyre Nichols during fatal encounter
- Video shows brutal police beating (“It took 22 minutes for an ambulance to arrive. Tyre Nichols, 29, died three days later.” Absolutely horrific, inexcusable, criminal.)
- Tyre Nichols’s Death Is America’s Shame
- Who would work for Rep. Santos? Capitol Hill is watching closely.
- FEC wants answers on Rep. Santos’ chaotic treasurer switch
- George Santos Commemorates Holocaust After Lying About It (“The congressman, who doesn’t actually have Jewish heritage but may have made antisemitic remarks, gave a speech on Holocaust Remembrance Day.”)
- We Tried to Call the Top Donors To George Santos’ 2020 Campaign. Many Don’t Seem To Exist.
- Justice Department asks FEC to stand down as prosecutors probe Santos
- Roger Stone Deserves More Scrutiny for His Role in the Events Leading to January 6
- Man sentenced to over 6 years in the Jan. 6 assault on Capitol Police Officer Brian Sicknick
- Virginia authorities react to video showing police officers beating Tyre Nichols
- New York should pay Cuomo’s legal fees in suit, judge rules
- Former Jones County GOP chairman charged with 3 counts of child pornography
- Court releases video of attack on Paul Pelosi
- The Pelosi attack is the culmination of longtime GOP hate-mongering
- Paul Pelosi Will Probably Have to Wait on That Apology From the Right-Wing Media
- Bodycam footage shows moment of Paul Pelosi attack
- Judge releases evidence, video footage in attack on Paul Pelosi
- Enraged Ex-Lover Tipped Off FBI to Top Official Accused of Helping Russia
- New fears about Ron DeSantis’s book crackdowns show his odious game
- Yes, Florida teachers could face third-degree felony for using books, literature in classroom not approved by state (Why would anyone in their right mind still want to teach in Florida?)
- Downtown D.C.’s struggles mount as many workers remain remote
- It’s time for federal employees to return to the office
- Jen Kiggans Votes to Allow Offshore Drilling in Virginia, Threatening Shoreline to Please Big Oil
- Virginia reacts to Tyre Nichols video release: ‘We need reform and systemic change’
- New Wason Center Poll: Virginia Voters Strongly Support Staying in RGGI; Support Recreational Marijuana Sales; Oppose More Restrictive Abortion Laws; Oppose Cutting VA’s Corporate Income Tax Rate (Also, by a 59%-29% margin, “Virginians prefer that the Governor not run for president”)
- Virginians like Youngkin more than his policies, poll finds
- Kilgore, Surovell seek to revive energy oversight committee (“The Commission on Electric Utility Regulation last met in 2017. A bipartisan, bicameral approach may bring it back.”)
- Video: On MSNBC, Sen. Louise Lucas Vows, “I’m in for the fight of my life for me, my daughters, my granddaughters, and we will not rest” (“We’re going to keep the trashcan nearby; we’re thinking about going to a shredder because so many bills are coming in that we’re going to need to get rid of”)
- Bill creating database for controversial school library books passes Virginia House (What is the problem Republicans are purportedly trying to solve here?)
- Virginia NAACP Supports Six Educational Organizations’ Response to January 2023 Draft of Virginia History Standards
- Video: 100% Pro-Gun Del. Nick Freitas Cuts Off Del. Eileen Filler-Corn, Del. Candi King for (Accurately) Calling Out Gun Manufacturers and Their Lobbyists “who are clearly more focused on their own profits” (Has anyone ever seen anything like this before in the Virginia legislature?!?)
- Where will Virginia’s next casino project end up?
- Rare mussel species, nearly wiped out, gets rebirth in Virginia river (“The James spinymussel was nearly wiped out along the James River, but wildlife biologists have brought it back.”)
- Case Against Former Loudoun Superintendent, Spokesman to Proceed, Judge Says
- Schapiro: For state’s largest locality, a big problem is the tall man in Richmond
- Fairfax Co. police search for person who shot and chained dog (Disgusting.)
- Richmond council, school board discuss proposed budget’s pressing needs
- Delegate asks Bon Secours to explain how it’s spending millions in drug savings
- D.C.-area forecast: A Saturday to get outdoors, with showers possible Sunday
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