Thursday News: “Relentless Rise of Ocean Heat Content Drives Deadly Extremes”; “No, The Feds Aren’t Coming For Your Gas Stove”; “There are no moderate House Republicans”; “Maybe it’s time Youngkin hit the reset button”

by Lowell

Here are a few international, national and Virginia news headlines, political and otherwise, for Thursday, January 12.

• Three Climate Reports: The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly (“Some progress was made in 2022, but the forecast still looks bleak.”)
• Climate change helped fuel 18 billion-dollar disasters in 2022, NOAA says
• Electric Vehicles Keep Defying Almost Everyone’s Predictions
• Supersonic Aviation Program Could Cause ‘Climate Debacle,’ Environmentalists Warn
• Relentless Rise of Ocean Heat Content Drives Deadly Extremes (“The heat of global warming will keep penetrating deeper into the oceans for centuries after greenhouse gas emissions cease.”)
• Scale of alleged torture, detentions by Russian forces in Kherson emerges
• Yet another military reshuffle in Russia, as chief of armed forces is handed the ‘poisoned chalice’
• Russia-Ukraine War — Russia Shakes Up Military Leadership Again
• The GOP’s shift against supporting Ukraine hits a new milestone
• Sudden Surge In Russian Navy Ships And Submarines In Black Sea
• Ukraine war: Who controls Soledar and why it matters
• Russia’s cyberattacks aim to ‘terrorize’ Ukrainians
• Exclusive: U.S. and Brazil lawmakers seek to cooperate on investigation of Brasilia riots
• Brazil delivers an urgent message: Global democracy crisis isn’t going away (“Jan. 8 coup attempt in Brazil was more than echo or coincidence: It reminds us that fascism has a global appeal”)
• Ally of ex-Pakistan PM wins confidence vote in blow to gov’t
• China Likely to Name U.S. Specialist as Next Ambassador to Washington
• From Disciplinarian to Cheerleader: China Changes Its Tone on Business
• Japan’s prime minister warns of a historic — and dangerous —moment in Asia
• Prince Harry’s Spare is a sad and self-indicting portrait of royalty on the brink (“The press is the villain but there are no heroes in Prince Harry’s new memoir.”)
• The U.S. May Finally Breach the Debt Ceiling. Here’s Why That Would Be Very Bad.
• Study: Long COVID symptoms may ease within a year
• China Solar Firm Plans US Factory in Boon for Biden Energy Push
• No ban of gas stoves is planned, head of product safety agency says
• No, The Feds Aren’t Coming For Your Gas Stove
• Right’s new fight: Gas stoves (On the right, there always has to be something to be outraged about, feel aggrieved about, etc.)
• Inflation report could show another month of cooling prices
• Economists Expect Inflation Pace to Have Slowed Slightly Last Month
• Inflation is easing, even if it may not feel that way
• Inflation is expected to have declined in December, but it may not be enough to stop the Fed
• 5 things to know about the system outage at the FAA
• US Flight Chaos Puts Harsh Spotlight on FAA After Tense Year
• Flight disruptions ease after FAA outage, as officials vow to investigate system failure (“The FAA traced the problem to a damaged data file. The FAA and lawmakers from both sides of the aisle said they plan to investigate.”)
• Pete Buttigieg Has Got His Work Cut Out for Him
• Buttigieg: Feds Not Ruling Out ‘Nefarious Activity’ In FAA System Failure
• Republicans and Democrats, Unite Against Big Tech Abuses
• It’s not just Trump: A sobering new report chronicles the extensive GOP war on democracy
• Trump campaign officials got subpoena asking new questions about Jan. 6
• The Special Counsel Investigating Trump Faces Headwinds Few Others Have
• Biden aides find second batch of classified documents at new location
• Opinion: Trump and now Biden, too? It’s time to reform the classification process
• Democrats want Biden to run against House GOP
• There are no moderate House Republicans
• To defeat Trumpism, stop letting MAGA stunts drive the debate
• The Anti-Choice Movement Is Coming for Abortion Pills
• Talk of prosecuting women for abortion pills roils antiabortion movement
• Republicans Are Coming for Abortion Post-Midterms-Flop
• GOP strategist alleges powerful conservative Matt Schlapp sexually assaulted him
• Inside George Santos’ Madcap Campaign: ‘Things Were Not On The Up And Up’
• George Santos was paid for work at company accused of Ponzi scheme later than previously known
• George Santos Faces Calls to Resign From 4 GOP Congressmen
• George Santos lied about being a volleyball ‘star,’ county GOP chair says
• Scoop: Third NY House Republican calls for Santos to resign
• George Santos’s Secret Résumé: A Wall Street Star With a 3.9 G.P.A.
• Keeping Up With the Congressional Kardashians (“For spotlight-seeking House Republicans, the lesson from last week’s Speaker drama seems to be to dial up the crazy.”)
• Whisper campaign about RNC chair candidate’s Sikh faith roils campaign (“As Harmeet Dhillon seeks the chairmanship of the Republican National Committee, opponents have begun raising concerns about her Sikh faith — a development that has left some members of the committee unsettled”)
• Judge will allow prosecutors to use Trump’s ‘stand back and stand by’ comment in Proud Boys trial
• Jim Jordan, Church Committee Pretender
• As House Republicans propose budget cuts, right-wing media rehash bogus claims about an “army of IRS agents”
• Exclusive: Pence talks Trump, House GOP and plans for 2024
• Elon Musk breaks world record for largest loss of personal fortune in history (Couldn’t have happened to a better guy.)
• The right-wing media push for a debt ceiling crisis is underway
• As storms persist, a few Calif. reservoirs figured out how to capture more for drought
• California’s Devastating Storms Are a Glimpse of the Future (“Even as the state weathers a megadrought, climate change is increasing the risk of massive floods.”)
• Suddenly, California Has Too Much Water (“The state is being tossed between awful climate extremes.”)
• Commentary: Blame for southeast rolling blackouts rests on shoulders of utility, fossil failures
• Arkansas Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders bans term ‘Latinx’ on her first day in office
• Jeff Beck, Guitarist With a Chapter in Rock History, Dies at 78 (R.I.P.)
• Libs of TikTok’s Chaya Raichik appears on QAnon adherent’s show to attack the LGBTQ community
• Senator Tim Kaine says 2023 is going to be a challenging year for legislators
• ‘That’s the way we should handle this:’ Sen. Kaine on Biden documents and border security
• Opinion/Editorial: Good’s UN stance is like John Birchers’
• Gov. Glenn Youngkin of Virginia Juggles Local Issues and National Ambition (“Youngkin is little known to Republican voters beyond Virginia, barely registering in early primary polls. His main appeal is to political consultants and to the donor class, those who connect with him as a wealthy former co-chief executive of the Carlyle Group, a financial investment firm.”)
• Youngkin at a crossroads after GOP defeat in Virginia special
• In State of the Commonwealth address, Youngkin calls for tax cuts, 15-week abortion ban (Typical right-wing Republican: defund government, strip women of their rights.)
• Virginia Republicans Promised a “Reasonable” Abortion Law. They Just Proposed an Extreme Ban.
• Schapiro: Maybe it’s time Youngkin hit the reset button
• As election-year General Assembly session begins, Youngkin says Virginia is on ‘right path’ (“‘The governor did not get the memo from voters,’ says House Democratic leader”)
• Democratic victory in Virginia special election likely dooms proposed abortion ban
• A Virginia special election could change the state’s abortion politics
• 2023 Virginia Legislative Black Caucus Agenda
• Video: VA House Dem Leader Don Scott, Senate Dem Caucus Chair Mamie Locke, Rebut Gov. Youngkin’s State of the Commonwealth (“We will stop efforts to politicize our schools, attack our students, teachers, even our own history and get back to our schools being schools.”)
• Video: Senate and House Democratic Leadership Hold Press Conference on Their “Vision for Virginia”
• As She Prepares to Head Off to the U.S. House, VA State Sen. Jennifer McClellan Announces Superb Legislative Agenda for 2023 (Great stuff on education, energy, housing, democracy, health care, economic development, etc.)
• Aaron Rouse Got a Boost From Virginia’s Permanent Absentee Voter List
• Senator-elect Rouse gets rousing welcome on first day of session
• Republican Kevin Adams concedes in race for Va. Senate seat
• Political Winners and Losers: Virginia 1/10/23 Special Elections Edition
• Editorial: The trouble with FOIA and Virginia’s open government law
• Anti-Abortion Virginia Delegate Kathy Byron Introduces 15-Week Abortion Ban
• Byron, Newman file Youngkin-backed bills to ban most abortions after 15 weeks
• Delegate defends key fish in the food chain
• General Assembly poised to take up array of parental rights bills (They’re not really “parental rights” bills, but ok…)
• Virginia should fully fund public education before prioritizing vouchers
• UVa Student Council Board demands General Assembly deny Bert Ellis appointment to BOV
• The feds have mapped broadband availability. Are they right about Virginia?
• Where the mystery laptop is now: Virginia Beach delegate addresses mass shooting commission in Richmond
• CASEY: Does an election denialist now oversee Roanoke’s elections?
• Outed Chesterfield student worried about Youngkin’s draft transgender policy
• Residents in Buchanan County still working to rebuild after two years of devastating floods
• D.C.-area forecast: Gusty showers arrive tonight but lots of sun Friday through Monday