by Lowell
Here are a few international, national and Virginia news headlines, political and otherwise, for Tuesday, January 3.
- John Kerry: rich countries must respond to developing world anger over climate
- European Cities Break Temperature Records as Warm Winter Holds
- From Emissions to Global Warming, the Climate Numbers to Watch in 2023
- From Umoja, Kenya to India, climate change has led to domestic violence
- Exclusive: World Bank seeks more funds to address climate change, other crises
- Ukraine missile strike on Russian-held city of Makiivka kills scores of troops
- Russian anger over deadly Ukrainian strike; Moscow aims to ‘exhaust’ Ukraine with attacks: Zelenskyy
- Europe prepares to take in more Ukrainians, with less support, in 2023
- Ukrainian Forces Grow More Adept at Defending Against Russian Drones
- In Romania, U.S. Troops Train Close to Russia’s War, in Signal to Moscow
- Ukraine Strikes Russian Forces in Donbas in Deadliest Attack in Months
- Turning the tide in Russia’s war on Ukraine
- Russia, shaken by Ukrainian strike, said mulling more drones
- China’s New Foreign Minister ‘Deeply Impressed’ With Americans
- China Vows to Hit Back at Nations Imposing Covid Travel Curbs
- China media plays down COVID severity as WHO seeks detail on variants
- Israeli ultranationalist minister visits Jerusalem holy site (Irresponsible.)
- Netanyahu Pledges Open Opposition to Return of Iran Nuclear Deal
- Brazilian Authorities Will Revive Fraud Case Against George Santos
- This Land Becomes Their Land. New U.S. Citizens Hit a 15-Year High
- Republicans Are Primed to Take on ‘Woke Capitalism’ in 2023, with Climate Disclosure Rules for Corporations in Their Sights (“Conservative politicians argue that environmental, social and governance principles—known as “ESG”—are diverting asset managers from their duties to investors, and may even amount to illegal collusion.” Bonkers.)
- How Biden Could Appoint More Judges Than Trump
- Inside the Jan. 6 committee’s massive new evidence trove
- We’re Going to Miss Greed and Cynicism (“And what I don’t understand is how the U.S. government is going to function. President Barack Obama faced an extremist, radicalized G.O.P. House, but even the Tea Partiers had concrete policy demands that could, to some extent, be appeased. How do you deal with people who believe, more or less, that the 2020 election was stolen by a vast conspiracy of pedophiles?”)
- McCarthy reaches moment of truth in Speakership election
- McCarthy’s dream of being U.S. House speaker faces a political nightmare
- Kevin McCarthy’s Hostage Crisis Reaches Its Climax (“Hours away from the speaker vote, Kevin McCarthy appears to be walking to the House floor without enough votes to be speaker.”)
- Analysis: McCarthy’s bet on Trump has yet to pay off as he scrambles for speaker’s gavel
- The right has already won the House speakership election
- McCarthy Proposes Gutting Office of Congressional Ethics in Bid for Speaker (Appalling.)
- The House GOP’s epic game of chicken
- House Republicans’ Extreme Rules Package Is “telling you a lot about their majority.” And It’s All Bad. (Meanwhile, far-right Rep. Bob Good (R-VA05) claims that 10-15 Rs will vote tomorrow against Kevin McCarthy for Speaker.)
- Kevin McCarthy scrambles to firm up his speaker bid as vote looms
- GOP dilemma: If not McCarthy, then who?
- Gingrich offers searing criticism of Republicans who oppose McCarthy
- Conservatives threaten to withhold critical McCarthy support, hours before speaker vote
- The Republican House Has Returned to Washington. Will Kevin McCarthy Lead It? (“It’s still unclear who the Republican Speaker will be, but the GOP has given us a pretty good window into what the House will be like under its control.”)
- Here Are the House Republicans to Watch if McCarthy’s Bid for Speaker Falters
- New Congress to convene, but will McCarthy be House speaker?
- House GOP zeroes in on Jan. 6 panel documents (These people are batshit crazy.)
- Here are the four big election storylines for 2023 (“A handful of states will also hold state legislative races in 2023, with the contests in Virginia as the likely headliners in November.”)
- Analysis: The Nancy Pelosi era has come to a close, and her legacy will be hard to match.
- Will 2023 be the year Donald Trump is indicted?
- Jan. 6 Panel Transcripts Show Gen. Milley Agreed With Pelosi That Trump Was ‘Crazy’
- ‘This made us all unemployable’: Trump White House aides respond to January 6 in angry text exchange (As well it should have!)
- Hope Hicks to aide on Jan. 6: ‘We all look like domestic terrorists now’
- The GOP is about to go wild with phony Biden investigations. The media must not take the bait (“Republicans know how to manipulate the ‘both sides’ impulse of the press. Hunter Biden’s laptop is not a story”)
- New data shows the folly of Trump’s crusade against early voting
- Why a Ron DeSantis Presidency Would Be as Terrifying as a Trump One (“His bigoted policies and authoritarian behavior make him just as bad a pick for the top job in Washington.”)
- Trump Blames Extreme Pro-Lifers for Republican Midterm Defeats
- Democrat Katie Hobbs Takes Office As Arizona Governor
- Arizona’s final rejection of election denialism ends 2022 on high note
- A Con Man Is Succeeding Me in Congress Today
- Bills’ Hamlin in critical condition after collapse on field
- NFL postpones Bills-Bengals game after Damar Hamlin collapses on field
- Elaine Luria looks back (“My level of concern [about antisemitism] has continued to grow over the course of my time in Congress…It’s become such a pervasive mechanism for political attacks. All the references to [George] Soros and a Jewish billionaire controlling this or that, pulling the strings. All of these things harken back to very clear examples of antisemitism and stereotypes that have been used for decades, if not centuries.”)
- On Her Last Day in the House, Thanks and Gratitude to Rep. Elaine Luria (D-VA02) For Her Tremendous Service to Her District, State and Nation! (Rep. Luria made us all proud; now, time for a massive downgrade with the godawful Jen Kiggans…)
- Glenn Youngkin, Larry Hogan have little in common — except big ambitions
- Advocates say mental health push needs separate teams for separate issues
- Across Virginia, circuit courts try to reverse an old way of preserving documents
- EDITORIAL: Keep political scoring out of school award controversy (“Governor, it’s time to drop the culture wars and focus instead on solving the problems our schools face in delivering a quality education to every student in Virginia.” They’re not “culture wars,” but yes.)
- Youngkin wants a small nuclear reactor in Southwest Virginia. Here’s what we know about nuclear waste disposal in Virginia.
- Opinion/Editorial: School boards must separate church and state
- D.C.-area forecast: Very mild through midweek with rain probable Wednesday
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