by Lowell
Here are a few international, national and Virginia news headlines, political and otherwise, for Wednesday, January 25.
- Doomsday Clock set at 90 seconds to midnight
- Climate Change May Bring New Era of Trade Wars, as E.U. and U.S. Spar
- U.S. Energy Subsidies Kick Off Global Battle for Jobs, Billions in Investment (“Massive clean-energy incentives in the U.S. have set off a global competition for green investment, spurring companies to rethink where they put their money.” Excellent!)
- Nasa to test nuclear rockets that could fly astronauts to Mars in record time
- Plant-Based Meat Sales Fell Significantly Last Year. What Does That Mean for Climate Change?
- Pope Francis calls laws criminalizing homosexuality “unjust”
- The AP Interview: Pope Francis: Homosexuality not a crime
- Germany makes landmark decision to send tanks to Ukraine
- Germany to Boost Ukrainian Firepower With Leopard Battle Tanks
- After US offer, Germany unleashes Leopard tanks for Ukraine
- Germany approves Leopards for Ukraine, as U.S. promises M1 tanks
- US and Germany ready to send tanks to Ukraine – reports
- Pentagon Will Increase Artillery Production Sixfold for Ukraine
- Germany moves to send battle tanks to Ukraine
- High-ranking Russian officials are defecting. This man is aiding them
- Are we seeing the beginning of the end of Putinism?
- Ukraine’s corruption shake-up, briefly explained
- Blinken ponders the post-Ukraine-war order
- China’s Economic Model Is in Crisis (and Xi Knows It)
- West grapples with dilemma over Iran nuclear talks
- Coal states miss out on benefits of cheap wind and solar, pay twice the price of power (“Australia’s most coal dependent states missed out on the benefits of the growth in wind and solar in the December quarter, with wholesale prices in Queensland and NSW state grids at record highs and double that of their southern neighbours.”)
- “Hundred-Year Floods” Are Happening Way More Often Now
- Amid Rising Emissions, Could Congressional Republicans Help the US Reach Its Climate Targets?
- FERC enters 2023 with a new leader, a vacant seat and an agenda topped by transmission and grid reliability
- Biden finally gets a win against inflation
- Biden’s devious plan to break the MAGA fever just might work (“How massive federal spending in Trump country could blunt the populist backlash.”)
- SCOTUS’s First Decision of the Term Is a Unanimous Blow to Disabled Veterans
- The gun violence scourge can’t be scrubbed out with one or two changes
- ‘Happening way too often’: Report delves into mass attacks
- The U.S. has had at least 39 mass shootings in just 24 days so far this year, data shows (Thanks to the NRA and Republicans.)
- It Came From the Basement (“How Nick Fuentes groomed a new generation of racist hate.”)
- House GOP eyes Social Security, Medicare amid spending battle
- McCarthy Ejects Schiff and Swalwell From Intelligence Committee (Inexcusable.)
- McCarthy names GOP members to run sweeping investigative panel (“As expected, Rep. Jim Jordan will run the subcommittee. It will also include a handful of the speaker’s allies and two of his detractors.” Disgraceful.)
- Conservative additions to Rules panel may haunt GOP leaders who put them there
- Senate GOP pours cold water on idea of impeaching Biden
- McConnell puts the onus on McCarthy to negotiate a debt limit solution with Biden
- Yes, 2023 Is An Election Year. Here Are The Races To Watch. (“Virginia looks set to see much drama on this front. That’s because it’s one of the only states where each party controls one legislative chamber. And with Republican Gov. Glenn Youngkin in office, the results will determine whether Republicans can capture full control of state government.”)
- First on CNN: Classified documents found at Pence’s Indiana home
- Jesse Watters Is Bummed Mike Pence Also Had Documents: ‘Now We Have To Show Both Sides’
- Two more papers found in Trump’s storage last year were marked secret (“Since the papers were handed over swiftly, the justice department is not expected to include them as part of its wider inquiry”)
- Classified records pose conundrum stretching back to Carter
- Proud Boys expecting ‘civil war’ before Jan. 6, witness says
- An Assassination Attempt, a Mugging, and 300 Drag Shows (“How many lies can George Santos pack into one interview? The answer may surprise you.”)
- Mystery Deepens Around George Santos’s $700,000 in Campaign Loans
- George Santos Admits 500K Personal Loan to Campaign Wasn’t ‘Personal’
- 2023’s Biggest, Most Unusual Race Centers on Abortion and Democracy (“The election for a swing seat on Wisconsin’s Supreme Court has seen cash pour in, and some candidates have shed any pretense of judicial neutrality.”)
- Mike Pompeo’s revolting embrace of MBS after the Khashoggi murder (Disgusting.)
- A judge exposes DeSantis’s contempt for the First Amendment
- Florida is offering an advanced lesson in anti-Blackness
- Ron DeSantis’ Secret Twitter Army of Far-Right Influencers (This guy is a fascist.)
- Three Factors That Could Decide the Already Wild Arizona Senate Race
- Ruben Gallego could be the antidote to Sinema’s maddening flakiness (“Hopefully, his candidacy for Arizona’s Senate seat will persuade Sinema to step aside.”)
- Former Trump UN ambassador Nikki Haley gears up for likely 2024 run for president (She’s a joke.)
- Half Moon Bay mass shooting suspect once tried to suffocate coworker, court records allege
- South Dakota Gov. Noem threatens charges for abortion pills
- The Rules According to Pamela Paul (So much of what’s wrong with the NY Times is exemplified in this story.)
- Washington Post cuts 20 newsroom jobs, shuts down gaming section (Reminder: The WaPo is owned by someone worth hundreds of billions of dollars.)
- Rupert Murdoch calls off proposed Fox-News Corp merger (Murdoch is one of the worst people in the world.)
- ABC News consider offloading FiveThirtyEight: The Daily Beast
- Senators Warner and Kaine Introduce Assault Weapons Ban of 2023 to Protect Communities (Bill would “ban the sale, manufacture, transfer and importation of 205 military-style assault weapons by name.”)
- Former Fox News anchors support Filler-Corn workplace protection bill
- Video: Good Governance Groups Host In-Person Democracy Day Lobby Day at VA General Assembly (Activists aim to “ban the personal use of campaign donations, set campaign contribution limits, implement ranked-choice voting, and increase disclosure requirements for campaigns and donors.”)
- VA House Democrats’ Tax Plan Puts People First, While Republicans Double Down on Giving the Biggest Cuts to Corporations
- VA Senate Democrats Stop Republicans’ Efforts to Remove Virginia From RGGI (“The Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative is a critical program for Virginia that combats the negative effects of climate change”)
- Virginia NAACP Opposes Republican Senator’s Bill Calling for Repeal of RGGI
- Up to One-third of Rural Virginia Hospitals Are At Risk of Closure. Here’s What Would Help.
- UVa and Creigh Deeds team up on gun control bill
- Lawmakers debate when and how cannabis should be sold in the Commonwealth
- State lawmakers are debating several bills related to public school libraries
- Va. lawmakers push bipartisan effort to reinvigorate electric utility commission
- House passes Youngkin’s tax relief, which now faces a tougher road in the Senate (It’s not “tax relief” for the vast majority of Virginians, it’s a tax cut heavily for the wealthy and for corporations.)
- Green Book legislation passes Virginia House
- Democrats seek a constitutional amendment for abortion access protections
- Democrat Saddam Azlan Salim Announces Primary In New, Deep-Blue 37th State Senate District (Fairfax/Falls Church) (Salim will be running against incumbent Sen. Chap Petersen, one of the most conservative Democrats in the General Assembly)
- Attorney for teacher shot by 6-year-old to make first public comments
- Newport News school board to vote on releasing superintendent after shooting
- The strange case of the pastor, the prosecutor, the police chief and the legislator
- Roanoke Gas gets state nod for renewable natural gas project
- State Electoral Board declines to impose 2022 Roanoke election fines
- Norfolk police reporting modest headway on the hiring front as staffing shortages persist in Hampton Roads
- Editorial: Things need to change in Newport News schools
- BREAKING: Former Arlington teachers union president arrested in Fairfax County
- D.C.-area forecast: Rainy today from late morning into evening; warmer this weekend
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