by Lowell
Here are a few international, national and Virginia news headlines, political and otherwise, for Saturday, February 25.
- Analysis: Incoming World Bank chief faces tests before he gets to climate
- Al Gore Talks Climate Progress, Setbacks and the First Rule of Holes: Stop Digging
- Ukraine Is the West’s War Now (“The initial reluctance of the U.S. and its allies to help Kyiv fight Russia has turned into a massive program of military assistance, which carries risks of its own”)
- G20 finance meeting to end without consensus on war in Ukraine-delegates
- War, Debt Impasse Cloud G-20 Finance Chiefs’ Final-Day Talks
- Draft G-20 Finance Chiefs’ Communiqué Shows War-Language Impasse
- People Forgot How War Actually Works (“Armed conflict is never straightforward. Weapons are not power. National identity matters.”)
- No Time for Funeral Rites (“The gravedigger of Bucha provides evidence of Russian atrocities.”)
- Putin pitches the American right with an ungodly invocation of God
- NATO’s Biggest European Members Float Defense Pact With Ukraine
- NATO on the precipice (“After a year of bloody combat on its borders, the North Atlantic Alliance is on the cusp of sweeping change. Or so its leaders hope.”)
- 4 unanswered questions about the future of the Ukraine war (“A year into the conflict, what’s next?”)
- Displaced Ukrainians long to return home but feel stuck as war rages on
- When Russia seized their city, a group of friends became unlikely members of Ukraine’s secret resistance
- Biden dismisses China’s proposed Ukraine-Russia peace plan (Because it’s a complete joke.)
- Ukraine on One Year Anniversary of War: Defiant and Hopeful of Victory
- Win, lose, stalemate or a shock: how might the Ukraine war end?
- Why Ukraine Needs F-16s (“A boost in air power in its war against Russia would allow Kyiv to destroy missiles, aircraft and offensive-drone launch sites.”)
- Intelligence suggests China is considering sending drones and ammunition to Russia, sources familiar say (If they do, then impose sanctions on them.)
- Opinion: Break up the Vladimir Putin-Xi Jinping ‘no limits’ partnership
- Zelenskiy open to China’s peace plan but rejects compromise with ‘sick’ Putin (“Ukrainian president shows steel and emotion in marathon press conference, as Joe Biden says having China as peacemaker is ‘just not rational’”)
- China considers sending Russia artillery shells, U.S. officials say
- Chinese fighter jet flies within 500 feet of U.S. patrol over South China Sea
- Biden Does Not Anticipate China Giving Russia Major Weapons Aid
- NI Protocol: UK and EU appear to be on brink of new Brexit deal
- Nigerians voting in crucial and competitive election
- After 8 Lost Years, a Wide-Open Election in the Giant of Africa
- Large scale wind and solar smash output records on main grid (“The instantaneous output of large scale wind and solar broke above 10 gigawatts in Australia’s main grid for the first time on Friday, smashing the previous record by nearly one gigawatt.”)
- Yellen Notes Inflation Problem But Still Sees Soft Landing Path
- Here are the U.S. cities most vulnerable to climate change, according to Moody’s
- Parts of US see earliest spring conditions on record: ‘Climate change playing out in real time’
- How Climate Change and the Polar Vortex Influenced This Week’s Harsh Winter Storms
- The AP Interview: Biden ready to run, US first lady says
- Top labor official, union leader among contenders for Labor secretary
- Trump works state-by-state to improve chances at Republican convention
- Mike Pence declines invitation to CPAC as event’s leader comes under fire
- Mike Pence, possible Trump 2024 challenger, slams ‘apologists for Putin’ in the GOP
- Pence says he is nearing a decision on 2024 presidential bid (Pence has no chance of winning the Trumpist GOP nomination.)
- No ‘apologists for Putin’: Pence draws contrast with DeSantis on support for Ukraine
- Report: The Special Counsel Isn’t Going to Let Mike Pence Weasel Out of Testifying About 1/6
- Judge rejected Perry’s bid to shield thousands of emails from Jan. 6 investigators
- Media organizations demand Jan. 6 videos McCarthy shared with Fox News’ Tucker Carlson
- Kevin McCarthy Gave Tucker Carlson the Jan. 6 Security Footage. He’ll Wish He Hadn’t. (“This is not actually Good News for Republicans, though. If McCarthy wants to let Carlson further entrench GOP politics in the electoral cul-de-sac of Jan. 6 revisionism, Democrats won’t stop them.”)
- McCarthy pushes ahead with task force to evict lawmakers from committees
- Republican elites fear the monster they created
- ‘It’s a major blow’: Dominion has uncovered ‘smoking gun’ evidence in case against Fox News, legal experts say
- Jimmy Carter Was Actually a Very Good Foreign Policy President
- Safety regulators say Ohio toxic train derailment ‘100% preventable’
- Jimmy Carter, in his final campaign, is surrounded by friends
- Florida bill would give DeSantis more power over state universities and ban gender studies (Florida under Republican “leadership” continues to circle the toilet bowl.)
- Gov. Ron DeSantis Picks A Fight With NBC, MSNBC Over Black History Lessons In Florida
- Florida bill would ban public colleges from teaching any ‘theoretical’ content
- A Brief History of Elon Musk’s Master Plans
- Michigan GOP leader: state is ‘ground zero for the globalist takeover’ (She’s unhinged.)
- GOP Rep. John James won’t seek Michigan’s open Senate seat
- Florida Democrats to pick party chair after tough midterms (“The strongest contenders are former state Agriculture Commissioner Nikki Fried and former state senator Annette Taddeo, both of whom lost their own races last year.”)
- LA County gets first blizzard warning since 1989 as winter storm pounds California
- We are dropping the Dilbert comic strip because of creator Scott Adams’ racist rant: Letter from the Editor (Any media outlet that does NOT drop Scott Adams from its roster is complicit with a virulent white supremacist and unhinged bigot.)
- George Santos lied to a judge in 2017 bid to help a ‘family friend’ charged with fraud
- George Santos speaks the truth!
- George Santos falsely claimed in court that he worked for Goldman Sachs, audio reveals
- Biden to draw health care contrast with GOP in Virginia Beach
- Sen. Mark Warner: “Today marks one year since Vladimir Putin’s Russia launched an unprovoked attack on its peaceful neighbor, Ukraine.” (Putin’s “attempt to unilaterally upend the order that maintained peace and prosperity in Europe since 1945 must not succeed.”)
- The Status – Seeking Reelection or Other Office? Retiring? – of All 140 Members of the VA General Assembly
- General Assembly tracker: Everyone who says they aren’t coming back next year
- Virginia Republicans Push Extreme MAGA Agenda During Legislative Session (The DLCC highlights how Democrats blocked bad GOP bills, and are now looking to November to protect the Senate and retake the House)
- Williams: We don’t need DeSantis-style posturing in Virginia education (“Don’t DeSantize Virginia”)
- Virginia NAACP outraged over Gov. Youngkin’s Review of AP African American Studies
- Virginia lawmakers pass bill to get tougher on hemp that gets you high (“Law heading to Gov. Youngkin would require permits, clearer labeling”)
- Budget bills to be decided by conference committee
- Va. lawmakers reach tentative deal to tighten reins on Dominion Energy (“Virginia lawmakers, long seen as beholden to Dominion, have reached a deal to strengthen oversight and potentially create savings for electricity customers.”)
- Glenn Youngkin’s UVA Board Appointee Strongly Recommends Far-Right Author Who Evoked “common white nationalist trope of white genocide”, Railed Against Islam, Claimed Homosexuality an “unstable component on which to base an individual identity” (Youngkin’s cool with this?)
- Running out of time: life and death of bills in the General Assembly
- Since Adam Oakes’ death, VCU revised fraternity rules but declined to overhaul the system
- One year later: How the Roanoke Valley has reached out to Ukraine
- Virginia Beach-based Navy SEAL dies after training accident
- D.C.-area forecast: Snow focuses on afternoon, with light accumulation possible
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