by Lowell
Here are a few international, national and Virginia news headlines, political and otherwise, for Sunday, February 26.
- The Year That Redrew the Energy Map (“Russia’s invasion of Ukraine hastened a global transformation that will surpass the 1970s shocks — and it isn’t over yet.”)
- Analysis: War in Ukraine Has Changed Europe for Good (“Europe is now grappling with how to transform itself from a peace power to a muscular geopolitical protagonist.”)
- Sliding Toward a New Cold War (“Not since the Berlin Wall fell has the world been cleaved so deeply by the kind of conflict that John F. Kennedy called a ‘long, twilight struggle.'”)
- The Brave Man Whom Putin Wants to Kill (“Aleksei Navalny, Russia’s leading dissident and opposition leader, may be something of a Mandela of our age. Poisoned, imprisoned, brutalized, Navalny stands unbroken in his cell: still mocking Putin and scathing in his denunciation of the invasion of Ukraine.”)
- 3 weapons changed the course of Russia’s war in Ukraine (“Many expected Ukraine to fall quickly after Russia invaded. Instead, Ukrainian forces have used key armaments to devastating effect.”)
- Ukraine Latest: Putin Says Weapons Aid Makes NATO ‘Participant’ (Let’s see Putin try to attack NATO and see what happens…)
- China refuses to condemn Russia’s Ukraine invasion during G20 deadlock (Disgusting.)
- Ukraine: Zelenskyy seeks more sanctions, fighting grinds on
- ‘That’s my neighbour’: Mariupol residents’ shock at Putin’s parade line-up
- Donbas: Ground Zero of Russia’s war in Ukraine
- Putin casts war as a battle for Russia’s survival (Only if you define Russia as a Putin-controlled, corrupt, authoritarian, oligarchical, violent, imperial nightmare that needs to survive for some reason.)
- Zelenskyy open to considering some parts of Beijing’s proposals to end Ukraine war
- Putin’s Favorite Neighbor Is Caving in to the Kremlin (“Belarusian leader Alexander Lukashenko’s delicate balancing act between Vladimir Putin and the West seems to have reached tipping point.”)
- Ukraine Parliament member urges U.S. to use Russian oligarchs’ money as aid
- Why Moldova fears it could be next for Putin
- The key trends to watch in the Russia-Ukraine war
- Dow said it was recycling our shoes. We found them at an Indonesian flea market
- Desperate for Babies, China Races to Undo an Era of Birth Limits. Is It Too Late?
- Nigeria election 2023: First results expected
- Nigerians vote a day late in some places as election count underway
- Nigeria’s elections will determine the course of its democracy (“Africa’s largest democracy has voted — what’s at stake for its people, and the continent?”)
- Mexicans are mobilizing to protect their eroding democracy (“A set of reforms to the country’s independent elections agency are the latest anti-democratic move by Mexico’s president.”)
- Australian Energy Minister Rules Out Ban On New Coal Mines
- Resisting Iran’s Hijab Law, Women Are Letting Their Hair Flow Uncovered
- Red states leading the US in solar and wind production, new report shows
- Revealed: the US is averaging one chemical accident every two days
- NREL Study Shows Wind Energy Can Help Puerto Rico Achieve Its Clean Energy & Grid Reliability Goals
- Terrible Ideas Keep Inching Closer to Reality, Thanks to Supreme Court Conservatives (“That state nullification of federal law got FOUR VOTES in Cruz v. Arizona is yet another canary in this coalmine.”)
- How the Biden administration will try to save its student loan relief plan at the Supreme Court
- The Attack on Public Education and What We Must Do (Fight back. HARD.)
- MAGA Is the Mullet of Politics (“The disaster in East Palestine has revealed Trumpism to be populist in the front and corporatist in the back.”)
- EPA orders ‘pause’ of derailment contaminated waste removal
- The East Palestine Train Fiasco Lays Bare a Far Bigger Crisis (“It’s a stark reminder that plastics, from cradle to grave, are poisoning people—and the planet.”)
- In East Palestine, who ‘shows up’ isn’t necessarily a sign of who’s helping
- ‘You’re not forgotten‘: how the right racialized the Ohio train disaster (That’s what the right does. Every single time.)
- Here’s how to fix freight rail after the Ohio derailment debacle
- News outlets demand release of Jan. 6 footage given to Tucker Carlson
- Pence on Trump’s 2024 run: ‘I’m confident we’ll have better choices’ (They really don’t have better choices.)
- Longtime Trump backers flock to DeSantis event
- From Palm Beach to Staten Island, DeSantis makes 2024 moves on Trump’s turf
- Judge Reveals Rep. Scott Perry’s Bid To Shield Thousands Of Files From Jan. 6 Committee
- Judge: Jan. 6 probe unable to review 2,000 records due to fight over Perry’s phone
- ‘Dilbert’ dropped by The Post, other papers, after cartoonist’s racist rant (For once, the WaPo does the right thing!)
- From Carter to M.T.G.: What a Peach State Plummet
- Sanders supporters took over the Nevada Democratic Party. It’s not going well. (“The senator lets it be known that he’s unhappy with work his followers have done in the critical battleground state.”)
- Los Angeles Times ceases publication of ‘Dilbert’ (There’s absolutely no excuse for ANY media outlet to publish virulent white supremacist/racist Scott Adams, after he “called Black Americans a ‘hate group’ and said White people should ‘get the hell away from’ them.”)
- Media drop Dilbert after creator’s Black ‘hate group’ remark
- Why Would Anyone Pay for Facebook?
- Arizona governor seeks ethics review of former attorney general
- Parts of metro Los Angeles are still under a historic blizzard warning as heavy snow and rain pummel region
- Storm brings snow to Southern California as heavy rain prompts search and rescue missions
- General Assembly adjourns without a budget deal (“The state already has a two-year budget but attempts to amend it have stalled. Instead, the legislature adopted some stopgap amendments and adjourned for now.” Exactly – we already have a budget; these are just amendments.)
- Lawmakers Pass Energy Bill, ‘Skinny’ Budget as Session Ends
- From housing to hemp, here’s what did and didn’t pass the Virginia General Assembly
- Va. General Assembly ends session with no budget deal, leaving money unspent (The WaPo frames this as “both sides,” false equivalence yet again. They suck.)
- With much of budget still out, Youngkin tallies wins and losses in session
- Virginia Senate Adjourns “Sine Die” for 2023; Sen. McClellan Concludes 18-Year Career Having Passed More than 370 Bills (!) (Majority Leader Dick Saslaw moves to adjourn “sine die” for the last time in his 48-year career)
- Clean Virginia: Passage of Major Energy Reform Bills Reflects a New Era in Virginia Politics (“Bipartisan pro-consumer coalition restores proper oversight to monopoly utilities”)
- General Assembly’s final day deal promises savings on Dominion bills
- General Assembly deal sets Dominion profits for two years while overhauling regulatory system
- Decision to drop Henrico voting site roils Sunday’s Democratic Senate primary
- Virginia judges aren’t named when they’re found guilty of misconduct. A bill heading to Youngkin’s desk would change that.
- EDITORIAL: Virginia’s leaders opt for safe route over gun safety (No, it wasn’t generic “leaders” who failed to pass meaningful gun violence prevention legislation, it was 100% *REPUBLICANS*, and the headline/editorial should say so clearly. But of course it doesn’t say so clearly, because…”mainstream media”)
- Friday Night Update from the ER in Arlington, VA: “Many people early on expected COVID to ultimately be like the flu and mortality wise; COVID is closer now.”
- Del. Rob Bell (R-Albemarle) Announces Retirement; Democratic Candidates Kellen Squire, Amy Laufer Comment
- Rob Bell not seeking reelection to House of Delegates
- Man killed by Virginia police officers responding to reported shoplifting at mall (“Timothy Johnson was shot and killed Wednesday after he was accused of shoplifting at Tysons Corner Center in Fairfax County. Police said they have not yet determined if Johnson had a weapon.”)
- Column: In Richmond, the James River brings out the best of us
- State cites Charlottesville SPCA for repeat violations
- Richmond residents seek City support as utility prices continue to rise
- D.C.-area forecast: Another mild week ahead; rain possible late Monday and again late week
********************************************************
Sign up for the Blue Virginia weekly newsletter
