by Lowell
Here are a few international, national and Virginia news headlines, political and otherwise, for Wednesday, February 1.
- EDF installed 1 GW of solar, wind and storage in 2022
- Ukraine Denounces Western Executives at Russian Companies
- U.S. expected to send longer-range rockets to Ukraine
- Russia struggles to replace losses in Ukraine ahead of possible offensive, officials say
- U.S. accuses Russia of not complying with key nuclear arms treaty
- Russia focuses on eastern Ukraine for possible new offensive
- U.S. Company Offers Advanced Drones to Ukraine for One Dollar, With Some Costs
- Brussels urged to rein in Ukraine’s ‘unrealistic’ EU hopes
- Ukraine’s defense minister pushes for fighter jets, even as training begins on tanks
- U.S. readies $2 bln-plus Ukraine aid package with longer-range weapons -sources
- As Russian invasion nears one-year mark, partisans grow further apart on U.S. support for Ukraine
- Petr Pavel: Ukraine deserves to join Nato, says new Czech leader
- French Forces Seize Iranian-Supplied Weapons Bound for Yemen
- Netanyahu says don’t get ‘hung up’ on peace with Palestinians first
- Blinken’s civics lesson for Netanyahu (“Secretary of State Tony Blinken publicly reminded Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of the values of democracy this week — reflecting just how concerned the Biden administration is about the new Israeli government’s plan to overhaul the country’s judicial system.”)
- U.S. and India launch high-level defense and tech initiative (“Geopolitical concerns about China and Russia form backdrop of partnership “)
- 4 key suspects in Haiti presidential slaying in US custody
- Missing radioactive capsule found in Australia
- Exiled Bolsonaro lives it up in Florida as legal woes grow back home (“Ex-Brazilian president faces criminal inquiries, including an investigation into his alleged role in the Brasília uprising”)
- Revealed: how world’s biggest fossil fuel firms ‘profited in Myanmar after coup’ (Evil.)
- The Economy Is Doing Great (“Will the Fed please stop trying to crush it?”)
- Powell likely to stress Fed’s inflation fight far from over
- Fed’s First Meeting of 2023 Could Signal Bank’s Next Moves
- Biden, McCarthy meet for high stakes debt showdown
- Every American has a stake in Biden’s meeting with McCarthy (“If the two most important leaders in DC can’t agree to lift the debt ceiling by the time the Treasury runs out of money to pay its debts, the US could go into default”)
- In Debt Limit Fight, Republicans Won’t Say What Spending Cuts They Want
- Republicans have a plan B if the U.S. breaches the debt ceiling. It’d still be a disaster.
- House Dems eye discharge petition as escape hatch on debt ceiling
- RNC Tells Republican Politicians to Stay Extreme on Abortion (“The RNC passed a resolution scolding politicians who backed off after the end of Roe v. Wade and urging them to stay on the offensive in 2024.”)
- 9 GOP-led states ask judge to end DACA program protections for “Dreamers”
- At the Supreme Court, Ethics Questions Over a Spouse’s Business Ties
- Another SCOTUS scandal: Chief justice’s spouse makes millions placing attorneys at top law firms that argue before the court
- Top Jan. 6 investigator says FBI, other agencies could have stopped Capitol mob had they acted on intel already collected
- GOP report shows plan to ramp up focus on disproven election fraud claims
- House Votes to End Covid Precautions as G.O.P. Uses Pandemic in Political Attacks
- What the end of COVID health emergencies means for anti-vaxxers: meltdown (“Anti-vaxxers built their identities around the pandemic — now they’re losing their minds (even more)”)
- For Republican base, battles over coronavirus vaccines, closures are still fiery
- The House GOP’s sham hearings are fizzling before they even begin (See, media, how it’s done? The word “sham” is right in the headline. This really isn’t difficult.)
- House Republicans launch investigations of Biden and COVID relief (Again, this should have the word “sham” in the headline, or put “investigations” in air quotes.)
- The GOP’s House Ethics Committee Will Be Led By An Election Denier (Which makes the committee completely illegitimate.)
- Video of Trump deposition in New York fraud probe shows former president taking the Fifth, repeating “same answer”
- Trump pleaded the fifth more than 400 times in fraud deposition, video shows
- Trump’s Well-Worn Legal Playbook Starts to Look Frayed
- It’s a Very Bad Week (Legally, Professionally, Psychically) to Be Donald Trump
- The return of the Stormy Daniels “hush money” case against Trump, explained
- Black History Month arrives as teachers’ fears mount
- Right-wing media are using the death of Tyre Nichols to push their pro-policing agenda
- The lack of humanity in the death of Tyre Nichols
- Why DeSantis Is on Track to Beat Trump (“The main Trump alternative has learned the lessons of 2016”)
- GOP senators rally to defend DeSantis from Trump attacks
- Trump big money machine prepares for battle with DeSantis, other rivals
- The GOP presidential contenders don’t want to have a beer with you
- What Ron Klain Learned in the White House
- It’s official: Nikki Haley running for president. Formal announcement Feb. 15 (She’s a disgrace.)
- “George Santos” Is Going to Pause his Committee Work until He Can Sort Out Some Things (Exactly, but “George Santos” in air quotes, because that’s definitely NOT his real name.)
- ‘You Seem Angry’: George Santos OAN Interview Gets Awkward Fast
- The historic support for George Santos’s resignation
- Promised green cards, catfishing, threats: How George Santos’ ex-boyfriends say they were left feeling trapped, manipulated
- Santos tells colleagues he won’t serve on 2 committees
- DeSantis aims to cut college diversity efforts; New College ousts president
- Key Ron DeSantis medical ally: “Fauci should face a firing squad” (Completely deranged)
- Dissecting Elon Musk’s Tweets: Memes, Rants and Echo Chamber
- Arizona Republicans fear they may blow it again
- California police kill double amputee who was fleeing: ‘Scared for his life’ (What the everlasting f***?)
- The Hunt Is on to Find the Dallas Zoo Bandit
- ‘Fight for a cure’: Senator Warner helps lead bills to fund Alzheimer’s research
- Kaine reintroduces bill to allow students to use Pell Grants for job training programs
- Youngkin blocked a battery factory from coming to Va. and an entire economic sector’s potential
- Massive Youngkin Error Leaves Local K-12 Schools with $201 Million Budgetary Shortfall (“The self-proclaimed ‘education governor’ has proven where his loyalty to students, teachers, and parents stops” – DPVA)
- VA Senate Democratic Caucus Releases Statement on Local School Divisions Short $201 Million in Aid Because of Youngkin Administration Error (“This is simply outrageous”; “One thing is clear, this is no time to cut taxes for the wealthy and corporations, instead we must fully fund our public schools”)
- Virginia House Democrats Announce Platform to Provide World-Class Education to Kids (In contrast, “Republican Department of Education focused on culture wars and defunding schools”)
- Most gun storage bills appear doomed in Virginia General Assembly
- Va. regulators propose easing emission limits for data centers over power transmission concerns
- Ivy Main: “I wish they all could be solar schools” in Virginia (“Building a school with a roof that can hold solar panels doesn’t have to be an added expense; mainly, you just have to plan for it.”)
- 2 cyclist safety bills are advancing in the state Senate
- Senate Democrats signal opposition to Youngkin pick for UVA board
- Richmond area’s population growth outpacing Northern Virginia
- Fairfax launches plan to combat invasive spotted lanternfly in parks
- Coach Who Posed as a High School Player in Virginia Causes Season’s Forfeit (“The Portsmouth Public Schools received a report last week that an assistant coach had played in a girls’ junior varsity basketball game on Jan. 21. The team decided not to go forward with the season.”)
- Primary state funding for a 26-mile scenic rail trail is secured
- Virginia Beach police not saying much after man dies of gunshot wound in hourslong standoff
- D.C.-area forecast: Snow showers ending early this morning; frigid by Friday and Saturday
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