by Lowell
Here are a few international, national and Virginia news headlines, political and otherwise, for Friday, March 10.
Tonight at a town hall, Governor Glen Youngkin absolutely stumbled through a question from a young transgender man.
“Look at me. Your policies require me to be in the women’s room. Do you think girls would be comfortable with me in there?”
He had no real answer. https://t.co/W87kqVu3FK
— Erin Reed (@ErinInTheMorn) March 10, 2023
- European Union agrees to push for global phase out of fossil fuels ahead of COP28 climate conference
- At CERAWeek, Big Oil Executives Call for ‘Energy Security’ and Longevity for Fossil Fuels (“As one executive put it: ‘Our strategy is to stay as oily as we can for as long as we can.’ Sociopathic.)
- The concrete that helps the climate (“Concrete is the defining material of the Anthropocene and takes a terrible toll on the climate.”)
- China Is Still Backing an Elusive Breakthrough for Solar Panels (“Chinese startup seeks to be first mass producer of perovskite; Flexibility of the solar cells open up a range of applications”)
- Europe’s banks sucked into global rout as high rates reality hits home
- Russia hit Ukraine with 6 hypersonic missiles (“Following a nationwide attack, an advisor to Zelensky says the country’s defense systems didn’t withstand some of Russia’s Kinzhal missiles”)
- Putin thinks ‘Ukraine matters more to him’ than to the West and that he’ll eventually win his disastrous war, CIA chief warns
- The moment when Putin turned away from the West (“Vladimir Putin and the Bush administration were working well together on counterterrorism after 9/11. Then came Beslan — and a break.”)
- Belarus passes law to execute officials convicted of treason
- Pentagon chief ‘disturbed’ by West Bank violence and warns against inflammatory rhetoric
- Israel’s president calls to scrap judicial overhaul as protests mount
- The “two revolutions” that explain Israel’s massive protests (“Israelis are revolting against Netanyahu. But a judicial overhaul isn’t the country’s only crisis.”)
- Saudi Arabia Offers Its Price to Normalize Relations With Israel
- China’s Xi sworn in for historic third term (Dictator.)
- Xi Seals His Political Supremacy, Focusing on Economy and U.S. Rivalry
- US-China Downward Spiral Raises Fresh Fears of Eventual Conflict
- Saudi Arabia Thought Golf Could Save Its Image. It Whiffed.
- Germany to build 25GW of “hydrogen ready” gas plants to back up wind and solar
- Eight killed, including gunman, at Jehovah’s Witness hall shooting in Germany
- Fake bombs and failed coup: Moldova smolders on border of Russia’s war
- Letter claims cartel handed over men who killed Americans
- Men Found in Mexico With a Note Blaming Them for Attack on Americans
- Investigation into deadly kidnapping of Americans in Mexico continues after cartel issues apology letter
- IRA to grow US solar and storage manufacturing workforce to 115,000 by 2030 – SEIA
- U.S. Jobs Report to Offer Fresh Reading on Labor Market’s Tenacity
- What to expect from the February jobs report
- February is expected to have been a strong month for hiring and wage growth
- Budget Wars: This Time Is Different (“In any case, where we are now is that Biden is offering a basically reasonable fiscal plan, while Republicans are talking meanspirited nonsense.” And the media reports on the two “sides” as falsely equivalent, normalizing the Republicans’ extremism. Massive failure.)
- Biden budget would cut deficit by $3 trillion over decade with 25% minimum tax on richest Americans
- Biden sticks it to Republicans with his budget proposal
- Republicans blame Joe Biden for why they haven’t written a budget yet
- The real message of Biden’s budget (“The president is picking a fight with Republicans on their own turf — fiscal responsibility and defense spending.”)
- Biden’s budget goes all in on protecting Medicare. Just how much danger is it in?
- Fauci says Redfield’s testimony of COVID call was ‘unequivocally incorrect’
- Dark Brandon Strikes Again: Biden Dismisses Trump With Just 3 Mocking Words (“Bless me father”)
- What Are We Protecting Children from by Banning Books?
- Catholic group spent millions on app data that tracked gay priests
- Republicans’ Crusade Against “Woke” Is Preaching to a Sleepwalking Choir
- The Right’s Obsession With Wokeness Is a Sign of Weakness
- McConnell’s hospitalization raises questions for GOP’s future
- Mitch McConnell Concussed by Fall, Will Remain in Hospital for Days
- Kevin McCarthy won’t let Republicans “move on” from January 6 (“Some Republicans want to forget January 6 — but many House Republicans can’t stop celebrating the Capitol riot”)
- 2024 Trump Is Even Scarier Than 2020 Trump (“When the front-running ex-President campaigns on a platform of ‘retribution’ and ‘termination,’ it’s best to take him seriously.”)
- Prosecutors seek to question Trump lawyer before grand jury in classified papers case
- Prosecutors Signal Criminal Charges for Trump Are Likely (This falls into the “we’ll believe it if and when we see it” category.)
- ‘Racist’ Trump is blowing up because he can’t stand being prosecuted by Black lawyers: Former GOP strategist
- Judge: Trump trade adviser Navarro must surrender White House-related emails
- DeSantis indicates privately he intends to run in 2024 as allies prepare
- ‘Spill’ of classified info derails Proud Boys trial
- FiveThirtyEight’s Pollster Ratings (They give right-wing “polls” Trafalgar and Rasmussen grades of “B” – nuff said.)
- Norfolk Southern train derails in Alabama hours before CEO testifies before Congress
- How long does Twitter have left? (“I give it six months before bankruptcy”)
- Twitter and Elon Musk Face Legal Risks in FTC Probe
- Elon Musk Is Spiraling (“One Elon is a visionary; the other is a troll. The more he tweets, the harder it gets to tell them apart.”)
- Elon Musk Is Planning a Texas Utopia—His Own Town
- The scale of local news destruction in Gannett’s markets is astonishing
- Fox News blacked out too much in court documents, say Dominion and media outlets
- Analysis: Is Dominion Voting case against Fox News worth as much as $1.6 billion?
- Dominion lawsuit makes clear exactly how the Fox News feedback loop works (“Can Dominion disrupt the Fox News loop?”)
- Fox News Editor Overseeing Crime Fearmongering Is Felon Himself
- Internal text reveals Tucker Carlson reads the work of a Holocaust denier at a white nationalist hub
- Lachlan Murdoch sheepishly denies what is crystal clear: Fox knew it was spreading lies (Lachlan is just as bad as Rupert.)
- Fox News may be in a class by itself. That’s not a good thing.
- The FCC could choose to act against Rupert Murdoch for Fox News’ election lies, but few expect it to (Oh no, of COURSE not. Ugh.)
- We must protect the children by … rolling back child labor laws
- George Santos masterminded 2017 ATM fraud, former roommate tells feds
- Storm-ravaged California hit by another potent atmospheric river (Of course, this headline completely ignores any good aspects for California of getting massive amounts of moisture to get it out of its drought.)
- Details in a lawsuit against Texas’s abortion ban shock the conscience (“The complaint’s 92 pages bombard the reader with a barrage of evidence — not predictions or opinions, but glaring, unarguable facts.”)
- Tennessee lt. governor repeatedly left comments on a young gay man’s semi-nude photos (Totally normal behavior for an anti-LGBTQ right-winger, huh? LOL)
- Ex-GOP Ohio speaker, lobbyist guilty in $60M bribery scheme
- Following Presentation to GSA & FBI, Senators Warner and Kaine Answer Questions; VA’s Congressional Delegation and Gov. Youngkin Issue Statement on “Clear Case for Springfield as New FBI HQ Location”
- Virginia officials make their case to GSA for new FBI headquarters
- Glenn Youngkin Defends Anti-Trans Legislation, Says Schools Just Need ‘Gender Neutral’ Bathrooms
- Takeaways from Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin’s CNN town hall on public education
- Racism, LGBTQ students and more: Takeaways from Gov. Glenn Youngkin’s town hall on education
- GOP Virginia Governor Stumbles As Trans Student Confronts Him On Live TV
- Youngkin on ChatGPT: ‘More school districts should ban it’
- ICYMI: Glenn Youngkin Continues Extremist Anti-Trans Attacks at CNN Town Hall
- 5 Questions Jake Tapper Should Ask Glenn Youngkin at CNN’s Townhall (And of course Tapper didn’t ask these questions.)
- Ahead of Youngkin’s CNN Town Hall on Education, Several Groups Present the *Facts* – and Important Questions That Need to Be Asked Tonight
- Youngkin announces new slate of efforts to address learning loss in Virginia
- Del. VanValkenburg: Why Gov. Youngkin’s Administration is Full of “Missed Opportunities” in Education
- Far-Right-Extremist/Bigot Former VA AG Ken Cuccinelli Ditches Donald Trump and Instead Launches PAC to Encourage Ron DeSantis to Run for President (If there was any doubt remaining that DeSantis is a fascist…)
- Ex-Trump official Cuccinelli launches PAC urging DeSantis to enter 2024 race
- Virginia made community college tuition-free — for some students (“How is ‘Get Skilled, Get a Job, Give Back’ going?”)
- Pope & Schapiro: Changes in the chambers of the legislature
- Del. Fariss faces more difficulties than criminal charges (“He also faces a challenge for the Republican nomination in a district that, while strongly Republican, may not work to his advantage.”)
- Arlington Planning Commission gives thumbs up to ‘Missing Middle’ zoning changes
- Editorial: A place for remembrance (“Virginia Beach has two proposed designs for a May 31 memorial and it needs the public’s help deciding which to build.”)
- D.C.-area forecast: Trivial snowflakes turn to rain today; another storm Sunday
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