by Lowell
Here are a few international, national and Virginia news headlines, political and otherwise, for Friday, March 24.
- These eight charts show why climate change matters right now
- Climate change making Earth ‘uninhabitable’ Guterres warns
- “Urgency. Gravity. Hope.” World’s Top Climate Report Highlights Dire Need for Climate Action
- Global Bonds Rally on Haven Demand Amid Renewed Banking Concerns
- Deutsche Bank shares slide 13% after sudden spike in the cost of insuring against its default
- Ukraine eyes an offensive around Bakhmut, as Russian momentum stalls
- Inside Ukraine’s scramble for “game-changer” drone fleet
- Ukraine reports heavy Russian losses (“Ukrainian officials claim Russian forces are losing hundreds of men a day and sustaining heavy losses in 3 hotspots along the front lines”)
- Russian strikes overnight kill civilians; Estonia calls China peace plan ‘extremely unfair’
- Norway watches warily as Russian subs and aircraft step up Arctic patrols
- Elderly Ukrainian helicopters pummel Russians from afar
- Why the War Crimes Charges Against Vladimir Putin Are So Significant
- The International Criminal Court will open an office in Ukraine, after indicting President Vladimir Putin.
- Why Xi and Putin pretend they run democracies
- China, Haiti and migration top agenda for Biden-Trudeau meeting
- US and Canada reach deal to reject asylum seekers
- China threatens consequences over US warship’s actions
- Vice President Harris is visiting Africa next week, part of a pushback to China
- Suspected Iranian-affiliated drone kills US contractor and wounds 5 US service members in northeast Syria
- U.S. carries out airstrikes in Syria after suspected Iranian drone kills American contractor and wounds 5 U.S. service members
- Saudi Arabia, Syria Close to Resuming Ties in Russia-Brokered Talks
- Congress leader Rahul Gandhi disqualified from India’s parliament (WTF?)
- More than 1 million demonstrate across France against pension reforms
- In Afghanistan, women and girls are being erased
- North Korea claims ‘radioactive tsunami’ weapon test at sea
- Torture, forced abortions and insects for food: Life inside North Korean jails, says this NGO
- ‘Brazil is back’: Lula to visit Xi as he resets diplomatic relations with China
- TikTok Fight Rocks U.S.-China Relations
- There’s a Problem With Banning TikTok. It’s Called the First Amendment.
- TikTok wants to distance itself from China — but Beijing is getting involved
- Five takeaways from TikTok CEO’s Congress grilling (“Tech executives don’t get an easy ride before Congress, but Shou Zi Chew’s hearing was exceptionally bruising.”)
- TikTok faces uncertain future after 5-hour congressional thrashing
- TikTok Paid for Influencers to Attend the Pro-TikTok Rally in DC
- Volcker Slayed Inflation. Bernanke Saved the Banks. Can Powell Do Both?
- Climate Change Enables the Spread of a Dangerous Flesh-Eating Bacteria in US Coastal Waters, Study Says (“Though the occurrence of infections is small, the mortality rate is as high as 18 percent.”)
- FERC says 1,700 GW of US renewables still awaiting interconnection (This is a MASSIVE problem that needs to be fixed, ASAP!)
- House GOP eyes a new demand in debt talks: Energy permitting
- Attempts to Ban Books Doubled in 2022
- Republicans Have Revived a Scary 1980s Tactic for Breaking Democracy
- House fails to override Biden’s first veto
- Trump calls for removal of every top official investigating him
- In Trump Rape Case, Jurors Will Be Kept Anonymous to Protect Them
- N.Y. grand jury paused on Trump case until at least Monday, people familiar with case say
- Trump hush money probe goes quiet after chaotic week
- Trolled by Trump, Again (“Thoughts after a week of waiting and waiting for the indictment that the former President promised.”)
- New York DA investigating Trump calls GOP requests ‘unprecedented’ and ‘unlawful’
- Top Trump attorney appeared before grand jury last December in classified docs probe: Sources
- Trump to return to Fox as they rekindle their mutually beneficial relationship
- Several January 6 defense teams have cited Fox News as a reason for storming the Capitol
- Jim Jordan Is Trying To Flood the Zone With Sh-t (That’s what this scumbag always does.)
- The era of impossible subscription cancellations is nearing an end (“The FTC wants to make it easier for you to cancel that gym membership, among other things”)
- Melania Trump Remains ‘Angry’ at Donald over Stormy Daniels Drama, Is Focused on Her Son and Herself: Sources
- Trump to GOP firms: Stop using my image or your clients will suffer
- Ron DeSantis has one very big problem: Donald Trump
- As in 2016, Trump’s GOP rivals haven’t figured out a way around him
- Ron DeSantis’ Book Tour Looks Like ‘Amateur Hour’ (“The Florida governor’s soft launch for a likely presidential campaign just lost its top event coordinator, and some Republicans are saying his armor is already starting to crack.”)
- ‘Executive Guy’ DeSantis Says He Wouldn’t Accept VP Offer from Trump
- Wisconsin Supreme Court candidate OK with Jan. 6 participant
- Capitol rioter who stormed Pelosi’s office jailed (“Riley June Williams boasted online that she stole the top Democrat’s laptop in the raid on Congress.”)
- Man at Center of Jan. 6 Conspiracy Theory Demands Retraction From Fox
- An Interview With the School Board Chair Who Forced Out a Principal After Michelangelo’s David Was Shown in Class
- “We’re Florida, OK?”: A School Board Chair Explains Why Showing Michelangelo’s David Led to a Principal’s Firing
- NPR cancels 4 podcasts amid major layoffs (“A number of long-time NPR staffers have chosen to leave. Some familiar voices are among them, including Senior European Correspondent Sylvia Poggioli, who has been with NPR for 41 years.”)
- Utah Law Could Curb Use of TikTok and Instagram by Children and Teens
- A Utah parent says the Bible contains porn and should be removed from school libraries. Here’s their full challenge.
- Record snowpack, nearly full reservoirs: Here’s the state of California’s drought after an epic winter
- Thanks, Obama! The hilarious reason why a judge just blocked Wyoming’s abortion ban. (This is really funny.)
- Wisconsin Supreme Court race previews 2024 abortion fight
- Oklahoma gives us a chilling glimpse of life in post-Roe America
- Congressional Republicans’ Plans To Gut Medicaid and the ACA Would Have Devastating Consequences in Virginia
- Video: Rep. Gerry Connolly (D-VA11) Mocks Republicans for Falsely Blaming Biden for Trump’s MANY Foreign Policy Disasters – “Lions and Tigers and Bears, Oh My!”
- Why advertisers aren’t coming back to Twitter (“Elon Musk is still the problem.”)
- With primaries on the way, advocates worry about losing election officials
- Ladies and Gentlemen, Meet Youngkin’s Extreme New VA Board of Education Appointee (Youngkin “follows a pattern of appointing people who don’t support the laws or constitutional rules they are charged with implementing”)
- Pope & Schapiro: A busy weekend for Youngkin and a big shakeup at VDOE
- Audio: Former Del. Lashrecse Aird Says “I’ve never run against someone where people were legitimately afraid…personally afraid of [Sen. Joe Morrissey]” (“…this person who literally torments other leaders, who threatens…all sorts of things, but is just given a total pass”)
- Lawsuit alleges Youngkin pushed Dept. of Elections to change a Southside state Senate nomination process (“A GOP official from the newly created 17th state Senate District is suing the Virginia Department of Elections, claiming that Gov. Glenn Youngkin strong-armed the agency into changing the nomination process from a primary to a convention to benefit Del. Emily Brewer over former NASCAR driver Hermie Sadler.”)
- Questions loom about Virginia health agency head, duties of interim leader
- Board of Health members express concern about lack of state health commissioner
- Editorial: Balow’s golden parachute (“After repeated mistakes on her watch, former state Superintendent Jillian Balow secured a sweetheart deal on her way out the door.”)
- Education secretary requested university mascots appear in Youngkin PAC video
- Column: Va. lawmakers put lives at risk by siding with Big Pharma
- Youngkin administration now requires felons to apply to get their voting rights back
- Irvo Otieno’s needless death exemplifies the criminalization of Black mental illness
- Internal ABC emails show counter-service store conversions may be less certain than indicated
- Del. Don Scott reprimanded by state bar for mishandling client fees
- Fairfax officer to be fired over shooting of unarmed Black man near Tysons
- Richmond City Center proposal calls for focus on sustainability
- D.C.-area forecast: Occasional rain today as temperatures turn cooler
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