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by Lowell
Here are a few international, national and Virginia news headlines, political and otherwise, for Monday, March 6.
- Starfish are melting into goo. Here’s what it means for the ocean. (“The mysterious disease causing sea stars to waste away isn’t just a disaster for the aquatic invertebrates. It may end up making climate change worse, too.”)
- How Auditing Giant KPMG Became a Global Sustainability Leader While Serving Companies Accused of Forest Destruction
- Agrivoltaics can provide food, energy for growing world population
- Ukrainians Work Through Blackouts, Internet Outages as Russia Targets Power Grid
- Putin’s Assault on Ukraine Has Been an Environmental Catastrophe
- Russia is close to taking Bakhmut. But it may come with a cost (Not “may.” In fact, it’s already come with a massive cost to Russia.)
- Time could be running out for Ukrainian forces in besieged Bakhmut; Russia turns to ‘vintage’ tanks
- Ukraine war: Russia’s Wagner boss suggests ‘betrayal’ in Bakhmut battle (“The head of Russia’s Wagner private army has said it is not getting the ammunition it needs from Moscow, as it seeks to gain control of Bakhmut.”)
- Ukrainian soldiers in Bakhmut: ‘Our troops are not being protected’
- Ukrainian forces cling to Bakhmut as Russia attacks from three sides
- Why the Russian Army Isn’t Learning From Its Mistakes (“Though that doesn’t necessarily mean Ukraine is winning.”)
- German Chancellor Warns Of ‘Consequences’ If China Sends Arms To Russia
- Ukraine war has made it easier for US to isolate China in the Pacific
- China Rooftops Could Almost Match Size of Global Solar Industry (“Longi sees potential for 1,000 gigawatts capacity on buildings”)
- Estonia’s PM, Kaja Kallas, secures election win with pro-Ukraine stance
- Estonian Premier Kallas Secures Solid Win as Far Right Slips
- Entebbe rescue squad blasts Netanyahu for ‘sacrificing country for own interests’ (That’s exactly what Netanyahu is doing.)
- What Israel’s “Court Reform” Reveals
- At CPAC, Brazil’s Former President Jair Bolsonaro Blames the Left for Insurrection (Bolsonaro is evil.)
- Iran Needs to Believe America’s Threat (“If the U.S. does not take forceful action to check Tehran’s progress toward a nuclear bomb, Israel will. That’s a much more dangerous scenario.”)
- How a wind farm and a big battery will deliver 24/7 power to one of world’s biggest mines
- 4 US citizens missing after being assaulted and kidnapped in Mexico, FBI says
- El Salvador’s massive new prison and the strongman behind it, explained (“President Nayib Bukele promised to end gang violence. It may come at the expense of human and civil rights.”)
- Once hailed as a reformer, Mikheil Saakashvili languishes in prison
- The $1 billion push to remove highways dividing communities
- Biden bets big that voters will reward him in 2024 for new bridge and road projects (“With little hope of passing major legislation in the next two years, Biden figures to run for re-election on the massive infrastructure package he’s getting off the ground.”)
- ‘We have to remain vigilant’: Biden warns of ‘hate and extremism’ in the US (“The president spoke in Selma at the site of ‘Bloody Sunday’ that led to passage of historic voting rights legislation nearly 60 years ago”)
- Biden commemorates “Bloody Sunday” in Selma by pushing voting rights reform
- In Selma, Biden says right to vote remains under assault
- Biden to unveil budget, deficit cuts in Philly on Thursday, White House says
- Jill Biden says the idea of a competency test for elderly politicians is ‘ridiculous’
- The GOP debate over how to stop Trump in 2024
- Fact check: Trump delivers wildly dishonest speech at CPAC
- The DOJ thinks Trump can be sued for Jan. 6. That should scare him.
- CPAC Was a Janky Half-Empty Trump Convention (“This Conservative Political Action Conference lacked both conservatives and action.”)
- CPAC exposes conservative split (“If DeSantis runs, he has an opportunity to strike a middle ground between Trump’s unadulterated populism and mainstream conservativism. But as his muddled comments on Ukraine showed, he’s at risk of trying to be everything to everyone — while Trump runs as the true MAGA believer.”)
- The Martyr at CPAC (“Donald Trump came to the conservative conference to air some grievances.”)
- Trump and DeSantis stake out sharpest preview yet of possible 2024 showdown
- N.H. Governor Thinks Trump Will Lose 2024 GOP Nomination: ‘Just Not Going To Happen’ (To the contrary, it very well could happen.)
- House Committee Budgets Swell as G.O.P. Plans Road Shows Across U.S. (What a f’ing joke.)
- Paul Manafort agrees to pay $3.15 million to settle with Justice Dept.
- As Trump Inquiry Continues, Republicans Seek Oversight of Georgia Prosecutors
- Kari Lake wins CPAC vice president poll, topping DeSantis, Haley (Lunatics.)
- Florida bills would ban gender studies, transgender pronouns, tenure perks
- DeSantis and Florida GOP push hard-right agenda, including expanding ‘Don’t Say Gay’
- In Calif. speech that draws protests, DeSantis stokes fight over pandemic
- In Florida Legislative Session, a Chance for DeSantis to Check Off His Wish List
- Fox News stands in legal peril. It says defamation loss would harm all media
- What is Fox News hiding in the Dominion lawsuit?
- The bewildering descent of Scott Adams and ‘Dilbert’
- Twitter can’t protect you from trolls any more, insiders say (“Twitter insiders have told the BBC that the company is no longer able to protect users from trolling, state-co-ordinated disinformation and child sexual exploitation, following lay-offs and changes under owner Elon Musk.”)
- Democratic Sen. Joe Manchin Won’t Commit to Endorsing Biden
- Metro will return to automatic train system for first time in 14 years
- Ambitions collide as rising Democrats consider higher office (“In recent weeks, both Richmond Mayor Levar Stoney and Rep. Abigail Spanberger (D-Va.) have launched new PACs to help support state legislative candidates heading into their off-year cycle. Former Rep. Elaine Luria, who narrowly lost a red-leaning seat in 2022, also launched her own political action committee aimed at fundraising for local offices.”)
- Video: Sen. Mark Warner Says “We have never had a potential adversary like China” (“Putin made a major miscalculation…Xi is watching the West stand up against Putin and is taking some lessons from that.”)
- A surveillance politics storm is building — and Mark Warner’s at the eye (“The Senate Intelligence Committee chair is about to find himself reconciling a morass of competing priorities for a high-stakes warrantless monitoring program. He’s been here before.”)
- A Dog, a Food Fight and Other Highlights From the 2023 General Assembly Session (“Republican attacks on the energy transition failed”)
- New superintendent for Virginia schools should come from the state
- Virginia’s coming hunger cliff
- Some Virginia parents angered by Youngkin’s review of AP African-American studies
- Does Virginia’s renewable future have space for alternative forms of gas?
- Meet the under-30 candidates for local and state offices in Virginia
- Q&A with Joel Griffin (This article by “F2S” uses the pejorative Democrat-as-an-adjective formulation for some bizarre reason.)
- U.S. Dept of Ed investigating civil rights claim related to Powhatan school consent form
- Most Fairfax Co. parents oppose coed sex education lessons, survey finds
- Officials ready to let urban runoff swallow a cherished Virginia lake (“Fairfax County considers canceling plans to dredge Lake Accotink once more, saying it would be too costly and potentially more harmful to the environment.”)
- D.C.-area forecast: Nice Monday, then a gradual cooling trend
