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by Lowell
Here are a few international, national and Virginia news headlines, political and otherwise, for Saturday, March 4.
- Global warming may be accelerated by an ocean tipping point
- Climate change is raising flight turbulence risks. Here’s what to know.
- Exclusive: Russia set to mothball damaged Nord Stream gas pipelines – sources
- What’s at Stake as Ukraine Clings to Bakhmut
- Russia Is Getting Round Sanctions to Secure Supply of Key Chips for War
- Street fighting in Bakhmut but Russia not in control – deputy mayor
- 70 years after death, Stalin’s polarising legacy looms large
- Attorney General Merrick Garland makes unannounced trip to Ukraine
- The U.S. attorney general meets with Zelensky during a surprise visit to Ukraine.
- Russia’s Lavrov elicits cheers and groans at Indian political dialogue (Cheers? WTF???)
- U.S. intel on China considering lethal aid for Putin’s war was gleaned from Russian officials
- China Defends Growing Military Budget Before Annual Congress
- U.S. Prepares New Rules on Investment in China
- Analysis: China Increasingly Seen as Antagonist in Global Diplomacy
- North Korea’s food shortage could take a deadly turn
- CNN Exclusive: South Korea doesn’t need nuclear weapons to face the North, prime minister says
- As Turkey earthquakes death toll grows, so does anger at government
- Philippine governor killed by gunmen while meeting villagers
- Thousands of Afghan women in peril as Taliban voids their divorces, experts say (Completely f’ed up.)
- Climate activists protest Germany’s transportation policies
- Germany registered 780 MW of new solar in January (“Germany’s cumulative PV capacity hit 68.2 GW at the end of January.” Crank it up!)
- Biden thanks Scholz for ‘profound’ German support on Ukraine
- The puzzle facing Biden’s energy transition (Except it’s not “Biden’s energy transition,” it’s America’s!)
- Activists Make Final Appeal to Biden to Block Arctic Oil Project (“Environmental and Alaska Native advocates rallied outside the White House ahead of an expected final decision on ConocoPhillips’ Willow Project.”)
- Industry Knew About Gas Stoves’ Air Pollution Problems in Early 1970s
- There ain’t no cure for long covidiocy (“Vaccines make you more likely to get covid! Thank you, Dr. Jewish Space Lasers.”)
- Walgreens Caves To Antiabortion Republicans — Including In States Where Abortion Remains Legal
- Republicans Use Arcane Political Tactic to Thwart Democrats
- They Promised Whistleblowers but Delivered Hot Air
- Report: Jim Jordan’s “Weaponization” Witnesses Are Conspiracy Theorists With…No Knowledge of Government Wrongdoing
- Democrats Present Damning Info On Jim Jordan’s FBI ‘Whistleblowers’
- Fox Corp. and the Trump campaign hit with FEC complaint over Dominion revelations
- As 2024 race begins, special counsel advances with focus on Trump lawyers
- Trump’s legacy: Republicans torn by infighting, revolts as 2024 looms
- Every domestic extremist murder last year was committed by right-wingers: report
- Pompeo’s personal dig at Trump
- Trump calls for contest to create futuristic ‘Freedom Cities’
- Donald Trump Has a Vision for the Future, and It’s ‘the Jetsons’
- Trump reigns supreme at a diminished CPAC (CPAC is a disgrace, as is anyone who speaks at it.)
- Donald Trump Jr. Sinks To Another Sickening New Low At CPAC (“Donald Trump’s son doubled down with an ugly attack on Democratic Sen. John Fetterman, suggesting he should bag groceries.” Don Jr. is pure evil.)
- Skipping out on CPAC: Did Trump kill off conservatives’ biggest confab? (“Conservatives turn their backs on CPAC”)
- The Trump world-Fox News war gets nasty
- Fox News is increasingly fascinated with secession and separatist movements inside the United States
- Fox’s weeklong campaign blitz for Ron DeSantis
- Conservative Media Pay Little Attention to Revelations About Fox News
- Report: Trump Thinks He’s Just a Few Mean Nicknames Away From Convincing Ron DeSantis Not to Run Against Him
- As 2024 race begins, special counsel advances with focus on Trump lawyers
- Doubts vanish as Democrats unite over Biden’s 2024 bid: ‘He will win’
- Capitol Police confiscate assault-style ‘ghost gun’ and handgun capable of automatic fire during arrests
- Pelosi on DC crime bill: I wish Biden ‘would’ve told us first’
- Former U.S. Army Soldier Sentenced to 45 Years in Prison for Attempting for Murder Fellow Service Members in Deadly Ambush
- Williams: The demise of ‘Dilbert’ shows us that trolling, not cancel culture, is eroding American discourse
- Socialists Took Over This State’s Democratic Party. Now They’re Bailing. (Bye!)
- The GOP’s epic defeat on health care is laid bare in North Carolina
- South Carolina Woman Arrested For Allegedly Taking Abortion Pills
- Twitter’s Revenue, Adjusted Earnings Fell About 40% in Month of December
- DeSantis appointee to new Disney oversight board suggested tap water could turn people gay (DeSantis is a fascist.)
- Ron DeSantis Is Selling “Freedom,” Florida-Style
- Kellyanne Conway and George Conway to divorce after 22 years of marriage (Amazing it lasted as long as it did, given how horrible Kellyanne Conway is.)
- White nationalist Nick Fuentes is ‘removed’ from CPAC, chair of ultraconservative conference says (Why Fuentes and not many other white nationalists, extremists, etc. at CPAC?)
- Trump welcomes wife home in tweet that misspells her name (A “stable genius” he definitely is NOT!)
- Statesman or Shitposter? J.D. Vance Makes His Entrance in Washington
- Lesion removed from Biden’s chest was cancerous, doctor says (“All cancerous tissue was successfully removed during the president’s routine physical on Feb. 16 and the president does not need further treatment, physician Kevin O’Connor said in a letter.”)
- Rep. Don Beyer (D-VA08) Applauds Medal Of Honor Recipient Col. Paris Davis, “a barrier-breaking Black officer”
- Reactions to Amazon HQ2 Announcement: Rep. Don Beyer (D-VA08) Says Monetary Incentives “have not and will not engage until established metrics are reached”; Arlington County Board Chair Says He’s Not Worried (Meanwhile, VA Dems hit Gov. Youngkin for “having lost the Commonwealth thousands of jobs.”)
- After layoffs, Amazon pauses work on Virginia headquarters
- As Recently as 2019/2020 Glenn Youngkin Was “Long-Term Bullish on China,” Praising Their “Unique System,” etc. What Changed?
- Youngkin faces flood of opposition to withdrawal from climate agreement (Wildly unacceptable that he’d even think about that, and also a complete/180-degree contradiction to his rhetoric, at least, in the many years he was a top executive at the Carlyle Group!)
- Schapiro: Trans-Republican governor readies for close-up (“Virginia’s trans-Republican governor — Glenn Youngkin presents as a smiling, problem-solving centrist but identifies as a growling, conservative culture warrior — is preparing for his Norma Desmond moment…Perhaps Jake Tapper, host of the forthcoming broadcast, and those selected for the audience are coming up with questions for Youngkin, for whom spontaneous and unrehearsed moments — particularly with the press — are a rarity. Herewith some suggestions, recognizing that many of the message-disciplined governor’s answers could be evasions”)
- While Virginia lawmakers debate tax cuts, agreement found on education and mental health initiatives
- Virginia set to invest record amount in youth mental health (“Up to 30 school districts could receive grants for school-based resources.”)
- Youngkin signs universal license recognition law at Richmond barber shop
- Controversial UVa board member apologizes for texts targeting students, administrators (He can keep apologizing for all the bizarre, inappropriate things he does, or he could just resign.)
- ‘It’s OK to be angry about capitalism,’ Sanders tells UVa crowd
- General Assembly faces sea change in membership, starting at the top
- Dick Saslaw helped build Virginia, and now he’s retiring (This is sycophantic, nauseating, whitewashing, really the opposite of what journalism’s supposed to be.)
- School Board Meeting Turns into Scaremongering Session About Social-Emotional Learning (“Fellow board member Tiffany Polifko made it clear that she would not support the proclamation, claiming that SEL has become ‘hijacked’ by companies that are ‘making an extreme amount of money off of the product they are selling.’ She went on to make claims about the SEL curriculum (‘the product’) LCPS was using, baselessly asserting that it ‘teaches them about critical race theory.’ It does not.” Crazy.)
- Va. attorney General subpoenas Loudoun Co. schools’ investigation of sexual assaults
- Democrat Sandy Anderson To Run for Fairfax County School Board in Springfield District (Anderson is endorsed by incumbent Laura Jane Cohen, who is running for House of Delegates)
- Demonstrators mourn man fatally shot by Fairfax police near Tysons mall
- Community seeks answers after DC man shot, killed by Fairfax Co. police
- Officials vexed by rising strangulation cases in Fairfax County
- D.C.-area forecast: Windy today, then warmer tomorrow and Monday
