by Lowell
Here are a few international, national and Virginia news headlines, political and otherwise, for Thursday, March 9
- Climate change: New idea for sucking up CO2 from air shows promise
- U.S. and Europe Angle for New Deal to Resolve Climate Spat
- Democracy’s global decline hits “possible turning point,” report finds
- Europe is finally starting to face its threats. It should do more.
- EU wants European PV sector to make 40% of required components by 2030
- Urgent UN warning as Ukraine nuclear plant loses power
- Russian missiles strike cities across Ukraine
- Russian missiles target cities across Ukraine, officials say
- In race to arm Ukraine, U.S. faces cracks in its manufacturing might
- Pentagon Blocks Sharing Evidence of Possible Russian War Crimes With Hague Court (Wuuuut?)
- Russia unleashes massive drone and missile strike on Ukraine; huge nuclear power plant loses power
- What the U.S. National Security Community Is Getting Wrong About China (“We need to get over the idea that somehow the U.S.-China relationship is a zero-sum conflict.
- Israel’s Judicial Overhaul Plan Ignites Debate Among American Jews
- Georgia Plans to Withdraw Foreign Agents Bill After Protests
- Sanctioning Those Connected to Human Rights Abuses in Iran
- African Countries Made Huge Gains in Life Expectancy. They Could Be Erased.
- Clean Energy Is Suddenly Less Polarizing Than You Think (“Between the signing of the I.R.A. and Jan. 31, announcements of the largest clean-energy investments have been in Georgia and Idaho, followed by Tennessee, then Michigan, then South Carolina and Texas, North Carolina, Ohio, Kansas, Nevada and Arizona. Between now and 2027, Texas is expected to add almost twice as much solar capacity as California. In expected development, Ohio, Nevada, Indiana and Florida rank third, fourth, fifth and sixth.”)
- The Railroad Industry Loved Modern Brakes and Safety, Until They Didn’t
- Our winters are warming faster than our summers
- Biden to Urge 25% Billionaire Tax, Big Levies on Rich Investors (Hell, tax billionaires 50% or whatever.)
- Biden is using his budget as a cudgel in the debt ceiling fight — and for 2024
- Biden’s Budget Would Cut Deficits by $3 Trillion Over 10 Years (“The proposal, including higher taxes on businesses, is unlikely to gain momentum on Capitol Hill but will kick off government-spending talks.”)
- Turning Political Paranoia Into “Parents’ Rights” (“From activist mothers to MAGA stars, just about everyone at last week’s CPAC was awash in fears that satanism, marxism, and ‘transgenderism’ are creeping into schools nationwide.”)
- A GOP war on ‘woke’? Most Americans view the term as a positive, USA TODAY/Ipsos Poll finds
- Kevin McCarthy Hands ‘Honorable’ Marjorie Taylor Greene The Gavel And Critics Shudder (Every day, McCarthy disgraces Congress and America.)
- McCarthy’s gambles on Ukraine, debt ceiling and January 6 may not be sustainable
- How Kevin McCarthy and Tucker Carlson Surrendered to MAGA
- McCarthy’s GOP tries to move on from Tucker Carlson-Jan. 6 drama
- Trump is already winning the “war” with Fox News (“Fox News leaders may secretly hate Trump, but they will always publicly genuflect before the MAGA leader”)
- Fox News Hosts Were Singing a Very Different Tune about Trump in the Group Text
- 5 big takeaways from the Dominion-Fox News document dump
- Trump is out for revenge. That should terrify everyone — even Republicans (“The former president vows to go on a tour of retribution. Who will he hit first?”)
- House GOP plots new January 6 probes despite internal backlash over McCarthy giving Carlson footage
- White House goes after Tucker Carlson by name over Jan. 6 coverage
- “We’re All Embarrassed”: Inside Fox News as Dominion Revelations Rattle the Network (They should be embarrassed just to work at a right-wing propaganda fake-“news” network like Fox!)
- Inside the simmering feud between Donald Trump and Fox News
- Revealing Fox News texts point to the right’s long war on the truth
- Thank you, Kevin McCarthy and Tucker Carlson (“The House speaker and the Fox News personality tried to rewrite history. Instead, they clarified it.”)
- The Tucker Carlson Schtick Melts Away
- Latest Dominion drop reveals Tucker Carlson privately attacked Trump and his allies around the 2020 election
- Records Show Fox and G.O.P.’s Shared Quandary: Trump
- Dominion: Fox News needs to ‘retract the lies and tell its audience the truth’
- By embracing election denialism, Fox Corp. seemingly defied what its shareholders deem to be responsible corporate governance
- Biden zeroing in on candidates to be his 2024 campaign manager (“Jenn Ridder, who served as national states director for Biden’s 2020 bid, is said to be a leading contender for the campaign manager job, sources tell The Hill. Sam Cornale, the executive director of the Democratic National Committee (DNC), has also been discussed as a leading candidate…”)
- Mitch McConnell hospitalized after falling at hotel
- Ivanka Throws Dad and Brothers Under the Bus
- The election-denying Republicans who aided Trump’s ‘big lie’ and got promoted (“In 2022, many Republicans who embraced election denialism were re-elected and, in some cases, elevated to higher office” Great job, voters. Not.)
- Now We Have to Worry about Misogynistic Neo-Nazi Jihadist Satanists Infiltrating the Military?
- Prosecutor’s lawsuit against DeSantis gets fast-tracked on appeal
- Right-wing hoaxers’ robocalls targeting Black voters violated Voting Rights Act and KKK Act, federal judge rules
- Exclusive: U.S. probe of beagle breeder Envigo scrutinizes top animal welfare officials’ inaction
- Georgia Republicans go after prosecutors — and the rule of law (“Threatening prosecutorial independence undermines democratic government.”)
- Twitter was — and is — broken
- Data breach hits ‘hundreds’ of lawmakers and staff on Capitol Hill
- Cloistered at Walter Reed, Fetterman Runs His Senate Operation From Afar (“A dozen miles from the Capitol, Senator John Fetterman of Pennsylvania is keeping up with his work while being treated for severe clinical depression.”)
- Former Trump lawyer Jenna Ellis censured in Colorado for false election claims
- Senate votes to reject D.C. criminal code bill
- 7 highlights from Justice Dept.’s blistering Louisville police probe
- California Ends $54 Million Walgreens Deal Over Abortion Pill
- Atmospheric river comes for state as experts warn it ‘could get really ugly’
- GOP operative comes forward as accuser in sexual misconduct claim against CPAC head (“Carlton Huffman, 39, a longtime aide to Republican campaigns who lives in Raleigh, N.C., said he plans to amend the previously anonymous lawsuit, which seeks $9.4 million in damages for alleged sexual battery and defamation.”)
- Arkansas Gov. Sanders signs law loosening child labor protections (Utterly disgraceful.)
- Video: Opening Statement of Senate Intel Chairman Sen. Mark Warner Discussing Intelligence Community’s Annual Worldwide Threat Assessment (“We can no longer just pay attention to who has the most tanks, airplanes, or missiles… we need to also focus on technology, R&D dollars, strategic investment flows, and supply chains”)
- Rep. Don Beyer Statement On Republicans’ “Misguided and Wrong” Debt Default Plan (“Instead of driving our economy over a cliff by forcing a default, the rational thing for Republicans to do is to simply avoid the cliff altogether by raising the debt limit. They should just do that now.”)
- “Inside Higher Ed” Lumps Youngkin with DeSantis, Abbott as “Culture War” R’s, Courting Trumpist Voters With an Appeal (as Larry Sabato Puts It) That Fearmongers, “they’re destroying our culture, they don’t believe in God,’ blah, blah, blah”
- Youngkin’s Superintendent Scandal (So Far): Astonishing Incompetence, Deflections and Lies
- Youngkin touts $30M in school grants for parents ahead of CNN town hall
- Editorial: What we want to see from Glenn Youngkin during his CNN town hall (“Gov. Glenn Youngkin will appear on CNN Thursday evening for a town hall about education. Virginians have a lot of questions for him.”)
- Youngkin’s $201 Million School Funding Error Still Isn’t Fully Fixed
- Will Glenn Run?
- Bill to require additional proof of age for porn sites in Virginia heads to Youngkin’s desk
- Youngkin’s CNN appearance poses opportunity, risk for potential 2024 bid
- Schapiro: Doomed — and historic — House speaker testing her luck again
- Department of Environmental Quality revises air pollution exception for data centers
- New report: More of Virginia at risk of destructive winds from tropical systems
- Fairfax County School Board Member Karen Keys-Gamarra Announces for Democratic Nomination in HD07 (Keys Gamarra joins several other Democrats seeking the nomination in this “blue” district in Fairfax County)
- Report: 6-year-old won’t be charged after shooting Newport News teacher
- Richneck Elementary student who shot teacher won’t face charges, Commonwealth’s Attorney confirms
- Virginia delegate faces felony hit-and-run charges (“Del. C. Matthew Fariss faces felony charges stemming from a hit-and-run last week involving a passenger who’d gotten out of his vehicle, Virginia State Police said.”)
- Radford University and city officials launch partnership to revive downtown Radford
- Danville’s revitalization plan faced skepticism, but now it’s a model for other communities. Here’s how the city did it.
- Audit reveals Richmond utilities billing problems
- D.C.-area forecast: Sunny today, but rain Friday with some snowflakes in the mix
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