by Lowell
Here are a few international, national and Virginia news headlines, political and otherwise, for Tuesday, March 14.
- UN Chief: ‘Cold, Hard Facts’ Should Guide Climate Policy
- Mediterranean diet may lower dementia risk by a quarter, study suggests (“Data from more than 60,000 Britons suggests plant-rich diet may help regardless of person’s genetic risk”)
- Floating solar panels could provide over a third of global electricity
- Scientists confirm global floods and droughts worsened by climate change
- Can the New High Seas Treaty Help Limit Global Warming? (“A framework agreement to protect open oceans is the first step toward enacting protections for ecosystems that take CO2 from the air and store it for millennia in sediments.”)
- Silicon Valley Bank collapse ‘could force central banks to stop interest rate rises’
- SVB shockwaves pound global bank stocks gripped by contagion fears
- Exclusive: Ukraine accuses Russian snipers of abusing child, gang raping mother
- Ron DeSantis Says Protecting Ukraine Is Not a Key U.S. Interest (That should automatically eliminate him from voters’ consideration.)
- Ukraine short of skilled troops and munitions as losses, pessimism grow (“U.S. and European officials have estimated that as many as 120,000 Ukrainian soldiers have been killed or wounded since the start of Russia’s invasion early last year, compared with about 200,000 on the Russian side, which has a much larger military and roughly triple the population from which to draw conscripts. Ukraine keeps its running casualty numbers secret, even from its staunchest Western supporters.”)
- ‘Morality Shouldn’t Get in the Way’ — Russia’s Genocidal State Media
- China says Aukus submarines deal embarks on ‘path of error and danger’ (“Beijing accuses US, UK and Australia of disregarding global concerns with plan to build nuclear-powered vessels”)
- Aukus deal: US, UK and Australia agree on nuclear submarine project
- How the submarine deal fits into the complex U.S. strategy for the Pacific
- A new intifada? Young Palestinian fighters rise as West Bank boils
- 20 Striking Images of Israeli Democracy Under Siege (“Benjamin Netanyahu’s power grab is fueling widespread protests.”)
- Scoop: Saudis effectively block Israeli minister’s trip to kingdom for UN conference
- With Iran-Saudi deal, Beijing aims to bring its friends closer together
- China to reopen to tourists, resume all visas Wednesday
- U.S. dominates global arms sales, with Russia falling far behind
- Learning from Ukraine, Taiwan shows off its drones as key to ‘asymmetric warfare’
- Death toll climbs as Cyclone Freddy slams Malawi, Mozambique
- How Biden saved Silicon Valley startups: Inside the 72 hours that transformed U.S. banking
- Biden agreed to plan for bank depositors after initial concerns
- The Incredible Tantrum Venture Capitalists Threw Over Silicon Valley Bank
- Silicon Valley Learns to Love Socialism for the Rich
- Signature and Silicon Valley Bank Collapses Followed Softened Regulation
- With Signature Bank’s Collapse, US Reformer Barney Frank Watches His Own Lender Fail
- The right offers a reason Silicon Valley Bank failed: Wokeness (The right is completely bonkers.)
- Investor Anxiety Hits Fever Pitch After SVB Collapse
- The Boys Who Cried ‘Woke!’ (Embarrassing.)
- Silicon Valley Was Unstoppable. Now It’s Just a House of Cards. (“The bank debacle is exposing the myth of tech exceptionalism.”)
- Silicon Valley Bank wasn’t “woke”: Tech billionaires are just as bad as Wall Street bros (“Ignore GOP hype about the ‘liberal’ tech industry — reckless, entitled libertarianism is what fuels Silicon Valley”)
- The Wall Street Journal Goes Full White Supremacist, Blames Silicon Valley Bank Collapse on “1 Black” and “1 LGBTQ+”
- Why Republicans Are Blaming the Bank Collapse on Wokeness (“The only problem with this line of attack is that it makes no sense.”)
- Solar industry aims for 2023 rebound, but year ahead remains deeply uncertain
- The Government Is This Close to Reining in Some of the Worst Air Pollution
- Consumer inflation may have cooled in February but only slightly (“The consumer price index is expected to have risen by 0.4% in February, or at a 6% annual pace, according to Dow Jones. That’s compared to increases of 0.5% and 6.4%, respectively, in January.”)
- Judge Kacsmaryk schedules Wednesday hearing in medication abortion fight (These Trump judges are a disaster.)
- The Supreme Court Conservatives’ Favorite New Weapon for Kneecapping the Administrative State
- This is no culture war: Republicans are waging a war on democracy (“In reality, today’s Republican Party is waging a fascist war against multiracial democracy”)
- Joe Biden to unveil executive order to crackdown on law breaking gun sellers (“Merrick Garland, the attorney general, tasked with moving the country ‘as close to universal background checks as possible’”)
- Biden to sign new executive order aimed at gun violence
- The Supreme Court Just Keeps Deciding It Should Be Even More Powerful (Congress needs to rein in these @#$@#’s)
- House Republicans Quietly Halt Inquiry Into Trump’s Finances
- Trump Grand Jury Moves Into Final Phase as Key Witness Testifies
- That Sound You Hear Is Donald Trump Shitting Several Bricks Over Michael Cohen’s Grand Jury Testimony
- Five big questions hanging over Trump’s campaign
- Trump Blames Mike Pence For Jan. 6 Violence For Not Going Along With His Coup Attempt
- Trump claims violence he inspired on Jan. 6 was Pence’s fault
- How much does charisma matter? DeSantis is putting it to the test.
- Trump rips Ron DeSantis in Iowa as the 2024 presidential race heats up
- Trump lashes out at DeSantis, says he regrets his endorsement of him
- Tucker Carlson’s disingenuous effort to exonerate the ‘QAnon Shaman’
- Tucker Carlson’s Capitol videos are giving Jan. 6 defendants false hope
- White House rebukes Mike Pence over homophobic jokes about Pete Buttigieg (Pence is a horrible person.)
- Team Pence Shrugs Off White House Fury After Homophobic Buttigieg Jokes
- Biden Condemns Florida’s Anti-Trans Legislation As ‘Cruel’ and ‘Close To Sinful’
- Election-denying donors pour millions into key Wisconsin supreme court race (“‘An organized group of insurrectionists’ is seeking to swing a vote with big implications for voting rights, redistricting and abortion”)
- Biden administration approves massive Willow oil project in Alaska (Ugh.)
- Biden Approves ConocoPhillips’ Massive Oil Drilling Project in the Alaskan Arctic
- Biden says Carter asked him to deliver his eulogy
- How Fox News Begged D-List Right-Wingers to Defend Them
- Fox News staffers agree: Fox is not a news organization (So why would any Democrat go on there?!?)
- McConnell released from hospital, headed to inpatient rehab
- Is Elon Musk a risk to US security? Pentagon’s reliance on him grows despite his behavior. (They need to ditch him, immediately.)
- Matt Gaetz’s New Staffer Identifies as a ‘Raging Misogynist’
- Giant seaweed blob twice the width of the US takes aim at Florida
- Another ‘Significant’ Atmospheric River Brings Yet More Rain to California
- An Ivermectin Influencer Died. Now His Followers Are Worried About Their Own ‘Severe’ Symptoms
- 21 South Carolina GOP Lawmakers Propose Death Penalty for Women Who Have Abortions (Completely insane.)
- Former Rep. Pat Schroeder, pioneer for women’s rights, dies (R.I.P.)
- UPenn Accuses a Law Professor of Racist Statements. Should She Be Fired?
- Senators Warner & Kaine Applaud Nearly $12 Million in Federal Funding to Help Revitalize Land and Create Jobs in Coal Communities
- Williams: Women are making history. But they’re fighting familiar fights. (“[Jennifer McClellan] wanted to make government a force for good. Her dream job was as a staffer for a congressional committee. Now, she sits on committees, as a Black woman, able to use her platform to improve lives and communities.”)
- “Glenn Youngkin getting dragged by name by an employee for pushing religion on state employees” (“Several days ago, my big boss (a Youngkin appointee) noticed that I wasn’t bowing my head during the opening prayer at a public event, and he gave me a puzzled look and then an eyebrow raise.”)
- Virginia Legislators Speak at White House Convening on Equal Pay (“On average, women employed full time in the United States lose a combined total of nearly $930 billion every year due to the wage gap.”)
- Youngkin’s K-12 history standards find some more backers in Williamsburg
- Youngkin says he will sign legislation ending higher insurance premiums for tobacco users
- Virginia lawmakers consider restoring part of tax deduction for sports betting apps
- Smithfield Foods CEO Defends Pork Producer’s Chinese Ownership
- Trish White-Boyd becomes second Democrat to enter race following Edwards’ retirement
- Roanoke City Councilwoman Trish White-Boyd announces run for Virginia Senate
- Democrat Hamid Munir Announces Campaign for Fairfax County School Board – At-Large (Munir joins four other Democrats (Abrar Omeish, Kyle McDaniel, Lawrence Webb, Ilryong Moon) running for three at-large seats.)
- School pulls test question equating politics to race, gender (Very poorly written question.)
- Former Virginia Beach school bus driver sentenced after admitting to transporting students while drunk
- Update: Tyson plant closing in Hanover, 692 jobs to be cut
- 10 Montgomery Co. schools expected to offer AP African American studies course
- D.C.-area forecast: Windy and cold into Wednesday, with gusts over 40 mph (“Warmer 60s return on Thursday and Friday, as winds ease.”)
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