by Lowell
Here are a few international, national and Virginia news headlines, political and otherwise, for Wednesday, March 8.
- Here’s why cold-blooded animals are especially threatened by the climate crisis
- The Paris Agreement Will Fail Without Slashing Methane Emissions From Dairy and Meat, Researchers Say
- Super-Emitting “Methane Bombs” Are a Dire Threat to Humanity (“Nations need to eradicate them. ‘There is just no excuse.'”)
- Treasury Secretary Yellen warns that losses tied to climate change could ‘cascade through the financial system’
- World marks Women’s Day but abuses, inequality still rampant
- Global Investors Contemplate Fallout From US Rates Reaching 6%
- How Russia Lost Dozens of Tanks in a Costly Battle in Eastern Ukraine
- Russians claim control over eastern Bakhmut, Ukrainians defiant
- Ukraine denies reported link to Nord Stream attack
- Intelligence officials suspect Ukraine partisans behind Nord Stream bombings, rattling Kyiv’s allies
- Ukraine says Russians are taking heavy losses around Bakhmut
- U.S., China Plunge Further Into a Spiral of Hostilities
- Kerry: China tensions hurting climate talks
- China’s energy transition sees ‘staggering’ progress on renewables — and a coal power boom
- Available evidence still points to covid originating from spillover (“The ‘lab leak’ focus makes the United States more vulnerable, not less, to the next pandemic.”)
- Studying Ukraine war, China’s military minds fret over US missiles, Starlink
- An ‘unforgivable crime’: What’s behind the crisis in Iran over the suspected poisoning of schoolgirls?
- American Jews, You Have to Choose Sides on Israel (And that “side” needs to be the pro-democracy camp.)
- Modi’s Final Assault on India’s Press Freedom Has Begun (Modi is a disaster.)
- Freddy, “longest-lasting” tropical cyclone, lashes southeastern Africa
- South Korea takes a brave step toward reconciliation with Japan
- Mexican president says Mexico and US are cooperating while respecting sovereignty
- What we know about the deadly kidnapping of 4 Americans in Mexico
- Fed Chair Powell says interest rates are ‘likely to be higher’ than previously anticipated
- US neighborhoods with more people of color suffer worse air pollution (“Cutting-edge analysis of fine particulate levels by area reveals shocking disparities: ‘The underlying variable that is most predictive is systemic racism’”)
- Revealed: the 10 worst places to live in US for air pollution
- House G.O.P. Aims to Slash Federal Programs in Budget Showdown
- Biden Is Set to Detail at Least $2 Trillion in Measures to Reduce Deficits (“President Biden’s proposals, included in the budget he will release on Thursday, are expected to heavily feature tax increases on corporations and high earners.”)
- Biden launches battle on Capitol Hill with call for Medicare tax hike
- Debt Ceiling Catapults New Biden Budget Into Market Spotlight
- House Republicans are taking steps to prepare for a possible debt ceiling default (If this happens, it will be a disaster 100% caused by House Republicans.)
- NTSB to investigate Norfolk Southern safety practices amid accidents
- Biden FCC nominee withdraws, following bruising lobbying battle (That headline sanitizes/whitewashes what actually happened, and is an example of how the political media fails us badly. In fact, Sohn was the victim of a right-wing assault against her, for absolutely no good reason.)
- Trump, McCarthy and Fox run out a new truth-defying playbook
- Trump, Vowing ‘Retribution,’ Foretells a Second Term of Spite
- Report: Donald Trump’s VP Short List Is a Who’s Who of Uniquely Awful Republican Women
- The GOP primaries are all about ‘retribution’ against MAGA’s enemies (“Can you build a winning presidential campaign on nothing but revenge?”)
- Hogan is right: The GOP needs an anti-Trump candidate, even if they won’t win (“Finding a single anti-Trump candidate is critical.”)
- Democrats’ simple equation to win the culture wars: 2+2=4 (“Republicans’ web of lies and self-delusion just might ensnare them.”)
- US Capitol Police chief rips into Tucker Carlson over ‘offensive’ use of January 6 footage
- Capitol Police chief blasts Tucker Carlson over ‘misleading’ Jan. 6 footage
- US Senator Schumer condemns Speaker McCarthy for supplying Jan.6 videos to Fox (McCarthy is a disgrace to America.)
- House GOP faces a new Jan. 6 headache, courtesy of Tucker Carlson
- ‘They scaled walls, they brought ropes’: House Speaker Kevin McCarthy’s own words contradict January 6 footage used by Tucker Carlson
- ‘Bulls—’: GOP senators rebuke Tucker Carlson for downplaying Jan. 6 as ‘mostly peaceful’
- The GOP backlash on Tucker Carlson
- Republicans try — but can’t — distance themselves from Tucker Carlson’s lies (“Everyone knows Tucker Carlson lies — what matters is the GOP now blesses his Jan. 6 revisionism”)
- ‘Just a lie’: Senate Republicans blast Tucker Carlson’s Jan. 6 narrative
- Tucker Carlson said he hates Trump ‘passionately’, Fox lawsuit documents show
- ‘The Whole Thing Seems Insane’: New Documents Shed Light on Debate Inside Fox After Election (This all comes back to one of the most heinous humans in the world, Rupert Murdoch.)
- Court Docs Show Fox News Chief Was ‘Trying to Help’ Kushner (Speaking of heinous humans, how about Jared Kushner?!?)
- How a civil war erupted at Fox News after the 2020 election
- Fox Chair Murdoch In Filings Says 2020 Election ‘Not Stolen’
- Murdoch confided Trump was going ‘increasingly mad’ as Fox pushed false claims
- ‘F—ing b—’: Tucker Carlson unloads on Sidney Powell in jaw-dropping unsealed exhibits
- Rupert Murdoch: Hannity, Ingraham ‘went too far’ in promoting Trump’s false claims about 2020 election
- White House backs bipartisan bill that could be used to ban TikTok
- TikTok’s China problem has a potential new solution (“Sens. Mark Warner and John Thune have a bipartisan bill to deal with TikTok and beyond.”)
- Twitter just let its privacy- and security-protecting Tor service expire (“Twitter has allowed the certificate for its Tor onion site to expire, effectively killing off a privacy- and speech-protecting service that it introduced last year.”)
- Worker asks Elon Musk on Twitter: Have I been fired?
- FTC Twitter Investigation Sought Elon Musk’s Internal Communications, Journalist Names
- Elon Musk apologizes after mocking disabled Twitter employee (Gotta love how the media – in this case, the abysmal AP – actually accepts Musk’s b.s. “apology” at face value)
- Elon Musk backpedals after mocking disabled Twitter worker in tweet ‘storm’ (This headline, by The Guardian, is much more accurate than the AP’s)
- Apple and Google are not enforcing their stated terms of service as the Daily Wire App spreads violent anti-LGBTQ hate
- 5 women denied abortions sue Texas in landmark post-Roe case
- ‘Sick and Twisted’: Women Describe Losing Pregnancies, Nearly Dying Because of Texas Laws
- A new nuclear reactor in the U.S. starts up. It’s the first in nearly seven years (And it cost a FORTUNE!)
- Oklahoma Voters Overwhelmingly Reject Effort To Legalize Recreational Marijuana
- Ron DeSantis Confirms He’ll Happily Sign Bill Banning Abortion After 6 Weeks
- Even Newt Gingrich—Yes, That Newt Gingrich—Thinks Florida’s DeSantis Blogger Bill Is “Insane”
- Senators Mark Warner, Tim Kaine Applaud Senate Confirmation of Robert Ballou for U.S. District Court for Western District of Virginia (“Ballou is the second federal judge confirmed for Virginia in the past week”)
- Sen. Mark Warner Leads Group of 12 Senators Introducing Bill to Tackle National Security Threats Stemming From “tech beholden to the Chinese Communist Party, other authoritarian regimes”
- Sen. Kaine and Sen. Warner cosponsoring bill to improve transparency of political spending
- Senator Tim Kaine visits campus, meets with Global Research Institute
- Jennifer McClellan sworn in as first Black congresswoman to represent Virginia
- Video: History Made as Jennifer McClellan Sworn In to Congress (“I rise as the newest member of Virginia’s fourth congressional district and the first African-American elected to this body from the Commonwealth of Virginia”)
- Column: Governor puts politics first, Virginians last
- Opinion: Speak up, Virginia (“Virginians should submit comments to tell Gov. Glenn Youngkin that withdrawal from the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative would be a mistake.”)
- Virginia saw more than 25,000 ballots cast via same-day registration in law’s first year
- BREAKING: Former Speaker Eileen Filler-Corn Announces She’s Not Seeking Reelection to House of Delegates (Filler-Corn: “there are many exciting options ahead and I look forward to sharing more in the coming weeks and months.”)
- Filler-Corn, first woman as Va. House speaker, joins wave of departures
- In Chesapeake Bay watershed, oysters bounce back
- We’re waiting on three senators to decide whether they intend to run again (“We’re witnessing a historic changing of the guard in the General Assembly. What Emmett Hanger, Steve Newman and Mark Peake decide will help shape the extent of that turnover.” Either Newman or Peake are going to opt out of running. As for Hanger…not sure yet.)
- Retirements, redistricting will change the General Assembly
- Del. Elizabeth Guzman for State Senate Campaign Releases Video “Toughest Fights” (Del. Guzman is running in this “blue,” diverse district in Prince William/Stafford against incumbent VA Sen. Jeremy McPike)
- Three years into COVID-19, cases and hospitalizations are declining again
- Fairfax supervisors consider raising board’s salaries (“A proposal to raise salaries for the first time since 2016 would increase the chair’s salary by as much as 45 percent and supervisors’ pay by up to 37 percent.” Good. In general, we should be paying our public officials commensurate with their duties and responsibilities. In this case, Fairfax County has a larger population than a few states, with an enormous economy and a very high median household income. So…yes, raise their salaries to “SES” or at least “GS15” level!)
- Reconnect Jackson Ward gets federal funding boost
- Del. Matt Fariss arrested on 2 felony charges (This Republican delegate sounds really unhinged and dangerous.)
- Chesapeake City Council member faces felony charge, is accused of stealing great aunt’s home (She’s a Republican, by the way.)
- D.C.-area forecast: Sunny and breezy again today; colder Friday into the weekend
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