by Lowell
Here are a few international, national and Virginia news headlines, political and otherwise, for Saturday, January 27.
- Q&A: How YouTube Climate Denialism Is Morphing
- U.S. doesn’t anticipate major gains by Ukraine against Russia in 2024, officials say (“The Biden administration is working on a long-term strategy for supporting Kyiv. But those plans do not anticipate Ukraine taking back territory lost to Russia.”)
- U.N. Agency Fires Staffers Allegedly Involved In Hamas Attack, U.S. Pauses Funding
- UNRWA Is Investigating Charges of Workers’ Involvement in Oct. 7 Attacks
- U.S. pauses funding to UNRWA after 12 staffers accused of involvement in Oct. 7 attack
- Netanyahu says genocide claim ‘outrageous’ after UN court stops short of ordering cease-fire in Gaza
- The Genocide Double Standard
- A top U.N. court’s ruling on Israel and Gaza is a perversion of justice (“What accounts for the different treatment of Israel? I can’t help but think it is the same one that necessitated the existence of a Jewish state to begin with.”)
- Israeli Holocaust survivor says the Oct. 7 Hamas attack revived childhood trauma
- Here’s a look at the 6 things the UN is ordering Israel to do about its operation in Gaza
- Israel reined in by ICJ rulings on Gaza – but will it obey?
- How Leaders and Diplomats Are Trying to End the Gaza War
- Gaza War Forces a Reckoning for Delicate Egypt-Israel Relations
- US Warship Fires on Houthi Missile Hours After Trafigura Attack
- China Is Trying to Have It Both Ways in the Middle East
- US approves $23bn sale of F-16 war planes to Turkey (“The sale follows Turkey’s decision to ratify Sweden’s NATO membership”)
- Europe is heading for perilous waters, and its leaders are dozing at the tiller (“Inaction threatens the continent’s security over Trump, Ukraine, the rise of the far right and the crisis in the Middle East”)
- Poland’s new leader is hellbent on restoring democracy – even if it means war with his populist rivals
- Tuvalu’s prime minister reportedly loses his seat in crucial elections on the Pacific island nation
- Aid to Ukraine and Israel in doubt as House speaker says he won’t support deal (Johnson’s a nut.)
- Biden says he’ll shut down the border if deal gives him authority
- Statement from President Joe Biden On the Bipartisan Senate Border Security Negotiations
- Key senators cut deal to give US new power to clamp down on border crossings
- Senators zero in on high stakes border deal
- Biden Urges Border Deal as Johnson Calls Plan ‘Dead on Arrival’
- Covid killed 170,000 in nursing homes. Most residents still haven’t gotten the latest shot.
- Maps, data show how near-term climate change could affect major port cities on America’s East Coast
- Eager for Economic Wins, Biden to Announce Billions for Advanced Chips
- Trump’s border power play is a push for civil war
- Texas border dispute breeds loose talk of civil war, resistance on right (Sick)
- Trump Calls on ‘All Willing States’ to Send National Guard Soldiers to Texas
- Abbott: Texas prepared in ‘unlikely event’ Biden federalizes National Guard
- Right-wing media figures rally behind the “Take Our Border Back” convoy, which is organized by election deniers and anti-vaxxers (“Far-right figures are promoting the convoy and using extreme rhetoric about the racist ‘great replacement’ conspiracy theory”)
- Greg Abbott Is the Standard-Bearer of the Right’s Crusade Against Immigration (“The Texas governor has received backing from 25 Republican states in his attempt to usurp federal control of the border.”)
- Supreme Court is urged to rule Trump is ineligible to be president again because of the Jan. 6 riot
- ‘Oath-breaking insurrectionist’ Trump is ineligible for office, Colorado voters tell the Supreme Court (Correct, per the clear/plain language of the 14th amendment, section 3 of the U.S. constitution.)
- Jury Awards $83 MILLION in Damages to Jean Carroll Against Donald Trump, Who Glenn Youngkin Said “Represents SO MUCH of Why I’m Running!”
- Is $83.3 Million Enough to Make Trump Stop Lying? (“To avoid today’s eye-popping verdict, he just needed to stop talking about E. Jean Carroll.”)
- After $80 Million Verdict, Trump Has a Jury Problem Ahead of Criminal Trial
- Donald Trump is overrated (“Forget the polls. Just take a look at him.”)
- Trump’s Court-Appointed Monitor Tells Judge Company Gave ‘Incomplete’ and ‘Inconsistent’ Disclosures with ‘Errors’
- Jurors awarded ‘astronomical’ amount because they knew Trump had ‘to be thwarted’: expert
- Details of Trump’s $83.3 Million Payment to E. Jean Carroll
- Trump storms out of courtroom during closing arguments in E. Jean Carroll’s defamation damages trial
- Steve Bannon and Matt Schlapp say E. Jean Carroll defamation verdict signals the end of the country (“Schlapp: ‘This $83 million — this is just the beginning. All of us will be paraded down this gangplank. We won’t have our resources, we won’t have our homes, we won’t have our livelihood.'” Don’t rape and defame people, then.)
- Biden needles Trump in hopes of pushing him off message
- The Wrong Party May Be Worrying About Its Nominee
- Opinion: America failed to heed Stanley Kubrick’s warnings. Trump is the proof
- Haley calls Trump ‘totally unhinged’ after donor ban, RNC move
- Haley Assails Trump as ‘Unhinged’ and Dismisses Calls to Exit the Race
- ‘America can do better’: Haley slams Trump over defamation verdict
- Trump’s ‘achilles heel’? Haley’s refusal to drop out infuriates ex-president
- Mainstream media bloodbath: News outlets slash jobs as business suffers
- The Media Apocalypse (“Condé Nast and other publishers stare into the abyss.”)
- Trader Joe’s Appears To Be Aligning Itself With A Right-Wing Theory
- Trader Joe’s Follows SpaceX in Arguing US Labor Board Is Unconstitutional
- DOJ says Andrew Cuomo sexually harassed 13 women (What a scumbag.)
- Hunter Biden associate says president “never involved” in business dealings
- Giuliani Lists Yankees Loot, Trump Claim as Assets in Bankruptcy
- Ron DeSantis Crew Stomps Out Sociology Core Class in Florida Public Universities (Ron DeFascist)
- Stuck in Florida, DeSantis Still Dreams of Leading an Army
- Rep. Nancy Mace faces GOP primary challenge from ex-chief of staff
- This state is quickly becoming America’s clean energy paradise. Here’s how it’s happening. (“Hawaii pledged to be ‘Coal free by ’23,’ and state law mandates 100% clean energy in just 21 years. Attaining that goal came closer this month as an enormous 185-megawatt battery near Honolulu hummed into full operation.”)
- Ex-coal CEO Don Blankenship couldn’t win a Senate seat with the GOP. He’s trying now as a Democrat
- Ex-coal CEO who called himself ‘Trumpier than Trump’ launches Democratic Senate bid in West Virginia
- Tim Kaine ‘trying to understand’ dramatic shift in youth access to mental health care in Virginia
- Sen. Mark Warner files ‘Stop Fentanyl at the Border’ Act
- Rep. Spanberger: Johnson opposing border deal is ‘to support the former president,’ ‘shameful’
- VA Senate Majority Leader Scott Surovell: Proposed Wizards/Caps Arena “could have a major positive impact,” “will not have any taxpayer dollars go toward it,” But Not a Done Deal Yet (“Four main priorities” – Metro Funding, Transportation Infrastructure , Good Wages, Financial Benefits – need to be satisfied)
- VA Dems advance bill on marijuana sales; Youngkin is opposed
- Lucas threatens future Democratic cooperation if Youngkin vetoes minimum wage bill
- Housing in the General Assembly: Bills progress that would add tenant protections, limit rent hikes
- Bill to create retail market for cannabis moves forward in the state Senate
- Virginia lawmaker seeks to rein in police lies during interrogation (“Del. Jackie Glass’ bill would set up non-binding guidelines for law enforcement.”)
- Schapiro: A pol whose gimmick was his personality
- One Virginia lawmaker wants to eliminate “junk fees”
- Expansion of legal fireworks killed by Virginia House committee
- Health researchers are asking Bristol residents to participate in air quality study
- Additional ruling made in Natural Bridge Zoo animal seizure case
- From hospice, alt-pop singer releases what may be final song — for her son (“Northern Virginia native Cat Janice’s song, ‘Dance You Outta My Head,’ has become a viral hit.”)
- D.C.-area forecast: Rain focuses on tonight, but Sunday is also damp
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