by Lowell
Here are a few international, national and Virginia news headlines, political and otherwise, for Sunday, January 21.
- Why the COP28 Climate Pact Likely Won’t Cut It (“Some specialists consider the UN methodology a wrecking ball, divorced from scientific realities.”)
- Arctic zombie viruses in Siberia could spark terrifying new pandemic, scientists warn (“Threat of outbreak from microbes trapped in permafrost for millennia raised by increased Siberian shipping activity”)
- Zelensky invites Trump to Ukraine (“Speaking with U.K. broadcaster Channel 4 News, Zelensky said that Trump would be warmly received in the capital under one stipulation: the former U.S. president must demonstrate his ability to bring an end to the war with Russia within 24 hours, as he once promised.” “He is very welcome to come here, but I think he can not end the war in 24 hours, without giving our land to Putin.”)
- Eighteen killed after Ukraine shells Russian-controlled city of Donetsk – officials
- Explosion at St Petersburg gas terminal, officials say
- Palestinian death toll soars past 25,000 in Gaza with no end in sight to Israel-Hamas war
- Hamas Toll Thus Far Falls Short of Israel’s War Aims, U.S. Says (“The first known U.S. estimate of Hamas’s death toll shows the group’s resilience after months of war.”)
- Middle East missile attacks raise Gaza escalation risk
- As Houthis vow to fight on, U.S. prepares for sustained campaign
- US personnel injured in missile attack on Iraq base
- North Korea stresses alignment with Russia against US and says Putin could visit at an early date
- Argentine President Milei’s plan to remake the economy with a wrecking ball
- Fascism is everywhere on the march. And it’s Trump who sets the pace (“The former president’s nihilist, autocratic anti-politics transcend borders. In Iowa, as in so much of the world, voters are opting for the strongman”)
- Australia sweats in heatwave, lifting bushfire risk amid El Nino
- How the U.S. Is Derailing China’s Influence in Africa
- A Biden boost: 3 economic signs lift campaign
- US Fourth-Quarter GDP to Crown Vigorous Second Half
- Report Claims Inflation Woes Driven Largely By Corporate Greed
- Conservatives want to unleash the courts. They might regret asking. (“Chevron’s underlying logic is sound: On balance, federal experts are better suited to filling gaps in the law than courts. Overturning Chevron, meanwhile, would spur advocates of all ideological stripes to bring countless new lawsuits before judges they believe will be sympathetic to their cause; they will have some 800 federal district court judges across the country from whom to choose.”)
- GOP Speaker Mike Johnson has a House majority in name only. He’s left with daunting choices ahead
- Election-year politics threaten Senate border deal as Trump and his allies rally opposition (This headline by the Associated Press is WILDLY misleading/false. In fact, it’s not “election-year politics” that threaten the Senate border deal, it’s Trump’s extremism, insanity, etc.)
- ‘We will never go away’: anti-abortion activists meet in Washington to plan further bans (“Abortion opponents are emboldened by the fall of Roe, but many states have enacted protections after ruling”)
- Harris takes center stage in 2024 abortion fight
- Watch Trump Confuse Nikki Haley with Nancy Pelosi (“It’s a big blunder—but Haley would rather try to attack him on North Korea.”)
- Trump Confuses Haley and Pelosi, Accusing Rival of Jan. 6 Lapse
- In Frigid New Hampshire, Haley Turns Up the Heat. But Is It Too Late?
- Trump is not a colossus. And his party is a mess.
- Science is revealing why American politics are so intensely polarized (Classic false equivalence, “both sides-ist” bullshit by the WaPo. In fact, it’s only one “side” – the radicalized Republican Party – that’s waging war on democracy, science, women’s reproductive freedom, etc, etc.)
- Never mind Hitler: “Late Fascism” is here, and it doesn’t need Hugo Boss uniforms (“Fascism has been lurking under the surface of liberal democracy all along — we just didn’t want to see it”)
- Trump on the Trail and on Trial (“Is it clever, or deluded, for Trump—who complained last week that he has been indicted more times than Al Capone—to see his trials as a political opportunity?”)
- “Not Tough Enough” and “Not Smart Enough”: Trump Rules Out Nikki Haley As VP (“The former president continues to escalate attacks on his former UN ambassador, including by spreading baseless birther conspiracies.”)
- Trump’s feral close to the New Hampshire primary (“He repeatedly called his chief rival in the state, Nikki Haley, ‘Nimbra,’ a racist reference to her Indian first name, Nimarata. He castigated the state’s popular governor and Haley surrogate Chris Sununu as ‘failing.’ And he nearly got kicked out of court by a federal judge in the second E. Jean Carroll trial.”)
- Nikki Haley questions whether Trump is ‘mentally fit’ after he confuses her with Nancy Pelosi
- Trump takes on ‘dictator’ Biden as his upside down show moves to New Hampshire (“Supporters absorb former US president’s strategy of inverting accusations against him and turning them on his accuse”)
- Trump goes all in on attacking Nikki Haley ahead of New Hampshire primary
- Haley needs a New Hampshire jolt to stop Trump. But where’s the energy?
- Elise Stefanik Campaigns in NH for Audience of One: Trump (Stefanik is scum.)
- GOP Hugs Trump In 2024 After He Cost Them Control Of White House, Congress (“The alarm bells are ringing in some corners of the Republican Party, but it’s likely already too late to stop his march to the nomination.”)
- George Wallace Has an Heir Apparent
- The Absurdity of No Labels – A dangerous date for politics in the United States is approaching: March 5.
- Top Maine Election Official to Appeal Ruling on Trump Ballot Decision
- Former VA Lt. Gov. Bill Bolling (R) Says Trump’s Desire for “complete and total presidential immunity” Makes Him “a threat to the nation” (“I implore Republicans to think long and hard about this.”)
- Video: On MSNBC, Speaker Don Scott Says He’s Hopeful Gov. Youngkin Is a “Pragmatist,” Not an “Ideologue,” and Will Sign “Reasonable” Package of Legislation (“Virginians voted to come back to the middle, come back to normality”)
- CASEY: The villainy of Wayne LaPierre, Patrick Henry High’s most famous grad (LaPierre is pure evil…the absolute worst of humanity.)
- Small businesses welcome Virginia bill legalizing skill games — as others raise oversight concerns
- Editorial: Walking, biking network would expand travel options in Hampton Roads (“Construction of a walking and biking trail in Virginia Beach brings the region closer to developing a car-free travel network.”)
- Richmond student faced violence before graduation slaying, report says (“An investigation into a deadly shooting after the Huguenot High graduation in June found that school staff were told about past threats toward a victim in recent years, but failed to alert others.”)
- D.C.-area forecast: Harsh cold continues today, then gradually warming this week
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