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by Lowell
Here are a few international, national and Virginia news headlines, political and otherwise, for Tuesday, January 30.
- Global Clean Energy Spending Surges to $1.8 Trillion. It’s Not Enough
- Move to sustainable food systems could bring $10tn benefits a year, study finds
- Climate change has killed 4 million people since 2000 — and that’s an underestimate
- Electrified Transport Investment Soared Globally in ’23, Passing Renewable Energy
- EU will force cosmetic companies to pay to reduce microplastic pollution (“Draft rules follow the ‘polluter pays principle’ and will mean companies cover 80% of extra clean-up costs” Polluters absolutely should pay for their pollution. That includes fossil fuel companies.)
- Ukraine’s strikes on targets inside Russia hurt Putin’s efforts to show the war isn’t hitting home
- Ukraine’s Democracy in Darkness (“With elections postponed and no end to the war with Russia in sight, Volodymyr Zelensky and his political allies are becoming like the officials they once promised to root out: entrenched.”)
- How war destroyed Gaza’s neighbourhoods – visual investigation
- A Gaza Ceasefire Deal Is the Only Way to Avoid a Wider War
- Israeli undercover forces dressed as women and medics storm West Bank hospital, killing 3 militants
- Hamas Is Discussing Proposal for Pause in Fighting, Official Says
- Israel’s Far Right Plots a ‘New Gaza’ Without Palestinians
- Israeli West Bank hospital raid stokes fears Gaza war will spread further
- How UNRWA, the UN Agency Supporting Palestinian Refugees, Got Caught in Israel-Gaza War
- Israel Military Sees It Taking All of 2024 to Eliminate Hamas Threat, Or Longer
- Biden has to deal with a second war he didn’t want. His task is to contain it
- Biden calibrates his response as a slow-motion crisis arrives (“Expect decisive action to the Iranian proxy strike — after a careful weighing of costs.”)
- Iran’s allies are attacking the West. What happens next?
- U.S. mixed up enemy, friendly drones in attack that killed 3 troops
- Iranian Allies Brace for U.S. Response to Deadly Drone Strike
- The US pulled resources out of the Middle East. Now it is rethinking that decision.
- What options does US have to respond to Jordan attack?
- Iran’s ‘Axis of Resistance’ Faces Its Moment of Truth After Attacks on Israel, U.S. Base
- Nikki Haley: ‘Take out’ foreign leaders behind drone strike in Jordan (That would be highly escalatory.)
- Biden’s team is blaming Iran for American deaths. How will the US respond?
- Iran Urges Diplomacy as US Weighs Response to Deadly Attack
- China Markets Show Pressure Is Growing for Beijing to Do More
- Kim Jong-un’s bellicose stance could signal conflict, or his preference for a President Trump
- Imran Khan handed 10 years in prison for leaking state secrets (“Former Pakistan prime minister condemns trial as ‘a joke’ amid crackdown on his political party in run-up to general election”)
- Eurozone narrowly avoids recession as German economy shrinks
- One Iranian and Two Canadian Nationals Indicted in Murder-for-Hire Scheme
- Fewer Workers Are Quitting. Here’s What That Means for the Economy.
- Prisoners in the US are part of a hidden workforce linked to hundreds of popular food brands
- What history tells us about Greg Abbott’s defiance of the Supreme Court (“If they are truly interested in securing the border, Abbott and the other Republican governors should become part of the solution. By tossing around rhetoric that sounds more like Jefferson Davis than Thomas Jefferson, they make themselves part of the problem.”)
- Texas’ Standoff With the Border Patrol Is a Constitutional Powder Keg (“Republican governors, echoing language of slavery defenders, are challenging federal authority.” That includes Glenn Youngkin/Trumpkin.)
- Republicans Who Screamed About A Crisis On The Border Now Oppose A Plan To Fix It
- GOP Senator Reveals the Sick Truth About the Trump-MAGA Border Scam
- GOP border showdown looms between Senate, House
- House Republicans poised to torpedo GOP’s best chance in years to pass border bill
- The anti-abortion plan ready for Trump on Day One (EXTREMELY disturbing.)
- Republicans now say it might be okay to ignore the Supreme Court
- Retired conservative federal judge urges Supreme Court to disqualify Trump from office
- Retired Republican judge: “Absolutely damning” evidence in new bid to bar Trump from Illinois ballot
- If It Walks Like an Insurrection and Talks Like an Insurrection … (It was most definitely an insurrection, and Trump was the #1 insurrectionist. So obviously, that’s covered under the 14th amendment, section 3.)
- A calendar of Trump’s upcoming court dates — and how they could overshadow the GOP primary
- Trump claims credit for record-high stock market under Biden (Trump is insane and a pathological liar.)
- Carroll says she would ‘absolutely’ sue Trump again if another case arises
- Trump’s Reckoning Begins (“His major loss in the E. Jean Carroll case is nothing compared to what could be coming.”)
- It’s not that MAGA doesn’t believe E. Jean Carroll — they just don’t care that Trump abuses women (“Trump verdict and new Vince McMahon allegations are a dark reminder that red state America cultivates rape culture”)
- E. Jean Carroll, Nikki Haley, and the Depths of Donald Trump’s Misogyny (“The former president doesn’t like women he can’t control. No wonder both have endured so much of his wrath.”)
- Oklahoma GOP votes to condemn Sen. Lankford for role in bipartisan border talks (These people are completely f’ed up.)
- Party feud breaks out ahead of RNC meeting in Las Vegas
- The Brain-Breaking Logic of No Labels (“The group has a reasonable criticism of American politics, but its approach won’t help matters.”)
- The RNC will meet privately after Trump allies pull resolution to call him the ‘presumptive nominee’
- A federal judge is fed up with those defending the Jan. 6 rioters
- Attorney General Merrick Garland will undergo back procedure Saturday, turn over duties temporarily to deputy
- How often every member of Congress voted with Biden in 2023
- Biden Super PAC Plans a Historic $250 Million Ad Blitz (“It’s set to be the largest single purchase of political advertising by a super PAC in U.S. history, according to the group, Future Forward.”)
- COP28 Left a Vacuum California Leaders Aim to Fill
- Right-Wingers Say Super Bowl Is Rigged So Taylor Swift Can Endorse Biden (Deranged.)
- The Wingnuts Have Spoken About Travis Kelce and Taylor Swift
- Texas AG seeks transgender records in Georgia as part of his wider probe
- How This Nutty Ohio Primary Is Dividing the GOP
- TheBlaze’s Jason Whitlock Quietly Deletes Promo of Antisemitic Interview
- Pa. Supreme Court sets up a showdown over whether abortion is a right protected by the state constitution
- Cline, Good, Youngkin, Trump don’t actually want to solve their fake ‘border crisis’
- VA02 Democratic Candidate Missy Cotter Smasal Added to DCCC’s Coveted ‘Red to Blue’ Program (“Voters want sensible leadership that will work for them, not a representative beholden to an extreme MAGA agenda.”)
- In Richmond stop, McClellan seeks input, support for maternal health bill
- End Citizens United Says “shadowy dark money political group” No Labels Is “abusing its nonprofit status in Virginia,” Calls on AG Miyares to “investigate and hold them accountable”
- Donald Trump Jr., Brian Kemp and Glenn Youngkin to headline Washington and Lee mock convention (Psycho Donald Trump, Jr?!? WTF???)
- Virginia colleges are trying to make it easier for community college students to transfer. Doing so may boost enrollment.
- Commentary: In Virginia, rapists have ‘parental rights.’ This injustice must end
- Virginia Senate passes bill to let localities increase sales tax to pay for school construction
- Ensuring election integrity in Virginia calls for reasonable timelines (“The resilience of Virginia’s electoral process hinges on our ability to adapt and address evolving challenges, writes guest columnist Keith Balmer”)
- Virginia’s gubernatorial race a referendum on what’s happening in Washington
- Video: Ahead of Monday Committee Vote, Legislators and Advocates Urge Passage of Paid Family and Medical Leave Legislation (“Sen. Boysko, Del. Sewell Join Everyday Virginians to Call for Legislation That Would Allow for up to 12 Weeks of Paid Leave”)
- Virginia Democrats again push for paid family and medical leave
- Showdown builds between Democrats, Youngkin over control of projects
- Facing GOP pushback, House Democrats rally around bill to amend charter for Virginia Beach elections
- Taking a stand: LGBTQ+ student challenges book ban in Rockingham County
- Virginia man arrested for poaching beloved deer (“A Richmond, Virginia, man has been arrested and charged with the illegal killing of the city’s beloved white tailed deer known as the ‘Hollywood Buck.'”)
- Here’s what we know — and don’t — about the Virginia Beach Fishing Pier crash
- Arlington police investigating repeated theft of Pride flags (“The LGBTQ Pride flags were stolen on at least four separate occasions from outside the same property in Arlington since September, police said.”)
- D.C.-area forecast: Cloudy and chilly until a milder Thursday (“Any rain or snow showers late tonight into Wednesday morning are very spotty.”)
