Tuesday News: “The Vibecession Might Finally Be Coming to an End”; “By a bare 5-4 majority, the Supreme Court reaffirms that federal law still applies to Texas”; “Republicans Did This to Themselves”; “Biden, Harris team up to campaign for abortion rights in Virginia”

by Lowell

Here are a few international, national and Virginia news headlines, political and otherwise, for Tuesday, January 23.

• Why 2024 will be a crucial year for climate litigation
• Giant Green Hydrogen Energy Islands To Host 100 Gigawatts Of Offshore Wind
• Civilians dead in Russia strikes on Kyiv and Kharkiv
• ‘Send back our husbands’ – Russian women in rare protest
• Russia’s relentless ‘meat assaults’ are wearing down outmanned and outgunned Ukrainian forces
• Turkey set to approve Sweden’s NATO membership bid after long delay
• Israel Says 24 Soldiers Are Killed as Pressure Grows on Netanyahu
• Scoop: Israel proposes 2-month fighting pause in Gaza for release of all hostages
• 21 Israeli troops are killed in the deadliest attack on the military since the Gaza offensive began
• A War in All but Name Simmers at Israel-Lebanon Border
• An Isolated Israel Doubles Down on War in Gaza — At All Costs
• US, British militaries team up again to bomb sites in Yemen used by Iran-backed Houthis
• China Weighs Stock Market Rescue Package Backed by $278 Billion
• Far-right AfD leader vows to campaign for Brexit-style EU exit vote in Germany
• Is North Korea’s leader actually considering war?
• Queensland smashes demand records in heatwave, and solar eats coal’s lunch again
• Mexico pushes for U.S. accountability in deadly gun violence surge
• Appeals Court Revives Mexico’s Lawsuit Against Gunmakers
• The US needs 22m acres for the solar energy transition – here’s what that looks like
• About time: The economic narrative shifts
• The Vibecession Might Finally Be Coming to an End
• S&P 500 ends with record high for 2nd session in row
• Roe Anniversary Is a Painful Reminder of What the Right Took Away (“Even as the majority of Americans support reproductive rights, the antiabortion crowd dreams of further restrictions—which is why the stakes couldn’t be higher in 2024.”)
• Biden expands abortion, contraception protections on Roe anniversary
• White House Task Force on Reproductive Healthcare Access Announces New Actions and Marks the 51st Anniversary of Roe v. Wade
• Why the GOP’s Immigration Big Lie Must Be Challenged (This is rhetoric designed to enrage the masses, not educate them or enlist them in civil action. And it needs to be called out as such.)
• With U.S.-Mexico Border Deal Near, Parole and Money Take Center Stage in Senate Talks
• Mike Johnson Seems Not Long For This Speakership
• The Supreme Court Cooked Up Another Phony Case to Tear Down Major Precedent
• U.S. Supreme Court says Texas can’t block federal agents from the border
• Supreme Court allows Border Patrol agents to remove razor wire installed by Texas at Mexico border
• The Supreme Court says no, Texas can’t use razor wire to restrain federal agents (“By a bare 5-4 majority, the Supreme Court reaffirms that federal law still applies to Texas.” Should have been 9-0, but there are some seriously extreme, radical, far-right nutjobs on this court from hell.)
• Ethics Ratings of Nearly All Professions Down in U.S. (Social capital eroding fast.)
• Court pushes back E. Jean Carroll trial, allowing Trump to testify after New Hampshire (Delay, delay and more delay. Justice delayed is justice denied.)
• Donald Trump has a big problem ahead (“A whole swath of GOP voters appears firmly committed to not voting for Trump in November.”)
• Wall Street opposition to Trump collapses, as ‘pipe dream’ of primary defeat ends
• Trump leads by wide margin in N.H. primary, Post-Monmouth poll finds
• Trump’s Campaign of Humiliation Against Ron DeSantis
• The Fall of the House of Dead Bounce Ron
• Did No One Tell Ron DeSantis That Trump Was Running, Too?
• Scoop: Biden-district House Republicans warm to Trump (How about Jen Kiggans in VA02, a district Biden won in 2020?)
• Why many Dems want a big Trump win in New Hampshire (“The president’s campaign has internal data indicating that most of the undecided voters Biden is targeting don’t think Trump will be the Republican nominee because they haven’t tuned into an election that’s more than nine months away.”)
• Will the Race Against Trump End in New Hampshire? (“Nikki Haley’s performance in the state’s Republican primary on Tuesday is the only thing standing in the way of a Biden-Trump rematch.”)so
• N.H. Republicans should be honest about what backing Trump would mean
• Trump Tries to End the GOP Primary Before It Even Starts
• Republicans Did This to Themselves (“There was no stopping Trump without fighting his election lies.”)
• The Memo: ‘Never Trumpers’ are close to giving up hope
• ‘Good One, Donald’: Biden Trolls Trump With Blunt Reminder Of His Worst Prediction
• The Inside Story Of Barack Obama’s 2024 Campaign Calculations
• New Hampshire investigating fake Biden robocall meant to discourage voters ahead of primary
• Democrats sound alarm over AI robocall to voters mimicking Biden
• How Did America’s Weirdest, Most Freedom-Obsessed State Fall for an Authoritarian Governor?
• The nation’s gain is Florida’s loss
• Of Course Florida Republicans Want to Make It Easier to Sue Doctors Who Perform Abortions
• This Bud’s for Him (“Ron DeSantis reached for Churchill, but came up with a line from a Budweiser ad.”)
• Ron DeSantis’ campaign may be done, but his brand of MAGA petulance will continue to plague us (“Republican men who have power, money, and status can’t stop acting like they’re the victims”)
• Now that Joe Biden is president, Sean Hannity doesn’t find a record high stock market all that impressive (“Hannity, who spent years touting the stock market as a Trump accomplishment, now downplays the S&P hitting a record high” Of COURSE.)
• Republicans Push To Legalize ‘Property Owners’ Killing Homeless People in Kentucky (“In Kentucky, politicians are preparing to vote on a law that would authorize the use of force against unhoused people who are found to be camping on private property.” WTF???)
• Dexter Scott King, son of Martin Luther King Jr., dies at 62
• Norman Jewison, acclaimed director of ‘In the Heat of the Night’ and ‘Moonstruck,’ dead at 97
• Biden, Harris team up to campaign for abortion rights in Virginia (“Biden and Harris will be joined by their spouses, first lady Jill Biden and second gentleman Doug Emhoff. It’s the first time the four of them have appeared together since the campaign began, a reflection of the importance that Democrats are putting on abortion this year.”)
• DCCC: Roe v Wade is Gone; Jen Kiggans Is Next (“No amount of scheming can help her save face with Virginia voters who are fed up with politicians trying to control their bodies.” )
• The Metro system needs funding. Will Virginia help?
• Warner, Stoney meet with child care advocates to discuss funding, policy issues
• CASEY: Voting for president in Virginia in January?
• Virginia Senate approves Suetterlein bill on independent candidates
• Editorial: Change to education funding formula should be a top priority
• Could Virginia soon ban assault-style weapons? (Youngkin will almost certainly veto it.)
• Virginia Democrats press major new gun control measures despite GOP opposition
• Democrats’ gun safety bills progressing in legislature
• Video: VA House Dems Deliver Remarks on Anniversary of Roe v. Wade Decision (“Today, I mourn for women around the country who are living under extreme abortion bans” – Del. Holly Seibold “Virginians shouldn’t have to settle for a reality where women are not able to make their own health care decision” – Del. Michael Feggans)
• Death with dignity bill introduced in Virginia with message from ailing congresswoman
• VA Bill Calls For 3-Year Atlantic Menhaden Study
• Bill to require salary ranges in job posts, bar salary history requests advances
• Bipartisan bills aim to overhaul controversial kinship care system
• ‘Gray’ game machines, banned twice, may be coming back to Virginia
• New Tobacco Commission fund could mean up to $12 million for energy projects in Southwest, Southside
• Judge dismisses lawsuits opposing wind farm in Botetourt County
• Norfolk casino developers pull plans from public review again, citing ‘additional design work’
• A court fight to hold Richmond Public Schools to account shows strong journalism lives
• Legislation would give Alexandria an extra year to complete sewer upgrades
• D.C.-area forecast: Warming up as rain chances return Wednesday into the weekend (“Snow cover won’t last long as temperatures reach the 40s today and head for the 50s and 60s later this week.”)