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by Lowell
Here are a few international, national and Virginia news headlines, political and otherwise, for Tuesday, January 6.
- Scientists Use Sea Sponges to Study Global Warming Back to 1700
- Why Europe aims to slash climate emissions 90 percent by 2040
- As Putin and Trump threaten from east and west, Europe must stand up for itself
- Russia’s Seaborne Crude Exports Surge After Disruptions End
- Kremlin gives nothing away about why Tucker Carlson might be in Russia
- The G.O.P. Bumper Sticker: Trump First. Putin Second. America Third.
- I’m Starting to Think Republicans Don’t Actually Want to Fix the Border Issue
- Republicans Refuse to Take Yes for an Answer on the Border
- Congress Looks Like Just Another Trump Campaign Arm (“House Republicans are trying to tank a border-security bill, showing their goal isn’t to fix the issue but to fixate on it for the 2024 election.”)
- Trump and his allies should’ve loved this border deal (“Instead, the former president and his Republican allies are kneecapping the legislation”)
- Senate Republicans threaten to block border security bill they negotiated
- Senate bill gets no help from its likeliest House GOP backers
- Why Trump’s G.O.P. Sock Puppets Are Sinking a Bipartisan Effort to Tighten Up Border Security
- In Huge Reversal, GOP Poised To Kill The Border-Ukraine Package It Demanded
- Border-for-Ukraine deal on life support as GOP opposition mounts
- Democrats are trying to pass a right-wing border bill, but the GOP won’t let them
- Trump activates MAGA caucus to kill Senate border deal, weaken McConnell
- As conservatives balk, U.S. Border Patrol union endorses Senate immigration deal
- Schumer ‘hopeful’ Senate will pass bipartisan border bill despite opposition from GOP hard-liners
- Speaker Johnson: Border bill is ‘even worse than we expected’ (That’s a flat-out lie.)
- Republicans will never get another border security deal this good
- The GOP dog caught the car. Again.
- It’s Not Just the Border: The Trump-Abbott-Republican Nullification Crisis Is Here
- Goofy ‘God’s Army’ convoy on Texas border shows Trump’s MAGA movement is just one long con
- Netanyahu’s refusal to plan for the ‘day after’ may doom Israel’s war effort
- What Israeli Soldiers’ Videos Reveal: Cheering Destruction and Mocking Gazans
- The Backlash to an Abortion Ban Helped Save Polish Democracy
- Xi to Discuss China Stocks With Regulators as Rescue Bets Build
- Senegal elections postponed to December amid deepening democracy concerns
- King Charles III diagnosed with cancer, Buckingham Palace says
- Dems gear up for final stretch on judges — worrying they won’t catch Trump
- Trump Now Falsely Claims He Didn’t Endorse Immigration Bill Co-Author
- Will Trump Face Any Legal Accountability? (“With three of the former president’s biggest cases mired in delays, it’s becoming increasingly unlikely that anything will come from them before November.” Absolutely nuts.)
- Chutkan contemplates Trump trial extending deep into 2024, as case remains in limbo
- CNN Poll: Most Americans want verdict on Trump election subversion charges before 2024 vote
- Why Jack Smith wants to ‘clear the air’ in the classified documents case
- Republicans fear they will be targets in Trump’s ‘retribution’ campaign
- ‘In a word, horrific’: Trump’s extreme anti-environment blueprint (“Allies and advisers have hinted at a more methodical second term: driving forward fossil fuel production, sidelining scientists and overturning rules”)
- Right-wing media figures complain about study that estimates the effect of state abortion bans on pregnancies caused by rape
- Trump’s Mar-a-Lago co-defendant has a #MeToo problem
- Nikki Haley Asks for Secret Service Protection After Increase in Threats
- Nikki Haley Raises $16.5 Million, Fueling Her Fight Against Trump
- A GOP Senate Candidate Blames “Liberal” Judges for His Labor Violations. Just One Problem With That. (“The judges were largely appointed by Republicans.”)
- Lauren Boebert gets restraining order against her ex-husband
- Lauren Boebert abandoned her district and voters are rejoicing
- Nextdoor has gotten way out of hand (“Are you bummed you weren’t around when the Stasi ruled? Do you wish you could’ve been one of Mao Zedong’s millions of neighborhood snitches? Maybe watch the Red Guards drag off your least favorite aunt? Not to worry, the bad old days are back — thanks to Nextdoor.com.”)
- Nevada will hold presidential primaries and caucuses, creating voter confusion but little suspense
- Liz Cheney rips Vance after Jan. 6 remarks: Not ‘fit to serve’ (Vance is evil, no doubt.)
- House Republicans schedule Tuesday vote on whether to impeach Mayorkas (This is a pathetic joke.)
- Toby Keith, Country Singer Known for ‘Red Solo Cup,’ Dead at 62 After Cancer Battle
- Metro counting on additional $130 million a year in funding from state, N.Va.
- Video: On “Squawk Box” and “Morning Joe,” Sen. Mark Warner Pushes Hard for Senate Bill on Ukraine Funding, Border Security, etc. (Warner says border bill has “all the things that Donald Trump asked for in 2018.”)
- Constitutional and Civil Rights Attorney Jake Denton Announces Run for Congress in VA-02, Says “extremists – Donald Trump and his followers – are threatening our Constitution and basic freedoms” (Denton joins Missy Cotter Smasal as the Democrats trying to unseat the abysmal Rep. Jen Kiggans (R-VA02))
- Virginia lawmakers reject bill to move to partially closed primary elections
- House panel advances bill to allow localities to hold referendum on sales tax increase for schools
- Editorial: Cleaning up PFAS in Virginia comes with a staggering price tag
- VA State Senate Passes Series of Groundbreaking Gun Violence Prevention Bills. (Democrats support the bills, Republicans oppose them; what will Youngkin do?)
- It took Virginia 400 years to end the death penalty. It’s not a switch we can flip on and off.
- Lawmakers float $5 million funding request for Brown v. Board of Education Scholarship Fund
- Measure to create drug affordability board clears Senate committee
- ‘Second look’ bills continue to advance amid tears, tenacity on both sides
- CASEY: Donald Trump Jr., other GOP luminaries prepare for 2024 MockCon in Lexington (“Luminaries?” Really?)
- The five Ws of weed in the commonwealth
- Virginia might end ‘loophole’ in child marriage law
- Hampton Roads cities working with Army Corps to study flood solutions
- Few answers to missing and months-late mail: ‘The Postal Service in Richmond is broken’
- Virginia Office of EMS has not paid bills on time for five years
- Proposed Alexandria arena would be economic benefit for Southwest Virginia
- Franklin County once was one of the fastest-growing counties in the state. Now it may have to close some schools.
- Portsmouth sheriff calling for temporary solution to reduce long-distance transport of juveniles
- The Grammy Music Educator Award went to a teacher in Virginia
- D.C.-area forecast: Sunny days as temperatures warm by late week into the weekend
