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by Lowell
Here are a few international, national and Virginia news headlines, political and otherwise, for Friday, March 22.
- Fossil fuel firms could be tried in US for homicide over climate-related deaths, experts say
- Women and girls suffer first when droughts hit poor and rural areas, says UN
- Two years after start of Ukraine war, Russian titanium keeps flowing to West
- Jailed in Putin’s Russia for Speaking the Truth
- Putin is a dictator and a tyrant, but other forces also sustain him – and the west needs to understand them
- Russia attacks Ukrainian electrical power facilities, including major hydroelectric plant
- Ken Buck becomes first Republican to sign Democrats’ discharge petition for Ukraine aid (We need every Dem to sign, plus a few Rs)
- Trump’s Lawyer Won’t Deny If He’s Asked Russia, Saudi Arabia For Bond Money
- US urged Ukraine to halt strikes on Russian oil refineries (“Washington told Kyiv that drone attacks risk driving up crude prices and provoking retaliation “)
- IMF board okays $880 million loan payment for Ukraine, sees war winding down in ’24 (Highly doubtful the war will wind down in 2024.)
- EU and US pile on pressure for Gaza ceasefire
- The UN will vote on a US resolution declaring that an immediate cease-fire in Gaza is imperative
- U.S. to Present Gaza Cease-Fire Resolution at U.N. Security Council
- Majority in U.S. Say Israel Has Valid Reasons for Fighting; Fewer Say the Same About Hamas (Hamas is a terrorist group that richly deserves to be destroyed. Israel absolutely has a right to defend itself, the question is HOW they’re defending themselves.)
- Blinken in Israel as US supports call for immediate Gaza ceasefire
- Israel’s Final Showdown With Hamas Puts Rafah on Edge (“Few viable options remain for more than one million displaced Palestinians in the militant group’s last stronghold.” Crazy.)
- From ‘I Love You’ to ‘Asshole’: How Joe Gave Up on Bibi (Bibi’s always been an asshole, and his current, far-right government is horrendous.)
- Israeli military says troops captured hundreds of fighters in Gaza hospital
- Why a small China-made EV has global auto execs and politicians on edge (“The China-built BYD Seagull, a small all-electric hatchback, starts at just 69,800 yuan (or less than $10,000), and reportedly banks a profit for the increasingly influential Chinese automaker. There’s fear among global automakers that BYD and other Chinese rivals could flood their markets, undercutting domestic production and vehicle prices.”)
- Immigration Is Helping the U.S. Edge Out Asia (“Antipathy toward large-scale foreign labor is emerging as Asia’s Achilles’ heel.”)
- Haiti gang leader killed as transition council nears completion
- Carnage on the streets of Port-au-Prince as world stalls on a promised intervention for Haiti
- Screens are poisoning kids’ minds (Overall, the net impact of social media has been highly, even disastrously, negative. So much, yet again, for techno-optimism?)
- 6 ways DOJ says Apple is a monopoly
- Apple Loses $113 Billion in Value After Regulators Close In
- Apple sued by Biden administration over alleged iPhone ‘monopoly power’
- Women are getting off birth control amid misinformation explosion
- The Supreme Court Is Playing a Dangerous Game
- Election Workers Are Bracing for Another Barrage of Trump Threats (Wildly unacceptable.)
- Congress races to pass $1.2 trillion in spending before shutdown deadline
- House Republicans Resurrect Plan to Gut Social Security and Medicare
- It’s a Good Time to Start Worrying About Christian Nationalism
- NY Gears Up to Seize Trump Westchester Assets If Fraud Fine Is Unpaid
- Letitia James Is Prepared to Seize One of Trump’s Favorite Assets
- Judge Gives Trump Organization’s Babysitter ‘Enhanced’ Control
- Biden and Trump’s post-Super Tuesday campaign schedules are a study in contrasts
- Trump Told Pence Certifying Election Would Be ‘Career Killer,’ Valet Testified
- Delay, Delay, Delay: Will Trump Ever Be Held Accountable?
- Trump canceled a rally in Arizona because his campaign was too broke: report
- Joe Biden Jokes About Donald Trump’s Debt Problems: ‘I Can’t Help You’
- House Republicans Just Can’t Stop Themselves From Making the Case for Biden
- Trump’s criminal cases are his campaign (“Trump hopes losing Trump Tower will be a symbol for voters mad over challenges to white male dominance”)
- Trump’s love letters to MAGA: Campaign emails forge a cult bond (“Trump campaign emails have become quite phallic and psychosexual” Totally f’ed up.)
- Trump’s invite to major donors prioritizes the committee paying his legal bills over the RNC
- Biden Leads in 6 New Polls, The Booming American Economy, The Republican Party Is Broke and Broken
- Biden camp feels a reprieve from Democratic unease
- Trump is already losing to Biden in a big way
- It’s Not the Economy. It’s the Pandemic. (“Joe Biden is paying the price for America’s unprocessed COVID grief.” Maybe.)
- Donald Trump may be about to get $3 billion richer. But that likely won’t solve his cash crunch
- Why Trump’s big Wall Street payday won’t bail him out of financial trouble
- Trump needs a half billion dollars, and fast
- Exclusive: Georgia DA plans to press ahead in effort to put Trump on trial before election (It SHOULD be a slam-dunk case, given the fact that Trump’s RECORDED committing the crimes.)
- New York judge’s ruling on evidence couldn’t have gone worse for Trump
- Johnson spurs fresh conservative fury with new spending deal (The media does this shit all the time, using the word “conservative” when the people they’re talking about are far-right EXTREMISTS like Marjorie Taylor Greene, Bob Good, etc. Wildly misleading.)
- Cannon Fodder: Law Clerks Quit On Judge Aileen Cannon
- Inside Merrick Garland’s Effort to Prosecute Donald Trump (“In trying to avoid even the smallest mistakes in the case, the attorney general might have made one big one: ending up in a race against the clock.”)
- NEW AD: Trump Wants to Talk About “Four Years Ago,” So Let’s Talk About It (“under Trump’s egregious mismanagement, hundreds of thousands of Americans died who didn’t have to, crime shot up, our economy crashed, he fomented violence in the streets, and he even told us to inject ourselves with bleach.”)
- “Not a Winning Campaign: Broke Don Hides in Basement”; “Following Trump’s Lead, House Republicans Endorse A National Abortion Ban … Again” (“Trump can’t raise money, is hiding at his country club, and is letting convicts and conspiracy theorists take over his campaign.”)
- DOJ Sat on Cohen Records for Years—Then Dumped Them on Trump (WTF?)
- Leonard Leo, Koch networks pour millions into groups prepping for potential second Trump administration (Evil.)
- Federal judge sentencing a Jan. 6 rioter worries Trump could spur another attack
- House Republicans sue Justice Department tax attorneys in Hunter Biden probe (This whole thing is disgraceful by House Republicans.)
- Indicted Sen. Bob Menendez declines reelection as Democrat, may run as independent (He definitely shouldn’t do that.)
- Sen. Menendez, who is facing corruption charges, won’t seek reelection as a Democrat
- Chris Christie not ruling out No Labels bid
- CNN Ambushes GOP Nominee Who Called for Biden’s Execution
- Joe Manchin Is Aiding the Republicans in Their Islamophobic Quest Against Biden’s Judicial Nominee (Manchin is heading out the door and COULD do the right thing. Instead…nope.)
- How It All Went Wrong for Eric Adams (This was highly predictable based on Adams’ record, if voters had only looked into it…)
- No charges to be filed in fight involving Oklahoma nonbinary teen Nex Benedict, prosecutor says
- Bob Good squabbles with GOP colleagues over primary challenge, despite Johnson’s pleas (“Good fired back on social media after his fellow House Republicans attended a fundraiser for his primary challenger.”)
- Freedom Caucus rebel Bob Good faces own ouster after bucking Trump and McCarthy
- Youngkin considers budget proposal to redirect diversity office funds
- Top Democrats tell Gov. Youngkin they can’t negotiate while he makes ‘backwards budget’ tour (“Sen. Louise Lucas and Del. Luke Torian tell the governor that his interest in negotiating the budget is ‘unprecedented.’ Governor’s spokesman says Democrats wanted tax increases kept secret.” Youngkin is a f’ing disgrace.)
- How Do State Senate, House of Delegates Members’ 2024 VAPLAN Scores Match Up To Their Districts’ Progressive “Leans?”
- Youngkin vetoes Va. criminal justice bills he says ‘undermine public safety’ (The word “falsely,” as in “falsely says,” should be in this headline.)
- Bob Sledd exits role as paid Youngkin adviser after one month on job
- U.S.: Virginia fixed significant special education issues
- Youngkin approves to-go cocktails, rejects police interrogation model policies
- FOIA Friday: Secret pollution in Hopewell and a possible fix for incorrect voter purges
- Commentary: Liberty University’s struggles to recover from Clery Act failures (Nobody should attend this “university”)
- Hampton Roads sailors from Bataan group return from 8-month deployment
- Fires blaze across 7,500 acres in various Virginia regions
- Henry County teachers, school staff to get raises under proposed budget
- D.C.-area forecast: Milder today before heavy rain late tonight into Saturday
