by Lowell
Here are a few international, national and Virginia news headlines, political and otherwise, for Friday, March 1.
- El Niño forecast to drive record heat from the Amazon to Alaska in 2024 (“Coastal areas facing ‘enormous and urgent climate crisis’ as event supercharges human-caused global heating, scientists say” GET OFF OF FOSSIL FUELS ASAP!)
- Ukraine Drafts Crucial Farm Workers in Desperate Rush to Bolster Military (UGH.)
- Why Is Trump Trying to Make Ukraine Lose? (“The former president isn’t in office—but is still dictating U.S. policy”)
- Democratic leader shoots down discharge petition on Ukraine-border bill (“…many Democrats have hammered Fitzpatrick’s proposal both for provisions it includes, like a “remain in Mexico” policy governing would-be migrants, and for those it leaves out, like humanitarian aid for Palestinians in Gaza. “)
- The French president raised the prospect of Western troops in Ukraine. What was he thinking?
- Alexei Navalny’s funeral taking place in Moscow church
- US ambassador joins mourners outside the church for Navalny’s funeral in Moscow
- Mourners chant ‘Navalny’ as his body arrives at church
- Xi’s One-Man Rule Over China’s Economy Is Spurring Unrest
- Condemnation of Israel’s actions in Gaza grows after dozens killed while seeking aid
- The U.S. Has Enabled Netanyahu Long Enough
- Saudi Arabia, UAE Join Condemnation of Israel After Gaza Deaths
- Israel Is More Fortress Than Home Right Now
- Deaths of Palestinians Desperate for Food Prompt Fresh Calls for Cease-Fire
- Politicians from 12 countries unite to press for arms ban on Israel
- Australia to seek 10 GW of wind and solar this year in biggest ever tenders
- Fox News’ attempt to manufacture a Biden crime crisis runs into a problem: Violent crime is down
- Trump’s claims of a migrant crime wave are not supported by national data (Data shows “overall crime levels dropping in those cities that have received the most migrants.” That’s right, DROPPING.)
- Border Crackdowns Won’t Solve America’s Immigration Crisis (“More walls and police will never be enough to stop migrants from coming to the U.S. for the lower-skilled jobs the American economy needs.” Bingo – we need the workers badly!)
- Biden and Trump visits to border highlight conflicting immigration policies (“A Stanford study shows that immigrants are 60 percent less likely than native-born
Americans to be incarcerated and that also, in sanctuary cities, each unit increase in the unauthorized immigration population actually represents a 5 percent decrease in violent crime.”) - Why the Biden administration is delaying this key climate rule (“The EPA wants to toughen regulations on gas power plants nationwide but delay the final decision until after the 2024 election”)
- Who Really Stands With American Workers?
- The overlap of Trumpism and Christian nationalism
- GOP’s post-Roe peril spreads like wildfire
- Senate passes spending bill, punting shutdown threat to next week
- House passes short-term funding bill to avert shutdown
- Jack Smith seeks July 8 trial start date in Trump classified documents case
- Trump’s seesawing legal drama shifts back to Florida (“Judge Aileen Cannon has scheduled a pivotal hearing Friday in the classified documents case.” Why is Cannon still on this case?)
- Trump’s mounting court fines make him an even bigger threat to national security
- How Trump, suddenly strapped for cash, could raise more than half a billion dollars to satisfy judgments against him
- Trump’s Team ‘Literally Popping Champagne’ Over Supreme Court Taking Up Immunity Claim
- Supreme Court aids and abets Trump’s bid for delay
- Thoughts on the Supreme Court’s Massive Gift to Trump
- Supreme Court narrows the lens as it takes up Trump’s immunity claim
- ‘Visible cringe’: Serviceman scowls amid Trump rant on ‘people who don’t speak languages’ (Trump is utterly repulsive.)
- Donald Trump’s ‘Nonsense’ New Line About Languages Has People Stuck For Words
- Hunter Biden Has Chosen Offense-As-Defense
- Hunter Biden gives House Republicans the rebuttal they didn’t want
- “The Real White House Crime Family”: Dem Rep. Tells the GOP to Stop Wasting Time With Hunter Biden and Subpoena Jared Kushner
- How Mitch McConnell broke Congress (“Say goodbye to the GOP leader, but not the all-powerful Supreme Court that is his legacy.”)
- The Next Mitch McConnell May Look a Lot More MAGA
- With McConnell stepping down, GOP faces Trump civil war
- Trump pushes Steve Daines to succeed McConnell as GOP’s Senate leader
- The Biden-Trump Border Visits Revealed a Deeper Divide
- Trump says he’ll use local police for mass deportations if he’s elected
- Trump’s immigration policies are his old ones — but worse
- “Join me,” Biden tells Trump (“Biden prodded House Republicans to ‘show a little spine’ and take up the Senate border deal they helped torpedo earlier this year.”)
- Biden asks Trump to urge Congress to pass bipartisan border security bill
- Republican senator blocks bill to protect IVF
- Scoop: Vulnerable House Republicans sign onto pro-IVF measure
- Scoop: GOP Rep. Mark Green reverses decision to retire after Trump pressure
- F.B.I. Searches Houses Owned by Adams’s Asian Affairs Adviser
- Arizona Senate Passes Bill Preventing Presidents From Ballot Removal Under 14th Amendment (WTF???)
- Democrats Blew Their Big Opportunity to Make New York Winnable in 2024 (Democrats really, really suck at this.)
- Police reports, adultery claims: inside the tumult ripping Michigan Republicans apart
- Missouri GOP moves to toss ‘honorary’ member of Ku Klux Klan from governor’s race
- Alabama House passes bill to ensure IVF access after court ruled embryos are children
- The GOP “personhood” push led to the Alabama ruling that imperils IVF. Conservative media are now dishonestly trying to muddy the waters.
- Downtown D.C. Confronts a Grim Prospect: A Return to the Dismal 1980s
- Video: Sen. Mark Warner Urges Speaker Mike Johnson to Stand Up to “small group of MAGA type, far right” on Funding the Government, Stopping Putin From Winning in Ukraine, etc. (Sen. Warner also calls out Republicans for blocking legislation to protect IVF access)
- Rep. Abigail Spanberger (D-VA07) Statement on Vote to Prevent Government Shutdown, Protect Virginia’s Economy (Still, “Speaker Johnson’s leadership has our country yet again one week away from a partial government shutdown”)
- Gov. Youngkin pushes for toll relief in exchange for keeping the ‘Monumental Move’ alive (“Two sources with knowledge of the negotiations for Virginia’s budget said Governor Youngkin has offered around $322 million in toll relief to the Hampton Roads delegation. “)
- Budget negotiators named; will start work Sunday to resolve differences
- Long-Overdue Legislation Finally Allowing Farmworkers to Receive Minimum Wage Passes Virginia General Assembly (Del. Adele McClure’s bill “removes a vestige of Jim Crow-era law which exempts farmworkers from the protections provided by the Virginia Minimum Wage Act”)
- Shared solar bills clear General Assembly
- Commentary: Moms like me ran for office (and won) to stop gun violence. Will Youngkin join us? (Great question by Laura Jane Cohen. Unfortunately, we probably know the answer already…)
- Should Virginia’s public universities be able to hire their own counsel?
- Three interesting bills: xylazine penalties, custodial death reports and ‘aliens’ in state code
- FOIA Friday: Barring reporters from courtrooms and the start of student government meetings
- Virginia senator who does legal work for skill game industry will help write skill game bill (Ah, the “Virginia Way!” LOL)
- Here’s what 6 Hampton Roads city councils expensed in 2023
- Trial testimony discusses animal welfare, living conditions at Natural Bridge Zoo
- D.C.-area forecast: Fairly bright today with rain tonight into Saturday
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