by Lowell
Here are a few international, national and Virginia news headlines, political and otherwise, for Monday, March 11.
- Some young people planning fewer or no kids because of climate change
- Europe unprepared for rapidly growing climate risks, report finds
- Ukraine minister, responding to Pope Francis, says Kyiv will never raise white flag (Francis has been a huge disappointment.)
- Ukraine Could Deploy F-16s as Soon as July, but Only a Few (“Countries promised the fighter jets last year, but delivering them and training pilots has proved complex. Ukraine may start with as few as six, out of about 45 pledged.”)
- Russia Is Pumping Out Weapons—but Can It Keep It Up?
- Russia’s air power roars back into the war with devastating guided bombs
- Europe bickers while the Russian threat grows (“Officials skewered each other for ill-considered comments, but Europe has deeper strategic problems: frail fighting forces and anemic military production”)
- Muslims prepare for a more somber Ramadan due to the Israel-Hamas war
- Netanyahu says Israel will move forward with invasion of Rafah
- Israeli pressure on Palestinian economy pushes West Bank to the brink
- Biden breaks with Netanyahu but sticks with Israel
- Netanyahu vows to defy Biden’s ‘red line’ on Rafah
- Netanyahu denies Palestinians are starving
- Biden marks start of Ramadan by recognizing ‘moment of immense pain’ for Muslims
- Sanders: U.S. putting conditions on aid for Israel would be “the right thing to do”
- Biden Warns Netanyahu Not to Attack Rafah as Ramadan Begins
- One Day, This Israeli Tech Founder Was Closing Deals. The Next, He Was Near Death on a Gaza Battlefield. (“The best and brightest of the Israeli startup sector have gone to war, endangering a pillar of the economy.”)
- The Open-Air Prison for ISIS Supporters—and Victims
- Meloni’s Party Avoids Second Straight Defeat in Regional Ballot
- Macron backs ‘end of life’ bill, aims for parliament debate in May
- U.S., EU and Germany evacuate diplomatic staff from Haiti over violence
- Portugal’s centre-right prepares to rule, far-right warns of instability (“With 99.1% of the vote counted, the AD won 79 seats in the 230-seat legislature, followed by the Socialists with 76 seats, prompting them to concede defeat.”)
- Palace faces questions over Kate image (“The Associated Press said it has noted ‘an inconsistency in the alignment’ of Princess Charlotte’s hand.”)
- Will the Supreme Court Now Review More Constitutional Amendments? (“After their ruling on a Fourteenth Amendment case, which keeps Donald Trump on the ballot, will the Justices be willing to revisit Dobbs, or Second Amendment cases?”)
- Biden Budget Will Underscore Divide With Republicans and Trump
- Biden budget proposal would raise taxes on large corporations, lower deficit over 10 years
- Biden’s 2025 budget marries progressive tax hikes with populist campaign planks (How about tax multi-billionaires at 90%?)
- Former advisers sound the alarm that Trump praises despots in private and on the campaign trail
- Trump’s envy of Hitler revealed by his own ex-chief of staff
- Trump’s Back on Top. This Is Not Fine. (“Exhaustion with the demagogue is a threat to the republic.”)
- A “BFD”: Team Biden-Harris Raises $10 Million in 24 Hours Following President Biden’s “Home Run” State of the Union (“We send our condolences to the other guy and his flailing, poor campaign.”)
- Democrats Need to Stop Playing Nice
- The GOP can’t leave MAGA — “Americans must electorally mercy-kill the Republican Party”
- Trump Finds Another Line to Cross (“The former president used to exercise a modicum of restraint around Joe Biden’s stutter. No longer.” Disgusting.)
- NYT columnist calls Biden SOTU speech a ‘comeback’ after saying he should not run (Ezra Klein is an idiot; why do any liberals read and/or listen to his blather?)
- The Trump campaign paid an expert $750,000 to find fraud in the 2020 election, only for him to dismiss their complaints in minutes
- Sex trafficking victim says Sen. Katie Britt telling her story during SOTU rebuttal is ‘not fair’
- There should be newspapers that we work at where we do this (“Within minutes, Katz had figured out that Britt was not talking about some newly traumatized child migrant but a fully grown anti-trafficking activist, Karla Jacinto Romero, whose abuse had happened entirely in Mexico and more than a decade ago, so that it had nothing to do with the U.S. border or Biden adminstration policy. He shared his findings through his TikTok, in a post that has since received 169.6 thousand hearts and 8212 comments.”)
- Fox News Confronts Katie Britt on Falsely Connecting Biden to Sex-Trafficking Story
- Status Report: The Katie Britt Lie
- Trump supporters hoping to oust Wisconsin leader say they have enough signatures to force recall
- Mark Robinson on ACA: It’s an Effort to ‘Enslave Everybody’ (Mark Robinson is completely insane.)
- GOP’s Mark Robinson under growing scrutiny in North Carolina
- Nancy Mace explodes at ABC host for rape ‘shaming’ her for supporting rapist Donald Trump (Mace is literally supporting a rapist – and she is completely unable to reconcile that with caring about rape victims.)
- Elon Musk Has a Giant Charity. Its Money Stays Close to Home. (Musk is a white nationalist and fascist, completely off the deep end…)
- Kimmel knocks Britt for SOTU rebuttal at Oscars: She’s an ‘adult woman with the brain of a child’ (A really, really f’ed-up child at that…)
- 7 winners and 0 losers from the surprisingly delightful 2024 Oscars
- Oscars 2024: A night of ‘Oppenheimer,’ quiet protest, and Ryan Gosling just being Ken
- Oscars 2024: Oppenheimer sweeps awards with best picture and actor wins
- Video: Sen. Mark Warner on Face the Nation Talks About Need to Arm Ukraine; Israel vs. Hamas; China as Long-Term Greatest National Security Threat; Foreign Interference in Our Elections; etc. (“The idea that you’re going to eliminate every Hamas fighter I don’t think is a realistic goal.”)
- Kaine campaigns in Harrisonburg, as voters call for Gaza ceasefire
- Sin-ay-dee-ay, Sigh-knee-die, Seen-ay-dee-ay: However You Pronounce It, the 60-Day, 2024 Virginia General Assembly Is Now Past Sine Die; Next Up, the “Veto Session”
- New law allows Appalachian Power customers to shop for solar energy
- People or profits: arena drama reflects a familiar struggle
- Roanoke may have a three-way race for mayor. History will be made no matter what. (“Roanoke could have its first openly gay mayor. Or its first female mayor. Or its first Republican elected in nearly a quarter-century.”)
- Report: NRCC economic impact tops $100 million
- Virginia Beach School Board looks at cuts as it votes Tuesday on next year’s budget
- A solar power project planned for Mountain Empire Community College would be the first of its kind
- Construction of Dominion wind turbine project in Croatan stressing out Virginia Beach residents
- Fairfax Co. police: Driver of stolen car fatally struck man, crashed into dumpster, then fled
- D.C.-area forecast: Windy today and then a big warm-up
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