by Lowell
Here are a few international, national and Virginia news headlines, political and otherwise, for Monday, March 4.
3.3.24 520 pm ET CNN Anchor & Chief Nat Sec Analyst @jimsciutto w/ Director, UVA @Center4Politics
and the Author of The Kennedy Half Century Larry Sabato @LarrySabato "The Polls might be inaccurate too" EXCELLENT SEGMENT 10/10 pic.twitter.com/Kw3KbCd0OT— Jeff Storobinsky (@jeffstorobinsky) March 3, 2024
- Fury after Exxon chief says public to blame for climate failures (“Darren Woods tells Fortune consumers not willing to pay for clean-energy transition, prompting backlash from climate experts”)
- Ski resorts’ era of plentiful snow may be over due to climate crisis, study finds (“US ski industry is losing billions as average season has become five to seven days shorter in past half century”)
- John Kerry Is Embarrassed by America’s Climate Politics (“America’s first climate envoy is leaving the post.”)
- John Kerry Thinks We’re at a Critical Moment on Climate Change (“As he steps down from office, the first Presidential envoy on the climate says that we have made progress, but we’re not moving fast enough.”)
- John Kerry: US committed to tackling climate crisis despite fossil fuel growth (“Outgoing climate chief says he is ‘not ready’ to give up on 1.5C target he helped negotiate in Paris agreement”)
- Ukraine will lose only if MAGA Republicans cut off U.S. aid
- Moscow’s history of unforced errors is the West’s hidden advantage
- Ukraine war: Russia says it intercepts 38 Ukrainian drones attacking Crimea
- Henry Wallace, Tucker Carlson, and the Return of the Russia Dupe
- Kamala Harris says there must be an ‘immediate ceasefire’ in Gaza
- US VP Harris calls for immediate ceasefire to ease “humanitarian catastrophe” in Gaza
- Harris is to meet with Israeli Cabinet official who is in Washington despite Netanyahu’s rebuke
- Gaza Cease-Fire Talks Face Stand-Off as Hunger and Pressure Grow (“Israel won’t send negotiators until Hamas answers queries”)
- Israel carries out biggest Ramallah raid in years, witnesses say
- China Scraps Premier Li’s Briefing, Breaking Years of Convention
- Beijing Is Expected to Unveil GDP Target Around 5% — A Goal Now Harder to Achieve
- Trump’s Mar-a-Lago playdate with Orbán is cause for alarm
- Gangs threaten Haiti takeover after mass jailbreak
- Gangs rule Haiti’s capital. Some say they’re ready to overthrow the government too (Nightmare.)
- America has a good model for how to handle immigration: America
- The Golden Age of American Jews Is Ending (“Anti-Semitism on the right and the left threatens to bring to a close an unprecedented period of safety and prosperity for Jewish Americans—and demolish the liberal order they helped establish.” UGH.)
- Map: 29 million Americans live under new voter ID laws put in place since 2020 (The point of these laws by Republicans is voter suppression – mostly of Democratic voters)
- The anti-abortion playbook for restricting birth control (“Contraception, like IVF, poses problems for those claiming personhood begins at conception.”)
- Congress unveils first six budget bills as government shutdown clock ticks
- The Supreme Court could decide whether Trump can be barred from the 2024 ballot
- A Supreme Court decision could come Monday in a case about barring Trump from the 2024 ballot
- Backlogged with blockbuster cases, Supreme Court takes on Trump (Weird headline.)
- ‘Five-alarm fire’: Trump’s latest public schools threat causes experts to panic
- Trump’s White House Was ‘Awash in Speed’ — and Xanax
- Joe Biden’s Last Campaign (“Trailing Trump in polls and facing doubts about his age, the President voices defiant confidence in his prospects for reelection.”)
- Four ways Biden can make inroads with anti-Trump Republicans
- Senate conservatives seek to expand power post-McConnell (In fact, these people are far-right extremists, not just bland “conservatives.” Why won’t the media SAY THAT???)
- ‘It never mattered less’: Super Tuesday is looking less than super this year
- Trump poised to dominate ‘Super Tuesday’ as Haley makes last stand
- Biden says Trump wouldn’t concede next time: “Losers are never graceful”
- “Online Trump worship has offline consequences”: MAGA makes plans for “apocalyptic battle” (“Whether battle is in the spiritual or physical realm, a large portion of Trump’s base believes warfare is ongoing”)
- A Large Percentage of Republican Primary Voters Can’t Stomach Trump
- Trump crowd goes silent as he confuses Biden and Obama again
- Biden’s mental acuity is doubted by 6 in 10 Americans, AP-NORC survey finds (This is really maddening and 100% false; in fact, Biden has slowed down PHYSICALLY, but mentally he is sharp as a tack by ALL accounts.)
- CBS News poll finds voters remember Trump’s economy as good, boosting Trump to national lead over Biden today (That’s utterly absurd…WTF?)
- Mitch McConnell is the arsonist who set America on fire and ran away
- Haley faces growing third-party speculation
- Nikki Haley wins the District of Columbia’s Republican primary and gets her first 2024 victory
- Lisa Murkowski says she ‘could not’ vote for Trump or Biden in 2024
- Kari Lake Switches Her Abortion Stance Ahead of Arizona Senate Contest (So she’ll say ANYTHING to get elected.)
- Trump endorses Mark Robinson for North Carolina governor and compares him to Martin Luther King Jr. (In fact, Mark Robinson is completely unhinged, extremist, etc.)
- Florida is swamped by disease outbreaks as quackery replaces science
- Virginia’s Super Tuesday primary might have messages for November
- Schapiro: In Virginia, a not-so-super Super Tuesday?
- Virginia General Assembly 2024 Session Enters Its Final Week…Likely with Budget Not Completed (Along with the budget, some big issues (e.g., arena, Metro funding) remain outstanding…)
- Virginia budget conferees share a few details as negotiations get underway
- Another session will wrap up without any new campaign finance laws (That’s a big failure.)
- With rail safety bill’s passage, two-person crews could be required for Virginia freight trains
- Bill to help build electric vehicle infrastructure in rural areas moves along
- To be or not to be, that is the new Shockoe Bottom memorial’s question
- Pipeline expansion plan runs through Pittsylvania County
- Necropsy on young whale that washed up at Virginia Beach Oceanfront to be performed Monday
- Virginia flags to be lowered in honor of Loudoun County firefighter killed in explosion
- D.C.-area forecast: A very rainy week, but temperatures are mild (“Three rainstorms could easily produce more than 2 inches of rain by Sunday.”)
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