by Lowell
Here are a few international, national and Virginia news headlines, political and otherwise, for Sunday, March 3.
- United Nations Official Says State Repression of Environmental Defenders Threatens Democracy and Human Rights
- Around the Globe, Virus Hunters Are Working to Avert the Next Pandemic
- Death toll rises from Russian drone strike on Ukrainian port city, as China’s envoy tours Moscow
- Kremlin Seeks to Suppress Aleksei Navalny’s Influence, in Death as in Life
- Russians Keep Turning Up Dead All Over the World
- Inside Ukraine’s last stand in Avdiivka and its ‘road of death’
- US military aircraft airdrop thousands of meals into Gaza in emergency humanitarian aid operation
- US says Israel has agreed to the framework for a Gaza cease-fire. Hamas must now decide
- Israel Helped Organize Convoy That Ended in Disaster
- Biden to hostage-ceasefire negotiators: Get me a deal
- Harris to meet Israeli minister Benny Gantz to discuss temporary Gaza cease-fire
- After its first airdrop of aid into Gaza, U.S. plans more drops amid hope for Ramadan cease-fire
- Hopes rise of new Gaza ceasefire in Egypt talks
- Oil spill and fertilizer leak from sinking of cargo ship highlight risks to Red Sea from Houthi attacks
- Shehbaz Sharif returns as Pakistan’s Prime Minister, as protests hit parliament
- Immigration is ‘taking pressure off’ the job market and U.S. economy, expert says (No question, other than the bigotry by xenophobes, nativists, etc., there’s not really a serious argument that immigration doesn’t greatly benefit our country.)
- Why successful IVF often requires making multiple embryos for one baby
- The courts were never going to save America from Donald Trump (“No one is coming to save US democracy, except for ourselves.”)
- Trump escalates his immigration rhetoric with baseless claim about Biden trying to overthrow the US (And by “baseless,” the AP means FALSE. But they like saying “baseless” for some reason instead of FALSE.)
- The Fani Willis Evidentiary Hearing Was a Joke
- For Democrats Pining for an Alternative, Biden Team Has a Message: Get Over It (Absolutely – Biden’s the nominee, time to get behind him and defeat the fascists.)
- Voters Are More Upbeat on Economy, but Biden Gets Little Benefit, WSJ Poll Shows
- Biden Is Still the Democrats’ Best Bet for November (“No amount of wishful thinking is going to magically produce a winning Candidate B.” Exactly, so stop the delusional wishful thinking.)
- Jill Biden puts Donald Trump on notice as her campaign role comes into focus
- It’s Nuts That Trump Will Have Classified Briefings Again (Trump is a MASSIVE national security clearance and absolutely should NOT have a security clearance or any access to classified materials!!!)
- Vindman: Trump has ‘every intention’ to undo American democracy if reelected (Absolutely true.)
- A far-right US youth group is ramping up its movement to back election deniers (“Turning Point USA and co-founder Charlie Kirk are raising $108m to mobilize Trump voters and ‘clean house’ of election officials” Scary shit.)
- The turnout gap between white and Black voters is growing, study finds (“…a major contributor appears to be a Supreme Court decision weakening the Voting Rights Act.” Reminder: the Roberts Court has been evil for many years.)
- Trump wins Michigan GOP convention
- Trump Casts Aside Repeated Scandals To Endorse Lauren Boebert Again (Sick.)
- Georgia Senate passes bill banning American Library Association from state libraries (WTF???)
- Offensive comments by N.C. Republican stand out even in Trump’s party (“Mark Robinson is favored to win the Republican nomination for governor in a battleground state, even as some see serious liabilities for November. ” This guy is INSANE.)
- The Democrat Who Won Back George Santos’ Seat Has Advice for His Party (“If the number one thing on people’s minds is the border crisis, you’ve got to talk about the border crisis, and you’ve got to talk about how to solve it.”)
- Trump mixes up Biden and Obama again in Virginia rally speech
- Haley looks to beat expectations against Trump in Virginia
- Trump takes credit for Republican Gov.-elect Glenn Youngkin’s win in Va.
- Ahead of Super Tuesday, DNC Mobile Billboard Campaign in Richmond Calls Out Trump’s Plan to Deny Health Care Coverage from Millions (Trump is holding a rally at the Greater Richmond Convention Center 6 pm Saturday)
- ‘We don’t need your vote’: Trump’s rally in Richmond concludes ahead of Super Tuesday without Gov. Youngkin
- In Virgina, Gov. Pritzker steps up attacks on ‘stupid and ignorant’ Donald Trump (“Gov. J.B. Pritzker, keynoting a fundraiser for the Democratic Party of Virginia, said Saturday Trump will ‘spew his hateful lies, his vitriol, his dark vision for this country, and he’ll do everything he can to claw his way back into office. But we’re not going to let him, are we.'”)
- In Richmond, Trump paints grim picture of US in his pitch for Virginia votes
- ICYMI: Rep. Jennifer McClellan (D-VA04), Reproductive Care Advocates Slam Trump Ahead of Rally in Richmond (The choice is crystal clear: A vote for Joe Biden and Kamala Harris is a vote for reproductive freedom”)
- Video: Rep. Gerry Connolly (D-VA11) Talks About Leading Prayer for Alexei Navalny, the GOP Going From the Party of Reagan to Putin Enablers, the Need to Unite Around Joe Biden and Save Democracy, the “very ultra-right political Supreme Court”‘s “terrible ruling,” etc.
- Stafford County sheriff endorses Derrick Anderson for Virginia’s 7th Congressional District Seat
- Commentary: As Alabama ruling wreaks havoc, what will Virginia do?
- Head of DEQ previously did consulting work for Mountain Valley Pipeline (That’s what Republicans do, put the foxes in charge of the chicken coops.)
- CASEY: Thrown in jail for growing weed after Virginia made it legal
- D.C.-area forecast: Milder and dry today, plenty of clouds this week with occasional rain
