by Lowell
Here are a few international, national and Virginia news headlines, political and otherwise, for Wednesday, March 20.
- Climate researcher on what’s causing the record rise in ocean temperatures
- Climate Change Speeds Up as Major Indicators Blow Off the Charts, WMO Warns
- UN weather agency issues ‘red alert’ on climate change after record heat, ice-melt increases in 2023
- Climate models can’t explain 2023’s huge heat anomaly — we could be in uncharted territory
- Earlier Springs Have Cascading Effects on Animals, Plants and Pastimes (“A growing body of research shows that climate change is throwing the seasons out of whack.”)
- A coal billionaire is building the world’s biggest clean energy plant and it’s five times the size of Paris (“The government has set a target of 500 gigawatts (GW) of non-fossil fuel electricity generating capacity by 2030. AGEL, the country’s largest renewable energy company, aims to provide at least 9% of that, with nearly 30 GW generated from its Khavda park in Gujarat alone.”)
- Campaigners warn over failure to curb Europe’s ‘runaway’ transport emissions
- Ukrainians have a message for Mike Johnson
- Manchin warns Ukraine could be ‘worst atrocity in history’
- Symbolism or Strategy? Ukraine Battles to Retain Small Gains. (“Despite U.S. doubts, Ukrainians say that defending places with little strategic value is worth the cost in casualties and weapons, because Russians pay more.”)
- How Joe Biden Could Call Out the Isolationists
- Jared Kushner says Gaza’s ‘waterfront property could be very valuable’
- Why Schumer Spoke Out Against Netanyahu as Israel Wages War
- Israel Has Killed a Top Hamas Commander in Gaza. It Took Five Months. (“The death of Marwan Issa, the No. 3 official in Hamas’s Gaza hierarchy, helps Israel but isn’t a decisive blow, analysts said.”)
- Retired commander who oversaw Afghanistan withdrawal says he alone bears responsibility for airport attack
- South Australia’s world-leading renewable transition is attracting flood of new industry
- Famine looms in Sudan as civil war survivors tell of killings and rapes (Horrible situation.)
- Mexico Condemns Texas Law, and Says It Will Not Accept Deportations From the State
- Companies Are Poised to Inject Millions of Tons of Carbon Underground. Will It Stay Put?
- Fed to Give Fresh Clues on Path of Rate Cuts (“Economists expect the Fed to pencil in three interest-rate cuts for 2024.”)
- The U.S. crime rate is still dropping, FBI data shows
- Crime Rates Dwindle Despite Belief Among Americans That It’s Rising (Americans *always* think crime is bad and/or rising, even when it’s low and/or falling. That’s HEAVILY the fault of the local media, particulary TV “news,” which has had a wildly irresponsible “if it bleeds, it leads” policy for decades. Seriously, you’re MUCH better off not watching local TV “news!”)
- Divided Supreme Court lifts stay on a Texas law giving police broad powers to arrest migrants (This far-right/MAGA Supreme Court is lawless, wildly disrespectful of the constitution, arbitrary, capricious, and just a total f’ing joke.)
- The Supreme Court’s confusing new border decision, explained (“It is hard to believe that Justice Amy Coney Barrett actually agrees with her own opinion.”)
- The Supreme Court Just Gave Texas a Green Light to Harass Every Latino Person in the State
- Texas’ migrant arrest law is back on hold after briefly taking effect (“A federal appeals court has again prevented Texas from arresting and deporting migrants accused of entering the U.S. illegally, hours after the the law briefly took effect.”)
- Supreme Court opens new frontier for insurrection claims that could target state and local officials
- States push ‘fetal personhood’ bills despite outrage at Alabama IVF ruling (This is a ridiculous headline; in fact, it’s 100% REPUBLICANS pushing those bills.)
- GOP Amps Up Excuses For Trump’s Weekend Of Shocking Comments (Pathetic, spineless, disgusting.)
- Doug Emhoff Decries ‘Antisemitic’ Trump Comments on Jewish Democrats
- Trump Asks Supreme Court for Absolute Immunity on Election Charges (That’s completely insane.)
- Why Won’t Rich Republicans Loan Money to Upstanding Businessman Donald Trump? (“My theory is that Trump is, in fact, a crook.”)
- Trump needs a $464m bond in six days. What if he can’t get it?
- It’s So Crazy How No One Wants to Help Trump With His Bond
- MAGA media send message to Trump supporters: Be willing to go to jail
- Chubb ended Trump fraud bond talks after backing E. Jean Carroll appeal bond, court filing says
- Panic mode sets in for Trump as he faces deadline for massive bond
- Letitia James Could Start Seizing Trump’s Assets on Monday After the Ex-President Admits He’s Too Cash-Poor to Pay $464 Million Civil Fraud Judgment
- A Financial Reckoning for Donald Trump
- Trump fringe characters get the band back together (Most of these scumbags should be in prison.)
- Trump Claims 2024 Will Be Rigged, Putting Republican Turnout at Risk
- The Ego Has Crash-Landed (“If Donald Trump loses November’s election, it will be for one reason: He can’t help making it all about himself.”)
- Attention, Biden and the Democrats! “There’s No Cavalry Coming” (“Here are three ways voters can help save the republic in November.”)
- Judge Aileen Cannon Could Get Herself Booted From Trump’s Classified Documents Case (She has no business being a judge – or even an attorney – at all.)
- Judge in Trump classified documents case proposes ‘insane’ jury instructions, experts say
- Mar-a-Lago Judge’s Stark Ruling: Jury Sees Secret Files or Trump Wins (WTF???)
- Fox News buried Mike Pence’s refusal to endorse Donald Trump (“Fox gave the news 4 minutes of airtime. CNN and MSNBC each provided more than an hour.”)
- Trump “couldn’t care less” that Pence is not endorsing him
- Pence makes ‘damning statement’ with refusal to back Trump
- Video: Biden-Harris 2024 Launches New Ad Targeting Latinos (“‘Only One Choice’ Coincides With Launch of Latinos Con Biden-Harris”)
- Inside the Biden effort to recruit Nikki Haley donors to help defeat Donald Trump
- Outside Groups Pledge Over $1 Billion to Aid Biden’s Re-election Effort (“The League of Conservation Voters, among the biggest spenders on progressive causes, said it would put $120 million behind President Biden and Democrats as his Republican rival faces cash woes.”)
- GOP spending hawks bash Speaker Johnson’s minibus (They’re not “spending hawks” so much as far-right extremists like Bob Good, Marjorie Taylor Greene, etc..)
- Liz Cheney still plans to make a difference in the election
- ‘Duty to warn’: Ex-Trump advisers can alert voters to his unfitness
- Takeaways From the Biggest Primary Night Since Super Tuesday
- Matchup is set in Ohio race that will be crucial to determining control of the Senate
- Trump-backed Bernie Moreno wins Ohio GOP Senate primary
- Sherrod Brown Can Breathe a Little Easier
- Half of Haley voters in Ohio say they’d back Biden
- McCaul apologizes after telling GOP colleague to ‘go f—’ himself at hearing
- Texts Reveal More Russia Ties for Key Anti-Biden Witness (“Tony Bobulinski, a former business partner of Hunter Biden, is expected to testify publicly on Wednesday.”)
- Radicalized by the right: Elon Musk puts his conspiratorial thinking on display for the world to see
- Rep. Lauren Boebert Votes Against $20M Earmarks But Takes Credit Anyway
- Arizona lawmaker says she announced plans to get abortion to underscore out-of-touch laws
- Democratic U.S. Rep. Bill Foster defeats progressive challenger in 11th Congressional District (That challenger is Qasim Rashid, who formerly ran in Virginia – and lost – as the Democratic nominee for state senate and for VA01 against Rob Wittman)
- Williams: Dr. Fauci in Richmond: America sickened by lies
- U.S. Rep. Jennifer McClellan (D-VA04) Files for Re-election on First Day of Filing Period, with More Than 3,500 Petition Signatures
- Rep. Jen Kiggans (D-VA02) Remains Silent As Donald Trump Salutes Insurrectionists and Calls For “Bloodbath” (Disgusting.)
- Adventure, reflection, political insight: Sen. Kaine shares journey of ‘Walk, Ride, Paddle’ in Virginia
- 2024 Virginia House Analysis: Turning Over a New Leaf in the Old Dominion
- Gov. Youngkin Drags Feet on Reproductive Health Bills, Appoints Anti-Choice Extremist To State Board of Health
- Schapiro: So many veto opportunities, so little time (“The governor has 30 days from the legislature’s adjournment on March 9 to review its handiwork, which represents roughly a third of the 3,500 bills and resolutions introduced by members of the House of Delegates and Senate…Youngkin holds out the possibility of something that’s apparently never been done by a Virginia governor: vetoing the whole budget.”)
- ABC now faces $110 million shortfall in budget revenue
- Editorial: Virginia guards against uncertainty by protecting same-sex marriages
- Virginia ABC official alleges further retaliation in whistleblower suit
- Bills to help conserve agricultural land amid development pressures will become law
- A former state senator was charged with assault after an incident at a local GOP committee meeting (“Chase is facing an assault and battery charge after a confrontation with Adaire Lazaro outside of the meeting. Lazaro is the roommate of Shane Snavley, a former employee of Chase who has spent the last year releasing damning information about her to the public. “)
- Virginia Beach proposes $2.6 billion operating budget with real estate tax break, funding for Rudee Loop park
- Foresight sells Patrick County hospital site; plans behavioral health center instead
- Should we stick with a system that is great? (“Roanoke should not change its funding formula for schools.”)
- Proposed Danville budget projects $25 million in casino gaming revenues
- Homicide suspect arrested in Old Town
- D.C.-area forecast: Warmer today with a gusty afternoon breeze and fire risk
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