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by Lowell
Here are a few international, national and Virginia news headlines, political and otherwise, for Saturday, January 24.
- Post-COP 30 Modeling Shows World Is Far Off Track for Climate Goals (“A new MIT Global Change Outlook finds current climate policies and economic indicators put the world on track for dangerous warming.”)
- Dramatic rise in water-related violence recorded since 2022 (“Experts say climate crisis, corruption and lack or misuse of infrastructure among factors driving water conflicts”)
- The Cost of Ignoring Fossil Fuel Pollution’s Health Impacts (“From toxic air to climate-wrecking greenhouse gases, pollution harms lives and cuts a swath through economic bottom lines.”)
- After Decades of Deflection, ExxonMobil Moves to Reshape Global Climate Accounting (“For decades, ExxonMobil argued consumers, not oil giants, should take responsibility for fossil fuel pollution. It’s now backing Carbon Measures’ accounting scheme, which moves pollution “liabilities” to buyers’ books.”)
- Ukraine condemns ‘brutal’ Russian strikes ahead of second day of peace talks
- Russian air attack on Ukraine knocks out power for millions (“Russia launched another vast attack on Ukraine’s energy system in the small hours of Saturday, rocking Kyiv with explosions throughout the night and leaving 1.2 million properties without power countrywide.”)
- ‘Massive’ Russian strikes on Ukraine hit negotiation table as well as people, Kyiv says (“Ukraine’s foreign minister accuses Vladimir Putin of sabotaging peace talks”)
- Russia attacks Ukraine ahead of second day of peace talks between US and both countries
- Russia and Ukraine sit for tense talks on thorny territorial issue (“Russian and Ukrainian officials say land is the key sticking point; Negotiations are set to continue on Saturday; Ukraine resists Russia’s demand to give up Donetsk region; Zelensky says U.S. is ready with security guarantees”)
- Despite Trump’s Words, China and Russia Are Not Threatening Greenland (“U.S. and European officials say they are unaware of any intelligence that shows China and Russia are endangering the island, which is protected by NATO.”)
- What Europe Learned From the Greenland Crisis (“Territorial integrity is a core tenet of Europe that is at risk from Russian and American imperialism. The European Union has fought back.”)
- Trump’s Greenland Takeover Could Be Silicon Valley’s Libertarian Dream Come True (“Big Tech billionaires have long proposed creating new territories free of regulatory oversight — and Trump could help them do it”)
- Pentagon shifts focus away from China in new defense strategy (“The previous National Defense Strategy – a document published every four years – identified China as the most significant strategic competitor to the U.S.”)
- Senate Democrat calls for investigation into TikTok deal
- China’s Xi Places His Top General Under Investigation as Military Purges Heat Up
- TikTok Is Now Collecting Even More Data About Its Users. Here Are the 3 Biggest Changes
- Trump leaves NATO allies “dumbfounded” and “disgusted” with remarks dismissing sacrifices in Afghanistan (Trump is a draft dodger who has consistently disrespected the military. Why has anyone voted for that???)
- Prince Harry says Nato troops who served in Afghanistan deserve ‘respect’ in backlash against Trump’s jibe
- Military conducts ‘lethal kinetic strike’ on alleged drug boat, leaving one survivor
- ‘Repatriate the gold’: German economists advise withdrawal from US vaults (“Shift in relations and unpredictability of Donald Trump make it ‘risky to store so much gold in the US’, say experts”)
- German soccer federation official wants World Cup boycott considered because of Trump (Why would any country send its athletes to the US at this point?)
- Trump says US ‘armada’ heading to Middle East as Iran death toll put above 5,000 (“US president says ‘we have a lot of ships’ going in that direction and that Washington is watching Iran closely”)
- Iran’s Revolutionary Guard commander warns the US, says his force has its ‘finger on the trigger’
- Jared Kushner’s vision for Gaza as a gleaming port city clashes with reality (“Much of the Gaza Strip lies in ruin from more than two years of Israeli strikes, with its 2 million Palestinian residents largely living in tents.”)
- The week the US and Canada broke up
- From Davos to Minneapolis to D.C., Trump is facing sharper pushback (“Foreign leaders, Catholic archbishops and the Federal Reserve chairman are among those challenging Trump after a first year in which the president’s critics often tried to placate him.”)
- As ICE arrests surged, Trump administration sought to cut bodycam program
- US Judge Rules ICE Raids Require Judicial Warrants, Contradicting Secret ICE Memo
- ICE has been entering homes without judicial warrants since last summer, sources say
- F.B.I. Agent Who Tried to Investigate ICE Officer in Shooting Resigns (“The resignation of the agent, Tracee Mergen, was only the latest shock wave to have emerged from the Justice Department’s handling of the shooting of Renee Good.”)
- DOJ sought to probe Renee Good for criminal liability, even after her death: Sources
- Trump’s ICE Goons Detained a 5-Year-Old. Then JD Vance Made It Worse. (Vance makes EVERYTHING worse.)
- ICE detains family seeking emergency care for child at Portland hospital (Absolute EVIL.)
- ICE’s detention of child puts new focus on Trump team’s tactics
- Thousands rally against ICE in Minneapolis amid below-zero temperatures
- Clergy Members Are Arrested in Minnesota Amid Anti-ICE Protests
- Disabled son of ICE detainee dies after 30 days of hospitalization (WTF???)
- Is This Who Trump Meant by the ‘Worst of the Worst’? (“The columnist Jamelle Bouie argues that the Trump administration’s immigration policy has more in common with ethnic cleansing than actual immigration enforcement.”)
- Minnesotans strike in protest against ICE surge: ‘No work, no school, no shopping’ (“Organizers demand ICE leave state and agency be investigated for constitutional violations”)
- Border Patrol chief promises Minnesota crackdown ‘won’t quit,’ even as protesting residents flood the streets
- Right-wing media silos leave MAGA flailing on ICE (“MAGA’s whack-a-mole defense of immigration raids is backfiring”)
- Trump privately frustrated that he risks losing control of immigration message amid Minnesota chaos
- ICE Tells Legal Observer, ‘We Have a Nice Little Database, and Now You’re Considered a Domestic Terrorist’ (Thugs.)
- US immigration agents detain two-year-old Minnesota girl: ‘depravity beyond words’ (“DHS detain a toddler and her father on Thursday and fly them to Texas before returning child on judge’s order”)
- Rejecting Decades of Science, Vaccine Panel Chair Says Polio and Other Shots Should Be Optional (INSANE.)
- Trump says the big US winter storm is proof of climate hoax – here’s why he’s wrong (Climate science denial is really all you need to know about someone; if they deny the climate crisis, they are either a fossil fuel industry tool or a nutjob. Either way, they should not hold ANY public office in America – ever.)
- DHS pauses cuts to FEMA as massive winter storm barrels in
- Massive winter storm could lay bare Trump’s FEMA cuts
- Monster winter storm spreading snow and ice across US
- Trump administration unlawfully suspended EV charger infrastructure program, U.S. judge rules
- RNC takes steps toward a 2026 GOP midterm convention
- MAGA-Coded Anchor Scores Lowest Ratings of the Century for CBS News (Why would anyone watch CBS “News” at this point?)
- Tucker Carlson’s Nationalist Crusade (“The pundit’s contrarianism has swerved into openly racist and antisemitic tropes. What does his rise mean for the future of MAGA media?”)
- California sues the Trump administration over plans to restart oil pipelines along the coast
- Renée Fleming Won’t Perform at Kennedy Center Concerts
- Massive sewage spill flowing into Potomac River upstream from Washington (“DC Water, which operates the sewer system, is hooking up pumps to divert sewage around the rupture and allow crews to make repairs. It has cautioned people to stay out of the area and to wash their skin if exposed.”)
- Sen. Tim Kaine on Appropriations Bills: “we shouldn’t give [Trump’s] deranged decisions the imprimatur of congressional approval by passing this legislation without significant amendment.” (“We are not living in normal times. The President is acting chaotically and unlawfully”)
- Tim Kaine signals that he is not on board with $10B in new funding for ICE
- 5th Congressional race now features four candidates
- Federal judge bars Virginia from keeping thousands of felons from voting
- Youngkin long had ambitions beyond Virginia. What’s next is anyone’s guess. (And the Bezos Post has been one of Youngkin’s biggest cheerleaders – also whitewashers, normalizers, sanewashers, etc.)
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- Energy-efficiency bills clear House committee (“The bills would help some residents replace oil and propane heat with electric heat and would study barriers to access for energy-efficiency and weatherization programs.”)
- Virginia Democrats campaigned on housing affordability. Now the question is how to deliver
- AG Jones searches for higher ed counsel to halt ‘politically-motivated assaults’ on Va. colleges
- UVa leadership shakeup another challenge for provost search entering second year
- Dominion installs 1st wind farm turbine tower off Virginia Beach coast
- Protesters in Blacksburg condemn ICE ‘gestapo,’ killing of Renee Good
- VA Speaker Don Scott Urges Virginians to Prepare for Severe Winter Weather, Highlights Available Resources (“This coming storm has the potential to be catastrophic.”)
- Warming centers to open across Southwest and Southside as winter storm approaches
- Winter storm warning issued for Hampton Roads; here’s the latest forecast
- Snow, sleet, ice expected to lay down ‘glacier’ on Virginia ahead of bitterly cold temperatures
- ‘Dangerous to devastating’ ice levels likely in Virginia due to winter storm
- Heavy snow, bitter cold to arrive in Shenandoah Valley on Saturday night
- CWG Live: Severe winter storm tonight through Sunday, and very cold into next week (“A thump of snow moves through late tonight into early Sunday, then lots of sleet. It’s going to be frozen in place for a while.”)
