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by Lowell
Here are a few international, national and Virginia news headlines, political and otherwise, for Sunday, January 25.
- Is climate change weakening the polar vortex? (“Rising Arctic temperatures and melting sea ice could be causing cold air to flow into the Northern Hemisphere. But not all scientists agree.”)
- The First Three Weeks of the Year Will Reshape the World (“From Davos to Minneapolis, the events of this month have the potential to profoundly change the political and economic landscape for years to come”)
- Trump’s Greenland Fiasco (“The President caused a crisis in NATO and deepened European distrust toward the U.S. to end up with basically the same set of options that existed months ago.”)
- John Kerry: We’ll Miss Alliances When They’re Gone (Speaking of John Kerry, imagine how much better off we’d all be if Kerry had defeated George W. Bush in 2004, and if Al Gore had become president in 2000, and if Hillary Clinton had become president in 2016…and Kamala Harris in 2024???)
- From Greenland to Ukraine, Trump’s centralized diplomacy creates whiplash for allies
- Xi’s Purge of China’s Military Brings Its Top General Down
- Advantage China: Trump’s tantrums push US allies closer to Beijing (“In the search for stability, some western nations are turning to a country that many in Washington see as an existential threat”)
- Trump threatens to impose 100% tariff if Canada makes deal with China (Illegal, unconstitutional, insane.)
- ‘Pools of blood, hundreds of gunshots’: I am a surgeon in Iran – this is the horror I’ve witnessed in the crackdown (“I’ve worked as a surgeon in disaster zones. Nothing compares to the nightmare I saw in Iran’s hospitals when the state started shooting protesters”)
- How Iran Crushed a Citizen Uprising With Lethal Force (“After scattered protests started last month, Iranians revolted en masse. The security forces cracked down, and the death toll has now reached 5,200.”)
- This Is Exactly As Bad As It Looks (“Alex Pretti had his hands up, holding a cell phone.”)
- Witness videos of CBP killing a Minnesota man appear to counter Trump administration’s narrative
- Videos appear to show federal officer took gun away from Alex Pretti just before fatal shooting, CNN analysis finds
- Videos Show Moments in Which Agents Killed a Man in Minneapolis
- Video contradicts Trump’s claim man killed in Minneapolis was a ‘gunman’ (“Video evidence reviewed by Guardian shows Alex Pretti, killed by agents in Minneapolis, held a phone, not a gun”)
- Police Who Once Backed ICE’s Mission Are Losing Faith in Its Tactics (“In Minnesota and places where agents are deployed en masse, law-enforcement leaders are challenging whether they are adhering to the stated mission. ICE says operations are lawful and targeted.”)
- Monsters (“In a way the cowards and opportunists enabling Trump are more to blame for where we are than Trump and company themselves: monsters are monsters and can’t help themselves, but the enablers have a choice. And they have chosen, again and again, to accommodate and facilitate evil.”)
- The Trump administration’s unchecked abuses in Minnesota (“How the Trump administration pushed Minneapolis to the brink.”)
- You don’t need to be a liberal to oppose Trump’s ICE (“You just need to care about your own constitutional rights.”)
- Alex Pretti did not brandish gun, witnesses say in sworn testimony (“Pair testify that Pretti did not hold weapon and was trying to help woman federal agents had shoved to the ground”)
- ‘This is what fascism looks like’: terror in Minneapolis reminiscent of civil war (“Alex Pretti’s death could be a moment of reckoning for Democrats to call time on Trump waging war on his people”)
- State Terror Has Arrived
- The man killed by a US Border Patrol officer in Minneapolis was an ICU nurse, family says
- Democrats Vow Not to Fund ICE After Shooting, Imperiling Spending Deal
- Trump regime thugs execute another anti-ICE protestor in Minnesota
- Emergency Triad: Another American Has Been Murdered by Our Government (“It’s worse than it looks and it looks plenty bad.”)
- Colorado parents of man killed in Minneapolis urged him to be careful at ICE protests
- The Instant Smear Campaign Against Border Patrol Shooting Victim Alex Pretti (Pure, unadulterated evil.)
- Gun Rights Advocates Want Answers About the Minneapolis Shooting
- AG Bondi demands access to Minnesota voter rolls after fatal Border Patrol shooting (WTF???)
- Minnesota Gov. Walz vows state investigation into DHS “lies” about shooting
- Trump’s Goons Are the Terrorists. This Is What We Must Do Now (“In the wake of a CBP agent’s killing of VA nurse Alex Petti, it’s clear that halfway measures, aggrieved speeches, and strongly worded letters are no longer adequate.”)
- Democrats Rip Stephen Miller’s Cold-Blooded Response to CBP Killing (Stephen Miller is a psychopath.)
- Shutdown risk grows as Democrats revolt after Minneapolis shooting
- Furious Dems float drastic responses to latest Minneapolis shooting
- Protesters demand immigration agents leave Minneapolis after man is shot and killed during crackdown
- Police and ICE Agents Are on a Collision Course (“After another fatal ICE shooting in Minneapolis, the rift between local police and federal agents is becoming a rupture.”)
- Witness says Pretti didn’t resist or reach for a gun before shooting in court filing
- Another killing by a federal officer deepens Trump’s self-inflicted political nightmare
- Schumer: Democrats will block funding package if it includes homeland security money
- “It’s a Horror Show”: Anguish Sweeps Minneapolis After Federal Agents Kill Another Neighbor
- Republicans are worried about Trump’s deportation campaign, and our new poll shows why (Politico actually uses the phrase “moderate Trump supporters.” Yes, Politico is beyond parody – as is much of the “mainstream” political media. Terrible headline this morning by NPR too, btw, for those who listen to that both-sides/false-equivalence crap.)
- Can Minnesota prosecute the federal officers who just killed a man?
- Airlines
Airlines cancel more than 14,000 weekend flights as massive winter storm sweeps across the U.S. - Snow, sleet and power outages: 140m Americans under warnings for major winter storm
- Trump is right about one thing: Many Americans want a dictator
- What’s Killing Onshore Wind Power? (“Facing staunch local opposition and federal roadblocks, new wind project development is teetering on the brink, despite growing power demand. Even Iowa, the nation’s most wind-powered state, is ‘closed for business,’ experts say.”)
- Donald Trump Won’t Attend Super Bowl, Slams Bad Bunny and Green Day: ‘I’m Anti-Them’ (“President said distance, and not performers, is reason he won’t be at Levi’s Stadium on February 8: ‘It’s just too far away'”)
- Man Arrested at Sundance For Racially Motivated Incident at CAA Party; Victim Was Florida Congressman
- Democratic congressman punched in racist attack at Sundance film festival (The Guardian headline is MUCH better than the Variety headline, above)
- Virginia Democratic Members of Congress, etc. Condemn “fucking execution by armed thugs”; “The Department of Homeland Security is murdering American citizens. Congress cannot allow that to continue.” (“They must be reined in and held accountable.”)
- Democratic member of House Homeland Security Committee responds to MN shooting (“Virginia’s Rep. James Walkinshaw, a Democrat on the House Homeland Security Committee, responds to Saturday’s shooting of a Minneapolis man by a federal agent.”)
- Analysis by Sam Shirazi on VA GOP’s Attempts to Kill the Redistricting Amendment in the Courts: If VA Supreme Court “rule[s] for the Republicans, that would be a pretty big shocker” (Bottom line: “clearly, that three-month requirement was removed from the Virginia Constitution and it is no longer there,” and “if there’s some inconsistency or there’s some tension, the constitution will trump the law.”)
- Video: VA Senate Majority Leader Scott Surovell and House Dem Caucus Chair Kathy Tran Roll Out Legislation to Allow Virginia’s Public Service Workers the Freedom to Collectively Bargain (“Virginia is powered by working people”)
- VA DEQ: “pollution from data centers currently makes up a very small but growing percentage of the [NoVA] region’s most harmful air emissions, including CO, NOx and PM2.5” (“…this also keeps growing with construction of each new data center.”)
- Gov. Spanberger holds final press conference ahead of winter storm arrival
- Spanberger: Be prepared for “a catastrophic storm”
- Here’s the latest winter storm forecast for Hampton Roads (“A winter storm warning is in effect through 7 p.m. Sunday.”)
- D.C. winter storm updates: Snow to change to dangerous icy mix (“Frigid temperatures are here to stay for a week or more.”)
