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by Lowell
Here are a few international, national and Virginia news headlines, political and otherwise, for Tuesday, January 27.
- Number of people living in extreme heat to double by 2050 if 2C rise occurs, study finds (“Scientists expect 41% of the projected global population to face the extremes, with ‘no part of the world’ immune”)
- Scientists Push for More Ambitious Climate Targets (“Researchers say a line has been crossed. For systems like coral reefs and ice sheets, the climate is already past safe.” Congratulations, humanity – fossil fuel companies, etc. – you trashed the only planet we have.)
- Record Debt in the World’s Richest Nations Threatens Global Growth
- 17 Experts on How the World Moves on From America
- Russia offers cash bonuses, frees prisoners and lures foreigners to replenish its troops in Ukraine (EVIL.)
- Trump’s Board of Peace is already floundering (Corrupt and a total joke.)
- NATO chief says Europe should ‘keep on dreaming’ if it thinks it can defend itself without the US
- ‘Enemy of Europe’? How Trump’s push for Greenland spooked far-right allies (“Leaders and voters who formerly applauded US president’s aims have been growing increasingly uneasy”)
- Stung by Trump, America’s Top Trading Partners Shift Gaze to China
- China has purged its highest-ranked military general. Why? (“We don’t know, at this point, what is true and what is false… but it is certainly bad for Xi Jinping, for his leadership and control over the PLA.”)
- EU and India Clinch ‘Mother of All Deals’ in Rebuff to Trump
- India and EU announce landmark trade deal
- Trump says he will impose new tariffs on South Korea as he criticises delays in trade deal
- New Iran videos show bodies piled in hospital and snipers on roofs
- Exclusive: Hamas seeks role for its police in Gaza ahead of disarmament talks
- Exclusive: Saudi Arabia suspends work on massive Mukaab megaproject
- The Trump Administration’s Lies Insult the Intelligence of Every American (“Following ICE’s killings of Renee Good and Alex Pretti in Minnesota, the president and his top officials have spun false narratives and prevented investigation. Congress must act”)
- New Video Analysis Reveals Flawed and Fatal Decisions in Pretti Shooting (“A frame-by-frame assessment of actions by Alex Pretti and the officers who shot him shows how lethal force came to be used against a target who didn’t pose a threat.”)
- Americans Know Fascism When They See It (“Videos of violence in Minneapolis are speaking louder than any words.”)
- Trump Has No Way Out in Minneapolis (“The president has replaced Greg Bovino with Tom Homan on the ground in Minnesota, showing he’s desperate to change the narrative—but not his draconian policies.” Homan is scum.)
- White House shows first signs of retreat as backlash grows over Minnesota killing (“A shift in on-the-ground leadership still leaves questions about what, if anything, will change in Minneapolis”)
- What the Administration Is Signaling to Federal Agents After Minnesota (“Trump officials’ combative defense of immigration operations has given rise to a culture of impunity.”)
- Minnesota Proved MAGA Wrong (“The pushback against ICE exposed a series of mistaken assumptions.”)
- Trump’s immigration approval drops to record low, Reuters/Ipsos poll finds (“Poll shows 58% say ICE crackdown has gone too far;
Trump’s overall approval rating falls to 38%, tied for lowest of his term”) - Pence calls images of Minnesota shooting ‘deeply troubling’ (“The former vice president called for a “transparent” investigation into the deadly incident.”)
- ICE Shootings Are Freaking Out the GOP. They’re Afraid to Tell Trump. (“Some lawmakers see the administration as squandering their strongest issues.”)
- Trump Holds 2-Hour Meeting With Noem Amid Backlash to Minneapolis Shooting
- ‘It’s starting to turn against us’: White House reckons with Minnesota fallout
- Editorial: Congress must intervene following shooting of ICU nurse (And by “Congress,” they mean “Congressional Republicans,” since they’re in charge. Just say it!)
- The Trump regime brown-skin purge isn’t over, just on hiatus
- Trump regime shuffling deck chairs in White nationalist purge leadership
- Greg Bovino Loses His Job (“The Border Patrol chief has been ousted from his role as ‘commander at large,’ and will return to El Centro.”)
- Gregory Bovino to Leave Minnesota Imminently, Administration Officials Say (This guy is a Proud Boy, basically, just pure evil.)
- Gun rights groups blast Trump over Minnesota response (“Gun ownership advocates are pushing back against the Trump administration over its response to the killing of Alex Pretti on Saturday.”)
- So what if Alex Pretti had a gun? (“The unbearable hypocrisy of pro-gun conservatives defending the Minneapolis killing.” Among other things, they love to claim that “guns save lives,” but now…???)
- MAGA angers the NRA over Minneapolis shooting (“The Trump administration’s response to killing of Alex Pretti betrays the right’s Second Amendment rhetoric”)
- In 16 shooting incidents since July, no DHS officers have faced charges
- Lawyer for Jonathan Ross Quits Minnesota Governor Race and Denounces ICE (“Chris Madel said that national Republicans have made it ‘nearly impossible’ to win a statewide election.”)
- “The Homeland” Is War on America: The Blood-and-Soil Nationalism That Killed Renee Good and Alex Pretti
- Minnesota killing produces backlash against Trump administration from Second Amendment advocates
- Pam Bondi’s Letter to Minnesota Could Unravel Entire ICE Crackdown (“A federal judge is focusing on the attorney general’s letter in a case on the legality of President Trump’s operation in Minnesota.”)
- Pam Bondi Has Borrowed a Warmongering Tactic from Ancient Greece (“In a letter to Minnesota governor Tim Walz, the attorney general laid out ridiculous stipulations in order to remove ICE from Minneapolis.”)
- No off-ramp in sight for DHS-fueled shutdown (“Republicans are dangling options that would avoid having to change a massive spending bill. Democrats aren’t biting.”)
- The Pro-ICE Primal Scream Chorus Fragments and the Underbussing Begins
- The FBI is investigating Minnesota Signal chats tracking ICE, Patel says (F*** Kash Patel.)
- Morale is plummeting among ICE agents over long hours, quotas and public hatred: reports (QUIT!)
- House Democrats to investigate Kristi Noem with eye on impeachment push
- Palantir Defends Work With ICE to Staff Following Killing of Alex Pretti (“‘In my opinion ICE are the bad guys. I am not proud that the company I enjoy so much working for is part of this,’ one worker wrote on Slack.”)
- Trump Couldn’t Have Picked a More Incompetent Fool to Handle the Minnesota Situation (“Border czar Tom Homan has been chosen to be the great de-escalator. Yes, things are truly looking up.”)
- After 36 hours justifying the killing of Alex Pretti, Fox News suddenly changes its narrative (Crazy motherf@#$*s)
- The killing of Alex Pretti by federal agents has led some right-leaning streamers and political podcast figures to break ranks (“Some voices spoke out against the shooting of Alex Pretti by federal agents, while MAGA loyalists including Benny Johnson, Alex Jones, and Steve Bannon justified the killing and defended the Trump administration”)
- Fed, Signaling Little Urgency, Prepares to Pause on Rate Cuts
- Trump’s High-Stakes Bid to Dole Out $100 Billion More in Tax Refunds (“The Republican strategy puts pressure on a shrunken IRS to get cash out quickly—and bets on taxpayers to return the favor in midterm elections this fall.”)
- The ‘R-Word’ Returns, Dismaying Those Who Fought to Oust It (“The term, long considered a slur for those with intellectual disabilities, is seeing a resurgence on social media and across the political right.” Disgusting.)
- Cruz reportedly says Trump yelled and cursed over warning of midterm election ‘bloodbath’ (“US senator warned that Republicans would lose elections if prices continue to rise, prompting president to respond ‘fuck you, Ted’”)
- California governor Gavin Newsom accuses TikTok of suppressing content critical of Trump (“Newsom launched a review of the platform, despite TikTok saying a systems failure was responsible for the issue”)
- Alexander Vindman, whistleblower behind Donald Trump’s first impeachment, launches Senate campaign
- Frozen D.C. region sees messy roads, closed schools and a weather-related death (“The temperature and icy roads led officials to close Smithsonian museums and the National Gallery of Art’s outdoor ice rink. Federal offices will remain closed on Tuesday.”)
- Kaine, Warner won’t back homeland security funding without reforms
- Video: Rep. Don Beyer (D-VA08) Calls For Kristi Noem’s Impeachment Following Murders Of Alex Pretti And Renee Good (“This is the most horrifying act of our government I’ve ever seen on video.”)
- Republicans not showing ‘openness’ to ‘tangible reforms’ to DHS: House Democrat (“Rep. James Walkinshaw (D-Va.) joins Meet the NOW to discuss the fight over government funding in the aftermath of the fatal shooting in Alex Pretti in Minneapolis.”)
- Bill scheduling redistricting ballot referendum passes Virginia House
- Two Days Since Alex Pretti’s Murder, and Virginia Republicans Are Busy Ignoring the Biggest Story in America. And Yes, “Silence Is Complicity.” (Their Twitter and Facebook feeds are mostly quiet, other than random posts about the snowstorm, about how supposedly amazing Trump is, etc. Pathetic.)
- VA State Sen. Saddam Salim (D-Fairfax) Introduces Three Bills To End ICE Abuses in Virginia (“When federal agents can kill citizens in broad daylight, block investigations, and get away with it, the rule of law isn’t on life support, it has flatlined.”)
- Virginia Democrats want to restrict ICE but enforcement questions loom
- Virginia Senate panel advances gun safety bills once vetoed by Youngkin
- Va. state senator seeks to keep future data centers away from residential areas
- All Virginia public employees could collectively bargain under proposed bills
- VAPBA defends endorsement of Spanberger (This is a hard-right group; amazing that they endorsed Spanberger over Earle-Sears, but supposedly Earle-Sears totally blew her interview with them, plus apparently Youngkin treated them like crap for four years.)
- Fmr. VA Del. Tim Anderson, a VERY Conservative and Pro-Gun Republican: “Director Patel – yes you can bring a firearm to a protest. Your comments are disgusting and quite worthy of public condemnation. Your words are disqualifying to be the Director of the FBI.” (“Under the Fourth Amendment, deadly force is justified only by imminent threat, not lawful gun ownership.”)
- Virginia’s powers over crime, education and voting are restricted by an oft-forgotten 1870 law
- Virginia senator on Autumn’s Law: ‘We have to treat bullying in a different way’
- Virginia’s proposed cannabis law would give a licensing advantage to some applicants from Southwest and Southside
- Senate committee OKs bills promising health care savings
- Bills targeting VMI governance gain traction in General Assembly
- Former University of Virginia School of Law Dean Risa Goluboff may replace newly-hired UVA President Scott Beardsley as the 11th president of the University, two sources confirmed with The I Love CVille Network late Monday afternoon.
- What winter storms reveal about Virginia’s power grid—and where clean energy fits in
- County Board members advise calling 911 if residents see ICE in Arlington (I generally don’t link to any article by this guy, but this is actually newsworthy.)
- Primary roads, interstate conditions improving in Shenandoah Valley, Virginia
- CWG Live: No end in sight to brutal cold; watching weekend snow chances
