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by Lowell
Here are a few international, national and Virginia news headlines, political and otherwise, for Saturday, March 28. Also, check out the crowd at ultra-right-wing CPAC cheering for impeachment hearings, lol!
- The 4-Billion-Year Perspective to Understanding Earth’s Current Climate Crisis (“Today, as in the beginning, life is still made out of carbon dioxide, and the world’s problems are made out of carbon dioxide as well.”)
- Scientists film whale giving birth while other whales work together to help her
- Global Food Supply Faces a Dangerous Bottleneck as Iran War Persists (“Fertilizer prices are climbing as a result of disruptions in the Middle East, putting global food supplies at risk.”)
- No end to war in sight after one month as Iran squeezes global economy (“The world is now facing price rises and perhaps even shortages for energy and food that are already baked in — and that’s if the conflict ended tomorrow.”)
- Ukraine, UAE agree to cooperate on defence, Zelenskiy says
- Rubio warns Europe that Iran could impose ‘tolling system’ on Strait of Hormuz
- Wild Ultimatums and ‘Bombing Our Little Hearts Out’: A Portrait of Trump at War (Little hearts and little brains.)
- 12 Americans Injured in Attack on Saudi Air Base
- Former Trump Iran adviser says war is headed for escalation (“After accurately forecasting Iran’s response before U.S. strikes, a former White House Iran expert explains why there’s no clear off-ramp — and why escalation may be next.”)
- Trump Floats Renaming Strait of Hormuz After His Favorite President (He’s insane.)
- Trump and Modi Had a Call About the Iran War. Elon Musk Joined Them. (“Mr. Musk’s participation was notable because it is rare for a private citizen to be on a call between heads of state. It also suggests that Mr. Musk is back on better terms with the president.” See how the NY Times normalizes insanity?)
- Exclusive: US can only confirm about a third of Iran’s missile arsenal destroyed (“The assessment, which has not been previously reported, shows that while most of Iran’s missiles are either destroyed or inaccessible, Tehran still has a significant missile inventory.”)
- Live updates: Yemen’s Houthis claim responsibility for missile attack on Israel as war in Middle East intensifies
- Iran-backed Houthis enter war with missile strike against Israel
- Israel Is Rationing Its Best Interceptors—and Iran’s Missiles Are Getting Through (“With supplies under pressure as the war drags on, the country is turning to upgraded versions of less capable munitions to fill the gap”)
- ‘Changing a city is complicated’: Anne Hidalgo looks back on 12 years as Paris mayor
- ‘Canadians don’t want to come here any more’: anger over Trump squeezes US border businesses
- GOP divisions on display as Johnson rejects Thune-backed Senate DHS deal
- House Vote Sets Up Clash With the Senate on D.H.S. Funding, Prolonging Shutdown (“Republicans revolted over a Senate measure to fund the Department of Homeland Security and passed a rival bill, dimming the chances of a quick end to the crisis crippling airports.”)
- House Republicans Reject Senate Homeland Security Deal, Prolonging Shutdown (“Speaker Mike Johnson blamed Democrats, who control none of government, for derailing efforts to fund DHS.”)
- There Was a Deal to Fund the TSA! Then Mike Johnson Got Involved.
- Trump signs order to pay TSA employees after Congress fails to agree on DHS funding
- Johnson calls out GOP Senate over “joke” of a DHS plan
- A Democratic Win in the Senate Has Sent the GOP into Chaos. Nice! (“As the new DHS bill reaches the House, Speaker Mike Johnson is scrambling to please everybody in his caucus—which is impossible without a whip, a chair, and a decent tranq gun.”)
- Wait, Did the Democrats Just Win a Government Shutdown Fight? (“They didn’t get the ICE reforms they’d demanded, but they uncharacteristically held the line until the Republicans caved. That’s deeply meaningful to the party’s base.”)
- Tell Your State To Pass This No-ICE-At-Our Precincts Model Law. NOW.
- ICE doubled its use of ankle monitors for legal immigrants in the past year: ‘A very harmful phenomenon’ (“Agency uses devices, which are uncomfortable and interfere with employment, to push people to self-deport, advocates say”)
- ‘Visibly upset and struggling’: Acting ICE head hospitalized twice over stress, officials say (Arresting women, children, men just trying to earn a living, etc, plus running a gulag of concentration campaigns, human rights violations, etc. is stressful, apparently. Who knew?)
- DHS confirms that Lewandowski left the department along with Noem (“Still unexplained is why he accompanied the former secretary to Guyana.”)
- Body Cam Video Shows Rough Arrest of Teen Who Died in Florida ICE Custody
- Kristi Noem Is Gone. Now Mass Deportations Can Really Begin. (“DHS has a new leader and a big pot of money to deliver on Trump’s campaign promise.”)
- Why Airports Won’t Snap Back to Normal When the Shutdown Ends
- Right-wing media are calling for ICE to “surround the polls” in midterms (Fascists.)
- Market Dive Points to Wall Street’s Alarm Over Iran War
- Dow tumbles almost 800 points and enters correction, S&P 500 posts fifth straight losing week: Live updates (The two talking points Trump had on the economy were a) low gas prices (which have now soared 100% thanks to him; b) a high stock market, which has no plummeted 100% thanks to him.)
- Stocks Slide to 5th Weekly Loss as Investors Lose Patience With Iran War
- The Iran War Has Diesel Prices Soaring, and Consumers Could Pay the Price
- Clean Energy Companies Are Trying to Survive the Trump Era (“Offshore wind is out. Geothermal power is in. And many climate technology start-ups are looking for ways to carry on without federal backing.”)
- ‘The era of invincibility is over’: the week big tech was brought to heel (That’s overstated BIG TIME.)
- Hacked Files of F.B.I. Director Kash Patel Circulate Online (“What appeared to be personal emails from before Mr. Patel’s time as director were posted on a website that identified itself as Iranian but seemed to be hosted in Russia.”)
- The Surprising Reason for the New Homophobia (“Americans are burned-out, frustrated, and hunting for scapegoats.”)
- Post reporters called the White House. Their phones showed ‘Epstein Island.’
- ‘No Kings’ aims for record turnout in Saturday’s anti-Trump protests
- Third No Kings protests to see millions across US push back on Trump administration
- Al Gore’s Rallying Cry Ahead of Saturday’s No Kings Protests (“Everybody’s kind of expecting that it’ll blow the roof off.”)
- Third No Kings protests to see millions across US push back on Trump administration (“Anti-authoritarian rallies, taking place in all 50 states plus 16 countries, are expected to be biggest in US history”)
- Minnesota serves as the flagship for nationwide ‘No Kings’ protests against Trump
- Suburbanites embrace anti-Trump resistance before No Kings protests, saying, ‘This is our fight’
- Iran war splits older and younger conservatives – as pressure builds for Trump to find exit ramp
- CPAC Host Stunned as Crowd Erupts in Cheers for Trump Impeachment (“Attendees at this years Conservative Political Action Conference seem more lost than ever.”)
- CPAC Considers Vance, Rubio and Life After Trump (The NY Times normalizing extremism by not calling it out clearly in its headlines.)
- At CPAC, the ‘America First’ Crowd Ponders Giving War a Chance
- The Incredible Shrinking CPAC (“Once the center of conservative gravity, CPAC can’t get a single Trump family member to show up.”)
- Trump imagines negotiation with Sharpie maker for $5 signature pens (Trump is completely unfit to be president – or to hold ANY office.)
- House panel finds Rep. Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick guilty of 25 ethics charges (Now they should do a bunch of corrupt, slimeball Republicans as well.)
- Fellow Dems call for Cherfilus-McCormick to resign or be expelled (In other words, Democrats do what Republicans won’t – discipline their own members when they commit crimes, etc.)
- Idaho Senate Republicans send extreme anti-transgender bathroom bill with felony penalties to governor (“When Gov. Brad Little signs it, the measure will criminalize restroom use including in private businesses.” Pathological, unhinged, etc.)
- Tiger Woods Involved In Rollover Crash, Arrested For DUI (Great athlete, definitely not a great human.)
- Social media influencer Clavicular arrested in Florida on battery charges (“‘Looksmaxxer’ influencer and his girlfriend are suspected of involvement in attack on 19-year-old woman, officials say” This guy is totaly f’ed up; the fact that he’s an “influencer” says a great deal – all bad – about social media, our culture, the people who follow him, etc.)
- Video: Sen. Tim Kaine Is Appalled That Trump’s Paying “$1 billion of federal taxpayer [money]” to an Energy Company to NOT Build Offshore Wind Power (“This is a giveaway to campaign contributors who were the major funders of his presidential campaign.”)
- Virginia “No Kings” Events for Saturday (3/28) (Maps and links for detailed information)
- NIH funding shifts cut number of grants, but economic impact remains strong in Virginia
- VAPLAN’s 2026 Virginia General Assembly Scorecard Is Out; Here’s How Members Stacked Up, Including Relative to Their Districts’ Partisan Leanings (A lot makes sense, some things…well, don’t!)
- Virginia Republicans propose a gas tax holiday. Democrats blame Trump. (Yep, Trump is 100% responsible for this situation, and we won’t get out of it until he stops doing insane, self-destructive things. Maybe Virginia Republicans should call TRUMP out???)
- Virginia Republicans say Trump’s war with Iran ‘worth it,’ propose tax holiday to address gas prices (These people are batsh** crazy.)
- After Virginia legislative session, bills to impact higher education await Spanberger’s approval (“On Spanberger’s desk include bills that would require state universities’ governing boards to adopt formal policies defining and implementing shared governance”)
- ‘No Kings’ protests planned across Hampton Roads this weekend
- ODU declines to say how many responses there were to criminal history questionnaire
- The Politics Hour: Fairfax County Board Chair Jeff McKay (McKay talks casino, data centers…)
- New York Times names Richmond a top small-city career hub
- UVA Basketball: We found another NCAA Tournament flight on an ICE Air plane (“The ICE Air flight that the NCAA provided to the UVA Basketball team for its trip to Sacramento to the Sweet 16 on Wednesday wasn’t the first for our women’s team on one of these detention and deportation planes.”)
- Wanchese’s Suffolk facility to expand blue catfish production with state grant
- Virginia prison guard fired after death of inmate at Wallens Ridge (“Nine months later, officials still won’t answer questions on death of Aubrey McKay, who was found seriously injured inside his cell last June.”)
- CWG Live: Chilled start to a sunny weekend, with warming into the week (“It feels more like early March today, then more like it should for the date tomorrow. Warm into early and midweek.”)
