by Lowell
Here are a few national and Virginia news headlines, political and otherwise, for Monday, December 27.
Revealing moment. Chuck Todd is shown his own automatic thinking. Watch: https://t.co/6g6rhmWcFl
— Jay Rosen (@jayrosen_nyu) December 26, 2021
- Climate change: Huge toll of extreme weather disasters in 2021
- Study: 10 biggest climate disasters of 2021 cost $170 billion
- China replaces Xinjiang party boss associated with Uyghur crackdown (“It is not known if Chen Quanguo’s replacement by Guangdong governor Ma Xingrui signals fresh approach”)
- Omicron drives new cases to record levels around the world
- Venezuela’s president to visit Iran ‘very soon’
- South Africa set for battle over legacy of ‘moral compass’ Desmond Tutu
- Afghanistan’s Taliban ban long-distance road trips for solo women (F*** the Taliban.)
- As Other Arab States Falter, Saudi Arabia Seeks to Become a Cultural Hub
- “I’ve Just Been Swept Up in This Wave”: How the Earliest COVID Coverage Shaped Our World (“The omicron surge now dominating headlines comes as pandemic content has long been at the forefront of news coverage, a far cry from the murky, early reports—shared largely among specialists this week in 2019—of a mysterious pneumonia-like illness in Wuhan.”)
- Fearing the Ax in 2022, CEOs Sweat Supply Chain More Than Covid
- Snow expected to continue as winter storm warnings extend from Seattle to San Diego (“A heat wave continued to bake the Southern Plains, with temperatures in the 80s in Texas and Oklahoma.”)
- Surgeon General Warns Of Pandemic’s Mental Health Impact On Kids
- Fauci warns omicron cases ‘likely will go much higher’
- Omicron Is Pushing America Into Soft Lockdown (“Nobody wants to mandate business closures, but so many people are getting sick that businesses are closing anyway.”)
- Cases in Some Parts of the U.S. Reach Record Pandemic Highs
- Despite supply issues and omicron, holiday sales rise 8.5%
- Democrats’ 2022 choice: Govern or lose
- U.S. democracy frayed over the past year. Senate Democrats must repair the damage. (This WaPo headline is a disgrace. As the top-rated comment says, “Perhaps someone – anyone – at the Post notices that per this article, Republicans (with an individual exception) are in lockstep opposition to small-d democracy, and yet your title puts the responsibility on Democrats? Anyone?”)
- Four environmental fights to watch in 2022
- As Prices Rise, Biden Turns to Antitrust Enforcers
- Biden’s struggles shouldn’t eclipse GOP’s year of dangerous falsehoods
- Will Congress use its unused 232-year-old power — just in time to save our republic? (“The Constitution gives Congress the power to overturn restrictive voting laws — and now is the time to use it…The United States shall guarantee to every State in this Union a Republican Form of Government”)
- Capitol panel to investigate Trump call to Willard hotel in hours before attack
- Trump and the House committee are locked in confrontation (“The former President and his inner circle are preventing a comprehensive reckoning over one of the most notorious days in US history”)
- Trump’s 2020 fixation is putting him at odds with some of his biggest fans
- Conservative Anger at Vaccine Mandates Was About Vaccines, Not Mandates (“The right turns out to be anti-anything that makes vaccine skeptics feel bad.”)
- House MAGA squad seeks to expand by boosting challengers to fellow Republicans
- The 10 races that will decide the Senate majority
- Michael Fanone deserves the nation’s gratitude. That’s not what he has gotten.
- If You Think “Don’t Look Up” Is Just an Allegory About Climate Change, You’re Missing Something (“We’re woefully unprepared to deal with any existential risk at all.”)
- The Gospel of Donald Trump Jr. (“The former president’s son told a crowd that the teachings of Jesus have ‘gotten us nothing.'” Donald Trump Jr. is evil incarnate.)
- ‘Magic’ Weight-Loss Pills and Covid Cures: Dr. Oz Under the Microscope
- Anti-Vaxx Podcaster Reportedly on Ventilator After Attending QAnon-Friendly Event in Texas (This story is basically a cliche at this point.)
- OBITUARY E.O. Wilson, naturalist dubbed a modern-day Darwin, dies at 92 (A great, great man.)
- Sarah Weddington, attorney who won Roe v Wade abortion case, dies aged 76
- The Most Consequential Virginia Political Figures Since 2005…
- Concealed carry legislation to be considered by General Assembly
- Fairfax CA Steve Descano: In Today’s Virginian-Pilot, AG-Elect Jason Miyares “gave a master class on how to show your ass” (Reporter Brandon Jarvis adds, “Miyares seems to only care about talking shit to NOVA CA’s”)
- Winsome Sears Wants Black Voters to Rethink the G.O.P. (“’The vast majority of Black voters disagree with her on abortion, on school choice, on guns,’ Ms. McClellan said. ‘Those aren’t necessarily the issues driving Black voters anyway. It’s the economy, it’s health care, it’s broader access to education.’”)
- Stoney year end Q&A
- NRV passenger rail: State seeks public input on study of potential station locations
- Editorial: As Roanoke police go, so goes the nation (Just a wee bit hyperbolic.)
- Search for 1887 Robert E. Lee time capsule will resume Monday
- Fenway Bowl canceled after Virginia withdraws from game amid coronavirus concerns
- D.C.-area forecast: Raw and colder today with some wet snowflakes possible
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