by Lowell
Here are a few national and Virginia news headlines, political and otherwise, for Saturday, March 5.
- Q&A: Has the IPCC’s bleak warning of climate breakdown been heard?
- Europe Fears It Could Be Too Late to Shake Off Russian Gas Addiction
- Officials warn of high numbers of civilian casualties ahead
- Russia Energy Chaos Triggers the Biggest Market Shock in Decades
- ‘I Want Peace.’ Zelensky’s Heroic Resistance Is an Example for the World.
- Russia’s chaotic and confusing invasion of Ukraine is baffling military analysts
- Russia Accused of Nuclear Terror as the World Looks on Aghast
- Nuclear catastrophe ‘narrowly averted’ as Russian siege continues
- Ukraine war: Ukraine can absolutely win against Russia – Blinken
- Russia shelling ceasefire escape route, say Ukrainians
- Ukraine Is Winning the Information War With Russia
- Putin’s War Looks Increasingly Insane (“The Russian leader refuses to modify his goals, even as the costs mount.”)
- How the West Marshaled a Stunning Show of Unity Against Russia
- Ukraine’s Special Forces Hold Off Russian Offensive on Kyiv’s Front Lines
- Russia’s callousness towards its own soldiers is undermining its combat power
- As war loomed, U.S. armed Ukraine to hit Russian aircraft, tanks and prep for urban combat, declassified shipment list shows
- EXCLUSIVE Americans broadly support Ukraine no-fly zone, Russia oil ban -poll …
- What it’s like at the border, delivering Javelins and Stingers to Ukraine
- As Russia Pounds Ukraine, NATO Countries Rush In Javelins and Stingers
- Russia not cooperating on proposed humanitarian corridor in Kherson, Ukrainian officials say
- Several Western news organizations suspended operations in Russia.
- Major News Outlets Suspend Operations In Russia Following Anti-Journalist Law (“New legislation could imprison journalists whose reporting contradicts Kremlin propaganda on the Ukraine invasion.”)
- Russia’s second biggest oil company calls for an end to Putin’s war
- Right-wing nationalists backpedal as Putin’s Ukraine war worsens
- The War That Russians Do Not See
- Furious Zelensky tears into “weak” NATO for ruling out “no-fly” zone
- What Putin’s top aides need to tell him today
- Russia Puts Up an Information Iron Curtain
- Evacuation of Ukrainian Cities Stalls Over Security Concerns
- Russia is strengthening its censorship regime by blocking Facebook
- “The Money Was Too Good”: Who Are the Oligarchs and What Do They Want? (“Superyachts, mansions, money stashed around the globe. The hunt is on as sanctions crash down on Vladimir Putin’s cronies.”)
- Mariupol, a key city that has been encircled for days, said Russian forces kept shelling while civilians were preparing to leave
- Sometimes maligned, Telegram becomes essential during Ukraine invasion (“Ukrainian officials have leaned on the messaging app in recent weeks as a reliable way to disseminate information.”)
- Putin wants ‘normalization’ of global relations, saying there is ‘no need’ for sanctions on Russia (Utterly bizarre and completely delusional.)
- Sky News team’s harrowing account of their violent ambush in Ukraine this week
- White House eyes reducing Russian oil imports
- LGBTQ refugees fleeing Ukraine face discrimination in countries with anti-gay laws
- ‘90% of houses are damaged’: Russia’s Syria-honed tactics lay Ukraine towns to waste (War crimes.)
- Not every war gets the same coverage as Russia’s invasion — and that has consequences
- How the Ukraine war exposed Western media bias
- Wonking Out: Putin’s Other Big Miscalculation (“So far, economic pressure against Russia appears to be highly effective, crimping Russian trade even in goods that haven’t officially been placed under sanctions” Putin’s “vaunted economic Fortress Russia appears to be headed for a Depression-level slump.”)
- Gymnasts from Russia and Belarus are banned indefinitely from international competition
- Bolton says Trump might have pulled the U.S. out of NATO if he had been reelected (Trump was, and is, a traitor.)
- As Iran talks near end, UN nuclear watchdog chief in Tehran
- Iran Strikes Deal On Atomic Probe, Paving Way for Agreement
- China Sets GDP Growth Target of Around 5.5%
- America’s Economy Has Learned to Live with the Coronavirus (“Despite the Omicron wave, employers have been hiring across the economy, and more Americans are returning to the labor force.”)
- Strong Hiring Signals a Shift in Economy
- Pence to GOP: Stop ‘fighting yesterday’s battles’
- Pence hits Trump: No room in GOP ‘for apologists for Putin’
- Opinion | On the Stupidity of Lindsey Graham’s Putin Death Sentence (“Assassinating the Russian leader could backfire horrendously.”)
- Sen. Lindsey Graham’s apparent call for Putin to be assassinated draws backlash
- Lindsey Graham Took to Twitter to Tell Russians to “Step Up to the Plate” and Take Out Putin
- Ignore the GOP’s sudden pivot, Republicans have long worked to undermine Ukraine
- Biden Climate-Change Plans Gain Momentum as Democrats Retool Agenda (“Tax breaks for low-carbon electricity emerge as core of fiscal plan that could get through Congress”)
- NPR/PBS NewsHour/Marist National Poll: Bounce for Biden Following State of the Union, March 2022
- Biden gets a bounce after the State of the Union, NPR/PBS NewsHour/Marist poll shows
- Conservative Icon Torches Trump As ‘Stray Orange Hair To Be Flicked Off Nation’s Sleeve’ (“George Will highlighted the former president’s waning power in a blistering new column for The Washington Post.”)
- “If I do this, what do I have to lose?”: New documents show Trump feared no consequences for a coup (“New court filings from the Jan. 6 committee demonstrate Trump thought he’d get away with his crimes”)
- This Week Dropped Several Legal Bombshells on Trump
- Republicans want to gaslight you into thinking they’re looking out for you
- What Rick Scott and Mitch McConnell are really arguing about (“Scott wants to amp up resentment of the poor; McConnell hears echoes of Mitt Romney’s ’47 percent.'”)
- The Republican Senator Driving Mitch McConnell Crazy
- Biden Says ‘Fund the Police.’ Well, They Aren’t Exactly Hurting for Cash.
- Bill Barr wants to be remembered as a truth teller? That’s a clown show.
- Justices reinstate death penalty for Boston Marathon bomber
- An Anti-Vax Judge Is Preventing the Navy From Deploying a Warship
- In Fox News’ alternative universe, a strong February jobs report didn’t exceed expectations enough (Fox “News” is completely unhinged.)
- Tucker Carlson’s history of pro-Kremlin, anti-Ukraine propaganda (Carlson is treasonous, racist, you name it.)
- Trump Can’t Stop Whining About His Failing Social Media App
- ‘People’s Convoy’ Truckers Are Still Very Confused About Their D.C. Plans
- Convoy picks up cars and anti-Ukraine talking points ahead of Washington arrival
- Enraged Sleuth Outs D.C. Public Transit Worker as Alleged Capitol Rioter
- Sen. Mark Warner Joins Bipartisan Effort to Ban Russian Energy Imports (“As Putin continues his vicious assault on the citizens of Ukraine, we should not continue to support Russia’s energy economy”)
- JEC Chairman Don Beyer: Job Growth Under President Biden Has “blown all expectations out of the water”; “GDP growth is the strongest it’s been in nearly 40 years”
- Youngkin: Assembly could go into overtime to ‘get the right budget’
- A voting measure for some Virginia active military members has been shelved for this year’s session
- Schapiro: On race in schools, Youngkin’s policy is massive persistence (“Keeping Republicans riled on race” “See Glenn. See Glenn run. See Glenn run from a question.”)
- Williams: Virginia lawmakers are contracting equal rights, not expanding them. We’ve got to stop the backsliding. (This headline is absurd. In fact, it’s not generic “lawmakers,” it’s 100% Republicans who are doing that.)
- Williams: Virginia, on education, is attacking the remedy more than the disease (“Virginia” isn’t doing that, again it’s *Republicans*)
- Youngkin administration says main COVID-19 focus is addressing vaccine hesitancy
- Mandates, like masks, are not one size fits all (“There’s a smart way and a dumb way to roll back mask mandates. Virginia has chosen a dumb way.”)
- The war on critical race theory in Virginia is really a war on critical thinking
- 10-Day New COVID-19 Cases Down 92% Compared to 1/19; Hospitalizations at Lowest Level Since Mid-November; Deaths Remain Relatively High
- Virginia program offers state subsidies to defense contractors
- Fairfax Co. weighs appeal after new admission process at elite high school ruled discriminatory
- HRT presents vision for Norfolk light rail extension
- D.C.-area forecast: Warm-up starts today, with some record highs possible Sunday and Monday
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