by Lowell
Here are a few national and Virginia news headlines, political and otherwise, for Tuesday, March 15.
A woman burst onto Russia’s main live evening newscast today with a sign that says:
“Stop the war
Don’t believe propaganda
They’re lying to you”And chanting: “Stop the war! No to war!”pic.twitter.com/pKVKZFVEM3
— max seddon (@maxseddon) March 14, 2022
- EU Parliament Backs ‘Urgent’ Calls to Address Climate Disinformation (In other words, crack down HARD on social media?)
- Shell’s directors face legal action from climate group shareholder
- Australian court overturns teenagers’ landmark climate ruling (Grrrr…)
- Tories plan big expansion of wind farms ‘to protect national security’
- EU Leaders Visit Kyiv as Russia Bombards the Capital
- Ukraine’s Refugee Crisis Is unprecedented. The Response Must Be, Too.
- Russian Advance Appears to Stall Despite Bombardment
- ‘We’re living a nightmare’: life in Russian-occupied southern Ukraine
- Employee bursts onto live Russian state TV to denounce war: ‘They are lying to you here
- Kyiv hit by Russian strikes; European leaders head to capital
- Ukraine Needs More Military Aid from NATO—And Fast
- Explosions heard from Kyiv as city faces Russian shelling
- Putin Signs Law to Seize Foreign Aircraft, Redeploy for Domestic Use
- How Kyiv’s outgunned defenders have kept Russian forces from capturing the capital
- Leaders of Poland, Czech Republic, Slovenia to visit Kyiv on Tuesday
- Retired Lt. General: Russia May Face Trouble In Ukraine ‘Within The Next 10 Days’ (“‘They don’t have the time, they don’t have the manpower and I don’t think they have the ammunition,’ retired Lt. Gen. Ben Hodges said.”)
- Ukraine’s capital under fire; 3 EU nation leaders to visit
- Ukraine war may lead to rethinking of US defense of Europe
- ‘It’s the right thing to do’: the 300,000 volunteer hackers coming together to fight Russia (“The sprawling hacker army has been successful in disrupting Russian web services, according to NetBlocks, a company that monitors global internet connectivity”)
- China Is About to Make a Big Mistake by Supporting Russia
- U.S. Warns Europe That Russia Wants Armed Drones From China
- China Says It Wants to Avoid U.S. Sanctions Over Russia’s War
- U.S. warns China not to aid Russia
- Russia Is Committing War Crimes. Could Putin Ever Be Prosecuted?
- What the shocking images of Ukraine’s dead say about the media — and our biases
- The Post’s View: For now, Biden’s best course on Ukraine is the one he’s on
- Could Putin lose? Here’s why the ‘End of History’ author is optimistic. (Of course, the “End of History” author was wrong about…well, the end of history.)
- US tells allies China signalled openness to providing Russia with military support
- Roman Abramovich: New evidence highlights corrupt deals
- Russia could default on its debt within days
- Russia Is Spiraling Toward a $150 Billion Default Nightmare
- Zelensky urges Russian troops to surrender (“The Ukrainian president says Russians who give themselves up will be treated ‘as people, decently'”.)
- Iranian missile attack in Erbil struck Israeli training facility, US official tells NYT
- Israel Tries to Engage with Putin on Ukraine—and Iran (“Naftali Bennett’s government has a choice to make on two fronts: between American leadership and its own course.”)
- We Have Reached a Hinge of History
- Shares in China fall amid strongest COVID-19 lockdown yet
- Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen on how sanctions work to isolate Russia
- U.S. Sewer Data Warns of a New Bump in Covid Cases After Lull
- Sarah Bloom Raskin’s Fed nomination appears doomed (Thanks a LOT, Joe Manchin!)
- How’d a Federal Reserve Nomination Become About Fossil Fuels? Allow Joe Manchin to Answer. (Joe Manchin is corrupt, stupid AND a fossil fuel industry puppet. Scumbag.)
- Manchin ‘very reluctant’ on electric cars in ominous sign for Biden’s climate fight (Did I mention that this guy is a scumbag? What Democrats need is a few more Senators so we can make Manchin completely irrelevant.)
- The Whole Point of the Constitution Was to Weaken the States
- Is America the “world’s greatest democracy”? In 2022, we don’t even crack the top 50
- Schumer’s Senate shocker: Bills are passing (seriously) (“The 50-50 chamber’s notched bipartisan accomplishments on many different fronts. But as one Republican put it, ‘I don’t think the age of Aquarius has broken out.'”)
- In private speech, Romney warns of ‘extraordinary challenge’ to preserve American democracy (“Senator Mitt Romney, of Utah, offered more than 200 Republican donors a stark message on the fragility of American democracy during private remarks on Monday night at a fundraiser in Northern Virginia.”)
- Trump Tells Supporters They Must Fight to the Death to Stop Schools From Teaching Kids About Systemic Racism (“Oh look, another situation in which the ex-president has encouraged his followers to get violent.”)
- How this tiny Christian college is driving the right’s nationwide war against public schools (“Exclusive: In the full-scale conservative assault on public education, Hillsdale College is leading the charge”)
- CIA black site detainee served as training prop to teach interrogators torture techniques (Anyone involved in this, including those who ordered it, should be in prison.)
- GOP attacks on Ketanji Brown Jackson could give Democrats a big opening
- The Supreme Court has declared open season on constitutional rights
- Ginni Thomas Actually Attended “Stop the Steal” (“The wife of Justice Clarence Thomas acknowledged for the first time that she was at the rally—but she got cold and left before Trump incited an insurrection.”)
- Ginni Thomas Admits She Attended January 6 Stop the Steal Rally (Clarence Thomas has no business whatsoever being on the US Supreme Court.)
- Can states limit abortion and gender-affirming treatments outside their borders?
- How American political polling got messed up (“Trump supporters, pandemics and phone-answering habits are screwing with pollsters”)
- DOJ: Film crew was present at Jan. 5 meeting between leaders of Proud Boys, Oath Keepers
- Document in Jan. 6 Case Shows Plan to Storm Government Buildings
- Russian Mogul Is Charged With Donating Illegally to U.S. Campaigns
- Putin could do for American democracy what he did for NATO unity (This seems wildly optimistic, but…sure hope so.)
- Don’t rely on voters’ poll answers on gas prices or a no-fly zone (Voters give wildly contradictory answers, really haven’t thought this through at all.)
- USPS Truck Contract Prompts Cries for Investigation (Slimy and completely unacceptable.)
- Cable providers beware: OAN’s new lawsuit against DirecTV is another example of its recklessness (“OAN wants a big-money handout. There’s no reason for any cable company to play along.”)
- Tulsi Gabbard’s Biggest Political Donor In 2021 Is A Putin Apologist (It’s astounding that any Democrat, liberal, progressive, whatever could ever have supported Gabbard.)
- Mitt Romney accuses Tulsi Gabbard of ‘treasonous lies’ that ‘may cost lives’ over Russia’s Ukraine invasion
- How does Ron DeSantis sleep at night? (He’s a sociopath.)
- ‘Throwing kerosene on every fire’: DeSantis targets Black-held congressional seats. And his own party.
- ‘Gutted’: What happened when a Georgia elections office was targeted for takeover by those who claim the 2020 election was a fraud
- Idaho Is First State to Pass Abortion Ban Based on Texas’ Law
- Video: Attorney and Virginia Political Guru Sam Shirazi Runs Through New Districts and What They Mean For Dems’ Chances of Winning in 2022 and 2023
- Va. Republican congressional hopefuls pull from Youngkin playbook on education (The Youngkin playbook is really just the classic, disgusting, Republican “Southern Strategy”…in Youngkin’s case, while dishonestly pretending to be a “moderate”)
- Grading the Virginia General Assemblies (From “A” to “F”) Since 2010 (2020 and 2021 were great; other than that…,not so much.)
- It’s a wrap! (“An inventory of legislation by lawmakers from Southwest Virginia after adjournment of the regular 2022 General Assembly session.”)
- Youngkin chooses Trump’s EPA chief to serve as senior adviser
- Wheeler to remain in Youngkin administration as senior adviser
- Solar groups say $55 minimum bill for shared solar is ‘unworkable’
- As Virginia nets another $74 million, RGGI uncertainty lingers
- GOP seeks funding for Youngkin’s lab schools push; Dems want per-pupil funds to stay with traditional schools
- Jury trial begins in property owner compensation dispute with Mountain Valley Pipeline
- A Virginia gun bill had support from gun-control groups and the NRA. It still failed.
- 10-Day New COVID-19 Cases Down 95% Compared to 1/19; Hospitalizations Down to 444 From ~4,000 in January
- Virginia teens press General Assembly for action on mental health
- Virginia students could soon get some say in statewide education decisions
- VA Beach Councilman Aaron Rouse Announces Candidacy for State Senate; Endorsed by Rep. Donald McEachin, Numerous Other Elected Officials
- Virginia Beach Councilman Aaron Rouse to run for state Senate
- Fairfax school board appeals judge’s invalidation of Thomas Jefferson admissions system
- Norfolk-bound cargo ship runs aground in upper Chesapeake Bay, with efforts to refloat it underway
- D.C.-area forecast: Splendid spring conditions continue
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