by Lowell
Here are a few national and Virginia news headlines, political and otherwise, for Monday, March 21.
- Ukraine war threatens global heating goals, warns UN chief (“António Guterres says countries seeking alternatives to Russian energy may increase use of fossil fuels”)
- Heatwaves at both of Earth’s poles alarm climate scientists (Get off of fossil fuels on an emergency basis!)
- Oil prices jump again on Russia-Ukraine fears, as IEA calls for cut in energy usage
- Just a Few Major Energy Firms Still Trade With Gazprom Arm
- China Will Work to De-Escalate War in Ukraine, Diplomat Says
- Pressed to choose sides on Ukraine, China trade favors the West
- Zelensky tells CNN he’s open to negotiations with Putin, but if they fail it ‘would mean that this is a third world war’
- EU Set to Line Up With Biden to Warn China Against Helping Putin
- Ukraine rejects Russian demand for surrender in Mariupol
- Kremlin says no significant progress in peace talks with Ukraine
- Russia may not stop with Ukraine – NATO looks to its weakest link
- Ukraine Refuses Russia’s Demand to Surrender Port City (“Russian Strike Reduces Kyiv Mall to Ruins”)
- Russia, Failing to Achieve Early Victory in Ukraine, Is Seen Shifting to ‘Plan B’ (“The tactical shift seeks to pressure Ukraine into accepting neutrality and Russian territorial claims, U.S. officials say.”)
- About two million people who remain in Kyiv are galvanized by a newfound unity against Russian invaders.
- Biden will visit Poland following NATO summit on Russia’s invasion of Ukraine
- The ultimatum deadline has now passed for a city that has been under near constant attack, with significant destruction to residential areas
- Reported Deaths Of 5 Generals Is Evidence That Russia’s In Trouble, Warns Gen. David Petraeus (“The Ukrainians have very, very good snipers and they’ve just been picking them off left and right”)
- U.S., Ukraine, NATO Have a Secret Weapon Against Russia: Patience.
- Ukraine War Threatens to Cause a Global Food Crisis
- Civilians Are Increasingly Becoming Targets in the War
- Russian Soldiers Took Their City, Then Their Homes
- Zelensky says Ukrainian political parties linked to Russia to be banned
- War in Ukraine: Anti-war opinions can cost Russians their jobs
- Zelenskyy evokes Holocaust as he appeals to Israel for aid
- ‘Why won’t Israel give Ukraine weapons?’ Zelensky criticizes Knesset
- Iron Dome and Beyond: Israel Can, and Must, Save Lives in Ukraine
- Reuters staff raise alarms over partnership with Russian-owned wire service (“Employees at one of the most well-known news wire services are privately fuming over their company’s ongoing partnership with a Russian state-controlled media organization that has published unverified information about the war in Ukraine.” That partnership should be ended immediately.)
- Russia Will Remake Itself. But It Has to Crumble First.
- The Left Has Half-Baked Answers on Ukraine (“Some U.S. leftists continue to prioritize ideological comfort over critical thought.”)
- EXCLUSIVE Biden administration rules Myanmar army committed genocide against Rohingya
- U.S. Sends Patriot Missiles to Saudi Arabia, Fulfilling Urgent Request
- China Eastern: Plane carrying 132 people crashes in Guangxi mountains
- US likely to see Covid cases rise from Omicron subvariant, Fauci says (“Biden’s chief medical adviser also says the US is ‘clearly going in the right direction’ on the pandemic”)
- FERC Says it Will Consider Greenhouse Gas Emissions and ‘Environmental Justice’ Impacts in Approving New Natural Gas Pipelines (“Environmentalists applauded the shifts in policy, while one Senate natural gas advocate said the guidelines would make approvals for new pipelines ‘next to impossible.'”)
- Decades of Lobbying Weakened Americans’ Gas Mileage and Turbocharged Pain at the Pump (“The oil and automotive industries, as well as the Koch network, undercut efforts to make today’s fleet of vehicles more efficient and less reliant on fossil fuels.”)
- Let’s be honest about what really caused the gas price spike (“The reality is, presidents have little influence on gas prices. Oil trades in a global market. Drilling in the United States is done by private companies, not the government.”)
- Some Republicans are preparing to attack Jackson. Why not do something productive? (“The Supreme Court nominee’s historic hearings can be enlightening. Or not.”)
- Ketanji Brown Jackson’s confirmation hearing will be a forum for political attacks (“Republicans have already used her nomination to go after Democrats for being too ‘radical.'” Spoiler: she’s not “radical” in any way/shape/form; Republicans, on the other hand, are VERY radical.)
- With Little to Attack SCOTUS Nominee, Republicans Are Going Full Hypocrisy
- Juan Williams: GOP plays the race card on Ketanji Brown Jackson
- Biden’s Supreme Court pick set to make history
- Jackson, 1st Black female high court pick, faces senators
- On Eve of Confirmation Hearings, G.O.P. Steps Up Attacks on Jackson
- Dems begin building a Latino vote firewall in the West
- Liz Cheney: Trump Jan. 6 actions were “dereliction of duty” (They were FAR worse than that!)
- Exclusive: Witness Claims Trump’s Chief of Staff Was on Phone Call Planning Jan. 6 March on Capitol
- The GOP’s gibberish about ‘cancel culture’ never looked so dumb (“Whining about ‘cancel culture’ is about escaping accountability.”)
- First look: Lincoln Project sponsors pro-democracy coalition
- Why Are We Letting Republicans Win the School Wars?
- Justice Clarence Thomas hospitalized with infection, Supreme Court says
- Mitch McConnell: Republicans who support Putin ‘lonely voices’ in party
- Ashley Biden’s Diary Was Shown at Trump Fund-Raiser. Weeks Later, Project Veritas Called Her.
- America has a New York Times-doesn’t-get-the-First Amendment problem (Actually, Amerikca has a New York Times-is-badly-broken problem.)
- Won’t someone, anyone stand up to protest Tucker Carlson, Putin’s biggest fanboy? (“Marina Ovsyannikova stood up against Putin’s war propaganda. Won’t someone do the same to Putin’s No. 1 fan?”)
- Chris Cuomo still doesn’t understand what he did wrong. Neither does Andrew Cuomo.
- Mark Warner meets a moment in history
- Youngkin names local GOP official, former aide to Chase, as new elections commissioner
- After Replacing Highly Competent and Professional VA Elections Commissioner, Youngkin Names…Former Legislative Aide to “Big Lie” Promoter Sen. Amanda Chase (R) (Youngkin has embraced “the fringe, far-right conspiracy theories of Donald Trump and The Big Lie”)
- As state mental hospitals struggle, lawmakers eye the agency overseeing them (“One bill this session proposed creating an independent hospital authority to oversee the state’s nine psychiatric facilities”)
- Partisanship marked a 2022 session without any major accomplishments (The “both sides” media’s favorite word – generic “partisanship”)
- 2022 Legislative Recap: While Republicans Defund, Democrats Defend Education (“This session, Governor Youngkin and Republicans have waged war with our public schools”)
- 2022 Shaping Up to Be the Quietest Year in Virginia Politics Since…1998? (A quick stroll down memory lane, for Virginia elections back to 1990…)
- New Loudoun GOP Chair Mocks Women’s History Month, Wonders if There Should be a “MensHistoryMonth” Where “the men wear all white” (This is the same guy who in 2021 wondered whether taking all the boats out of the ocean would lower sea level.)
- After years of failed attempts, Virginia is legalizing switchblades (“Easy-to-open knives will still be unlawful to carry concealed from view”)
- After deadly weekend in Hampton Roads, leaders voice concerns about gun violence (And, as usual, nothing will be done.)
- Bills OK’d from Roanoke and New River valleys’ delegation show range of legislature
- D.C.-area forecast: A magnificent Monday, rainy Wednesday and chilly weekend ahead
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