by Lowell
Here are a few international, national and Virginia news headlines, political and otherwise, for Thursday, March 24.
- The world has less than 10 years to avert climate change catastrophe, report finds
- The Oil and Gas Industry is Using the War in Ukraine to Profit and Push Its Interests (“Activists warn that calls for energy independence are just ‘peace washing’ the fossil fuels that enabled this conflict.”)
- Evidence grows that vaccines lower the risk of getting long COVID
- Omicron Subvariant BA.2 Is Now Prevalent Around World, W.H.O. Says
- Biden Meets With Allies as War Enters Second Month (“Half of Ukraine’s Children Forced From Their Homes”)
- Biden in Europe for emergency summits on war in Ukraine
- G-7 to Warn Putin Against Using Chemical or Nuclear Weapons
- Russian war in Ukraine marks 1 month with no end in sight
- Ukrainian president to press Biden, NATO for more support
- Biden, Western allies open 1st of 3 summits on Russian war
- What’s the Likelihood of Nuclear War? (“The Ukraine crisis isn’t as dangerous as the darkest moments of the Cold War, but the potential for mistakes and miscalculations means the risks are still high.”)
- NATO: Up to 40,000 Russian Troops Killed, Wounded, Taken Prisoner or Missing in Ukraine
- Biden and Europeans to announce major plan to redirect gas to Europe
- West could target Russia’s gold reserves over Ukraine, says Boris Johnson (“Before Nato summit, PM says Putin has crossed ‘red line’ and sending more weapons should be part of west’s response”)
- US officials warn Russia’s invasion is entering an uncertain but bloody stretch one month in, as NATO leaders gather
- US formally accuses Russia of war crimes in Ukraine (“Blinken cited ‘indiscriminate attacks and attacks deliberately targeting civilians, as well as other atrocities’”)
- Putin Wants Hostile States to Pay Rubles for Gas, Interfax Says
- The bodies of Russian soldiers are piling up in Ukraine, as Kremlin conceals true toll of war
- Under Fire, Out of Fuel, No Air Support: What Intercepted Russian Radio Chatter Reveals
- U.S. Makes Contingency Plans in Case Russia Uses Its Most Powerful Weapons
- Exclusive: Sources Say Oligarch Funded Scheme to Paint Swastikas in Ukraine (“Multiple sources tell Rolling Stone that a Ukrainian businessman offered payouts for a false flag operation aimed at bolstering Putin’s claim that Ukraine was a Nazi hotbed”)
- Ukraine war: Zelenskiy urges global protests ‘in the name of peace’ to mark month since invasion began
- UN To Vote On Blaming Russia For Ukraine Humanitarian Crisis (“More than 90 countries are supporting the resolution.”)
- Russia’s invasion of Ukraine transforms Europe’s political and military landscape
- Russia’s Ministry of Defense Head Sergei Shoigu reportedly missing, hasn’t made public appearances in 12 days
- Putin has long fantasized about a world without Ukrainians. Now we see what that means.
- Russia Central Banker Wanted Out Over Ukraine, But Putin Said No
- Ukrainian President Asked Biden Not to Sanction Abramovich, to Facilitate Peace Talks
- Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has changed the world in 4 weeks, and it’s far from over (“Analysis: Most experts say victory will be difficult and costly, raising fears of a violent new phase after a month of Putin’s war”)
- Putin’s climate envoy quits Kremlin role in wake of Russia’s Ukraine invasion
- I’m the Prime Minister of Estonia. Putin Can’t Think He’s Won This War.
- Report from Ukraine: Tension rises as Russian war crimes revealed — what’s Putin’s next move? (“Putin may be targeting journalists — probably because he’s about to push this war to a new level of bloodshed”)
- Brittney Griner, who is detained in Russia, is doing well in prison, the U.S. said. But she’s no closer to her release.
- We’re in a Fossil Fuel War. Biden Should Say So. (“I’m flummoxed why Biden and the Democrats have yet to aggressively make the case for their proposals in the new context of war — to point out that climate policy is not unrelated to foreign policy, and that freeing ourselves from other people’s fuels is the best long-term solution to skyrocketing energy prices.”)
- FBI: US energy sector faces ‘reconnaissance, scanning’ by Russian hackers; 5 companies targeted
- Top Russian military leaders repeatedly decline calls from U.S., prompting fears of ‘sleepwalking into war’
- Want to talk? FBI trolls Russian Embassy for disgruntled would-be spies
- Russian stock market, crushed by war, resumes trading
- Russia Puts Floor Under Stock Market Selloff as Trading Resumes
- Putin’s invasion of Ukraine is seen as his biggest ever mistake — and it will harm Russia for years to come (“Russia’s position, both economically and geopolitically, looks increasingly isolated and vulnerable.”)
- Russian ship destroyed in occupied port of Berdyansk, Ukrainian Navy says
- Poland Is Welcoming Ukrainian Refugees, But It’s Taking a Toll
- Dialing up pressure, North Korea tests long-range missile
- America Is About to Test How Long ‘Normal’ Can Hold
- The Supreme Court isn’t bothering to hide its designs on our democracy (“Once again, the court reaches down to give Republicans a hand.”)
- The Supreme Court Used the VRA Against the VRA
- Black voters suffer another significant loss in the Supreme Court(“The justices are concerned that Wisconsin’s legislative maps may give too much political power to Black people.”)
- The Supreme Court’s Astonishing, Inexplicable Blow to the Voting Rights Act in Wisconsin
- Justice Clarence Thomas misses Supreme Court arguments because of hospitalization
- Supreme Court Quiet On Justice Clarence Thomas’ Hospitalization (“The high court is declining to say whether the 73-year-old justice remains in the hospital.”)
- GOP grandstanders aren’t the only reason Jackson’s confirmation hearings were so disgraceful
- The timeless truth Ketanji Brown Jackson said out loud
- Cory Booker Aside, Democrats Stranded Ketanji Brown Jackson
- Republicans boast they have not pulled a Kavanaugh. In fact, they’ve treated Jackson worse.
- Legal experts to weigh in on last day of Jackson hearings
- The racist, sexist mudslinging at Ketanji Brown Jackson is disgraceful
- Ketanji Brown Jackson hearing: 5 takeaways from Wednesday
- These Republican Senators Disgraced Their Office. A Sane Party Would Cut These Idiots Loose.
- Republicans turn Ketanji Brown Jackson hearing into a political circus
- The Using of Ketanji Brown Jackson (“Republicans on the committee — wittingly or not — are also providing ammunition for QAnon by distorting Judge Jackson’s record of sentencing people convicted of possessing child pornography.”)
- QAnon Cheers Republican Attacks on Jackson. Democrats See a Signal.
- The Jackson Hearings Were an Opportunity for the GOP. They Didn’t Take It. (“If no Republicans vote to confirmation Ketanji Brown Jackson, it will say more about their party than the nominee.”)
- GOP uses Supreme Court confirmation hearings to keep attacking transgender people
- The Truth Behind Republicans’ Vile Questioning of Ketanji Brown Jackson (“More than one reactionary in the Senate attacked Jackson for her sentencing record—but she schooled them on the way federal sentencing actually works. ‘I was doing what judges do,’ she said.”)
- Cruz attacks Jackson for ‘critical race theory’ — but sends his own daughters to learn it
- Stop pretending Trump and his supporters care about ‘voter fraud’
- Trump Is Guilty of ‘Numerous’ Felonies, Prosecutor Who Resigned Says (Obviously, so why isn’t Trump in prison?!?)
- Trump committed ‘numerous’ felonies, said resigning New York prosecutor – report
- Rep. Mo Brooks says Trump asked him to ‘rescind the 2020 election,’ remove Biden and call special election
- Trump Lackey Mo Brooks Confirms Trump Did Everything He Could to Try and Steal a Second Term
- Donald Trump has gone from cult leader to weather vane
- Who votes first in the Democratic primaries matters. The DNC must choose carefully. (“They should start by making sure Iowa and New Hampshire no longer lead the primaries.”)
- Pandemic relief money spent on hotel, ballpark, ski slopes
- How one Republican governor just shamed his whole party (These headlines are so dumb; in fact, this party is incapable of being shamed.)
- Romney says Dems to send him new COVID-19 funding proposal Wednesday
- Biden requests Mehmet Oz and Herschel Walker resign from presidential council or be terminated
- Fox News has pushed pro-Russia talking points every day of the invasion
- Madeleine Albright, first female secretary of state, dies at 84
- “We lost a legend in Madeleine Albright”; “a trailblazer for women everywhere”; “a towering figure in American diplomacy” (“NATO is back stronger than ever…resolute and strong…under no circumstances can we allow Vladimir Putin to be successful.”)
- Albright shaped a generation of foreign policy leaders
- Alex Jones breaches court order by failing to show for Sandy Hook deposition after judge rebuffed sick claims (Lock him up.)
- Howard Stern: GOP should be called the ‘wacko party’
- More than 100 House Republicans to cohost fundraiser for Cheney challenger
- Video: Sen. Mark Warner Says “on cyber or, god forbid, a chemical weapons attack…I think you’re going to see NATO and the president lay out some red lines”
- On ACA Anniversary, Democrats Lower Health Care Costs While Republicans Pledge to Raise Them
- Sen. Kaine weighs in on confirmation hearings of Judge Jackson
- Progressive “Data Utility” Catalist Releases “What Happened in Virginia” 2021 Report, Finds “much about the election result can be explained by national trends” (Catalist also finds that Dem turnout relative to the presidential election was about the same as in 2017, but GOP turnout was “at 75-80% of 2020 levels”)
- General Assembly special session to start April 4 (“Youngkin calls lawmakers back to Richmond to finalize the state’s biennial budget.”)
- Youngkin to push tax cut plan in TV ad; calls lawmakers back April 4 (Asinine.)
- With another basketball ad, Youngkin calls on lawmakers to finish state budget
- Editorial: Celebrate Va. agriculture
- Virginia 10-Day New COVID-19 Cases Down 95% Compared to 1/19; Hospitalizations Down to 379 From ~4,000 in January
- Judge rules in favor of immunocompromised students, but masking still optional in Virginia
- Fairfax Democrats Officially Support Special Elections for House of Delegates in 2022; Chair Says “It’s the right thing to do”
- Arlington Sister City Association Holds Fundraiser This Sunday For Its Ukrainian Sister City, Ivano-Frankivsk
- Faceoff set for Republican incumbents March, Williams (“Both said they are eyeing election to the new House of Delegates District 47, drawn in 2021 to combine parts of Williams’ and March’s current districts 9 and 7, respectively. The new, historically Republican House District 47 includes Carroll, Floyd and Patrick counties, plus western Henry County and Galax. Common interest in representing the district sets the stage for a Republican primary election, scheduled tentatively for 2023.”)
- Former Delegate Hala Ayala Announces Campaign to Represent Prince William and Fairfax Counties in State Senate (The other announced Democratic candidate in this district is former Del. Jennifer Carroll Foy.)
- Former Del. Lashrecse Aird Announces Run for State Senate District 13
- Schapiro: The Republican who built Democratic Northern Virginia (Pretty much another whitewash of Hazel’s record, which was overall very negative – unless you like sprawl development, that is, and bullying local elected officials, and lots of contributions to Republicans, and hostility to transit-oriented development, and…)
- D.C.-area forecast: Mild today with a notable cooling trend through the weekend
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