by Lowell
Here are a few international, national and Virginia news headlines, political and otherwise, for Saturday, March 26.
- A previously stable ice shelf, the size of New York City, collapses in Antarctica
- Thinning Antarctic ice shelf finally crumbles after heatwave
- With Biden in Europe Promising to Expedite U.S. LNG Exports, Environmentalists on the Gulf Coast Say, Not So Fast
- US plan to provide 15bn cubic meters of natural gas to EU alarms climate groups (“The deal is intended to decrease reliance on Russia but will entrench reliance on fossil fuels, environmentalists say”)
- Biden to meet with Polish President, visit refugees and issue ‘major address’ on final day of Europe trip
- Russia claims first phase over, focus moves to eastern Ukraine
- Biden to Speak in Poland; Russia Claims a Shift in Ukraine (“President Will Meet With Polish Leader, a Key NATO Ally”)
- How to Make Sanctions Bite Russia Even Harder
- Biden Meets With Top Ukrainian Officials During Visit to Poland
- Biden ending Europe trip with unity message that echoes past
- Russia signals scaled-back war aims, Ukrainians advance near Kyiv
- Putin lifts conservative media talking points to bemoan ‘cancel culture
- Ukraine war: JK Rowling hits back at Putin’s ‘cancel culture’ comment
- Biden to call for Western unity as Russia suffers setbacks
- Former Top NATO Commander Warns: ‘It’s Going To Get Worse’ For Ukraine (“Philip Breedlove explained why Russian President Vladimir Putin is becoming ‘more and more dangerous every day.'”
- U.S. says southern city of Kherson now “contested territory again” as Russia focuses on eastern Donbass region
- Russia says new ‘phase’ of Ukraine offensive to focus on Donbas
- Zelensky says Russia reeling from ‘powerful blows’
- Ukraine war: WHO says attacks on health facilities are rising daily (Those are clearly war crimes.)
- Russian forces are reportedly holding Ukrainian journalists hostage
- NATO was in crisis. Putin’s war made it even more powerful.
- An Ex-Oligarch’s Argument for Harsher Sanctions (“Economic penalties won’t topple Putin—but they will sap a key source of the Russian dictator’s wealth and power to do damage abroad.”)
- Putin Cares About Only One Thing, and It’s Not Oligarchs
- Shelled city in north Ukraine fears becoming ‘next Mariupol’
- The Line From January 6 to Putin’s Russian Empire
Mutinous Russian troops ran over their own commander, say western officials (“Officials describe reported incident during fighting in Ukraine as sign of ‘morale challenges’ faced by invading forces”)- Saudi airstrikes hit Yemen’s Houthis after Jiddah attack
- Saudi-Led Coalition Strikes Yemen After Aramco Fuel Depot Attack
- Biden Administration Plans to Offer Second Booster Shots to Those 50 and Up
- Solar starts strong, growing 40% year over year in January
- This agency chief is one of Biden’s most effective climate allies. The Senate may not let him stay. (“The head of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, Richard Glick, may see his efforts to put climate change at the forefront of federal energy policy cost him his job.” That would be completely pathetic and disgraceful.)
- Ethics experts see Ginni Thomas’s texts as a problem for the Supreme Court
- Should Clarence Thomas Be Impeached Over Ginni Thomas’s Deranged Text Messages? (“In a word: Yes. In several words: Yes, Democrats should do this right now!”)
- The real Ginni Thomas revelation (“Her texts prove some elite Republicans really do believe Trump’s lies.”)
- Thomas scrutiny intensifies after latest revelations
- ‘Morning Joe’ shock over Ginni Thomas points to a hidden Jan. 6 truth
- Maybe Take It Seriously When Coup Advocates Talk About Throwing People in Guantanamo?
- Justice Thomas’s wife is a political extremist. This is now a problem for the court.
- Legal Scholars Are Shocked By Ginni Thomas’s “Stop the Steal” Texts
- Serious Crimes by Donald Trump, Ginni Thomas, etc. Add Up, Yet “not one single example of holding them accountable”; Americans “are losing faith in our system of justice” (Paging Merrick Garland? Hello? Are you there?)
- Democrats Urge Justice Thomas to Recuse Himself in Capitol Riot Cases
- John Roberts Has a Serious Problem
- Ginni Thomas Texts Expose Rift in House Jan. 6 Panel
- Ginni and Clarence Thomas Have Done Enough Damage
- The conservative media stars at the heart of the Ginni Thomas texts (They’re not really “conservative,” they’re far-right extremists. Unless that’s the same thing at this point?)
- House January 6 committee debating bringing Ginni Thomas before the panel for questions
- Supreme Court won’t stop Biden administration from deployment decisions involving unvaccinated Navy SEALs
- High court gives Biden win for now in Navy vaccine case
- The Supreme Court rules that Joe Biden is commander-in-chief. Three justices dissent. (“The judiciary cannot be part of the chain of command.” Those three justices – Thomas, Alito, Gorsuch – are all extremists and nutters.)
- Trump and his 2 eldest sons are scheduled to be deposed for a lawsuit accusing them of promoting a scam multi-level marketing scheme (Spoiler: they will suffer no consequences?)
- Trump accidentally proves that the Clinton campaign wasn’t the driving force of the Russia probe
- Trump returns to Georgia confronting test of his grip on GOP
- Does the Supreme Court Deserve Ketanji Brown Jackson? (“She would lend the Court more credibility. That’s not necessarily a good thing.”)
- In coverage of Judge Jackson’s confirmation, mainstream media bury GOP’s racism and perpetuate misinformation
- We Have Two Political Parties and One of Them Has Gone Insane
- The KBJ Hearings Were the Super Bowl of Republican Shitposting
- Forget advise and consent. This is smear and degrade. (“The pretense is gone — the pretense that Supreme Court confirmation hearings are about determining nominees’ fitness for office, gleaning a sense of their legal acumen and approach to judging, and gathering the information necessary to exercise a solemn senatorial power.” Agreed, Republicans have made a complete mockery of the process.)
- Ivy League Republicans’ phony rebellion against the ‘elites’
- Issa lays groundwork for House GOP probe into Hunter Biden laptop story
- Why Big Tech has nothing to fear from a Republican Congress
- Problem Democrat Joe Manchin Throws His Party a Few Bones (“The West Virginian affirmed his support for Ketanji Brown Jackson and salvaging Build Back Better, indicating he understands the limits of his power.”)
- Republicans Are Facing a Political Nightmare in Missouri
- Utah Legislature Overrides Governor’s Veto of Transgender Athlete Bill
- Longtime Foo Fighters drummer dies at 50
- Sen. Tim Kaine sits down with Roanoke, Blacksburg leaders to get to the root of gun violence
- 11 Republicans seek to unseat Wexton in Virginia’s 10th Congressional District
- Attorney General Miyares Gives Plea Deal to Predator Who Solicited a Minor (With Miyares, “there have been consistent patterns of corruption and far-right incompetence and this is just his latest case.”)
- Commonwealth Institute Calls on VA General Assembly to Prioritize Parents and Families in Tax Choices and Education Funding (Doubling standard deduction “would leave out many families who are struggling to make ends meet and drain budget resources for other critical priorities, including public education.”)
- Gov. Glenn Youngkin talks to 10 News one-on-one, discussing several topics impacting Virginians (Wow, he talked to someone other than far-right media?!? A miracle.)
- Youngkin will consider hundreds of bills in the coming weeks
- Top Youngkin aide on payroll of political consultants, not state
- Thousands of Virginia drivers overcharged, wrongly charged by DMV
- Virginia 10-Day New COVID-19 Cases Down 96% Compared to 1/19; Hospitalizations Down to 321 From ~4,000 in January
- James Madison’s Montpelier strips power from enslaved descendants group
- Virginia lawmakers ban the sending of unwanted ‘intimate images’
- Growing Loudoun outpaces its political representation in Richmond
- D.C.-area forecast: Gusty showers today, then much colder into early week
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