by Lowell
Here are a few international, national and Virginia news headlines, political and otherwise, for Tuesday, December 13.
- This MIT solar technology can turn any surface into a power source (“The multi-use solar cells are thinner than a human hair.”)
- For better or worse, billionaires now guide climate policy
- The Fusion Breakthrough Suggests That Maybe Someday We’ll Have a Second Sun (“In the meantime, we need to use the sun we’ve already got.” Exactly – do NOT get distracted by this latest “bright, shiny object!”)
- Breakthrough in nuclear fusion could mean ‘near-limitless energy’
- Fossil fuel hysterics make coal and gas price caps look like a really good idea
- Europe Strikes Deal to Tax Imports Based on Greenhouse-Gas Emissions
- EU reels as scandal tarnishes parliament’s credibility
- Ukraine battles Russian assault in east as Kyiv allies plan winter aid
- Explosions Strike Key Bridge in Russian-Occupied Melitopol
- Donors meet in Paris to get Ukraine through winter, bombing
- G7 Leaders’ Statement
- Cornered in Ukraine, Putin ditches annual news conference
- France’s Macron engineers new diplomatic push for Ukraine
- Promise and Politics in the Rewilding of India (“Ecologists are trying to undo environmental damage in rain forests, deserts, and cities. Can their efforts succeed even as Narendra Modi pushes for rapid development?”)
- As Covid Spreads Fast, Beijing Isn’t in Lockdown. But It Feels Like It.
- China reportedly delays key economic meeting amid signs of surging infections
- Nigerian Army massacred children in its war against Islamist insurgents, witnesses say
- Iran execution: Man publicly hanged from crane amid protests (This regime is utterly heinous.)
- Bali sex ban: Indonesia tourists won’t be charged under law
- Israelis Have Put Benjamin Netanyahu Back in Power. Palestinians Will Likely Pay the Price.
- South Africa’s Ruling Party Lawmakers Set to Reject Ramaphosa Impeachment Probe
- Bolsonaro supporters try to storm police HQ in ‘January 6-style’ rampage (“Cars and buses torched after violence erupts following ratification of Lula’s election victory”)
- Gold Mining Thugs Cut “Road to Chaos” Through Amazonian Preserve (Utterly appalling and unacceptable.)
- Lockerbie bomb suspect in US custody was ‘abducted from home’ by warlord
- Crypto Was Always Smoke and Mirrors
- FTX’s Sam Bankman-Fried Is Arrested in the Bahamas
- FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried arrested in the Bahamas after U.S. files criminal charges
- Fusion energy breakthrough by US scientists boosts clean power hopes
- Consumer inflation expected to have continued cooling in November but still high
- Authorities are urging indoor masking in major cities as the ‘tripledemic’ rages
- Biden to sign into law same-sex marriage bill, 10 years after his famous Sunday show answer on the issue
- Right wing attacks on Brittney Griner are part of a larger — and unhinged — backlash to LGBTQ rights (“As Biden signs the Respect for Marriage Act, anti-gay Republican rhetoric becomes nastier and scarier”)
- The Hill’s Morning Report — Lawmakers inch forward on spending deal
- Schumer says Senate likely headed for short-term funding bill to stave off shutdown
- A moment of truth is fast approaching for both Trump and the DOJ
- Donald Trump’s Mar-a-Lago Special Master Gambit Comes to Sad Little Conclusion (“The DOJ can now move full steam ahead with its criminal investigation.”)
- Why the Age of American Progress Ended
- Mark Meadows Exchanged Texts With 34 Members Of Congress About Plans To Overturn The 2020 Election (Every one of them should be immediately and automatically expelled from Congress, per the 14th amendment to the Constitution.)
- A Plot To Overturn An American Election (“The messages you are about to read are the definitive, real-time record of a plot to overturn an American election.”)
- As The 2020 Election Slipped Away, Andy Biggs And Mark Meadows Schemed To Reverse The Vote In Arizona
- Freedom Caucus Chair Scott Perry’s Work To Overturn 2020 Election Included A ‘Cyber Team’ And An Italian Job
- Jan. 6 Staffers Prepare for All-Out Republican Assault
- Election deniers have to pretend election denial isn’t election denial
- Here Come the Trump 2024 Alternatives (“A crop of presidential hopefuls represent GOP fantasies of something better.”)
- Greene creates new headache for McCarthy over Jan. 6
- Marjorie Taylor Greene Swears She Was Only Joking When She Said She Would Have “Won” January 6 (“Who among us hasn’t joked about an insurrection that left five people dead and more than 100 members of law enforcement injured?”)
- Republicans have a plan — to hold America hostage over the debt ceiling yet again (“GOP readies another round of legislative terrorism in search of spending cuts. Biden needs to fight back hard”)
- Juan Williams: Who’s laughing at Biden now?
- Kavanaugh Holiday Party Appearance Raises Ethics Questions (Utterly disgraceful and disturbing. At best, Kavanaugh has absolute shit judgement.)
- Special counsel sends Trump subpoena to Ga. secretary of state Raffensperger
- Republicans fear Trump civil war could cost them in 2024 (What a shame, eh? LOL)
- Ronna McDaniel’s unintentionally revealing answer on blaming Trump for 2022
- Manchin has ‘no intention’ of switching to be independent but suggests that could change
- 100-plus examples of Republican politicians embracing antisemitic media since 2021
- Biden forms interagency group to draft antisemitism strategy
- Tesla Stock Has Never Been This Cheap — And It Could Still Drop Further (Good!)
- Elon Musk Gets Viciously Booed by Stadium Crowd at Dave Chappelle Show (Meanwhile, why the hell is Chappelle palling around with this fascist?!?)
- Biden Couldn’t Care Less About Elon’s Twitter Havoc (“The White House reportedly views the social media platform as an ‘afterthought’ that has little reach beyond the educated elite.” Hmmmm…not sure about that!)
- Elon Musk Declares ‘I’m Rich, Bitch!’ After Thousands Boo Him At Dave Chappelle Show (Musk is completely unhinged.)
- Elon Musk Is a Right-Wing Culture Warrior Above All Else
- Musk’s ugly attack on Fauci shows how right-wing info warfare works
- The right-wing outrage machine doesn’t even need Trump anymore
- Dr Fauci hits back at Musk claims he should be prosecuted: ‘Cesspool of misinformation’ (Fauci is, of course, correct.)
- Twitter dissolves Trust and Safety Council (Twitter is turning into a complete disaster under fascist Elon Musk’s ownership.)
- Elon Musk uses QAnon tactic in criticizing former Twitter safety chief
- Elon Musk Is Ruining Trump’s Presidential Campaign
- Former top Twitter official forced to leave home due to threats amid ‘Twitter Files’ release
- Red-Pilled Elon Musk Still Loves the Chinese Communist Party (Because Musk has MASSIVE economic interests in China.)
- Feinstein says she won’t step down early from Senate (Ridiculous.)
- Now That Gov. Youngkin Has Set the VA04 Special Election Date (2/21/23), Here’s What Dems Need to Focus On (The VA04 special election could have major implications for Gov. Youngkin’s right-wing agenda in the State Senate, which adjourns sine die on February 25, 2023.)
- Delegate Lamont Bagby Announces His Campaign for VA-04; Releases First Slate of Endorsers (Endorsers include Mayor Levar Stoney, Mayor Samuel Parham, Delegate Delores McQuinn, Delegate Luke Torian, former Northam Chief of Staff Clark Mercer, etc.)
- Youngkin announces special election to fill late Rep. McEachin’s seat
- Youngkin schedules February special election in Virginia to fill Donald McEachin’s seat
- Rep. McEachin’s death may scramble the 2025 governor’s race (“If Jennifer McClellan seeks the 4th District seat in Congress, that would seem to take her out of the running for the Democratic nomination for governor.”)
- PolitiFact VA: Slavery wasn’t ‘erased’ from Virginia history standards
- Editorial: Expect more attacks on public education in Virginia 2023
- Youngkin announces task force on troubled temporary detention order system
- Governor Youngkin announces new task force to help with temporary detention orders
- Virginia underfunds English language learners compared to other states
- Del. Elizabeth Guzman (D) Will Today Announce Her Campaign for VA State Senate District 29; Poll Shows Her Starting with a 34%-8% Lead Over Incumbent Sen. Jeremy McPike (D)
- Guzman announces primary challenge to state Sen. McPike
- Biden admin advances Va. and N.Y. offshore wind projects (“The Biden administration on Monday published a draft environmental review of Dominion Energy Inc.’s 176-turbine offshore wind farm, which brings the largest proposed ocean renewable project in the country one step closer to construction.”)
- CASEY: Was hooded-Klan image posted out of ignorance or malice?
- Opinion/Editorial: Racist image on Republican site hard to mistake
- Richmond council approves tax rebate
- Richmond’s removal of a final Confederate statue is a joyous milestone
- Richmond takes down its last major city-owned Confederate memorial (Good riddance!)
- A.P. Hill statue — Richmond’s last city-owned Confederate monument — comes down
- 2 indicted, including former superintendent, in Loudoun Co. schools probe
- Utility regulators considering Appalachian Power rate increase
- Could Virginia Beach rework its voting system for City Council seats again? Mayor wants public to weigh in
- Editorial: Expanded cruise schedule in Norfolk is boon for Hampton Roads
- Former Catholic priest convicted in 1985 sex assault in Loudoun
- Landlords sue to break contract with Bristol Women’s Health clinic after learning it performs abortions
- D.C.-area forecast: Sunshine returns today; wintry mix arriving late tomorrow night
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