by Lowell
Here are a few international, national and Virginia news headlines, political and otherwise, for Monday, Martin Luther King Jr. Day, January 15.
- A Surprising Success Story for Humpback Whales (“Half a century after nearly being wiped out, the whales are back in an Antarctic bay.”)
- PR giant Edelman worked with Koch network, despite climate pledges (“Move by world’s largest public relations company, uncovered by tax records, alarms climate advocates” Edelman is horrible.)
- The race to get next-generation solar technology on the market (“Companies say perovskite tandem solar cells are only a few years from bringing record efficiencies to a solar project near you.”)
- AI will affect 40% of jobs and probably worsen inequality, says IMF head
- The Ukraine war is no excuse for endless fossil fuel expansion (“We need to get serious about transitioning off fossil fuels”)
- Convicted Russian Ex-Mayor Cuts Jail Time by Agreeing to Fight in Ukraine
- Zelenskyy heads to Davos to regain the spotlight for Ukraine
- Ukrainian Sources: We Just Shot Down Two Of Russia’s Best Command Planes
- ‘You don’t feel alive’: Ukraine veterans struggling with the trauma of war (“The country has been fighting since 2014 when Russia annexed Crimea and many people are battling mental health issues”)
- They were Israel’s ‘eyes on the border’ – but their Hamas warnings went unheard (When, if ever, are heads going to roll over this?!? Starting with Netanyahu, obviously…)
- They Thought They Knew Death, but That Didn’t Prepare Them for Oct. 7 (“An Israeli group that recovers dead bodies was among the first to reach the victims of the Hamas-led attacks. The trauma of what they witnessed may last a lifetime.”)
- Biden “running out” of patience with Bibi as Gaza war hits 100 days
- Turkey Releases Israeli Footballer Detained Over Hamas War Message
- House GOP targets federal workers who walk out over Gaza
- White House says ‘it’s the right time’ for Israel to scale back Gaza war as fighting hits 100 days
- After 100 Days of War, Israel Is Not Backing Down
- How Israel and the Palestinians go from war to peace (“Three main elements of a postwar transition — Gaza administration, Israeli political and psychological evolution — are each daunting. But they must be pursued.”)
- Ex-Shin Bet head says Israel should negotiate with jailed intifada leader (“A former leader of the Shin Bet domestic security force has said Israel will not have security until Palestinians have their own state, and Israeli authorities should release Marwan Barghouti, jailed leader of the second intifada, to direct negotiations to create one.”)
- U.S. shoots down Houthi missile fired at American warship in the Red Sea
- Middle East crisis live: US-UK strikes ‘dealt a blow’ to Houthis, says British defence secretary
- Yemen Houthi rebels fire missile at US warship in Red Sea in first attack after American-led strikes (By the way, for more information on this fundamentalist group’s human rights violations, see here. Also note that this group’s slogan reads, “God Is Great, Death to America, Death to Israel, Curse on the Jews, Victory to Islam.” So…yeah, they are HORRIBLE.)
- A quiet Dutch village holds clues as European politics veer to the right
- Britain’s Conservatives set for 1997-style election defeat, poll predicts
- China Holds Key Rate as Economy Prepares for ‘Difficult Year’
- China Steps Up Taiwan Isolation After Election, Peeling Off Ally
- Nauru to sever diplomatic ties with Taiwan in favour of China
- What China wants out of Myanmar’s civil war
- Davos Elite Size Up the Global Risks of Another Trump Presidency
- Houses set alight as lava from volcano eruption reaches Icelandic town (“Seismic activity intensified overnight near Grindavík, the fifth eruption on the Reykjanes peninsula in two years”)
- Chaos in Guatemala Congress Delays Swearing-In of New President
- Bone-Chilling Cold Tests Power Grids From Texas to Alberta
- Arctic blast leaves over 110 million under wind chill warnings
- Arctic freeze continues to blast huge swaths of the US with sub-zero temperatures
- MLK biographer Jonathan Eig: Americans are “missing the point of the King holiday” (“We now ‘treat it like a day to celebrate King and we ignore the fact that all these other things are going on'”)
- Poll: Voters split on economy or functioning democracy as bigger concern (Really, really disturbing.)
- Congressional leaders unveil 2-step plan to fend off shutdown
- Speaker Johnson reaches a crossroads in leading an unruly House GOP conference (Instead of/in addition to “unruly,” the WaPo could have used words like “extremist” or “far-right.” But they didn’t. Why not?)
- Biden raises over $97 million in fourth quarter, enters election year with $117 million war chest
- Prosecutors are charging Trump using laws made to fight the KKK. Here’s why
- Fears grow that Trump will use the military in ‘dictatorial ways’ if he returns to the White House
- CBS News analysis: Most Republicans agree with “poisoning the blood” language (Really, really disturbing.)
- Trump’s embrace of far-right activist Laura Loomer worries his allies
- A chaotic curtain-raiser to a fateful election year (“The Iowa caucuses will be the first votes in a year that will likely put US institutions to an extreme test”)
- Trump consolidates evangelical vote in Iowa (Trump is pretty much the antithesis of everything Jesus Christ said, did, taught, etc.)
- Why Trump’s hold on evangelicals is so hard for DeSantis and Haley to break
- Will Trump’s politics of untruthfulness win again? Iowa gets its say. (Sure looks like it!)
- Trump Promises Voters Vengeance In His Final Pitch Before Iowa Caucus
- DeSantis Put Most Of His Chips On Iowa, Now Faces Do Or Die Test There (“The Florida governor’s best polling among the early states was Iowa, and he would likely do even worse in New Hampshire and South Carolina.”)
- Ron DeSantis Is Being Left Out in the Cold
- Iowa caucus: Trump counts on evangelicals to carry him to victory
- Majority of Iowa caucusgoers say Trump conviction wouldn’t affect their support (Authoritarians.)
- Record Cold, Long Lines: What to Watch During the Iowa Caucus
- Three storylines to watch for in Iowa
- Trump With Nigel Farage in Tow Asks Iowans to Brave Cold And Vote (Disgusting.)
- “One of Them Has to Emerge”: Scenes From Ron DeSantis and Nikki Haley’s Winter of Wishcasting in Iowa
- Poll: Nearly half of Haley’s Iowa backers say they’ll vote for Biden over Trump
- No One in Iowa Wants to Admit the Truth About What the Iowa Caucus Has Become
- Nikki Haley endorsed by Larry Hogan for GOP presidential nomination (So much for Hogan being a “moderate”)
- Caucuses leave many Iowans out in the cold – and not just in bad weather
- Did Trump or Biden deliver more for farmers? The answer may surprise you. (It only surprises you if you don’t have any clue what’s going on.)
- Fulton DA defends special prosecutor during church speech
- The Political Education of Christina Pushaw, Ron DeSantis’ Enforcer on X (Very strange, anodyne, non-descriptive headline for this extremist/bigot/nutjob…by Politico, of course.)
- RFK Jr. defends Kennedy administration wiretap of Martin Luther King Jr. (This guy’s a nutjob in every way.)
- Texas Blasted As ‘Cruel, Inhumane’ By Homeland Security After Blocking Rescue Efforts For 3 Migrants That Drowned
- Iowa principal who risked life to protect students during a school shooting has died (Ugh.)
- As data centers continue spreading across Virginia, state lawmakers propose new development rules
- Insurrectionist VA State Sen. John McGuire (R), a Close Ally of Glenn Youngkin, in Iowa Today Stumping with Extremist Kari Lake, etc. for Donald Trump
- To save lives, lawmakers must seek common ground on gun legislation (Hahahaha, seriously? In fact, Republicans have ZERO desire to find “common ground” on guns, as they are gun absolutists.)
- Could gambling on Virginia’s college teams soon be legal?
- Bills would bring shared solar to Appalachian Power territory, expand program for Dominion customers
- UVA hopes to address a serious shortage of school psychologists
- Staunton wants to revive a neighborhood where Black residents once honored Union veterans buried there
- Hampton Roads has hundreds of railroad crossings. Planners are looking for ways to improve them.
- Editorial: Twenty years later, instability at City Hall continues to vex Richmond
- After local outcry, Richmond proposing changes to meals tax collection policies
- ODU receives $700,000 for project that aims to help reduce flooding in Southside Norfolk neighborhoods
- D.C.-area forecast: Snow arrives this morning, with accumulation into Tuesday
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