by Lowell
Here are a few international, national and Virginia news headlines, political and otherwise, for Monday, January 22.
- Goodbye Mr Kerry, farewell Mr Xie: end of an era in global climate politics (“As the US and China climate envoys retire, more than a leadership gap opens in crucial bilateral relationship and climate politics”)
- ExxonMobil sues investors to block climate petition (The only “extreme agenda” is ExxonMobil’s, which is to keep pumping planet-killing fossil fuels forever.)
- Fire erupts at Russia’s Novatek Baltic Sea terminal after explosions heard
- US support for Ukraine: The difference between victory and defeat
- In Ukraine’s river war, drones mean nowhere is safe (“Ukraine aims to build a million military drones in 2024. In Kherson, the BBC saw how vital they are.”)
- UK sends UN experts photographs of North Korean shipments to Russia
- Ukraine’s $30 Billion Problem: How to Keep Fighting Without Foreign Aid (“Kyiv could soon run out of money and be forced to take painful steps to keep the government running if U.S. and European aid doesn’t come through.”)
- Ukraine urgently needs Russia’s frozen funds. Yet the West still balks.
- U.S. Pushes Hostage-Release Plan Aimed at Ending Gaza War
- Saudi Arabia’s top diplomat says it won’t recognize Israel without a path to a Palestinian state
- Israel’s Netanyahu Rejects Hamas’s Terms for Hostage Release
- Israel to Make the Case for War to E.U. Officials as Criticism Grows
- As hostages suffer, Israel needs to make tough strategic choices
- Middle East thrust into ‘apocalyptic’ humanitarian crisis by war and turmoil
- 2 missing U.S. Navy SEALs declared dead after search called off
- Modi hails a new ‘divine India’ as he inaugurates controversial Hindu temple ahead of nationwide elections
- Narendra Modi Opens a Giant Temple, a Triumph Toward a Hindu-First India (“The temple being inaugurated by the prime minister is on the disputed site of a centuries-old mosque destroyed in a Hindu mob attack that set a precedent of impunity.”)
- Landslide in mountainous southwestern China buries 47 people
- A caravan of migrants from Honduras who were heading to the US dissolves in Guatemala
- Are We Better Off Now Than We Were Four Years Ago? Uhhhh…Yes! (In stark contrast to the disastrous Trump administration, almost every metric is looking up under President Biden!)
- Biden expands abortion, contraception protections on Roe anniversary
- Trump’s criminal rebrand of the Republican Party is complete (“From the party of law and order to Trump as the leader of a mob: The GOP of 2024 looks like a cult”)
- The Party of Malice (“Donald Trump has made the Republican Party cruel, xenophobic, exclusionary, and bigoted.”)
- Polls Show Trump Could Be Doomed If He’s Convicted. Will a Trial Happen in Time?
- No, CNN should NOT carry live broadcasts of Trump’s lie-filled screeds (“Of course, the media must cover Trump fairly. That means with context and an insistence on accuracy”)
- ‘America Is Under Attack’: Inside the Anti-D.E.I. Crusade (“In candid private conversations, some wrote favorably of laws criminalizing homosexuality, mocked the appearance of a female college student as overly masculine and criticized Peter Thiel, the prominent gay conservative donor, over his sex life. In email exchanges with the Claremont organizers, the write”)
- In Judge Kaplan’s court, Trump plays with fire
- Senate GOP fears drop in Trump enthusiasm, energy
- Donald Trump’s Campaign Cuts Off Access After Refusing To Allow NBC News’ Vaughn Hillyard As Designated Pool Reporter
- With Trump closing in on nomination, the effective audition to become his vice president is underway
- ‘A total failure to launch’: Why Ron DeSantis was doomed from the start
- Ron DeSantis Finalized the Conservative Movement’s Capitulation to Trump (“What his failed campaign revealed about the future of the Republican Party.”)
- DeSantis was supposed to save the GOP from Trump, not endorse him (“DeSantis could have pitched a kinder form of conservatism or at least a more reasonable version. Instead, he banked on exploiting divisions in our country. As he bows out, DeSantis leaves the Republican Party exactly as he found it, under Trump’s dominance.”)
- Ron DeSantis got the Republican Party wrong
- Where did it all go wrong for Ron DeSantis? (“His awkwardness with voters was an issue, but the biggest obstacle was the dominance of Donald Trump.”)
- DeSantis ran a campaign filled with missteps
- DeSantis Campaign Uses Fake Churchill Quote in Final Message
- VA Gov. Glenn Youngkin’s Role-Model Governor and Former VA AG Ken Cuccinelli’s Hero Ron DeSantis Drops Out After Spending a TON of Money, Going NOWHERE (Yet another big failure by the media, which tried very hard to pump up DeSantis as an alternative to Trump.)
- What DeSantis suspending his campaign could mean for Haley
- Republican Presidential Candidate Nikki Haley Says Climate Change is Real. Is She Proposing Anything to Stop It? (Nope, she’s horrible.)
- Did Nikki Haley Forget She’s Losing?
- Trump Leads Haley in Final CNN/UNH New Hampshire Primary Poll 1/21/2024
- Why DeSantis’ departure isn’t likely to change the dynamic between Trump and Haley
- ‘It Is All Over’: Never Trumpers Brace for New Hampshire Shutout
- Trump Is About to Steamroll Nikki Haley
- South Carolina Sen. Tim Scott, a possible VP pick, is engaged to be married
- Dean Phillips Floats a No Labels Bid if 2024 Is Trump vs. Biden (Irresponsible, narcissistic, idiotic, etc.)
- What a Joe Manchin Presidential Run Could Mean for the 2024 Election—and the Climate (Nothing good, that’s for sure!)
- Families condemn Koch brothers over ploy to avoid asbestos compensation (The Kochs are evil.)
- Greg Abbott is pushing Texas to the brink (“Texas governor pushes on immigration, caring little about the law or the people he hurts in the name of politics”)
- To be or not to be a clean energy state, that is the question
- Democrats propose budget language to return Virginia to carbon market
- Legislation calls for free school meals for all Virginia students
- Commentary: Virginia can make schools safer. Here’s how
- Virginia Community College System reports alumni added $10 billion to the state’s economy in 2022
- Proposed state budget amendments aim at broadband deployment challenges
- ‘Gray’ game machines, banned twice, may be coming back to Virginia
- Virginia’s community college system grew out of business leaders’ opposition to Massive Resistance
- Editorial: Safety protocols? The real threat to Richmond schools is rampant dysfunction
- Virginia Sen. Scott Surovell climbs peaks between policymaking
- Amid rising costs, Norfolk residents weigh in on future of curbside recycling
- Alexandria residents sue Virginia city over ending single-family zoning
- Charlottesville residents sue city to block rezoning
- D.C.-area forecast: It’s still chilly today, but the thaw is underway
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