by Lowell
Here are a few international, national and Virginia news headlinees, political and otherwise, for Wednesday, March 6.
- Study: Fossil Fuels Are Hastening the Arrival of Ice-Free Summers in the Arctic (“This would transform the Arctic into a completely different environment.”)
- Too Little Ammunition, Too Many Russians: The Harrowing Retreat From Avdiivka (“The fall of the city, when it came in mid-February, was brutal and fast. Soldiers fought for their lives. Many did not make it.”)
- Ukraine Is Now Fighting Russia in Sudan
- Trump Backs Israel Bombarding Gaza: ‘Gotta Finish the Problem’
- Peru Prime Minister Otarola Resigns Post After Audio Leaked
- Solar hits a renewable energy milestone not seen since WWII (“With supply chains finally open, solar arrays provided 53 percent of the nation’s new electricity capacity last year.”)
- The Biden Administration Has Taken More Climate Action Than Any Other in History
- Climate Rules Reach Finish Line, in Weakened Form, as Biden Races Clock
- Biden administration finalizes rule cutting credit card late fees
- How pushing ‘fetal personhood’ could backfire
- The Supreme Court did Trump no favors. He’ll be facing a fall trial.
- The Court’s Colorado Decision Wasn’t About the Law (“This case wasn’t decided on its merits, and the result is an utterly flimsy legal argument.”)
- US supreme court ‘erred badly’ with Trump ruling, leading US historian says
- The Supreme Court Just Delivered a Rare Self-Own for John Roberts
- In 9-0 Ruling, Supreme Court Justices Bend Toward Trump
- A conspicuous line on Trump from the Supreme Court’s left flank (They’re not the “left flank,” but ok…)
- Trump asks judge to cut the $83.3 million penalty in E. Jean Carroll case or grant him a new trial
- No, Donald Trump hasn’t stopped lying that the 2020 election was “rigged” (“Axios is attempting to manufacture a narrative in which Donald Trump has become more disciplined” Yes, Axios is a complete disgrace and shouldn’t be taken seriously as a news outlet.)
- Fox News lets Trump ramble on about inflation — which his policies would actually make worse (“Fox & Friends let Trump lie about the state of the economy with no follow-up about his own policies”)
- Trump’s Super Tuesday victory speech: grim visions of an American apocalypse
- It’s Time to End the Election Wishcasting (“Trump versus Biden is inevitable, and everything is at stake.”)
- In 2016, Trump was lucky to win. In 2024, he’s desperate.
- Biden Team Sees Disaffected Voters as Key to 2024 Rebound
- Super Tuesday key takeaways: protest vote, low turnout and far-right machinations
- What Biden Should Say During the State of the Union (“With the President’s economic approval rating standing at just forty per cent, it’s imperative for him to highlight some of his substantive achievements and talk about the future.”)
- The toughest pain points awaiting Biden at the State of the Union (“The president’s team thinks it’s had a historically successful first term, delivering victories on the economy, climate, drug pricing and more. But many Americans aren’t feeling it.” In fact, Biden HAS had a “historically successful first term,” and it’s largely the media’s fault that this isn’t better known.)
- Trump is degenerating before our eyes — MAGA voters don’t notice or don’t care (“GOP base is now so consumed by incoherent QAnon babble that Trump’s obvious deterioration doesn’t even register”)
- The Dangerous Durability of Donald Trump (“The quadruply indicted, twice-impeached former president all but sewed up his party’s nomination on Super Tuesday, defying the rules of politics and setting the stage for another shot at the White House.”)
- Trump’s Conquest of the Republican Party Matters to Every American
- Donald Trump, Seeking Cash Infusion, Meets With Elon Musk (Very dangerous.)
- RNC resolution to ban paying Trump’s legal bills is ‘dead’
- Mark Cuban: Biden Could Be on His Deathbed and I’d Still Vote for Him Over “Snake Oil Salesperson” Trump
- Nikki Haley Ends 2024 Bid, Setting Up Trump-Biden Rematch
- Haley defeats Trump in Vermont GOP primary
- Williams: Who’s to stop the next insurrection?
- Republican Texas House Speaker Headed To Runoff As AG Ken Paxton Takes Revenge (Paxton is evil.)
- Schiff and Garvey are headed to November showdown for coveted California Senate seat (Good news!)
- Independent Sen. Kyrsten Sinema of Arizona says she won’t seek reelection, avoiding a 3-way race (Bye bye!)
- Good Riddance, Kyrsten Sinema, Plutocratic Shill (“She killed her career by blocking bipartisan ideas that threatened the rich.”)
- The Next Governor of North Carolina Could Be a Holocaust Denier Who Hates Pretty Much Everybody
- Republican Mark Robinson and Democrat Josh Stein will face off in North Carolina’s governor race (Ridiculous headline by NBC “News,” which totally whitewashes the fact that Robinson is a “Hitler-Quoting Extremist”!)
- Meet North Carolina’s GOP Governor Candidate: A Hitler-Quoting Extremist (The “New Republic” headline, in contrast, says that information right up front.)
- Colin Allred Wins Democratic Primary For U.S. Senate In Texas, Will Face Ted Cruz
- Scoop: McConnell deputy John Thune endorsing MAGA darling Kari Lake (Disgusting, just like Glenn Youngkin.)
- Sen. Bob Menendez hit with obstruction of justice charges in bribery case
- There is something wrong at the New York Times (“From presidential polls to refusing to report on Trump’s stumbles, things aren’t adding up at the Gray Lady”)
- The Moms for Liberty 60 Minutes interview was such a disaster that their allies are scrambling to do damage control
- How the Bromance Between Elon Musk and Sam Altman Turned Toxic (“A legal battle between OpenAI’s co-founders is the latest twist in a volatile partnership that launched the artificial-intelligence boom.”)
- Is the Washington Post Abandoning the Metro Area? (And the Post may find that it has sacrificed something much more important than profits— after all, even local Democracy Dies in Darkness.)
- Trump and Biden cruise to easy wins in Virginia’s Super Tuesday primaries
- Unofficial Super Tuesday results: Joe Biden, Donald Trump win Virginia (“The Associated Press called both primary races shortly after 7 p.m.”)
- Trump and Biden sweep to victory as Virginians cast their votes on Super Tuesday (Biden won by 81 points; Trump won by 28 points)
- Gun bills, including waiting period and safe storage proposals, head to Gov. Youngkin
- Video: After Republican Colleague Quotes from News Article on Anti-Semitic Slurs at UVA, Del. Laura Jane Cohen Delivers Impassioned Speech Against Jews Being “used for floor speeches or bills” by People Who Support Trump (In this case, Del. Paul Milde (R) was promoting his anti-DEI legislation)
- Rees Shearer: “Urge your legislators today, stop sending us down a costly, useless SMR rabbit hole” (Shearer: “These [small modular nuclear reactor] dogs won’t hunt, but they sure do bite!”)
- Virginia has a law requiring schools to provide menstrual products, but doesn’t fund it
- Land donation to Loudoun African American burial ground in jeopardy
- Thousands gather for service honoring Loudoun firefighter killed in the line of duty (“Trevor Brown, 45, was killed in February after a leaking propane gas tank exploded in Sterling.”)
- Fairfax Connector workers’ union reaches agreement with Transdev that would end 2-week strike
- As xylazine surges, some lawmakers want jail time for dealers and people who use the drug
- Jury finds former delegate Matt Fariss not guilty of everything but traffic infraction (Total travesty.)
- Liberty University fined record $14 million for violating campus safety law (“The agency’s review found that Liberty did not notify people on campus about emergencies and dangerous situations such as bomb threats, the attempted abduction of a young girl, and people accused of repeated acts of sexual violence. The university did not keep an accurate and complete crime log during the 2016 to 2023 review period, the report found.”)
- Dead minke whale washes up on northern Outer Banks; region’s third whale death in 3 days (Ugh, WTF???)
- Editorial: Newport News, Navy would benefit from housing proposal
- D.C.-area forecast: Rain returns this afternoon into tonight, with more to come Saturday
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