by Lowell
Here are a few international, national and Virginia news headlines, political and otherwise, for Sunday, March 17.
- ‘Greenhushing’ Is On the Rise as Companies Go Silent on Climate Pledges (Pathetic.)
- Climate activists across Europe block access to North Sea oil infrastructure
- Putin’s ‘Rabble of Thin-Necked Henchmen’ (“Who will succeed Russia’s longest-serving ruler since Stalin? Not even the handpicked elite can say.”)
- Putin is poised to rule Russia for 6 more years after an election with no other real choices (Why even call it an “election?” It’s a total farce.)
- Russians urged to disrupt final day of Vladimir Putin’s presidential election (“Voters told to swamp polling stations all at once and spoil ballots, after two days of dye attacks, fires and Ukrainian cross-border strikes”)
- Russians protest Putin’s forever rule with long lines at polling stations
- Russians Know Putin Will Be Re-Elected, but Many Worry What Comes Next
- What Another Six Years of Putin May Bring for Russia and the World (Nothing good, that’s for sure.)
- How will the Ukraine war end? Only when Vladimir Putin is toppled
- Trump may not be in power, but his Ukraine rhetoric has spooked Europe
- Pouring dye into ballot boxes and laying flowers at the Kremlin: How Russians are protesting the election
- 5 Scenarios for Russia After Putin’s Next Term
- ‘He will come back’ – Israeli hostage families cling to hope, and demand a deal
- How should Israel bring to justice the perpetrators behind the worst attack in its history?
- Israel Stuck in Holding Pattern in Gaza as Concern Over Casualties Grows (“Netanyahu has authorized an offensive in the southern city of Rafah, but the escape route for more than a million civilians has yet to be made public.”)
- Severely injured patients trapped in Gaza’s hospitals as evacuations are halted
- Schumer said out loud what many of Israel’s friends are thinking (“Israel cannot survive if it becomes a pariah.”)
- As Gaza war rages, U.S. military footprint expands across Middle East
- Germany Looks to Stop the Far Right From Assuming Power
- Trump Threatens 100% Tariffs on Chinese Cars Made in Mexico (That’s f’ing crazy.)
- Plundered and corrupted for 200 years, Haiti was doomed to end in anarchy
- COVID backlash could leave the U.S. less ready for the next pandemic (That’s potentially disastrous.)
- The Fed’s Challenge: Has It Hit the Brakes Hard Enough?
- U.S. courts clarify policy limiting ‘judge shopping’ (“On Tuesday, officials said a new policy would mean assigning certain cases randomly. Now they say it is just guidance.” WTF???)
- Biden says at DC roast that of 2 presidential candidates, 1 was mentally unfit. ‘The other’s me’ (100% accurate. The only thing you can say about Biden is that he’s old and has PHYSICALLY slowed down, but mentally he remains sharp as a tack, with decades of highly valuable experience.)
- Biden needles Trump on age, mental fitness, finances at D.C. dinner
- Biden Raised $53 Million in February, Boosting Record War Chest
- Biden’s $53 Million February Haul Fuels Money Edge Over Trump
- On Campaign Trail In Ohio, Trump Warns Of ‘Bloodbath’ If He Loses In November
- Trump says some undocumented immigrants are ‘not people’
- Trump Says Some Migrants Are ‘Not People’ and Predicts a ‘Blood Bath’ if He Loses (This NY Times headline is good for a change. The issue now is why this isn’t the banner, front-page headline?)
- Trump Says There Will Be a ‘Bloodbath’ and Elections Will End if He Isn’t Reelected (Excellent headline by Rolling Stone
- Why does Biden keep mentioning January 6? Because Trump won’t stop talking about it (Also, because it was one of the worst, most disgraceful days in American history, and because the danger behind it is still very much present???)
- Johnson: Second Trump term would be like first ‘on turbo’ (That is a NIGHTMARE.)
- Trump granted clemency to Medicare fraudsters before vowing to cut entitlement program abuse
- How Donald Trump’s Allies Are Winning the War Over Disinformation
- On J.D. Vance and “MAGA Intellectuals” (Vance’s ideas more often reflect the simplistic harshness of budding fascism than anything innovative or helpful to American society.)
- Emails show how a right-wing group steers GOP leaders on major policy issues (Very, VERY dangerous.)
- ‘Democracy is teetering’: at ground zero for Trump’s big lie in Arizona
- This Is The First Big Test Of Donald Trump’s Endorsement Power In 2024 (“Trump’s in Ohio just days ahead of a key U.S. Senate primary after his endorsement of businessman Bernie Moreno failed to clear the field”)
- RFK Jr. sparks furor with possible Aaron Rodgers VP pickb
- Boebert’s political headaches grow in bid for reelection (What a shame, lol.)
- Kari Lake Asks US Supreme Court to Outlaw All Electronic Voting (Reminder: MAGA Glenn Youngkin campaigned for this loon and even called her “AWESOME!”)
- VA: Dems fault Youngkin appointment of Vega to Health board (This headline is pathetic for multiple reasons: 1) it hides behind the cowardly “critics say” formulation; 2) it doesn’t say who Vega is, right in the headline, and specifically the fact that she falsely claimed that women were less likely to get pregnant through rape. Why is the RTD burying the “lede” on this?)
- Youngkin concerned about Va. school districts using Chinese-owned tutoring platform (After many years of praising the Chinese government, working closely with them, making tons of money in China, etc., Youngkin’s suddenly obsessed…with bashing China. Fascinating, huh?)
- Virginia AFL-CIO Appalled at Governor Youngkin’s Vetoes on Pro-Worker Legislation
- Column: Youngkin can cut energy costs and boost our economy
- Pio Reelected as Loudoun GOP Chair (This article is pathetic, as it doesn’t tell readers – at all – anything about Pio’s extreme, bizarre views and statements. Our “news” media is really, really broken. BTW, if you want to learn more about this guy – including his bizarre question, “Do you think the sea level would lower, if we just took all the boats out of the water?” – click here.)
- Editorial: It’s VCU’s mistake. So why is the state punishing the city?
- CASEY: Can Republican David Bowers win the Roanoke mayor’s race without endorsing Trump?
- 65,000 flock to Ocean View for Norfolk’s St. Patrick’s Day parade: ‘One of the best we’ve ever had’
- D.C.-area forecast: Mild but breezy today, much cooler to start the workweek
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