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by Lowell
Here are a few international, national and Virginia news headlines, political and others, for Easter Sunday, March 31.
- Can We Engineer Our Way Out of the Climate Crisis? (No, and it’s a really stupid question to ask. The fact is, what we need to do is transition to clean energy as rapidly as possible, while also doing other things like reforestation.)
- ExxonMobil accused of ‘greenwashing’ over carbon capture plan it failed to invest in
- Ukraine war briefing: Ukrainian power firm hit by Russian attacks warns repairs could take 18 months (“Five of six plants damaged with 80% capacity lost; France commits ‘hundreds’ of armoured carriers for Ukraine in new aid package.”)
- Zelenskyy fires more aides in a reshuffle as Russia launches drones and missiles across Ukraine
- The FSB bicycle assassin Putin wants back in Russia (“How Russia is weaponising the murky world of ‘hostage diplomacy’ and Germany is caught in the middle.”)
- Russia Fires New Drone Barrage at Ukraine’s Energy Facilities
- A Russian Defector’s Killing Raises Specter of Hit Squads
- Michigan Republican congressman suggests nuking Gaza, ending humanitarian aid (Completely deranged individual who should *absolutely not* be in Congress – or ANBY elective office!)
- Ships with a second round of aid for Gaza have departed Cyprus as concerns about hunger soar
- U.S. and Israel’s ‘Unprecedented’ Intelligence Sharing Draws Criticism
- China’s Factory Activity Reading Jumps to Highest Level in a Year
- Car bomb tears through crowded Syrian market
- Qatar Signs Deals for More Ships Ahead of Massive LNG Expansion
- In Yemen, Renewed Conflict and Rising Hunger During a Lean Ramadan
- Lebanon’s precarious sectarian balance tipping amid Hezbollah-Israeli war
- Who wouldn’t like prices to start falling? Careful what you wish for, economists say (In general, economists view deflation as a bad thing, for a bunch of reasons. Also, usually, deflation coincides with a deep recession, which obviously we don’t want.)
- Obamacare once cost Democrats elections. Now Biden’s hoping to win on it.
- Some Of Trump’s Allies In Congress Already Support His 2025 Ideas On Deportations And Jan. 6 Pardons (“Donald Trump’s ideas are being met with little pushback and some enthusiasm by a new era of Republicans in Congress.” Very disturbing.)
- Chavez Family Unites Behind President Biden (“We call on all Latinos and all Americans to vote for President Biden in order to preserve our democratic institutions.”)
- Sunday marks both Easter and the Transgender Day of Visibility. Cue the culture war. (Calling it a “culture war” completely whitewashes what’s going on here, which is a right-wing assault on transgender people.)
- White House responds to GOP criticism as Transgender Day of Visibility falls on Easter (“Sadly, it’s unsurprising politicians are seeking to divide and weaken our country with cruel, hateful, and dishonest rhetoric. President Biden will never abuse his faith for political purposes or for profit.”)
- The Trump camp assails Biden for declaring March 31, Easter Sunday, as Transgender Day of Visibility (In fact, Transgender Day of Visibility has been held on March 31 since 2010 – has nothing to do with Biden.)
- Easter Falls on Trans Day of Visibility This Year. The Right Blames Biden. (“Coexisting holidays can be fun—remember Thanksgivukkah?”)
- Donald Trump Stoops to Lowest Low Yet With Violent Post of Biden (“Let’s call it what it is: stochastic terrorism.”)
- Donald Trump faces backlash after sharing video featuring a hogtied Joe Biden (Trump is pure evil.)
- Trump is ‘inciting political violence’ sharing Biden hog-tied video: Biden campaign
- We Need to Talk About This (“Today’s widely discussed Trump post on Truth Social isn’t just another instance of bad behavior. It’s not just a shrug of the shoulders and a resigned sigh of, “What are you going to do?” Far too often, people resignedly accept Trump’s behavior because they believe there’s no alternative.”)
- Trump’s Bible Just Might Earn Him Eternal Damnation
- The “martyrdom” of Donald J. Trump (“It’s all slapstick comedy: Posing as a Christ-like figure is so outlandish and absurd”)
- Donald Trump, Blasphemous Bible Thumper
- Our Trump reporting upsets some readers, but there aren’t two sides to facts: Letter from the Editor (BINGO by the Cleveland Plain Dealer!)
- Trump’s Former Defense Secretary Tells Bill Maher He Is ‘Definitely Not’ Voting for Ex Boss
- Trump’s weaknesses with GOP voters go beyond the suburbs (“Primary results from more than 1,000 counties show clear warning signs for Trump with Republican voters in exurbs and small towns.”)
- Could Republican resignations flip the House to Democrats? (“The GOP majority is quite small, but a Democratic takeover pre-election still seems extremely unlikely.”)
- Democrats unite against RFK Jr.
- MAGA’s Ugly, Hateful Response to Bridge Horror Is About to Get Worse
- Crews carefully start removing first piece of twisted steel from collapsed Baltimore bridge
- Baltimore braces for economic hit amid fears port shuttered for months
- ‘Saturday Night Live’ Skewers Trump’s New Bible Grift
- “Psychopath” Trump Keeps Crossing Red Line After Red Line, Yet Republicans Like Glenn Youngkin and Jen Kiggans Actually *ENDORSED* Him for *PRESIDENT* Again. So, So SICK! (Also, “Where is the Secret Service? Where is the FBI?”)
- Trump, Youngkin, Miyares, Kiggans, Gilbert, Cao, etc. Rev Up the Bigotry (Against Transgender People) and Lies for Easter
- Editorial: In the arena flop, Virginia is winning for losing
- Schapiro: For Va.’s divided government, more division (“Youngkin’s record vetoes — 87 so far this year and 128 since taking office in 2022 — suggest that this governor, despite a campaign vow to find common ground with Democrats, may be better remembered for what he is against rather than what he is for.”)
- When governing gets personal: Virginia leaders offer reflections on cancer, sexual violence, extremism
- CASEY: A big turnout in Blacksburg for ‘Defending Democracy’
- Commentary: Roanoke’s school funding formula has stood the test of time
- Virginia sex assault case raises questions about school responsibility (“The woman, who filed the lawsuit and recently testified in the trial, alleges that Fairfax County school officials failed to provide a safe learning environment.”)
- D.C.-area forecast: A pleasantly mild Easter Sunday, showers at times through midweek (“A wandering frontal boundary means a low-confidence forecast for the timing and amount of rain Monday through Wednesday.”)
