by Lowell
Here are a few international, national and Virginia news headlines, political and otherwise, for Sunday, February 8.
- Chance of El Niño forming in Pacific Ocean may push global temperatures to record highs in 2027 (“One expert says 2027 could be even hotter than the last three years, which have been the top three warmest on record”)
- Zelensky says Russia is proposing huge economic deals with U.S. (“The Ukrainian president said the Trump administration was pushing for a June deadline to end Russia’s war.”)
- Russia says man suspected of shooting general detained in Dubai (“Man in his 60s ‘arrested and handed over to Russia’ after fleeing to UAE, according to media reports”)
- Iran Threatens Missile Attacks, Hoping Trump Sees Strength Not Weakness
- Iran’s top diplomat strikes a hard line on US talks, saying Tehran’s power comes from saying ‘no’
- Netanyahu to hold urgent meeting with Trump Wednesday amid Iran negotiations
- Scoop: White House plans Board of Peace meeting in D.C. on Gaza reconstruction
- Exit poll shows Japan Premier Takaichi’s ruling bloc on path to win a majority in lower house vote
- Japan Embarks on a Deep-Sea Mining Experiment With Unknown Consequences
- France’s former culture minister resigns over Epstein-linked tax fraud probe
- Australia’s opposition coalition reunites after split over hate laws (“Australia’s conservative opposition coalition reunited on Sunday after the junior partner National Party severed ties last month with the Liberal Party over its decision to back government hate speech laws drafted in the wake of the Bondi massacre.”)
- US ski star Lindsey Vonn crashes in Olympic downhill race (“In an explosive crash near the top of the downhill course in Cortina, Vonn landed a jump perpendicular to the slope and tumbled to a stop shortly below.”)
- Immigrant whose skull was broken in 8 places during ICE arrest says beating was unprovoked (The people who did this should be arrested immediately and charged with aggravated assault or whatever.)
- Toddler hospitalized with respiratory failure was returned to ICE detention and denied prescribed medication, lawsuit says (Pure EVIL.)
- Top ICE Lawyer in Minnesota Departs as Immigration Lawsuits Overwhelm Courts
- Green Day frontman calls out ICE ahead of Super Bowl: ‘Quit that s-tty job you have’
- ICE detainees from Maine being held under ‘inhumane’ conditions in Mass. facility, attorneys say
- ‘A profound sense of being hunted’: with all eyes on Minneapolis, ICE arrests continue quietly across the US
- Senators far apart on DHS deal as talks stall with deadline looming
- Immigration, Economy and Bad Bunny Challenge Trump’s Midterms Playbook
- Trump wants to run the economy hot, as midterm elections approach
- Gabbard Whistleblower Complaint Based on Foreign Call About Person Close to Trump
- NSA detected foreign intelligence phone call about a person close to Trump
- This Is Just Who Trump Is (“I try to avoid superlatives in my writing, but there is simply no question that this is the most flagrant display of presidential racism since Woodrow Wilson screened D.W. Griffith’s “The Birth of a Nation” in the White House in 1915. And for a sense of the racism of Griffith’s film, recall that it both reinvigorated the Ku Klux Klan and gave the organization its modern iconography.”)
- Trump 2.0’s Most Racist Moments, Ranked
- Reaction to Trump’s Racist Post Shows He Is Not Always Immune to Politics
- Epstein Files Reveal Scope of Ghislaine Maxwell’s Role in Clinton Circle (“Jeffrey Epstein’s longtime companion helped advise on the kickoff of the Clinton Global Initiative and arranged for $1 million in funding for it, emails show.”)
- Here is the FBI’s Epstein List
- Sex and snacks, but no seat at the table: the role of women in Epstein’s sordid men’s club
- Epstein Files Reveal Prosecutors’ Announcement Dated Before His Death (“The file dump includes multiple draft statements from federal prosecutors about the sex trafficker’s death, one of them dated the day before Epstein died.”)
- Donors to Group Promoting America’s 250th Birthday Are Offered Access to Trump
- MAGA’s war on “woke” has a long history — like 400 years (“Trump and Stephen Miller don’t just want to erase the 20th century. Their dream is much bigger than that”)
- JD Vance and Jake Paul watch U.S. women’s hockey team together at the Winter Olympics (“Throughout his career, Paul has become the subject of many controversies due to his behavior, including being charged with criminal trespass and unlawful assembly.” – Source)
- One Generation Runs the Country. The Next Cashed In on Crypto. (“Sons of top Trump administration officials made billions for their families, but their investors didn’t always fare so well”)
- Democrat Chasity Verret Martinez wins District 60 seat, replacing Chad Brown
- Councilmember Nithya Raman to run for L.A. mayor, challenging onetime ally Karen Bass
- ‘We will pay,’ Nancy Guthrie’s children say to possible captors (“Savannah Guthrie says she and family received a message and will pay, begging for her mother’s return”)
- Conflict of Disinterest (“Last month, just ahead of the devastating layoffs at The Washington Post, a group of wealthy D.C. locals approached Post publisher and chief executive Will Lewis with a proposal: Would the Jeff Bezos-owned paper consider spinning off its local and sports sections and selling to them?”)
- Washington Post C.E.O. Will Lewis Steps Down After Stormy Tenure
- Washington Post publisher Will Lewis abruptly resigns amid criticism of staff cuts (“Departure comes days after newspaper laid off nearly one-third of staff, including more than 300 journalists”)
- Williams: Spanberger stands up against Trump’s election takeover threat
- VA Speaker Don Scott Calls on Virginia General Assembly Republicans to Denounce Racist Trump Post (“Republican leaders across the country have already denounced this racist post. Republican leaders in Virginia have not.”)
- Most of Virginia restricts solar farms. Lawmakers want to change that. (“As more counties effectively shut out utility-scale solar, the legislature is advancing a measure that would block blanket bans and establish siting standards.”)
- Opinion | Brass-knuckled hypocrisy in Virginia (Just a reminder that the Bezos Post editorial page has basically become the far-right Washington Times – cancel your subscription immediately if you haven’t done so already!)
- Virginia Democrat gives profanity-laced response to Cruz’s criticism of the state’s redistricting push (“‘You all started it and we f—ing finished it,’ Virginia Senate President Pro Tempore L Louise Lucas said” Fox “News” doesn’t care about all the horrible things Trump says, but Louise Lucas dropping an f-bomb gets them all worked up! LOL)
- Jeff Ryer Narrowly (42-34) Wins Election as New VA GOP Chair, Is Ripped by Loudoun GOP Chair For Having “made over $1,800,000 MILLION DOLLARS off our candidates” (Meanwhile, Ryer will attempt to rebuild a party that was utterly decimated in November 2024…and which is tied to Trump, who has a 34% approval rating in Virginia)
- Lawmakers, political scientists say death of progressive bills shows how far Va. Dems willing to go
- UVa President Scott Beardsley is less qualified than you think
- As concerns about immigration enforcement rise, Hampton Roads schools consider options
- ‘He was a force in Richmond’: Hundreds remember Bill Martin
- CWG Live: Bitter cold again today as gusty winds linger; warmer midweek (“An extreme-cold warning remains in effect through 10 a.m.” This winter has totally sucked.)
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