by Lowell
Here are a few national and Virginia news headlines, political and otherwise, for Monday, January 13.
- Everyday Australians step up as relentless wildfires push country to the brink
- Coal! Coal! Coal! for Australia, as bushfires and denial greet Olympic year
- Australia’s Hellish Start to 2020: The Impact of Bushfires on the Grid and Politics of Oz
- Denmark secured 50% of its power supply from wind and solar in 2019
- Philippines warns of ‘explosive eruption’ after Taal Volcano spews ash near Manila
- Iran says Trump’s protest-supporting Farsi tweet dishonors Persian language
- Iran Protests Turn Violent in Ongoing Anger Over Downed Jet
- Trump demands Iran allow new anti-government protests to continue
- Esper Says He Saw No Evidence Iran Targeted 4 Embassies, as Story Shifts Again
- U.K. Economy Unexpectedly Shrinks
- Greta Thunberg and other youth climate activists to Davos participants: Dump fossil fuels (That should include the Virginia Retirement System, by the way!)
- U.S. Officials: More Than 20 Saudi Students To Be Expelled In Wake Of Fla. Shooting
- The airliner shoot-down is a make-or-break moment for Iran’s regime
- Why Soleimani’s killing is a gift to Vladimir Putin (“The Iran crisis puts Russia’s president in the catbird seat.”)
- Trump revives bad memories in new storm over intelligence (“Discord over the rationale of the Soleimani attack is awakening history’s ghosts of US foreign interventions that went bad after questionable reasons for war”)
- Trump officials struggle to explain intelligence behind killing of Soleimani (They’re “struggling” because the facts don’t support their ever-changing stories, aka lies.)
- Pelosi set to turn over Trump impeachment reins to McConnell
- Progressives Are the Real Pragmatists
- Pelosi to Trump: You Are Impeached Forever (And Your Tweets Are Crazy)
- How Chief Justice John Roberts would preside over the politically charged Trump impeachment trial
- White House Says It Was Snowing in D.C. on Night It Was Almost 50 Degrees Out (Even as Australia burns and the U.S. experiences record warmth, Trump’s appalling climate crisis denial continues…)
- McConnell walks impeachment tightrope
- William Barr, Trump’s Sword and Shield (“The Attorney General’s mission to maximize executive power and protect the Presidency.”)
- F.D.R. Got It. Most Democrats Don’t. (“Government needs to be seen, not hidden.”)
- Hillary Clinton is the most exonerated politician ever
- American Latinos United launches super PAC in effort to defeat Donald Trump in 2020 (“The group is led by former Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa.”)
- Tuesday’s Democratic debate is a battle for heads, not hearts
- Mike Bloomberg’s goal is to be president. His fallback plan is to ensure Donald Trump’s defeat.
- Democratic Party Leaders Are Mostly Sitting Out The Endorsement Race So Far
- Warren Fires Back At Sanders Campaign Criticism: ‘I Hope Bernie Reconsiders’ (“The Massachusetts senator suggested that she, rather than Sanders, is best equipped to unite the Democratic Party.”)
- Trump turns focus to Sanders as senator holds steady near top of the Democratic pack
- Sanders surges as progressives flock to him over Warren (“The consolidation of left-wing support is a remarkable turnaround for Sanders.”)
- 10th black congressman endorses Biden (“Colin Allred represents a battleground, Dallas-area district.”)
- Democrats voice concerns over Sanders
- Something Is Missing in Iowa As Democrats Once Again Debate: A Clear Favorite
- House Democrats who endorsed in 2020 primary signal they will unify behind eventual nominee
- Can Amy Klobuchar pull off a surprise in Iowa’s presidential caucuses?
- CNU Professor Rachel Bitecofer on Trump’s “Authoritarian Tendencies” and the Dangerous “Othering” of People in Trump’s America
- Video: On “Face the Nation,” Sen. Tim Kaine Says “We felt that the evidence was far short of ‘imminent threat'”
- Transcript: Sen. Tim Kaine on “Face the Nation,” January 12, 2020
- Sunday Op-Eds in Two Major Virginia Papers Attack Opponent of Dominion Energy, Engage in Classic “Concern Trolling,” Leap to Defense of Slimy “Virginia Way”
- Public schools in Virginia can censor student journalists any time, for any reason. A proposed law would change that.
- Lucyk: Checks and balances: Why legislators shouldn’t fear the Supreme Court on redistricting (Uh, nope. In fact, the Republican-dominated Virginia Supreme Court is no better, probably worse, than the right-wing U.S. Supreme Court at this point.)
- EDITORIAL: No excuses: Pass redistricting amendment (By the Republican-friendly Fredericksburg Free Lance-Star editorial board.)
- General Assembly will decide whether to build environmental justice into Virginia law
- ‘The myth of amateurism’: Va. considers letting college athletes earn money from name, image and likeness
- Why some public universities get to keep their donors secret
- Editorial: Virignia’s right-to-work laws should be protected (Yep, this is the Republican Times-Disgrace’s editorial board.)
- Video, Photos: Ceremonial Swearing-In of Newly Elected Virginia House of Delegates Members
- Virginia lawmakers expected to vote on several gun bills Monday
- Forget landfills, a Virginia company says it can make trash disappear by heating it to 18,000 degrees
- Mild weather for January continues this week but trending colder by the weekend
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