by Lowell
Here are a few national and Virginia news headlines, political and otherwise, for Tuesday, January 19. Yes, finally, tomorrow is Inauguration Day. What other crazy, destructive, etc. things will Trump do by then?
We’re installing almost 200,000 state and territory flags that will cover the entire National Mall for #InaugurationDay!
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— Biden Inaugural Committee (@BidenInaugural) January 18, 2021
- ‘The lost years’: Climate damage that occurred on Trump’s watch will endure long after he is gone (We need to do everything we can to make up for lost time.)
- Biden to ‘hit ground running’ as he rejoins Paris climate accords
- Ticking fossil industry methane bomb must be defused: IEA
- Oil Giant Total Buys Stake in World’s Biggest Solar Developer (“French energy company to pay $2.5 billion for 20% of Adani Green Energy”)
- Covid-19 Heightens U.S.-China Rivalry, New Report Says (“The World Economic Forum report says the pandemic risks widening income disparities world-wide”)
- Analysis – Trump’s legacy: A more divided America, a more unsettled world (We’re worse off – by far – in every way, other than perhaps the stock market.)
- EU to Warn Members on Mutations; German Lockdown: Virus Update
- Biden to block Trump’s plan to lift COVID-19 European travel restrictions
- A Troubling New Pattern Among the Coronavirus Variants (“The most concerning versions of the virus are not simply mutating—they’re mutating in similar ways.”)
- It All Began With Russia: Donald Trump’s Four Great Betrayals of the Nation
- U.S. surpasses 400,000 Covid deaths nearly one year after nation’s first confirmed case (“The country reached 200,000 deaths in mid-September, and 300,000 just a few months later on Dec. 15.”)
- Senate Begins Biden Cabinet Confirmation Hearings As Impeachment Trial Looms
- Cleaner air and a climate solution, are now within reach — if we have the political will (“Clean air, cheaper energy and responding to climate change all have the same solution — and Americans are ready”)
- ‘Knock knock, we’re here’: new Capitol attack footage shows intruders in Senate – video
- The Coming Republican Amnesia (“How will the GOP recover from the Trump era? Pretend it never happened.”)
- Explainer: Trump’s legacy – Big policy changes that often got lost amid the din and scandal
- Investigators Eye Right-Wing Militias at Capitol Riot (“The F.B.I. has arrested several members associated with violent right-wing extremist groups known as the Oath Keepers and the Three Percenters.”)
- Pentagon chief says ‘no intelligence indicating an insider threat’ to inauguration as FBI vets National Guard
- Biden to propose 8-year citizenship path for immigrants
- Biden to ban special bonuses for appointees, expand lobbying prohibitions in new ethics rules
- ‘American Carnage’ Is Donald Trump’s Legacy (“From emboldened white supremacists to a raging pandemic to a siege of the U.S. Capitol, the Trump presidency was just as dark as his 2017 inaugural speech.”)
- The Memo: Biden prepares for sea of challenges
- Does Biden Really Think Republicans Will Work With Him? And Could He Be Right?
- NBC News poll: Biden takes the helm of a polarized, pessimistic and pained nation (“Seventy-three percent of voters say the country is off on the wrong track.” Why not 100%?)
- First Thing: Donald Trump slams the door on his way out
- Pentagon Accelerates Efforts to Root Out Far-Right Extremism in the Ranks(“The nation’s military has a history of downplaying white nationalism and right-wing activism, but the siege of the Capitol has created a new urgency for dealing with them.”)
- Trump Leaves Town an Outcast, Trailed by Pandemic, Joblessness
- Trumps’ snub of Bidens historic in its magnitude (Donald and Melanie are disgusting, no-class losers.)
- Melania Trump spends her last days in the White House focused on her future, while her husband rages about the past
- Trump Prepares Pardon Wave for Final Hours
- As Trump prepares for final presidential pardons, will he attempt to pardon himself?
- We Honor Dr. King By Acknowledging the Actual Messenger, and What His Message Actually Was
- 127 Republicans Who Voted To Overturn The Election Results Are Now Praising MLK (Shameless. Also note that MLK was very VERY progressive, someone these Republicans would have demonized as a commie or whatever.)
- Woman accused of taking laptop from Pelosi’s office has been arrested, officials say (“A witness who claimed to be a former partner of Riley June Williams told the FBI that friends of Williams played a video of her stealing a drive or computer”)
- Fired Florida data scientist Rebekah Jones turns herself in to jail and tests positive for Covid-19
- Former US attorney general William Barr tells ITV News questioning election legitimacy ‘precipitated Capitol riots’
- Trump’s legacy will take years to purge from the American psyche
- They Prepare the White House for a New President. They Have 5 Hours.
- Pompeo clings to Trump’s legacy with an eye toward inheriting the MAGA base
- America is not exceptional after all
- The Trump administration’s cruel treatment of migrant families was intentional and calculated
- This is white supremacist domestic terrorism. We’ve been here before.
- A fresh start for Republicans can come only if they abandon authoritarian populism
- Twitter’s Trump ban is even more important than you thought
- One of Trump’s worst legacies will be his transformation of the Supreme Court
- You cannot find a bigger contrast: Jamie Raskin vs. Kevin McCarthy (Raskin is the best of America and humanity; McCarthy is closer to the worst.)
- Legitimate media must adjust to new political realities (“Let’s not pretend the GOP is a normal party.”)
- ‘No stone unturned’: Pentagon vows to vet National Guard for extremist ties ahead of inauguration
- QAnon adherents discussed posing as National Guard to try to infiltrate inauguration, according to FBI intelligence briefing
- House security chief said lawmaker wariness of military at Capitol drove his resistance to early request for National Guard
- How Close Did We Get to an Election Coup? (“A combination of better timing and better lawyers might have gotten Trump’s election coup off to a much better start, perhaps creating enough doubt about competing official-sounding electoral slates that on January 6 it became impossible to confirm all of Biden’s, thus throwing the election into the House.”)
- Trump’s 11th-hour assault on the civil service by stripping job protections runs out of time
- Yellen Faces Senate to Sell $1.9 Trillion Stimulus Package
- Yellen says U.S. must ‘act big’ on next coronavirus relief package
- Inside Trump’s Pathetic Final Weekend in Office
- Trump Wanted to Erase Obama’s Legacy. He Failed. (“Almost every Obama achievement Trump tried to negate has remained”)
- McConnell, Schumer close in on power-sharing agreement in evenly divided Senate
- Inside the fight for the Capitol: US Capitol Police officers recount being unprepared and ‘betrayed’
- What today’s Second Amendment activists forget: The right to not bear arms (“As militias gather and march, they exercise a super-sized version of a right invented by gun advocates, not the Founders.”)
- Last Trump Job Approval 34%; Average Is Record-Low 41%
- Why Joe Biden Will Be Our Most American President (“He does not have to tell us what he’s lost. His job now is to make sure we do not lose our country.”)
- Rudy Giuliani voted with an affidavit ballot, which he bashed in failed effort to overturn election (Of course…)
- Trump Administration’s ‘1776 Report’ Justifies Slavery, Three-Fifths Compromise (This thing is insane, extremist drivel.)
- Wyoming GOP chair: Western states ‘paying attention’ to Texas effort to secede (Most of these states would be an economic disaster without federal assistance, as they are major “net recipients” of $$$ from the federal government.)
- Dominion Voting Systems threatens to sue Mike Lindell, MyPillow C.E.O., over false claims.
- How two friends’ farcical, failed schemes ended with the biggest fail of all: Stop the Steal (“Ali Alexander’s seven-year friendship with aspiring actor Daniel Bostic failed upward, all the way to the Capitol”)
- Trump couldn’t have incited sedition without the help of Fox News
- Dominion sends cease and desist letter to My Pillow CEO Mike Lindell (Good, bankrupt them.)
- The Next Trump (“There is no one quite like him in the Republican Party. So where should we look for the president’s inheritors?”)
- Parler partially reappears with support from Russian technology firm (So, Putin wants Parler to remain viable, eh? Fascinating.)
- Michigan Republicans seek to replace GOP canvasser who certified election (In fact, they should all be thanking him.)
- Governor Northam Commends Nomination of Dr. Jewel Bronaugh as USDA Deputy Secretary
- Virginia Republicans “Quote Dr. King on social media one day out of the year” while “liv[ing] a life that runs counter to his words and teachings the other 364”
- Graphs: Virginia Gubernatorial Fundraising Off to Record Start; Compare to Previous Elections Going Back to 2001
- Monday (1/18) Virginia Sets Record-High 2-Day (+17,159), 3-Day (+23,916), 10-Day (+58,633) New COVID-19 Cases
- Editorial: Where is Virginia’s unified system for COVID-19 vaccines?
- FEMA denies Maryland’s and Virginia’s emergency declaration for security costs
- Senate committee takes up labor legislation Monday afternoon
- ‘I’m just trying to get on TV:’ Gun rally draws fringe groups, lots of media to Richmond
- Car Caravans, Virtual Vigil on Low-Key Lobby Day
- Who Does Richmond’s Gun Ban Actually Apply To? Monday’s Incidents Raise Questions. (Good question)
- McAuliffe says he’ll push for assault weapons ban, create agency for gun violence prevention
- Video: 29th Annual Virginia Vigil & Advocacy Day to Prevent Gun Violence
- Pro-gun caravan hits Richmond streets without incident; extremist groups protest peacefully
- About 100 protesters showed up Monday in downtown Richmond
- Bill to add ‘cultural competency’ training for Virginia teachers moves forward
- Virginia lawmakers advance bill to abolish death penalty
- 2021 VA GOP Gubernatorial Candidate Kirk Cox: “These people aren’t protesters, they’re provocateurs”
- Video: Henrico Commonwealth’s Attorney Shannon Taylor Endorses AG Mark Herring for Reelection
- Two Great Bills to Advance Clean Energy in Virginia
- Editorial: Keeping Virginia’s fiscal house in order remains Job One
- Sunny skies ahead of a cold and windy Inauguration Day
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