by Lowell
Here are a few national and Virginia news headlines, political and otherwise, for Wednesday, March 3.
- Democracy is eroding around the world. Biden has his work cut out for him.
- Police open fire at protestors in Myanmar, death toll rises
- Global school closures a ‘catastrophic education emergency,’ U.N. warns
- Biden brings no relief to tensions between US and China
- UN chief demands Australia ends “deadly addiction” to coal by 2030
- In the Atlantic Ocean, Subtle Shifts Hint at Dramatic Dangers (“A warming atmosphere is causing a branch of the ocean’s powerful Gulf Stream to weaken, some scientists fear. Here’s a deep dive to see how it looks.”)
- Rockets land at Iraqi air base hosting U.S. forces
- US to sanction Russian officials over the attempted murder of Alexei Navalny (“The sanctions put the US in line with actions taken by the European Union and United Kingdom last year.”)
- Brazil’s Covid Crisis Is a Warning to the Whole World, Scientists Say
- For Putin, it wasn’t enough to smear, harass and poison Navalny
- The administration can and must do more on Khashoggi’s murder
- Vaccines Promised for All U.S. Adults By the End of May (“The president said enough vaccines would be available two months earlier than he had previously indicated, after Merck agreed to help Johnson & Johnson produce shots”)
- White House moves up vaccine supply timeline, says U.S. will have enough for every adult by end of May
- 10% GDP growth? The U.S. economy is on fire, and is about to get stoked even more
- The COVID baby boom is looking more like a baby bust (“Provisional birth rate data provided to CBS News by 28 state health departments shows a roughly 7.2% decline in births in December 2020, nine months after COVID-19 was declared a pandemic by the World Health Organization.”)
- Biden faces steep challenges to reach renewable energy goals
- The Fauci of climate change? Gina McCarthy is in charge of Biden’s massive climate agenda. (“McCarthy, Obama’s EPA chief, is back with one mission: fighting climate change.”)
- Biden Administration Backs Trump on Solar Tariff Suit (“The new administration asked a federal judge to dismiss a challenge to Trump’s tariffs on imported solar.”)
- Kerry presses oil companies to tackle climate change
- Neera Tanden withdraws from nomination as Biden budget chief
- Tanden withdrawal absolves Murkowski of difficult decision
- Murkowski never told White House she would oppose Tanden
- White House withdraws Tanden nomination; Biden says U.S. will have enough vaccine doses for every adult by end of May
- Biden Relief Plan Faces Senate Hurdle With Debate Poised to Open
- Senate to move forward on $1.9 trillion virus relief bill; Schumer says ‘we’ll have the votes’
- Biden Relief Plan Faces Senate Hurdle With Debate Poised to Open
- FBI chief calls Capitol attack ‘domestic terrorism’ and defends US intelligence
- FBI director says domestic terrorism ‘metastasizing’ throughout U.S. as cases soar
- No, Antifa Was Not Behind the Capitol Riot, FBI Tells GOP
- On Jan. 6 came the white supremacists. Now comes the whitewash.
- FBI director says domestic terrorism ‘metastasizing’ throughout U.S.
- Democrats worry Senate will be graveyard for Biden agenda
- Democrats can’t kill the filibuster. But they can gut it.
- Obamacare would get a big (and quiet) overhaul in the Covid relief bill (“Democrats are proposing big changes to the Affordable Care Act. Here’s why the debate is less fierce this time.”)
- The White House and Congress must beat back attacks on voting rights (“Democrats might have to get creative.”)
- The future of voting rights is looking pretty bleak
- Elena Kagan Dismantled a Republican Lawyer and Might Have Saved Voting Rights Act in the Process
- Supreme Court Seems Ready to Sustain Arizona Voting Limits
- John Roberts has another chance to diminish the Voting Rights Act
- Not All the Supreme Court’s Conservatives May Be Ready to Kill the Voting Rights Act (“The court looks poised to weaken the law without obliterating it quite yet.” Still, very bad.)
- Should Your School Be Fully Open? Here’s What the C.D.C. Says
- Education Secretary Miguel Cardona: Here is my five-point plan to get students back in school full time
- The Old GOP Isn’t Coming Back (“CPAC’s message to Republicans: Embrace Trump or get out.” That’s a cult, not a real political party.)
- US militia group draws members from military and police, website leak shows
- Jeff Bezos would pay over $5 billion a year under Warren’s wealth tax (Seems perfectly reasonable.)
- Biden cautious in making Trump tax returns decision
- Greg Abbott is endangering the health of Texas and beyond
- Staff at some major U.S. firms to keep masks on in Texas even as state lifts mandate
- Cuomo Is Facing a Political Extinction Event (“‘The problem he has right now,’ said one Cuomo ally, ‘is that everybody hates him.'”)
- BBC apologizes for interview with fake Cory Booker (Bizarre.)
- Alex Jones on Leaked Video: ‘I Wish I Never Met Trump’
- FBI Director Christopher Wray debunked right-wing myths about January 6. Fox News didn’t cover it. (“Wray laid out facts that the insurrection was a domestic terrorist attack, motivated by white supremacy”)
- Kayleigh McEnany, who “lies the way that most people breathe,” joins Fox News (“One of the most dishonest Trump flacks joins the so-called ‘news’ network that underwrote her lies” Fox most certainly isn’t news in any real sense of the word.)
- First on CNN: Rep. Ronny Jackson made sexual comments, drank alcohol and took Ambien while working as White House physician, Pentagon watchdog finds
- Why Fox News is having a day-long meltdown over Dr. Seuss
- Vernon Jordan, Civil Rights Leader and D.C. Power Broker, Dies at 85
- Vernon E. Jordan Jr. cleared a path for African Americans to follow in his elegant footsteps
- Vernon Jordan made being a Black man in America look effortless
- Running an election flawlessly just isn’t good enough for vote-suppressing Florida Republicans
- Donors gave a House candidate more than $8 million. A single firm took nearly half of it.
- Georgia House Approves New Restrictions As GOP War On Voting Rights Intensifies (“Since Trump’s loss, Republicans ‘have made opposing voting rights the central tenet of their party,’ one lawyer said.” 100% disgraceful.)
- Democrats have controlled Virginia government for two years. Here’s what they’ve done. (Tons of great stuff, with major campaign finance and ethics reform hopefully still to come.)
- Tuesday (3/2) Virginia Data on COVID-19 Finds +1,385 Confirmed/Probable Cases (to 578,559), +100 Hospitalizations (to 24,258), +160 Deaths (to 8,943)
- Virginia March 2 COVID-19 update: Va. has given 2 million COVID-19 shots, death reporting still high as case levels fall
- Editorial: Strengthen laws to prevent domestic violence
- Right-Wing VA GOP Gov Candidate Pete Snyder Rails on Loudoun County Public Schools For Supposedly “Canceling” Dr. Seuss. Except…It’s Not True, Of Course.
- It Wasn’t Your Imagination; In the 2021 General Assembly, Virginia Republicans Really Did Oppose Progressive Legislation Nearly Unanimously
- Kirk Cox is a Hyper-Partisan Extremist Who is Unfit to Lead
- [UPDATED] With First 2021 Democratic Attorney General’s Debate Set For Tonight at 7pm, Dueling Endorsements…
- Only Jay Jones Shows Up For Democratic Attorney General Debate
- A growing focus on maternal health disparities prompts lawmakers to remove barriers for nurse-midwives
- Bettors win, Virginia’s tax coffers lose during sportsbooks’ debut in the commonwealth
- A legislative appointment idles while House and Senate feud
- Opinion: Broadband access should be a top Virginia priority
- Virginia failed to repeal mandatory minimums, but there’s hope for next year
- Despite staying home, Virginia delegates will get over $800,000 this year for travel and meal expenses (Money well spent, considering how much they accomplished.)
- Virginia Prioritizes Gun Violence Prevention During 2021 General Assembly
- Democrat Kim Melnyk, Vice Chair of the Virginia Beach School Board, Announces Candidacy For the House of Delegates in Virginia’s 84th District
- ‘Incredibly important to our long-term viability’: More rail investments coming to Southwest Virginia
- VCU launches ‘comprehensive’ review of Greek life following death of student
- Virginia Beach School Board approves $828.8 million budget, including 5% raise for employees (“The budget, which still needs to be OK’d by the City Council, was approved on a 9-2 vote. The employee raises caused the most tension on the board.”)
- Back to drawing board over proposal to add four religious holidays to Fairfax schools’ calendar
- D.C.-area forecast: Becoming mild with bright sun today; windy and cooler tomorrow and Friday
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