by Lowell
Here are a few national and Virginia news headlines, political and otherwise, for Sunday, April 25.
- As pandemic surges anew, global envy and anger over U.S. vaccine abundance
- Halting the Vast Release of Methane Is Critical for Climate, U.N. Says (“A major United Nations report will declare that slashing emissions of methane, the main component of natural gas, is far more vital than previously thought”)
- The World Needs Many More Coronavirus Vaccines
- India’s coronavirus surge could collapse its health system. The U.S. can help.
- PM Modi says India shaken by coronavirus ‘storm’, U.S. readies help
- People Are Talking About A ‘Double Mutant’ Variant In India. What Does That Mean?
- Why “Blue Carbon” Credits May Be Poised to Take Off (“A small but rapidly growing market aims to avoid the pitfalls of land-based programs.”)
- ‘Will the killings stop?’ Demands for Asean to ensure Myanmar honours pledge to end violence
- Southeast Asian Leaders Call For Immediate End To Violence In Myanmar
- Myanmar activists slam ASEAN-junta consensus, vow to continue protests
- How Trump and Bibi’s Special Bond Damaged the U.S.-Israel Alliance
- At least 82 killed in massive Baghdad hospital fire, ministry says
- Biden Calls Slaughter Of Armenians A Genocide, Posing Test For U.S. Ties With Turkey
- Biden calls mass killing of Armenians a ‘genocide’ in break with previous presidents
- Breaking With Predecessors, Biden Declares Mass Killings of Armenians a Genocide
- Why Biden’s statement recognizing the Armenian genocide is a big deal
- The U.S. formally recognized the Armenian genocide. Why now, a century later?
- Armenian American activists welcome U.S. recognition of genocide but say fight isn’t over
- German Greens Overtake Merkel Bloc in Bild Opinion Poll
- The West Looks Past Covid-19 and Sees Economic Resurgence (“While the pandemic still presents risks, consumers, flush with savings, are expected to drive growth”)
- Two SpaceX crew spacecraft are now docked to the space station, as the Crew-2 mission arrives
- Millions Are Skipping Their Second Doses of Covid-19 Vaccines (“Nearly 8 percent of those who got initial Pfizer or Moderna shots missed their second doses. State officials want to prevent the numbers from rising.”)
- Some parts of the US are more vulnerable to another hit by coronavirus. Here’s why
- It’s good to resume the J&J vaccine. But younger women should be warned against it.
- The Lessons of the Johnson & Johnson Saga
- So Anthony Fauci Isn’t Perfect. He’s Closer Than Most of Us. (“We owe him gratitude, not grief.”)
- The Memo: Biden tries to flip the script on taxes
- White House’s new $1.8 trillion ‘families plan’ reflects ambitions — and limits — of Biden presidency
- Biden Exploring Border Adjustment Tax to Fight Climate Change
- Biden’s speech to Congress will be historic in more ways than one
- Americans give Biden mostly positive marks for first 100 days, Post-ABC poll finds
- Ocasio-Cortez says Biden exceeded progressives’ expectations (“New York congresswoman says at virtual town hall ‘I think a lot of us expected a much more conservative administration’”)
- Democrats seek to keep spotlight on Capitol siege
- GOP, Democrats grapple with post-Chauvin trial world
- Minutes before Trump left office, millions of the Pentagon’s dormant IP addresses sprang to life (Is this being investigated?)
- Trump supporters could be incited to future violence by his continued promotion of 2020 election lies, DOJ and judges say
- Republican lawyer is key player in voter suppression drive across US (“Cleta Mitchell has emerged in a series of roles that many see as a Republican push on limiting voting rights” Does anyone ever get disbarred for crap like this?!?)
- Republicans Target Voter Access in Texas Cities, but Not Rural Areas
- Bills targeting local officials who resisted Trump could allow GOP to “overturn election results”
- Florida bill would allow students to record professors to show political bias (“The bill, which is awaiting the signature of the governor, seems to align with the position of rightwing student activist groups” Crazy shit.)
- George W. Bush Can’t Paint His Way Out of Hell The chilling spectacle of watching the political class redeem a criminal, again.
- As Virginia finds consensus on expanding highways, Marylanders are at each other’s throats (Expanding highways is almost never the right move.)
- Troy Carter wins Louisiana special election in blow to progressives
- Saturday (4/24) Virginia Data on COVID-19 Finds +1,005 Confirmed/Probable Cases (to 653,326), +45 Hospitalizations (to 28,057), +9 Deaths (to 10,675)
- Video: At “America First” Rally in Vero Beach, VA GOP Gubernatorial Candidate Amanda Chase Declares, “I want Virginia to look like Florida!” (Chase attacks “Democratic Marxist tyrants”; falsely claims 2020 election was stolen; says Trump is still her president; demands “the right president [be] put in office,” etc.)
- Opinion: Law and order moves front and center as Virginia elections loom (“It’s not that people do not favor more just and equitable policing arrangements — the urge to move in that direction appears real -— but Virginians also tend to locate public safety ahead of other considerations.”)
- AG Mark Herring’s Office Announces Nixon Peabody LLP Appointed to Conduct Independent Investigation re: Inspector General and Virginia Parole Board
- BREAKING: Virginia HD07 Republicans Nominate Hard-Right Republican Who Was at 1/6/21 Pro-Trump Rally in DC
- March wins Republican nomination for 7th District House seat
- Republicans choose 88th District candidate (“Phillip Scott tallied 614 votes, accounting for 45.9 percent, according to unofficial results. Rich Breeden, a U.S. Air Force veteran, took 40.1 percent of the votes, followed by 14 percent for Holly Hazard, an attorney and Stafford County School Board member.”)
- Arlington prosecutor promises data-driven reduction in racial disparities
- Energy company unveils plans for solar farm near Smith Mountain Lake (“An Israel-based renewable energy company is proposing what could become the first utility-scale solar project in the Roanoke Valley.”)
- An unarmed man was shot by a Virginia deputy who gave him a ride home an hour earlier
- In Alexandria, a rematch between pro-development mayor and slow-growth ex-mayor in Democratic primary
- ‘A wonderful shift in thinking’: Roanoke Valley nonprofits work together to meet pandemic needs
- Virginia trooper off force after traffic stop viral video
- The Forest is Coming In the Great North Mountain on the Western Flank of Virginia’s Shenandoah Valley
- D.C.-area forecast: Drying out with a breeze today; summer heat builds toward midweek
