## Abigail Spanberger becomes Virginia’s first female governor in historic inauguration

Authored by edition.cnn.com

Democrat Abigail Spanberger was sworn into office Saturday as Virginia’s first female governor, amid a cold drizzle outside the state Capitol after centuries of men holding the commonwealth’s top office.

Spanberger defeated Republican Winsome Earle-Sears to succeed Gov. Glenn Youngkin, also a Republican.

“The history and the gravity of this moment are not lost on me,” Spanberger said in her address.

Spanberger ran on a vow to protect Virginia’s economy from the aggressive tactics of Trump’s administration.

In a thinly veiled dig at the president, Spanberger said it was time for Virginians to fix what was broken.

Ghazala Hashmi, the first Muslim woman to serve in statewide office in the US, is the new lieutenant governor.

“On these steps, Virginia inaugurated our 66th governor and our nation’s first elected African American governor,” Spanberger said in her speech. »

### The US Is a Rogue State That Deserves to Be Sanctioned

Authored by thenation.com

World / The US Is a Rogue State That Deserves to Be Sanctioned Where is the international outrage over the US assault on Venezuela and kidnapping of Maduro?.

The United States of America is a rogue nation, run by a violent criminal who operates outside the rule of law.

The US is a rogue state, but it is a rogue white state menacing its non-white neighbors, and that’s always OK. »

### Reddit mod demands to be treated as ‘celebrity’ after getting removed from LSF

Authored by dexerto.com

In January 2026, a show called ‘Million Dollar Fan’ started getting promoted at the top of the LiveStreamFails (LSF) subreddit.

After an investigation by Reddit’s Code of Conduct team, he was allegedly removed from his position as an LSF moderator.

LSF mod removed over show controversy demands change. »

### Woah! Yet Another SEGA Arcade Oddity Confirmed for Yakuza Kiwami 3 on PS5, PS4

Authored by pushsquare.com

On the DualSense, the pumping motion will be mapped to the analogue sticks, allowing you to play the game solo on a single controller.

As cool as all this is, we’ve started to see increasing frustration that SEGA isn’t making all of these awesome retro games available independently of Yakuza.

It’s a fair point: we reckon a meaty compilation of all SEGA’s classics, both console and arcade, is long overdue. »

### US federal forces blind two protesters shot in face with ‘less-lethal’ munitions

Authored by theguardian.com

Two protesters have been blinded by so-called “less-lethal” munitions deployed by federal officers during an anti-ICE protest last week in Santa Ana, California, according to reports.

Video also showed the federal officer drag Rummler several yards across the pavement and into a federal building after shooting him.

A handful of homeland security officers stood at the top of the steps to the federal building during the protest. »

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