by Lowell
Here are a few national and Virginia news headlines, political and otherwise, for Thanksgiving Day 2016. Also check out President Obama’s Thanksgiving Day address, which is particularly…I dunno, Panglossian this year?
- Blow: No, Trump, We Can’t Just Get Along
- Demographics, Not Hacking, Explain The Election Results
- Breitbart isn’t ‘just a publication.’ It’s a pestilence. (“And the president-elect has invited its repugnant views into the White House.” Bannon/Breitbart embody many of the worst things about America.)
- Trump picks billionaire Betsy DeVos, school voucher advocate, as education secretary (This woman is an enemy of public education, should be rejected by the U.S. Senate.)
- What You Need To Know About Trump’s Pick For Education Secretary (“Betsy DeVos is a billionaire allied with the Koch brothers, has been described as ‘ultra-conservative,’ and has mobilized against teachers and for privatization of schools.”)
- Trump’s Education Pick Shifted Money From Public Schools
- Trump could reverse Obama’s actions on college sex assault, transgender rights
- Trump to Accept Inauguration Funds From Corporations and Big Donors (Trump races to make the “swamp” bigger, more fetid and malaria-infested.)
- Trump adviser proposes dismantling NASA climate research (“The proposal was swiftly condemned by Earth science leaders.” To the contrary, we need to be ratcheting this up, along with our efforts to get off of fossil fuels ASAP.)
- The Disruptive Career of Michael Flynn, Trump’s National Security Adviser (“Whether Flynn now learns to bottle his rage, whether he reembraces fact over fiction, whether he’s capable of playing the role of a contemplative counsellor, will determine the outcome of his most difficult and important mission yet.”)
- What the label on your Thanksgiving turkey won’t tell you (“Poultry plants are among the most dangerous and lowest-paying workplaces in the United States.” Also cruel to animals and environmentally harmful. All good reasons to not eat meat, or at least to slash your meat consumption dramatically.)
- Trump turning away intelligence briefers since election win (His voracious curiosity for knowledge at work yet again. Not!)
- Nikki Haley, Trump’s pick for the UN, has no foreign policy experience. Does it matter? (“It’s a tough job for anyone to fill, but there will likely be an especially steep learning curve for the young governor whose foreign policy experience is limited to a handful of overseas trips to negotiate trade deals on behalf of her state”)
- The election probably wasn’t hacked. But Clinton should request recounts just in case.
- ‘Republicans are going to have egg on their face’: Ana Navarro calls out GOP hypocrisy on Trump corruption
- Will Nikki Haley put the U.S. in Russia’s corner? (“The South Carolina governor has no notable track record on foreign policy, suggesting she’ll follow Trump’s lead on dealing with the Kremlin.”)
- Clinton’s lead in the popular vote surpasses 2 million
- Some Trump loyalists warn against Romney as secretary of state (All the more reason to pick him.)
- The Trump sleaze factor: Let the GOP own the new, expanded “culture of corruption” Trump promises (“In 2006 one corrupt lobbyist became a political nightmare for the GOP — imagine what a corrupt president would do”)
- Dark Meat (“The unique horror of working in a Butterball plant before Thanksgiving.”)
- Conservatives are still beating the drum about voter fraud in Virginia (Republicans will never stop their efforts to suppress the vote among African Americans, Latinos, etc. Abe Lincoln is tossing around violently in his grave about what’s become of his once-great party.)
- How Trump Could Gut Public Education
- Bloomberg Says Cities Will Fight Climate Change, With or Without Trump
- Climate change: Here’s exactly what Donald Trump told The New York Times (Just an absurd, ignorant, incoherent, idiotic answer from the guy who is utterly unfit to be dog catcher, let alone president and Commander in Chief.)
- Indian tribes present deer in traditional tribute to Virginia governor
- NFL Hall of Famer Bruce Smith questions whether race played a part in denial of Oceanfront projects
- Port terminal’s new lease will cost Portsmouth millions, city attorney says
- Virginia attorney general warns holiday shoppers to beware of scams
- Richmond mayor-elect Levar Stoney announces 41-person transition committee
- Virginia State Police stepping up patrols during Thanksgiving weekend
- Spotty showers on this Thanksgiving Day; dry weekend benefits travel.
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