by Lowell
Here are a few national and Virginia news headlines, political and otherwise, for Tuesday, January 24.
- Article 50 ruling: UK Supreme Court gives parliament Brexit vote (“Britain’s Supreme Court has ruled that the UK government must hold a vote in parliament before beginning the process of leaving the European Union.”)
- Big-Money Establishment (“Donald Trump pledges to “drain the swamp,” but his nascent administration is knee-deep in cronies and campaign donors.”)
- Blue states are in for a world of pain
- Trump takes aim at federal workers, trade deals as he settles into White House (This is going to be a loooong four years.)
- Without evidence, Trump tells lawmakers 3 million to 5 million illegal ballots cost him the popular vote (Yep, Trump is insane.)
- Sean Spicer’s Stalinist apparition (“Trump lied at the CIA, and then dispatched his press secretary to lie about the lies.”)
- Trump’s Cabinet So Far Is More White and Male Than Any First Cabinet Since Reagan’s (“Making America WHITE Again!”)
- Trump inspired a movement, all right (“Progressives mustn’t let the passion of the Women’s March fade away.”)
- An early surprise from Trump’s team: Shame (“A sheepish Sean Spicer tries to mend things with the media.”)
- Under Trump, Christians may have it easier. They’ll also be in grave spiritual danger.
- Trump’s hiring freeze will do the opposite of what he wants (“Past freezes have ended up costing more and reducing government effectiveness” Perhaps Republicans’ goal IS to reduce government effectiveness? Sure seems like it.)
- Trump’s war on Medicaid: Our new president wants to gut a critical program for the poor (“Donald Trump’s Medicaid plan is clear: Slash funding and kick large numbers of low-income people off the rolls”)
- Virginia Governor Outlines Opposition To Trump’s Medicaid Proposal
- Trump’s biggest donors consider abandoning new political arm (“The Mercers are increasingly frustrated with the Trump aides taking over the outside political group.”)
- Trump’s executive actions leave many Day One promises unfilled (“The president added three new policy moves, but hasn’t yet tackled big priorities like immigration”)
- Trump’s Obamacare order throws ‘curveball’ into enrollment push (“Consumers and insurers express alarm over order encouraging agencies to dismantle health law.”)
- Trump administration won’t rule out stealing Iraq’s oil (“Doing so would be a war crime.”)
- Surrounded by men, Trump reinstates Reagan-era abortion restriction (“It will make it harder for women around the world to receive safe health care related to abortion, pregnancy, and HIV.” So, so stupid.)
- Trump Issues “Patriotic Devotion” Proclamation That Reads Like a Patriotic Erotic Novel Starring America
- Sean Spicer Got Milder (“Trump’s press secretary tried to steamroll the media and failed. Now he’s back to spinning them the old-fashioned way.”)
- The Trump Taxes March (“On April 15, join us in demanding that the president show the American people his tax returns.”)
- Kaine Spent Inauguration Night Presiding Over Same-Sex Wedding
- Editorial: 460 folly mercifully comes to an end
- Rep. Barbara Comstock breaks with Trump over federal hiring freeze (Smart move, although she will need to be persistent about this…we’ll see.)
- Jesse Ferguson column: The resistance starts in Richmond
- William A. Hazel column: Virginia’s path to better mental health care
- Loan refinancing plans killed as Va. legislators tackle dozens of higher ed bills
- Virginia House endorses armed school security guards bill (Veto if it gets to Gov. McAuliffe’s desk.)
- Va. Senate rejects bill to increase penalties for remaining at unlawful protest
- Va. panel puts off bills to decriminalize marijuana, pending study
- Families should see death investigation records, state Senate panel votes
- Va. Senate panel advances bill to raise felony larceny threshold to $500
- Lottery likely path for school funding as legislators look for state employee raises
- At request of Richmond-area knife club, Virginia lawmakers consider easing switchblade ban (Yep, just what we need more of in Virginia…not.)
- Salem council opposes broadband-limiting bill
- Richmond police seize stolen property they suspect was to be used to block interstate in anti-Trump protest
- Delegate Richard Morris of Suffolk indicted on two felonies, two misdemeanors
- Editorial: Morgan Griffith and the $1 rule (“So, yes, the 9th District has a congressman who wants to kill horses. Making that happen, though, has been hard, for all the reasons you might imagine, and probably others” It’s really amazing what bad Congressmen we’ve got “representing” the 9th CD…and the 7th, 6th and 5th, while we’re at it.)
- Drying out and warming up midweek, with a return to winter by the weekend
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