by Lowell
Here are a few national and Virginia news headlines, political and otherwise, for Saturday, March 18.
- Trump drags foreign allies into imbroglio over unproven wiretap claims (Trump is American’s shame/disgrace to humanity.)
- Britain Livid on Spying Claim, but Trump Isn’t Apologizing (How can we survive four years of this? I’m highly dubious we can.)
- London Ridicules the Ridiculous (“President Trump has managed to anger British officials with his claims about spying.”)
- Conservative Fantasies, Colliding With Reality (“This is not a budget. It’s a Trump campaign press release masquerading as a government document.”)
- Does Donald Trump know what the GOP health bill does? (“Maybe not”)
- Trump’s budget would cut funding for Appalachia — and his allies in coal country are livid
- Paris shooting: man killed at Orly airport had shot police officer
- So far, Trump has been mercifully incompetent
- Trump wants the forgotten men and women to stay forgotten (“His health-care plan and budget proposal are targeting the people who voted for him.” Hillary Clinton would have fought tirelessly to help these same people who Trump is screwing over.)
- Kellyanne Conway’s husband emerges as front-runner to head DOJ’s civil division (This must be a really bad joke, right? RIGHT???)
- Paul Ryan: I’ve Been Dreaming About Kicking Poors Off Medicaid Since I Was a Drunk Frat Boy (Have I mentioned recently how evil Lyin’ Ryan is?)
- Fired U.S. Attorney Was Reportedly Investigating Suspicious Stock Trades Made by Member of Trump Cabinet
- Oops, he did it again: Donald Trump just can’t stop himself from blurting out state secrets (“With Tucker Carlson and again with Angela Merkel, our unstable president keeps dropping classified information” Again, imagine if Hillary Clinton or Barack Obama had done this and how the right wing would have reacted…)
- Trump cracks that he and Merkel share experience of Obama spying on them (Our president is, indeed, insane.)
- In awkward exchange, Trump seems to ignore Merkel’s handshake request (What a weird, weird dude.)
- Trump to spend 7th consecutive weekend at Trump-branded property, at enormous cost to taxpayers (I bet Trump’s brainwashed supporters are like, “he deserves it!”)
- White House forgets to read the article, shares parody lampooning its cruel budget (“The article concluded, ‘RAW POWER! HARD RAW POWER GRRRRRR HISSS POW!'”)
- Paul Ryan says he fantasized about cutting health care for the poor at his college keggers(“Meet the most insufferable frat boy in human history.”)
- Trump hires major coal lobbyist to be deputy administrator at EPA (This seems like it can’t possibly be true, yet it is…ugh.)
- Mick Mulvaney’s “compassion” justification for slashing Meals on Wheels isn’t going over so well (Mulvaney is scum.)
- Tillerson leaves South Korea event early due to “fatigue,” but U.S. media isn’t there to report (Imagine if this had been Hillary Clinton.)
- Death row inmate set to be executed April 25 loses appeal (“Earlier this month, the ACLU of Virginia wrote McAuliffe asking that Teleguz’s death sentence be commuted to life without parole.”)
- Holder to headline annual Democratic fundraiser
- Perriello: Refugees are vetted ‘more thoroughly than the average Trump appointee’ (Agreed — by far!)
- Kaine, Warner urge appropriations colleagues to reject cuts to Chesapeake Bay cleanup
- Trump could save the Chesapeake Bay with the money he spends on Mar-A-Lago trips: Virginia leader
- Sen. Tim Kaine in Los Angeles for LGBTQ event, Katy Perry being honored
- The governor’s race that could define the Democratic Party’s future (“One candidate in Virginia has a blueprint for resisting Trump.” Endorsement of Tom Perriello by John Podesta.)
- This Va. Democrat vying for governor expressed his past love for Lauryn Hill, TuPac and A Tribe Called Quest (“On a hip-hop podcast, Tom Perriello shared his cultural taste not typically on display during campaign appearances — including thoughts on Buffy the Vampire Slayer and an admission that he was once ‘convinced I was going to be married to Lauryn Hill.'”)
- Tax plans taking the stage in 2017 Virginia governor’s race
- State budget writer Norment also William and Mary’s best paid adjunct (Ah yes, the utterly corrupt “Virginia Way” strikes again.)
- Tom Perriello, candidate for Virginia Governor, visits mosque in Loudoun County
- ACLU asks governor to halt executions in response to recent changes in protocol
- McAuliffe Vetoes Bill Reinstating Coal Tax Credits (Good.)
- Chesterfield leaders’ comments on immigrants provoke criticism
- Perriello to headline annual dinner of Arlington Democrats (“Lt. Gov. Ralph Northam also was invited to attend, but had a conflict and will not be able to make it, party officials said.”)
- Richmond arts community fears Trump’s budget blueprint: “It’s a dark day for America”
- Cold weather kept Yorktown coal units running (We need massive investment in energy efficiency in Virginia.)
- D.C.-area forecast: Warmer today, then cooler tomorrow, with some showers possible in between
