Tuesday News: “The Law Can’t Stop Trump. Only Impeachment Can”; “Donald Trump is a serious threat to American national security”

by Lowell

Here are a few national and Virginia news headlines, political and otherwise, for Tuesday, May 16.

• Trump revealed highly classified information to Russian diplomats (Can you just imagine if Barack Obama or Hillary Clinton had done this? Republicans would have impeached them already, while the right wing would be calling for them to be executed at dawn.)
• Donald Trump is a serious threat to American national security (Trump really needs to be a) impeached; b) prosecuted for a wide variety of offenses, both before and during his presidency.)
• The White House provides a non-denial denial for the Russia leak story
• Conservative Media Rails Against Leaks to the Press, Doesn’t Care What Trump Tells Russia (Demented)
• The Law Can’t Stop Trump. Only Impeachment Can.
• The Terrible Cost of Trump’s Disclosures (“The consequences of the president’s reported divulgence of top-secret codeword information to the Russians are only beginning.”)
• Trump’s trampling of political norms spurs strongman comparisons (Trump reminds me of Venezuela’s incompetent dictator wannabe/thug President.)
• Ex-intelligence leaders: ‘Nightmare’ if Trump leaked to Russia (“The president could have hampered the U.S. response to ISIS, security experts say.” Looks like Trump’s “secret plan” against ISIS was to…help ISIS win???)
• Trump doesn’t embody what’s wrong with Washington. Pence does. (“The president is crazy. What’s everyone else’s excuse?” Good points.)
• The only realistic way to stop Trump (“Democrats have to win big next year.” Actually, Dems need to start winning THIS year.)
• Even The Biggest Scandals Can’t Kill Party Loyalty (“Even as Nixon aides resigned and the Watergate controversy grew around the president in 1973, many congressional Republicans were arguing that the investigations of the president were overly aggressive.”)
• Why Trump Will Make the Wrong Decision on Paris (“In other words, the Administration has already passed up the chance to make the right decision on Paris. The only choices that remain are different shades of wrong.”)
• North Carolina’s “Monster” Voter-Suppression Law Is Dead (“It may have been too overtly racist for the Supreme Court. But don’t think the battle is over.”)
• Walk Softly and Blurt Out Whatever Is On Your Mind (“What Trump’s big mouth could mean for American foreign policy.”)
• Puppet? No Puppet. You’re the Puppet.(“Despite nominal denials from the White House, it seems clear that The Washington Post blockbuster about President Trump’s meeting with Lavrov and Kislyak is accurate and may even understate what transpired last week. Numerous other news organizations have now independently verified the Post’s report.”)
• When the World Is Led by a Child (“At base, Trump is an infantalist. There are three tasks that most mature adults have sort of figured out by the time they hit 25. Trump has mastered none of them. Immaturity is becoming the dominant note of his presidency, lack of self-control his leitmotif.”)
• Trump’s Fraudulent Voter-Fraud Commission (Shouldn’t voter suppression be a “high crime or misdemeanor” of some sort?)
• Trump’s trust problem (“Senior administration officials have strained their credibility with the public with months of false, misleading or tortured statements.”)
• Republicans Are Trying to Turn Healthcare into Welfare (“So they can demonize another group of ‘moochers.'”)
• Trump digs himself deeper: Given his love of fake news, the “tapes” are probably fake, too (“Trump’s Nixonian tapes are probably somewhere between a threat and a fantasy. But either way he’s in big trouble”)
• Despite Donald Trump’s deep unpopularity, MSNBC is moving to the right (“Cable news” continues to be an oxymoron for the most part.)
• Va. Sen. Mark Warner: Special prosecutor needed before new FBI director
• Will Virginia’s Governor Take More Action to Protect Environment? (Start by telling Dominion Power to screw itself.)
• Conservative pasts haunting Virginia governor hopefuls
• Poll shows Northam leading Perriello in Democratic gubernatorial primary, but many undecided
• Post-Schar poll finds Ed Gillespie with big lead for GOP gubernatorial nomination
• A defiant Corey Stewart goes on denouncing spree, but avoids criticizing white nationalist rally (Exactly; he did NOT denounce Richard Spencer, white supremacism, anti-Semitic attacks on Charlottesville Mayor Mike Signer, etc.)
• After pro-white rally in Charlottesville, Stewart says it’s ‘time to stop apologizing’ (Wait, the new euphemism for racism, anti-Semitism and white supremacy is now “pro-white?” Seriously???)
• Editorial: Time to do your part to pick Virginia’s leaders
• Charlottesville mayor slammed with anti-Semitic tweets after criticizing alt-right rally (Yet again, the Washington Post gets to a story days after social media…)
• Corey Stewart’s White Nationalist Problem (How about his xenophobia/anti-Latino problem since at least 2007?)
• Virginians will have to get a new ID or driver’s license by 2020 if they want to board a flight
• Judge rules on issues related to closed hearing in Del. Morris’ criminal case
• Rep. Rob Wittman answers questions for tea party group in Hanover County
• Sen. Kaine convenes round table to combat gang violence
• Perriello, Platt, in York County Wednesday for Q&A’s
• Lt. Gov. Ralph Northam to take part in roundtable with local educators
• Charlottesville council continues to hear about statue decision
• Sunny and warm today, then the summer sizzle begins tomorrow