by Lowell
Here are a few national and Virginia news headlines, political and otherwise, for Saturday, July 1.
- GOP Activist Who Sought Clinton Emails Cited Trump Campaign Officials
- At least 25 states resist sweeping data request by voting commission (I can’t believe any state would comply with this lunacy.)
- Why we should be very afraid of Trump’s vote suppression commission (“Its goal is nothing less than the supercharging of recent Republican efforts to disenfranchise Democratic voters and permanently tip the scales of elections in the GOP’s favor. Its true name should be the Commission on Vote Suppression, and it’s getting right to work.”)
- President Trump, Melting Under Criticism (Trump is that lovely combo of bully and “special snowflake.”)
- 5 things Trump did while you weren’t looking: Week 4 (“The Department of Labor issued some big regulations under Obama, and Labor Secretary Alexander Acosta isn’t wasting any time targeting those. Just this week, he took aim at three big ones: the overtime rule, the fiduciary standard and an electronic recordkeeping rule.”)
- Who is Hans Von Spakovsky, whom Trump picked for commission? (“From pursuing voter fraud in the George W. Bush Justice Department to policing polling places on the Fairfax County Electoral Board, Hans von Spakovsky has been a national lightning rod on the issue of voter integrity.” Bad, bad news.)
- Conservative groups unleash on Senate Republicans over repeal bill
- Democrats go in for the kill on ObamaCare repeal
- White House releases salaries of top Trump staffers
- Trump has become the ringmaster of a circus — but it’s one big distraction (“All the media performers and political clowns are just sideshows to the behind-the-scenes action of the special counsel probe.”)
- White House threats to Joe Scarborough may have violated three criminal laws (“The conduct was certainly tawdry. But it may be much more than that.”)
- What Really Happened Between Donald Trump, the Hosts of Morning Joe, and the National Enquirer
- One Democratic Senator’s Case For A Pro-Capitalist Agenda (“Virginia Senator Mark Warner is concerned that recent economic hardship is leading Democrats and Republicans to turn away from pro-market policies.”
- Morning Joe hosts: Trump team blackmailed us with a National Enquirer story
- Blue America reaches out to the world, ignoring Trump (“States and cities are forming a kind of parallel national government around climate change.”)
- A new poll shows the health care bill could crush Senate Republicans
- Joe Scarborough and Mika Brzezinski are angry at Donald Trump now — but they’ve never apologized for promoting him (“MSNBC’s morning news duo loves bashing Trump. Why haven’t they apologized for normalizing him?” All they care about is ratings, apparently.)
- Failure of America’s flagship “clean coal” plant proves it was always a myth
- States betting on giant batteries to cut carbon
- The Trump resistance vs. the Tea Party: So far, a story of immense potential — and great danger (“The anti-Trump movement could transform politics more than the Tea Party ever did — or it could get Astroturfed”)
- Editorial: Are congressional Republicans doomed? Dave Brat says maybe (For all our sakes, let’s hope so…)
- What Tom Perriello’s loss in Virginia can teach Democrats.
- Kaine, Wittman celebrate military spending act
- Ed Gillespie wants to let Virginians buy flashier fireworks (“Thousands of jobs?” Seriously?)
- Virginia State Police report: Violent crime increased statewide in 2016 (“Firearms were used in 75 percent of homicides.”)
- Virginia to expand review of pipelines (“The Virginia Department of Environmental Quality is preparing additional conditions for certifying the protection of water quality under the Clean Water Act and submitting them for public comment in a series of hearings in August, including three on the proposed Atlantic Coast Pipeline in Harrisonburg, Farmville and Dinwiddie.” They also should look at the impact of fracking on the climate and on the environment in the area where the fracking occurs.)
- Altria buys its corporate headquarters building from UR, paying $20.8 million
- Richmond commonwealth’s attorney hints Project Exile may return to Richmond; calls on city to study causes of crime
- Goldman sues State Board of Elections over registered voters list
- Hot, humid weather to linger through the Fourth of July (“Expect a spate of toasty days accompanied by the threat of thunderstorms — some of which could be strong — during the afternoons and evenings.”)
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