by Lowell
Here are a few national and Virginia news headlines, political and otherwise, for Sunday, August 6.
- U.N. Security Council Imposes Punishing New Sanctions on North Korea
- White House as crime scene: how Robert Mueller is closing in on Trump
- As Chaos Swirls Around Trump, Some in G.O.P. Look to 2020
- The Myth of Reverse Racism (“The idea of white victimhood is increasingly central to the debate over affirmative action.”)
- The Three Paradoxes Disrupting American Politics (“Paradox #1: More information, less credibility…Paradox #2: More connectivity, less civility…Paradox #3: The wisdom of crowds, the duplicity of crowds”)
- The Mooch’s replacement could be Stephen Miller (Ee gads.)
- ‘We’re coming for you’: NRA attacks New York Times in provocative video (“National Rifle Association spokesperson Dana Loesch rejects claim that the video – ‘the shot across your proverbial bow’ – can be interpreted as a violent threat” Which of course it is.)
- Fox News Suspends Host Following Report That He Sent Dick Pics to Female Colleagues (Fox is a sexual harassment cesspool.)
- Bobby Sticks It to Trump (“Going hammer and tong after hammer and sickle, Mueller has crossed Trump’s Red Line, using multiple grand juries and issuing subpoenas in a comprehensive inquiry covering not only possible campaign collusion but also business dealings by Trump and his associates with Russia.”)
- The future of the Democratic Party could be written in upcoming gubernatorial races (Starting with Virginia in 90+ days.)
- Woman comes forward as Bolling sexual harassment victim (Fox needs to be shut down for so many reasons…)
- Trump files notice to withdraw from Paris agreement, planning instead to promote fossil fuels (“The notice has no legal weight and does not begin the process of departure from the landmark climate agreement.”)
- Donald Trump won the election, and we don’t know whether he colluded — but he’s not a legitimate president
- Why are these billions in pipeline projects stalled? (“President Donald Trump’s slowness to nominate members to an energy commission helped cause a bureaucratic logjam that held up $13 billion in pipeline and gas-export projects.”)
- Federal employees step up defiance of Trump
- Editorial: Virginia in 2045 (“In 1980, Democrats held only one statewide office. Today, they hold all of them. Demographics go a long way toward explaining that”)
- Bobby Scott: Virginia leads the U.S. in resilient economic development
- Virginia tightens spigot on big water users to stem Potomac Aquifer decline
- Goodlatte and House Judiciary Committee leading Trump’s call for immigration reform (They keep misspelling BADlatte’s name.
LOL) - Ed Gillespie has a plan for battling sea-level rise – but he doesn’t mention climate change (Or fossil fuels or solar or wind or energy efficiency…)
- Schapiro: Outside events spoiling to drive Va. race (“One of those events, potentially unfolding just about a month before the election, could be a real doozy: a shutdown of the federal government, whose beneficence accounts for more than one dollar of every four flowing through the Virginia economy.” There’s also a potential default on the national debt, which would be disastrous.)
- Democratic committee membership skyrockets in Virginia, but not in Richmond (“Virginia Beach Democrats have gone from membership of about 60 to 70 to 160 members with 20 applications recently pending. Fairfax County’s Democratic membership jumped from about 800 to 1,300 as of last month. Henrico County jumped from 108 in October 2016 to 250 now with 40 applications waiting for approval.”)
- Universities in Va. hit students with whopping collection fees for unpaid tuition (“The fees can be as high as 30 percent of the delinquent balance.”)
- Citing potential for violence, Sullivan urges U.Va. staff and students to avoid Unite the Right rally
- Harry Lester: Federal support is essential for cleaner waterways
- Gordon Morse: Dial back the tone of the environmental debate (This is one of the worst examples of false equivalency and brain-dead “both sides-ism” I’ve ever seen. Pathetic.)
- Henrico School Board member arrested, charged with driving while intoxicated at 1 a.m. Saturday
- ‘Inappropriate’ social media post disqualifies Atlee softball team from championship game
- Squeezing in a superb Sunday; storm risk back in the forecast tomorrow
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