by Lowell
Here are a few national and Virginia news headlines, political and otherwise, for Tuesday, August 29.
- At least 9 dead in Harvey’s havoc
- Hurricane Harvey previews our stormy future (“How many ‘100-year’ storms or ‘1,000-year’ floods will it take for us to listen?” Many of us HAVE listened; some elements of the fossil fuel industry, and their useful idiot allies, haven’t.)
- Harvey, the Storm That Humans Helped Cause
- Texas Governor Warns of a Long, Slow Recovery
- Climate change made every stage of Hurricane Harvey more horrific (“Global warming is juicing more and more storms into super-hurricanes like Harvey and Sandy.”)
- ‘The President Speaks For Himself’ (“The pardon of Joe Arpaio is the latest example of Mr. Trump’s distorted view of American values.” Trump is completely demented and also unAmerican to his core.)
- Trump Associate Boasted That Moscow Business Deal ‘Will Get Donald Elected’
- The Arpaio pardon displays Trump’s disdain for the rule of law
- Trump abuses his power to help the cause of bigotry (by CONSERVATIVE Michael Gerson)
- Why did Trump pardon Arpaio? Because he sees himself in the former sheriff. (Yep, Trump is a tyrant at heart.)
- Mueller Team Asking If Trump Tried to Hide Purpose of Trump Tower Meeting
- How Trump Kills the G.O.P. (“It may someday be possible to reduce the influence of white identity politics, but probably not while Trump is in office. As long as he is in power the G.O.P. is a house viciously divided against itself, and cannot stand.”)
- Trump unusually silent after aides challenge him (“Some close to the president, who has seen his approval ratings plummet, say he needs Tillerson and Cohn more than they need him.”)
- The Specter of Climate Change Hangs Over Hurricane Harvey (If you are in the media and you are not reporting on the climate links here, you are completely failing.)
- ‘Houston needs you’: Social media rains scorn on Joel Osteen for closing megachurch after hurricane (This “prosperity gospel” guy is such a fraud.)
- What Does It Mean for North Korea to Fly a Missile Over Japan? (“This latest strike may be Pyongyang’s most provocative test this year.”)
- Too Much Of A Good Thing? Candidate Glut Means Primary-palooza For House Dems
- Disaster in Houston: A perfect example of the way racism hurts white people too
- Flashback: 20 Texas GOP Representatives and Both Senators Voted Against the Sandy Relief Act (They all need to be defeated.)
- Trump’s plan to give police easier access to military weapons, explained (“It’s part of the administration’s broader effort to unleash the police.”)
- Trump Fires Longtime Event Organizer Over Sparse Crowd at Phoenix Rally
- GOP lawmaker proposes amendment to stop Mueller investigation after 180 days (Nope.)
- GOP risks spending confrontation with Trump
- Trump: I dropped Arpaio pardon during Harvey because of ratings (Scum.)
- Fox News hosts fall for Harvey internet hoax, call it a real-life “Sharknado” (Yep, many of us have known that for a looong time.)
- Amidst calamitous Harvey flooding, Pence speaks to a racist, a hurricane conspiracy theorist, and other right-wing radio hosts (For anyone who thinks Pence would be better than Trump – lol)
- Charlottesville fallout divides Democrats (“The party is wrestling with how much to focus on Confederate statues, or racially tinged issues at all.”)
- Bigotry on State Central (As someone writes in the comments: “For God’s sake! We have a 9-11 and Sandy Hook Truther on SCC. And we wonder why sane people are fleeing the Party in droves.”)
- Attorney General Mark Herring attacks GOP challenger John Adams in TV ad
- March to Washington begins at Robert E. Lee statue in Charlottesville
- Tropical system rages off the Carolina coast, bringing high winds and flooding to Hampton Roads and North Carolina.
- Members of former Mayor Jones’ security detail sue city, alleging unpaid overtime mounted amid public scrutiny
- Council to hold special meeting on ‘discipline of elected official’
- Opinion/Editorial: Delving deeper into details, accusations
- Racist signs found taped to Virginia church’s front door (“Dumfries police Chief Nicholas Esposito says the department is working with Prince William County police to determine who is responsible for the postings.”)
- Lawyer for man beaten in Charlottesville parking deck disappointed in lack of arrests
- Williams: Vote on Richmond school modernization no magic bullet
- Raw, rainy and windy today — but the weather improves by Wednesday
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