Saturday News: Trump Angers British Leaders with Stupid Tweets; Yep, “This Is CNN”; RTD Interviews Candidates

by Lowell

Here are a few national and Virginia news headlines, political and otherwise, for Saturday, September 16.

• Trump has 3 options for dealing with North Korea. They’re all bad.
• Trump’s Tweets About London Bombing Anger British Leaders (“President Trump, without citing evidence, said the attackers ‘were in the sights of Scotland Yard.’ British officials said the comments were ‘extremely unhelpful.’ Mr. Trump also cited the London attack to again push for his hard-line travel ban on visitors from predominantly Muslim countries.”)
• US scrambles for response to North Korea’s nuclear ambitions
• Left warns Pelosi, Schumer: Don’t get too close to Trump (“Liberals worry about the consequences of cutting deals with a divisive, mercurial president.”
  Also, I wouldn’t legitimize this racist, sociopathic f***tard.)
• ESPN Is Letting the Conservative Trolls Win (“It’s the Worldwide Leader in self-inflicted wounds.”)
• Morality Is Negotiable for Mr. Trump (“Compassion for young immigrants? Dream on. When he does the right thing, he’s only playing the angles.”)
• Back to Saturn? Five Missions Proposed to Follow Cassini
• GOP Congressman Sought Trump Deal on WikiLeaks, Russia (“California’s Dana Rohrabacher asks for pardon of Julian Assange in return for evidence Russia wasn’t source of hacked emails” Rohrabacher is among the worst of the worst in Congress…)
• Sarah Huckabee Sanders’s deeply disturbing prosecution from the briefing room
• Fox & Friends spread false information about London attack, hosted anti-Muslim hate group leader
• Federal judge blocks Trump from denying funds to sanctuary cities
• Was Trump’s Pardon of Joe Arpaio Unconstitutional? (“A small group of lawyers are fighting to find out.”)
• Faced with an up-or-down choice on Charlottesville resolution, Trump chooses third option (“Trump chose a third option: Sign it — but with a signing statement attached.”)
• DOJ rolls back program intended to identify problems in police departments
• Why Trump Sees Moral Clarity in London and Complexity in Charlottesville (“The president’s divergent responses to two apparent terror attacks speak volumes about his approach to politics.”)
• Cutting Taxes Will Be Harder Than Trump Thinks (“Failure is always an option—especially in Congress.”)
• Conservative guest on CNN: the 2 things I believe in are “the First Amendment and boobs” (Yep, “This is CNN”)
• Why Trump Should Worry More About Congress Than About Mueller (“It’s public hearings that tend to galvanize opposition and jeopardize presidents.”)
• Renewing the debate over transportation funding? (“Gubernatorial candidate Ed Gillespie, who seemed to be leaning no on the question of support for the transportation funding reform that former Republican Gov. Bob McDonnell pushed through in 2013, unveiled the transportation program he would push as governor, including a promise to ‘oppose any effort to roll back HB2313.'”)
• 3 Questions: Ralph Northam speaks with the RTD editorial board
• 3 Questions: Ed Gillespie speaks with the RTD editorial board (Bunch of b.s. as usual.)
• Three Questions: Jill Vogel interviewed by the Times-Dispatch editorial board
• 3 Questions: Interview with Justin Fairfax (Justin Fairfax nails it on the pipelines question – great job!)
• 3 Questions: John Adams speaks with the Times-Dispatch editorial board
• Va. AG Herring shows big lead in campaign cash; governor candidates yet to file
• Virginia’s unemployment rate holds steady at 3.8 percent in August, but down from 4.1 percent in 2016
• Anthem steps back into individual health insurance market in 68 localities: premiums to rise 42 to 64 percent
• North Carolina environmental agency delays decision on water quality permit for Atlantic Coast Pipeline (Kill it.)
• Joseph Yost, Chris Hurst roll out first TV ads in Blacksburg-area House race
• Virginia gets more from Metro than it gives
• Who’s coming to Richmond on Saturday, what they’re protesting and why the city is allowing it — permit or no permit
• U-Va. board votes to remove Confederate plaques, ban open flames
• Harvard dean approved by UVA Board of Visitors to become university’s next president
• Haves and have nots: Unity concert divides Charlottesville (Seriously?)
• Fairfax City swears in new council member to fill spot vacated by recently elected mayor (“Jennifer Passey has taken former seat of David Meyer, who has replaced ex-mayor Scott Silverthorne.”)
• Summer enjoys a comeback this weekend and beyond (“Any weather issues are few and far between in the days ahead, but we’re still keeping an eye on Jose.”)