by Lowell
Here are a few national and Virginia news headlines, political and otherwise, for Sunday, September 24.
- Poll: Far more trust generals than Trump on N. Korea, while two-thirds oppose preemptive strike (“A Post-ABC poll finds 37 percent of adults trust President Trump either ‘a great deal’ or ‘a good amount’ to responsibly handle the situation with North Korea, while 42 percent trust the commander in chief ‘not at all.’ By comparison, 72 percent trust U.S. military leaders, including 43 percent saying they trust them ‘a great deal.'”)
- German election 2017: polls open amid fears over surge of far-right AfD (“The chancellor is on course for a fourth term but the emergence of the anti-immigrant party promises a bittersweet outcome”)
- Will the NFL Ever Stand Up to Trump?
- NFL shows restraint in the face of vulgarity — and gets it right (But they need to stand up – or, more to the point, take a knee – strongly against racism.)
- Harvey. Irma. Maria. Why is this hurricane season so bad? (Very clear: man-made climate chaos.)
- The Racial Demagoguery of Trump’s Assaults on Colin Kaepernick and Steph Curry (Yes, America, we have a virulent bigot as president after eight years of our first African-American president. That arc of history sure has a funny way of bending towards justice, huh?)
- As health-care bill’s sponsors keep pushing repeal, other GOP lawmakers simply move on
- Teresa Kaepernick On Trump Calling Injustice Protesters Sons Of Bitches: “It’s What Most Of Us Have Come To Expect From Him” (So much for Trump EVER becoming more “presidential.”)
- Trump’s War of Words with Black Athletes (It’s time for every NFL player to “take a knee” in solidarity against this racist crap.)
- NFL owners speak out in support of players, against Trump
- So much for the party of fiscal responsibility (“Remember the GOP’s criticism of Obama deficits? Well, never mind.”)
- Trump Just Threw His NFL Buddies Under the Bus (“The president’s rants about black players won’t quell sideline protests or boost the league’s sagging viewership.”)
- Exclusive: Trump, GOP to cut top rate to 35 percent (“Most Democrats have already drawn a red line on tax reform: 45 out of 48 Democratic senators signed a letter saying they wouldn’t support any tax bill that adds to the deficit or offers new tax breaks to the wealthiest Americans.”)
- Dem calls for all NFL players to kneel during national anthem (Agreed.)
- Puerto Rico Still Reeling After Hurricane Maria (“Puerto Rico is still 100 percent without power, and residents are bracing for months of no electricity, food and water shortages, and more privation as the island reels from the destruction wrought by Hurricane Maria.”)
- How Jimmy Kimmel Found His Political Voice (“Mainstream media and Democrats would do well to study what happened on ABC this week.”)
- Clinton: Trump has ‘been even worse than I thought he would be’ (I’d say he’s been about as bad as I thought he’d be.)
- Trump cranks up North Korea threats as Pyongyang holds anti-U.S. rally
- Watch the stunning contrast between how Trump and Obama talk about Colin Kaepernick (“Sometimes a year is a lifetime.”)
- Trump’s Hate-Filled Rant Against Black Protest May Have Just Ensured Colin Kaepernick an NFL Job
- The Russia Investigations: Bad Week For Manafort, Social Networks In The Hot Seat
- Virginia and Its Deep Purple Political Hue (“The tightness of the election also underscores another fact: While Virginia may not be a solid red, Republican state, it’s definitely not yet a solid blue, Democratic one. That’s not likely to change any time soon.” Agree.)
- Will intrastate squabbling turn Jeff Bezos away from Virginia?
- Schapiro: J. Warner endorsement spotlights Gillespie’s path (“Gillespie knows from his shocking, near-defeat by Trump sound-alike Corey Stewart in the June gubernatorial primary that the Republican base, which now includes some pro-Confederates, white nationalists and America First immigrant bashers, whom he criticized post-Charlottesville, penalizes candidates deemed protective of the status quo.”)
- Consultant Ropes Adams Into Comstock Email
- Elk come home to Virginia
- Marriott won’t cancel Arlington event by group considered anti-Muslim
- Ashland, Hanover fighting to win over state officials on federal rail project
- Editorial: Light-rail choice should be about the future
- Bristol Virginia teachers paid less that state, national averages
- Turning back the clock with summery warmth through midweek
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