by Lowell
Here are a few national and Virginia news headlines, political and otherwise, for Sunday, April 22.
- What Does Kim Jong-un Want? The U.S. Fears the Answer (“In Washington, most officials and experts believe that the North Korean leader is determined to cement his country’s status as a nuclear state while escaping the chokehold of economic sanctions.”)
- ‘It will not be very pleasant,’ Iran warns, if Trump sabotages nuclear deal
- U.S. Hints at China Truce as World Warns of Trade-War Threat
- White House privately skeptical of North Korea’s plans to freeze nuclear testing
- Israel celebrates but is war with Iran looming?
- The Republicans’ Big Senate Mess (“Blankenship, a former coal magnate, has serious blemishes. Make that pocks. Actually, gaping, oozing sores: He served a year in federal prison for conspiring to violate safety rules, after 29 of his miners died in a 2010 explosion. He’s campaigning while on probation.”)
- A Problem Starbucks Can’t Train Away (Yep, and also this goes wayyyy beyond Starbucks to basically every company in America.)
- House Republicans prepare to battle for leadership slots
- The Comey Memos Hurt Trump in Reality, But Not in the Fox News Vortex (“On Fox News and talk radio, this is more Winning”)
- Mitt Romney fails to secure Utah GOP nomination, will face primary (“On the second round of voting, Utah state representative Mike Kennedy emerged in the lead with 50.88%. Romney came in a close second with 49.12%.”)
- Scott Pruitt Before the E.P.A.: Fancy Homes, a Shell Company and Friends With Money
- Lobbyist whose wife rented to Pruitt lobbied EPA despite denials
- Trump lashes out as legal risks pile up (“The president whacks back at reports his longtime attorney may flip and claims the Mueller probe is ‘based on an illegal act.’”)
- Bush Family, Crowd of Dignitaries Remember Barbara Bush
- Trump went golfing during Barbara Bush’s funeral — here’s just how much golf he’s played compared to Obama
- Trump Began His Morning By Attacking a Times Reporter on Twitter (“But Pulitzer winner Maggie Haberman didn’t back down.”)
- The Wave of Women Running in the Midterms (“This year’s wave of female candidates has some striking features besides its sheer size.”)
- Brave Conservative Writers Are Punished By The New York Times, Which Gives Them Columns
- The Global Crisis of Plastic Pollution (“Cleaning up the ocean will require an international agreement on par with the Paris climate accord.”)
- Militarized Cops At Tiny Georgia Neo-Nazi Rally Arrest Counterprotesters For Wearing Masks (“They cited a state law from the 1950s that was initially intended to go after hooded KKK members.”)
- Here’s One Way to Combat Climate Change: Suck Out Carbon Dioxide (We need to put a steep price on CO2 pollution.)
- Tim Kaine Pays Louisa a Visit on Re-election Efforts
- Rasoul: Pipelines: The local injustice of our generation
- Perched on a platform high in a tree, a 61-year-old woman fights a gas pipeline (Good article by Gregory Schneider, glad to see more coverage of this!)
- With court battles on coal ash raging, Virginia Attorney General Mark Herring stays on sidelines so far (I’m seeing a pattern with Herring of ducking important battles on the environment, energy and corporate power. Not good.)
- John Whitbeck column: Virginia conservatives, beware: Steyer’s spending millions here (The corporate tool and anti-Semitic “joke” dude speaks…)
- Dina Leech column: Fresh water: help restore this precious resource
- Unofficial results: Cockburn wins delegate count in Fifth District caucuses (“The magic number to win the nomination is 126, but a formal nominee will not be picked until convention on May 5 in Farmville.”)
- Cockburn secures enough delegates for 5th District Democratic nomination in House race against Rep. Tom Garrett (“Unofficial results from the 5th District Democratic Committee show Cockburn leading with 134 delegates, followed by Andrew Sneathern with 54 and R.D. Huffstetler with 43. Ben Cullop ended his campaign Tuesday.”)
- Annual Abingdon Earth Day event showcases Southwest Virginia’s biodiversity
- Osborne: The case for Osborne (Ha, great title!)
- Leading with experience (“Endorsement: McKinley Price should get the chance to finish what he started as Newport News mayor”)
- Could it be? The Capitals are finally getting the right kind of luck in the playoffs. (“As Washington has come back to take a series lead against the Blue Jackets, the puck is starting to bounce the Caps’ way.”)
- In the 60s today and tomorrow, with midweek showers likely
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