by Lowell
Here are a few national and Virginia news headlines, political and otherwise, for Tuesday, November 20.
- MBS has a toxic record of recklessness. The Trump administration doesn’t need him. (“The Saudi leader’s abhorrent record on Yemen and human rights reveal that he is on a path to only more destructive acts.”)
- Ivanka Trump used a personal email account to send hundreds of emails about government business last year (Cue the chants from the Trumpsters of “Lock Her Up”? Haha.)
- Ivanka Trump reportedly used private account to send hundreds of emails
- Federal Court Blocks Trump Administration’s Asylum Ban
- May gets rebellion reprieve, but faces warning from allies
- Pompeo Gave Saudis Plan to Shield Crown Prince From Khashoggi Fallout: Report (That’s outrageous/unacceptable)
- Khashoggi Murder Reportedly Prompts Some Saudi Royals To Turn Against Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman (“Dozens of princes and cousins want to see a change in the line of succession.”)
- Don’t Let Russia Lead Interpol (“The international law-enforcement organization is dangerously close to losing its legitimacy.”)
- A Sea of Red Returns to Global Stock Markets
- Amazon, Apple and Facebook Once Led the Market. Now They Are Driving it Down. (“Technology stocks drove a slump that erased November’s gains, as concerns about growth and privacy issues took an increasing toll.”)
- Donald Trump Fails, Again (“The orange emperor has no clothes.”)
- The New Economy and the Trump Rump (“Why we went from regional divide to political chasm.”)
- Trump is surrounded by fools
- It’s time for the rats to leave Trump’s sinking ship (“There should be no doubt that Trump is a giant loser who will drag the GOP down with him.”)
- How technological progress is making it likelier than ever that humans will destroy ourselves
- Zinke blames ‘environmental radicals’ for deadly California fires (Zinke is pure evil.)
- Meghan McCain: If Obama had disrespected the military like Trump, ‘my head would have exploded’ (Fox, etc. would all have been calling for Obama’s impeachment, ASAP. When Trump disrespects/smears/abuses the military? Silence.)
- White House backs off battle with CNN’s Acosta
- Trump Hasn’t Visited the Troops in a War Zone Because ‘He’s Afraid’
- The 2018 Midterms Were a Solid Democratic Win, Not a Split Decision
- Slowing economy looms as 2020 challenge for GOP
- Ocasio-Cortez signal of support is good news for Pelosi
- Barack Obama and Donald Trump Can’t Stand Each Other (“The former president never uttered his successor’s name at an event in Chicago, but the animus was obvious.” And for good reason!)
- Mississippi Senate race devolves into racial melee (Yeah, except it’s only one “side” that’s in the wrong here – the Republicans.)
- Troops at U.S.-Mexican border to start coming home
- Trump’s Border Stunt Is a Profound Betrayal of Our Military (“The president used America’s military not against any real threat but as toy soldiers, with the intent of manipulating a domestic midterm election.”)
- 2020 Democratic contenders already eyeing top staff in Iowa
- Nancy Pelosi’s Last Battle (“As she prepares to lead the House of Representatives again, the most powerful Democrat in Washington will have to navigate between a rampaging president and her colleagues’ plans for fighting back.”)
- Rep. Seth Moulton faces town-hall pushback for opposing Pelosi (Moulton needs to be primaried. He sucks.)
- Judge bars Trump administration from denying asylum to migrants who enter illegally
- Inside Facebook, denial, tension and finger-pointing as sense of crisis builds (“‘It’s total arrogance,’ one Facebook employee said of company leadership’s willingness to blame its communications team for recent crises.”)
- Steyer takes step toward 2020 presidential bid
- Williams: Where Dominion’s gas compressor station is concerned, Buckingham deserves the same treatment as Mount Vernon
- Warner Talks I-81, Budget & More During Harrisonburg Visit
- A governor meddles with the air board as it weighs a Dominion Energy permit and a former member gets déjà vu (Totally corrupt.)
- Opinion/Editorial: Air board appointments shock, surprise (“Gov. Ralph Northam is no Donald Trump. Or is he?…Mr. Northam has just gotten rid of two State Air Pollution Control Board members less than a week after they voiced concerns over the Atlantic Coast Pipeline compressor station planned for Buckingham County. You’d have to twist yourself into a pretzel trying to come up with a position on this decision other than the obvious one: Gov. Northam deliberately removed the two people most likely to object to approval of the compressor station.”)
- Virginia may be the key to finally ratifying the Equal Rights Amendment
- Thompson: Natural gas is important to Virginia (All you need to know about this absurd op-ed is that “Michael Thompson Thompson is President of the Thomas Jefferson Institute for Public Policy.” Yep, these guys.)
- Editorial: Amazon’s biggest incentive may have been Virginia Tech
- A tale of two reports: Why recycling coal ash at Dominion’s sites appears more feasible now than it did a year ago
- Clearer path to reform juvenile justice
- How can Virginia save money on inmate health care? Let more old and sick prisoners free, audit says.
- Subcommittee looks to redefine tobacco products under Virginia tax law as technology changes
- Richmond councilman who said he won’t run for re-election has lived outside of his district for months
- Protester straps himself to excavator at MVP work site
- Appalachian Power seeks bids for solar energy projects
- Temperatures get colder through Thanksgiving, then weekend rain
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