by Lowell
Here are a few national and Virginia news headlines, political and otherwise, for Monday, November 21. Also check out President Obama’s final press conference following the APEC summit in Lima, Peru. Now, close your eyes and imagine Donald Trump carrying himself with such dignity, intelligence, class, etc. as Obama. Uhhhhhh….
- Trump’s business empire raises concerns about foreign influence (“A Post analysis found at least 111 of Donald Trump’s companies have done business in 18 countries and territories. With his refusal to sell or set up a blind trust to combat conflicts of interest, policy and ethics experts are scrambling to assess the potential dangers of public rule by a leader with a vast web of private business deals.”)
- Obamacare repeal plan stokes fears of market collapse (“Repealing the law without a replacement is likely to spook health insurers, who might bolt from the markets prematurely to avoid losses.”)
- Obama says he may take on Trump (“The president refuses to say he’d hold to the tradition of avoiding public comment or political attacks on the successor.” Good!)
- Trump Turns Staid Cabinet Process Into Spectacle (Disgusting as always.)
- Blow: Making America White Again
- Build He Won’t (“…remember that we’re dealing with a president-elect whose business career is one long trail of broken promises and outright scams — someone who just paid $25 million to settle fraud charges against his ‘university.'”)
- What Democrats owe the country (“The alarming signals emanating from Trump Tower require more than politics as usual.”)
- ‘Hamilton’: The latest feud Trump won’t let go (I can’t stand Pence either, but I’d much rather him be President than thin-skinned narcissist and egomaniac Trump.)
- An un-American registry (“Targeting people based on religion or ethnicity would defy the nation’s foundational ideals.”)
- Trump keeps America in suspense(“The president-elect parades out contenders for his administration, offering up winks and thumbs ups.”)
- Here are 6 despicable things President-Elect Trump has done in the last week alone (Sessions, Flynn, lied about a Ford factory moving to Mexico, had his daughter Ivanka in a meeting with the Japanese Prime Minister, demanded the case of “Hamilton” apologize, cited the internment of Japanese-Americans as precedent for his horrendous Muslim registry idea.)
- Hillary Clinton’s Popular Vote Lead Increases to Almost 1.7 Million (And yes, this matters; if nothing else it refutes the notion that Trump – or Ryan or McConnell – has any form of mandate for radical, right-wing changes.)
- ABC’s Martha Raddatz Falls Into The Trap Of Normalizing Trump’s Anti-Muslim National Security Adviser Pick (Yeah, she’s awful.)
- Let’s never stop booing Mike Pence and this entire Trump administration
- Jeff Sessions’ long perversion of justice: Trump’s pick for Attorney General has waged a 30-year battle against voting rights (“In 1986, Sessions was deemed too racist to serve as a federal judge by a GOP-led senate — what will he do as AG?”)
- Harry Reid is right: Donald Trump has no legitimacy until he walks back the vileness
- Which Republican Senators Are Most Likely To Fight Trump? (“And which Democrats are most likely to work with him?” Wow, Mark Warner is the second most-likely Dem to work with Trump???)
- Distinguished pol of the week (“Sen. Tim Kaine (D-Va.) is the rare politician who does not think it’s all about him.” Wow, that’s coming from conservative Jennifer Rubin!)
- Our view: The three big questions the VEDP report raises (“We’re still leafing through the damning report that Virginia’s watchdog agency issued last week about the state’s economic development office and finding astonishing things.”)
- Virginian-Pilot editorial: Trump’s plans have green advocates seeing red (Sure, but it should be anyone who cares about the environment, which should be everyone.)
- Va. lawmakers propose stricter rules for third-party voter registration drives
- Whatever happened to S.R. Sidarth: the tracker who sparked the demise of U.S. Sen. George Allen (“Today he is married and working as an associate in the Washington office of Troutman Sanders, an international law firm.”)
- About 1,000 APCO customers without power due to wind damage
- It’s cold and windy, but turns somewhat milder by Thanksgiving (“The wind is biting today but, by Thanksgiving, we gain about ten degrees.”)
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