Sunday News: Trump “paying fraud fines and collecting bribes — and distracting you with Hamilton tweets”

by Lowell

Here are a few national and Virginia news headlines, political and otherwise, for Sunday, November 20. Also check out SNL’s “cold open” last night.

• Don’t let Donald Trump’s antics distract you from what’s really important (“He’s paying fraud fines and collecting bribes — and distracting you with Hamilton tweets.”)
• Autocratic for the people: As Donald Trump’s populist wave recedes, an authoritarian regime in the making is revealed (“You can say this for Trump: He’s been unapologetically clear about his anti-democratic aims from the get-go”)
• Kristof: So Many Options, Yet Donald Trump Picks the Ugly
• Hillary Clinton’s Popular Vote Lead Over Donald Trump Now Exceeds 1.5 Million Votes
• Trump, Romney set aside friction for ‘in-depth discussion’
• Donald Trump Meeting Suggests He Is Keeping Up His Business Ties (Absolutely unacceptable.)
• Trump and Pence vs. the cast of ‘Hamilton’: A collision of two Americas
• Trump poised to violate Constitution his first day in office, George W. Bush’s ethics lawyer says (“The Constitution doesn’t allow presidents to seek gifts from foreign agents.”)
• Trump’s $1 trillion plan hits D.C. speed bumps (“The president-elect’s pitch for an upgrade of the nation’s roads, bridges, tunnels and airports is already running into Washington reality.”)
• The Democrats’ Real Turnout Problem (“Democrats should remember that inspiring turnout and persuading swing voters aren’t separate problems. It’s a lot easier to do both with a galvanizing message that makes voters feel part of a larger project — be it an uplifting project or a combative one.”)
• For Trump adviser Stephen Bannon, fiery populism followed life in elite circles
• Mark Zuckerberg Commits To Fixing The Fake News Problem On Facebook
• After Trump victory, attendance up at white nationalist conference in D.C. (Yep, that’s what Trump’s unleashed.)
• Trump opponents try to beat him at the Electoral College (Extremely unlikely to succeed, but might as well try I supposed.)
• Tim Kaine Readily Moves Out of Spotlight: ‘This Is More Me’
• Del. Eileen Filler-Corn (D) Announce She Will NOT Run for Virginia Lt. Governor Nomination in 2017
• Why Barack Obama thinks his legacy will survive Donald Trump (“Which is all to say that there will be much that sticks from the Obama baseline. I don’t know if it’s 80 percent or 50 percent. But my guess is it’ll prove to be more than people are expecting right now, just as was true for the Bush baseline.”)
• Editorial: Barbara Comstock is one to watch (Yes, and that’s not a pleasant thought.)
• Schapiro: Va. politicians have many reasons to give thanks (“Justin Fairfax and Gene Rossi, Democratic prospects for lieutenant governor: That Anne Holton, a former juvenile judge, state education secretary and Tim Kaine’s wife, doesn’t run.”)
• Henry Light: It’s time for a 28th amendment
• Editorial – Restoring the ‘core of the core’ of Virginia services
• Editorial: Will Richmond do anything about the school funding crisis developing in Southwest Virginia?
• How to salvage Metro? Rewrite the compact, says influential D.C. business group (“After a year of study, the Federal City Council unveils a radical plan.”)
• Mismatch in region between would-be workers and jobs (“Why are companies struggling to fill positions in places such as Martinsville and Henry County with high unemployment?”)
• Possible repeal of Obama order leads to call for ‘sanctuary campus’ at UVa
• Whipping winds usher in wintry chill