by Lowell
Here are a few national and Virginia news headlines, political and otherwise, for Tuesday, November 22. Also check out the Liberal Redneck, Trae Crowder, who “reckons it’s gonna be a hell of a Thanksgiving for a lotta us here in Trump’s America.”
- The Wrong Target (“Donald Trump should speak up against dangerous white nationalists instead of admonishing the cast of ‘Hamilton.'”)
- Trump Outlines Initial Goals of Presidency in YouTube Video (This is particularly terrible: “cancel job-killing restrictions on the production of American energy — including shale energy and clean coal — creating many millions of high-paying jobs.”)
- Defiant Trump meets TV journalists, execs in private — and lets them have it (Yep, Trump is acting more and more presidential as he…yeah right!)
- Trump needs to disown his white nationalist hangers-on (But he won’t; they are his “base” after all.)
- Our next president, the Godfather (“The line between Trump’s business and his family seems fuzzy.”)
- Trump isn’t draining the swamp. He’s deepening it. (“So far, the president-elect seems to be doing what’s best for Trump.”)
- Can Trump tolerate dissent? (“His latest tweet storm sends a troubling sign.”)
- British P.M.’s office dismisses Trump’s suggestion of Nigel Farage as ambassador to U.S.
- Trump’s extensive deals in India raise conflict-of-interest concerns
- Donald Trump’s media summit was a ‘f—ing firing squad’ (I never link to the far-right NY Post, but this headline is just too good…and scary.)
- Toni Morrison: Fear Of Losing White Privilege Led To Trump’s Election (“The comfort of being ‘naturally better than’ is hard to give up.”)
- Donald Trump will “take care of ‘the African-Americans’”: Will we see a repeat of “Redemption,” the post-Civil War white backlash? (“Trump’s appointments make it likely that blacks and other minorities will suffer a broad assault on their rights”)
- The alt-right is spouting white nationalism and doing Hitler salutes in Washington, D.C. — but dressed nice, so let’s take its members seriously!
- ‘Hail Trump!’: White Nationalists Salute the President Elect (“Video of an alt-right conference in Washington, D.C., where Trump’s victory was met with cheers and Nazi salutes.”)
- Pat McCrory Lost the North Carolina Governorship. Now He’s Trying to Steal It.
- Can Anything Stop the Confirmation of Jeff Sessions? (“Why his long history of racist words and bigoted deeds won’t disqualify him.”)
- The War on Drugs Is Coming Back (“As attorney general, Jeff Sessions could embrace its worst features: confidential informants, harsh plea bargains, long sentences.”)
- President-elect Trump reportedly asked foreign leader to approve permits for high-rise (“The request could land Trump in legal trouble.”)
- Trump’s shadow transition team (“The Heritage Foundation has emerged as a driving force as Trump tries to staff up the federal government.” To put it mildly, that is not good; remember that the Heritage Foundation is headed up by far-far-right-winger Jim DeMint.)
- Democratic presidential electors revolt against Trump (“The Electoral College could see a historic number of ‘faithless electors.'”)
- Trump announces executive actions for Day One (No mention of “the wall” or “Obamacare.” Hmmm.)
- Why Jared Kushner is Donald Trump’s truest heir and most trusted adviser (“Two rich bridge-and-tunnel kids out for revenge on a cultural elite that mocked them”)
- A leading white nationalist says it plainly: Trump’s victory was about white identity (Yep, pretty much. Ugh.)
- Even the Holocaust Museum Is Worried About Our Nation’s Current Nazi Rhetoric
- Robert Reich’s 8-Point Plan for a New Democratic Party (“What’s needed is not just a good person at the helm of the DNC. The entire organization has to be reinvented from the ground up. The Democratic Party has become irrelevant to the lives of most people. It’s nothing but a giant fundraising machine”)
- ‘Proud’ Tim Kaine reflects on election, opens up about future plans
- Kaine: Lost election ‘almost seems mathematically impossible’ (“We won Virginia so handily, and we won the popular vote. We’ll probably win the popular vote by more than 2 million. So, to win the popular vote and Virginia and lose, that almost seems mathematically impossible.”)
- GOP contender for Va. attorney general bows out of race (“Del. Rob Bell had a substantial fundraising advantage before his surprise exit, which he said was due to a family situation.”)
- GOP contender Gillespie, who kept distance from Trump, vows to be ‘governor for all Virginians’ (Yeah, right!)
- Trump’s energy team overhauled (“Doug Domenech, former Virginia secretary of natural resources and a George W. Bush administration Interior Department staffer, will lead Interior’s transition operation.” Blech.)
- Opioid addiction declared public health emergency
- Execution date set for man convicted of killing girls in 2006 (“A Jan. 18 execution date has been set for Ricky Javon Gray for the capital murders of two Richmond girls in 2006.”)
- Proposed rezoning near Dulles draws criticism from airports authority
- Norfolk could pay $500,000 more to Ikea
- Warming through the week and showers by Thanksgiving
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