by Lowell
Here are a few national and Virginia news headlines, political and otherwise, for Sunday, Christmas Day and “first day of Hanukkah” 2016.
- At the Trump Organization, Business Is a Family Affair (This is already the most corrupt administration in U.S. history. Also the most incompetent, extreme, crazy, etc.)
- Famed Russian Military Choir Among 92 Feared Dead After Plane Crashes Into Black Sea
- Reading Fake News, Pakistani Minister Directs Nuclear Threat at Israel (This “fake news” shit is completely out of control.)
- Jason Miller quits as newly named White House communications director after Trump staffer hints at sex scandal
- Trump could quickly doom health law’s subsidies for millions of Americans (“Even without repealing the Affordable Care Act, the Trump administration could undermine it by ending billions of dollars paid to insurers to subsidize the health coverage of nearly 6 million Americans. That could prompt health plans to raise their prices or exit the ACA marketplaces.”)
- Trump plans to dissolve his charity after months of scrutiny (His “charity” is a complete scam/sham, just like Trump himself.)
- Editorial: The Stolen Supreme Court Seat (“It was stolen by top Senate Republicans, who broke with longstanding tradition and refused to consider any nominee Mr. Obama might send them, because they wanted to preserve the court’s conservative majority. The main perpetrators of the theft were Mitch McConnell, the majority leader, and Charles Grassley, chairman of the Judiciary Committee. But virtually all Republican senators were accomplices; only two supported holding hearings.”)
- Combating racism is crucial to revitalizing American politics: It’s not easy, but it can be done (“Social science suggests that racial resentment is central to Donald Trump’s appeal. There are ways to fight back”)
- Donald Trump Doesn’t Care if You Think He Wants to Ban Muslims (“And he doesn’t care if you’re scared.”)
- After constantly praising and defending Putin, Trump receives ‘very nice’ Christmas letter from him (“The two are like best friends who maybe also want to point nukes at each other.”)
- The Empire Is Us: The Politics of ‘Rogue One’ (“What happens when we become the empire?”)
- One of the Great Casualties of 2016 Is the State of North Carolina (They WERE making progress…until Republicans ruined the state.)
- Non-compete agreement in one Virginia tunnel project haunts another
- In the Virginia General Assembly session, a focus on the budget
- What Trump can learn from Virginia’s infrastructure projects (“The Old Dominion has a lot of experience in public-private partnerships to build roads.”)
- Farmers can help clean up the Chesapeake (“Genetically engineered crops allow farmers to be better stewards of land.”)
- Trump’s win warmly received in southwest Virginia, but how much can coal come back? (Short answer: very little if at all. As an added “bonus,” Trump’s going to hurt Southwest Virginia in many other ways as well.)
- Schapiro: A warm tale at Christmas
- Faces of 2016: Judge Roush finds a new role off bench
- Faces of 2016: Holton relished campaign ‘except the ending’
- Faces of 2016: Layne promotes planes, trains and automobiles – and rockets, drones
- Faces of 2016: After leading anti-Trump push at convention, GOP activist Beau Correll still waiting for new tone
- Faces of 2016: Exonerated man relishes perks of freedom
- Words of advice for Richmond Mayor-elect Levar Stoney
- A comfortable Christmas Day, some showers possible Tuesday
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