by Lowell
Here are a few national and Virginia news headlines, political and otherwise, for Tuesday, December 27.
- Trump rewards big donors with jobs and access (Forget the “swamp,” how about Trump’s nasty, stinking cesspool?)
- The Great Barrier Reef is dying, and global warming set the scene
- In North Carolina, Some Democrats See Their Grim Future (“The GOP’s moves have many on the left worried their bare-knuckle tactics will spread nationally.”)
- Don’t be fooled: Closing the Trump Foundation doesn’t solve Trump’s conflict of interest problems (“Not even close.”)
- Obama Says He Would Have Beaten Trump for 3rd Term
- Trump is being handed a great economy. What happens when it goes south? (“He’s entering office with low unemployment and high growth thanks to Obama.” And Trump is going to f*** it all up.)
- America’s concern for the poor is about to be tested (“The Trump administration, with support from the GOP Congress, is likely to tear up the federal social safety net.” Among other things, this is as against the Gospels as possible.)
- Donald Trump’s irresponsible nuclear weapons tweets: Pure whimsy, or prelude to apocalypse? (“Donald Trump has apparently relaunched the global nuclear arms race — on Twitter, and out of sheer blinding idiocy”)
- President Obama says he could have beaten Trump — Trump says ‘NO WAY!’
- Full transcript: David Axelrod interviews President Barack Obama for The Axe Files
- Defying U.N., Israel Prepares to Build More Settlements (Brilliant – not!)
- U.S. attorney John Fishwick to resign, return to private practice
- Garrett ‘cautiously optimistic’ Trump will work to unify Republicans
- New reporting rules to give fuller picture of childhood lead exposure in Va.
- Virginia legislation would give $15,000 to wrongfully imprisoned upon release
- Charlottesville councilman to resign teaching job at high school after coming under fire for tweets
- Libertarian rapper’s anthem for Virginia Senate run: ‘You can’t win it if you don’t get in it’
- Several lawyers vying for local judgeships
- Editorial: Can Southwest Virginia learn from Cape Breton?
- A very warm and slightly showery day, turning colder tomorrow
![Tuesday News: “Zelenskyy says Putin has ‘not broken’ Ukrainians as country marks 4 years of Russia’s all-out war”; “U.S. women’s hockey team declines Trump’s invitation to the State of the Union” (and We Shouldn’t Watch It Either); “After beating Trump, [Virginia] offshore wind project aims to produce power next month”](https://bluevirginia.us/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/montage022426.jpg)
