by Lowell
Here are a few national and Virginia news headlines, political and otherwise, for Monday, January 9. Also check out Meryl Streep true words about our disgraceful President-elect, who will bring shame on America – and our species, for that matter – every day he occupies the White House…
- Blow: Trump and the Tainted Presidency (“Mr. Trump, your victory is tainted; your legitimacy is rightly in question. The American people cast their ballots in the fog of fake news and under influence of stolen property weaponized as a tool of propaganda.”)
- Cabinet Hearings Will Begin Tuesday, Republicans Insist (Dems should oppose starting until ethics reviews are complete. Then they should oppose many/most of these horrendous nominees.)
- At Golden Globes, Meryl Streep Takes On Donald Trump (“…this instinct to humiliate, when it’s modeled by someone in the public platform, by someone powerful, it filters down into everybody’s life, because it kinda gives permission for other people to do the same thing.”)
- Trump Not Surprised by Meryl Streep’s Golden Globes Speech (Trump, of course, completely fails to look in the mirror. He needs psychological counseling, desperately.)
- Republicans don’t want to hurt ‘real America.’ By repealing Obamacare, they will.
- Kim Jong Un isn’t the first tyrant to play Trump, and he won’t be the last
- The Grim Reaper of Alabama (“As the state’s attorney general, Jeff Sessions’ main concerns were that Alabamians weren’t being executed fast enough.”)
- For liberal groups, inauguration weekend will be a time to organize against Trump
- Trump and Ryan are right to tackle corporate taxes. But their approach would do harm.
- Krugman: Deficits Matter Again
- Senate to act this week on Obamacare repeal, McConnell says (McConnell is scum.)
- The Obama Paradox (“Our first black president has an unyielding faith in the goodness of America. It got him elected. And it will cost him his legacy.” Jamelle Bouie spot on here.)
- Donald Trump simply doesn’t get it: His vast egotism is doing serious damage to America (“Trump’s oblivious denials on the Russia hack are delegitimizing his presidency before he even takes office”)
- Obama’s farewell address belongs to a great democratic tradition — and is likely to expose the shallowness of his successor
- Robert Reich: 12 ways to disrupt Donald Trump’s first 100 days as president (“Our 100 days of resistance begins a sustained and powerful opposition”)
- Donald Trump and the hobbling of shame: David Foster Wallace warned us about reality TV and we didn’t listen (I’d broaden that out to the Boob Tube in general…)
- The next wave of trans bathroom bills will be even worse: Inside Virginia’s nightmare anti-LGBT legislation (“Virginia bathroom bill is a cut-and-paste job of the most discriminatory elements of previous legislative efforts”)
- UK prime minister: Trump’s comments about groping women ‘unacceptable’
- China state newspaper warns Trump: End one-China policy and we will ‘take revenge’
- ‘Amen!’: Sean Hannity moronically agrees with ‘MAKE RUSSIA GREAT AGAIN’ joke tweet — then deletes it
- Ethics Clearances For Trump’s Nominees Won’t Be Completed Before Hearings, Most Sunday Shows Don’t Care (Most Sunday shows are worse than worthless; actively harmful.)
- Obama retools his political operation for another run (“He will use his foundation and an updated Organizing for Action group to try to salvage his legacy and rebuild the Democratic Party.”)
- Lawmakers to weigh enhancing jail oversight, boosting mental health treatment of inmates
- For higher ed officials, General Assembly session offers few dollars to chase
- Longtime D.C. TV anchor Maureen Bunyan out at WJLA, possibly ending her career (WTF??? OK, I’m now officially done with WJLA — Maureen Bunyan rocks!)
- Set Aside a Moment to Vote Tuesday
- Perriello Stumps With Washington
- Absentee voting extended to 2 p.m. Monday in special election for McEachin’s seat
- Kenny Alexander: End the archaic practice of gerrymandering (Yep, nailed it!)
- Lighting the way: A new tool to make Arlington school crosswalks safer
- NAACP: Diner at Ashburn Anita’s stiffs server, leaves a racist note (Disgusting.)
- Pr. William School Board votes to alter design of 13th high school (We reported on this days ago…)
- Requiem begins for unlamented General Assembly Building
- Very cold today, but we welcome a January thaw midweek (“Highs Wednesday and Thursday should reach the 50s, at least.”)
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