by Lowell
Here are a few national and Virginia news headlines, political and otherwise, for Monday, January 23.
- Why millions gathered to say ‘no’ to Trump (“Fear of a presidency willing to declare that up is down and down is up is why so many rallied to say a very loud ‘no.'”)
- U.S. Eyes Michael Flynn’s Links to Russia (“Counterintelligence agents have investigated communications by President Trump’s national security adviser, including phone calls to Russian ambassador in late December” Yep, counterintelligence agents are investigating Trump’s national security adviser. Have I mentioned recently that anyone who endorsed, voted and/or campaigned for Trump is responsible for this insanity???)
- Trump Appears To Blow A Kiss At FBI Director James Comey (Well, Comey and his accomplices in the media – the Washington Post, New York Times, Chris Cillizza, etc. – all of whom hyped the Clinton email “scandal” to the max – did help elect Trump after all…)
- Pope Francis on Trump: ‘People voted for Hitler and then he destroyed his people’ (Pope Francis: “Hitler didn’t steal the power, his people voted for him, and then he destroyed his people.”
- Fact Checker: 4 Pinocchios for Spicer’s claims about the inauguration crowd
- Challenged on falsehoods, adviser says Trump team has ‘alternative facts’ (“After the president’s press secretary made easily disproved claims about the size of the inauguration crowd, chief counselor Kellyanne Conway sparred on “Meet the Press” with Chuck Todd, who said, ‘Alternative facts are not facts.'” These people are deranged.)
- Trump injects uncertainty into fragile health insurance markets
- The traditional way of reporting on a president is dead. Trump’s press secretary killed it.
- A perfect meme for the ‘alternative facts’ era: #SeanSpicerSays
- Liberal watchdog group to sue Trump, alleging he violated constitutional ban (“The group, Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington, said that because Trump-owned buildings take in rent, room rentals and other payments from foreign governments, the president has breached the Emoluments Clause.”)
- A Rocky First Weekend for Trump Troubles Some Top Aides (“His lack of focus, at a time when a new president can maximize his leverage, frustrated some senior members of his circle who had urged him to move on.”)
- Women’s March Was a Ringing Success. Now What?
- ‘Real America’ helped make Saturday’s protests the biggest in U.S. history (“Middle America protested Donald Trump’s inauguration just as bigly as coastal elites.”)
- Blow: We Are Dissidents; We Are Legion (“It is possible that Trump has reactivated something President Obama couldn’t maintain, and Hillary Clinton couldn’t fully tap into: A unified, mission-driven left that puts bodies into the streets. The women’s marches sent a clear signal: Your comfort will not be built on our constriction. We are America. We are loud, ‘nasty’ and fed up. We are motivated dissidents and we are legion.”)
- Krugman: Things Can Only Get Worse (“Seriously, how do you think the man who compared the C.I.A. to Nazis will react when the Bureau of Labor Statistics first reports a significant uptick in unemployment or decline in manufacturing jobs? What’s he going to do when the Centers for Disease Control and the Census Bureau report spiking numbers of uninsured Americans?”)
- CIA officers give mixed reviews of Trump’s strange visit (Is anything about Trump NOT strange?)
- Hillary Clinton plots her next move (“The Democrat has been studying election presentations, including reports on where she underperformed.”)
- Conway: Trump is ‘not going to release his tax returns’ (These people are authoritarians, lawless, evil really.)
- Well, That Was Quite a Start (“From Crowdgate to ‘alternative facts’ to an illiterate education nominee, could it possibly have gone any worse?”)
- Don’t Broadcast Sean Spicer’s Press Conferences Live (“And other rules for covering an administration of liars.”)
- The Trump Resistance Will Be Led by Angry Women (“Outrage over Trump’s sexism has spurred people to political action. The Women’s March on Washington was just the beginning.”)
- In pitch to be governor Tom Perriello promises ‘pragmatic populism’
- Video: Tom Perriello, Ralph Northam Speak to Packed House of Arlington Democrats
- Too much legislation dies a silent death in Virginia (Agreed, it’s disgraceful and unacceptable.)
- Tim Kaine in the Senate: No more Mr. Nice Guy? (“…the Virginia Democrat has assumed a much higher profile in the Senate over the past few weeks”)
- Editorial: National pols just want to use Virginia (“Ingraham’s interest in the Senate seat fits into what has become a bipartisan pattern of national political figures who try to use Virginia as their base to get into office. Pardon us our provincialism, but shouldn’t a U.S. senator from Virginia actually know something about, well, you know, Virginia?”)
- Editorial: DeVos hearing raises question about Tim Kaine’s old-school views (Keep in mind that this is written by the Republican Times-Disgrace. Just saying…)
- Advocates want every Virginia child to have access to a nurse while in school
- Metro gets some financial breathing room — but only for the short term (“The District, Maryland and Northern Virginia say they’ll give the transit system the extra money it has asked for in its next budget.” Metro needs a long-term dedicated funding stream.)
- Virginia Beach light rail project would not have gotten funding if it was scored under new program (“Smart Scale” is an abomination, by/of/for the highway construction industry.)
- Editorial: Time to revamp redistricting
- Petersburg’s plight focuses legislators on early warning of localities’ financial distress
- Forecast: Heavy rain and gusts strong enough to make umbrellas useless
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