by Lowell
Here are a few national and Virginia news headlines, political and otherwise, for Saturday, January 14. Also see President Obama delivering his final weekly address, “thanking the American people for making him a better President and a better man.”
- Sorry, liberals: Donald Trump really means what he says — and plans to silence and intimidate dissenters (“Trump seeks to divide and conquer the media, while congressional allies like Jason Chaffetz go after critics”)
- Democrats Take F.B.I. Chief to Task at Closed Briefing (“Democrats grilled James B. Comey, the F.B.I. director, on his refusal to say if the agency was investigating links between Donald J. Trump’s campaign and Russia.”)
- Donald Trump’s Dangerous Attacks on the Press (“The president-elect is undermining the responsible journalism that is needed to hold him accountable.”)
- Trump Open to Shift on Russia Sanctions, ‘One China’ Policy (Sanctions on Russia should be tougher, if anything. The “One China” policy should not change.)
- Trump Team: Adviser Spoke To Russia Official The Day U.S. Sanctions Were Announced
- GOP’s Go-Slow ‘Rescue Mission’ Plan To Replace Obamacare
- Morning Joe Still Loves Donald Trump (Morning JOKE)
- MSNBC broadcast abruptly freezes and repeats the word ‘Russia, Russia, Russia’ over and over
- Rep. John Lewis: ‘I Don’t See Trump as a Legitimate President’ (Can’t argue with John Lewis.)
- Senate Intelligence Committee to Probe Russian Intel Activities
- Can Trump’s Cabinet save him from himself? (“Many of Trump’s nominees have offered views at their confirmation hearings that diverge from the president-elect’s positions.” This might be our only hope.)
- Stop obsessing over ‘secrets’ about Trump and Russia. What we already know is bad enough. (“The already-public information about Trump’s relationship with Russia on its own is ‘kompromat.'”)
- To prove he’s ‘no puppet,’ Trump should renounce Putin
- Jason Chaffetz Doesn’t Care About Ethics
- Gubernatorial candidate who once had NRA support now calls it a ‘nut job’ group (“As a Democrat representing rural Virginia in Congress, Tom Perriello called the National Rifle Association the ‘epitome of people-powered politics’ and won its endorsement. Now running for governor, Perriello on Friday blasted the gun rights lobby as a ‘nut-job extremist organization.'”)
- General Assembly group passes COPN reform principles
- Immigration roils Virginia governor’s race (“Virginia Lt. Gov. Ralph Northam’s pledge this week to support driver’s licenses for illegal immigrants has thrust the issue of immigration to the forefront of the state’s 2017 gubernatorial race — establishing a clear dividing line between candidates more than nine months out from Election Day.”)
- RGA gives Virginia record $5 million donation to PAC for governor’s race
- Jane Dittmar to join Toscano as chief of staff
- Editorial: New Rep. Donald McEachin elevates congressional standars (For the umpteenth time, the Republican Times-Disgrace has a typo in a headline, this time “standars” – something that rag apparently doesn’t have.)
- EXCLUSIVE: Vogel Responds to Reeves Allegations
- Vogel says Reeves tried to force her out of lieutenant governor’s race; he denies it
- State house bill would allow recall of elected officials
- Virginia AG calls for expanded laws to fight rise in hate crimes (“Herring paints dark post-election picture of increasing intolerance”)
- Family: Former Newport News delegate beaten, isolated for weeks in prison (That is totally unacceptable. WTF?)
- Hampton delegate joins Rules Committee (“The influence of the Peninsula’s General Assembly delegation seems to be on the rise – the latest development is that Del. Jeion Ward, D-Hampton, is joining the powerful House of Delegates Rules Committee.”)
- Doug Wilder files bar complaint against Joe Morrissey over representation in National Slavery Museum (“In the complaint, Wilder questions Morrissey’s competence and diligence in handling the matter. Among other things, Wilder charges that Morrissey named the wrong party in the suit, resulting in the assessment of $23,000 in sanctions.”)
- Virginia college student pleads guilty to federal computer malware charges
- Minor icing worries today, mainly in northern parts of the region
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