Tuesday News: “Trump Gets No Respect” — for Good Reason; Corey Stewart Blasts Ed Gillespie for Skipping “Guns Save Lives” Rally

by Lowell

Here are a few national and Virginia news headlines, political and otherwise, for Tuesday, January 17. Also see State Sen. Jennifer McClellan’s tribute to Martin Luther King, Jr.

• As Trump Era Arrives, a Sense of Uncertainty Grips the World (Great job, Trump voters. Not!)
• The G.O.P.’s Health Care Death Spiral (“A repeal-and-delay of Obamacare would be a ‘total disaster’ for the individual insurance market.”)
• Trump gets no respect. That’s because he hasn’t earned it.
• Donald Trump waits in his tower — accessible yet isolated (“As president-elect, he stays largely ensconced in familiar places with people he knows.”)
• Trump has absolutely no idea what black America looks like (“African Americans are not huddled masses in inner-city dystopias.”)
• Not even Trump can easily reverse our progress on climate change
• Trump’s presidency is doomed
• Hill Republicans move full speed ahead with push to slash Obama-era rules (“Congress is poised to undo key environmental and labor rules soon after Trump’s inauguration.”)
• Just when you thought the Trump ethics disaster couldn’t get worse, it did (“The war against the head of the Office of Government Ethics must stop.”)
• More than 40 Democratic lawmakers now skipping Trump’s inauguration (Including my Congressman, Don Beyer. Thank you!)
• Trump picks the perfect time to show off his ignorance about black Americans (“Happy MLK Day!”)
• The economy under Trump: Plan for the worst
• Ryan and Trump set for Medicare showdown (“House Republicans are praying the president-elect comes around to their plans for overhauling entitlements. Tax reform could be in trouble if he doesn’t.”)
• First on CNN: Trump’s Cabinet pick invested in company, then introduced a bill to help it (Basically the definition of corruption.)
• Bruce Springsteen Cover Band Drops Out of Trump Inauguration Party
• Monica Crowley not taking role in Trump administration (Gotta love it; plagiarism gets you booted from this administration, at least in this one case, but massive corruption, violation of workers’ legal rights, denial of climate science, racism, etc. does NOT get you booted.)
• Democratic Party rethink gets $20 million injection (“Centrist think tank Third Way is launching a campaign to help Democrats reconnect with voters who abandoned them.”)
• Trump’s nominee to head EPA has opposed the Chesapeake Bay cleanup (In a sane world, that WOULD be disqualifying. But we clearly don’t live in a sane world.)
• Round Up: Corey scores big endorsement, but Ed is set to run up fundraising score
• Virginia’s ‘improvements’ to mental health care show few results
• Higher ed poll: Virginians feel college is too pricey
• Bipartisan fear of Medicaid block grant threat to Virginia
• Virginia Senate panel spikes bill that would restore utility rate reviews
• Trump-style contender for Va. governor blasts rival for skipping gun rally (“Republican hopeful Corey Stewart blasted rival Ed Gillespie Monday for sending a surrogate instead of attending a gun rights rally, calling him a coward who was afraid to do anything not approved by consultants.”)
• Gillespie makes stop in ‘Burg
• Capitol is Site of Dueling Gun Rallies
• Editorial: Empty words from the governor on coalfield schools
• Ben Cline’s ‘Day of Tears’ abortion mourning resolution advances in General Assembly (Craaaaaazy.)
• Bill in Virginia General Assembly aims to avoid another Anthony Burfoot situation
• Editorial: Assembly could make waves with bills about fish
• Showers today and a warm week. Chance of rain for inauguration.