by Lowell
Here are a few national and Virginia news headlines, political and otherwise, for Wednesday, January 25.
- ‘We the People’ Demand Trump Reveal His Taxes
- Trump’s disregard for truth threatens his ability to govern
- Trump to sign executive orders enabling construction of proposed border wall and targeting sanctuary cities (If I haven’t mentioned it recently, our country is completely f’ed. Thanks Trump voters, Stein voters, Johnson voters, etc!)
- Administration orders agencies to restrict dispatches to public
- Trump expected to order temporary ban on refugees (American should be welcoming refugees, not turning a cold shoulder to them, let alone discriminating based on their religion!)
- A crappy health care “compromise”: GOP’s new Obamacare “replacement” bill is sure to be wildly unpopular(“Senate Republicans unveil a choose-your-own-adventure health care bill that nearly everyone will despise”)
- Trump administration tells EPA to cut climate page from website: sources (This type of thing is wildly irresponsible, dangerous, etc.)
- Why Trump’s con can’t last forever (“The new president is about to discover that he can’t simply order up the change he wants.”)
- Trump’s down to 3 in Supreme Court search
- Trump signs executive actions to advance Keystone, Dakota Access pipelines (Stupid.)
- For a few hours, Badlands National Park was bad to the bone in defiance of Trump
- Information lockdown hits Trump’s federal agencies (“‘It’s a dark time right now,’ a former Obama administration spokeswoman says as multiple agencies tell employees to restrict news releases and social media.”)
- The Trump team can’t even keep its own excuses straight on his broken tax promises (“By refusing to share information with the public, the president fuels suspicions that he has something to hide.”)
- Tom Price is Exhibit A for congressional ethics reform
- Trump threatens to ‘send in the feds’ to address Chicago ‘carnage’
- Donald Trump is already trying to muzzle leakers — but government employees have broad free speech rights
- Conservative radio host freaks out: Trump is launching an ‘alternative reality administration’
- Sean Spicer, back on message: Reality isn’t real and we should all pity poor Donald Trump (“At least the suit fit this time: Spicer’s comeback presser was an improvement on Crowdgate, but not by much”)
- Trump Press Secretary: The Media “Disposition Should Be” Trump Is Correct “Unless We Can Prove Otherwise”
- Renowned Liar Sean Spicer Lied About Lying To The Press
- What Happens When Trump’s Rhetoric Is Too Outlandish for His Press Secretary to Defend
- David Brooks’ Column About the Women’s Marches Should Be Dumped in Acid and Set on Fire (Along with basically everything else Brooks writes.)
- Protest Works (“The Trump administration’s meltdown proves it.”)
- Experts in authoritarianism are very concerned about Trump’s first few days as president (“The GOP’s unwillingness to rein him in may be the biggest warning sign.”)
- Tim Kaine: People All Around The Country Should Be Concerned About Hiring Freeze
- At Tufts, Tim Kaine says he’s still undefeated in elections — sort of
- Editorial: Why can’t Democrats win the General Assembly? (“Generally speaking, off-year elections see an electorate that tends to be older, whiter, more conservative – and thus more suited for Republicans than Democrats. That doesn’t really answer the question of why it’s that way, though. ‘Think global, act local’ may be a liberal aphorism, but it seems that conservatives are more likely to actually heed it…Democrats shouldn’t blame gerrymandering for not being able to win the General Assembly. They should blame themselves.” I agree with this strongly.)
- Virginia AG: Bill to impose 20-week abortion ban is probably unconstitutional
- Virginia state senator defends plan to allow knives for kids (“The bill sponsored by Sen. Richard H. Stuart (R-Stafford) makes it legal to give knives to children, including switchblades, Bowie knives or dirks. The measure passed on a party-line vote, 21 to 19, and now moves to the House of Delegates.”)
- Good jobs, Virginia: Unemployment rate down in state
- Schapiro: Before Trump did it, Va. pols created a parallel universe (Very strange, angry column, one that makes basically zero sense for starters…)
- Virginia House subcommittee tosses out immunization mandate bill
- Dragas: A modest proposal from Virginia’s voters: Make college affordable again (Dragas is close to the last person I’d listen to on education.)
- Google, Netflix, Gov. Terry McAuliffe oppose Del. Kathy Byron’s broadband bill
- Tom Redfern column: The commonwealth has a duty to protect the foundation of our republic
- Indictment of Virginia Del. Morris during legislative session distracts from GOP agenda
- Not this year – proposed state and local tax reforms headed for study
- House Appropriations subcommittee advances bill on needle-exchange program
- Virginia death row conditions lawsuit to be argued in appeals court Wednesday
- Va. House of Delegates passes ‘Tebow bill’ to let homeschoolers play public school sports
- General Assembly Building — after one final session — will be demolished this year
- A cool start to the day turns mild by afternoon with temperatures near 60
