by Lowell
Here are a few national and Virginia news headlines, political and otherwise, for Monday, February 27.
- Besides a shocker, Oscars represent a comeback win for diversity (“After last year’s #OscarsSoWhite led to rule changes in academy membership, Sunday’s ceremony included the most diverse nominee list in history. Mahershala Ali became the first Muslim actor to win an Oscar and the first African American man in more than a decade to win one.”)
- A Shocking Ending Caps A Big Oscar Night For ‘Moonlight’
- Oscar winners 2017: the complete list
- Blow: Trump, Archenemy of Truth (“one must always remember that Trump isn’t a reasonable person or even a particularly smart one, which makes him the perfect vessel for Bannon’s pseudo-intellectual vanities…Trump is Bannon’s puppet, whose one sustaining parlor trick is to deliver incoherence with confidence…The fact is that Trump simply wants the truth not to be true, so he assaults its quality. He wants the purveyors of truth not to pursue it, so he questions their motives…The press is the light that makes the roaches scatter.”)
- Krugman: The Uses of Outrage (“Outrage at what’s happening to America isn’t just justified, it’s essential. In fact, it may be our last chance of saving democracy…Mr. Trump is clearly a would-be autocrat, and other Republicans are his willing enablers. Does anyone doubt it?..When neither the president nor his allies in Congress show any sign of respecting basic American values, an aroused public that’s willing to take names is all we have.”)
- Trump to Ask for Sharp Increases in Military Spending, Officials Say (Stupid.)
- Divided White House offers lawmakers little guidance on replacing Obamacare
- Bannon’s dangerous ‘deconstruction’ (“At stake is a century’s worth of work going back to the Progressive Era.”)
- Trump is already losing the long-term fight in Iraq (“The president’s immigration order and inflammatory comments have exacerbated the country’s political challenges.”)
- Here’s What To Watch For When Trump Addresses Congress
- Trump’s Soft Spot for Dreamers Alienates Hard-Liners in Base
- Buffett and Gates: America Is Already Great, Thanks to Immigrants (“Two of the world’s three richest people extol the virtue, and relevance, of optimism in the age of Trump—and predict a comeback for fact-based discourse.”)
- Barry Jenkins’ Speech for Moonlight’s Best Screenplay Oscar: “For the Next Four Years, We Have Your Back”
- Donald Trump tells a lot of lies — but he’s just building on a long Republican tradition (“Anti-choicers, creationists and climate-change denialists honed the lie-all-the-time strategy. Trump perfected it” Yep, Trump epitomizes the right wing in that sense.)
- Dozens of headstones damaged and overturned at Jewish cemetery in Philadelphia (The nation of Donald Trump and Trump supporters is a nasty place.)
- The DNC isn’t enough: Democrats demand more leadership changes (“Now that the party has a new chairman, restless activists are turning their focus toward the Capitol Hill leadership team.”)
- Sean Spicer targets own staff in leak crackdown
- Chelsea Clinton lets loose on Twitter(“Her mom’s devastating defeat, coupled with the rise of Trump, has coaxed out a new Chelsea.”)
- Sanders revolution resists DNC loss (“What happens next for the Bernie wing ‘is an open question,’ says one top Democrat.”)
- Directors of all 5 ‘Best Foreign Language Film’ Oscar nominees send open protest letter to Trump
- ‘Tick tock, motherf*ckers!’: John Oliver is still waiting for that Republican alternative to Obamacare
- Chris Wallace grills Corey Lewandowski: ‘How many jobs’ has Trump created by attacking the media?
- Primary for Virginia Governor Tests Power of an Anti-Trump Campaign (“In an interview in his office, now festooned with a ‘Make Virginia Great Again’ cap, Mr. McAuliffe rather unconvincingly insisted that he was not irritated by Mr. Perriello’s bid. But the insurgent candidacy has upended the governor’s well-laid succession plans, potentially complicating a presidential run he is increasingly thought to be eyeing. (Asked if he wanted to be president, Mr. McAuliffe said, ‘I don’t know, I might.’)”)
- McAuliffe says Trump administration promises no random immigration arrests (“Virginia governor says Homeland Security chief clarified the policy in a private briefing Sunday.”)
- Attorney General Candidates John Adams and Chuck Smith Answer Questions (These guys are basically Ken Cuccinelli, redux. No thanks!)
- Virginia General Assembly session wrap: A look at what happened
- Editorial: A speaker of consequence and wit (“With Speaker Bill Howell’s retirement — he announced it a week ago in front of the Virginia House of Delegates — a tip of the hat in his direction seems only right and proper.” And here’s to ALEC! LOL)
- Virginia democratic gubernatorial candidate stops in Hampton (“Nearly 30 residents gathered at the Catch N Release Restaurant to ask Perriello questions. Those questions ranging from veterans affairs to the Affordable Care Act to Education to Opoid treatment.” Note to TV WAVY: it should be “Democratic” – capitalized – not “democratic.”)
- Temperatures swing up and down as February turns to March
