by Lowell
Here are a few national and Virginia news headlines, political and otherwise, for Saturday, February 4.
- There’s a fake populist in the White House — and real populism is the only force that can defeat him (“Donald Trump is already massively unpopular — Democrats must seize the moment with an authentic left populism”)
- The end of the world as we know it: The Donald Trump White House is set to destroy decades of U.S. foreign policy (“In less than 2 weeks, Trump has unraveled decades of diplomacy, weakened alliances and made us all less safe” The question is only what the crash is like – relatively “soft” and survivable or a “hard” one that kills a lot of us, or even all of us. Stay tuned…if you can bear watching the horror show, that is.)
- Judge stops travel ban for now; Justice Dept. to fight ruling
- DeVos opposition snowballs into avalanche (I agree that DeVos is horrendous and should be rejected, but it’s interesting that the opposition to her seems more intense than to so many other horrendous, extreme Trump cabinet picks. Why?)
- The GOP Has No Obamacare Bill. It Does Have a New Buzzword. (Another Big Lie by the Big Lie Party; in fact, they could have worked to “repair” the ACA any time over the past 6 years…)
- Eric Trump’s business trip to Uruguay cost taxpayers $97,830 in hotel bills (Totally corrupt, no excuses for this crap.)
- Trump’s strategy of stoking fear helped get him elected. Now it’s how he plans to govern. (Horrible. Get this guy outta here.)
- ‘Trump is setting us free:’ White supremacists celebrate reports that Trump will dial down scrutiny
- If you’re reading this, Justice Kennedy, please don’t retire (“Doing so would put your legacy at risk — and be terrible for the country, already so split and bruised.”)
- Conway tries to clean up ‘Bowling Green’ attack comment (This woman is a pathological liar who should not be hired by anyone. She will literally say ANYTHING.)
- Trump’s sad ‘thank you’ to African Americans (“Lower Democratic Party turnout — and thus lower black turnout — was a Trump campaign goal all along.”)
- Ivanka Trump and Jared Kushner worked to sink LGBT order
- Report: Customs and Border Protection tells airlines ‘back to business as usual’
- Vincent Viola, Nominee for Army Secretary, Drops Out (Time for the tiny violin…or is it a Viola? LOL)
- A Poison Pill for the Recovery (“President Trump doesn’t understand or doesn’t care that rolling back financial rules will undercut his pledge to create jobs.”)
- Tim Kaine on the Worst and Best Things Trump Has Done So Far (“The newly emboldened senator from Virginia says he ‘ain’t gonna be a bystander’ to the president’s agenda.” The best thing Trump could do would be to step down immediately and hopefully seek psychiatric help for his many, many severe mental and emotional problems.)
- Mark Warner: ‘Lot of smoke’ on possible contacts between Trump associates and Russia (Almost certainly “fire” as well.)
- McAuliffe says Trump will have to rescind travel ban
- Senate kills Norment child pornography bill after questions over effect, accusation over motive (Now, if we could only kill Norment’s political career once and for all.)
- Brat; Republicans Under Orchestrated Attack by the Left (The great thing is that these supposed “attacks” are NOT orchestrated, at least from above, but are almost totally grassroots’ anger, fear, etc. at Trump and other far-right Republicans who are hell-bent on destroying our country. Let’s ratchet them UP, not down!)
- Democrat to challenge Del. Greg Habeeb in 8th District (There are a lot of godawful members of the Virginia House of Delegates, but Habeeb is definitely in competition for one of the worst.)
- Private college memo could be Falwell task force playbook (You know that anything Jerry Falwell, Jr. does is going to bad, the only question is how bad.)
- Senate committee passes its version of VEDP reform that seeks to protect current board
- Editorial: Gender should not determine pay of Assembly’s clerks (Nope, this seems blatant and egregious.)
- One candidate for governor makes a stop in downtown Harrisonburg (Tom seems to be everywhere these days.)
- Sen. Jennifer McClellan, working for Verizon on wireless infrastructure bill, recuses herself from vote (Good for her, but “Rule 36” – “a vote of abstention senators cast when they have a personal interest in a transaction” – should be standard operating procedure in Virginia’s legislature.)
- Bill DeSteph & Chap Peterson: Virginia must do better on college affordability
- With conviction overthrown, former Gov. McDonnell working again as an attorney in Virginia Beach
- Lower Democratic Party turnout — and thus lower black turnout — was a Trump campaign goal all along.
- Hundreds show up at Dulles mosque to show support for local Muslim community
- McAuliffe bolsters Dulles-area Muslims
- Chilly today, then warming back up into early week
