by Lowell
Here are a few national and Virginia news headlines, political and otherwise, for Sunday, February 26.
- Cabinet members keep scrambling to clean up after Trump speaks
- After Perez wins race to lead Democratic National Committee, other candidates call for unity
- Thomas Perez elected the first Latino leader of Democratic Party
- Perez fires back at Trump: I’ll be your worst nightmare
- Trump won’t attend the White House correspondents’ dinner
- Trump Will Be First President In 36 Years To Skip White House Correspondents Dinner (Coward.)
- If Trump wants to gut climate regulations, he’d better have a good alternative
- Will President Heed ‘Brutally Forthright’ Advice of New Aide? (“H.R. McMaster, the president’s national security adviser, who is known for giving candid assessments, may be just what President Trump needs, but will the relationship work?”)
- A House Republican now wants a special prosecutor on the Trump-Russia scandals (Amazing.)
- Faced With Trump’s Media Blacklist, Broadcast Evening News Shows Roll Over (” ABC’s World News Tonight, CBS Evening News, and NBC Nightly News neglected to mention that their representatives did not join the spontaneous boycott of the briefing started by the Associated Press, Time, and USA Today, and gave no indication that their networks will refuse to participate in any similarly restrictive briefing in the future.”)
- Leaked report suggests millions could lose coverage under GOP health proposal (100% unacceptable.)
- Trump’s National Security Adviser: Avoid Phrase “Radical Islamic Terrorism” (Wow, an actual smart, sane adult in the Trump administration???)
- Top Democrat has ‘grave concerns’ about Trump-Russia investigation (“Sen. Mark Warner, the ranking member of the Senate Intelligence Committee, says he won’t tolerate ‘White House interference.'”)
- Sen. Kaine to crowd at ACA rally: ‘We have to win’ (“The threat of thunderstorms didn’t stop about a hundred people to gather at the Bell Tower at the Capitol for a rally to save Obamacare Saturday.”)
- Dowd: Trump vs. Press: Crazy, Stupid Love (“This Russian-style domination of the press came only a few hours after the president told CPAC: ‘I love the First Amendment; nobody loves it better than me. Nobody.’ Fake news. Let’s just hope he doesn’t love the First Amendment to death.”)
- Editorial: The Immigration Facts Trump Doesn’t Like (“Let’s be clear: The moral case against President Trump’s plan to uproot and expel millions of unauthorized immigrants is open-and-shut. But what about the economic cost? This is where deeply shameful collides with truly stupid.”)
- Where do Democrats go from here? Look toward “Political Influencers” — who want them to stand up to Trump (“Looking at the group we call Political Influencers, Democrats would do best to offer forceful, effective opposition”)
- How Perez edged Ellison for DNC chair
- Schapiro: On school funding, lawmakers created problem they thought they solved
- Virginia legislature gavels out after passing budget that closes $1.2 billion hole (Good riddance.)
- Va. legislature approves $107 billion budget, concludes 46-day session (They also killed a TON of good legislation by Democrats and passed a bunch of really bad legislation by Republicans. In November, time to clean house…the House of Delegates, that is!)
- Editorial: Coming up short again on mental health(Another major #FAIL by the Republican-controlled Virginia General ASSembly.)
- 25 reasons the Va. General Assembly session mattered (“A House panel defeated anti-gerrymandering bills aimed at creating what supporters said would be a fairer, more competitive electoral process.”)
- Jail death investigations reform, day-care fingerprint compromise pass on last day of 2017 session
- In last-minute negotiations, lawmakers give Board of Corrections authority to investigate Va. jail deaths
- Arlington County Board sets advertised tax rate and advertises pay raise for itself (“Increase no larger than 2 cents per $100 in assessed value.”)
- Redevelopment project for Rosslyn gets final approval in Arlington (“Major rebuild of Wilson Boulevard block will include school, fire station, park and housing.”)
- After White Nationalist Moves Upstairs, Virginia Chocolatiers Get Unexpected Support (“Blüprint Chocolatiers in Alexandria, Va., has a new neighbor, Richard Spencer, who’s drawing protesters. Initially worried their chocolate sales would drop, the reaction has been surprising.”)
- Peaceful march for equality shuts down Atlantic Ave. at Virginia Beach Oceanfront
- Much cooler and breezy today, but warmth makes a comeback toward midweek
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