by Lowell
Here are a few national and Virginia news headlines, political and otherwise, for Sunday, February 5. Also see the video as Melissa McCarthy kills it as Sean Spicer in SNL White House press conference.
- ‘We’ll do better’: Trump’s White House tries to gain a sense of order amid missteps (Actually, it’s much more likely this will continue to spiral downhill, possibly to disaster.)
- Trump defends Putin’s murder of critics to Bill O’Reilly: ‘You think our country’s so innocent?’ (Just imagine if Barack Obama had EVER said anything like this, the right wing – including Bill O’Reilly, by the way – would have gone APES*** calling him anti-American, a traitor, etc.!!!)
- Appeals court declines to quickly reinstate travel ban
- Meet the Bush-nominated judge who blocked Trump’s order
- Why Judge Robart Blocked the Muslim Ban (“There’s no constitutional way to implement an unconstitutional order. “)
- Who Are We? (“Trump’s ascent is, in part, an attempt to restore their story to pre-eminence. It’s a restoration attempt that can’t succeed, because the country has changed too much, and because that national narrative required correction. The myth of the “Lost Cause” had to die, the reality of racial wrongs required more acknowledgment, the Judeo-Christian center had to make room for a larger plurality of faiths.”)
- Why Nobody Cares the President Is Lying (“For years, as a conservative radio talk show host, I played a role in that conditioning by hammering the mainstream media for its bias and double standards. But the price turned out to be far higher than I imagined. The cumulative effect of the attacks was to delegitimize those outlets and essentially destroy much of the right’s immunity to false information. We thought we were creating a savvier, more skeptical audience. Instead, we opened the door for President Trump, who found an audience that could be easily misled.”)
- Editorial: Mr. Trump’s Random Insult Diplomacy
- Will the Supreme Court Stand Up to Trump? (“President Trump’s hyperactive first days in office, along with the evidence that the two Republican-controlled houses of Congress will do the president’s bidding with few questions asked, leaves the judiciary as the only branch of government standing between the new administration and constitutional chaos.”)
- An insurgent in the White House (“As Donald Trump rages against the world he inherited as president, America’s allies are worried—and rightly so… In the world at large, however, checks on Mr Trump are few. The consequences could be grave.”)
- Two-thirds of Britons believe Trump is ‘threat to international stability’ (Only two-thirds?)
- Kristof: Canada, Leading the Free World
- Are we experiencing a slow-motion, Turkish-style coup? Or our own Arab Spring? (“Corrupting the media, spreading chaos and subverting the rule of law — it’s what authoritarian regimes do best”)
- The Democrats face up to their Trump problem (“The base is eager to protest the president, but elected leaders worry about outrage fatigue.”)
- ‘The Senate is coming apart’
- As Democrats turn their attention to 2018, getting “marginal voters” to turn out will be crucial
- How Budweiser’s Super Bowl Ad Taps America’s Contentious Immigration Past (“American beer as we know it today was the gift of a once-despised immigrant group: German Americans.”)
- Why Republican efforts to “repair” Obamacare are doomed to fail
- 14 Versions Of Trump’s Presidency, From #MAGA To Impeachment (Most of these scenarios are bad, to varying degrees.)
- Virginia’s Eloquent Lawsuit Brilliantly Connects the Muslim Ban to Segregation
- Sen. Ryan McDougle: McAuliffe jumps in on Democratic gerrymandering scheme (It’s really embarrassing to see the repeated use of “Democrat” as an adjective, also that a newspaper – of course the Republican Times-Disgrace, so not a big surprise – would allow it. As for the “substance” of this op-ed by Republican Ryan McDougle, there isn’t any.)
- Schapiro: Judging judges – the Virginia way
- Va. House, Senate budgets would boost pay for public employees
- With former mayor facing a felony drug charge, Fairfax city voters head to polls (“Residents will elect a new leader a day before R. Scott Silverthorne makes his first court appearance in alleged meth-for-sex scheme.”)
- Metro repairs will again test riders’ patience in 2017
- The long road home: after fleeing violence, the first local Syrian refugee family lays roots in Henrico
- Invasive Bamboo On Chopping Block in Virginia Legislature (“The rapidly growing plant has invaded state parks and other public land. Legislators are taking a whack at the problem.”)
- Wexton, Minchew Differ on Education, Social Issues (This is a HEADLINE? LOL, of course a Democrat and a right-wing Republican would disagree on those things – duh!)
- A cool and calm Super Bowl Sunday, then turning milder into midweek
