Thursday News: Trump “unfit to serve”; “What Did Trump Know, and When?”; Samantha Bee on “Blood in the Water”

by Lowell

Here are a few national and Virginia news headlines, political and otherwise, for Thursday, February 16.

• Admit it: Trump is unfit to serve (“He has no business being president of the United States.” Literally ZERO business.)
• G.O.P.’s Visions for Congress Now Look Like a Mirage
• The nation needs answers, not deflections, on Russia and Trump (“There should be a broad, bipartisan investigation.”)
• Should Jeff Sessions Recuse Himself From the Russia Inquiries? (“Justice Department regulations appear to suggest the attorney general should not be involved in any investigations into Trump associates’ ties to Russia.”)
• What Happens Next Is Up to Republicans (“If they don’t act decisively now, when will they?”)
• Why do smart people in the White House do stupid things? Because Trump tells them to. (“Michael Flynn may have been doing exactly what his boss wanted.”)
• Kristof: What Did Trump Know, and When? (“…. we urgently need a bipartisan investigation, ideally an independent panel modeled on the 9/11 Commission. It must address what is now the central question: ‘What did the president know, and when did he know it?'”)
• Blow: Drip, Drip, Drip (“What we know only makes what we don’t know feel all the more ominous. But I believe that facts are forthcoming. Reporters are digging like a crew of coal miners hopped up on a case of Red Bull, and sources in Washington are leaking to anyone with a press credential.”)
• Collins: Well, Trump Watchers, Things Could Be Worse (“The majority of American voters who didn’t support Donald Trump used to watch him on TV with a kind of cynical amusement as he bragged about fake election results and crowd sizes. Now every time it happens you can’t help thinking — wow, is this guy really unhinged? On Wednesday, in the middle of a press conference with the prime minister of Israel, Trump responded to a question about anti-Semitism in America by immediately pointing out he had won 306 Electoral College votes.”)
• Spies Keep Intelligence From Donald Trump on Leak Concerns (Trump should not have a security clearance. Which means he shouldn’t/can’t be president. Get him outta there.)
• Why Trump Can’t Come Clean on Russia (“The saying ‘it’s not the crime, it’s the cover-up’ may not apply here.”)
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  Andrew Puzder withdraws labor nomination, throwing White House into more turmoil (Good riddance to really bad garbage.)
• None dare call it treason: As the Flynn scandal widens, let’s consider the evidence that Trump is a traitor (“Has Trump’s entire team been compromised by Putin? If so, everyone who continues to support him is complicit”)
• Netanyahu Came to Washington to Hear One Thing (“And Trump, in his profound ignorance of Middle East politics, gave it to him.”)
• This Emoluments Thing Isn’t Going Away (“How state attorneys general could take down Trump.”)
• Will top cop Chaffetz actually police Trump? (Yeah, right!)
• Trump, asked about anti-Semitism, brags about election victory (Again, just imagine if Obama or Clinton said s*** like this???)
• The 3 Trump-Russia scandals, explained
• The end of the road for Kellyanne? Conway banned from morning show, blamed for leaking Sean Spicer rumors (No news show should have anyone on who lies and lies and lies. In other words, bye by Kellyanne…and pretty much anyone from the Trump cabal.)
• Breitbart, Roger Stone declare war on Steve Bannon, Reince Priebus after ousting of Michael Flynn (Hahahahaha.)
• The Democrats’ inept resistance: Party leaders want Bernie Sanders to save them from angry activists
• After His Election, Trump’s Love for Leaks Quickly Faded (Fascinating how that works, eh?)
• The president makes a dubious shift on Israel (“Trump appears to abandon decades of U.S. support for a Palestinian state and worsens Middle East peace prospects.”)
• Just resisting Trump won’t do enough for Democrats
• Kaine, Warner, Scott push for African-American history commission
• DNC Chair Candidate: Democrats Are Suffering a ‘Crisis of Both Relevance and Confidence’
• Thought you were done with angry elections? Welcome to the Virginia, N.J. races for governor
• First big GOP gubernatorial debate Saturday (“The debate is not scheduled to be broadcast, but it will be streamed live on Facebook at https://m.facebook.com/millennialascent/” Well then, it IS going to be broadcast — on Facebook.)
• Is fear the Trump administration’s immigration enforcement goal?
• Perriello apologizes for comparing Trump’s win to 9/11
• Editorial: GOP’s HB2 continues to damage N.C. (Remember, if we don’t keep a DEMOCRAT in the Governor’s mansion here in Virginia, we could become North Carolina very quickly.)
• Immigrant workers plan strike Thursday as part of ‘Day Without Immigrants’ protest
• Legislation to raise Virginia’s grand larceny threshold from $200 to $500 dies in House panel (Every one of these @#$#!ers needs to be voted out of office this November.)
• Congressional delegation moves to hasten launch of Metro Safety Commission
• Small committee shoots down medical marijuana oil expansion (“Six House Republicans shot down a major expansion of Virginia’s medical marijuana allowances Wednesday night, reducing to tears advocates who thought they had the votes for at least some reform.” These Republicans are truly evil.)
• Appalachian Power’s bid to bypass local zoning, Dominion’s underground line bill clear committee (Gov. McAuliffe needs to take a hard look at both of these bills…)
• Editorial – For Republican gubernatorial candidates, it’s already DEFCON 1
• Lobbyists for local governments and schools help kill Sturtevant’s transparency bill
• How much is three decades of wrongful incarceration worth in Virginia? (“The commonwealth comes up short.”)
• Va. legislators want to squeeze more revenue from ABC cash cow
• Lawsuit claiming discrimination against Richmond jail, school system dismissed
• Virginia House of Delegates committee defangs coal ash bill (“…a crucial provision, which required that no permits be issued before the assessments have been reviewed and evaluated by state officials, was excised in a subcommittee Monday.” Dominion needs to be dismantled.)
• Editorial: Does geography matter anymore?
• Chilly breezes mar sunny day; mild air rushes back for holiday weekend