by Lowell
Here are a few national and Virginia news headlines, political and otherwise, for Wednesday, February 22.
- Yiannopoulos flap casts pall over CPAC (Lots of other things should cast a pall on this gathering of far-right extremists, bigots, etc.)
- CPAC Got Rid Of Milo, But Not The Rest Of Their Bigoted Lineup
- Trump Details Plans to Deport Millions of Immigrants (“The policies authorize expelling undocumented immigrants who have committed even minor offenses and make it easier to deport people immediately.”)
- Mr. Trump’s ‘Deportation Force’ Prepares an Assault on American Values (“Homeland Security reveals its plan to vastly expand the enforcement machinery.” Appalling.)
- Donald Trump, Pseudoauthoritarian (“If Trump has a plan to crush his adversaries, he has not yet revealed it. His authoritarian rage thus far is mostly impotent, the president as angry Fox-News-watching grandfather screaming threats at his television that he never carries out. The danger to the republic may come later, or never. In the first month of Trump’s presidency, the resistance has the upper hand.”)
- ‘She just lied’: Watch Stephen Colbert and Joe Scarborough trash Kellyanne Conway
- The Milo Yiannopoulos debacle tells us some terrible truths about conservatives (All of which we knew before.)
- Conservative forces clash in Trump’s early days
- 549 key positions in the administration need Senate confirmation. So far, Trump has filled 14.
- Donald Trump’s Jewish Problem (“The president’s dalliance with anti-Semitic rhetoric should be disturbing to all Americans.”)
- Trump claims he denounces anti-Semitism ‘wherever I get a chance.’ Actually, he doesn’t. (“He’ll tweet immediately about nonexistent events in Sweden, though”)
- Trump hiring freeze forces suspension of military child care programs (“Trump has already reneged on a campaign promise to service members.”)
- Trump’s America will be on vivid display at annual conservative gathering (An ugly, ugly picture.)
- Why Is Facebook Helping Fund CPAC? (“The social networking giant caught all kinds of flak for its role in the 2016 election. But that isn’t stopping it from bankrolling a huge, often-controversial conservative confab.”)
- Meet the 5 Trump Administrations (“It should be clear by now that there are five different Trump administrations swirling before our eyes — Trump Entertainment, Trump Cleanup, Trump Crazy, Trump G.O.P. and the Essential Trump — and no one can predict which will define this presidency, let alone make a success of it.”)
- These are the American people Trump calls enemies of the American people (“The Post newsroom is filled with people of all backgrounds, from the military to delivering pizzas”)
- At CPAC, conservatism betrayed (“Remember when conservatism meant deep thinkers and big ideas? Get over it.”)
- Mr. President, don’t break America’s promise to ‘dreamers’ (“These immigrants, brought here as children, share our hopes for a better America.”)
- Trump’s vilification of the media sounds familiar (“Weak leaders always resort to scapegoating.”)
- The Trump administration’s blueprint for mass removals, with a streak of cruelty (“Deterrence is a fair goal, but these new guidelines will break up families and harm people leading peaceable lives.”)
- In First, Trump Condemns Rise in Anti-Semitism, Calling It ‘Horrible’ (Why is this so difficult?)
- Trump lashes out at ‘so-called angry crowds’ at GOP town halls (Yep, the same guy whose crowds chanted “lock her up” and other angry, nasty s*** during the 2016 campaign.)
- A tale of two Virginias (“Populism is king…New challenges to the corporate elite…Flip-flops are the order of the day…Primaries are king…Until now, the Democrats have been at fault for their failure to win legislative seats.”)
- RC Poll: Virginians not enamored of President Trump, lean left on immigration; Democrats and Republicans divided (“Regarding those immigrants currently in the country illegally, more than half of Virginians (57%) favor a path to citizenship, while one-fourth (23%) think they should be allowed to become permanent residents, but not citizens. Only 15 percent think they should be deported.”)
- Virginia lawmakers from both parties push McAuliffe to seek end to utility rate freeze
- Cuccinelli, Lawmakers Push to End Utility Rate Freeze (If Cooch is involved, it must be a bad idea? On the other hand, if dirty Dominion supports something, it’s almost certainly something the rest of us should strongly oppose.)
- Virginia House panel would empower investigation of jail deaths
- McAuliffe will veto bill that would allow guns in emergency shelters
- Legislative notebook: ‘Beloved’ bill veto promised, coal ash bill stripped down, voucher bill overhauled
- In abortion bill veto, an issue for 2017 campaigns
- Rep. Scott Taylor faces tough town hall crowd in York County (“U.S. Rep. Scott Taylor, R-Virginia Beach, faced an angry crowd of protesters and constituents during a town hall in York County Tuesday evening. Despite boos and snarky comments from protesters, the freshman congressman was able to make a few points during the town hall”)
- Congressman who complained about women being ‘in my grill’ is heckled at town hall in Virginia (“Rep. Dave Brat held a packed town hall and was jeered for more than an hour.”)
- Rep. Brat jeered, at times applauded, during lively town hall in Blackstone
- Virginia Group Urges Comstock to Show Up to Town Hall
- Schapiro: The House that Cox built (“The next majority leader is expected to be Todd Gilbert of Shenandoah, currently deputy majority leader.” Ugh, that guy is as hard right as you can get. Democrats really, really need to take back the House of Delegates as soon as possible.)
- Editorial: Anne Holton stands for excellemce in education (Yep, the Republican Times-Disgrace wrote “excellemce” not “excellence” in an editorial about education. LOL)
- All bills targeting student debt fail this session
- Metro needs reforms — and dollars (“Short of new ideas and money, the agency’s death spiral could accelerate.”)
- Editorial: A blight removed from City Hall at last (“NORFOLK TREASURER Anthony Burfoot’s forced exit from City Hall on Monday — even if temporary — represents a wildly overdue moment of probity in one of the tawdriest cases in Norfolk’s modern memory.”)
- “An outrageous act of hate”: ODU, Hampton Roads community respond to racist video circulating online
- Cavalier developers get green light for another $6.5M to build 3rd hotel on Virginia Beach Oceanfront
- Alexandria manager’s budget proposal would hike taxes, fees (“’Anemic’ growth rates plus higher demands require taxpayer investment, he says.”)
- Stoney aide who embezzled and sent threatening texts resigns (“Richmond Mayor Levar Stoney’s office said late Tuesday that the mayor had accepted the resignation of an executive assistant with a criminal record after it became public that the man had been found guilty of a probation violation for sending threatening text messages.”)
- Soaring back into the 60s and 70s (“In this wacky warm February, yesterday’s 50s is what qualifies as a cold snap.”)
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