by Lowell
Here are a few national and Virginia news headlines, political and otherwise, for Wednesday, February 1.
- Trump picks Neil Gorsuch, judge seen as similar to Scalia, for Supreme Court (“Nominee is favorite of conservative legal establishment”)
- A fractured U.S. Senate awaits the nominee (“Democrats warned of a possible filibuster to block Gorsuch, noting that Republicans blocked former president Barack Obama’s final Supreme Court nominee for most of 2016. ‘This is a stolen seat,’ Sen. Jeff Merkley (D-Ore.) said.” Correct: this was 100% President Obama’s pick to make; Democrats should NOT reward Republicans for their disgusting behavior.)
- Who is Neil Gorsuch? (“What you need to know about Trump’s extraordinarily conservative nominee for the Supreme Court.” Dems need to block him.)
- Neil Gorsuch’s crusade against Planned Parenthood (“Rules be damned!”)
- The GOP senators who spoke up against Trump’s ban are all talk (“When given the chance to do something about it, they demurred.”)
- For Bannon, the game has only just begun (“Trump’s controversial chief strategist is at the heart of the president’s trade policies and immigration bans.” This guy is evil.)
- A leaked Trump order suggests he’s planning to deport more legal immigrants for using social services (“Build a wall around public benefits, and make immigrants’ relatives pay for it.” Appalling.)
- Steve Bannon is Trump’s conscience. Yikes.
- Growing wave of federal workers is pushing back against Trump (“From consulting with recently departed Obama-era political appointees to setting up social media accounts to leaked word of pending changes, many federal employees are exploring options for expressing their opposition to President Trump’s policies. The resistance, while less visible than protests on the streets, is potentially more troublesome to the new administration.”)
- Trump’s firing of the acting attorney general sets a dangerous precedent (“The statement announcing Sally Yates’s firing revealed the political nature of the president’s decision.”)
- Trump is sworn in, rockets fall on Ukraine
- Trump’s Supreme Court Reality Show Was Not a Distraction (“It was a capstone to a yearlong campaign to degrade the law and the Constitution.” Every day Trump’s in the White House, he degrades America.)
- Why Democrats Should Oppose Neil Gorsuch (“It’s not about the nominee. It’s about an illegitimate process.”)
- Neil Gorsuch, the Nominee for a Stolen Seat
- How Populism Stumbles (“The Egyptian deep state’s sabotage of Morsi culminated in a coup. This is not my prediction for the Trump era. But what we’ve watched unfold with refugee policy suggests that chaos and incompetence are much more likely to define this administration than any kind of ruthless strength.”)
- The Democrats Show Some Spunk (“Two days of obstruction on Capitol Hill.”)
- Right-wing congressman has women up in his grill — and he better get used to it (Basically nobody has linked to the original two articles on this, one on Daily Kos and one here. Journalistic ethics anyone?)
- Schapiro: Line separating Va., national politics keeps blurring (No, the June primary is definitely not a “formality.”)
- Va gov’s race: Perriello is running against Trump (“Former Dem congressman urges Virginians to ‘reject Trump at the ballot box this year'”)
- Tom Perriello Is Running for Governor of Virginia Because “Trump Changed Everything” (“Virginia is getting bluer, but the former one-term Democratic congressman says he can reach Trump voters, too.”)
- Video: Virginia Brings Action Against President Trump for Unlawful, Unconstitutional Immigration Order
- Riggleman, a contender for Virginia governor, takes on utility giant Dominion (Anyone who takes on Dominion can’t be all bad.)
- Denver Riggleman, GOP hopeful for governor, backs Trump’s policy on refugees, faults rollout (OK, he’s bad after all.)
- Disability groups protest 11,000-person waiting list for services in Va.
- Legislative notebook: Robot coolers and expected vetoes
- Legislation to rein in hunting dogs in Virginia clears first hurdle
- Virginia lawmakers propose coalfields schools funding boost
- Liberty University President Jerry Falwell Jr. to lead 2 of Trump’s higher ed task forces (Nightmare.)
- FERC delays release date for final environmental statement for Mountain Valley Pipeline
- State Senate panel kills bill to cap and phase out historic rehab tax credits
- Sanctuary cities could face lawsuits for immigrant crimes under GOP bill (Yep, bat**** crazy Dick Black strikes again.)
- Hamlar: New economy demands municipal broadband
- Casey: Caught in the middle of the immigration ban
- On the mild side again today, then colder with a chance of rain or snow on Sunday
