by Lowell
Here are a few national and Virginia news headlines, political and otherwise, for Wednesday, February 8. Also check out the showdown between Jake Tapper (truth, facts) and Kellyanne Conway (lies, lies and more lies).
- Elizabeth Warren was just silenced on the Senate floor. Her crime was quoting Coretta Scott King. (“A low moment for the world’s greatest deliberative body.”)
- Hill Republicans quake at Trump’s budget-busting wish list (“Lawmakers have to choose between embracing Trump’s pricey agenda — or pushing back and risking his wrath.”)
- Trump’s faux-pas diplomacy (“The State Department is struggling to contain the fallout as Trump goes off topic in calls with foreign leaders.” Four YEARS of this crap???)
- After pointed questions, fate of travel ban rests with appeals court
- Shoker! Rediculous chocker Trump attaks and dishoners English with ever-dummer spellings. (“His carelessness with language is unpresidented.” He’s a national disgrace in so many ways, including his mangling of the English language.)
- Warren Silenced For Reading Coretta Scott King Letter at Sessions Debate (Sessions and McConnell are both disgusting racist scumbags. F*** them both.)
- Republicans Have Lost the Plot on Their Obamacare Repeal (“It’s increasingly evident that they have no workable plan and might never come up with one.” Wasn’t that glaringly obvious the past 8 years???)
- Trump invites sheriff to ‘destroy’ Texas state lawmaker who opposes asset forfeiture (Impeach this dictator wannabe now.)
- Leaks Suggest Trump’s Own Team Is Alarmed By His Conduct (“White House leaks are common, but leakers suggesting the president might be unfit for office are not.” Of course he’s unfit for office, just listen to him for 5 minutes and anyone – other than Fox “News” zombies and/or Trump fanatics – can see that.)
- If he only had a soul (“Our Boy President’s bloviations at the National Prayer Breakfast were not encouraging.”)
- It’s time for the Congressional Progressive Caucus to raise its game
- Yemen Withdraws Permission for U.S. Antiterror Ground Missions (Great job by the draft-dodging Orange Mussolini!)
- Betsy DeVos Teaches the Value of Ignorance
- Trump is gaslighting us — again! — with his silly terrorist-attack list, but journalists can fight back(“Donald Trump and Kellyanne Conway made up attacks that didn’t happen; now they want to change the subject”)
- The DOJ’s Worst Moments During Its Crucial Executive Order Hearing on Tuesday
- Why the White House Keeps Crying “Fake News” (“It’s a desperate ploy to distract the media from their real jobs.”)
- How to stop an autocracy (“The danger isn’t that Trump will build an autocracy. It’s that congressional Republicans will let him.”)
- There are now twice as many solar jobs as coal jobs in the US (And growing fast!)
- It’s Not Just DeVos: Trump’s Cabinet Is Facing Unprecedented Opposition
- Trump administration pretends CNN doesn’t have any concerns about Kellyanne Conway
- John Oliver: Trump’s election was the exactly the trainwreck ‘I thought it was going to be’
- Kellyanne Conway abruptly ends Capitol Hill outreach when GOP staffer asks about SNL: report
- GOP legislature moves to wrest regulatory power from Va. governor (“The measure would give legislators veto power over regulations.”)
- Gov. McAuliffe vows to veto Va. GOP sanctuary cities bills
- Gov. McAuliffe vows to veto anti-LGBT legislation
- Sanders alum to lead Tom Perriello’s campaign for Virginia governor
- Virginia’s legislature is in a power struggle with the executive branch
- Schapiro: Va. campaign as culture clash (“The fight in the House of Delegates over dog hunting is a reminder that candidates, officeholders and voters are increasingly isolated, clinging to unrealistic expectations based on uninformed views.”)
- Caustic debate unfolds in Va. Senate as GOP moves to slow down felon voting restoration (Republicans’ goal is to suppress the vote of minorities, plain and simple, end of story.)
- It’s halftime at the Virginia General Assembly: Here are the bills that have passed and failed so far (“About 1,500 of the 2,600 pieces of legislation proposed this session have passed one chamber so far.” General summary: a lot of bad bills passed, a lot of really good bills were killed by Republicans.)
- Va. Senate passes bill to protect religious opponents of gay marriage (Speaking of REALLY bad bills.)
- Virginia House passes pared back broadband bill
- Editorial: Sweet Briar’s comeback continues
- General Assembly moves airport reforms in response to People Express
- Former mayor of Fairfax City to appear in court on meth-for-sex charges (“Scott Silverthorne was arrested in August, after Fairfax County police said he agreed to give an undercover officer methamphetamine in exchange for an orgy at a Tysons hotel.”)
- Atlantic Coast Pipeline granted access to survey 29 Nelson properties (Have I mentioned recently how stupid this pipeline idea is?)
- Gubernatorial candidate Denver Riggleman makes stop in Roanoke
- Bourne wins landslide victory in special election for Richmond-area House seat (That district went 86% for Barack Obama in 2012, 90% for Jeff Bourne last night.)
- Virginia voters select Fairfax City mayor, House delegate (“Fairfax City Councilmember David L. Meyer has been elected mayor in a special election.”)
- Is Virginia Beach doing enough business with minorities? Answers to 6 questions about the issue
- D.C.-area forecast: Wild ride from 60s to near 70 today, to chance of snow late tonight
