by Lowell
Here are a few national and Virginia news headlines, political and otherwise, for Thursday, March 30.
- The Senate’s No-Drama Russia Investigation (“Senators Richard Burr and Mark Warner promised a long, slow, even dull inquiry into election interference—an implicit rebuke to the House’s ever-more-chaotic process.”)
- Trump Is Beating Previous Presidents At Being Unpopular (Winning! LOL)
- 70 days in, Donald Trump’s presidency is flailing (“Trump’s campaign rewarded him for breaking the rules. His presidency has punished him for it.”)
- How Devin Nunes Is Threatening the Constitution (“Nunes is undermining one of the core principles of the American republic: checks and balances. And there perhaps is no area of government where counterbalance is more needed than national security.”)
- “It is pathetic”: Bernie Sanders slams Trump after ExxonMobil urges White House to abide by Paris climate accord (“The largest oil company in the world understands more about climate change than the president of the United States”)
- Let the Scapegoating Commence! (“House Republicans have begun their desperate and pathetic attempts to deflect blame for the AHCA debacle.”)
- Unbalanced climate-change hearing proves pointless
- Trump threatens to drown out the voices of despair (“Trump voters were drawn to his promises of relief, but that relief is in short supply in the president’s policies and priorities.”)
- Obamacare is the Republicans’ responsibility now (“If we will be living with the ACA for the ‘foreseeable future,’ Republicans have an obligation to ensure the law’s stability.”)
- Report: The Energy Department’s Climate Office Just Banned the Phrase ‘Climate Change’ (If that’s the case, it’s totally f’ed up and irresponsible, of course.)
- Everything We Learned Today About The Senate Intel Committee’s Russia Probe
- GOP Dares Call Gorsuch Filibuster Unprecedented—While Ignoring Their Blockade Of Garland
- ‘Have you heard of Susan B. Anthony? I’m shocked’: Trump stuns women at empowerment event (Our imbecile “president” strikes again.)
- ‘I’m not talking to bigots’: Angela Rye tears into CNN for giving Joe Walsh a platform (Cable “news” networks keep disgracing themselves.)
- Media Must Choose: If Trump’s Not A Liar, He’s Delusional (How about both?)
- What George W. Bush Really Thought of Donald Trump’s Inauguration (“That was some weird shit.”)
- Federal judge indefinitely extends restraining order against Trump travel ban
- North Carolina Lawmakers Strike a Deal on Bathroom Law (“Gay rights groups objected that the compromise was too weak. And it was unclear whether the deal would end numerous boycotts.”)
- Kristof: President Trump vs. Big Bird
- Trump Is Ignorant of His Own Ignorance
- Devin Nunes Is Dangerous
- FBI Director James Comey tried to reveal Russian tampering months before election
- Gov. Terry McAuliffe on 2020: ‘Go big or go home’ (“Asked about the possibility of a presidential bid in 2020, Virginia Gov. Terry McAuliffe said he isn’t ruling it out.”)
- Mark Warner and Rex Tillerson spotted in a tete-a-tete at Cafe Milano
- Kaine to oppose Trump court pick, join filibuster (Good! Now it’s your turn, Sen. Warner.)
- McAuliffe’s tweaks to budget, bills, set up reconvene fight
- Tom Davis column: Get your act together, GOP, or risk your majority
- Trump antagonist Rosie O’Donnell wades into Virginia’s lieutenant governor race (“Comedian endorses former Biden aide Susan Platt, citing need for women in politics.”)
- Poll: Either Perriello or Northam Tied with Gillespie for Virginia Governor; Dems Hold 7-Pt. Advantage for House of Delegates
- Perriello, Fairfax earn spots on primary ballot
- Tom Perriello: I lost my seat in Congress because I voted for Obamacare. I don’t regret that decision at all
- A Progressive Congressman Who Lost His Seat Because Of Obamacare Explains Why It Was Worth It
- Stewart misstatements on Confederate issues turn into headache for Gillespie (“Radio ad incorrectly says Gillespie told The Post he opposes law to protect monuments.”)
- Editorial: Finding virtue in vetoes (“On issues involving reproductive health and access to abortion services, McAuliffe has lived up to his promise to defend against the same ideologues who previously pushed a bill requiring transvaginal ultrasounds. So too has he refused to capitulate as the General Assembly seeks to put firearms in the hands of every man, woman and child in a commonwealth — policies that result in guns flowing from Virginia to places such as New York.”)
- Schapiro: Is there an echo of Trump in McAuliffe? (Kind of a stretch there…)
- McAuliffe encouraging eligible students to register to vote
- Editorial: Tim Kaine smears Neil Gorsuch (Again, only including this to illustrate how far right the Republican Times-Disgrace has become. In fact, here’s what Gorsuch wrote in the “Hobby Lobby” contraceptives coverage case: “All of us must answer for ourselves whether and to what degree we are willing to be involved in the wrongdoing of others”)
- Virginia studying plan for regional center to investigate campus sexual assault
- State Sen. Cosgrove withdraws bid for Chesapeake court clerk, backs mayor’s run (Too bad, was hoping this nutjob would leave the State Senate.)
- Richmond Mayor Levar Stoney will welcome Redskins for training camp, but plans to ‘ask for more’ from team
- Editorial: Richmond’s proposed ban on fracking is utterly pointless (And yet more idiocy from the Republican Times-Disgrace.)
- Editorial: Does Virginia need another inland port? Or two?
- Hampton Roads favors Democrats in gubernatorial race, but it’s a dead heat statewide, poll shows
- Virginia Beach proposes tax hikes to pay for full-day kindergarten, stormwater improvements
- Clouds roll in and temperatures struggle to rise; needed rains likely Friday
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