by Lowell
Here are a few national and Virginia news headlines, political and otherwise, for Friday, April 28.
- GOP backs off a health-care push that threatened deal to avert shutdown
- Trump: ‘I thought it would be easier’ (You don’t get “more stupider” than this loser.)
- Krugman: The Trump Zone (“I’d like to make a plea to my colleagues in the news media: Don’t pretend that this is normal. Let’s not act as if that thing released on Wednesday, whatever it was, was something like, say, the 2001 Bush tax cut; I strongly disapproved of that cut, but at least it was comprehensible. Let’s not pretend that we’re having a real discussion of, say, the growth effects of changes in business tax rates. No, what we’re looking at here isn’t policy; it’s pieces of paper whose goal is to soothe the big man’s temper tantrums. Unfortunately, we may all pay the price of his therapy.”)
- Trumpcare 2.0 (“The revised health care bill would make vulnerable Americans pay more for less.”)
- Why Trump Gets a Populist Pass (“The president’s racial demagoguery makes it easier for the GOP to sell tax giveaways to the wealthy.” Yep, the white working class apparently is cool with money going to rich WHITE people, as long as not a penny of their money goes to minorities. Godawful.)
- Trump Can’t Win His Battle Against the Judges (“Try as he might to change the rules, his protests only fuel the fire.”)
- Mnuchin can’t promise Trump’s ‘middle-income tax cut’ won’t raise taxes on middle class people (“The Treasury Secretary also won’t rule out a cut for the rich — something he explicitly promised wouldn’t happen.”)
- Trump looks to boost offshore drilling in protected waters with new executive order (“As with many of Trump’s orders, it is expected to trigger lawsuits.”)
- Trump administration blames Obama for Trump hiring Michael Flynn (“What?”)
- Spicer: Obama administration responsible for Flynn’s security clearance (Hahahahaha, yeah, blame Obama for everything!)
- House delays Obamacare vote, denying Trump 100-day win
- Repeal and replace just got even worse (“Republicans’ latest health-care plan would, once again, hurt the sick.”)
- Michael Gerson: We set a low bar for Trump. He still failed to meet it. (“There can be no measure of political progress without a measuring stick of political conviction. Instead, we are treated to hysterical self-praise. Appalling — but, hey, what did we expect?”)
- The White House can’t seem to perform simple arithmetic (“The outline of Trump’s tax-reform proposal makes no sense.”)
- The dumbest part of Trump’s dumb tax plan (“Cutting the tax rate on ‘pass-through’ income would make the rich richer, unleash a major tax-sheltering bonanza, and drain Medicare and Social Security.”)
- Three huge failures that will haunt Trump’s presidency (“In his first 100 days, he has governed as a hard-baked partisan.”)
- Ivanka Trump’s White House role is a symbol of democratic decline (Just imagine if this were Hillary Clinton and Chelsea Clinton — right wingers would be well into impeachment hearings by now.)
- Exclusive: Trump says ‘major, major’ conflict with North Korea possible, but seeks diplomacy (Well that’s reassuring. Not.)
- Exclusive: ‘If there’s a shutdown, there’s a shutdown,’ Trump says (Brilliant.)
- Tillerson: Kim Jong Un ‘is not crazy’ (No, just ruthless, evil, etc.)
- Egan: White House of Grifters
- Plan Redistributes America’s Wealth to Its Richest Families
- Sean Hannity: A Bill Shine Departure May Be The “Total End” Of Fox News (“Hannity Tweets Support Of Sexual Harassment Enabler Amid Questions Of Shine’s Future At The Network” Hannity is scum.)
- Warren ‘troubled’ by $400,000 Wall Street speaking fee for Obama
- Trump Falls From One Presidential Trap Into Another (“New presidents often err by either trying to impose their will on Congress or being too hands-off. Trump is on course to commit both errors on his top two legislative priorities.”)
- Trump’s NAFTA Reversal Confirms the Globalists Are in Charge – For Now
- Coal Ash Choice: Virginia’s next governor will determine fate of toxic ponds
- Dominion: pipeline on track to get green light this fall
- Dominion confident in pipeline approval, but opponents warn of dangers (As usual, Dominion is full of crap.)
- Editorial: The Confederate artifact nobody talks about anymore (“Stewart has turned himself into a joke candidate who seems to spend most of his time obsessed with Charlottesville’s attempt to rid itself of a statue of Robert E. Lee…If Stewart is so concerned about history — and not just trying to find an angle in the governor’s race — then we have a suggestion for him: Help Virginia get back a disputed Confederate battle flag from his native state.”)
- Bill said to close loophole in domestic violence cases
- McAuliffe touts new law to crack down on cigarette trafficking
- Virginia governor’s race gets weird as GOP candidate spars with musician John Legend on Twitter (Yet again, the Post reports on something the blogs – Blue Virginia, Daily Kos, etc. – reported on days ago.)
- Va. Gov. McAuliffe says he has broken U.S. record for restoring voting rights (“Democrat restores rights to 156,000 Virginians, calls it his ‘proudest achievement'”)
- ‘Shades of blue’: Northam, Perriello may clash mostly on style in upcoming debate (“Running neck and neck, the two Democrats vying for Va. governor face off in Fairfax on Saturday.”)
- Fairfax County Board Approves Budget Mark-Up with 8-2 Vote
- Hampton Roads defense industry still on edge despite Congress’ plans to avoid shutdown for a week
- Hearing set in Virginia State Bar complaints against Joe Morrissey
- Union walkout, board grilling on safety, leave Metro GM Wiedefeld on the defensive
- Has Metro become a quagmire? (“Metro GM Paul Wiedefeld keeps saying there’s light at the end of the tunnel. Riders just see more smoke.”)
- Investor bids to save troubled Va. mobile home park, then faces threats of lawsuit
- In 2006 dissertation, Richmond schools chief Dana Bedden copied text from other sources without proper attribution
- Arlington to seek bids for new Long Bridge Park aquatics center (Finally!)
- A quick taste of mid-summer! 80s today and perhaps 90s tomorrow.
