by Lowell
Here are a few national and Virginia news headlines, political and otherwise, for Monday, April 10.
- Trump officials demand Russia drop its support for Syria’s Assad (“Signaling the focus of talks Secretary of State Rex Tillerson will have in Moscow later this week, officials said Russia, in propping up Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, bears at least partial responsibility for Wednesday’s chemical attack and would face further deterioration in its relations with the United States if it continues to support him.”)
- Haley on Russia and Iran: ‘I don’t think anything is off the table’
- Sorry, Trump. Rubio says ‘Mexico’s not going to pay for the wall’
- Blow: War as Political Weapon (“The temptation to unleash America’s massive war machine is seductive and also addictive. Put that power in the hands of a man like Trump, who operates more on impulse and intuition than intellect, and the world should shiver.”)
- Krugman: Publicity Stunts Aren’t Policy (“…has anyone seen a sign, any sign, that Mr. Trump is ready to provide real leadership in that sense? I haven’t.”)
- Media masochists fall for Trump: One ineffectual missile attack, and cable news goes into White House fluff mode (“One pointless display of military machismo, and the TV talking heads Trump loves to mock are swept off their feet”)
- Bill O’Reilly hires Bill Clinton’s ‘Monicagate’ lawyer in frantic bid to stay on at Fox News
- Why Democrats have no regrets after McConnell’s ‘nuclear’ blast (“They were convinced the GOP would kill the filibuster for Supreme Court nominees, if not now, then in the future.”)
- White House on edge as 100-day judgment nears (“‘We’ve got essentially two-and-a-half weeks to turn everything around,’ says one Trump staffer.”)
- Karl Rove: WH staff has been leaking info on each other for weeks
- Midterm trends threaten GOP House majority
- Dems winning fight over wall
- Kaine agrees with Haley: No political solution in Syria with Assad in power
- Trump’s Shadow Is Looming Over This Special Election
- K.T. McFarland, Deputy National Security Adviser, Is Expected to Leave Post (Good riddance.)
- How Neil Gorsuch could affect the Supreme Court
- Why ISIS Declared War on Egypt’s Christians (“The group has been exporting Iraq-style sectarian tactics to the Arab world’s most populous country.”)
- Northam Winning Straw Polls; Perriello Winning Social Media; Real Polls Tied
- Corey Stewart Declares Virginia the State of Robert E. Lee, Stonewall Jackson; Confederate Flag “Is Not About Racism…Slavery”
- Terry McAuliffe column: Ethics reform shouldn’t be a political calculation
- GOP gubernatorial hopefuls to debate at LU
- John Warner’s public papers opened to public at U.Va.
- Editorial: Gov. Firewall remains unbroken
- Blue Virginia Q&A: Steve Jansen for House of Delegates (District 13; PW County/Manassas Park City)
- McPike talks tough on toll lanes at Manassas town hall
- It will feel almost like summer to start the week
