by Lowell
Here are a few national and Virginia news headlines, political and otherwise, for Saturday, April 8.
- After strikes, challenge for Trump is crafting long-term Syria strategy (“There were mixed reactions — praise from U.S. allies, concerns in Congress and scorn from Russia and Syria — as Trump administration officials set out to defend the strikes in Syria. Now, the president and his advisers must move quickly from the rapidly planned and executed attacks to a longer-term diplomatic strategy.”)
- Immediate impact: Gorsuch could play pivotal role on court starting next week (I warned a million time that if we in’t elect a Democratic president, we’d end up with this nightmare scenario on the Supreme Court.)
- Syria Strike Puts U.S. Relationship With Russia at Risk (“Putin Calls Attack ‘Significant Blow’ to Relationship”)
- After the Airstrikes on Syria, What’s Next? (“There is no evidence that the president has thought through the implications of using force.” Nada.)
- America struck Syria, and the media swooned. Trump will remember that.
- Mitch McConnell, the man who broke America (“No one has done more in recent years to undermine the functioning of U.S. government.”)
- 9 terrible things Neil Gorsuch could do in his first full term on the Supreme Court (“There’s a reason Republicans sold their soul to Donald Trump in order to get this guy on the Court.”)
- Hey, Trump: If You Really Cared, You’d Welcome Syrian Refugees
- Media fawns over President Trump’s strike on Syria (The worst of the worst: “MSNBC’s Brian Williams waxed poetic about the majesty of the missile attacks…CNN’s Fareed Zakaria was perhaps the most fawning on-air pundit. He declared that ‘Donald Trump became the President of the United States'”)
- Was Trump’s Syria strike a moral impulse or a policy change?
- Trump’s vision on Syria’s foreign policy is still completely incoherent
- Bill O’Reilly brings sexual harassment back out of the shadows
- Media Praise Trump For Ordering Missile Attack On Syrian Airbase
- We Are Now Part of This War (“Trump doesn’t know what he wants to do in Syria. He needs to figure it out—fast.”)
- Republicans Will Always Nominate Extremist Justices, and Democrats Will Always Compromise
- Sorry, Missile Strikes Don’t Make Trump a Serious Man (“All you have to do is look at his recent interviews.” Nope, there’s nothing “presidential” about this clown.)
- McConnell delivers first big win of Trump’s presidency (McConnell is utterly despicable.)
- McMaster shows clout in Trump’s first crisis
- Dan Rather hits journalists who called Trump ‘presidential’ after Syria missile strike
- Report: Trump considering ousting Priebus, Bannon
- White House frustrated by palace intrigue
- Trump’s foreign policy is dangerously impulsive (“Trump needs a foreign policy, not just reactions to what he sees on cable news.”)
- Trump’s Syria strike is part of a broader pivot toward the Gulf states’ worldview (“Dropping Obama’s ambivalence brings short-term gains and long-term risks.”)
- Most Senators Support Trump’s Syria Airstrike (“But many have reservations about what comes next.”)
- Warner, Kaine Express Concern over United States Action in Syria
- Tim Kaine to visit Nashville for fundraiser hosted by Bredesen, Freeman (“Former Tennessee Gov. Phil Bredesen and prominent Nashville businessman Bill Freeman are co-hosting a fundraiser for Kaine’s 2018 Senate campaign on April 28 at Nashville’s Valentino’s Ristorante, which is co-owned by Freeman.”)
- Clemency petition filed on behalf of man set to be executed this month in Virginia (“Lawyers for condemned murder-for-hire killer Ivan Teleguz are asking Gov. Terry McAuliffe to stop his execution, set for April 25, in a clemency petition delivered Friday.”)
- GOP gubernatorial candidate Ed Gillespie discloses that he worked for conservative energy organization (Uh, “conservative?” How about Koch sucking climate science denier scumbags? That’s not “conservative,” it’s just evil.)
- Virginia Democrats see hope in Richmond after Republican incumbent exits race
- Virginia farmers await Trump action on visas for temporary workers
- Congressman Tom Perriello campaigns in Southwest Virginia
- NRA employee accidentally shoots himself at Virginia headquarters (“Guns save lives”)
- Editorial: Why Virginia needs a Music Hall of Fame
- State Corporation Commission authorizes contentious transmission line for Amazon data center
- Portsmouth Democratic Party officers quit en masse weeks after councilman steps down as chair
- D.C.-area forecast: Breezy but sunny today, then really warming up Sunday into early week
