by Lowell
Here are a few national and Virginia news headlines, political and otherwise, for Saturday, April 22.
- The Planet Can’t Stand This Presidency (“Trump is in charge at a critical moment for keeping climate change in check. We may never recover… we have only a short window to deal with the climate crisis or else we forever lose the chance to thwart truly catastrophic heating.”)
- Democrats partner with political newcomers aiming to create anti-Trump wave in 2018 midterms
- The ‘war on science’ doesn’t just hurt scientists. It hurts everyone. (“We are all stakeholders.”)
- Attack in Paris Casts a Shadow as France’s Election Nears
- Trump Vows to Unveil Tax-Cut Plan Next Week, Surprising Staff
- Sources: Russia tried to use Trump advisers to infiltrate campaign
- Where is Trump’s ‘armada’? Apparently, wherever Fox News says it is. (“It’s a good thing nobody believes the president anyway.”)
- John Kerry: Why I’m an optimist this Earth Day (“The Trump administration may decide to bet against scientists like Dunbar and his colleagues. But rest assured: Most Americans stand with the world in making a different bet — a bet on science, a bet on reality. We understand that we have to move forward, with or without Washington.”)
- Bloomberg Editors On New Climate Website: Climate Change “Is Fundamentally An Economic Story”
- The White House Seems Excited to Shut Down the Government
- Today’s executive orders are the nail in the coffin of Trump’s economic populism (“There’s no workers’ party here.”)
- Jeff Sessions decries nonexistent New York murder epidemic (“A Justice Department press release denounces ‘gang murder after gang murder’ in a city enjoying a a historically low murder rate.” Sessions is a disgrace, as is any Senator who voted to confirm him.)
- Obama’s back: Former president to hold Chicago event on Monday
- Trump scoffs at 100-day mark as ‘ridiculous standard’ (Because his first 100 days have been a complete mess.)
- How Trump Fell Into His Own 100-Day Trap (“If the president didn’t want to be judged on the first three months of his presidency, why did he promise to get so much done in that period?”)
- The Real Trump Agenda: Helping Big Business
- Can President Trump Learn on the Job? (Unfortunately for all of us, that is highly, highly unlikely.)
- Neil Gorsuch’s very first decision on the Supreme Court was to let a man be killed (“Donald Trump’s kind of justice.”)
- Responding to criticism of abortion vote in Congress, Perriello says Northam backed ‘most anti-choice president’ ever (Reagan might have been worse, but no doubt Dubya’s administration was godawful as well on this and many other fronts.)
- Gavin Grimm named to Time Magazine’s 2017 100 Most Influential People list
- EXCLUSIVE: Interview with Lt. Gov. Ralph Northam
- Dems try to hang ‘Enron Ed’ tag on Gillespie (“Gillespie, of course, once lobbied for Enron, cutting ties after one of the largest corporate frauds in U.S. history unravelled.”)
- Virginia jobless rate drops to 3.8 percent in March
- ‘Dark money’ vs. corporate cash: Democratic rivals clash over funding (This article is really bad.)
- Legal challenge filed over Virginia abortion regulation changes
- Warner, Kaine announce nearly $10 million to combat opioid abuse
- Chesapeake Bay female crabs at their most plentiful since at least 1990 (We need to keep the Chesapeake Bay cleanup going strong!)
- Vice President Pence to visit Newport News shipyard
- State Supreme Court hears Daily Press court records case
- Muslim group reaches agreement to build Culpeper mosque (So sad when bigots lose out, huh?)
- McAuliffe signs bill forcing faster replacement of Alexandria sewers (“City says 2025 deadline is not feasible, but officials will try to comply.”)
- Richmond School Board discusses Superintendent Bedden behind closed doors for second time this week
- Manassas mayor Parrish withdraws from Republican primary for state delegate (“Incumbent Del. Jackson H. Miller expected to get nomination, face Democrat in November.”)
- Electric bills may go down if Virginia Supreme Court undoes 2015 law
- Damp and dreary this weekend, with more of the same early week
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