Sunday News: Climate March Draws 200k; Hasan Minhaj Mocks Trump, Media at WHCD; Northam/Perriello Debate

by Lowell

Here are a few national and Virginia news headlines, political and otherwise, for Sunday, April 30. Also check out Hasan Minhaj’s remarks at the 2017 White House Correspondents’ Dinner. “Gotta address the elephant that’s not in the room. The leader of our country is not here. But that’s because he’s in Moscow; it’s a very long flight…”

• People’s Climate March draws 200,000 protesters as Trump flees to coal country
• Yes, I am a climate alarmist. Global warming is a crime against humanity (And against nature.)
• We owe our planet this climate march. But we also owe it – very faint – hope
• Huge Climate March Crowds Protest Trump’s Anti-Environment Actions (“The People’s Climate March, timed to Trump’s 100th day as president, came amid a flurry of pro-fossil-fuel policy actions from the White House.”)
• EPA wipes its climate change site as protesters march in Washington (The EPA is now the EDA – Environmental Destruction – and Denial – Agency. Ugh.)
• 10 of the best signs from the People’s Climate March
• Nicholas Kristof: Lessons From 100 Days of President Trump (“Alarm that the U.S. might slip into a fascist dictatorship has diminished — but it’s a long three years and nine months still ahead of us.”)
• Trump Invites Rodrigo Duterte to the White House (Duterte should be “invited” to The Hague for a trial, not to the White House.)
• How nervous should Trump be about his poll ratings? (“The president’s approval rating among Republicans is strong, but Bush and Obama were even stronger with their own parties at the 100-day mark.”)
• Trump says rally crowd broke records despite empty seats (Wait, you mean Trump’s lying again? I’m shocked! shocked!)
• Trump draws sharp correspondents’ dinner contrast with wild rally (Think about that for a second – the president of the United States is holding “wild” rallies. WTF?)
• Comedian Hasan Minhaj blasts Trump, media at correspondents’ dinner
• New York Times staff, social media accounts push back against new opinion columnist Bret Stephens’ first op-ed (The hiring of Bret Stephens will permanently disgrace the New York Times. As will their disgraceful coverage of the 2016 election. I encourage everyone to cancel their subscriptions unless/until that paper shapes up.)
• Fox News Just Tweeted the Worst Tweet in the History of Tweets (Fox is evil, end of story.)
• Samantha Bee’s “Not the White House Correspondents’ Dinner”: the best and worst moments (“Featuring Will Ferrell as George W. Bush, an alternate reality where Hillary won, and more.”)
• Editorial: When taxes make sense (Classic corporate media false equivalency, “both sides-ism” b.s. #FAIL)
• Northam throws NRA jab, Perriello counters with Dominion in otherwise friendly first debate
• Northam, Perriello hold mostly civil debate, but spar over NRA, pipelines (“Their aides have been snapping at each other on Twitter, but the two Democratic candidates for Virginia governor appeared for their first debate of the primary campaign Saturday evening in an hourlong discussion that remained civil.”)
• Northam and Perriello hold their fire in first Democratic debate for Va gov (“The rivals mostly agreed on issues and took only a few gentle jabs at each other.”)
• A Virginia gubernatorial hopeful can’t seem to resist all things Confederate (“GOP candidate Corey Stewart wraps himself in symbols many see as racist.” Yep, he’s been a demagogic racist since at least 2007.)
• Schapiro: Playing the Trump card – 100 days on – and gambling on Va.’s economy (“The economic outlook for Virginia — 100 days into the Trump presidency — seems hazy. That can only make for more bright-line politics.”)
• Editorial: No, the Atlantic Coast Pipeline won’t destroy planet Earth (My god, the Republican Times-Disgrace is brain dead. Does anyone actually subscribe to this piece of crap “newspaper?”)
• Editorial: let’s face it: Nobody cares about Southwest Virginia (That’s simply not true; Democrats do care, but there’s not much they can do given Republican control of the General Assembly.)
• Virginia Beach leaders want to build a $40 million sports field house at the Oceanfront
• Stoney’s study of City Hall uses big private-sector players – who are also big donors
• Democrats nominate Debra H. Rodman to face Delegate O’Bannon (Congratulations and good luck in the general election!)
• Community college professor clinches Democratic nomination for Portsmouth sheriff, will face Bill Watson again (“Portsmouth Democrats held a rare caucus for the race Saturday morning, where Michael Moore easily beat fellow candidate Roderick Madison. Moore took 322 votes while Madison got 28.”)
• Dulles Airport sets record high, D.C. and BWI tie for hottest on record (This is exactly what global warming looks like.)
• Not as hot today but still humid; pleasantly cooler and drier midweek