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by Lowell
Here are a few national and Virginia news headlines, political and otherwise, for Wednesday, April 26.
- The ‘Voodoo Economics’ of the Laffer Curve Return (It should be spelled “Laugher”)
- Donald Trump’s Unintelligible Presidency
- Moderates chafe at Republican health care compromise (Of course, the Dave Brat crazies of the world love it.)
- Trump’s Sanctuary Cities Order Blocked by Federal Judge
- Trump plan would raise tax deductions, lower corporate and small business rates (Massive increase in the deficit and the debt if this passes. Hello “Tea Party,” where are you guys now with your supposedly deep concern over these issues???)
- The Trump administration’s magical thinking on taxes would bust the budget
- Slow pace of Trump nominations leaves Cabinet agencies ‘stuck’ in staffing limbo (Massive incompetence on the part of the Trump administration.)
- Republicans’ new health amendment lets insurers charge sick people more, cover less (Because being mean spirited and lurching backwards is what Republicans do.)
- Dealmaker in Chief? More like the Backdown President. (“Trump is at his best when he’s retreating, as on his absurd wall ultimatum.”)
- Trump’s Tax Plan Looks Like a Plutocrat’s Dream
- Republicans exempt their own insurance from their latest health care proposal
- Trump says his first 100 days have been a historic success. History disagrees. (Again, not a word this guy says is true.)
- Chris Cillizza’s defense of Ivanka Trump is not just stupid, it’s also condescending. (I can’t decide if Cillizza is more stupid, incompetent or evil. Maybe all three?)
- Dumbest Pundit Alive Strikes Again With the Defense of Ivanka Trump
- Ivanka Trump gets booed, hissed at during Berlin event (Well, she wildly lied about her father’s policies.)
- Trump to sign executive order putting two decades of national monuments in jeopardy (I presume this is unconstitutional?)
- As White House stonewalls Russia probe, GOP oversight chair accuses Flynn of criminal acts
- Donald Trump’s Massive Corporate Tax Cut Literally Cannot Pass Congress
- Unstrategic Impatience (“North Korea’s nukes are a long-term worry, not an immediate crisis. Trump’s belligerence could change that.”)
- Trump’s Border-Wall Blink (“The president signaled that he doesn’t want a government shutdown after all, and for the second time in a high-stakes congressional negotiation, he saw his bluff get called”)
- Sen. Kaine wants President Trump to explain his legal authority to attack Syria
- Sen. Mark Warner: Budget-Standoffs Destructive for Taxpayers
- Dorothy McAuliffe, wife of Va. governor, is testing the waters for a congressional run
- In Virginia, a Democratic Party Proxy War (Yet another variant on the corporate media’s favorite theme…)
- Tom Perriello: The real impact of ignorant politicians (“Unfortunately, years later, we still see people like Corey Stewart touting an ignorant, backward-looking view of Virginia.”)
- Northam launches first sustained TV ad of 2017 governor’s race (“Six-figure buy hits airwaves, mostly in Richmond and Hampton Roads markets”)
- Schapiro: Credit agency puts kibosh on candidate giveaways (How’s Ed Gillespie going to pay for his tax cut? Who knows. Jim Gilmore part 2?)
- Frank Wagner touts his experience, not a tax cut, in run for governor(Unfortunately for Wagner, experience doesn’t seem to be what Virginia Republican voters want.)
- Forest Service’s ‘Independent’ Report on Atlantic Coast Pipeline Written by Pipeline Company Contractor (Dominion Power-owned-and-operated Virginia: Corruption “R” Us!)
- Virginia lawmakers join chorus on benefits for retired Virginia coal miners
- Police Taser use in Va. drops — in some cases dramatically — in wake of 2016 court decision
- Senate unanimously passes resolution to honor Virginia Tech shooting victims (Absolutely useless, kinda like “thoughts and prayers,” without serious action to stem gun violence in this country.)
- Senator Kaine to speak at VCU’s spring commencement
- DeVos highlights challenges facing military children in Virginia school visit
- Gubernatorial candidates Tom Perriello, Ralph Northam to debate next week in Roanoke
- Editorial: Pittston strike in Virginia foreshadowed today’s debate over miners health benefits
- Richmond Mayor Levar Stoney: School Board owes public explanation of Bedden’s departure
- Brightening skies later today, back into the 80s tomorrow
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