by Lowell
Here are a few national and Virginia news headlines, political and otherwise, for Monday, May 5.
- Authorities begin to unravel deadly London plot, carry out new raids
- Saudi-led Alliance Moves to Blockade Qatar Over Iran Tensions
- Trump reacts by stoking fears, renewing a personal feud (Trump isn’t fit to hold ANY public office, let alone president! The question is whether we can survive, as a nation, four years of this. I’m skeptical, but we must resist no matter what.)
- A poised yet angry Britain heads toward election as police carry out new raids(Key word: poised, otherwise known as the exact opposite of the petulant, disturbed child in the White House.)
- Blow: Trump’s Incredible Shrinking America (“Trump is pulling America back and pulling America down. We are now witnessing the incredible shrinking America, and it’s a sad sight to behold.”)
- Krugman: Making Ignorance Great Again (” The president, backed by his party, is talking nonsense, destroying American credibility day by day. But hey, stocks are up, so what’s the problem?”)
- Senate Republicans fear ‘train wreck’ in September (“There have been no talks between the two parties on how to avoid a shutdown and debt default in late summer or early fall.” That will be 100% on the party of Donald Trump, Mitch McConnell, Paul Ryan and…Ed Gillespie.)
- Trump’s appalling response to London makes it clear: He must go before it happens here (“Our president juvenile and self-serving response to the London tragedy makes it clear: He can’t do this job”)
- After 75 years of progress, was last week a hinge in history? (“The United States may have its first post-rational president.”)
- Trump’s diplomacy of narcissism only makes him look weak
- Trump’s Russia scandal is more like Iran-Contra than Watergate — which isn’t good news (“Unfortunately, the murky, massive and muddled Reagan-era scandal is a far closer analogy to what we now face”)
- Trump bashes London mayor out of context, uses terror attack to promote his travel ban (“Exploiting tragedy, Trump attacks London’s Muslim mayor and makes a new pitch for unconstitutional travel ban”)
- Trump National Security Team Blindsided by NATO Speech (“They thought the president would commit to the principle of collective defense. They were wrong.”)
- How Reince Priebus hangs on (“Despite constant rumors about his departure, the former RNC head has held onto his senior West Wing role — partly because no one else wants the job.” He’s also complete slime.)
- Why Not Al? (“Al Franken says his book isn’t a prelude to a presidential campaign, but the American people can hope, right?”)
- Ex-Obama speechwriter: US is one ‘attack away from the most dangerous version’ of Trump (Agreed.)
- Senate returns more pessimistic than ever on healthcare
- World leaders call for unity after London attack. Trump tweets the complete opposite. (As usual, the rest of the world is right, Trump is WILDLY wrong.)
- With his London tweets, Trump embarrasses himself — and America — once again
- Kick This Rock: Climate Change and Our Common Reality (“Democracies don’t work if we don’t acknowledge that we all live in the same world, facing the same problems — even if we disagree over how to solve them. Without a common reality, we would have nothing with which to engage. Forget that, and we’ll still end up engaging with it, whether we like it or not. Because sometimes, the rock kicks back.”)
- ‘Soft Power’ of a Russian Bank Comes to Light in U.S. Inquiry (“Investigators of possible collusion between Russia and the Trump campaign are looking at Jared Kushner’s meeting with the head of VEB, a bank owned by the Russian state.”)
- John Oliver fact-checks ‘fucking egomaniac’ Trump’s bogus reasons for ripping up Paris climate treaty
- What Donald Trump Can Do To Help Stop Terrorism: Talk Less (aka, STFU!)
- Londoners aren’t freaking out about the terrorist attacks. Some politicians are. (“Trump is a prime example”)
- Democrats Are Overperforming In Special Elections Almost Everywhere (“That bodes well for them in 2018.” How about in 2017?)
- Noam Chomsky on Trump: The worst is yet to come
- Editorial: Tim Kaine is right: Fighting ISIS needs congressional authorization
- Two Democratic hopefuls for Va. governor on schools, Metro and the minimum wage (“There is no scenario in which proposals like truly universal pre-K, raising teacher pay and paid leave cost only $67 million,” as Ralph Northam implausibly claims.)
- In Va. state races, new Democratic activists fight to scrap party’s ‘tepid centrism’ (“While he says he welcomes the competition from Mittiga, Toscano clearly bristles at the notion that he hasn’t lived up to progressive ideals…He can tick off a list of progressive issues he agrees with: protecting the environment, raising the minimum wage, making college more affordable, reworking campaign finance, protecting women’s access to abortion.”)
- More than 1 million receive Medicaid in Virginia
- As filings pile up, pipeline watchdogs call for supplemental draft environmental impact statement
- Editorial: If Tennessee can offer free community college, why can’t Virginia?
- Clock is ticking for Lieutenant Governor candidates
- The best solution to Metro’s financial problems is crystal clear
- Va. attorney general, Innocence Project at odds over 1969 Albemarle case
- Deed prevents renaming of Jackson Park, lawyers say (“Council voting Monday on new monikers for two sites”)
- D.C.-area forecast: Showery today, cool midweek, heating up by the weekend
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