by Lowell
Here are a few national and Virginia news headlines, political and otherwise, for Saturday, June 3. Also, check out the discussion last night with Mark Shields and David Brooks. Here’s Shields: “in a larger sense, it belies and reveals that president’s sense about the world. The world is a dangerous, sinister place. There’s conspiracies. Other countries are not our friends, are partners. Everything is transactional. There are no fixed values. We saw that, I thought most dramatically, at NATO, where the president showed an absolute absence of any historical understanding of American exceptionalism…. this was an example of the United States working with other nations for a common good to preserve our planet. And he just turned his back on it.” And here’s Brooks: “It was nice to have an American century. We were a superpower once. And now we’re headed the way of Portugal…this wasn’t about global warming. This wasn’t about the environment. This was about sticking a thumb in the eye of polite society, the elites, the globalists. This was a Steve Bannon-led thing designed to change America’s role in the world. And so, to me, the effect is much worse on the global diplomacy and the idea of a world order than it is, at least in the short-term, about climate change. And the effects, I think, are ruinous. You can’t lead the world and stick your thumb in the eye of the world.”
- Democrats see political opportunity in Trump’s decision to exit Paris climate accord (“The Democratic base, already strongly against President Trump, needs little incentive to oppose him. But Democrats expect that his decision to leave the climate deal can be a recruiting tool for their candidates.”)
- Does Donald Trump Still Think Climate Change Is a Hoax? No One Can Say (Trump is an evil madman.)
- Meeting the Climate Goals Was Always Hard. But Now?
- EPA chief cites flawed NYT column to justify Trump’s exit from Paris deal (“Even worse, Pruitt misquoted the Times to cast more false doubt on climate science.”)
- No One Will Say If the President Believes Climate Change Is Real (Might as well not believe in gravity or that the earth is round or whatever. Insane.)
- U.S. employment growth slows, trade deficit rises to highest level since January (#MAGA? Sure doesn’t look like it.)
- Trump Thinks We Spend “Billions and Billions and Billions” on the Paris Climate Deal. We Don’t. (Basically, every word Trump said in that speech was a lie. Not sure if he knows he’s lying or if he’s more an ignorant buffoon, but either way it’s really bad.)
- 3 winners and 5 losers from Trump’s decision to pull out of the Paris climate agreement (“A few coal executives are thrilled; 194 countries are not.”)
- Dems signal hardball in debt fight (“Democratic lawmakers threaten to take a hard line if Republicans seek a tax cut for the wealthy.”)
- EPA’s Pruitt basks in Trump glow after Paris pullout (Pruitt should never have been confirmed.)
- Putin Says A Child Could Fake Hacking Evidence
- Special Counsel’s Trump Probe Adds Manafort Case
- Was Trump’s Paris Exit Good Politics? (“His base may like it, but the majority of Americans won’t.” That tells you everything you need to know about Trump’s “base” – ugh!)
- The Bret Stephens climate saga reaches its logical conclusion (Remind me again why any progressive or environmentalists subscribes to the NY Times?)
- Tim Kaine claims Trump pulling out of Paris Accord because he’s ‘jealous of Obama accomplishments’ (That’s probably part of it.)
- D.L. Hughley: ‘If you got mad at Kathy Griffin and didn’t say sh*t about Ted Nugent, you’re a hypocrite’ (Big time. Also note that vile racist/misogynist/etc. Nugent was invited by Trump to the White House…)
- Michael Bloomberg: I’ll make sure UN gets $15 million it needs for Paris agreement
- Large Majorities of Democrats, Independents, and Republicans Want Continued Federal Funding for Medicaid Expansion
- Trump needs quick wins, but Congress not poised to deliver (Not “winning.” Sad!)
- A California-led alliance of cities and states vows to keep the Paris climate accord intact (Virginia should join if we can, immediately.)
- “It just doesn’t pass muster”: Sen. Mark Warner speaks out on firing of FBI Director James Comey
- Wydra: Perriello’s longstanding commitment to reproductive justice (“Elizabeth Wydra; Wydra is a constitutional lawyer in Washington D.C. and Yale Law School class of 2001.”)
- Va. Democratic gubernatorial hopefuls vow to defy Trump on climate change
- McAuliffe rewards current and former cabinet members with college board seats
- Virginia Republican groups plan weekend ‘Pittsburgh not Paris’ rally in D.C. in support of Trump (These people are deranged.)
- Henrico County sheriff: jail oversight not enough to help mentally ill Virginians
- Portsmouth’s pick for Housing Authority director “grossly mismanaged” Indiana program, feds say
- Judge dismisses Virginia gun rights defamation suit against Katie Couric (“The Virginia Citizens Defense League said the film undermined their reputation in footage that falsely implied they had no answer to a question from Couric about background checks.”)
- Ralph Northam’s ancestors owned slaves. He found out only recently.
- Sparks Fly as School Board Debates Greater Diversity in APS
- Forecast: Warmth today before tomorrow’s heat and possible storms
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