by Lowell
Here are a few national and Virginia news headlines, political and otherwise, for Monday, July 3.
- White House Aide: GOP Is ‘Getting Close’ To Voting On Obamacare Repeal
- Report: Senate Republicans Ask CBO To Score 2 Versions Of Health Care Bill
- Ana Navarro: Trump “is going to get somebody killed in the media” (“The president of the United States is inciting violence against the free press”)
- Blow: The Hijacked American Presidency(“Every now and then we are going to have to do this: Step back from the daily onslaughts of insanity emanating from Donald Trump’s parasitic presidency and remind ourselves of the obscenity of it all, registering its magnitude in its full, devastating truth…Donald Trump is depending on people’s fatigue. He is banking on your becoming overwhelmed by his never-ending antics. He is counting on his capacity to wear down the resistance by sheer force. We must be adamant that that will never come to pass. Trump is an abomination, and a cancer on the country, and none of us can rest until he is no longer holding the reins of power.”)
- Krugman: Oh! What a Lovely Trade War (“Some policy subjects, on the other hand, really are complicated. One of these subjects is international trade. And the great danger here isn’t simply that Trump doesn’t understand the issues. Worse, he doesn’t know what he doesn’t know…Trump’s promises on trade, while unorthodox, were just as fraudulent as his promises on health care. In this area, as in, well, everything, he has no idea what he’s talking about. And his ignorance-based policy won’t end well.”
- Disbelief as Trump Posts a Video of Him ‘Wrestling’ CNN
- Ex-Trump Confidant Faces Scrutiny in Russia Investigation (“Michael D. Cohen rose from personal injury lawyer to become Mr. Trump’s confidant. Now, he appears to be outside the Trump inner circle and under scrutiny by the F.B.I.”)
- GOP leaders have few sure votes on debt ceiling
- Trump launches his opening voter suppression salvo (“Using the pretext of voter fraud, a presidential commission prepares to purge the rolls.”)
- Trump has wasted the major advantage he had coming into office (“A president who comes to power as an outsider could do a lot of good work. Unfortunately, Trump shows little interest in doing that.”)
- Week ahead: Senate GOP struggles to find ObamaCare repeal answer
- GOP senators warming to repeal then replace on ObamaCare (That’s crazy.)
- The next national special election clash (“Democrats and Republicans from both coasts are focused on a Washington state Senate race that will decide if Democrats control the state government.”)
- Republicans can’t agree on where Senate Obamacare repeal stands (“They are getting close — unless they aren’t.”)
- Independent Press Is Under Siege as Freedom Rings
- Trump’s CNN Tweet Appears to Have Originated From Racist, Islamophobic, Misogynist Reddit Troll
- Ohio governor calls out his party’s attempt to buy off moderates with ‘anemic’ opioid funds (“Gov. John Kasich (R) likens $45 billion fund to ‘spitting in the ocean.’”)
- Trump Still Hasn’t Filled Top Jobs, And He Has (Mostly) Himself To Blame
- Health Care Questions Enter Virginia Governor’s Race
- Trump administration continues clearing the way for potential drilling off Virginia’s coast (So, so stupid.)
- Editorial: Heck yes to McAuliffe’s Heck-no on Virginia voter information (Wow, even the right-wingnut Republican Times-Disgrace doesn’t like Trump’s voter suppression commission?)
- Washington and Lee professor emails Bob Goodlatte daily
- Anti-Pipeline Hikers Celebrate End of Route with Church Service
- UVA Center projects larger populations for Albemarle, Charlottesville
- Richmond-area veteran with PTSD struggles against VA system to receive benefits
- Hot weather dominates through the Fourth, storm chances slight
