by Lowell
Here are a few national and Virginia news headlines, political and otherwise, for Wednesday, July 19.
- Senate GOP all but admits defeat in 7-year quest to overturn ACA (Sad!)
- Mysterious 8th person at Trump Jr. meeting allegedly ran massive Russian money-laundering scheme (“Irakly Kaveladze’s checkered past.”)
- ‘It’s an insane process’: How Trump and Republicans failed on their health-care bill
- It’s (Still) Never Trump’s Fault (“With the latest collapse of the Obamacare repeal, the president has wasted political capital, squandered a reputation for dealmaking, and shown himself to be a poor strategist and tactician.”)
- Who’s to Blame for the GOP Health Care Debacle, Trump or McConnell? (“President Trump said on Tuesday that he’s disappointed, but made it very clear that he bears no responsibility for the failure of Trumpcare”)
- Trumpcare Collapsed Because the Republican Party Cannot Govern
- With bill’s collapse, GOP faces uncertain electoral future in 2018
- A party at war with itself hits a wall on health care
- The Fix: White House dinner is a case study in Trump’s inability to close deal
- Tensions reach new high between Trump, GOP
- ‘Let Obamacare Fail,’ Trump Says as Health Bill Collapses (Wildly irresponsible. Who voted for this lunatic???)
- How the Health Bill Failed: G.O.P. Rifts and a Fed-Up Trump (And the fact that Republicans refused to work with Democrats on a bipartisan bill that actually makes sense.)
- Eighth person at meeting of Trump Jr. and Russians identified, name sent to Mueller
- Trump, Putin had a previously undisclosed hour-long meeting at the G-20 summit in Germany
- Trump’s voter-fraud commission itself is a fraud itself (“The president’s ‘election integrity’ panel lacks one key virtue: integrity.”)
- Trump calls on Senate to end filibuster after healthcare defeat (Uhhhh…hello? Republicans couldn’t even get 50 votes, let alone 60!)
- Healthcare debacle raises pressure for GOP on taxes (Let’s hope they fail on that too.)
- With healthcare bill derailed, GOP wonders: What now?
- Chris Cillizza Is a Bad Pundit and a Good Sport (“His disastrous Reddit AMA revealed how those traits go hand in hand…To his credit, Cillizza seemed unfazed as one Redditor after another rightly eviscerated him for his glib approach to political analysis, in which there is no such thing as right and wrong, only winners and losers.”)
- CNN editor Chris Cillizza’s Reddit AMA goes about as well as you thought it would (“The journalist obsessed with optics makes the grave mistake of allowing his readers voice their frustrations online”)
- The Iran Trap (“Trump is stuck with Obama’s nuclear deal. And his efforts to undermine it can only help Tehran.”)
- How long till leading Republicans turn on Trump? It’s happening already (“After the health care fiasco, leading Republicans are souring on Trump at last — and it’s only the beginning”)
- Tax reform becomes a must-win issue for the White House (“With health care reform on ice, Trump moves on to taxes — but Republicans aren’t unified on a policy approach for that, either.”)
- Health care collapse a blow to McConnell (“The failure of the Obamacare repeal bill tarnishes the Senate GOP leader’s reputation as a strategist and raises doubts about whether he can deliver on Donald Trump’s agenda.”)
- “Set aside Putin and follow the money”: a Russia expert’s theory of the Trump scandal
- Obamacare repeal is flailing because Obamacare is working (“The Affordable Care Act’s successes are bedeviling Republican efforts to replace it.” They should be working on strengthening the ACA, not repealing it. For instance, add a robust public option.)
- Republicans Are in Control. Why Is Nothing Working? (“The executive is a clown and the congressional majorities have gone mad.”)
- Hey Mitch, Was It Worth It? (“Ignorance and cruelty are pre-existing conditions in 2017.”)
- Virginia Senator Tim Kaine speaks on healthcare concerns
- Hogan, McAuliffe tell Congress to ‘immediately reject’ Obamacare repeal efforts
- Schapiro: Debates can actually shape governor’s race (“In other words, the debate can be a setting in which Gillespie and Northam are their least authentic. But when trapped on a platform for an hour or so, with their utterances live-streamed and reported in real time on social media, with the cocked gun that is the timer’s stopwatch pointed at their heads, even the most disciplined candidates can become undisciplined.”)
- Ralph Northam proposes $15 million expansion of UVa-Wise as part of rural economic plan
- Kaine to host health care rally at Roanoke College Saturday
- Editorial: Northam joins a much-needed conversation on rural Virginia (“Expanding UVA-Wise is an exciting idea that dovetails with college’s recent focus on cybersecurity programs and Wise County’s goal to re-create itself as a technology hub in the center of Appalachia — ‘Silicon Hollow,’ as some have called it.”)
- It wasn’t just a ‘march’: Six months later, Virginia women run for office
- DEQ agrees to add informal meetings on Mountain Valley Pipeline (“As an interstate pipeline, the project needs approval from the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission before construction can begin. It also needs a water quality permit from DEQ.” DEQ should not issue that permit.)
- Business and labor groups write statewide candidates to urge support for ACP
- Herring, DMME announce largest single methane royalties disbursement
- A. Barton Hinkle column: Can Northam save rural Virginia? Should he? (Yep, this guy’s a libertarian. And that’s not meant as a compliment.)
- Virginia State Police investigate fatal shooting by deputies in Culpeper County
- Prince William to donate $30,000 to legal effort against proposed power line route
- Metro fights back against allegations of racism: Firings were ‘legitimate’
- Va. transgender candidate raised nearly 20 times more than GOP opponent in June
- Henrico McDonald’s takes ‘appropriate action’ after employee refused to serve uniformed police officer
- Most of Norfolk’s public housing could be gone in a decade under ambitious new plan
- Richmond council members say they want to rethink auditor’s role before hiring Dalal’s replacement
- Battle for the Board in Arlington (“This fall, the longest serving County Board member will resign. In his place, two independents and one Democrat are preparing to fight for the future of the county.”)
- Get used to the heat and humidity. They’ll be sticking around for a while.
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