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by Lowell
Here are a few national and Virginia news headlines, political and otherwise, for Friday, August 18.
- Barcelona reels under coordinated assault that leaves at least 13 victims dead (“Van plows into crowd at tourist site, injuring dozens; police foil second attack”)
- White Americans Have to Make a Choice (“The fight over Confederate monuments is a fight over who this country is for. And only white Americans can end it.” Agreed. At this point, if you’re white and you’re not fighting Trumpism, bigotry,
etc., then you are de facto supporting it.) - Trump responds to Barcelona attack by suggesting that mass murder of Muslims would deter terrorism (Impeach/convict. Or 25th Amendment. Now.)
- Nothing’s Shocking Anymore With Trump
- Krugman: Trump Makes Caligula Look Pretty Good
- Defiant Trump Returns to Nativist Themes of Campaign (“He also appeared in peril of losing support from key Republicans, including Senator Bob Corker of Tennessee, who questioned Mr. Trump’s ability to perform the duties of his office.”)
- Donald Trump’s Crisis of Legitimacy (“Through pigheadedness, or prejudice, or both, Trump has moved onto political ground that makes it virtually impossible for others to coöperate with him.”)
- Men’s-Rights Activism Is the Gateway Drug for the Alt-Right
- Trump resurrects pig’s blood myth after Barcelona attack (Other than being hideously disgusting, it’s also advocating war crimes. Trump needs to be impeached ASAP.)
- Trump’s Confederacy fight threatens GOP agenda in Congress (“Republicans are frustrated with what they say is a leadership vacuum coming from the White House.”)
- Trump defends Confederate statues, berates his critics
- History will remember the Republicans who stick around (“Who spoke out, and who stood idly by?”)
- Beware: Trump may use the alt-right to turn himself into the center (“It’s bigotry as an electoral tool.”)
- There is a shriveled emptiness where Trump’s soul once resided (“Why should anyone not named Bannon stay at the White House?”)
- The mealy-mouthed cowardice of America’s elites after Charlottesville (“The military brass shows how to denounce the president’s response.”)
- Trump needs to stop sabotaging Obamacare — before it’s too late (“He must step up and faithfully execute the health-care law.”)
- Gore: Trump should resign(“Former Vice President Al Gore said in an interview published Thursday that if he could give President Trump one piece of advice, it would be to resign.”)
- Donald Trump has every reason to keep white people thinking about race (“Research shows that just raising the topic makes whites more racially resentful.” Interesting, it does the opposite for me.)
- Trump Keeps Derailing His Own Agenda (“Once again, the president’s efforts to talk about infrastructure collapsed under a mess of his own making.”)
- Trump’s defense of Confederate traitors is more than a culture war — it’s a subversion of American democracy (“It’s no surprise that a traitor would defend traitors”)
- Nobody Wants to Work with President* Trump (His entire administration should resign in disgrace.)
- The Viral Vice Documentary Was the Perfect Rebuke to Trump’s Charlottesville Remarks
- Fox CEO rips Trump, donates $1M to Anti-Defamation League (“I can’t even believe I have to write this: standing up to Nazis is essential; there are no good Nazis. Or Klansmen, or terrorists. Democrats, Republicans, and others must all agree on this, and it compromises nothing for them to do so.” Problem is, the network Murdoch owns is a source of this very toxicity he condemns.)
- Human Bowling Jacket Paul LePage Equates Confederate Statues with 9/11 Monuments
- Dems launch full assault on Trump over Charlottesville
- White House aides squirm at Trump’s rhetoric but stay put
- I Used To Be a Neo-Nazi. Charlottesville Terrifies Me.
- Steve Bannon Detonates His Trump Survival Plan, Worrying Allies
- Confederate Memorial in Arlington: Honoring Rebels on nation’s sacred ground
- Virginia Campaign Shaping Up as a Referendum on Confederate Monuments
- Sen. Warner calls it “crazy” for Trump to cut funding for Chesapeake Bay restoration
- It’s time for a full and fair reckoning with Confederate statues
- Sen. Warner says localities should decide about Confederate statues, but state law might not let them
- Kessler described as one-time wannabe liberal activist (“Laura Kleiner, a Democratic activist who lives in Staunton, said she dated Kessler for several months in 2013. She said Kessler was very dedicated to his liberal principles, and that he was a strict vegetarian, abstained from alcohol and drugs, embraced friends of different ethnicities and was an atheist.”)
- Editorial: Assessing the political aftermath of Charlottesville (Nope, Gillespie has NOT done “everything in his power” – far from it.)
- Early hints on Va Peninsula House district changes after 2020? (“And while Southwest Virginia, where the biggest declines in voter registrations are seen, and which is bordered by thick buffers of districts reporting below average growth, is most likely to lose seats after redistricting, it could be a near thing if the Peninsula is also able to dodge that fate.”)
- Ed Gillespie’s latest Trump headache is happening in his own backyard (“GOP gubernatorial candidate stresses he doesn’t agree with president on Charlottesville, without directly criticizing him.” Not directly criticizing Trump is pathetic, cowardly and unacceptable. #FAIL)
- Virginia Gov. Terry McAuliffe wants state kept out of new offshore oil and gas leasing program
- Virginia State Police: McAuliffe mistaken in comment on ‘stashed’ weapons during Charlottesville rally
- Chemical spill on Tinker Creek revealed a gap in regulation, critics say (Totally unacceptable, but part of Virginia’s “Climate of Capitulation” to polluters.)
- Charlottesville mayor to make ‘major announcement’ Friday on Lee statue, Heather Heyer
- Fairfax County launches civilian reviews of alleged police misconduct (It’s about time.)
- ‘Richmond needs to lead on this’: Councilman to seek removal of city’s Confederate monuments; Stoney explains reversal (“A Richmond city councilman said Thursday that he is planning to introduce legislation seeking to remove the Confederate statues on Monument Avenue.”)
- Roanoke to hold public hearing on using eminent domain against foundry for river greenway
- Editorial: Gang violence imperils Norfolk’s rise
- Late-day storms could be strong to severe; lower humidity, but still toasty this weekend
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