by Lowell
Here are a few national and Virginia news headlines, political and otherwise, for Thursday, August 24.
- Kristof: We’re Journalists, Not the Enemy
- Keep Talking, Trump (“No one is better at exposing the president for the hateful fraud that he is than Trump himself.”)
- Don’t Tell the President, But Congress Is Quietly Planning a Bipartisan, Non-Insane Health Care Bill
- An Unhinged Trump Is a Normal Trump (“The president’s Phoenix rally went off the rails within minutes. Why did I expect anything else?” And how about the people who cheer Trump’s deranged ravings?)
- Media lets loose its fury after Trump attacks (Gotta love how the media only gets furious when Trump attacks THEM?)
- State Dept. science envoy resigns with letter that spells out ‘Impeach’
- Within 24 hours, a pair of wildly different Trump speeches
- Congress was preparing for some immigration skirmishes. Trump wants a battle royal.
- Trump Will Always Be Trump, Even Without Steve Bannon
- Harvard researchers say Exxon misled public on climate science (In short, Exxon knowingly worked to destroy a habitable planet. If that’s not a crime against humanity – and nature – what is?)
- Hillary Clinton’s Side of the Story Matters, Too (“She was stalked by Trump at the debate, and stalked by The New York Times long before that.” And the Washington Post, people like Chris Cillizza, etc, etc.)
- Trump clashed with multiple GOP senators over Russia (“The conversations are evidence of rising tensions between the president and congressional Republicans heading into a critical legislative span.”)
- Odds of a government shutdown rise after Trump threat
- ESPN president defends pulling Robert Lee from football coverage (ESPN is a bunch of morons.)
- United by Hate (“What Donald Trump and Joe Arpaio have in common is their utter disdain for two things: Latinos and the rule of law.”)
- The President Turns on His Own (“The Congressional Republicans Trump will need to pass legislation are the focus of much of his ire.”)
- The Republican Party Is Enabling an Increasingly Dangerous Demagogue (“With every passing day, the stain and responsibility for Trump’s actions stick more lastingly to the Republican establishment.”)
- Federal judge blocks further implementation of Texas’ voter ID law
- These 9 states just pledged to reduce emissions by 30 percent (“The agreement builds on the Northeast’s current reductions.”)
- Trump officials rewrite Energy Dept. study to make renewables look bad, fail anyway (“Rick Perry-commissioned study finds renewables don’t hurt grid reliability but do help stabilize prices.”)
- Trump’s ‘God whisperer’ says resisting him is an affront to God (“A stunning expression of Christian nationalism.” Can’t get more un-American than that.)
- NRA seeks to mainstream — and monetize — the alt-right’s paranoid, racist talking points (“The alt-right wants America to believe violent radicals are on the attack; the NRA knows paranoia can sell guns” Stop calling it the “alt right” – they are white supremacists and neo-Nazis.)
- Grassroots Democrats are more energized than ever — but DNC fundraising is a massive fail (“Opposition to Trump and the GOP has reawakened liberals and progressives — so why can’t the DNC raise more cash?”)
- ‘CIA,’ ‘George Soros’: Counterprotester who filmed Charlottesville crash says he’s a victim of conspiracy theories and threats (This is as crazy as “Pizzagate.” The era of social media is turning out to be a curse.)
- Leading Virginia Democrat Says ‘Devil Has His Grip’ on Jerry Falwell Jr. Because He Supports Trump
- Comstock challenger speaking to tea party
- Virginia pipeline foes eye federal ruling that upholds N.Y. water quality permit denial
- VA GOP Attacks Ralph Northam for Rejecting…Slavery and White Supremacy? HUH???
- Virginia GOP Attacks Dem For Betraying ‘Heritage’ On Confederate Statue Issue
- Virginia GOP Calls Democratic Candidate a Race Traitor for Wanting Confederate Statues Removed
- The Democrat running for Va. governor wants Confederate monuments to come down. Republicans said he has turned his back on ‘heritage.’
- Del. Rick Morris says he’s been vindicated in child-cruelty case. His wife threatens to sue prosecutor.
- Norfolk asks Virginia Attorney General for opinion: Can Virginia localities move Confederate monuments?
- Modern-day Confederate from Tenn. in battle with McAuliffe over Lee monument rally in Richmond (“A Tennessee man who said he believes the South seceded because of federal taxation, not slavery, said he’s lobbying the McAuliffe administration to let him hold a pro-Confederate rally at Richmond’s Robert E. Lee monument.”)
- White Supremacist Christopher Cantwell Surrenders to Police (“Cantwell, who is 36 and lives in New Hampshire, turned himself in at the Lynchburg Police Department in Virginia. He is being held at the regional jail as he awaits transport to Charlottesville.”)
- Editorial: Lazy thinking on Confederate monuments
- Charlottesville shrouds Confederate monuments in black with two giant tarps and duct tape
- Tesla opening store in Henrico Friday morning; McAuliffe says ‘no question that they ought to be able to sell their cars here’
- After Petersburg, four other Va. localities show telltale signs of fiscal stress
- For Loudoun County schools, another year means more expansion (“Virginia’s third-largest school system is growing much faster than many others.”)
