by Lowell
Here are a few national and Virginia news headlines, political and otherwise, for Thursday, August 10.
- North Korea Says It’s Planning to Fire Missiles Near Guam (“The plan calls for sending missiles about 20 miles off the coast, which would be the closest approach to a U.S. territory.”)
- It’s Not Too Late (“We can deter North Korean nuclear weapons without war.”)
- Ignore Our Crazy President, U.S. Government Tells North Korea
- North Korea Responds to Trump in Bluster War Escalation That Could Get Us All Into a Real War
- Trump vs. McConnell (“The standoff between the GOP top dogs comes as the party confronts a huge legislative to-do list this fall.”)
- Trump’s Threat to North Korea Was Improvised
- The Trump cleanup patrol just had its biggest job yet (“Despite the president’s dire warning to North Korea, Tillerson insists there’s nothing to see here.”)
- This Is What European Diplomats Really Think About Donald Trump (“Interviews with six top officials paint a picture of a president who is regarded even by allies as erratic and limited, and whose shortcomings are compounded by the ongoing chaos beneath him in the White House.”)
- The Democratic Party’s Looming Fundraising Crisis (“Trump-era Republicans learned from Bernie Sanders’ success. The Democratic National Committee still hasn’t. And that fact threatens to undo Dems’ potential gains.”)
- Emmanuel Macron’s sudden collapse: French “radical centrist” now as unpopular as Trump (“Three months after his huge win, the French neoliberal darling has seen his popularity crumble. It’s no surprise”)
- It sure looks like Paul Manafort is in serious legal trouble (“The Washington Post reports that the FBI recently raided the former Trump campaign chair’s home.”)
- Anti-environment right shifts tactics: From climate-change denial to censorship and intimidation
- Inflatable chicken resembling Trump placed near White House
- The Latest: FBI agents search Manafort home in Virginia
- Trump ignores his own commission’s advice on opioids (“With his emphasis on law enforcement, the president takes a wrong turn.”)
- Operation Clean Up Trump’s Mess
- Fox News and fake news purveyors praise Trump’s North Korea threat that experts call irresponsible
- Right-wing media figures and online bots are going after “weak, spineless” Mitch McConnell
- Suspended Fox Host Suing Reporter Who Published Sexual Harassment Claims
- Mitch McConnell, Under Siege (“The majority leader is already a conservative bogeyman in an Alabama Senate race. Now he’s in a fight with President Trump after his Obamacare repeal failure.”
Couldn’t happen to a better guy.) - Mitch McConnell’s ‘Excessive Expectations’ Comment Draws Trump’s Ire
- Ex-Trump staffers reveal love child after campaign trail sex scandal (Charming.)
- Price booed as he throws out first pitch at Nationals game (Richly deserved.)
- GOP And Trump’s Transgender Attacks Backfire In Iowa Special Election
- GOP Sen. Ron Johnson: McCain’s brain tumor might have been factor in no vote on health care
- Gov. Terry McAuliffe to Trump: Knock Off “Fire and Fury” Talk
- Virginia Lieutenant Governor Debate in Photos
- Northam leads Gillespie by 6 points in new poll, Trump’s Va. approval at 36 percent
- In the Va. gubernatorial race, Americans for Prosperity start spending — and big (So surprising that the Koch brothers want corporate welfare king Ed Gillespie as governor of Virginia. OK, yeah, not surprising.)
- Justin Fairfax and Jill Vogel spar in first debate for LG (And Vogel loses badly.)
- Editorial: Corey Stewart rides again (“While running for governor a few months ago, Corey Stewart was riding to the defense of beleaguered Confederate statuary. Now a candidate for Tim Kaine’s Senate seat, he’s riding to the defense of beleaguered black Virginians.”)
- Democrats Have a Problem. Can These Women Can Fix It?
- Editorial: Three questions for FERC (“Why hasn’t FERC been willing to hold more public comment hearings?” “How accurate are the environmental studies?” “Why won’t FERC look at these two pipelines together?”)
- Former U.Va. football player takes over last remaining black-owned bank in Virginia and changes name
- Tow operator opens wallet to put brakes on McAuliffe veto
- Two Virginia Beach officials with a combined 84 years of service will retire at year’s end
- Norfolk revives plan for downtown public art that would tell story of Massive Resistance and “Norfolk 17”
- ‘It’s theater of the absurd’: Monument Avenue Commission’s first public hearing borders on chaotic (“So much for civility.”)
- One more pleasant day before high humidity and storm chances return
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