Monday News: NFL Sacks Trump; “A Rebel, a Warrior and a Race Fiend”; Republicans “Trapped by Their Own Lies”

by Lowell

Here are a few national and Virginia news headlines, political and otherwise, for Monday, September 25.

• Protests sweep NFL as Trump doubles down on criticism
• In Germany, a Victory for Merkel and Populism
• Why North Korea’s latest threats are far more serious than its typical bluster (“This is not a game, and these are not just words.”)
• Trump announces new travel restrictions on 8 countries
• GOP changes Graham-Cassidy bill to win over wary senators
• Kushner used private email to conduct White House business (So, is Donald Trump going to lead crowds in chants of “lock him up?”)
• Here’s the new Graham-Cassidy bill
• Sunday political talk shows barely cover Hurricane Maria’s devastation of Puerto Rico (“The entire island is without power, a dam is in danger of bursting, and Sunday political talk shows talked about it for less than a minute” The Sunday morning shows are worse than worthless.)
• This is what the flag stands for, Mr. President (“Free expression, not coerced conformity.”)
• Avoiding a health-care horror (“No supporter of the deceitful Cassidy-Graham bill can ever claim to be responsible on health-care policy.”)
• Strange in trouble in Alabama, White House and GOP fear (“A victory by insurgent front-runner Roy Moore could trigger a wave of primary challenges against incumbent Republicans.”)
• Editorial: Puerto Rico Is American. We Can’t Ignore It.
• Blow: A Rebel, a Warrior and a Race Fiend (“Donald Trump is operating the White House as a terror cell of racial grievance in America’s broader culture wars. He has made his allegiances clear: He’s on the side of white supremacists, white nationalists, ethno-racists, Islamophobes and anti-Semites. He is simpatico with that cesspool.”)
• Krugman: Trapped by Their Own Lies (“On Saturday pretty much the entire medical sector — groups representing doctors, hospitals, and insurers — released an extraordinary open lettercondemning the Graham-Cassidy health bill…For years, flat-out lies about policy served Republicans well, helping them win back control of Congress and, eventually, the White House. But those same lies now leave them unable to govern.”)
• Donald Trump, White Supremacy, and the Discourse of Panic (“The emergence of the alt-right has created a bridge between conservatism and white supremacy.”)
• GOP Health Bill Revised to Include More Blatant Bribes for Likely ‘No’ Votes
• From Louis Armstrong to the N.F.L.: Ungrateful as the New Uppity
• John Legend: The NFL Protests Are Patriotic (J=”The kneeling players are asking America to do better on criminal justice. If I could, I’d take a knee and join them.”)
• James’ “U Bum” Tweet Is Way More Popular Than Any of the President’s Messages
• Trump’s EPA: Who cares about environmental racism? (“Under Scott Pruitt, EPA is set to roll back programs that fight toxic pollution in marginalized communities” Absolutely disgraceful.)
• Democrats Don’t Need to Win Texas—But They Just Might, Anyway (“First up: Ted Cruz.”)
• The NFL Won’t Forget September 24, 2017 Anytime Soon (“What started last year with one player and one knee became something much larger today.”)
• NFL players reject Trump’s intimidation tactics, expand anthem protest (“Trump’s bullying backfires.”
  EW Jackson’s gonna have “a sad” – awwwww. LOL)
• Pulitzer-winning journalist asks how we “continue to have an argument” about whether Trump “is pushing the idea of white supremacy” (“Stephen Henderson: Compare Trump’s comments that NFL protesters ‘should be fired … with what he said after he saw a bunch of white men with torches march in Charlottesville'”)
• Good luck not rolling your eyes at the Virginia candidates’ magic math (“Ed Gillespie’s plan is even fuzzier than Ralph Northam’s.”)
• Editorial: Vote for those who prefer sunshine (“VIRGINIA DOES not have the best record when it comes to open access to information and transparency in government, but a recent Associated Press article confirms that the commonwealth is far from the worst offender.”)
• Richmond slavery memorial to explore enduring impact of slavery, ‘how persistence overcomes horror’
• College law enforcement in Richmond continue to review policies in wake of Charlottesville
• Charlottesville concert a show of post-rally unity
• Virginia woman recovering from copperhead bite at restaurant
• Summer-like fling ends Friday; Watching Maria midweek