by Lowell
Here are a few national and Virginia news headlines, political and otherwise, for Saturday, October 14.
- Mueller’s team interviewed Priebus on Friday (“‘He was happy to answer all of their questions,’ the former White House chief of staff’s lawyer said.”)
- Certifiable Nonsense (“Trump’s speech on the Iran deal might be his most dishonest, and also his most damaging.”)
- Trump Alienates Allies and Hands Iran a Victory
- Trump Won’t Certify Nuclear Deal, but Won’t Unravel It
- Donald Trump’s Impeachable Offense (“The commander in chief’s calls to abridge freedoms of speech and the press represent attacks on the Constitution he swore to protect and defend.”)
- Trump’s Assault on Obamacare Could Revive a Deal in Congress (“A pair of lawmakers are nearing a bipartisan agreement on health care, but it’s not the one the president wants.”)
- Trump Defies the World on Iran
- Trump’s Case Against the Iran Deal Was Hallucinatory Poppycock
- Andrew Sullivan: Trump’s Mindless Nihilism
- Trump’s obsession with his IQ is the opposite of wisdom (“A president should be hungry for dissenting views and willing to hear from well-meaning critics.”)
- Twitter CEO Promises to Toughen Rules on Hate Speech and Violence (Start by banning Trump? LOL)
- Trump gets hero’s welcome at Christian summit (Trump is possibly the most un-Christian president we’ve ever had.)
- ‘Values voters’ say they can look past Trump bragging about sexual assault (Sick.)
- Susan Collins to Remain in Senate, Skip Governor Run (“Many political observers think that Collins, despite her popularity in Maine, would have had a hard time winning a GOP primary. The party’s current frontrunner is an ally of LePage, who is term-limited and cannot run again.”)
- Trump hands Republicans a new ObamaCare problem (“Some Republicans fear that their party will be blamed for chaos in the market. Strategists warn that if health care premiums spike as a result of Trump ending the insurance payments, candidates will pay a price at the polls in 2018, when the House could be up for grabs.”)
- Trump’s frustration with Congress reaches a breaking point (“The president is trying to force lawmakers’ hands on everything from health insurance markets to immigration.”)
- Trump claims he ‘met with the president of the Virgin Islands.’ There’s just one problem. (“He is very confused.”)
- The G.O.P. Is a Mess. It’s Not All Trump’s Fault. (“The president is just an avatar of the party’s pathologies, the culmination of its cynical trajectory over two decades.” Longer than two decades, but certainly since Newt Gingrich and the “Contract with America”)
- Epic legal battles shaping up over Trump’s scrapping of Obamacare subsidies
- Bob Corker on Trump’s biggest problem: The ‘castration’ of Rex Tillerson
- Trump’s Iran announcement backfires (“President Trump’s official announcement that he will not certify the Iran deal, as the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) is known, set off a series of predictable and negative consequences.”)
- 18 states sue over Trump-halted ObamaCare payments
- Trump opposes bipartisan Obamacare rescue plan (“His budget chief, Mick Mulvaney, says it would take a broader health care deal for the president to revive the health care payments he canceled Thursday night.”)
- Trump rips the NFL for disrespecting the flag. Then he jokes about a military flag ceremony.
- Jimmy Fallon doesn’t “care that much about politics” — that’s what privilege buys
- Trump’s Pick for White House Environmental Post Once Said Coal Helped End Slavery (We’re living in a dystopian, surreal nightmare. Thanks Trump voters!)
- 20 of America’s top political scientists gathered to discuss our democracy. They’re scared. (“If current trends continue for another 20 or 30 years, democracy will be toast.” I’d say a lot fewer than 20-30 years at this rate.)
- Trump Again Has The Lowest Approval Rating In Modern Times
- DOMINION RULES (“How the Richmond-based utility company became one of the most influential political forces in Virginia”)
- Trump’s decision to cut ACA payments elevates health care in Virginia governor’s race (“The state’s 2018 rates already take cuts into account, but the future of the marketplaces is unclear.”)
- Weekly Politics Wrap: National Names Get Into Virginia Governor’s Race, Metro Board Infighting And The Nats Lose Again
- Monday’s the deadline to register to vote in Virginia
- Register today to vote in Nov. 7 election
- A transgender candidate isn’t the extremist in this Va. race. Her opponent is. (“Zealotry is a matter of ideas, not identity.” Yep, “Sideshow Bob” is a nasty bigot, among other things. Also completely ineffectual for his district, because he spends all his time and energy in Richmond on his anti-LGBT and anti-abortion crusades.)
- Lawmakers urge McAuliffe to apply for federal grant funding for the Coalfields Expressway
- Federal energy panel grants certificates for Mountain Valley and Atlantic Coast pipelines (“Securing FERC’s blessing moved the venture a giant step forward toward launching construction of the 42-inch diameter, 303-mile buried pipeline. The project would transport about 2 billion cubic feet per day of natural gas that has been extracted by fracking in the Appalachian Basin.” Grrrrrrr.)
- Richmond police, Virginia attorney general receive nearly $700K in federal grants to combat violence in city
- Warmer today, very warm tomorrow, then a big taste of fall
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