by Lowell
Here are a few national and Virginia news headlines, political and otherwise, for Monday, November 27. Also, check out this “tweetstorm” on why the NY Times’ profile of the Nazi is so f’ed up.
- Official sues Trump to block his pick for head of consumer watchdog agency
- Senate GOP tax bill hurts the poor more than originally thought, CBO finds
- Is fiscal conservatism dead?
- Roy Moore Is Deplorable, and Donald Trump Condoning His Sins Is Unforgivable (“The judge’s behavior is unforgivable, no matter what your ideological leanings and party identification may be.”)
- Readers Accuse Us of Normalizing a Nazi Sympathizer; We Respond (Yep, that’s exactly what the NY Times did,
and this response doesn’t help matters at all.) - Nancy Pelosi is that woman (“Pelosi’s performance on Meet the Press is why so many women don’t come forward about sexual harassment.”)
- Conservative billionaire Koch brothers give $650m to help Meredith buy Time (“Texans will not get a say in editorial decisions, says Meredith, as it hails ‘transformative’ deal to merge magazine stables”)
- McCain could save the country from this terrible tax bill
- Tax reform hangs in balance in critical week for GOP (“GOP leadership has a narrow window to push through its tax bill in the Senate.”)
- Tax Reform Is Not a Done Deal (“Republicans still have to persuade a bunch of senators who want opposite things.”)
- Two of Trump’s judicial nominees deserve a much closer look (“As the most extreme of Trump’s nominees get hurried through, the Judiciary Committee is removing one of the few remaining guardrails.”)
- Congress returns to nightmare December
- Trump Is Apparently Telling People the Infamous Access Hollywood Tape Is a Fake (So, our “president” is bats*** crazy; how is this going to end well?)
- Conyers stepping aside as ranking Dem on House Judiciary Committee
- Congressional leaders face internal pressure to act on harassment
- New York Times faces backlash over half-baked profile of white nationalist (Massive f’up by the once-great NY Times.)
- Trump’s long history of misleading the media
- Bharara compares Trump to Jan Brady after Russia tweet (“Bharara was referring to one of the show’s most famous lines, which was spoken by the character Jan Brady while complaining about receiving less attention than her older sister Marcia.”)
- A glance at Dominion’s Bath County Pumped Storage Station
- “Groups push to break down barriers for energy efficiency businesses in Virginia (We need to change the law to make Dominion prioritize energy efficiency, not simply producing more power.)
- Editorial: Fredericksburg race highlights a problem and a curiosity
- Editorial: State leaders should take advantage of their fresh start
- With uncanny twists and an allegedly rogue registrar, Virginia House left in limbo (“It’s like a Wes Anderson movie about elections.”)
- Few Virginia localities flipped in 2017, but Northam surpassed McAuliffe in population centers
- Levar Stoney and Austin Beutner: An RVA collaboration to help students see clearly
- Congress’ 2018 defense spending plan means a steady year for Hampton Roads – if lawmakers agree to pay for it
- Norfolk’s bike share program didn’t get off the ground in 2017, but has even bigger plans in 2018
- A glance at Dominion’s Bath County Pumped Storage Station
- November to end on mild and quiet note with near 60-degree days Tuesday and Wednesday
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