by Lowell
Here are a few national and Virginia news headlines, political and otherwise, for Saturday, November 25.
- 235 Killed in Attack on Sufi Mosque in Egypt (“Hours later, Donald Trump argued that the attack on a Sufi mosque in Egypt proved that the United States urgently needs to build a wall on its border with Mexico.” Completely unhinged.)
- Mass Murder is How ISIS Tries to Stay Relevant
- How December Could Make or Break the Trump Presidency (“Trump is governing well below the optimal levels of recent successful first-year Presidents…He has a record low approval rating. He is mired in scandal. And he, so far, has no major legislative accomplishments. He looks like a President in his eighth year rather than one in his first. All of this makes December crucial for the White House.”)
- The GOP’s Lonely Deficit Hawks Just Might Kill the Trump Tax Cuts (Don’t ever forget that the VAST majority of Republican Congresspersons and Senators do NOT care about deficits or the debt. Repeat: they do NOT care about exploding the deficit/debt – which their tax monstrosity will do – despite protestations to the contrary.)
- The end of shame (“The GOP wants another Senate seat and a grossly unfair tax measure. At what cost?”)
- The tragedy of Trump’s latest Twitter tantrum (“As the world churns, the president of the United States goes fishing for compliments.” There’s something really, really wrong psychologically with Donald Trump.)
- Mueller might be the one who’s ‘draining the swamp’
- New dynamic score shows the Senate tax bill raises debt by more than advertised (“The math just doesn’t work.”)
- Republicans Are Sneaking Right-Wing Social Policies Into Their Corporate Tax Cut (“Fetuses and undocumented kids are targeted in the GOP tax bill.”)
- Trump immediately politicizes Egypt mosque attack (“This has nothing to do with walls or travel bans.” Trump’s completely demented.)
- Tiger Woods launches highly anticipated comeback by helping Trump violate the constitution
- Diplomats Sound the Alarm as They Are Pushed Out in Droves (“Mr. Tillerson has frozen most hiring and recently offered a $25,000 buyout in hopes of pushing nearly 2,000 career diplomats and civil servants to leave by October 2018.”)
- While eyes are on Russia, Sessions dramatically reshapes the Justice Department (Sessions is a menace.)
- Donald Trump: A “populist” who wages class war on behalf of the rich (“Staggering cognitive dissonance: Trump is still seen as a man of the people, even as he wages Republican class war”)
- GOP insider Bruce Bartlett: “The Republican Party needs to die”
- GOP deficit hawks fear tax plan is secret budget-buster (“Key Senate Republicans worry tax cuts slated to expire will eventually be extended — boosting the true cost of the bill.”)
- Michael Flynn is the key to the Russia scandal — and he may have just flipped on Trump
- Trump taps Mulvaney to head CFPB, sparking confusion over agency’s leadership (“The announcement comes hours after outgoing Director Richard Cordray appointed Leandra English as deputy director, establishing her as his successor as he steps down.”)
- Why 2020 Will Be the Year of the Woman (“In this post-Weinstein moment, Democrats are pining for the karmic justice of defeating Trump with shards from a glass ceiling. Here’s how it could happen…Four sitting female Democratic senators are presumed to be eyeing a 2020 run: Kristin Gillibrand, Kamala Harris, Amy Klobuchar and Elizabeth Warren.”)
- Trump: I turned down Time’s ‘Person of the Year’ (Pathetic excuse for a man.)
- Five things to watch in the new Keystone fight (“Legal challenges are on the horizon…Opponents are energized”)
- Trump: I Rejected “Person of the Year.” Time: No, You Didn’t.
- Historic turnout of young voters in Virginia election poses problem for Republicans
- Democrats to decide between primary or caucus to pick nominee to challenge Brat (“Democrats will decide in January whether to use a primary or party-controlled caucus to choose a nominee to run against GOP Rep. Dave Brat in the 7th congressional district.”)
- Editorial: Obama spoke in Richmond. You’re not allowed to know what he said. (Nobody took video?)
- Departing Va. transportation secretary: Demise of streetcar project is a regret
- With region’s transportation options, must every apartment have space for parking?
- Editorial: Virginia sets a low bar for accreditation. Too few Richmond-area schools cleared it.
- Hits & Misses: Norfolk, Portsmouth striking a blow for regional cooperation
- Warmer and cloudier Saturday ahead of a cold front, then chillier wind for Sunday
