by Lowell
Here are a few national and Virginia news headlines, political and otherwise, for Monday, Christmas Day 2017. Merry Christmas and happy holidays, whatever you happen to celebrate.
- Departing GOP lawmakers warn of potential party losses in 2018
- A Twitter Tirade on Christmas Eve (“The president spent Sunday morning at Mar-a-Lago, watching Fox News and giving voice to his resentments.” Trump is demented, as always.)
- Juan Williams: GOP will suffer for tax giveaway
- ObamaCare proves surprisingly resilient
- Congress Makes Conservative Mark After Chaotic Start (Disastrous.)
- Sanders says tax overhaul ‘makes a bad situation worse’ (Yep, basically the opposite of what we should be doing.)
- It Seems Like Julian Assange Deleted His Twitter (Good riddance.)
- Treasury Secretary Mnuchin was sent gift-wrapped box of horse manure: reports (Why waste perfectly good fertilizer on that horse’s ass?)
- The top 10 Senate races of 2018
- Pope Highlights Jerusalem Dispute in Christmas Day Message
- Democrats Leave Few Seats Unchallenged in Quest for House Control
- How Trump and the Nazis Stole Christmas to Promote White Nationalism (“Many of Trump’s Christian supporters argue that the president is ending the alleged ‘war on Christmas,’ which has been presented by evangelicals and Fox news anchors as a threat to America’s Christian culture.”)
- Trump told friends at Mar-a-Lago ‘you all just got a lot richer’ after tax bill passed: report
- Will the FBI Snap Under Trump’s Pressure?
- Digital Coins Resume Selloff as Recovery Fizzles
- Trump is celebrating Christmas Eve by tweeting conspiracy theories and hinting at an FBI purge (“Merry Christmas from the White House.”)
- Jim Jenkins column: Wait until Ryan and his pals come for Medicare, Social Security
- Trump Praises Himself in Call to Troops: “We Say Christmas Again Very Proudly” (Freak show.)
- Virginia is the most unequal state in the union, and is more unequal than at any time in (post-Reconstruction) history (We need to do a bunch of stuff to remedy this situation, such as bringing back the estate tax and raising the minimum wage big time, but the bottom line is we need a much more progressive tax code than what we have now.)
- He ran a county of 73,000 – now he’ll oversee Fairfax, population 1.1 million
- 2 deputies shot responding to domestic dispute in Virginia
- Alleged neo-Nazi teen suspected of killing Virginia couple
- A blustery Christmas Day is just the start of a very cold week (“This week could well turn out to be the coldest in Washington in two years.”)
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