by Lowell
Here are a few national and Virginia news headlines, political and otherwise, for Friday, December 15.
- Net neutrality is now officially on life support. Here’s what happens next. (“The FCC voted in a 3-2 party-line vote to end net neutrality, despite overwhelming bipartisan support for it.”)
- FBI Agent ‘Scandal’ Revealed To Be Even More Stupid Than Previously Known
- Possible defection by Sen. Rubio puts tax overhaul bill closer to the brink of defeat (Yeah, except that I trust Rubio as far as I can throw him.)
- Krugman: Republicans Despise the Working Class
- Once Unthinkable, Now Possible: Senate Looks Like a Tossup in 2018
- FBI Agent Removed From Russia Probe Held Dim Views of Holder, Sanders (“Texts between agent and FBI lawyer reveal harsh words for several prominent figures” Whatever, they have a right to their own personal, political views, as long as it doesn’t affect their job performance.)
- Paul Ryan Sees His Wild Washington Journey Coming to An End (Let’s hope; Lyin’ Ryan is among the worst of the worst.)
- G.O.P. Is Still Hunting for Ways to Pay for Huge Tax Cuts
- How the loss of net neutrality could change the internet (“Supporters of the repeal say it will free up internet providers to innovate, while opponents fear the online world will become more like cable TV.”)
- The Memo: Omarosa’s exit is headache for White House (“’She is a total press hog, so we will certainly see her say horrible things about the team she was a member of until yesterday,’ said one former Trump staffer on Thursday.”)
- Watch this Republican economist squirm as he’s forced to admit the truth about the GOP tax bill
- Can The GOP Stop Running Toxic Candidates? (“Roy Moore wasn’t the first and probably won’t be the last.” Here in Virginia, for instance, they could nominate neo-Confederate Corey Stewart or bigot/theocrat EW Jackson for US Senate in 2018.)
- Good Riddance to the Biggest Fake in American Politics (“Paul Ryan makes noises about going back to Janesville.”
Ryan is one of the smarmiest politicians around, no doubt.) - Paul Ryan says American women need to have more babies (To the contrary, American women don’t “need” to do anything, certainly not anything Ryan says, and certainly not having more babies. And yeah, Ryan is disgusting. Ugh.)
- Trump wants to cut federal regulations ‘below the 1960 level.’ Here is what that would look like. (“No Clean Air Act. No Clean Water Act.”)
- Former Apprentice star on leaving Trump’s White House: ‘I’ve seen things that made me uncomfortable’
- Roy Moore issues fiery video refusing to concede: ‘Immorality sweeps over our land’ (Yeah, Moore would know all about immorality.)
- The U.S. Might Be Stumbling Into Two Different Wars at Once
- Did Alabama Just Violate Federal Voting Law?(“Assessing the state’s ‘inactive’ voter scheme.”)
- Rupert Murdoch says Fox News harassment stopped with Roger Ailes. He couldn’t be more wrong.
- Trump’s FCC Just Killed Net Neutrality, But Legal Challenges Are Already Coming (“New York attorney general plans to sue the Trump administration.”)
- A Year Into the Trump Era, White House Staff Turnover Is “Off the Charts”
- Doug Jones Called on Congress to Fund CHIP. Why Hasn’t It?
- What Trumpists should really worry about (“Alabama could be a sign of things to come.”)
- A feast for regulatory parasites (“The GOP tax proposal is stunningly complex on the corporate side, meaning lawyers and accountants would make out like bandits.”)
- Newtonian physics will crush the GOP (“The harder Trump fights women and minorities, the harder they will push back.”)
- The Russia facts are hiding in plain sight (“Trump can make as many denials as he wants, but the trail of evidence is long.”)
- The GOP tax bill may be the worst piece of legislation in modern history
- Congress should help Puerto Rico — not hurt it
- Senators revive proposal on two-carrier purchase
- Editorial: Is it time to share power in the House of Delegates?
- Would-be Va. House speaker announces support for 12 weeks of paid parental leave for state employees
- Northam announces Cabinet picks for Natural Resources, Agriculture and Forestry
- Charge upgraded to first-degree murder for driver accused of ramming Charlottesville crowd (“James Alex Fields Jr. long sympathized with Nazi views, according to those who know him.”)
- McAuliffe won’t act on Soering pardon before leaving office (“The diplomat’s son remains in limbo as a sympathetic movie hits theaters Friday.”)
- Republican Tim Hugo survives recount to win in Northern Virginia House district (Too bad, but not surprising.)
- Naval aviation rescue swimmer announces GOP run for Congress in McEachin’s district
- Alexandria selects a familiar face to lead 15,000-student Virginia district
- Williams: On monuments, City Council has no will and no way
- 17 Radford fraternity members including one from Stafford arrested after hazing allegations
- D.C.-area forecast: Snow may accumulate lightly this afternoon, with higher totals east and northeast
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