by Lowell
Here are a few national and Virginia news headlines, political and otherwise, for Monday, December 11.
- Roy Moore Goes Into Hiding As He Tries To Hang On In Alabama Senate Race
- The Trump-Russia Probe Is About to Get Uglier (“Unpleasant facts are spilling out. Republicans don’t want to know them.”)
- Blow: Rise of the Roypublicans (“These Republicans are willing to sacrifice Moore’s then-teenage accusers, because they believe in his fundamentalist zealotry. That is a defining feature of these modern Republicans: contorted moral rationalization.”)
- GOP sacrifices precision for speed as it rushes tax bill ahead (Wildly irresponsible.)
- Poll: Most Americans doubt GOP bill will cut their taxes or boost the economy
- Nikki Haley Says Women Who Accuse Trump of Misconduct ‘Should Be Heard’
- The economy is on a sugar high, and tax cuts won’t help (“The tax-cut legislation in a conference committee on Capitol Hill exacerbates every important problem it claims to address.”)
- The attacks on Mueller push us closer to the precipice (“Republicans are deepening their complicity in derailing the investigation of Russian collusion in the election.”)
- The mounting attacks on Mueller are misguided and dangerous
- Will someone save Trump from this disastrous decision? (“If the president voids the Iran deal, it could lead to war.”)
- Republicans fret over tax bill’s unpopularity
- Trump accusers to unite for first time, demand congressional investigation into allegations
- The Taxman Cometh: Senate Bill’s Marginal Rates Could Top 100% for Some (“Certain high-income business owners would face backwards incentives; lawmakers work to bridge gap”)
- Trump Will Have A Hard Time Stopping The Russia Investigation — Even If He Fires Mueller (I don’t share 538’s optimism at all.)
- Trump should resign over sexual harassment allegations, Booker says
- Fox’s Chris Wallace ignores Ben Shapiro’s history of bigotry and misinformation (Fox is a cesspool of right-wing propaganda, sexual harassment, and all-around lunacy.)
- Senior Alabama GOP Senator urges voters to reject Roy Moore (“Richard Shelby says stories have passed the ‘tipping point.'”)
- The Doug Jones Coalition (“Democrats feel momentum in Alabama, but they’ll need black and white voters to beat Roy Moore.”)
- House gavel with impeachment power up for grabs (“Behind Rep. Bob Goodlatte (R-Va.), who is retiring at the end of his term, is a deeply unsettled committee bench whose senior ranks have been decimated by retirements.”)
- How Trump will target the federal safety net (“Under the banner of welfare reform, the administration is eyeing changes to health care, food stamps, housing and veterans programs.”)
- Moore in 2011 interview: Scrapping amendments after 10th would ‘eliminate many problems’ (This guy is completely insane.)
- Did Roy Moore spend the final weekend of the campaign in Philly?
- Lopez and Rasoul: Pipeline not worth cost to Virginians (“In truth, the cost of the gas and the associated shipping costs of using the Atlantic Coast pipeline will translate to higher gas prices and higher electricity bills.”)
- State Water Board prepares to hear from both sides of pipeline debate
- Protesters Send McAuliffe Packing
- Virginia should stick with its I-66 express lanes — tolls and all (“Encouraging carpooling, public transportation and alternate routes is a good move.” Agreed.)
- I–66 toll prices cause uproar, but I-95 commuters know the drill
- Why the GOP tax plan worries VCU graduate students
- Corey Stewart heads to Alabama to campaign for Senate candidate Roy Moore
- Editorial: Five questions Western Virginia needs to address
- Editorial: Lawmakers need to take action to revive the state’s economy
- D.C.-area forecast: A very chilly week, with a few chances for snowflakes
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