by Lowell
Here are a few national and Virginia news headlines, political and otherwise, for Saturday, December 16.
- Bernie Sanders: Trump tax cuts a barely disguised reward for billionaire donors (“The Vermont senator tells the Guardian why the tax bill – which could become law next week – is the result of 40 years’ scheming by the Kochs and others”)
- Republicans have votes to pass tax plan after Rubio, Corker pledge support (Vote every one of these @#$!ers out of office next November.)
- What’s in the Final Republican Tax Bill (For starters, a MASSIVE increase in the deficit and the debt.)
- The Republican Tax Bill is a Sham and a Con (“And because Senators come cheap these days, it likely will pass.”)
- CDC gets list of forbidden words: fetus, transgender, diversity (Can everyone just admit now that the Trump administration is 100% bats*** crazy???)
- DI Politics Chat: Is Trump the Worst President of All Time? (Is this even up for debate?)
- Rep. Schiff ‘Worried’ GOP Plans To Shut Down House Intel’s Russia Probe
- Puerto Rico to Lose Tax Advantages Under GOP Plan, Expert Says (“The final version of the Republican tax plan would end some of the tax advantages companies with operations in Puerto Rico have long enjoyed, potentially delivering an economic blow to the territory still reeling from Hurricane Maria and a record setting bankruptcy, according to an expert who reviewed the plan Friday.” Great job, Republicans – NOT!!!)
- The Assault on Mueller
- The past year of research has made it very clear: Trump won because of racial resentment (“Another study produces the same findings we’ve seen over and over again.”)
- The winners and losers in the GOP tax plan (Losers include “Workers who depend on a regular paycheck.” and “Deficit hawks”)
- Facebook Conceded It Might Make You Feel Bad. Here’s How to Interpret That.
- Republicans are rushing to jam their 503-page tax bill through Congress (“Lawmakers have just one weekend to read through the 503-page bill.”)
- Trump judicial nominee stumped on basic law questions at Senate hearing (“Matthew Petersen, whom Trump nominated for the circuit court of the District of Columbia, struggled with a line of questioning on some key legal principles”)
- GOP leadership touted pro-tax plan op-eds that were deceptive cut-and-paste jobs (“Lobbying group NFIB placed virtually identical op-eds about taxes from different authors in newspapers” And it’s newspapers’ job to make sure this doesn’t happen!)
- Listen: Gutiérrez says DACA fix may not come until 2018
- Trump made at least 7 false claims about Russia in 90 seconds
- Disney acquiring Fox means big, scary things for film and TV (“Here are five reasons the deal is terrifying — and only one of them is increased media consolidation.”)
- Trump’s Favorite Judge (“Fox News’ Jeanine Pirro embodies a kindergartener’s idea of justice. No wonder the president loves her.”)
- Donald Trump just compared legal immigrants on diversity visas to trash (“Trump’s always distrusted legal immigrants — and he’s trying to turn America against them, too.” Actually, these immigrants are great, it’s Trump who’s trash.)
- Virginia Senate candidate E.W. Jackson “regrets” anti-gay rhetoric (Yeah, right – hahahahahaha!)
- State reaches deals with large water users to preserve aquifers
- Va. Republican House leader backs expanded family leave as party seeks to rebrand (Good luck with that.)
- It’s a crime in Virginia to swear in public. A lawmaker says that’s #@!#ing nuts.
- Rep. Bobby Scott accused of sexual harassment; he “absolutely” denies allegations
- Editorial: Will Valentine be region’s road champion?
- State begins search for company to expand Hampton Roads Bridge-Tunnel
- D.C.-area forecast: A warming trend this weekend is set to continue into the coming week
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