by Lowell
Here are a few national and Virginia news headlines, political and otherwise, for Saturday, December 9. Oh, and check out the video of newly announced VA GOP U.S. Senate candidate Nick Freitas channeling Ayn Rand about the horrors of gubmint and people telling you what to do and stuff. Nutjob. For some examples illustrating what Freitas believes, check out ‘Religious freedom’ bill passes House committee over objections from LGBT advocates and also his Project Vote Smart ratings (ZERO from NARAL, 100% from the NRA, a pathetic 24% lifetime score from the League of Conservation Voters, 90% from the bats***-crazy American Conservative Union, etc.). And note that Freitas will be facing two even MORE extreme Republicans, if that’s possible — neo-Confederate xenophobe Corey Stewart and frothing-at-the-mouth-crazy Ewwwww Jackson. Yes, that’s today’s Virginia GOP for you – the John Birch Society on steroids.
- The Republican tax plan leaves a $1.5 trillion bill for the middle class to pay (“If paid for with spending cuts, the bill leaves 71.6 percent of Americans worse off.”)
- Krugman: Facts Have a Well-Known Liberal Bias
- Storm Deaths in Puerto Rico May Be Vastly Underestimated
- Trump appears delusional — but the modern-day GOP led the way (“Donald Trump has taken the Republican tradition of lying to daring new heights. But he had a lot to work with”)
- How the Tax Deal Could Fall Apart (“Republicans still need to figure out some thorny details.”)
- The Mueller Investigation Is in Mortal Danger (“It is almost a maxim of the Trump era that the bounds of the unthinkable continuously shrink. The capitulation to Moore was a dry run for the coming assault on the rule of law.”)
- Former Fox News employee: Trump tried to kiss me on the lips
- Rep. Trent Franks offered $5 million to aide to bear his child, resigns amid inquiry
- Powell to leave White House in early 2018 (“The announcement of her exit marks the first confirmed departure of what many people close to the administration expect to be a mass exodus in the early part of next year.”)
- Trump says country ‘can’t afford’ to let Roy Moore lose (Sexual predator rallies for sexual predator.)
- Congress reeling from sexual harassment deluge
- Read: Official Roy Moore campaign talking points “debunking” sex abuse allegations against him (“The document mostly cites conservative media and the Moore campaign itself.”)
- Donald Trump backs Roy Moore at Florida rally and casts doubt on alleged victim
- This Erik Prince Transcript Is Unbelievable (“Take a seat”)
- Pipelines Leak—Or They Explode (“Let’s check in on the death funnels criss-crossing America.”)
- The Year in Class War (“Donald Trump’s first year in office can best be seen as an all-out assault by the rich against the rest.”)
- Arizona cop cleared of murder of sobbing, unarmed man (Cold-blooded murder.)
- McAuliffe’s jobs record isn’t quite as spectacular as it might appear (“Compared with that of the previous seven governors, McAuliffe’s jobs achievements would be in the middle of the pack…And Virginia’s economic growth is not as rosy as in the rest of the country.”)
- Virginia has changed. Can the Virginia GOP change with it? (Highly doubtful.)
- Del. Nick Freitas jumps into GOP field to challenge Sen. Tim Kaine in 2018 (Another right wingnut, definitely has a chance against Corey and Ewwww.)
- Nick Freitas makes it official
- Candidates for Virginia governor spent nearly $65 million combined — busting records (“Winner Ralph Northam still fell short of outgoing Gov. Terry McAuliffe’s spending in 2013.”)
- Environmental groups file suit in federal court against gas pipeline (“Appalachian Mountain Advocates was joined in the lawsuit by the Sierra Club, Appalachian Voices, the Chesapeake Climate Action Network and Wild Virginia.”)
- Editorial: Heaphy report on Charlottesville is well-researched
- Out-Migration From Virginia Continues for a Fourth Consecutive Year
- Snow is likely most of the day, and accumulation of a few inches is possible
