by Lowell
Here are a few national and Virginia news headlines, political and otherwise, for Sunday, December 24.
- Trump ratchets up feud with FBI (Republicans are ok with the “president” attacking the FBI? Yep, got it.)
- The Memo: The Top 10 Trump controversies of 2017 (“The firing of James Comey…Charlottesville…Travel ban…Taking a knee in the NFL…”)
- Congress braces for a chaotic January
- Stoking Fears, Trump Defied Bureaucracy to Advance Immigration Agenda (“The changes have had far-reaching consequences, both for the immigrants who have sought to make a new home in this country and for America’s image in the world.”)
- Wealthy Americans Are Already Trying to Exploit the New Tax Law
- Amid backlash, White House pledges to stand firm on Trump’s recognition of Jerusalem as Israel’s capital (Brilliant as always…)
- At Vice, Cutting-Edge Media and Allegations of Old-School Sexual Harassment (“A media company built on subversion and outlandishness was unable to create “a safe and inclusive workplace” for women, two of its founders acknowledge.”)
- How politics screwed Puerto Rico out of billions in disaster aid (“The hurricane-wracked island was denied billions in extra Medicaid funds. Now Republicans and Democrats are sniping over who’s to blame.”)
- How Big Oil Lost Control of Its Climate Misinformation Machine (“One of the longest and most consequential campaigns against science in modern history is becoming more extreme—and turning against its originators.”)
- 2017 in Photos: Capturing the Causes and Impacts of Climate Change
- Facing Republican attacks, FBI’s deputy director plans to retire early next year (“Andrew McCabe, the FBI’s deputy director who has been the target of Republican critics for more than a year, plans to retire in a few months when he becomes fully eligible for pension benefits, according to people familiar with the matter.”)
- The next special election that could portend a Democratic wave(*(“Republicans are bracing for a potentially competitive special election in a usually reliable part of Pennsylvania.”)
- Trump Just Signed a $1.5 Trillion Tax Cut for the Rich. Here’s How We Could Have Spent That Money. (“Wipe out student debt. Fix all of America’s roads and bridges. Fight global warming. All would be cheaper than this bill.”)
- Comey Blasts New FBI Leadership for Giving in to “Partisan” Pressure
- Steve Bannon savages ‘Javanka’, laying bare White House tensions
- Trump uses derogatory, racist language to describe immigrants (Racist scumbag.)
- Trump gives Presidential coin tacky, ego-driven redesign (“Narcissistic maniac,” as Ralph Northam correctly called him…)
- After news breaks that FBI deputy director to retire, Trump unloads (“Andrew McCabe could be a key witness to Special Counsel Mueller’s investigation.”)
- Joan Walsh picked up by CNN after widespread outrage over firing from MSNBC (Anyone who thinks MSNBC is some sort of “liberal equivalent of Fox” is dumber than a box of hammers.)
- Schapiro: Chirstmas – as only Va.’s politicians could celebrate it
- Virginia teen shot girlfriend’s parents and self because they wouldn’t let their daughter date a neo-Nazi (“A Reston, VA couple are dead and their daughter’s boyfriend is in critical condition after the teenager shot them both and then himself because they refused to let their daughter date a neo-Nazi.”)
- Metro board members on reform plans: Shrinking the board won’t solve the problem.
- Editorial: The early Christmas presents we received this year
- In Wise County, making the best of tough choices in shrinking school district
- Virginia Tech class helps tell Holocaust stories by combing through Nazi documents
- Seasonably colder today, with a gusty chill Christmas Day; a few snowflakes tonight?
