by Lowell
Here are a few national and Virginia news headlines, political and otherwise, for Wednesday, December 20.
- Conservatism Can’t Survive Donald Trump Intact (“The word conservative will of course continue in use. But its meaning is being rewritten each day by the actions of those who lay claim to the word. It is their commitment to Trump that etches Trumpism into them. And while Trump may indeed pass, that self-etching will not soon be effaced.”)
- Parliamentarian Determines Three Provisions in Republican Tax Bill Are Impermissible
- GOP tax bill passes Senate as House prepares to send it to Trump (Disgraceful.)
- House passes historically unpopular GOP tax bill (“More than a dozen congressmen reportedly couldn’t name the different brackets in the tax bill”)
- We’re witnessing the wholesale looting of America (“Unchecked by norms or political prudence, it’s smash-and-grab time for the GOP.”)
- The Republican Tax Bill Doesn’t Actually Simplify The Tax Code
- Trump cheers on a stock market he once called a ‘big, fat, ugly bubble’ (Actually, Trump is the big, fat, ugly bubble.)
- Confusion and chaos ahead as new tax rules take immediate effect (So much for simplification.)
- Senators, White House lay groundwork for Dreamers deal (“Donald Trump’s chief of staff met Tuesday with lawmakers from both parties, and a compromise looks likely in January.”)
- The Trump Exoneration Lie (“The 2016 election did not absolve Donald Trump of sexual assault.” It’s breathtaking they’d even try to make that laughable “argument.”)
- The G.O.P.’s Contempt for Democracy (“Republicans are in a mad dash to emancipate us from the welfare state.”)
- Trump Presses the Brake on Legal Immigration
- ‘God Made Republicans to Cut Taxes’
- Fox News pays contributor Kevin Jackson to push blatant lies and conspiracy theories (“In addition to speculating about an FBI plot to kill the president, Jackson has falsely claimed that Colin Kaepernick supports terrorism and Trump released his tax returns”)
- Paul Ryan refutes rumors of early retirement from House (Fine, let’s just beat him in November!)
- Can Evangelicalism Survive Donald Trump and Roy Moore?
- Sen. Mark Warner: ‘I believe it will be a constitutional crisis’ if Mueller is fired(“If they pull on one of these threads as a reason to fire Mueller, I think it will be a political disaster for the president, and I believe it will be a constitutional crisis”)
- Sen. Mark Warner on the Russia probe: ‘More of this picture’s coming into view’(“I think [Senate Intelligence Committee members will] also agree that there was a huge amount of contact between the Russians and officials from the Trump organization and campaign.”)
- A Solution for ‘Dreamers’? (“During a trip home from Capitol Hill this week, U.S. Sen. Tim Kaine met privately with four recipients of the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program — also known as “Dreamers” — at the Richmond Public Library to learn more about their concerns in light of the Trump administration’s decision in September to phase out the program.”)
- Treasury paid $174,000 in taxpayer money to settle House sexual harassment claims
- House passes massive tax cut for corporations, the wealthy, foreign investors, and Donald Trump (“False populism wins.”)
- Republicans’ Tax Bill Worsens Their 2018 Suburban Crisis
- The pro-Kremlin talking points of Jill Stein (If you look in the dictionary under the phrase “useful idiot,”you get a picture of Jill Stein and her supporters.)
- Sarah Sanders gaslights America
- Democrats unlikely to force DACA vote this week, probably averting shutdown
- The man who made the Republican internet – and then sold it to far-right nationalists overseas (Really, really disappointed in Vincent Harris, founder of the Virginia political blog Too Conservative, and who I always thought was a good guy, even if totally misguided politically. So much for that.)
- Medicaid comments muddy Northam’s election pledge
- Add Virginia Democrats’ big win to the growing pile of evidence that Democrats will have a good 2018 (“So, yes, this is a historic win for Democrats, and it portends more victories next year. But they have a long way to go to get to parity with the Republicans.”)
- In Virginia, a 11,608-to-11,607 Lesson in the Power of a Single Vote
- A Single Vote Has Flipped Control Of Virginia’s House Of Delegates (“The old saying ‘every vote counts’ may never have been more true than in Virginia Tuesday.”)
- Every vote counts
- Editorial: McAuliffe’s final push for Medicaid expansion
- Dorothy McAuliffe put aside pomp as hard-lobbying Virginia first lady
- Virginia State Police superintendent to step down
- VA State Police: Recent Departures Unrelated To Charlottesville Response (Gotta love how Brian Moran got out of this one intact.)
- A single vote leads to a rare tie for control of the Virginia legislature
- After 94th District recount in Newport News, Democrat Shelly Simonds wins by one vote (Nice job by reporter Reema Amin, who live tweeted this all day yesterday…)
- Virginia’s House is split 50-50. Here’s how they can break the gridlock
- ‘It’s just time for me to go’; Virginia State Police superintendent announces retirement
- Legislative panel pushes for new way of transporting mentally ill
- McAuliffe’s proposed budget includes funding for new Loudoun judge
- Editorial: Yes to more animal-welfare legislation at the General Assembly
- Editorial: Virginia Tech study highlights gaps in entreprenurial ecosystem
- Chesapeake City Council rejects one solar farm, delays decision on another
- Temperatures swing back and forth through the holiday weekend; Christmas Day snow shower?
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