by Lowell
Here are a few national and Virginia news headlines, political and otherwise, for Thursday, January 4. Also, gotta love that NY Daily News cover of a “cuck fight” between Trump and Bannon.
- Trump Watches From the Sidelines as the Koreas Begin to Talk
- Blow: Trump’s Attention Economy (“Trump began this year the way he ended the last one: eroding and reducing the office of the presidency on a daily basis.”)
- Trump just declared all-out war on Steve Bannon in a furious statement
- Is Something Neurologically Wrong With Donald Trump? (Sure seems like it, even if doofuses like Chuck Todd need a fainting couch and smelling salts at the mere suggestion of this.)
- Steve Bannon Comes Back to Haunt Donald Trump (“In an interview with an author, the former White House aide called the June 2016 Trump Tower meeting with Russians ‘treasonous’ and ‘unpatriotic.'”)
- The Memo: Bannon firestorm consumes Washington
- Trump’s lawyers send cease-and-desist letter to Bannon (“The president’s lawyers told Stephen K. Bannon his comments to author Michael Wolff in a soon-to-be-released tell-all book violate Bannon’s employment agreement with the president in numerous ways. Trump on Wednesday castigated his former chief strategist as a self-aggrandizing political charlatan who has ‘lost his mind.'”)
- Trump and Bannon’s winning partnership pivots to bitter enmity
- Trump portrayed as uninformed, unprepared and lacking focus in new book
- We’re rushing toward the breaking point (“Not even Mueller has a button on his desk he can press to get us out of this without scars.”)
- Doug Jones is sworn in, shrinking GOP Senate majority
- The person anonymously leaking racist attacks on the Mueller grand jury sounds a lot like Trump
- Warner: Trump financial issues more suited for Mueller than Senate panel
- Va. Gov.-Elect Northam Says Medicaid, Gun Violence Among Top Priorities
- Congress and White House inch forward in budget talks (“But House and Senate leaders, along with the administration, need to move faster to avoid stiff spending cuts and a potential government shutdown.”)
- If You Want To Know Who’s Running In 2020, Watch Capitol Hill, Not Iowa
- Tim Kaine: How to avoid stumbling into a North Korea catastrophe (“First, the President should quit raising the risk.”)
- Donald Trump Didn’t Want to Be President (“One year ago: the plan to lose, and the administration’s shocked first days.”)
- There is no separation of powers without divided government (“Partisan loyalty has triumphed over institutional loyalty.”)
- Washington’s growing obsession: The 25th Amendment (“Lawmakers concerned about Trump’s mental health invited a Yale psychiatry professor to brief them in December.”)
- Trump dissolves voter fraud commission
- Bannon loses support of pro-Trump billionaire backer over media fights
- The Trump-Bannon feud is already upending the midterm elections (“Bannonite candidates have to pick between the Breitbart machine and the president.”)
- Michael Wolff tells a juicy tale in his new Trump book. But should we believe it? (“Wolff, 64, has said his book was based on 200 interviews with White House and campaign staffers, including Bannon. He didn’t respond to multiple requests for comment.”)
- What Bannon Has Over the Trumps (“He’s smarter, and he wants to burn it all down even more than they do.”)
- Deputy AG, FBI director make unannounced visit to Paul Ryan’s office (“Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein and FBI Director Chris Wray made an unannounced visit to Speaker Paul Ryan’s office Wednesday as the Justice Department grapples with an increasingly hostile faction of House Republicans demanding documents related to the bureau’s Russia probe.”)
- Paul Manafort’s Ridiculous Lawsuit Against Robert Mueller Is a Pure Publicity Stunt
- If Elected Senator, Mitt Romney Will Probably Fall in Line (Of course; ol’ Willard is pathetic.)
- Congress Returns for a Month of Pain (“The difficult decisions from 2017 haven’t gone anywhere.”)
- Sen. Feinstein Says Trump’s Social-Media Guru “May Have Corresponded With Russian Nationals”
- This is the bowl that will be used to decide the Thursday tiebreaker in Newport News House district
- More GOP candidates emerge in contest for Goodlatte’s Congressional seat (“New candidates include Kathryn Lewis, a small business owner in Bedford County; Dr. Chan Park, a physician in Henry County; and Ed Justo, a Harrisonburg lawyer. Cynthia Dunbar of Bedford County; Del. Ben Cline, R-Rockbridge; and Chaz Haywood from the Harrisonburg area launched their campaigns shortly after Goodlatte announced last year that he would retire.”)
- Editorial: Nobody’s trying to steal these disputed elections
- Judges deny Shelly Simonds’ request to reverse tie in 94th District race
- Winner of a pivotal Virginia House race will be decided by lottery today
- Robert Blizzard: Election results might add support for animal-friendly bills (They’re badly needed, too.)
- Dominion Energy to buy struggling South Carolina utility in $14.6 billion deal; most S.C. customers will get $1K each in deal
- Outgoing Virginia House speaker undergoes emergency heart surgery (“Surgeons say operation on Republican William J. Howell went well but the speaker will remain in ICU for several days.”)
- Editorial: It depends on what the meaning of ‘every vote’ is
- Live updates: Thousands in Hampton Roads have lost power, Chesapeake Bay Bridge-Tunnel closed
- So far, about 5-8 inches has fallen in Peninsula area, with gust up to 45 mph
- Governor declares state of emergency with storm approaching, some school districts announce delays
- Snow will clear out by mid-morning in Richmond, but the wind and cold are just getting started
- Snow to exit, strong winds sweep in — and Arctic cold returns with a vengeance
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