by Lowell
Here are a few national and Virginia news headlines, political and otherwise, for Monday, February 5.
- Global stocks routed, yields rise as U.S. inflation threat spooks markets
- Nunes memo ‘a political hit job on FBI’ in service of Trump, top Democrat says (Exactly.)
- Blow: Constitutional Crisis in Slow Motion (“Donald Trump will destroy this entire country — its institutions and its safeguards, the rule of law and the customs of civility, the concept of truth and the inviolable nature of valor — to protect his own skin. We are not dealing with a normal person here, let alone a normal president.”)
- Nunes paves Trump’s road to autocracy
- New bipartisan immigration bill to be introduced in the Senate (“Sens. John McCain (R-Ariz.) and Christopher A. Coons (D-Del.) plan to introduce legislation today that would grant permanent legal status to immigrant ‘dreamers’ in the country since 2013. It would also bolster security along the U.S.-Mexico border but would not call for spending the $30 billion President Trump is seeking for new wall and fence construction.”)
- Troubled by Trump’s Climate Denial, Scientists Aim to Set the Record Straight (I’ve said this a million times, but I’ll say it again: denying science should be an automatic disqualifier to hold public office in America.)
- Congress weighs leaving Dreamers in limbo another year (“If lawmakers can’t reach a broader deal, they could provide temporary protections for the young undocumented immigrants.”)
- Democratic senators: Trump lacks ‘legal authority’ for preemptive, ‘bloody nose’ strike on North Korea (“The 18 Democrats warned the president in a letter about the risks of military action and sought more information on the sudden derailment of the White House’s original choice for ambassador to South Korea.”)
- Trump’s diplomacy is all about the ultimatum. That could spell disaster. (“The fallout from the president’s would-be diktats suggests they’re not working.”)
- Panic time: Democratic cash swamps House Republicans (“The latest round of fundraising figures have been released, and the results are grim for Republicans.”)
- Editorial: Trump’s Deceptive Energy Policy
- A New Kind of Nuclear Arms Race Grips the U.S. and Russia (“This arms race is less about numbers and more about tactics and technologies meant to outwit and outmaneuver the other side.” Very dangerous.)
- Sessions Silent as Trump Attacks His Department, Risking Independence and Morale
- Congress returns with just days to avoid shutdown
- House GOP: More memos to come (More jokes from the jokesters?)
- Several Eagles Players Are Already Refusing to Celebrate Super Bowl Win With Trump (The entire team should boycott meeting the sexual predator-in-chief.)
- Devin Nunes tried to discredit the FBI. Instead, he proved it’s onto something.
- Democrats See Campaign Issue in Republican Memo Alleging Bias (“Democrats accusing Republicans of complicity in obstruction” And Democrats are correct.)
- An immigration deal may anger the left — but Trump will be the biggest loser (“Trump’s anti-immigrant base will turn on him if he makes a DACA deal. That’s too good for Democrats to pass up” Depends what Fox and “friends” tell the yahoos to think.)
- The Next Special Election Is Flying Under the Radar. That’s Just Fine for Democrats. (“The congressional race in Pennsylvania has drawn scant national attention but major Resistance-style organizing.”)
- Eagles stun Patriots for first Super Bowl title
- MLK Jr. quotes about capitalism that Dodge didn’t include in their truck ad (“‘You only need a heart full of grace, a soul generated by love.’ (And a truck.)” Why are truck commercials, like the ones where they show the truck trashing a beautiful stream or whatever – in this case, appropriating a great civil rights leader who talked about the “evils of capitalism” to sell their product – so godawful?)
- Illinois Holocaust Denier Set to Win GOP Congressional Nomination (My god, this party continues to go further and further of the far-right deep end.)
- Republicans push back on Trump’s claim that memo ‘vindicates’ him
- An opening for Medicaid expansion in Virginia (“Republicans make an overture, with an asterisk; the result could be a win for the state’s neediest residents.” I guess it depends on what the “asterisk” is exactly.)
- Kings Dominion changing name of “Rebel Yell” roller coaster
- Bill would close preliminary hearings in child porn cases
- Two years after Nicole Lovell’s death, trial of accused murderer begins Monday
- Doctors from Across Virginia Meet for Conference to Discuss Opioid Abuse
- Juvenile justice system at crossroads in transformation
- Gordon C. Morse: Pam Northam will be an important advocate in Richmond
- Stoney still seeking to fill key cabinet positions in City Hall
- Sources: New Richmond schools superintendent plans to dismiss high-ranking administrators
- A chilly first full week of February, small chance of wintry mix early Wednesday
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