by Lowell
Here are a few national and Virginia news headlines, political and otherwise, for Saturday, February 24. Also see below for video of Trump at CPAC, as it shows exactly what we’re dealing with in this country, what we must defeat, why we must vote Democrats up and down the ballot in EVERY SINGLE ELECTION, etc.
- Businesses Cut NRA Ties As Pressure Campaign Mounts (There’s no excuse for any business to maintain ties to this blood-on-its-hands, treasonous organization.)
- Donald Trump Is the Most Pure Conservative President Ever (Agreed: Trump is NOT an aberration, he is the epitome of “conservativism” and today’s Republican Party.)
- Exclusive: U.S. prepares high-seas crackdown on North Korea sanctions evaders – sources
- Tipster Warned F.B.I.: ‘I Know He’s Going to Explode’ (“A woman close to Nikolas Cruz called the F.B.I. tip line last month saying she was worried he might be ‘getting into a school and just shooting the place up.’ The Times has new details about the call.”)
- Facebook and Google Struggle to Squelch ‘Crisis Actor’ Posts (They need to start banning trolls much more aggressively.)
- Manafort Left an Incriminating Paper Trail Because He Couldn’t Figure Out How to Convert PDFs to Word Files (Beyond parody.)
- White House makes it official: The United States is not a ‘nation of immigrants’ (Trump will go down in history as not just the worst president, but also a permanent disgrace on our nation.)
- The NRA is being supported by these companies (“Come for the discounts, stay for the opposition to common sense gun laws.”)
- Gates Guilty Plea Strengthens Mueller’s Hand Against Manafort
- No wonder Wayne LaPierre is freaking out (“Having a president who rages out of control makes all of us more like that ourselves.”)
- Putin’s gamble is paying off big-time (“Trump claims to be tough but has given Putin free rein.”)
- Fears grow as rightwing billionaires battle to erode US union rights (“Supreme Court hears arguments in case that could strip unions of major source of income – amid worries that the unions will lose”)
- We all know what guns are really for (“Before we can ever find solutions to gun violence, first we have to acknowledge the real problem.”)
- What Rick Gates’s Guilty Plea Means (“More important than the details is Gates’s plea, which appears to be part of a methodical effort by Mueller to flip witnesses as part of his case, and in particular to pressure Manafort. Beyond that, Gates’s guilty plea represents the third time that a member of Trump’s team has pleaded guilty to felony charges.”)
- We Asked Young Conservatives, “How Would You Stop Gun Violence?” Their Answers Were…Something Else. (How on earth can you be a young person and actually be a right winger?)
- Mueller Is Steadily Working His Way Up the Food Chain (“After Rick Gates and Paul Manafort, the air up there gets pretty thin.”)
- Midterm campaign Trump debuts at CPAC (“The president abandoned his talking points in his speech to conservative activists in favor of reviving greatest-hits lines from his campaign.” Disgusting.)
- Trump returns to usual style at CPAC with boastful and divisive speech (“The president abandoned the sombre stance of this week and hurled insults, told jokes and bragged about the best start to any presidency” That’s the real Trump.)
- Trump’s CPAC Speech Was a Reminder of What We’ve Done to Ourselves
- The top 10 governor’s races of 2018 (“Illinois’ Bruce Rauner leads POLITICO’s latest list of governorships most likely to flip, and Scott Walker is a new addition.”)
- The Anti-Trump Movement Has Already Made Profound Progressive Change (“In sum: Your vote matters, especially in state and local elections”)
- Robert Mueller is playing chess, not checkers
- The Republican Party: Now and forever Trumpified (“CPAC 2018 was Donald Trump’s coronation, signaling ‘Mission accomplished’ for his takeover of the GOP” Right, which means at this point if you stay in the GOP, you are complicit.)
- Democrats fear California crack-up (My god, get a grip and focus on Trump!)
- Gun debate shows signs of change in Florida
- RNC started paying Trump campaign’s rent at Trump Tower after it stopped covering Trump’s legal bills for Russia probe
- Parkland survivor Emma Gonzalez just gave the GOP another reason to be afraid of her generation
- Judge dismisses coal mogul’s defamation lawsuit against John Oliver (Bob Murray not only “looks like a geriatric Dr. Evil,” he basically IS Dr. Evil.)
- Desperation Is Settling in for Pennsylvania Republicans (Haha.)
- Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam open to ‘carrot approach rather than a stick approach’ on Medicaid
- Warner seeking bipartisan solution to gun control
- An assault at age 21 has helped set the political agenda for this Democrat (“Lindsey Davis Stover, one of eight Democrats seeking the nomination for Congress in Virginia’s 10 District, wants to end sexual misconduct on Capitol Hill.”)
- ‘A phony’ and ‘a charlatan’ : Corey Stewart gets taste of own medicine (C’mon Virginia Republicans, tear each other apart!)
- Corey Stewart called Virginia House members “flaccid” and a Beach delegate was “done” with it (And THIS is the most likely loser to be the VA GOP nominee for U.S. Senate this year. LOL)
- WATCH: Del. Glenn Davis Roasts Corey Stewart on House Floor
- Virginia Republican blasts Corey Stewart as a ‘charlatan’ and ‘demagogue’ in speech on House floor
- Republican senator lectures Del. Mark Levine over ‘civilities of the chamber’ after email about guns and GOP
- Editorial: Kicking dogs while they’re down (“Last year state lawmakers summarily dispatched a bill to limit the chaining of dogs. This year animal-welfare advocates tried again with a measure carefully tailored to meet opponents’ objections. Senate Bill 872 passed the state Senate 33-7. Then the House Agriculture Committee got hold of it.” So, House Republicans are the animal abuse people. Add that to their long list of fine qualities.)
- State regulators promise ‘vigilant’ inspections of Mountain Valley Pipeline (Gee, that’s so nice of them.)
- Federal judge orders Virginia to retain death row revisions
- Protesters disrupt Jewish student meeting at University of Virginia (“In its Facebook post, the group said its meeting was interrupted by students and non-students chanting anti-Israel slogans, holding up signs and passing out information.” Disgraceful.)
- Rules changed for Saturday’s 6th District GOP Forum (“The use of electronic devices will be banned at the fourth and final 6th District GOP forum on Saturday. Event organizers declined to share the rules governing Saturday’s event, but a copy of the rules provided by candidate Kathryn Lewis shows that use of devices will be prohibited at the forum.” Hahahahaha.)
- Senator Tim Kaine’s wife visits Charlottesville
- Senator Tim Kaine to be Radford University 2018 Spring Commencement Speaker
- VT, RU announce graduation speakers: Northam and Kaine
- ACP Cost Overrun Could Run to $1 Billion (I hate linking to this immigrant-bashing, climate-science-denying, Dominion-sponsored blog, but when they point out that Dominion’s own project is an absurd, out-of-control boondoggle, it’s hard to resist! LOL)
- Amid safety fears, Virginia Beach schools commit to front-door security system
- John Fredericks: Virginia’s conservatives should like health plan
- Temperatures rise through Sunday as it remains cloudy with occasional showers
