by Lowell
Here are a few national and Virginia news headlines, political and otherwise, for Monday, March 5.
- Russian Threat on Two Fronts Meets Strategic Void in the U.S.
- Italy Election Gives Big Lift to Far Right and Populists (Gack.)
- Italy election: Populist surge prompts political deadlock
- Angela Merkel Retains Power in Germany After Months of Deadlock
- Trump: King of Chaos (Charles Blow: “Trump keeps trying to bend the world to meet him, rather than rising to meet the world. That has never worked and never will. It only compounds the chaos.”)
- Europe Saw Xi as a Hedge Against Trump. Not Anymore.
- Special counsel wants documents on Trump, numerous campaign associates
- Senate prepares to roll back banking rules, with red-state Democrats voicing support (Not a good idea at all.)
- Here’s Your Complete List of the 2018 Oscar Winners (Best picture: The Shape of Water. Best director: Guillermo del Toro for The Shape of Water. Best Leading Actress: Frances McDormand for Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri. Best Leading Actor: Gary Oldman for The Darkest Hour. Best Supporting Actress: Allison Janney for I, Tonya. Best Supporting Actor: Sam Rockwell for Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri.)
- Hollywood’s Brazen Self-Celebration at the 2018 Oscars
- State Dept. Was Granted $120 Million to Fight Russian Meddling. It Has Spent $0. (WTF???)
- Scoop: Mueller’s hit list
- Oscars dominated by messages of equality, female empowerment
- 8 winners and 2 losers from the 2018 Oscars (“The Shape of Water wins big, Lady Bird loses out, and we all win thanks to Tiffany Haddish and Maya Rudolph.”)
- Why The Shape of Water is a natural choice for Best Picture (“It’s a safe choice for an industry that wants to signal its values”)
- GOP fears midterm backlash from Trump’s tariffs (“The clash suggests that what might be good politics for Trump might not work for the entire party.”)
- Donald Trump’s bubble presidency (“He has largely done away with the political optics of rubbing shoulders with members of the public, instead cloistering himself in the White House and at his clubs.”)
- Action on guns and immigration screeches to a halt in Congress (Thanks Republicans!)
- A Bright Red Flag for Democracy (“Survivors of the Parkland massacre are getting a crash course in civics, and learning that corporations are more responsive to customer concerns than lawmakers are to their constituents.”)
- If America’s Democracy Fails, Can Other Ones Survive? (“Yascha Mounk says the rise of populism isn’t over yet.”)
- Jimmy Kimmel Opens Oscars with Killer Jabs at Weinstein, Trump and Pence
- Wounds From Military-Style Rifles? ‘A Ghastly Thing to See’
- Alex Jones: Parkland students are scripted operatives for the Democratic Party (This guy is pure evil.)
‘It can be a legacy’: Democrats urge Trump not to retreat on gun control (Trump will retreat, of course.)- #MeToo Has Revived the Equal Rights Amendment
- John Oliver’s expose on NRA TV reveals their apocalyptic vision of America with ‘gun porn’ for men and pink pistols for ladies
- Gov. Ralph Northam to speak at offshore drilling forum
- Marchers rally to end gerrymandering in Virginia
- Ex-McAuliffe chief of staff returning to McGuireWoods Consulting (Ha, of course he is returning to Virginia’s “shadow government.” The revolving door revolves…)
- Virginia Republicans haven’t united behind a candidate to take on Tim Kaine, poll shows
- As Atlantic Coast Pipeline moves to construction, groups urge Northam to act (Northam’s silence on this is appalling, as is his tacit support.)
- Frederick M. “Fred” Quayle: Health plan compromise will work for Virginia (Quayle is a former Republican Virginia State Senator.)
- Editorial: An open letter to Tim Cook; put the Apple in Appalachia
- Law does not protect us (“No one benefits when vital information, such as names, is needlessly stricken from the public record Three months ago, we published an editorial about an inexplicable new state law that shields the names of juvenile homicide victims from the public and the media.”)
- A chilly March week with two possible stormy periods
