by Lowell
Here are a few national and Virginia news headlines, political and otherwise, for Saturday, March 17.
- FBI’s McCabe fired 26 hours before he could retire (Appalling.)
- Five reasons Trump would have wanted Andrew McCabe fired (“To deter future leaks…To chill critics in law enforcement…To show power over Sessions…To tarnish the special counsel’s Russia investigation”)
- McCabe says his Russia probe work sparked smear campaign before firing (“The former FBI deputy director also calls his ordeal ‘personally devastating.'” McCabe should sue, and Congress should impeach Trump for obstruction of justice and a bunch of other stuff.)
- Trump celebrates firing of McCabe and denying him his pension with late night tweet calling it a ‘great day’ (Trump is completely demented and authoritarian, part infinity.)
- Andrew McCabe reveals Trump was obsessed with his wife — bringing her up ‘every time I ever spoke to him’ (My god…)
- Obamacare insurers just had their best year ever — despite Trump
- History won’t be kind, Republicans (“GOP members of the House Intelligence Committee continue to ignore the depth and causes of Russian interference in the 2016 election.”)
- McCabe’s Firing Chips Away at the Justice Department’s Independence (“Shortly after he was dismissed Friday by Attorney General Jeff Sessions, the former FBI deputy director pinned the blame directly on President Trump.”)
- Russia expels 23 British diplomats
- New European sanctions would affect nuclear deal: Iran official
- Daniels’ lawyer says some alleged incidents took place during Trump presidency
- Pro-Trump group hires Carl Higbie, who shared N-word laden post on Facebook in 2014
- Trump EPA Sued Over Refusal to Release Heartland Institute Communications
- Florida bridge: engineer left message about crack two days before collapse (“Police department says criminal charges were possible after inquiries into the accident that killed at least six are completed”)
- Facebook bans Trump campaign’s data analytics firm for taking user data
- Where H.R. McMaster Went Wrong (“He built a storied military career by speaking truth to power—until that power was President Trump”)
- Most Americans Still Don’t Fear Big Tech’s Power (“A new survey suggests the average person hasn’t turned against Silicon Valley—yet.”)
- Behind the Dodd-Frank Freakout (“Elizabeth Warren thinks moderate Democrats are helping Trump to gut Obama’s Wall Street reforms. Is she wrong?” “The Senate bill leaves the vast majority of the Dodd-Frank reforms in place, which is why House Republicans who hate Dodd-Frank are already signaling they won’t allow it to become law.”))
- Fake News Goes to Court (“Will Fox News and Alex Jones have to pay for pushing bogus stories about real people?” Sue them for everything they’ve got.)
- Kelly tells White House staff no more personnel changes coming (Riiiiight.)
- Shepard Smith announces ‘previously planned’ vacation amid Hannity, Ingraham spat
- John Kelly: Ben Carson Would Be Crazy NOT to Buy That $31,000 Table (Uhhhhhhhhhhh…)
- Trump’s lawyers seek $20 million in damages from porn star Stormy Daniels (“A law firm representing U.S. President Donald Trump said in a court filing that it was seeking at least $20 million in damages for multiple violations of a nondisclosure agreement.” More thuggishness from our thug “president”)
- Donald Trump’s reality show mass-firing threat is a dangerous gimmick (“It’s eroding American governance.” Not sure we’re ever going to recover from this presidency.)
- The Myth of the Centrist Holy Grail (“It really is time to stop buying every voter in certain states a cookie. You people saddled the nation with a corrupt, incompetent oligarch who turns everything and everyone he touches into hazardous waste. You did it because he stroked your cultural and social yearnings until you trilled like a chorus of locusts. You are done no good service by politicians who keep telling you that you’re the salt of the earth, or by reporters on expedition who demand that the rest of us be careful of your tender fee-fees. If you want the country to stop being moronic, stop voting for morons.”)
- Torture fan Sean Hannity still hasn’t been waterboarded like he promised
- James Mattis is linked to a massive corporate fraud and nobody wants to talk about it (“Better let a scandal slide than risk a nuclear war.”)
- Black Man Beaten in Charlottesville Acquitted of Assaulting White Nationalist
- Video: Sen. Tim Kaine Talks Gun Violence Reduction with Students at Wakefield High School in Arlington
- Sen. Kaine Talks Gun Control With Wakefield Students
- Gov. Northam Announces Additional Powers To Protect Virginia’s Clean Water; Now He Needs to Go Much Further
- Despite Losing 15 Seats in November 2017, Republicans Decimated Virginia Democrats’ Legislation
- Va. passed just third of bills introduced in 2018 session, analysis finds
- Here’s how the 2018 Virginia General Assembly changed your everyday life
- With Some Republican Support, Virginia Edges Closer To Medicaid Expansion
- Percentage of bills killed on unrecorded votes drops in Virginia General Assembly (Ha, that’s their spin???)
- Culpeper School Board rejects prayer proposal
- Hits and misses: Farewell to familiar grocery chain
- No. 16 seed UMBC makes history by knocking out Virginia, the first top seed ever to fall in men’s first round (Ugh, why couldn’t have this been my alma mater Penn over Kansas instead?)
- Some wintry mix possible today, a superb Sunday, and watching a winter storm risk (“Today’s weather is mostly inconsequential. Whatever is coming Tuesday and Wednesday remains complicated.”)
