by Lowell
Here are a few national and Virginia news headlines, political and otherwise, for Thursday, March 7.
- Mueller gathers evidence that 2017 meeting was effort to establish back channel to Kremlin
- Trump Spoke to Witnesses About Matters They Discussed With Special Counsel
- E.U. Pledges to Fight Back on Trump Tariffs as Trade War Looms (This is going to kill a lot of jobs. One might even say that Trump will be causing “American carnage.”)
- Trump Is Set to Sign Tariff Plan Despite G.O.P. Pushback (“More than 100 Republican lawmakers implored President Trump to drop plans for stiff and sweeping steel and aluminum tariffs.”)
- Defying the NRA, Fla. legislature backs new gun restrictions
- Florida lawmakers pass bill allowing armed teachers in classrooms (“Bill headed to governor’s desk would raise gun-buying age to 21 and increase funding for school security and mental health support” Terrible idea to arm teachers.)
- Gary Cohn Joins the Exodus
- Blow: The Worst People (“Trump is the worst boss who hires the worst people: People who confess to crimes, are secretly operating as foreign agents, allegedly beat their wives and have absolutely no expertise in the area in which they work. When you choose loyalists and sycophants over experts and professionals, this disaster of an administration is what you get.”)
- Trump to offer temporary tariff exemption for Canada and Mexico
- China promises ‘necessary response’ to US tariffs as trade war fears grow
- What’s at Stake as Trump Replaces Gary Cohn (The problem is, what competent, non-corrupt person would want to work for this dumpster fire of a “president?”)
- Oops! White House accidentally confirms Trump’s involvement in Stormy Daniels hush payment
- Eleven nations – but not U.S. – to sign Trans-Pacific trade deal (“Even without the United States, the deal will span a market of nearly 500 million people, making it one of the globe’s three largest trade agreements, according to Chilean and Canadian trade statistics.” The US continues to isolate itself.)
- Vladimir Putin’s Re-Election Strategy: Nukes and Assassins (“Emboldened by Trump’s weak response, Putin and his cronies are saying: ‘You know we did it, and you know and we know you’re not going to do anything about it.’”)
- Steve Bannon Gloats, Congress Worries After Gary Cohn’s Surprise Departure (“Gary Cohn’s exit from the White House prompted a belly laugh from Steve Bannon, but on the Hill Republicans are bracing for the worst.”)
- Which Power Centers In The Trump Administration Still Have Power?
- Stormy Daniels Is Standing in for Everyone Trump Has Conned (“That list is long”)
- What Happened in Moscow: The Inside Story of How Trump’s Obsession With Putin Began (“His 2013 visit paved the way for a scandal that shook the world.”)
- Mueller Is Teaching This Country a Lesson on the Nature of Corruption (“Everything Donald Trump touches turns to, well…”)
- ‘Bipartisan’ Does Not Inherently Mean ‘Good’ (For instance, take the Dominion bill here in Virginia.)
- Evening news shows barely noticed the Senate vote for deregulating banks (“The CBO says this bill would make another big bank bailout slightly more likely”)
- Did Trump Ask McGahn to Lie, Or Did He Forget He Tried to Fire Mueller?
- Former Trump campaign chief faces arraignment in Virginia
- Turmoil takes toll on White House
- Trump’s economic policies spur GOP angst
- Women aim to make history in 2018 midterms
- Government watchdog to investigate Scott Pruitt’s shakeup of EPA advisory boards
- Energy Secretary Rick Perry just forgot about one major part of the Energy Department’s portfolio (“For Perry, the only alternative to fossil fuels is giving up and living ‘like the mid-1800s.'” It would be kinda laughable if this were just some crazy old geezer sitting in a park bench feeding the pigeons. But this guy’s Secretary of Energy – unbelievable!)
- Senator Kaine Weighs in On President Trump’s Tariff Announcement (“Kaine says no president should be able to unilaterally announce a tariff, and he feels Trump didn’t give the potential ramifications of these tariffs enough consideration.”)
- Virginia GOP says Democratic delegate violated fundraising ban during session
- Godbey: Convention or Silenced Majority (“What has been a shock has been the blatant electioneering that has been conducted by shady backroom insiders that are stealing an election and the constitutional right of the voters on the 6th District Republican Committee.”)
- CASEY: Some modest proposals for gun reform (“Universal background checks on all gun purchases…“Raise the age limit on all purchase of guns to 21, just as it is for the consumption of alcohol”… ban on gun accessories such as bumpstocks, which more or less turn a semi-automatic rifle into a machine gun… Tax the hell out of ammunition.” Good ideas.)
- Editorial: What the people want: Medicaid expansion
- Sen. Reeves slams House; Hanger suggests budget might not be done by Saturday (“Sen. Bryce Reeves, R-Spotsylvania, called out the House for not voting on certain Senate bills in committee, leaving them to die…Sen. Emmett Hanger, R-Augusta, co-chairman of the Finance Committee, said it’s possible the General Assembly might not reach an agreement on a new two-year budget by Saturday, when the 60-day session is scheduled to adjourn.”)
- Virginia GOP says Democratic delegate violated fundraising ban during session (“Though his picture appeared on solicitations, Del. Sam Rasoul said was there as a guest.”)
- Why the Chesapeake Bay is the best in the world (“A ‘pollution diet’ is restoring health to the Chesapeake Bay. The feds should stick with it.” Crank it up!)
- ‘We’re going to have to make do:’ Virginia General Assembly rejects bills tied to violent Charlottesville rally (Headline is misleading; this was 100% Virginia General Assembly REPUBLICANS who rejected the bills.)
- MVP asks West Virginia judge to order protesters out of trees along pipeline route (Here’s another idea: order the people cutting the trees to stop cutting the trees.)
- Legislators qualify John Watkins for SCC, lavish praise on former colleague (The “Virginia Way” at its slimy, corrupt worst.)
- Richmond school officials disappointed by Stoney’s proposed budget
- School construction funds make up majority of Stoney’s $187 million capital budget
- Jason Kessler sues Charlottesville over permit denial for Unite the Right anniversary rally
- Peninsula-area schools plan for National School Walkout on March 14
- Chilly through the weekend, with a possible winter storm starting Sunday
