by Lowell
Here are a few national and Virginia news headlines, political and otherwise, for Saturday, May 26.
- Exit polls suggest Ireland has voted to repeal its abortion ban (Good, it’s about time!)
- Irish abortion referendum: Save the 8th campaign concedes defeat – live
- Trump Says North Korea Summit May Go Ahead After ‘Productive Talks’
- Trump issues orders aimed at rolling back civil-service protections (“The orders would make it easier to fire poor performers, sharply curtail the time federal employees can be paid for union work and direct agencies to negotiate tougher union contracts. The largest federal employee union said the orders ‘strip federal employees of their decades-old right to representation at the worksite.'”)
- Prospects of U.S.-North Korea summit brighten after Trump’s tweet
- Hosted by Putin, Leaders of France and Japan Castigate Trump
- Trump administration presents Capitol Hill with deal to rescue Chinese firm ZTE (“The Obama administration had flagged the company for violating U.S. sanctions law but created a temporary license that allowed it to continue doing business with U.S. suppliers, which the Trump administration also extended last year.”)
- Trump to North Korea: I Want You to Want Me (“As badly as both leaders desire negotiations, they are even more eager for the other to appear to need it more.”)
- ‘Immigration killed her’: Guatemalan woman shot dead by US Border Patrol (“Claudia Patricia Gómez Gonzáles, 20, died on Wednesday after she was shot in the head by an agent in Rio Bravo, Texas”)
- Trump’s attempts to isolate Iran and North Korea have backfired (“President Trump’s attempts to isolate his nemeses has had the opposite effect.”)
- This President* Doesn’t Get to Say These Disgusting Things in Our Name (“Trump’s Oval Office comedy routine does not speak for the rest of us.”)
- Republican senator gives up the game, claims debunking Trump’s lies is leak of ‘classified info’ (“John Cornyn accidentally revealed the cynical game Trump’s Republican supporters are playing.”)
- Weinstein Is Arrested on Rape Charges in New York
- Giuliani: White House wants briefing on classified info
- This Ex-NFL Player Has a Great Suggestion Regarding the League’s New National Anthem Rule (“Surely it’s just as disrespectful to sell beer and chili dogs during the ceremony?”)
- Racial resentment may be fueling climate denial, study finds (“New research finds a link between racial prejudice and climate change denial.”)
- John McCain’s shocking concession on the Iraq War: it was a “mistake” (“In his new memoir, McCain says he’s to blame for the war.”)
- The NRA Is Blaming Journalists for Gun Violence (“Here’s a list of 100 years of prior scapegoats.” They blame anything and everything…except for guns, of course.)
- Democratic Senator Demands Investigation Into Whether Trump Jr. Lied to Congress
- 10 people were killed in the Santa Fe shooting. Cable news moved on almost immediately. (“Six days after 10 people were murdered in a school, cable news devoted less than 5 minutes of coverage to the attack”)
- ‘Trump’s son should be concerned’: FBI obtained wiretaps of Putin ally who met with Trump Jr.
- The NFL’s “take a knee” ban is flatly illegal (“The clearest illegality derives from the fact that the league adopted its new policy without bargaining with the players union.”)
- U.S. Senator Kaine Cosponsors Wage Act to Strengthen Worker Protections
- Paul Manafort’s Virginia trial delayed two weeks
- How the Media Helped Legitimize Extremism (“Many of Phillips’s recommendations reflect the basic principles of good journalism, but those can also be at odds with the realities of an industry that emphasizes speed and traffic.”)
- Ex-aides say congressman made them his servants (“Rep. Tom Garrett and his wife made staffers pick up groceries, clothes — even dog poop, multiple former employees to the freshman Republican told POLITICO.”)
- Warner, Crapo introduce legislation to prevent horse soring (That’s animal abuse and absolutely should be illegal.)
- Virginia Republican in Congress accused of using staff as “personal servants” (“It’s been a bizarre week for Republican Rep. Tom Garrett.” Garrett is a bizarre dude and a right wingnut who has no business being in Congress. Replace him with Democrat Leslie Cockburn this November!)
- Political fallout from Politico report on Tom Garrett office dysfunction? (“The fallout from the strange week for Garrett could boost Cockburn heading into the summer, which is largely a silent part of a campaign cycle focused on fundraising, door-knocking and mobilizing for the fall.”)
- Virginia’s 10th is no guarantee for Democrats
- 10th Congressional District Democratic candidates break down into insiders vs. outsiders (No, they really don’t; stupid headline.)
- Charlottesville council will not renew City Manager Jones’ contract
- UPDATED: Richmond police release bodycam footage: Video shows naked, unarmed man threatening to kill officer before being shot (They key word is “unarmed.”)
- Williams: There’s more to transparency than showing a video. Richmond police leave questions unanswered in the shooting of Marcus-David Peters.
- Gov. Northam signs bill to let restaurants put non-native snakehead fish on their menus
- Warm and humid this weekend, with showers or storms likely today and tomorrow
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