by Lowell
Here are a few national and Virginia news headlines, political and otherwise, for Wednesday, May 2.
- China reiterates call to continue upholding Iran nuclear deal
- Emmanuel Macron unsure if Donald Trump will stick to Iran deal as deadline looms
- Netanyahu’s Flimflam on Iran
- Benjamin Netanyahu’s Nuclear Nothingburger
- Rosenstein on GOP lawmakers impeachment threat: ‘The Department of Justice is not going to be extorted’
- Why Talking to Mueller Could Be a Minefield for Trump
- Mueller raises possibility of Trump subpoena: former Trump lawyer
- ‘These Are Very Dangerous Questions for the President’
- May brings key primaries across nation
- Benjamin Netanyahu: TV Star (“He knows that a commanding performance is the best way to convince Donald Trump to cancel the Iran nuclear deal.”)
- Jill Stein says she won’t fully cooperate with Russia investigation on behalf of ‘all Americans’ (Stein is truly the worst.)
- States sue EPA over plan to weaken vehicle emissions standards (“17 states and the District of Columbia file joint lawsuit against EPA’s proposed rollback.”)
- Sarah Sanders clumsily dodges difficult question about Trump, Cohen and the Fifth amendment
- Fatal encounters: 97 deaths point to pattern of border agent violence across America (“In the last 15 years, agents with Customs and Border Protection have used deadly force in states up to 160 miles from the border, from Maine to California”)
- Ukraine, Seeking U.S. Missiles, Halted Cooperation With Mueller Investigation
- Why firing Mueller won’t end the Russia investigation (“The probe is much bigger than one man.”)
- Mueller raised possibility of presidential subpoena in meeting with Trump’s legal team
- Trump doctor Harold Bornstein says bodyguard, lawyer ‘raided’ his office, took medical files (“Bornstein said he felt ‘raped’ after White House aide Keith Schiller and lawyer Alan Garten showed up unannounced and took Trump’s files.”)
- Exclusive: Bornstein claims Trump dictated the glowing health letter
- Before U.S. diplomats, Pompeo pledges to ‘listen and learn’ (Hmmmm…anyone think THAT will happen?)
- Robert Mueller Likely Knows How This All Ends (“Mueller is building a bulletproof case…Mueller might actually be relatively close to wrapping up the investigation”)
- The Essential Trump Question: How Stupid Does He Think We Are? (“My biggest concern is that the fundamental question—How stupid does he think we are?—is morphing into a more serious one: How scared are they of me? “)
- Trump Team Signals That That He Won’t Talk to Mueller Without a Fight
- Mark Zuckerberg Says It Will Take 3 Years to Fix Facebook (Maybe they should shut it down until they fix it?)
- ‘Let the blue wave continue’: Democrats notch 4th Florida bellwether win
- The Pain We Still Need to Feel (“The new lynching memorial confronts the racial terrorism that corrupted America—and still does.”)
- Trump’s game of leaks: Is he playing the New York Times the same way the Russians did? (“Are Trump and his team manipulating the media (yet again) by leaking hot stories and then whining about leaks?”)
- Popular conservative meme pages on Facebook affiliate themselves with an extremist militia movement
- Kanye West suggests African-American slavery was ‘a choice’ (The f***???)
- Virginia Republican Senate candidates repeatedly attack Obama, barely mention Kaine (Republicans still attacking the country’s first African-American president – and one of the country’s greatest presidents, as well – I see.)
- Virginia to Maintain Coal Ash Rules, Opposes EPA Rollback (Northam protects water with one hand, trashes it with the other? Alrighty.)
- How I-66 toll money will be spent
- Forest Service apologizes for damage to Appalachian Trail during patrols of pipeline protests
- Schapiro: Were there a (Michelle) Wolf at the door (Long, rambling…not sure what the point is exactly.)
- A. Barton Hinkle column: How to run a vicious campaign against Corey Stewart
- In meeting with Greene Democrats, Cockburn again denies allegations of harassment from campaign staff (The goal here should be to smooth things over, with just a few days to go until the 5th CD Democratic convention. We need to be unified if we are to have a good shot at defeating the deplorable Rep. Tom Garrett in November.)
- Democrat buys semi-automatic rifle at Va. gun show in under 10 minutes, no questions asked (Yep, this same thing was done in 2013 by Delegate Patrick Hope and Senator Adam Ebbin. Sadly, things have gotten no better since then…)
- George Mason’s president calls for donor agreement review (“The move by Ángel Cabrera came as some at the university pushed for greater transparency surrounding private donors, an effort that has been focused on the school’s ties to billionaire industrialist Charles Koch.” How about not taking Koch money at all?)
- Judge hears arguments for and against two pipeline protesters sitting in trees
- White supremacist is guilty in Charlottesville parking garage beating of black man (“A jury found Jacob Scott Goodwin, who wore a military helmet and brandished a shield, guilty of malicious wounding in the August beating of DeAndre Harris.”)
- Would-be Senate candidate sues Va. GOP, claiming party cost him spot on ballot (“Ivan Raiklin contends the party tossed out legitimate signatures, either out of incompetence or favoritism toward another candidate.”)
- Fairfax adopts budget that will raise annual property tax bills by average of $241 (“The $4.29 billion budget will cover employee raises and increased spending on police, gang prevention and social services.”)
- Dominion’s latest 15-year forecast calls for more solar, but draws fire over demand projections
- 2018 Town and City Election Results in Northern Virginia
- Rick West will remain Chesapeake mayor after special election victory
- Courtney Doyle elected to Norfolk City Council in landslide; incumbent Mamie Johnson wins easily
- ‘Blue wave’ lifts Joe Cobb, Djuna Osborne to Roanoke council seats; Bill Bestpitch re-elected
- Editorial: What Roanoke voters said Tuesday (“They turned out an incumbent. Ray Ferris failed to win a third term, although Bill Bestpitch won a fourth…They elected an openly gay candidate to council. Indeed, they not only elected Joe Cobb to council, they made him vice mayor, an honor that comes with leading the balloting.”)
- Salem elects John Saunders, re-elects Randy Foley to city council
- 4 newcomers, lone incumbent elected to Norfolk School Board
- Full coverage: 2018 local election winners, candidates and background
- Orange, Mineral, Louisa races end with mixture of incumbents, newcomers
- Newport News Mayor McKinley Price holds on to seat for final term
- A psychiatrist will join four incumbents on Chesapeake School Board
- Fast-forwarding into summer for a few days
