by Lowell
Here are a few national and Virginia news headlines, political and otherwise, for Friday, July 13.
- The Peter Strzok Hearing Was a Total Fiasco, but One Moment Was Particularly Unreal
- Republicans Thought Peter Strzok Would Be a Punching Bag. He Just Knocked Them Out. (“He was supposed to be a key in the imaginary conspiracy Trump’s congressional lackeys and media fantasists have desperately tried to write as history. He was having none of it.”)
- Ex-CIA Director John Brennan Lights Up Gowdy, Goodlatte For Taking ‘Cheap Shots’ in Strzok Hearing: ‘Unconscionable’ (BADlatte is really, really bad. His successor could be as bad or worse if VA-06 voters elect Republican Ben Cline. Vote Democrat Jennifer Lewis instead.)
- Peter Strzok just gave a hard-to-rebut defense of the objectivity of the Russia investigation’s origins (Strzok was superb; the Republicans were completely frothing at the mouth out of their minds.)
- The farcical Strzok hearing exposed Republicans at their absolute Trump-defending worst
- Trump Storms UK: Blasts May, Goes Full Racist (“Trump: Migrants Have ‘Changed The Fabric of Europe’And Not In A Good Way”)
- Trump Baby Blimp Hits The Skies Of London During UK Visit (“‘I guess when they put out blimps to make me feel unwelcome, no reason for me to go to London,’ Trump said.”)
- Donald Trump hails Boris Johnson as future PM and attacks Sadiq Khan
- Trump blows up Theresa May’s party in his honor (“UK rolls out red carpet, US president says Boris Johnson would ‘make a great prime minister.’” That should be the kiss of death for Boris Johnson, at least. But yeah, Trump is insane.)
- NATO Survives Trump, but Turmoil May Leave Scars
- Trump says he feels ‘unwelcome’ in London due to protests (Trump should be unwelcome everywhere.)
- For Trump, Failure Is the Only Option (“He doesn’t want to fix international institutions, just destroy them.”)
- As May’s Government Teeters Over Brexit, Trump Gives It a Shove
- The Strzok hearing damaged our democracy (“Peter Strzok’s testimony also pokes huge holes in the idea that he and others worked to upend the president’s election campaign.”)
- In Wild Interview, Trump Says May Blew Brexit and Immigrants Ruined Europe (Trump is Putin’s “useful idiot,” no doubt)
- Ronald’s out. Donald’s in. (“At home and abroad, Trumpism is replacing Reaganism.”)
- Europe needs to start planning for a future with no U.S.
- Trump and Putin may be about to make a terrible deal on Syria
- Things will not be okay (“Democratic alliances are unraveling, and global peace could be next.”)
- Susan Rice: Trump Must Not Capitulate to Putin (“There is so much to lose and so little to gain for the United States in the Trump-Putin summit next week.”)
- Boris Johnson, Donald Trump and the Rise of Radical Incompetence (“Like America’s president, Brexiteers resent the very idea of governing as complex and based in facts.”)
- Trump Ends NATO Summit by Announcing a Diplomatic Breakthrough That Did Not Happen
- Democrats Look Good Again on Key Midterm Polling Numbers
- Sen. Warner blasts Trump’s unwillingness to accept Russian threat to U.S. elections
- ‘Very stable’ Trump? European leaders beg to differ (“The president’s wild shifts in tone left many NATO allies concluding no hidden strategy lies behind his unpredictability.” Right, he’s not “stable” or a “genius” by any means – the opposite, actually.)
- Don’t buy right-wing media’s gaslighting: Brett Kavanaugh is a threat to abortion access
- Republicans rally around Jim Jordan: Sex abuse scandal is work of the “deep state” (That is completely unhinged, and yet another strong reason to vote Democratic this November – to provide a check and balance on these nutjobs.)
- GOP consultant Rick Wilson explains how Stzrok hearing blew up in Republican’s faces
- Tim Kaine: Don’t Let Trump Go to War With Iran (“Fifteen years after the U.S. entered Iraq, the president is inching us closer to another unnecessary fight.”)
- GOP moderates hint at smooth confirmation ahead for Kavanaugh (They’re not “moderates,” even if the corporate media insists a million times that they are.)
- Senate Key Race alert: 2 states move toward Democrats (“Stewart’s candidacy — fueled in part by a hardline position on illegal immigration and support for preserving Confederate monuments — has fractured the GOP. While President Trump backed Stewart following his June primary victory, the National Republican Senatorial Committee isn’t planning to get involved in the race.”)
- State Democrats Hope Stewart Nomination Will Help Flip Key House Seats (Mark Warner: “When you’ve got an extremist candidate and a Republican Party in Virginia that used to be viewed as conservative, pro-business and it’s being taken over by the Trump wing and Mr. Stewart is the extremist of that. It’s a real conundrum for the candidates.”)
- Virginia Politics Podcast: Sen. Tim Kaine
- Sen. Warner Weighs In on Trade War with China
- Rep. Comstock joins call for update on KKK activity in northern Virginia
- Schapiro: Farrell flexes his muscle – again (That’s corrupt Dominion’s CEO…)
- Williams: Dominion pipeline project would devastate historic black community in Buckingham. Here’s why.
- Recent Spotsylvania High grad suffers severe burns after exposure to hogweed plant
- Virginia-launched Cygnus craft to depart International Space Station
- Un-muggy heat through tomorrow, but then we turn steamy and wetter into next week
