by Lowell
Here are a few national and Virginia news headlines, political and otherwise, for Monday, July 30.
- Impatient Trump drives U.S. push for peace talks in Afghanistan (“‘There’s a danger that the Taliban will smell weakness,’ one foreign diplomat said.”)
- Zimbabweans vote in first election since Mugabe’s removal (“The election is a watershed vote that many Zimbabweans hope will rid the country of its global pariah status and spark a recovery in its failed economy.”)
- 6 Dead As Carr Fire In Northern California Continues To Burn (This is an example of what climate change is bringing – more and more extreme weather events, fires, etc.)
- G.O.P. Faces Another Midterm Threat as Trump Plays the Shutdown Card
- Trump Administration Ordered to Follow Up on ‘Missing Parents’ of Migrant Children
- Ex-Trump aide Paul Manafort is first to go on trial in Russia probe (The first of many, let’s hope, including Don Jr. and Trump himself.)
- Russia and the far right’s cozy affair (“Vladimir Putin has long curried favor with the American gun lobby, Christian conservatives and Republican politicians.” Traitors.)
- New York Times Publisher and Trump Clash Over President’s Threats Against Journalism (“I told the president directly that I thought that his language was not just divisive but increasingly dangerous”)
- NYT publisher disputes Trump’s retelling of off-the-record conversation (I hope he recorded it.)
- Jim Jordan, Team Player (“He denies that his Ohio State colleagues knew about sexual abuse. The evidence says they did.”)
- White threat in a browning America (“Change of this magnitude acts on us psychologically, not just electorally. It is the crucial context uniting the core political conflicts of this era — Obama and Trump’s presidencies, the rise of reactionary new social movements and thinkers, the wars over political correctness on campuses and representation in Hollywood, the power of #MeToo and BlackLivesMatter, the fights over immigration.”)
- Michael Cohen Takes a Bullet (“If Trump’s personal lawyer really puts family and country first, he could earn a sliver of redemption.”)
- Trump lashes out at Mueller for alleged conflicts of interest (“Alleged” in this case, and in every case where Trump charges something/someone, means NOT the case.)
- Bannon to Kochs: ‘Shut up and get with the program’
- Charles Koch says he’d work with Democrats who share his values
- Trump opens window into his rage with Mueller attack
- Anti-Trump revolt brewing among Republican megadonors at Colorado retreat: report
- How John Kelly became ‘chief in name only’ (“The retired Marine general was brought in to tame the president, but in the end Trump boxed him in.”)
- How Trump Lost Re-election in 2020
- Ruth Bader Ginsburg Says She Has ‘At Least 5 More Years’ On Supreme Court
- Trump backers stand by president in face of Russia criticism — CBS poll (Republicans apparently just fall in line. Democrats actually think for ourselves.)
- These Emails Show Exactly How Science Was Wiped Out at the Department of the Interior (Could Ryan Zinke actually be more corrupt and evil than Scott Pruitt was? Why is Scott Pruitt not charged with crimes, by the way?)
- Sacha Baron Cohen Punks Roy Moore With ‘Pedophile Detector’ (“The ‘Who Is America?’ interview with the failed U.S. Senate candidate from Alabama is definitely squirm-worthy.”)
- Photos: Mountain Valley Pipeline construction in full swing
- Amid push from younger progressives, how much socialism is the Democratic party willing to embrace? (“Carter said he was well-received in Virginia’s legislature, despite a few jokes from other delegates. Almost all of his proposed bills, some of which focused on workers’ compensation and studying the cost of universal health care in Virginia, were left in committees, though that’s not uncommon for freshman lawmakers in the minority party.” By the way…seriously, Virginia Mercury? Is this the direction you guys intend to go?)
- Democrats Are Salivating About Beating Barbara Comstock This Fall. It Might Not Be That Easy. (“She has hard-right ties, a President her constituents can’t stand—and a record of beating the odds.” I don’t think a single person, by the way, ever said this would be easy. Love the false narrative, though…)
- GOP Candidate Corey Stewart’s Spokesperson Called Majority-Black Cities ‘Shitholes’ (“One of Stewart’s spokespersons, Rick Shaftan, tweeted that three majority-black U.S. cities were “shitholes” and repeatedly warned against opening businesses in black neighborhoods. Shaftan, along with Stewart’s other spokesperson, previously worked on behalf of an anti-Semite running for House Speaker Paul Ryan’s seat in Wisconsin.” Shocker that Corey Stewart’s campaign is a cesspool…)
- Dem Congressional Candidate Leslie Cockburn Calls Out GOP Opponent for His Love of Bigfoot Erotica
- “Bigfoot Erotica” Is Stirring Up Virginia’s 5th Congressional District Race & Twitter Can’t Even
- Cockburn calls out Riggleman’s Bigfoot posts (This is a lot more fun than talking about the Republicans’ crazed, false charges that the Cockburns’ investigative journalism book on the U.S.-Israeli covert relationship is somehow anti-Semitic.)
- Holton: A Virginia “for all” includes immigrants
- Special Election Will Be Held Following GOP Virginia Delegate’s Resignation
- Is Roanoke County Supervisor Joe McNamara Going to Run for Habeeb HoD-08 Seat? (“If you are in the vicinity of the Salem Ice Cream Parlor Monday morning around 9:00, and you’re interested in who will run in Greg’s seat, you may want to stop by.”)
- Editorial: Can big, beautiful RVA arena lead to a new park for the Squirrels?
- Editorial: Beach finds success in increasing tourism
- Rainy pattern returns bringing daily chances for showers and storms
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