by Lowell
Here are a few national and Virginia news headlines, political and otherwise, for Monday, July 16.
- ‘Not welcome’: Finnish protesters criticise Trump-Putin summit (“The country’s largest newspaper has put up English- and Russian-language street adverts saying: ‘Mr President, welcome to the land of free press.'”)
- Why Trump is an easy mark for Putin
- It will be the most surreal US-Russia summit in history
- Trump, on Eve of Putin Meeting, Calls E.U. a Trade ‘Foe’ (In reality, the EU is a strong ally; Trump is the “foe”)
- Trump’s Already Tainted Putin Helsinki Talks (“By insulting allies and acting as a Kremlin apologist, the president has done nothing to assuage suspicion over his motives.” Nope, the exact opposite actually.)
- Trump rips Obama hours before summit with Putin (Remember, Trump is the same guy who stoked racist “birther” bullshit against our country’s first African-American president.)
- Why Trump won’t cancel the Putin summit (“Despite mainstream media denunciations, Trump’s base loves his taboo style of diplomacy — and is even warming up to the Russian president.” Disgusting.)
- The Danger of a Deal With Putin (“The Russian leader knows Trump needs to walk away claiming victory. That gives the Kremlin an advantage.”)
- Live Updates: Trump and Putin Are Set to Meet in Finland (The Russian “asset” meets his KGB “handler”)
- Trump Says He’ll Do ‘Just Fine’ Before Putin Summit in Helsinki (Riiiight…the “asset” says he will “do just fine” with his KGB “handler”)
- Trump, Treasonous Traitor (“The president fails to protect the country from an ongoing attack.”)
- Putin must wonder what else America knows about Russia
- Trump wins sympathy from Russian media ahead of summit (That says it all.)
- Ahead of Putin summit, Trump faults U.S. ‘stupidity’ for poor relations with Russia (Yeah, not Russia’s invasion of Crimea and Ukraine; not Russia’s support for Assad; etc. Trump=Traitor)
- U.K. Poisoning Inquiry Turns to Russian Agency in Mueller Indictments
- Comments by former clerks may backfire on Trump’s high court pick (“But in making the case for him in the media on issues including his stance toward abortion, healthcare and an expansive view of religious liberty, they may have opened up lines of attack on Kavanaugh by Democrats and liberal advocacy groups seeking to derail his nomination in the U.S. Senate.”)
- Yes, Normal Republican Elites Are a Threat to Democracy (“…’mainstream Democrats’ have come to view the Republican Party as a threat to democracy because the Republican Party has come to (correctly) view democracy as a threat to itself.”)
- Trump claims ‘many, many protests in my favor’ in London (“Fact check: There were 50 times more people protesting Trump than supporting him.”)
- ‘We all do it’: Rand Paul downplays Russia election interference, calls Mueller probe ‘witch hunt’ (Rand Paul is absolute shit for brains.)
- Republican lawmakers advocate for arming toddlers in debut of Sacha Baron Cohen’s new show
- Sacha Baron Cohen’s Who Is America? Can Be Cruel, but Some of His Targets Deserve It
- ‘I’m tired of that’: Chuck Todd finally shuts down Hugh Hewitt for saying the media lies about Trump and Russia (Good, but the problem is the word “finally.” This should have happened a loooong time ago…on every show, and to every guest who spews lies.)
- NBC reporter explains how GOP failed to take down Peter Strzok because they’re more concerned about impressing Trump
- EXCLUSIVE: Former Fox News reporter warns that Trump team is ‘still colluding’ with the Russians (“Carl Cameron: Trump ‘is enabling the biggest cyberattack in U.S. history.'”)
- Ex-Fox News chief political correspondent sounds the alarm on Trump-Russia conspiracy — begs for ‘Cabinet-level action’
- British cave diver considering legal action over Elon Musk’s ‘pedo’ attack (“In a bizarre series of tweets on Sunday, Musk said he would produce a video proving his submarine would have been able to reach the children and in a comment directed at Unsworth, added: ‘Sorry pedo guy, you really did ask for it.'”)
- Elon Musk just called one of the Thai cave rescuers a pedophile (“Last week, the Tesla CEO said he was going to be better on Twitter. Spoiler alert: he’s not.”)
- Trump’s Reelection Bid Already Has A $53 Million War Chest
- Full Warner: Putin could try to ‘take advantage’ of Trump
- Sen. Warner says more Americans should be in Trump-Putin meeting
- Why won’t the Park Police explain why it shot and killed a man? (“We generally reject conspiracy theories, but the government’s handling of the killing of Mr. Ghaisar is eroding our resistance. After eight months, it’s past time to put the unavoidable question to the relevant U.S. officials — Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke, Attorney General Jeff Sessions and FBI Director Christopher A. Wray. What does the government have to hide?” They are obviously hiding something really bad.)
- Former House speaker joins McGuireWoods Consulting (People joke about McGuireWoods being Virginia’s “shadow government”; here’s an example of why they do so.)
- Discoloration in James River is due to waste treatment issue, company says
- Thousands expected at free health clinic in Virginia
- Editorial: Our legislative all-stars (Ha, alrighty…)
- Hot and humid with a few showers and storms possible through Tuesday; All-Star events at risk? (We badly need rain.)
