by Lowell
Here are a few national and Virginia news headlines, political and otherwise, for Sunday, July 15.
- May warns rebels – Back me or risk ‘no Brexit at all’ (Cool!)
- Theresa May: Donald Trump told me to sue the EU
- Just by Meeting With Trump, Putin Comes Out Ahead (Same thing with Kim Jong-un, who gave up absolutely nothing but gained international attention and legitimacy. Yes, Trump is a useful idiot.)
- Senators Are Urging Trump Not To Meet With Putin After The Latest Mueller Indictment Against Russian Hackers (“‘If President Trump is not prepared to hold President Putin accountable, the summit should not move forward,’ Senator John McCain said.”)
- Donald Trump Finally Gave Brits Something to Agree On (“The opposition to the president’s visit to London was wide, and surprisingly diverse.” In short, everyone hates Trump.)
- No escape for Trump as protesters gather near his Scottish golf resort
- In Dissing Angela Merkel and NATO, What Was Trump Telling Putin? (“Even more than with most subjects, when Trump brings up Russia he seems to be speaking of something that is defined less by reality than by what he needs it to be.”)
- What to Watch For at the Trump-Putin Summit (“The worst-case scenarios involve Trump making statements, or promises, that undermine the sovereignty of smaller nations, cast further into doubt NATO’s willingness to counter Russian moves on its borders, or confuse matters in the Middle East in ways that cost lives.”)
- Fearing Ugly Surprises, Trump Aides Want Syria Off the Agenda at Putin Summit (“Many Syrians worry Trump will leave them to the mercy of Russian proxy Bashar Assad. Trump aides say no such deal’s in the making, but want to make sure. Anything can happen.”)
- Crossed Signals on Russia Show a President Untethered
- Donald Trump, Vladimir Putin, and the Triumph of Nothing Over Everyone (“The Trump-Putin summit, a meeting without an agenda, is the latest example of the ultimate innovation of the Trump Presidency: the deliberately empty gesture.”)
- Trump, Having a Bawl in Europe (“Flummoxed and craven Republicans scramble to go along with a president who has turned the traditional heroes and villains of the G.O.P. topsy-turvy, berating our European allies, NATO, the N.F.L., the F.B.I. and the C.I.A., and canoodling with the mendacious and scheming Russians. On the eve of the Helsinki summit, which Trump has arranged as a very intime pas de deux, it is still befuddling and alarming to watch him kowtow to Putin. Maybe he is the Manchurian candidate, in need of a hypnotic tuneup.”)
- The Way Trump and the GOP Deal with Russian Attacks is ‘Textbook Treason’ (“If they succeed, America will be profoundly weakened, our standing, our alliances and the international system we built may be irreversibly damaged.”)
- The Mueller Investigation Keeps Growing Fast
- Trump is getting free advertising for his golf course out of his UK trip
- Elon Musk Unmasked as Top Donor to House Republican PAC (Ugh.)
- Trump blames Obama for Russian election meddling (Trump never blames himself, only others, for his own crimes, f***ups, etc.)
- Being Black in America Can Be Hazardous to Your Health (“In Baltimore and other segregated cities, the life-expectancy gap between African Americans and whites is as much as 20 years. One young woman’s struggle shows why.”)
- White House: We canceled Bolton’s interview with CNN after network’s Acosta ‘disrespected’ Trump
- Editorial: State’s fiscal transparency evolves, but …
- State university must be subject to public records laws (“Judge’s ruling involving donations to George Mason University undercuts the principles of FOIA George Mason University in Northern Virginia is named for a statesman from this commonwealth who was so dedicated to the ideals of personal freedom and transparency that he served as the primary author…”)
- Liberty University film ‘The Trump Prophecy’ runs afoul of Facebook ad policies
- CASEY: Naming schools for people who perpetuated racism (“Roanoke County built a lot of schools back in the days when Herman L. Horn was schools superintendent. Horn also worked to keep black students out of all-white schools. Today, there’s an elementary school named after him.”)
- Scott D. Miller: Effort to save the Bay offers lessons for higher education
- Editorial: Why is it OK to slur Appalachia? (“The problem these writers had was, of course, that Appalachia voted heavily for Donald Trump.”)
- Billionaire betting on the Pamunkeys: Jon Yarbrough thinks he can bring casinos to Virginia
- Virginia Beach spent $22K fighting discrimination complaint before hiring aquarium director
- Kamras announces ‘bathroom blitz’ initiative for Richmond schools (“Bathrooms in Richmond’s schools will soon get an upgrade.”)
- D.C.-area forecast: Hot and humid with a few showers and storms possible through Tuesday; All-Star events at risk?
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