by Lowell
Here are a few national and Virginia news headlines, political and otherwise, for Wednesday, July 25.
- Here is a tape of Michael Cohen and Trump talking about a payoff to a former Playboy model
- Trump Says U.S., EU Must Cut All Tariffs Ahead of Key Talks (“Europe prepares $20 billion retaliation if U.S. raises tariffs”)
- Putin’s Not So Sure He Wants to Meet With Trump in Washington
- NPR/PBS NewsHour/Marist Poll: Americans Don’t Think Trump Is Tough Enough On Russia (The most f’ed-up finding in this poll: “Among GOP voters, 58 percent view the Russian leader as an ally.”)
- Trump says he’s worried about Russian meddling … to elect Democrats (“Trump now believes in Russian election interference. To help his political opponents.”)
- Tape appears to show Trump discussing payments involving ex-Playboy model
- Some migrant parents may not reunite with children for years, experts warn (“US likely to miss Thursday deadline to reunite 2,551 children with parents, due to disorganization, unclear rules and misinformation”)
- To Ease Pain of Trump’s Trade War: $12 Billion in Aid for Farmers (So Trump creates a problem, then spends billions in taxpayer dollars to try to fix it? Brilliant.)
- Cohen Escalates Trump Feud With Release of Secret Audio (“Mr. Cohen, who had been considered one of Mr. Trump’s most loyal personal aides and the keeper of his secrets, is under investigation by federal authorities.”)
- Spotting CNN on a TV Aboard Air Force One, Trump Rages Against Reality (That sums up Trump in a lot of ways: raging against reality.)
- Transcript of Cohen tape suggests Trump knew about model’s deal to sell story of alleged affair
- The Trump-Michael Cohen tape transcript, annotated
- Exclusive: CNN obtains secret Trump-Cohen tape
- America’s heart of darkness (“Trump’s presidency is part of a decades-long erosion of trust in government.”)
- Paul Ryan On Trump Revoking Security Clearances: ‘He’s Just Trolling People’ (That’s right, our “president” is a far-right internet troll. That’s how far we’ve fallen.)
- Without the Russians, Trump wouldn’t have won
- Unanswered Questions Trail a Trump DOJ Official With a Russia Tie (“Brian Benczkowski, Trump’s appointee to run the Justice Department’s criminal division, represented Russia’s Alfa Bank. Senate Democrats have questions about recusal.”)
- The Trump Brand Is Hurting. Just Ask Ivanka. (“The demise of the first daughter’s fashion label shows that being in the White House isn’t necessarily good for business.”)
- Facebook pledges tough U.S. election security efforts as critical memo surfaces
- Trump’s Candidate Brian Kemp Easily Wins Georgia GOP Governor’s Bid (“Kemp has staked out a position with at least one foot firmly in the fever swamps of the Right”)
- Altered Pentagon climate change report spurs bipartisan action from lawmakers (“In a letter, over 40 representatives called on Defense Secretary Mattis to acknowledge the impact of climate change on military sites.”)
- Trump’s latest demand is straight out of the pages of ‘1984’ (“The final, most essential command.”)
- This ‘Fox & Friends’ segment about Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez is beyond parody (“They talk about education for your kids, health care… it was really uncomfortable.”)
- Daily Caller editor recounts her horror of going to Ocasio-Cortez rally: “They talk about things that everybody wants, especially, like, if you’re a parent”
- The one Republican who could pay dearly for backing Kavanaugh (“Nevada Sen. Dean Heller is the lone Republican senator up for reelection in a state President Donald Trump lost.”)
- The Interior Department Announced (By Accident) That Everything Is for Sale (“Just in case you had any doubts about Ryan Zinke’s commitment to national monument protections.”)
- Brian Kemp, Who Threatened to Abduct Undocumented Immigrants, Wins GOP Race in Georgia
- Alex Jones Should Be Cross-Examined in Front of the Nation (“That would be justice. Instead, his Sandy Hook case will likely be settled quietly.”)
- BBC interviewer to Spicer: ‘You have corrupted discourse for the entire world’
- Kaine correct that Stewart skipped board meeting to campaign for Roy Moore
- Sen. Tim Kaine On What He Hopes To Learn From Pompeo’s Foreign Relations Testimony
- Editorial: Does Stewart really understand Southwest Virginia?(“If you like Trump and think Kaine is too liberal for your tastes, you ought to vote for Stewart. There’s no pretending otherwise. But don’t pretend Stewart understands Southwest Virginia, because he doesn’t.”)
- Schapiro: Senate debate audience wasn’t in the room
- Organizer of deadly Charlottesville rally withdraws demand for new rally permit
- Virginia congressman under investigation in the House (“Two inquiries are looking into Rep. Thomas Garrett’s drinking and whether he asked staff members to do personal errands.”)
- Atlantic Coast Pipeline gets permission to begin North Carolina construction
- Dominion Energy Launches Grid Transformation Program, Paving Way for Virginia’s Energy Future With 3,000 Megawatts of New Solar and Wind Planned by 2022
- Gov. Northam’s political fundraising outpaces predecessors
- Dominion flips switch on new law with plans for solar, modernizing power grid
- Only one more state needs to ratify the Equal Rights Amendment. Will it be Virginia?
- Groups admit struggles in dispersing money from Charlottesville victims fund
- ICE agents arrest 132 people identified as ‘significant public safety threat’ in Va. and D.C.; 21 arrested in Richmond region
- Kaine, Warner meet with area chambers on I-81 woes
- OPINION: 6th District GOP faction chose payback over party
- Roanoke man accused of vandalizing Sen. Mark Warner’s office
- $625,000 settlement approved in wrongful death suit involving Hampton Roads Regional Jail inmate
- Regional approach needed for air travel (“Hampton Roads is served by two airport authorities and two airports; a regional approach would better serve customers”)
- Fairfax County teacher accused of soliciting detective posing as minor online
- One more day of this, then back to more typical summer weather
