by Lowell
Here are a few national and Virginia news headlines, political and otherwise, for Monday, August 20.
- Trump Lawyers’ Sudden Realization: They Don’t Know What Don McGahn Told Mueller’s Team
- Trump invokes Nixon and McCarthy in NYT White House counsel report rant (Trump is completely deranged, unhinged, etc.)
- Brennan considers ‘going to court’ with Trump over revoked security clearance
- Cohen Is Being Investigated for Loans in Excess of $20 Million (“Federal authorities investigating whether Michael D. Cohen, President Trump’s former personal lawyer, committed bank and tax fraud have zeroed in on loans obtained by taxi businesses that he and his family own. Any criminal charges against Mr. Cohen, which could be filed by the end of the month, would deal a significant blow to the president.”)
- Nixon, Clinton and Trump (“The more Trump is cornered, the more he mirrors Richard Nixon.”)
- Michael Cohen’s attorney says he’s talking to lawyer who brought down Nixon
- America is slouching toward autocracy (“A slow-motion dismantling of rules can be insidious because we don’t even notice what’s happening to us.”)
- Don McGahn Has Not Turned on Trump (“The White House counsel has figured out how to appear transparent without giving Mueller the information he needs.”)
- U.S. Rebuffs Effort to Tether Bank Fine to Pastor’s Release
- Prosecutors in final stages of investigation into Trump’s former lawyer Michael Cohen
- John Dean: “I am actually honored” to be insulted by Trump
- “Truth isn’t truth”: Rudy Giuliani offers a new explanation of why Trump shouldn’t talk to Mueller (“Chuck Todd’s response: ‘This is going to become a bad meme.'”
- 8 experts on why the Paul Manafort jury doesn’t have a verdict yet — and what it might mean (“You could speculate that there’s some dynamic involving a holdout, but the better fit with the facts is that they’re just moving through methodically.”)
- This Is America (“Sacha Baron Cohen’s most dangerous Who Is America? skits don’t prey on politeness. They let their targets show who they really are.”)
- Trump’s “red wave” could sink GOP
- Trump speechwriter fired amid scrutiny of appearance with white nationalists
- Juan Williams: Trump weaves web of corruption
- Liberals crushed in SCOTUS spending war (“Conservatives are vastly outspending liberals and targeting vulnerable senators in the fight to confirm Brett Kavanaugh.” Oh great…)
- Trump rewrites history as Russia probe pressure mounts
- Donald Trump wants ‘to start a race war,’ Omarosa says
- Asia Argento, a #MeToo Leader, Made a Deal With Her Own Accuser
- Progressive vets, gun control advocates join forces on the campaign trail (“VoteVets and the Giffords group will campaign on behalf of seven candidates: New Jersey’s Mikie Sherrill in New Jersey’s 11th Congressional District, Chrissy Houlahan and Conor Lamb in Pennsylvania’s 6th and 17th districts, respectively, Jason Crow in Colorado’s 6th district, Gil Cisneros in California’s 39th Congressional District, Amy McGrath in Kentucky’s 6th district, and Elaine Luria in Virginia’s 2nd district.”)
- Corey Stewart, Donald Trump’s Favorite Nut Job (“The Virginia Senate candidate is running a campaign built on race-baiting and falsehoods: He’s the president’s mini-me”)
- Editorial: Immigrants should be treated with compassion (“The DJJ launched its investigation late last month at the behest of Gov. Ralph Northam and Virginia Secretary of Public Safety and Homeland Security Brian Moran after a shocking report by the Associated Press in June alleged harsh treatment on immigrant inmates there.”)
- About 323,000 will remain uninsured after Medicaid expansion. Will Virginia’s free clinics still be able to meet the need?
- Bernard and Limpert: State Water Control Board should look anew at pipeline permits (“Anne Bernard and Bill Limpert Bernard lives in Franklin County on land the Mountain Valley Pipeline would pass through. Limpert ilves in Bath County on land the Atlantic Coast Pipeline would pass through.”)
- Skiffes Creek power line project taking shape
- Metro just got handcuffed to a dismal future (“An arbitration panel let stand the agency’s unsustainable pension and retiree health benefits.”)
- Virginia Officials Warn of Algae Bloom in Parts of Lake Anna
- Protest at Jefferson Davis monument remains peaceful
- Editorial: A trail from Galax to Greenfield
- Bryan K. Stephens: Virginia needs VIDA for simpler regulations
- Mostly cloudy today and stormy late Tuesday, but then weather bliss
