by Lowell
Here are a few national and Virginia news headlines, political and otherwise, for Saturday, August 4.
- Trump associate socialized with alleged Russian agent Maria Butina in final weeks of 2016 campaign
- Tit-For-Tat Becomes the Norm as U.S., China Dig In for Trade War
- China hits back with tariffs on $60B in U.S. goods
- Manafort trial day 4: Accountant concedes possible wrongdoing, Manafort’s double life
- Judge upholds ruling that DACA must be restored
- Judge calls Trump administration family reunification efforts ‘unacceptable’ (“The judge blasted the Trump administration Friday for its lack of a plan to reunify the remaining 572 children in its custody with their parents.”)
- Paul Manafort Was Deep in Debt. He Saw an Opportunity in Trump. (“Mr. Manafort saw Mr. Trump’s campaign as a potential loss leader — an upfront freebie that he could use to boost his stature and eventually parlay into more work for foreign clients.”)
- ‘Blood on the president’s hands’: Conservative writer warns that Trump will get someone killed
- There’s Trump’s Foreign Policy and Then There’s His Administration’s
- How to Counter Donald Trump’s War on the Media (“For journalists, the best and only response is to keep reporting the news, and analyzing it thoroughly. One good example is the Washington Post’s continued efforts to document Trump’s lies, deceptions, and exaggerations. As my colleague Susan B. Glasser noted earlier today, the Post’s fact-checking team has now logged 4,229 of them, and they are getting more frequent”)
- ‘The most bizarre thing I’ve ever been a part of’: Trump panel found no voter fraud, ex-member says
- The National Rifle Association, America’s most powerful lobby, claims it’s in financial crisis. What? (“The supposed culprit: New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo.”)
- Donald Trump is making Medicare-for-all inevitable (“A market-based solution can’t work if Republicans won’t let it.”)
- Trump blasts LeBron James after NBA star says he’s ‘trying to divide us’
- Toxic red tide is making Floridians sick — and angry (“The twin emergencies have hurt Florida’s tourist-driven economy, spurred calls for greater controls on fertilizers and other pollutants that fuel the fresh-water algae blooms and led to recriminations in the races for governor and the U.S. Senate.”)
- Portland police warn protesters to leave guns at home ahead of planned far-right, antifa demonstrations
- New jobs report indicates Trump’s ‘best economy in history’ isn’t all it’s cracked up to be (“That means that the economy Trump described on Tuesday as “the best economy in the history of our country” has actually left workers with less money in their pockets than they had a year ago.”)
- Is Ted Cruz in Trouble? (Oh please, let it be so.)
- President Trump admits he’s trying to kill Obamacare. That’s illegal.
- The Lasting Trauma of Alex Jones’s Lies (“The systems that have for so long helped to enforce the notion of collective truth in America are no longer sufficient: Deception is everywhere. And it is dangerous.”)
- Republican congressman is still touting fake pro-Israel award from Sacha Baron Cohen (“Weeks after the con was revealed, Rep. Scott Perry (R-PA) doesn’t seem to have caught on yet.”)
- Don’t feed the trolls: The ridiculous outrage over Sarah Jeong’s old tweets (“Those that fail to learn from Gamergate are doomed to repeat it.”)
- This Is How Crimes Against Humanity Happen (“The shelters for migrant children near the border are allegedly employing child molesters.” People need to go to jail for these crimes, including anyone in the Trump administration responsible.)
- Trump administration lifts ban on pesticides linked to declining bee numbers (Evil incarnate; these people despise the natural world and are waging war on it, in part for greed and in part because they are just scum.)
- Under Trump’s watch, the U.S. is on track for the highest trade deficit in 10 years
- The Newseum is selling MAGA hats and ‘fake news’ T-shirts (Is this a sick joke?)
- The most important job you’ve never heard of (“Unless you’re living in a yurt reading this newspaper by candlelight, the next SCC commissioner can affect your pocketbook…Dimitri’s retirement leaves a consumer-minded void in the SCC. And the governor and members of the General Assembly should look to his example when selecting a worthy successor.”)
- Dominion offshore wind plans at pivot point (What a bunch of bulls*** by Dominion; other states and countries are moving ahead rapidly, yet for some reason Dominion needs years of testing? Why?)
- Dominion surcharges carve away at promised reform savings (“’Dominion’s constant messaging on having the lowest rates, the reality is that Dominion customers do not experience lower bills,’ said Carmen Bingham, Affordable Clean Energy Project coordinator at the Virginia Poverty Law Center.”)
- EDITORIAL: Protecting Virginia’s pollinators (“VIRGINIANS not only answered the call to raise more honeybees in the commonwealth, they swamped the Virginia Department of Agricultural and Consumer Services’ free Beehive Distribution Program with applications.”)
- House GOP super PAC hasn’t committed cash to Comstock — yet
- ‘National March on the NRA’ rally planned for Saturday outside Washington
- BREAKING: Federal Energy Regulatory Commission Issues Immediate – Albeit Temporary – “Stop Work Order” on Entire Mountain Valley Pipeline
- FERC orders work to stop on Mountain Valley Pipeline
- Giles County couple blames Mountain Valley Pipeline for runoff mess
- After evacuations and fears of collapse, Lynchburg, Va., officials say dam is ‘stable and safe’
- Editorial: Big issues, please, not Bigfoot erotica
- Vehicle found in Fairfax linked to case of ‘endangered’ and missing N.Y. woman, police say
- Hampton medical marijuana dispensary seeks to be first in Virginia
- ‘I know how it feels’: More than 100 reach out to help immigrant woman who lost her Dulles job
- Metro considering separate trains for white nationalists attending Unite the Right anniversary rally in D.C. (Wow.)
- Sunshine makes a big return this weekend as rain disappears for a while
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