by Lowell
Here are a few national and Virginia news headlines, political and otherwise, for Monday, November 26.
- Caravan crisis escalates with tear gas and entry closure at the border (This is bonkers.)
- Black Sea standoff intensifies tensions between Russia, Ukraine
- Ukraine mulls martial law after Russia fires on vessels
- Russia resists Western calls to free captured Ukrainian ships (“Russia resisted international calls on Monday to release three Ukrainian naval ships that its border patrols had fired on and seized near Crimea at the weekend, triggering the most dangerous crisis in years between Moscow and Kiev.”)
- May and E.U. Leaders Reach Historic Agreement on Brexit Deal Nobody Wants
- Trump Administration’s Strategy on Climate: Try to Bury Its Own Scientific Report (As far as I’m concerned, at this point anyone who denies or minimizes man-made climate change is participating in crimes against humanity and nature.)
- AP Exclusive: First gene-edited babies claimed in China
- Trump’s Christian Apologists Are Unchristian (“Polls show that on immigration, race, and poverty, white evangelical Protestants have surrendered moral judgment and social responsibility.”)
- The Democratic majority’s first order of business: Restore democracy (“We’ll start with bold reforms to curb corruption, dark money and voter suppression.”)
- The GOP is now the party of neo-Confederates (“They’ve been encouraged to come into the open by Trump’s appeals to racism and xenophobia.” I’d argue it has been for decades now, since the formerly southern “Dixiecrats” started switching to the Republican Party en masse and since Nixon, Atwater, etc. adopted the racist “Southern strategy”…)
- In the United States, right-wing violence is on the rise
- After Trump’s threat, Mexico announces asylum agreement may be off (“The proposal would keep asylum-seekers in Mexico, rather than the U.S.”)
- Alan Dershowitz Predicts Mueller Report Will Be ‘Politically Very Devastating’ For Trump (“The Harvard law professor and frequent Trump defender explained how he believes the Russia probe will shake out.”)
- Top Democrats accuse Trump of lying about CIA’s Jamal Khashoggi report (There’s no doubt Trump is lying about the CIA report, it’s not an issue of Democrats “accusing” him of it.)
- Trump’s last, best chance for wall creates latest shutdown threat
- Capitol Hill boys club braces for scores of new female members
- Is Exxon Conning Its Investors? (“A New York State lawsuit charges that the oil giant has not properly accounted for the climate risks at the core of its business.” Virginia AG Mark Herring should initiate a similar lawsuit against Dominion Energy.)
- Mississippi Democrats Have a Shot at a Doug Jones–Style Stunner (“In Tuesday’s runoff, Republican Cindy Hyde-Smith just might lose her Senate seat after her gaffes evoking lynching and voter suppression.”)
- ‘We don’t want an Alabama’: Hyde-Smith has Republicans holding their breath (“Democrat Mike Espy claims momentum in the final days of the Mississippi special Senate election, but Donald Trump heads to the state Monday to blunt it.”)
- Judge Orders Former Trump Campaign Aide Papadopoulos Behind Bars Monday
- Juan Williams: My picks as 2018’s top politicians
- Anxiety abounds at NASA as Mars landing day arrives
- Pelosi faces a critical week even as her Democratic opposition shrinks
- The Race for Virginia’s Future: Who Will Lead Us in the House of Delegates?
- Opinion/Editorial: Medicaid enrollment mushrooms (“Just five months after the General Assembly approved the expansion of Medicaid to able-bodied childless adults in Virginia, the projected number of new enrollees is already 60,000 higher than the 400,000 originally estimated — and the expansion doesn’t even go into effect until Jan. 1, 2019.” This, of course, is GREAT news. Only crazy right-wing editorial boards and politicians could possibly spin it as bad news, which is exactly what the Free Lance-Star and Daily Progress do. #FAIL)
- CASEY: 2019 may be Virginia’s ‘Year of Gambling’ (“Gambling is on the minds of Virginia lawmakers. Among other things, this could translate into slot-like machines in Vinton, the legalization of betting on sports, and a giant casino in Bristol.”)
- Amazon will need even more energy in Virginia. Will they make it clean?
- While Virginia studies cash bail alternatives, local prosecutors and judges increasingly take reform into their own hands
- Lori Haas column: If Virginia Republicans continue to embrace the NRA, they will keep losing
- Marshall: ERA proponents must start over (Far-right nutjob “Sideshow Bob” returns to campaign against equal rights for women.)
- Alleged Charlottesville car attacker goes on trial for murder
- As Trial Begins In Charlottesville Protest Death, Community Reflects
- Editorial: Is Richmond’s transit progress more exceptional than we realize?
- Richmond councilwoman proposes commission to ‘kick the tires’ of $1.4 billion Coliseum redevelopment plans
- Showers today. Then drying out Tuesday and Wednesday while turning windy and cold.
