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by Lowell
Here are a few national and Virginia news headlines, political and otherwise, for Saturday, November 17.
- CIA concludes Saudi crown prince ordered Jamal Khashoggi’s assassination
- The Saudi Crown Prince Personally Ordered Jamal Khashoggi’s Murder, U.S. Intelligence Concludes (“An array of damning and specific hard evidence, as well as a psychological study, implicates Mohammed bin Salman in the journalist’s execution.”)
- WTF is happening with Brexit? (“Incredible scenes as the British government collapses, again.”)
- Pence-Xi Showdown at APEC Shows U.S.-China Divide Only Widening (Xi says moves to implement tariffs were ‘doomed to failure’ Pence tells Asia that U.S. offers ‘better option’ than China”)
- Trump keeps claiming success, but North Korea is now testing a new ‘ultramodern’ weapon (“From the looks of it, North Korea is playing the U.S. like a fiddle.” So much for Trump being some sort of master when it comes to deal making. He’s not even remotely competent.)
- Is Mike Pence Loyal? Trump Is Asking, Despite His Recent Endorsement
- Trump privately asking aides if Pence is loyal: report
- Progressives back Pelosi for speaker — in return for more power (“The Democratic leader promises plum committee spots and more sway over legislation.”)
- Half of the opposition to Pelosi is from her non-incumbent right flank
- Trump Is Starting to Panic
- Matthew Whitaker and the Corruption of Justice (“The real question isn’t whether the acting attorney general’s appointment is lawful, but whether it is part of a broader attempt to subvert the rule of law.”)
- Trump to nominate Andrew Wheeler, former coal lobbyist, to officially lead EPA (Massively corrupt, totally unacceptable.)
- Matt Whitaker faces new challenge in Supreme Court
- A Trump Judge! Ruled Against Trump! In the Acosta Case?! (“It’s sad that that’s surprising.”)
- Camp Fire’s Missing Person List Climbs To 1,011 As Statewide Death Toll Rises To 74
- RIP, California GOP: Republicans lash out after midterm election debacle
- Trump to meet with Florida’s Bondi as he searches for new attorney general (Totally unacceptable.)
- Here’s what a primary challenge to Trump would accomplish (“A primary challenge to Trump would be quite helpful if the goal is to make certain he’s not reelected in 2020.”)
- ‘Nelson has no path’: Democrats admit Scott beats Florida icon (Ugh…)
- Georgia’s Stacey Abrams Admits Defeat, Says Kemp Used ‘Deliberate’ Suppression To Win (No doubt about it.)
- Stacey Abrams Ends Her Race for Governor of Georgia, but Doesn’t Quite Concede (She nailed it!)
- Lou Dobbs Loses His Mind After CNN Defeats White House Over Acosta’s Press Access (“Once again, the pro-Trump host openly contradicts his own network bosses, bashing CNN‘s win against the White House as ‘outrageous.’”)
- Sen. Mark Warner says he’s disappointed with Facebook’s management
- Top Democrat in Virginia House of Delegates is stepping down as leader
- BREAKING: Virginia House Democratic Leader Toscano Announces He Will Resign as Leader, Possibly After 2019 Session
- Powerful Virginia county could be headed for political transformation (“[Sharon] Bulova, who has been on the board for 30 years, says she will announce next month whether she’ll pursue a third term as chair. Supervisor Linda Q. Smyth (D-Providence), 69, has told friends she is unsure whether she’ll run, and Supervisor Catherine M. Hudgins (D-Hunter Mill), 74, declined through a spokeswoman to say whether she’ll seek a fifth term.” Yep, I’ve been hearing for ages that Bulova will retire, and also Smyth and Hudgins.)
- ‘Awakening’: Abigail Spanberger’s House win illustrates the shift of US politics in ‘year of the badass woman’
- State lawmakers eye tighter oversight after botched cost predictions yielded $462.5M in unexpected Medicaid costs
- AG Mark Herring Opposes Illegal Federal Rollback of Protections from Harmful Greenhouse Gas Emissions
- Virginia’s Medicaid expansion drawing thousands more enrollees than initially projected
- Northam removes two board members ahead of crucial vote on pipeline project (“Environmentalists are outraged by decision. Pipeline vote affects historic African American community” Everyone should be outraged by this, as it’s an issue of corporate power/control of our government.)
- Gov. Northam names new members to state air, water boards as pipeline opponents fume (“We hope these new board members are qualified, but, frankly, we have no idea who they are. What we do know is that they are replacing two highly respected, well-qualified board members who dared to ask the hard questions about Dominion’s unnecessary and destructive pipeline, and that their appointments come just weeks before an important final vote on this project and on the heels of a contentious hearing where they raised serious concerns.”)
- Video: Less Than 24 Hours After Northam’s Shocking Announcement, Protesters at Governor’s Mansion Demand He Back Down
- Virginia State Conference NAACP Deeply Troubled by Dismissal of Air Pollution Board Members Who Expressed Concern Regarding Environmental Justice
- John Fredericks: Atlantic Coast Pipeline construction provides good jobs (The Trumpster radio host weighs in…of course on the wrong side.)
- How Virginia sealed the deal on Amazon’s HQ2, ‘the biggest economic development project in U.S. history’
- Antares launches from Virginia without hitch, boosting supplies to International Space Station
- Another Republican Bites the Dust: Days After “Blue Wave” Midterms, Long-Time Fairfax County Board Member John Cook Throws in Towel
- Prince William Republicans seek state investigation into school board chairman election (“In a formal complaint, the county party alleges that a former Democratic party chair created a phony PAC meant to siphon votes away from the Republican candidate.”)
- Newly elected Chesterfield chief prosecutor begins making changes, so far firing 2 attorneys from previous administration and naming a chief deputy
- Parties to Pick Nominees to Replace Wexton during Weekend Voting
- Republican candidates emerge for 33rd District Senate seat
- No, Norfolk doesn’t have a plan to replace historic lesbian bar Hershee with a dog park
- Spotsylvania looking at eliminating tax exemption for solar farms (Stupid; we need to be pushing clean energy on an emergency basis.)
- A bit of a break through the weekend and into next week (“We’re getting at least a short break in the active pattern of late, but it will stay mostly cool.”)
