by Lowell
Here are a few national and Virginia news headlines, political and otherwise, for Sunday, January 27.
- U.S. calls on world to ‘pick a side’ on Venezuela; Europeans set to recognize Guaido (No doubt, Maduro and his gang are a disaster and have to go.)
- Venezuela’s Maduro eases stance on US diplomats, loses highest-ranking military attaché to Guaido
- Who Is Venezuela’s Juan Guaidó?
- Saving NATO (“The House voted overwhelmingly to block President Trump’s threat to quit the Atlantic alliance. The Senate should promptly follow suit.” Yep, although crazy Morgan Griffith and Ben Cline both voted no on NATO.)
- 6 in 10 back Democratic inquiries — including release of Trump taxes (POLL)
- Rare Progress Toward Deal to End America’s Longest War (“Six days of peace talks were the most serious negotiations yet between the U.S. and the Taliban to make way for an American troop withdrawal from Afghanistan. Both sides publicly reported progress — a rarity after nine years of intermittent peace efforts.”)
- A Bruised Trump Faces Uncertain 2020 Prospects. His Team Fears a Primary Fight. (“With his approval rating sinking, and foes within the party wooing potential Republican challengers, aides to the president are working to shore up his support. President Trump, close associates acknowledge, appears without a plan for mounting a strong re-election campaign.”)
- Roger Stone indictment: Is this all Mueller has, or is he closing in on Trump? (“Analysis: The charges do not allege Russian coordination, but Mueller might be building a conspiracy case.”)
- Mueller’s Real Target in the Roger Stone Indictment (“It was probably not Stone himself, but rather his electronic devices.”)
- Stone-Cold Loser (“Stone, who famously has Nixon’s face tattooed on his back, is the agent provocateur who is the through line from Nixon, and his impeachment, to Trump, and his possible impeachment.”)
- Billionaire investor says he’d back primary challenger to Trump: report
- ‘Pelosi does not mess around’: Democratic speaker emerges triumphant from shutdown (She is a BADASS!)
- U.S. government agencies gear up to restart operations Monday
- Jared Kushner, a Confident Negotiator, Finds Immigration Deal to Be Elusive
- Trump’s golf course employed undocumented workers — and then fired them amid showdown over border wall
- ‘I hope we get some common sense’: Republicans reeling from political damage caused by shutdown (Ha, you’ll have to quit the GOP to find that!)
- Inside the White House, aides and advisers are despondent over a wasted month
- WATCH: SNL brutally mocks out-of-touch Trump official Wilbur Ross in opener
- Legendary comedian Steve Martin makes cameo on ‘SNL’ as a ‘poor helpless’ Roger Stone
- Bishop Claims He Was ‘Bullied’ into Apologising for MAGA Teens Involved in Encounter With Native American
- Trump Had A Bizarre Meeting With Right-Wing Activist Ginni Thomas: Report (“Virginia ‘Ginni’ Thomas is married to Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas and loves sharing right-wing memes on Facebook.”)
- Conservative Kelli Ward to lead Arizona Republican Party after upset (This tells you a lot, nothing good, about today’s Republican Party.)
- Auschwitz survivors pay homage as world remembers Holocaust (“The world marked International Holocaust Remembrance Day on Sunday amid a revival of hate-inspired violence and signs that younger generations know less and less about the genocide of Jews, Roma and others during World War II.”)
- Wall Fight Derails Democrats’ Plan to Focus on Campaign Themes (“Democrats wanted new House majority to address other issues” Yeah, well, life happens ya know?)
- Iowa Nice: hawkeyed experts say Elizabeth Warren hit ground running (“Ask those who know in the first-in-the-nation state and they agree: the Massachusetts Democrat is an early frontrunner”)
- Harris picks hotbed of anti-Trump movement for campaign launch (“The senator’s choice of Oakland, California, to launch her presidential campaign is full of personal and political symbolism.”)
- Will the Supreme Court Use a New York City Regulation to Strike Down Gun Laws? (“The Justices agree to hear another Second Amendment case, this time with Brett Kavanaugh on board.”)
- Time to end the STUPIDITY, ban shutdowns
- Florida Officials Are Deciding How To Put A Historic Voting Reform In Effect. It’ll Be Messy. (“State officials want to know, among other things, which crimes specifically constitute ‘murder.'”)
- Hurst and Roem column: Protecting a bulwark of liberty
- House Republicans propose fund to return $300 million to taxpayers
- JLARC confirms tax officials’ view on House tax measure impact (“The review by the Joint Legislative Audit and Review Commission agreed with tax officials that the House GOP tax proposal would reduce state revenue by $574 million next year.”)
- EDITORIAL: Virginia’s leaders should lead (The view from hard-right Fredericksburg Free Lance-Star editorial board. Ignore it.)
- Watermen get say on how to tackle ‘ghost pots’ in the Chesapeake Bay
- Appeals court set to review FERC’s approval of the Mountain Valley Pipeline
- Shutdown cost Washington region more than $1.6 billion and damaged its image
- AG Mark Herring Writes to Rockwool re: Potential Enviro Impacts of Manufacturing Facility on Loudoun County; Rockwool Responds
- Bills aim to reduce eviction rates in Virginia
- Editorial: Corey Stewart, Danville and rhe rest of the story
- Gordon C. Morse: ERA debate echoes arguments of years gone by
- What happened to Jamycheal Mitchell? Best hope for answers rests in 3-year-old criminal probe.
- Hincker: Interstate I-81 funding needs a compromise funding plan: Use a 3-legged approach
- Milder today, colder tomorrow; Arctic blast could bring burst of snow late Tuesday
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