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by Lowell
Here are a few national and Virginia news headlines, political and otherwise, for Tuesday, January 22.
- UK leader unveils Brexit Plan B, looks a lot like Plan A
- Trump conflates global warming and weather despite dire climate impacts across the country (“Researchers have speculated the polar vortex could actually be connected to climate change.” Global warming denial should really be an impeachable offense.)
- Greenland’s Melting Ice Nears a ‘Tipping Point,’ Scientists Say (Stop. Emitting. Greenhouse. Gases.)
- The global economy is slowing down, with help from the shutdown and Trump’s trade war (“Things aren’t looking great.”)
- Senate Unlikely to Pass Trump’s Plan to End Shutdown (“The Senate this week is expected to vote on President Trump’s border-security proposal that is unlikely to garner enough support, leaving no clear path forward to end the partial government shutdown. “)
- Rudy Giuliani’s Afraid Lying For Trump ‘Will Be On My Gravestone’ (Well, stop lying d’bag.)
- The Economy Won’t Rescue Trump (“Sorry, Donald, no morning in America for you.”)
- “Even If He Did Do It, It Wouldn’t Be a Crime”: Rudy Giuliani on President Trump (Oh yes it would!)
- Giuliani Says His Moscow Trump Tower Comments Were ‘Hypothetical’ (Riiiiiiiiiight.)
- Shutdown’s Pain Cuts Deep for Homeless and Other Vulnerable Americans (“One month into the government shutdown, with the Department of Housing and Urban Development hit hard, subsidies for low-income renters have stopped. And without lifeblood payments from HUD, nonprofit groups are scrambling to avoid layoffs and cuts to support services.”)
- U.S. Shutdown at Day 32 as Democrats Vow to Reject Trump Offer (Time for TSA workers to walk out? Seems to me that that would end the shutdown very quickly.)
- Davos Attendees Wonder, “What on Earth Is Donald Trump Up To?”
- President, known proponent of racist birther conspiracy, ‘honors’ MLK Day (“A whirlwind visit to MLK’s memorial doesn’t cover up years of outright racism.”)
- Trump marks MLK day with 2-minute memorial visit (Trump has been a racist, consistently and virulently, throughout his adult life.)
- Biden Expresses Regret for Support of Crime Legislation in the 1990s
- Bernie Sanders: ‘We Now Have A President Of The United States Who Is A Racist’
- Democratic congressman calls Trump ‘grand wizard of 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue’
- How Kamala Harris Could Win The 2020 Democratic Primary
- Kamala Harris announces her historic 2020 presidential campaign
- Stop Trusting Viral Videos (“A controversial video of Catholic students clashing with American Indians appeared to tell a simple truth. A second video called that story into question. But neither shows what truly happened.”)
- SEE IT: Covington Catholic High students in blackface at past basketball game (“While the photo’s origins couldn’t be verified, the official Covington Catholic High School YouTube account published a video last January boasting its basketball school spirit, and several clips, including one from 2012, showcase attendees chanting in black face, a mockery of the opposing players. The school took down the video later on Monday.” Wow, that is TOTALLY f’ed up.)
- The MAGA Teens Aren’t Innocent Victims (“The incident at the Lincoln Memorial was more complicated than it initially seemed, but new footage doesn’t exonerate the kids in the red caps.”)
- Trump claims media ‘smeared’ students involved in encounter with Native American man
- Twitter suspends account that helped ignite controversy over viral encounter (Very weird.)
- El Chapo Trial Suggests Trump’s Wall Would Do Little to Stop Drug Smuggling
- Does Journalism Have a Future? (“In an era of social media and fake news, journalists who have survived the print plunge have new foes to face.”)
- ‘Fox & Friends’ accidentally shows graphic saying Ruth Bader Ginsburg is dead
- Gov. Northam on gun laws: ‘If we can’t change people’s minds, we need to change their seats’ (Yep, we need to do that big time this November.)
- Gun bills more likely to become ads than law in Virginia
- Senator Mark Warner offers shutdown stories from workers missing paychecks
- Rep. Wexton meets with constituents affected by government shutdown
- Seventh District Congresswoman Abigail Spanberger Assigned to Foreign Affairs and Agriculture
- Ian Sams, Comms Director for Perriello 2017 and Kaine 2018, Now Kamala Harris for President’s National Press Secretary
- House Courts subcommittee kills parole bill (“The Virginia House of Delegates subcommittee killed a bill that would allow prisoners to ask for parole if they were convicted after the state ended parole but before the Virginia Supreme Court said juries had to be informed that there was no parole.”)
- A right to equality
- Video: Gov. Northam, AG Herring, House Democrats Join Gun Violence Vigil, Continue Legislative Push
- BREAKING/Video: On MLK Jr. Day, Virginia Senate Republicans Spew Fallacious/Discredited Talking Points, Kill Minimum Wage Increase
- Minimum wage bill dies in Senate
- Is the price right? Speaker challenges Northam estimates of GOP tax bill costs
- Va. Senate approves Amazon package, narrowly rejects minimum-wage bill
- Video: On MLK Jr. Day, Descendants of Gens. Robert E. Lee, Stonewall Jackson Introduced in the Virginia State Senate
- On MLK Day, descendants of Lee, Stonewall Jackson urge Va. to halt Confederate tributes
- Casino legislation clears first hurdle in Virginia Senate after significant changes
- Editorial: What is the state’s responsibility toward rural Virginia?
- Va. Senate committee grants rare victory for casino bill — but don’t bet on it yet (“The Senate Committee on General Laws and Technology rolled several casino-related bills into Lucas’s original measure and referred them to the Finance Committee for a look at fiscal impact. It was unclear what the bill’s prospects might be in Finance, which can sometimes be a graveyard for controversial measures.”)
- Six senators vote against Northam’s pick to lead environmental agency (Suetterlein, Ebbin, McPike, Petersen, Sturtevant, Chase)
- Anti-NIMBY legislation aims to clear path for affordable housing in Virginia
- House GOP schedules early vote Tuesday on ERA ratification in panel that opposes it
- Sunny but chilly today, rain and warmer temperatures tomorrow, Thursday
