by Lowell
Here are a few national and Virginia news headlines, political and otherwise, for Monday, February 4.
- Venezuela: Maduro warns White House will be ‘stained with blood’ if Trump invades
- Trump Calls for Keeping Troops in Iraq to Watch Iran, Possibly Upending ISIS Fight
- Iraqi president says Trump did not ask permission to ‘watch Iran’
- Trump will give State of Union to sea of opponents
- Trump Threatens to Bust Border Deal as Shutdown Deadline Nears (“Lawmakers return to Washington facing tight Friday deadline”)
- Yes to Billions for the Border (But Not the Wall) (“A 2,000-mile barrier would be a bad investment. But why not fund security measures that work?”)
- Trump Won’t Commit to Making Mueller Report Public
- Trump ignites new immigration furor ahead of State of the Union
- Most oppose Trump declaring national emergency for wall funding, CBS News poll finds
- Scoop: Insider leaks Trump’s “Executive Time”-filled private schedules (What he needs is “Executive Time OUT”)
- What’s Really Radical? Not Taxing the Rich (“It’s time to reverse the extreme upward redistribution of the last 40 years.” Yep, Republicans have been massively redistributing wealth while audaciously/falsely claiming they are AGAINST redistributing wealth!)
- 90 Democrats, one lone Republican sign onto a bill giving back pay to federal contract workers (Note: not a single Virginia Republican has signed on.)
- Trump claims in Super Bowl interview that football is popular again because he ended player protests (“The president also resurrects a false assertion that players who kneel during the national anthem are disrespecting the flag”)
- Celebrities shun Super Bowl halftime show in support of Kaepernick (“Maroon 5 agreed to headline, but Rihanna and Pink turned down the chance to take the stage at one of music’s most coveted gigs.”)
- 2020 Democratic holdouts wait for Harris, Warren to trip (“Several potential candidates are adopting a ‘white knight’ strategy, betting that the lost time doesn’t matter as much in this political environment”)
- Poll: Democrats have reason to fret Schultz
- Donald McEachin: Time to act on climate change (“That is why it is imperative that we work to develop a robust, inclusive green economy — one that becomes climate-neutral as soon as possible.”)
- Video: On MTP, Rep. Donald McEachin (D-VA04) Says Wearing “Blackface” in 1984 Was “Not Common,” and “Ralph Should Have Known Better”
- McEachin, Congressional Black Caucus Chairwoman Karen Bass slam Northam over blackface
- Video: On CNN’s SOTU, Terry McAuliffe Predicts Ralph Northam Will “Do the Right Thing” and Resign “Very Soon,” That “It Will Not Come to” Impeachment
- Anger and sadness as African Americans in Virginia consider Northam’s fate
- Northam holds staff meeting amid calls to resign: report
- As Calls Mount for Ralph Northam to Resign, Some Virginians Mull a Second Chance
- Every Democrat Wants Ralph Northam Gone—Except Ralph Northam (“There’s barely anyone in American politics willing to defend the Virginia governor right now.” He’ll always have Jim Moran, at least. LOL)
- Here’s everyone calling on Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam to resign
- Ralph Northam’s Yearbook Page Speaks for Itself (“A Klan hood has always been a Klan hood. Everyone in the South knows that.”)
- Northam meets with senior staff and considers options, including resignation
- Northam meets with senior staff and considers options, including resignation
- LG Justin Fairfax Refutes Allegations Published in Same Far-Right Website That Published Northam Photo
- Eyes On Lt. Gov. Justin Fairfax To Heal Va. As Northam Resists Calls To Resign
- ‘That medical school yearbook page is vintage Americana’: A black professor on education and Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam (“America is white folks in blackface, Ku Klux Klan members, white dudes with carefree poses in front of a classic Corvette. The Corvette is America’s sports car. The KKK is America’s hate group. Jim Crow is America’s legacy. In 1984, when that yearbook page was put together, an aversion for blackness and a celebration of white supremacy was so accepted, it wasn’t questioned by the medical who put the yearbook together.”)
- A tip from a ‘concerned citizen’ helps a reporter land the scoop of a lifetime about Northam (Doesn’t “scoop” imply that a real “reporter” – in air quotes, because this individual certainly isn’t – actually did some work to get the story or some fact checking or…anything other than pick up the phone/read his email?)
- Northam controversy threatens to complicate Democrats’ bid to draw sharp contrast with Trump, GOP on race (This is a classic, corporate media “both sides”/false equivalence story. In fact, nearly EVERY SINGLE DEMOCRAT has called for Northam to resign. Also see the top-rated comment to this article: “What a ridiculous assertion. One racist Democrat doesn’t threaten the Party’s clear difference from the GOP, whose policies are racist, whose members question why it’s even wrong to be racist, and whose demographics alone strongly suggest racism or a Jimmy Buffett concert.”)
- Virginia Governor Rebuffs Fellow Democrats, Risks Undermining Party in 2020
- Can Northam survive? How will Richmond function?
- Local leaders say governor should step down
- Virginia Secretary of Education Atif Qarni on Institutional Racism, the Need for Increased Diversity in Leadership
- A page designer for Northam’s med school yearbook explains how students got their photos published
- With Northam controversy still boiling, lawmakers face a packed legislative agenda
- Money panels back 5-percent teacher raises as Virginia lawmakers press on amid Northam crisis
- Dan River use rebounds following 2014 coal ash spill
- Snow and wintry mix today; cold temperatures bottom out by Thursday
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