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by Lowell
Here are a few national and Virginia news headlines, political and otherwise, for Monday, February 4.
- Brussels awaits London move in Brexit talks (“Diplomats say there has been no meaningful progress this week.”)
- What’s behind Europe’s surge in anti-Semitism? (“Violent attacks against Jews are multiplying as fringe politics become the norm.”)
- U.S. and China Near Deal That Could End Most U.S. Tariffs
- US closes Jerusalem consulate, demoting Palestinian mission
- As Trump and Kim Met, North Korean Hackers Hit Over 100 Targets in U.S. and Ally Nations
- Two sides of the globe, one painful lesson: Trump is debasing America
- John Bolton tries to play clean up after Trump’s Otto Warmbier remarks
- Sen. Rand Paul: I support President Trump, but I can’t support this National Emergency Declaration
- Senate Democrats have enough Republican support to terminate Trump’s national emergency (“Trump is expected to veto the resolution, but congressional approval would still send a strong rebuke.”)
- Trump blames Cohen testimony for failed deal with North Korea (That was 100% predictable.)
- Exclusive: Pompeo on the failed North Korea talks, Otto Warmbier and his own trip to Iowa
- Pressed by Climate Activists, Senate Democrats to ‘Go on Offense’
- Four-in-10 Voters Say They Would Vote to Re-Elect Trump Next Year (That’s wayyyy too high, and also shows the sickness of Republicans.)
- Poll: More Americans see Democratic positions on climate, health care, abortion as ‘in the mainstream’
- U.S. House panel launches probe into possible obstruction by Trump
- President Trump has made 9,014 false or misleading claims over 773 days
- Democrats target Trump Jr, Weisselberg and more as investigations grow
- Tornadoes in Alabama kill at least 23, a figure officials expect to rise
- The Making of the Fox News White House (“Fox News has always been partisan. But has it become propaganda?”)
- 10 Undeniable Facts About the Michael Jackson Sexual Abuse Allegations (“So far, five boys Michael Jackson shared beds with have accused him of abuse: Jordie Chandler, Jason Francia, Gavin Arvizo, Wade Robson, and Jimmy Safechuck…Jackson had an extensive collection of adult erotic material he kept in a suitcase next to his bed, including S&M bondage photos and a study of naked boys.”)
- McGahn joins global law firm — and remains involved in Trump’s judicial choices
- Seb Gorka No Longer a Contributor at Fox News
- ‘It is like high school’: Meet the House’s freshman cliques (“Spanberger stuck with the group, solidifying the ties of former CIA agents, Marine Corps vets and a Navy helicopter pilot which have become one of the most visible crews of freshmen roaming the House. They now text everyday in a group chat, sit together on the House floor and eat Chinese food while waiting for late-night votes.”)
- Warner: Trump overrides advice of intelligence community
- Warner: ‘Enormous amounts of evidence’ of possible Russia collusion
- Video: Sen. Mark Warner on Jared Kushner, Michael Cohen, Mueller Report, Ralph Northam and Justin Fairfax
- Photos: Jennifer Wexton Participates in Congressional Civil Rights Pilgrimage to Alabama, Marches Across Edmund Pettus Bridge
- ‘Men without a country:’ Virginia leaders urged to step aside as 2019 battle for control of the Capitol approaches (“U.S. House and Senate Democrats are going to ‘step into the breach,’ U.S. Rep. Donald McEachin, a Democrat from the 4th District, told the Virginia Mercury. They will be ramping up campaign and fundraising efforts on behalf of state-level Democrats, who hope to win full control of the General Assembly for the first time in a quarter century.”)
- Virginia bill blocks Bloomberg from embedding climate lawyers in attorney general’s office (Gov. Northam obviously should veto this crap.)
- Blackface, sexual assault scandals don’t appear to have tarnished Virginia’s image (“…the pressure appears to have eased somewhat, even though none of the scandals has been resolved. It helped when a poll found that most African Americans in the state did not want Northam to resign. That was significant partly because of the sensitivity to racial issues in a state that resisted integration in the 1950s and 1960s and whose capital, Richmond, served as the capital of the Confederacy.”)
- Video: Alicia Plerhoples Kicks Off Campaign for Fairfax County Board Chair, Says County Needs “Sense of Urgency” on Affordable Housing, Early Childhood Education, Economic Innovation, Climate Action
- Fairfax County Democratic Campaign Kickoffs and More Fairfax County Democratic Campaign Kickoffs
- Bill that sets standards for how Virginia jails treat inmates with mental illness on governor’s desk
- Editorial: Missed opportunity on cell-phone bill
- Interfaith work session plots the path toward racial reconciliation in Virginia
- Richard Schragger column: It’s the city’s right to remove Confederate monuments
- Hampton public works: Solid waste fees need to increase to avoid budget shortfall
- New Candidate Enters Dem Primary Race Against Saslaw (“Karen Torrent, a 30-year resident of the greater Falls Church area, filed paperwork yesterday to enter the race for the Democratic nomination for the 35th Senate District. Torrent is an environmental issues attorney who led an effort against a Dominion Power rate freeze that Saslaw supported two years ago.”)
- In a Virginia school, a celebration of transgender students in a kindergarten class
- D.C.-area forecast: Very cold but dry into Thursday, then turning a little unsettled
