by Lowell
Here are a few national and Virginia news headlines, political and otherwise, for Sunday, March 17.
- New Zealand attack exposes how little the U.S. and its allies share intelligence on domestic terrorism threats
- A ‘Mainstreaming Of Bigotry’ As White Extremism Reveals Its Global Reach
- Number Of Dead Rises To 50 In New Zealand Mass Shooting
- The Magical Thinking Around Brexit (“The next two weeks will test how deeply a nation can immerse itself in self-delusion.”)
- Less than 24 hours after mass shooting at mosques, New Zealand vows to ban semi-automatic rifles (“Imagine: elected officials putting public safety over gun manufacturers’ profits.”)
- After Mosque Massacre, New Zealand Has Its Gun-Debate Moment
- New Zealand pulls Murdoch’s Sky News Australia off the air over mosque massacre coverage (“Meanwhile Fox News complains the left is trying to crack down on free speech.”)
- Five Years Later, Putin Is Paying for Crimea (“His overconfidence after the successful annexation lured him into a trap where he lost all bargaining power.”)
- The Endgame of White Supremacy Is Always Death
- “It’s Like a Virus”: Fighting the Hate that Fueled the New Zealand Massacre Requires a Global Response
- The New Zealand shooting was inspired by the hate America is exporting. We need to deal with that reality. (“We have lectured other countries that the best way to limit violent radicalism is to attack its funding. It’s time to take our own advice.”)
- The US Is Accused of Blocking Global Action Against Plastic Pollution (The Trump administration disgraces us yet again.)
- It’s Time to Attack White Nationalism for the Terror Group It Is (“Nobody can claim, as George W. Bush did, that ‘we’re going to fight them over there so we don’t have to fight them here,’ because they’re already ‘here’ with a vengeance.”)
- Radicalism kills. Why do we only care about one kind?(“Since 2001, governments around the world have approached online Islamist radicalism with grim seriousness, blocking its financial sources, searching out potential terrorists, working with Internet platforms to stop its spread. By contrast, we have yet to treat white supremacism with anything like the same kind of vigor.”)
- White supremacists and radical Islamists sound exactly alike
- Australian Senator Punches Teen After Being Egged in Head
- Republicans: Pelosi Won’t Impeach Because She Knows Trump Is Innocent
- Buttigieg says campaign gained enough donors to be on debate stage
- Trump Says He Told Republicans to “Play Along With the Game” of Releasing Mueller Report
- Fox News host Jeanine Pirro pulled off air following comments on Rep. Ilhan Omar
- Trump lashes out at McCain seven months after senator’s death (Trump is a sick, sick dude.)
- Joe Biden’s verbal slip sets off speculation of presidential run (“Democratic party favourite tells crowd he has ‘the most progressive record of anybody running’”)
- Activist who confronted Chelsea Clinton: She ‘hurt our fight against white supremacy’ (WTF?)
- Elizabeth Warren Actually Wants to Fix Capitalism (“She has big ideas for repairing the American economy. The other Democratic candidates should too.”)
- ‘White men are considered everyone’: Ocasio-Cortez calls out poll stories bias (“Commentators suggest Americans view Democrat negatively even as poll finds women and non-white respondents disagree”)
- How to Tell If Beto O’Rourke Is Serious About the Green New Deal
- O’Rourke candidacy asks: Can a moderate white male win the 2020 Democratic primary?
- Corey Stewart to lead pro-Trump super PAC (Because…of course he is! LOL)
- Sen. Tim Kaine Visits Venezuela-Colombia Border To Express Guaidó Support (“What we’re interested in is peace and liberty and democracy for the Venezuelan people.”)
- Challenge from the left: Moderate Democrats in Va. under fire from liberals (Classic Washington Compost. First of all, it’s simply false in a bunch of these cases that they are “moderate Democrats” or that they’re being challenged “from the left.” Flat-out false. Second, the misuse of words like “moderate” and “left” is egregious.)
- Editorial: From Charlottesville to Christchurch, the dark forces of white supremacy
- Edwards: I-81 transportation fix requires statewide funding
- VA Education Secretary Atif Qarni: “We have a long way to go to address systemic racism, Islamophobia, and other forms of biases and hate that exist here at home.”
- Video: Fredericksburg Commonwealth’s Attorney La Bravia Jenkins Answers Our Questions on Amicus Brief, Restoration of Rights to Ex Felons, etc. (“I signed on it because it was the right thing to do…If it was racist then that would mean I’m a racist, and I’m definitely not.”)
- Chris Jones: Assembly followed through on budget promises (The pathetic Republican budget is yet another reason to vote Democratic this November.)
- BREAKING: Arlington County Board Votes Unanimously to Approve Amazon HQ2 Economic Development Incentive Package
- Arlington County Board approves $23 million incentives package for Amazon
- Gordon C. Morse: Only pressure will improve military housing
- Chesterfield weighs update to its “blueprint” for growth, Comprehensive plan public hearing next week
- Cool through midweek with considerable sunshine; chance of a few snow showers tonight
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