by Lowell
Here are a few national and Virginia news stories, political and otherwise, for Sunday, March 10.
- China Pushes Against U.S. Trade Demands on Enforcement, Yuan
- Ethiopian Airlines flight bound for Nairobi crashes, all 157 on board killed
- How ISIS Is Rising in the Philippines as It Dwindles in the Middle East
- As Venezuela’s Blackout Drags On, Protesters Fill The Streets Of Caracas
- Exclusive: In budget, Trump to ask Congress for $8.6 billion for border wall (Hell no.)
- Trump fires back at ‘Wacky Nut Job’ Ann Coulter (In other words, one wacky nut job fires back at another wacky nut job.)
- The 10 personas of Donald Trump in a single speech (The dude is bonkers.)
- The Real Horror of the Anti-Vaxxers (“This isn’t just a public health crisis. It’s a public sanity one.”)
- Iowa Poll: Not even in the race, Joe Biden leads herd of Democrats; Bernie Sanders close behind (Biden 27%, Sanders 25%, Warren 9%, Harris 7%, O’Rourke 5%, Booker 3%, Klobuchar 3%…TMac nowhere to be found.)
- Iowa poll: It’s Biden vs. Bernie (“The Des Moines Register/CNN/Mediacom survey asked Democrats likely to take part in Iowa’s 2020 caucuses who their top choice for president would be.”)
- ‘It’s a bit much’: Beto drags out his 2020 tease at South by Southwest (“The Texas Democrat confirmed more than a week ago that he’d made his decision on a potential run for president. He just won’t say what it is.”)
- Warren struggles to gain traction amid Sanders surge
- Bernie Sanders-Style Politics Are Defining 2020 Race, Unnerving Moderates
- As Possible Rivals Pass On 2020 Race, Biden May See A Path Clearing
- Ocasio-Cortez Blasts Capitalism as an ‘Irredeemable’ System (“First-term Democrat says people and environment paying price”)
- A look back at Clinton’s impeachment reveals the GOP’s searing hypocrisy
- California lawmakers mull ways to make police liable for deaths like Stephon Clark’s
- Trump to propose massive renewable energy cuts, something Republicans don’t even want (It’s D.O.A., but shows you how insane trump is. In fact, we should be massively INCREASING renewable energy R&D.)
- Why a Lot of 2020 Democrats Are Nervous About the Mueller Report
- Ilhan Omar Backtracks After Saying Obama “Got Away with Murder”
- Yes, Trump is undignified. Demagogues have to be. (Mike Signer: “He uses vulgarity to signal whose side he’s on. It worked for Hugo Chávez, and Cleon, too.”)
- Microplastic Pollution Is Absolutely Everywhere (“In our rivers, our highest mountains and our deepest oceans.” Plastics are used in a gazillion things, but also are very environmentally damaging. Not a good combo at all.)
- 75 Percent of Republicans Say White Americans Are Discriminated Against (“Democrats say, not so much”)
- Kentucky Teen To Sue CNN Over Coverage Of Confrontation With Native American Activist (What a joke.)
- R. Kelly’s interview with Gayle King gets the ‘SNL’ treatment
- Founder of Alleged Rub-and-Tug Spa Now Sells Access to Trump (“The woman who founded the Florida spa where police allege Patriots owner and Trump friend Robert Kraft solicited prostitution sold access to the president, raising yet another red flag about access and influence to Trump and his advisers by way of his family businesses.” As always, just imagine the right-wing reaction if Obama had done this.)
- Good News for Democrats: Judge Roy Moore Mulling Another Senate Race in Alabama
- Facebook Post on Ilhan Omar, Anti-Semitism, Islamophobia, the Right Wing, Zionism, Progressive Jews, etc. Hits the Nail on the Head
- Let’s talk about transparency (“Sunshine Week, March 10-16, celebrates your right to know about government decisions and officials’ deliberations. The laws protecting the public’s right to see records and attend meetings are vital tools for journalists and citizens alike.”)
- Reed: Governor Northam must do more than apologize (“The governor presides over a state that is doing things to African-Americans much worse than wearing blackface.”)
- Top Virginia Politicos Twitter Followers: Help “Crowdsource” This
- Gov. Northam Names Three New Members (Bob Brink, Jamilah LeCruise, John O’Bannon) to State Board of Elections
- In 2019, Let’s Fight for Every Inch of the Commonwealth
- Virginia’s next state park: a waterfront swath near the former home of Pocahontas
- Gordon C. Morse: Odd session produced uneven budget deal
- Black students are suspended more often than their white peers in Newport News. A task force is working to solve the problem.
- Opinion/Editorial: City, county should go easy on taxes
- CNU Final Four-bound after 79-70 win over Williams College (Congrats especially to my nephew, who is an Assistant Coach on this team.)
- Sweet spring warmth this afternoon, with an extra hour to enjoy it
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