by Lowell
Here are a few national and Virginia news headlines, political and otherwise, for Tuesday, March 19.
- Brexit in disarray after House speaker moves to block third vote on deal
- U.K. at ‘Moment of Crisis,’ Brexit Secretary Says
- Ardern says she will never speak name of Christchurch suspect (“New Zealand leader calls on public to speak names of mosque attack victims instead”)
- 74 Nebraska cities issue emergency declarations amid historic floods that killed 4 and displaced hundreds
- Ross’s census sabotage was ‘arbitrary,’ ‘capricious’ and ‘cynical,’ says a federal judge
- On the campaign trail, climate change can no longer be ignored
- Colorado joins effort to elect presidents by popular vote, go around Electoral College (“Colorado is the latest state to join a group pledging to elect presidents based on who wins the national popular vote”)
- Stomach Of Dead Whale Contained ‘Nothing But Nonstop Plastic’ (This plastic pollution problem is a disaster. We’ve got to deal with it, along with all the other damage we are doing to the environment and to all creatures that live on earth.)
- Don’t believe right-wing media when they say the Green New Deal would cost $93 trillion (Completely bogus.)
- The Boeing 737 Max Story Shows That Deregulation Is Dangerous (“The FAA has handed an increasing amount of authority over to Boeing to certify the safety of its own planes.”)
- Fox’s Jeanine Pirro suggested that Rep. Ilhan Omar and Rep. Rashida Tlaib are representing other countries in Congress (“The day before Pirro’s anti-Muslim hijab remarks on Fox News, the host used her Fox Nation program to accuse Reps. Omar and Tlaib of dual loyalty” Why is this crazy lady allowed on the boob tube?)
- The March of White Supremacy, From Oklahoma City to Christchurch (“As we struggle against the forces behind decades of violence, we must remember that we aren’t fighting with strangers.”)
- George Conway, husband of Trump advisor Kellyanne Conway, has an urgent warning about the president’s mental health
- Report: Trump Repeatedly Inflated His Net Worth in Deals With Deutsche Bank
- A Mar-a-Lago Weekend and an Act of God: Trump’s History With Deutsche Bank
- Experts push back on Trump-touted poll that shows 50% of Americans calling Mueller probe a ‘witch hunt’ (“this question violates three basic principles of questionnaire design”)
- Rep. Nunes Sues Twitter and Individual Users, Including @DevinNunesMom, for Defamation (“The super Trumpy ranking member on the House Intelligence Committee is seeking $250 million in compensatory damages and $350,000 in punitive damages. The suit also targets a handful of individual Twitter users, including @DevinNunesMom, ‘Devin Nunes’ Cow’ or @DevinCow, and Republican consultant Liz Mair, who worked with the anti-Trump dark money group the Swamp Accountability Project, which also took aim at Nunes online.” Uh huh.)
- The White House Still Can’t Get the President’s Tweeting Under Control (“His tweetstorm over the last 72 hours suggests voters can expect many more Twitter tirades as legal and political pressures mount.”)
- ‘Be Weak & Die!’ Seeking Clues Behind Trump’s Weekend Twitter Barrage
- Trump Spirals Online as His Presidency Reaches a Crisis Point
- Democrats target massage parlor proprietor linked to Trump
- Warren calls for scrapping U.S. electoral college in 2020 televised town hall
- Five takeaways from Elizabeth Warren’s CNN town hall
- The Beto vs. Biden Cage Match: Who Can Convince Voters They Are Obama’s True Heir?
- Amy Klobuchar Runs On A Record Of Accomplishments — Including With Republicans
- Democrat Beto O’Rourke raises $6.1 million during first 24 hours as a 2020 presidential candidate (“It is the largest initial fundraising haul for any Democratic Party contender who has disclosed figures to date”)
- Andrew Yang, Upstart Democratic Presidential Candidate, Comes Out Against Circumcision (Seriously?)
- Alan Krueger Led a Quiet Economics Revolution (“The Princeton professor, who died over the weekend, upended the field by relying on data instead of airy theory.”)
- Donna Brazile and Fox News are a bad pairing in the Trump era (“Longtime Democratic operative and liberal commentator Donna Brazile signs on with the Trump-loving network in the wake of numerous scandals.”)
- Warner & Kaine Introduce Bipartisan Bill to Improve Veterans’ Access To Mental Health Care
- Senator Tim Kaine visits Danville, talks healthcare
- The Cauterized Virginia Way (“Virginia’s ruling class invented a state religion called ‘the Virginia Way’ in order to control the population…If everything is great, then why change”)
- AG Mark Herring Statement on SCOTUS Arguments in Redistricting Case
- Argument analysis: Justices divided in Virginia racial-gerrymandering case (“After roughly an hour of debate today, it seemed quite possible, although not certain, that the justices would reject the racial-gerrymandering challenge and uphold the map.”)
- U.S. Supreme Court weighs arguments in Virginia’s redistricting case
- Supreme Court divided over Virginia redistricting case and question of racial discrimination (“Several justices wondered whether the case was properly before the Supreme Court. One seemed to want a delay that would effectively leave the current map in place for this fall’s election. Another said any gerrymandering by the state’s then dominant Republicans might have been a reaction to a fear of getting ‘hammered’ by the Democrats for not creating minority districts.”)
- Editorial: Housing ills reflect broken bargain with troops
- Congresswoman Elaine Luria holds first town hall in Virginia Beach
- Hours After Dick Saslaw Says It Would Be Crazy, Suicidal for Dems to Disown Dominion $$$, His Close Ally Barbara Favola…Disowns Dominion $$$
- New school of thought toward discipline
- Four years ago, a woman was left stranded in her independent living apartment for days. Should the state provide more oversight?
- A. E. Dick Howard column: Redistricting Commission amendment is a landmark, but work remains to put it in the Virginia Constitution
- Health study ranks Richmond in bottom quarter of Virginia localities; Petersburg remains last
- Chesterfield police chief recommends officer be fired after alleged link to white supremacist group
- Rep. Ben Cline tours higher education institutions with eye on affordability
- Virginia Del. Chris Hurst Urges Immediate “Stop Work Order…Until Pending Litigation Can Be Resolved” on Mountain Valley Pipeline
- Comment closes Wednesday on permit for giant new natural gas power plant in Charles City
- First black woman to lead a municipal police force in Virginia abruptly resigns in Portsmouth
- Portsmouth police chief resigns suddenly, with no explanation
- Burk Makes Push for Council Office Space
- Richmond School Board punts on Young resolution on Stoney’s tax increase proposal
- Cool and dry through tomorrow, showers possible tomorrow night and Thursday
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