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by Lowell
Here are a few national and Virginia news headlines, political and otherwise, for Friday, April 5.
- Theresa May Asks E.U. for Brexit Extension Until June 30
- May Seeks New Brexit Delay, Setting Up a Fight With EU (“Request comes as Tusk said to push for one-year extension”)
- China Hails ‘New Consensus’ on Trade as Trump Talks Up Unfinished Deal
- What We’re Learning From the Mueller Investigation Leaks (“The special counsel’s team is breaking its silence, suggesting Attorney General William Barr slanted the truth on Trump, and that Mueller’s final report contains damning details”)
- Donald Trump Is Trying to Kill You (“Trust the pork producers; fear the wind turbines.” Trump is utterly corrupt and evil, as is his entire administration.)
- William Barr Seems to Be Covering Up Something Bad for Trump
- Ethiopian Crash Report Casts Doubt on Boeing’s Claims of 737 Max Safety (“The findings suggest that the pilots of the Ethiopian Airlines flight followed procedures that Boeing insisted were sufficient after a new anti-stall system malfunctioned. But they could not regain control. The initial evidence adds to the scrutiny over Boeing’s and regulators’ response to two deadly crashes of the same jet model.”)
- Barr invited to meet DoJ officials on day he submitted memo critical of Mueller (“Revealed: The attorney general, then a private lawyer, called the special counsel’s obstruction of justice inquiry into Trump ‘fatally misconceived’”)
- Cohen says he has 14 million files of “significant value” in bid for lighter sentence
- In New Documents, Cohen Says Trump “Instructed” Him To Lie (“In a memo submitted to Congress, the president’s former lawyer asks for time to help congressional investigators review new evidence.”)
- Trump Ignores Own History in Taking a Jab at Biden (Trump, shameless as always. Plus, what Biden did isn’t even *close* to Trump’s history of sexual predation.)
- The Institutions of Our Republic Are Finally Pushing Back on This Renegade Presidency* (“The House of Representatives has thrown down the gauntlet.”)
- Trump backs off threat to close border, capping a week of retreats
- Trump thinks auto tariffs against Mexico will solve border ‘crisis’ (“If the president really believes the U.S. is being ‘invaded’ by ‘gang members,’ a tariff sure is a weird way to respond.”)
- 157 Republicans Just Opposed Renewing The Violence Against Women Act (From Virginia, that includes the atrocious Republicans Denver Riggleman, Ben Cline, Morgan Griffith and Rob Wittman. All of them richly deserve to lose in 2020.)
- Virginia House delegation splits on party lines on revamped Violence Against Women Act
- Scoop: Trump expected to name Herman Cain to Federal Reserve board (No-No-No to Mr. 9-9-9)
- Herman Cain’s pro-Trump PAC attacked 12 GOP senators as “traitors” for emergency declaration vote
- Rand Paul blocks resolution calling for release of Mueller report (Yep, Kentucky has the honor of having elected two of the worst humans in America to the U.S. Senate.)
- Trump on Barbara Bush: She Should Be ‘Nasty to Me … Look What I Did to Her Sons’ (Trump, attacking dead people, part…losing track.)
- There’s No ‘Brain Trust’: Post-Barr, Trump Is Waking Up to a World of Pain (“The prospect of damaging Mueller revelations is alarming advisers who worry the president’s 2020 campaign is in ‘disarray’ as Parscale falters and Don Jr. and Jared Kushner jockey for control.”)
- Locking Immigrants in ‘Camps’ Is the New American Normal
- Facebook’s Ad Algorithm Is a Fully Functional Racism Machine
- Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez Has at Least 3 Reasons to Completely Ignore Paul Ryan (“The zombie-eyed granny starver is not just politically sunk—he’s a massive hypocrite.”)
- Even Stacey Abrams Is Defending Joe Biden (“The Georgia Democrat distanced herself from rumors that she could join a Biden ticket. But she says the potential 2020 candidate’s heart is in the right place.”)
- House Democrats explain why it’s taken 3 months to authorize subpoenas into Trump
- Poll: Americans give social media a clear thumbs-down (“57 percent of Americans say they agree with the statement that social media sites like Facebook and Twitter do more to divide the country, while 35 percent think they do more to bring the nation together.”)
- Ecuador to Expel Assange Within ‘Hours to Days,’ WikiLeaks Says (What amazes me is anyone on the left who ever idolized this scumbag.)
- Jeff Bezos divorce leaves world’s richest man with 75% of couple’s Amazon stock (“MacKenzie Bezos receives estimated $36bn but relinquishes interests in Washington Post and rocket company Blue Origin”)
- Video: Sen. Mark Warner Says “Mueller’s report must be released to Congress and the American people”
- ‘Dozens’ of Whistle-Blowers Are Secretly Cooperating With House Democrats (“The number of anonymous tipsters reporting wrongdoing from inside the federal government has spiked during the Trump presidency, the House Oversight Committee says.”)
- Why are Democratic presidential candidates throwing Fox News a lifeline? (“Everyone knows that Fox News is a right-wing propaganda machine that feeds its audience a toxic slurry of despicable bigotry, paranoid conspiracy theories, and blatant disinformation, all in the service of President Donald Trump and the network’s own profits…Democrats argue that they need to go on Fox to reach voters who might not otherwise hear their message. But the candidate’s time is the most valuable commodity a political campaign possesses, and using it to try to win over people who would otherwise be tuning in to the likes of Sean Hannity strikes me as a poor decision.” Agreed 100%. Dems should absolutely *not* be going on Fox or other far-right outlets.)
- Here’s How Badly the Mainstream Media Has Been Covering Climate Change (“And Fox News is even worse.” The media is massively failing what is arguably the biggest story in human history.)
- Women in Virginia leadership recognized by Kaine, Warner
- Exclusive: Vice-Chair of Senate Intelligence Committee talks Mar-a-Lago security (“Democrat Senator Mark Warner of Virginia, told us he wants an investigation into how Zhang made it onto the grounds of the Winter White House in the first place.”)
- Sen. Mark Warner Inducted into 2019 Wash100 for Focusing on National Security and Implementing Cybersecurity Measures
- Despite Multiple Scandals, Top Virginia Officials Aren’t Going Anywhere Soon (“In the months-long campaign ahead, Democrats will try to move beyond the embarrassment that consumed the Capitol and focus on trying to take back one or both legislative chambers.”)
- Virginia Lt. Gov. Justin Fairfax Claims a Polygraph Test Proves He Didn’t Commit Sexual Assault. That’s Bullshit. (“The exams are notoriously unreliable in proving criminal conduct. They may be even worse in cases of sexual misconduct.”)
- You Want to Do What?!? Becoming a Dentist, Running for Virginia House of Delegates
- Putting The Power In the Hands of the People In Local Communities, Where It Belongs
- Gov. Ralph Northam, in Roanoke, hails agritourism as force for revitalization (It’s interesting, Northam’s venturing out more and more. We’ll see if he goes back to doing the “Ask the Governor” radio circuit.)
- Virginia needs a green new deal before it’s too late (Excellent job on this op-ed by Del. Ibraheem Samirah.)
- Video: Virginia Student Environmental Coalition Confronts Dominion CEO Tom Farrell at University of Richmond
- After 212 days, tree-sitters are still standing against the Mountain Valley Pipeline
- Will Amazon’s effect on Northern Virginia housing be as feared — or hoped for? (“Some worry about being priced out; others aim to profit from if demand for homes soars.”)
- This Coming Tuesday, Prince William County Could Elect First African-American to the County Board In Its “nearly three-hundred year history.” Don’t Let Corey Stewart Republicans Stop That!
- Budget error in move to halt license suspensions for unpaid fees will require further fix next year
- Qadaffi, Cooper and Wentz column: Mayor Stoney’s budget proposal addresses RVA’s historic inequities
- Richard J. Meagher column: What happened to the education compact?
- Richmond chief: Officer who yelled at students outside school faces discipline, remedial training
- Dead rabbits, bad conditions found at Va. pet shop, Humane Society report says (Disgraceful.)
- City Farm park advocates ask students to imagine future of former jail site in contest
- Richmond region remains the only major metro area without any dedicated transportation funding
- Loudoun supervisors approve $3.2B budget for fiscal ’20
- Ex-Chesapeake sheriff’s deputy pleads guilty to smuggling heroin, e-cigarettes into city jail
- Froggatt announces departure, Midkiff announces candidacy
- Cool and damp today, then a warmer weekend with slightly brighter skies
