by Lowell
Here are a few national and Virginia news headlines, political and otherwise, for Saturday, April 6.
“The thing about tax returns, is you can’t call them snitches, you can’t call them rats and you can’t give them a pardon”
Fmr prosecutor @rossi4va on Dems requesting Trump taxes pic.twitter.com/9eLUkXoFkR
— TheBeat w/Ari Melber (@TheBeatWithAri) April 5, 2019
- Tory MP says joining in EU elections would be ‘existential threat’ to party
- Israel’s Netanyahu, a political Houdini, is facing his toughest escape act yet
- Trump administration to designate Iran’s Revolutionary Guards a terror group – report (“Move would mark the first time the US has labelled a branch of the armed forces of a foreign government as a terrorist organisation”)
- Where the hell is Rod Rosenstein?
- DOJ says lawsuit seeking Mueller report shouldn’t ‘circumvent this orderly process’ of Barr’s planned release
- Trump lawyers issue letter fighting tax return request
- Here’s how the battle for Trump’s tax returns could play out (“It may reach the Supreme Court.”)
- Senate Republicans can’t explain why they keep blocking a resolution calling for the release of the Mueller report (“Their unspoken reasoning: They’re doing it to protect Trump.”)
- ‘Our country is full’: Trump claims emergency during border visit (“President blends fact and fiction as he warns of overburdened immigration system in Calexico, California” Actually, something is full…Trump, full of shit.)
- Trump’s right that there’s a border crisis. But he’s making it worse. (“Analysis: The president’s moves are encouraging more Central Americans to try to reach the U.S.”)
- In one week, 4 major Trump-policy spins and flips
- 3 Black Churches Have Burned in 10 Days in a Single Louisiana Parish (WTF?)
- Trump: You Wanna Talk About Inappropriate Touching, I’m Your Guy (“President ‘grab ’em by the pussy’ tells reporters he’s the right person to admonish Joe Biden for being too handsy with women.”)
- Donald Trump Is Having a Full-Blown Meltdown Over Joe Biden (“‘I don’t see Joe Biden as a threat,’ Trump insisted Friday, in the surest sign yet that he does, in fact, see Biden as a threat.”)
- Obama Isn’t Breaking His Silence to Defend Joe Biden (“The president ‘thinks the world’ of Biden, but while other Democrats have voiced their support, Obama is staying mum. ‘Joe Biden would be the first to tell you that he’ll have to earn the nomination on his own.'”)
- O’Rourke Bets on Obama-Like ‘Hope’ Amid Democrats’ Fury at Trump
- With the most diverse presidential field ever, black voters ponder the best odds against Trump (Smart)
- Trump, Trying to Put Fed Under His Thumb, Urges Rate Cut and Stimulus (“President Trump said the Fed should do more to spur the economy amid one of the longest economic expansions in United States history. His comments coincide with his efforts to install allies at the Fed as he heads into a re-election campaign.”)
- Unbowed by tough week, Biden forges forward on potential White House bid (“A week that started with the former vice president dealing with a mini-crisis ended with him even closer to declaring his candidacy.”)
- Joe Biden Jokes About Hugging in a Speech, Then Offers a Mixed Apology
- Biden: ‘I’m not sorry for anything that I have ever done’
- Joe Biden Is Betting The Democratic Party Hasn’t Changed (“As many on the left expressed disgust over the former vice president’s joke, a union crowd ate it up.”)
- Joe Biden Joked About Touching Women. He Is Never Going to Get It. (“It’s time for Joe Biden to decide not to run for president.”)
- Boeing to Cut Back 737 MAX Production (“The aerospace giant will cut production of its 737 MAX by a fifth and appointed a special board committee to examine its development of new planes, as the impact from two crashes of its best-selling jetliner deepens.”)
- The latest jobs report shows why it’s still a workers’ labor market (“Even as the economy slows, companies are still hiring rapidly.” Thanks Obama!)
- Inside Megyn Kelly’s 2020 Campaign—for a New Job in Right-Wing Media (“Megyn Kelly’s antipathy towards Donald Trump may torpedo a return to right wing media—while the NBC ‘blackface’ controversy may prevent her from rejoining the media mainstream.”)
- Laura Ingraham says Martin Luther King Jr. would disagree with Democrats protesting Trump (Hahahahaha.)
- Why No One Seems to Be Talking About Tim Kaine Anymore (“I don’t aspire to be a celebrity senator.”)
- Warner reintroduces legislation to prevent horse soring (This should definitely be considered animal abuse…and a crime.)
- Editorial: So what happens with Fairfax? (“…we have a statewide elected official accused of crimes but no prospect of resolving those allegations…The reality is that there’s not really a mechanism, short of a court case, to resolve these allegations — unless Hope wants to bring back his impeachment resolution. The legislature, though, has finished its work for the year. That means this: Every General Assembly candidate this fall ought to be asked what they think should be done.”)
- Law firm investigation into Ralph Northam’s racist yearbook photo due to be completed this month
- AG Mark Herring Files Motion to Block Trump’s Unlawful Diversion of $1.6 Billion for Border Wall
- Tucker Carlson and Fredy Burgos Show the Deep, Glaring Insecurities of Right-Wing Men
- Schapiro: Northam and the art of mismanaging a crisis (As always, behind a strict paywall.)
- The value of gifts to legislators rose in 2018 for the first time since the McDonnell scandal
- Draft bay plan calls for ‘accelerated’ action on cutting pollution (“Gov. Ralph Northam’s administration has released a draft of a new Chesapeake Bay restoration plan along with a commitment for Virginia to achieve its pollution reduction goals by 2025.”)
- Video: No Mountain Valley Pipeline – From a Grandfather’s Heart (Scott Ziemer)
- Williams: Portland, Ore., shares Richmond’s history of black residential displacement. Here’s what we can learn from them.
- Here’s your guide to June primary elections to watch in Virginia
- The 757 won’t just be the 757 any more: A second area code is coming.
- Arlington, Prince William, and Fauquier Counties join the fight against opioid industry in Virginia
- Virginia law allows people to legally be declared a drunk. Two-thirds are in Virginia Beach.
- Sailor injured, gunman dead in “domestic” shooting at Virginia naval base
- “There’s no replacement for Nordstrom”: Shoppers mourn the loss of luxury store in Norfolk’s MacArthur Center
- Saturday’s Final Four: Speedy Auburn about to run into UVA’s brick wall defense; which side will yield?
- Pleasant this weekend, and turning warmer into early week
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