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by Lowell
Here are a few national and Virginia news headlines, political and otherwise, for Thursday, April 18.
- North Korea Tells Trump: We Don’t Want to Talk to ‘Immature’ Mike Pompeo Anymore
- North Korea Announces Testing Of New ‘Tactical Guided Weapon’ (Wait, isn’t that Trump’s BFF?)
- Trump Has Set Himself Up for Disaster If He’s Wrong About Mueller (“The president is counting on the report to exonerate him—and William Barr to redact anything problematic. What if he’s wrong?”)
- Release of long-awaited Mueller report on Russia a watershed moment for Trump
- Mueller Day: What to Look For When His Redacted Report Is Out (“Grand jury testimony and other information to be withheld”)
- ‘Keep your mouth shut’: Dems erupt over Barr’s Mueller report rollout (“Lawmakers are accusing the attorney general of trying to spin Mueller’s findings.”)
- Barr’s redactions on the Mueller report don’t deserve the benefit of the doubt
- Pelosi, Schumer Call For Special Counsel Mueller to Provide Public Testimony In House And Senate (“Attorney General Barr’s regrettably partisan handling of the Mueller report, including his slanted March 24th summary letter, his irresponsible testimony before Congress last week, and his indefensible plan to spin the report in a press conference later this morning — hours before he allows the public or Congress to see it — have resulted in a crisis of confidence in his independence and impartiality. We believe the only way to begin restoring public trust in the handling of the Special Counsel’s investigation is for Special Counsel Mueller himself to provide public testimony in the House and Senate as soon as possible. The American people deserve to hear the truth.”)
- Democrats blast timing of Mueller report release: ‘What are they trying to hide?’ (“The document will be provided to lawmakers only after a press conference about it by Attorney General William Barr.”)
- White House and Justice Dept. Officials Discussed Mueller Report Before Release
- Mueller report will be lightly redacted, revealing detailed look at obstruction of justice investigation (“We’ll see what “lightly” means, exactly.)
- There’s a fatal flaw baked into the bombshell WaPo report on Barr’s redactions (“The entire piece is a pre-pre-spin to Barr’s pre-spin presser tomorrow”)
- Key members of Congress will get more complete version of the Mueller report than the public, prosecutors tell judge
- Look for References to Michael Flynn in the Mueller Report to See How Much William Barr Has Redacted
- Justice Department Reportedly Has Already Tipped Off Trump’s Lawyers to Mueller Report Conclusions
- William Barr Has Trashed His Own Justice Department to Try to Save Trump
- The Mueller Encyclopedia Who’s who and what’s what in the Russia investigation.
- Five Reasons Why Republicans Won’t Abandon Trump Like They Ditched Nixon
- The Mueller Report is the Tip of a Big, Slimy, Trump-Shaped Iceberg (“Even after Bill Barr has performed his sycophantic redactions, we’ll have a report that will tell us a lot—but will still only scratch the surface.”)
- MSNBC’s Morning Joe drops the hammer on Bill Barr as ‘unfit’ — and challenges Dems to do something about him
- The White House Reportedly Knows Details About the Mueller Report Ahead of Its Release—And Democrats Are Pissed
- AG Barr Orders Immigration Judges To Stop Releasing Asylum-Seekers On Bail (Yeah, Barr is Trump’s guy alright. Disgusting.)
- An Inside Job at Interior (“The new secretary, David Bernhardt, is under investigation on complaints that, as deputy, he used his office to advance the interests of former lobbying clients.”)
- House Democrats Call For Barr To Cancel Mueller Report News Conference (“Committee chairs slammed the attorney general for planning an ‘unnecessary’ press conference before the Mueller report’s release to Congress.”)
- A Case for a Market-Driven Green New Deal (“Any serious energy transformation will need to harness America’s powerful and creative economic engine.”)
- Secrecy, Self-Dealing, and Greed at the N.R.A. (“The organization’s leadership is focussed on external threats, but the real crisis may be internal.”)
- Scientists Partly Restore Activity in Dead-Pig Brains (“Now what?”)
- United States classed as ‘problematic’ place for journalists to work (“Romania, Chile and Botswana outrank US in World Press Freedom Index”)
- Facebook teams with rightwing Daily Caller in factchecking program(“Site co-founded by Fox News host Tucker Carlson has promoted misinformation and is known for pro-Trump content” WTF???)
- Rising Democratic star Pete Buttigieg enlists Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton fundraisers to build his 2020 campaign war chest
- O’Rourke sweeps through Virginia looking to energize campaign
- Beto O’Rourke, in Virginia, urges scandal-weary Democrats to focus on elections (Agreed, FOCUS!)
- Video, Photos: Beto O’Rourke Continues Barnstorm of Virginia
- Ex-Virginia governor Terry McAuliffe will not run for White House in 2020
- I Agree with Sen. Louise Lucas: TMac Should Focus on Virginia, NOT Run for President [UPDATE: He’s NOT Running]
- Virginia high court speaks out on legal absurdities
- Cleaner Chesapeake Bay must be a common goal (“Gov. Ralph Northam shouldn’t give farmers a pass when it comes to Chesapeake Bay restoration”)
- How will 627,000 drivers with suspended licenses get their privileges back under new law? Automatically
- Despite Massive Dropoff in Northam/Fairfax/Herring Fundraising, Virginia Dems Closing the Money Gap
- On 12-Year Anniversary of Virginia Tech Shootings, Hard-Core Pro-Gun Group Releases Its 2019 Virginia Legislative Scorecard (Read these scores in reverse order to figure out who’s best and who’s worst.)
- VA House Democratic Leader Eileen Filler-Corn Launches “Energized for Change” PAC
- Janet Eddy column: Northam must forward to improve health and away from the pollutants of the past (“On April 19, Virginia’s Air Pollution Control Board will vote on final regulations that would limit carbon pollution from power plants and allow the commonwealth to participate in a regional climate compact known as the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative (RGGI). With this action, Virginia would become the first Southern state to take a climate action of this magnitude.” Do it already!)
- Terry Kilgore and George Jamerson column: Virginians Must Reject Regulations That Will Be Disruptive and Destructive to Economic Prosperity (Ee gads, I knew Terry Kilgore was a coal industry puppet, but now he’s teaming up with the climate science deniers at the crazy “Heartland Institute?” My god, Democrats *really* need to take control of the House of Delegates from these wackos.)
- Michael Town: Regional initiative offers climate hope
- Doucette: Governor should sign overdose death bill
- Editorial: Virginia ranks fifth in senior scams
- Antares blasts off on new mission to International Space Station
- Rep. Gerry Connolly Urges Fairfax County NOT to Destroy Blake Lane Park, “home to a wide variety of wildlife”
- Editorial: Filling vacancy challenges council (“WHEN VIRGINIA BEACH voters went to the polls in November, they ousted Beach District Councilman John Uhrin from the seat he held for 12 years.”)
- Richmond Public Schools set to change principals at 10 schools
- Much warmer today before a stormy deluge Friday
