by Lowell
Here are a few national and Virginia news headlines, political and otherwise, for Friday, May 10.
- U.S.-China Trade War Worsens, but Investors Bet on a Deal
- U.S. escalates trade war amid negotiations, China says will hit back
- U.S. doubles tariffs on $200 billion of Chinese imports, escalating trade war (“Negotiators met into the evening but failed to avert a tariff hike that took effect just after midnight. The two sides have agreed to continue negotiations today.” Crazy.)
- Trump and Kim battled subordinates ahead of spike in tensions
- The Aspiring Autocrat President* Is Making Big Moves This Week (“He made trouble down in the Florida Panhandle and started shoving the free press out the door of the White House.”)
- Judge fast-tracks fight over congressional subpoena of Trump financial records
- The President* Is Flailing About as People He Doesn’t Want to Testify Are Getting Closer to It (“Today we learned that John Kerry is a criminal, Bob Mueller is a sellout, and Junior is a good guy—according to Donald Trump, anyway.”)
- Are We in a Constitutional Crisis? (“This is how democracy ends: not with a bang, but with a long and technical debate over whether we’re using the right words.”)
- Is This the Official Trump Constitutional Crisis? (“Washington has been bracing for a full-blown confrontation since day one of this Presidency.”)
- Burr holds firm despite GOP anger over Don Jr. subpoena
- Decision to subpoena Donald Trump Jr. sets off a Republican firefight
- Trump says John Kerry ‘should be prosecuted’ for meetings with Iranian officials (WTF???)
- Trump’s rambling, deceptive Q&A with reporters, annotated
- 6 of the wildest moments from Donald Trump’s off-the-wall press conference
- Democrats weigh new impeachment rationale: Gathering evidence (“Judges have repeatedly ruled that Congress has a greater claim to sensitive documents when it can point to an ongoing legal matter, like impeachment.”)
- Pelosi’s Trump impeachment approach is coming together (“Analysis: The president’s recent actions have helped Pelosi start to resolve the conflicts in her caucus — and unite them around a deliberate, relentless investigative approach.”)
- Americans’ support for impeaching Trump rises: Reuters/Ipsos poll
- The Anti-Abortion Nuts Are Playing for Keeps This Time Around (“In Alabama and Georgia and Ohio, Republicans are trying to sneak some Bible-thumping insanity through the state legislatures.”)
- Warner: ‘If this becomes an only one-party struggle, then I screwed up.’
- Constitutional Collision Course (“Is President Trump daring the Democrats to impeach him?”)
- It turns out Trump’s business success was a media-made myth
- The Hidden Subsidy of Fossil Fuels (“A new report says that the world subsidized fossil fuels by $5.2 trillion in just one year. But that calculation is less tidy than it seems.”)
- Trump Is Terrible for Rural America (“His biggest supporters are his biggest victims.”)
- Giuliani Plans Ukraine Trip to Push for Inquiries That Could Help Trump
- GOP Senate majority isn’t even pretending to legislate (“All of those legislative promises Republican Senate candidates made in 2018 — forget them.”)
- Chelsea Manning released from jail after refusing to testify before grand jury
- Return of the Macker? (“Terry McAuliffe bowed out of the presidential race. But Democrats back in his home state think he’s planning a sequel as Virginia governor…a half-dozen people close to him told POLITICO he’s seriously considering it. And Democrats in Richmond are operating as though it’s a done deal.”)
- Every Virginia Dem Member of Congress Votes to Protect Americans with Pre-existing Conditions; Every Republican Votes Against
- 183 Republicans vote against bill to protect people with pre-existing conditions
- Supposedly State-Regulated Dominion Energy Just Wildly, Blatantly LYING Now…in Paid Advertising
- Editorial: Judiciary oversight essential to Virginia
- Democrats nominate David Zilles for House race in Lynchburg, Bedford, Amherst
- How does the budget change Virginia’s school counselor ratio?
- Wyatt campaign appeals panel’s vote to pick nominee in June 1 firehouse primary
- Snakes are popping up across Virginia – but here’s why killing them is illegal
- Governor Northam Announces The Hershey Company to Invest $104 Million in Augusta County
- FWIW Virginia: Trouble in Prince William County
- Yup, the Prince William Right-Wing Trash Blog Has Attacked Me Already.
- A Letter from PWC Sheriff Candidate Josh King
- Deadly Hampton Roads crime spree was like “terrorism,” judge says as leader gets life in prison
- Children’s entertainer ‘Mr. Knick Knack’ charged in child pornography case
- A shower possible tonight into morning, with storms a risk later Friday
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