by Lowell
Here are a few national and Virginia news headlines, political and otherwise, for Saturday, May 25.
- Britain on the Brink of Boris Johnson and Chaos (“Theresa May exits but the Brexit impasse will endure for the simple reason it makes no sense.”)
- What happens next with Brexit, now that Theresa May is resigning?
- Theresa May Had One Job — Brexit. She Failed. (“In her defense, she had plenty of help.”)
- Analysis: Will May’s departure fix British politics? Don’t bet on it.
- Trump arrives in Japan to kick off 4-day state visit
- Trump bypasses Congress to push through arms sales to Saudis, UAE (“Lawmakers from both parties criticized the move, with Democrats calling it an abuse of presidential power.”)
- One of the largest environmental protests ever is underway. It’s led by children. (“Kids are fed up with grown-ups’ inaction on climate change.”)
- U.S. troop move to Middle East dangerous for international peace: Iran’s Zarif
- Markets Show They’re Finally Waking Up to Global Wall of Worry
- Why Would Any Country Trust America Again? (“Thanks to Trump, any agreement made with a U.S. president is likely to be broken by the next one.”)
- U.S. Supreme Court blocks redrawing of Ohio, Michigan electoral maps (“The Supreme Court on Friday blocked lower court rulings ordering Republican legislators in Michigan and Ohio to redraw U.S. congressional maps ahead of the 2020 elections, dealing a blow to Democrats who had argued that the electoral districts were intended to unlawfully diminish their political clout.”)
- Democrats in Congress are getting things done. Trump and Republicans are just ignoring them. (“House Democrats are passing bills at a rapid pace, while Trump complains they’re ‘getting nothing done.'”)
- Trump’s Public Enemies List Is an Impeachable Offense
- The President* Is Acting in Pure Paranoia. There’s Nothing Funny About This. (“Trump is putting his own law enforcement apparatus and the free press on notice—do what I want or I will make your lives hell.”)
- Robert Mueller Needs to Testify in Front of the American People. Period. (“It’s too late to avoid a political spectacle. That ship sailed when he put responsibility in Congress’s hands.”)
- Potential Clash Over Secrets Looms Between Justice Dept. and C.I.A. (“The attorney general’s ability to declassify intelligence could put at risk a C.I.A. informant close to President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia. The concern about the source is one of several issues raised by President Trump’s decision to use the intelligence to pursue his enemies.”)
- How Does Obama Feel About Biden’s Candidacy? It’s Complicated.
- Five takeaways from Barr’s new powers in ‘spying’ probe
- Barr could politicize intelligence with review of Russia probe, officials fear
- Facebook acknowledges Pelosi video is faked but declines to delete it (“No requirement that posts be true, the social media company says”)
- Why it’s so alarming that Trump shared an edited video of Pelosi (“Social platforms can’t fix a president intent on deceiving the public.”)
- Laugh at Trump, Sure — But Also Watch What He’s Doing
- A Single Scandal Sums Up All of Trump’s Failures (“The president has been intervening in the process of producing a border wall, on behalf of a favored firm.”)
- Trump blames Federal Reserve for preventing economic growth (Moron.)
- Trump Tantrums the Dems Out of a Trap (“Build he won’t, and that’s a good thing.”)
- Nancy Pelosi frustrates Democratic activists on impeachment but party strategists like what she’s doing
- Federal judge temporarily blocks part of Trump’s plan to build border wall (“The judge said those challenging the president’s actions had a good chance of prevailing on their claims that the administration is acting illegally in shifting money from other programs to pay for the wall.”)
- Judge Blocks Trump Use Of Emergency Power To Build Border Barrier With Military Funds
- Senate GOP declares war on conservative troublemakers (“The party’s campaign arm vows to blackball any firm that works for a primary challenger against one of its incumbents.”)
- The President Implied the Former Director of the FBI Should Be Executed for Treason and Everyone Was Like, “Ha Ha, Classic Trump”
- Trump and Ben Carson: King and court jester of the kakistocracy (“Trump’s clownish HUD secretary is a perfect emblem of his incompetent misrule, but the disorder is much larger”)
- Inside Trump’s Air Force One: ‘It’s like being held captive’
- Trump just dismantled one of the last major protections keeping transgender people safe (“The war on trans people escalated this week with attacks on their access to shelter and health care.”)
- Alabama’s Abortion Ban Is Already Being Challenged in Court
- A Maui yoga instructor who vanished weeks ago after a hike has been found
- Citizenship and immigration services chief resigns
- In Shift, Trump Will Pick Kenneth Cuccinelli to Oversee Legal Immigration (“Kenneth T. Cuccinelli II, the immigration hard-liner who was expected to be President Trump’s pick to coordinate immigration policy, will instead be chosen to take over for the embattled official who has overseen the legal immigration system, according to two people briefed on the situation.” In no way, shape or form should “the Cooch” ever have any position in any government. He is utterly unfit to hold public office. Period.)
- Cuccinelli’s ‘xenophobia’ won’t be helpful, Kaine says
- Some at Va. Gov. Ralph Northam’s alma mater knew for years about racist yearbook photo (Truly astounding this never came out during any of Northam’s campaigns. Obviously, if this had come out in the 2013 Democratic LG primary, Aneesh Chopra would have defeated Northam. And if this had come out in the 2017 Democratic gubernatorial primary, Tom Perriello would have won.)
- EVMS President Says Governor Northam Welcome to Return as a Professor
- The image published on Northam’s page in our 1984 yearbook is abhorrent. We have work to do.
- Dominion needs to ramp up efficiency programs to hit mandate, advocates say
- Political Analysis 5/24/19: The Northam Investigation Ends, Warner Seeks to Punish Foreign Disclosure Failures, Cuccinelli Joins Trump Admin
- Democrats want to move on from Northam scandal that is giving GOP energy for fall election
- Changing the Conversation in the Commonwealth; Breaking the Stigma of Mental Illness
- Pipeline Greenwashing 101: We’re Rural, Not Stupid
- Exclusive Interview with Loudoun County Commonwealth’s Attorney Democratic Nominee Buta Biberaj: Part 1
- Metro should disclose the results of its inquiry into Jack Evans (“How a public official conducts himself is the public’s business.”)
- FOIA: How HD97 Became the Most Corrupt Process in RPV History (“There it is, ladies and gentlemen. A corrupt process fully gone rogue.”)
- Va. man sentenced to federal prison in connection with atrocities during Ethiopia’s ‘Red Terror’
- Sand widening project at Oceanfront will start during peak tourist season in Virginia Beach
- Comfortable conditions today before it turns hot and muggy Sunday
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