by Lowell
Here are a few national and Virginia news headlines, political and otherwise, for Sunday, May 19.
- Trump, China and trade: Who blinks first?
- ‘We have lost Australia for now,’ warns climate scientist in wake of election upset (“The unexpected victory of conservatives in Australia’s election is bad news for the future of global climate action.” Humans simply don’t appear capable, as a species, of doing what’s necessary to deal with this existential threat.)
- Australia Election Results: Prime Minister Scott Morrison Seizes a Stunning Win (More bad news in the world.)
- Austrian Leader Calls for Snap Election After Far-Right Vice Chancellor Resigns
- Trump’s sanctions on Iran are hitting Hezbollah, and it hurts
- How Europe’s ‘Identitarians’ are mainstreaming racism
- Assad just raised the stakes for catastrophe in Syria. Trump is silent. (“Considering the stakes, the response of the Trump administration has been remarkably muted.”)
- Europe’s far-right leaders unite with a vow to ‘change history’ (“Matteo Salvini and Marine Le Pen are joining with allies to create what may be the third-largest bloc in the European parliament”)
- Trump’s hardline advisers are weakening his position
- Trump May Be Preparing Pardons for Servicemen Accused of War Crimes (Morally wrong and very dangerous.)
- Trump Is on the Iron Throne, and American Democracy Is Dead (“It’s time for my Republican friends to bend the knee and embrace monarchy. Let your id be your guide, your past be a memory, and Trump be your King.”)
- Breaking With Party, G.O.P. Lawmaker Says Trump’s Conduct Reaches ‘Threshold of Impeachment’
- Biden flips between ‘unity’ and anti-Trump message at Philly kickoff (“The former vice president’s 2020 launch in Philadelphia, where he is opening his campaign HQ, highlighted ties to the state where he was born — and a state critical to the general election.”)
- Biden: The end of the beginning (“Saturday afternoon in Philadelphia, Biden held his last event of his rollout period, the really official kickoff…Biden is betting that the desperation to kick Trump out of the White House, his personal connection with voters, a bread-and-butter economic message and his perceived electability will lift him to the nomination. He’s going to continue to remind voters how horrible the incumbent president is — an implicit affirmation that the most important consideration for voters is which candidate is most likely to boot him out. Perhaps his campaign slogan should be: Win, baby, just win.”)
- Biden rejects Trump’s ‘clenched fist’ in appeal for Democratic and US unity
- Abortion Fight or Strong Economy? For G.O.P., Cultural Issues Undercut 2020 Message
- ‘SNL’: Alec Baldwin’s Trump sings Queen for the last cold open of the season
- ‘Saturday Night Live’ season closer mocks Trump with Queen song ‘Don’t Stop Me Now’ (“‘You can’t subpoena him, he’s going to obstruct,’ sang Aidy Bryant as White House press secretary Sarah Sanders.”)
- SNL: Drunk Jeanine Pirro Desperately Defends Trump, Terrorizes ‘Weekend Update’ Desk (“The Fox News host called Trump ‘the Michael Jordan of presidents and the Wesley Snipes of taxes’ on SNL’s ‘Weekend Update.’”)
- Ocasio-Cortez calls out GOP hypocrisy on abortion and climate change (“The GOP doesn’t care about babies at all – especially brown, black, or poor ones.”)
- Arnold Schwarzenegger ‘Fine’ After ‘Crazed Fan’ Dropkick Attack (“I thought I was just jostled by the crowd, which happens a lot. I only realized I was kicked when I saw the video like all of you”)
- William Murray column: Electric utility deregulation is bad for consumers (All you need to know about this column? “William Murray is senior vice president of corporate affairs and communications at Dominion Energy.”)
- Even Trump Doesn’t Want Anything to Do with Corey “I Was Trump Before Trump Was Trump” Stewart or His “Unconscionable” PAC
- Chaz Nuttycombe Analyzes Del. Kathy Tran’s House of Delegates District; Should Be “Safe D” Shortly
- Video: “She the People Virginia Town Hall”; Del. Charniele Herring Announces She’s Forming a PAC, Says It’s Perfectly OK for Multiple African-American Women to Run for Statewide Office (“Other speakers include Sen. Jennifer McClellan, Dels. Lashresce Aird and Marcia Price.”)
- 200 attend Virginia town hall focused on women of color gaining political power
- Matt Strickler OpEd: Administration is protecting the environment (Literally not one mention of fracking, natural gas or pipelines.)
- Gordon C. Morse: Herring’s “healing” push ignores past efforts
- Video: Del. Mark Levine – History Proves 2019 Virginia Elections Are the Key to American Democracy After 2020 (“We can win in Virginia in 2019. We can set the stage for America in 2020.”)
- Gibson: Where does Charlottesville go to get back its good name?
- Accounts, court records detail how fatal encounter happened on Appalachian Trail
- Hot and humid with scattered afternoon storms on Sunday
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