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by Lowell
Here are a few national and Virginia news headlines, political and otherwise, for Sunday, May 26.
- Populists Seek to Break European Union From Within (“Nationalist movements once pushed for a departure from the bloc. Now they want seats in the European Parliament. Populist parties hope this election will help them block budgets and trade deals, and interfere with legislation.”)
- What to Expect as Europe Decides Its Future: Election Day Guide
- Tory leadership: Gove becomes eighth candidate to enter race (“Michael Gove has said he will enter the race for Tory leader, challenging his former Vote Leave ally Boris Johnson.”)
- Iran will defend itself against any aggression, says foreign minister
- More than 70 retired military leaders urge Trump not to go to war with Iran
- Trump’s ‘Easy’ Trade War Hits Snags as China Plays the Long Game
- Trump Implies He Trusts North Korea’s Kim More Than His Own People
- Trump’s Targeting of Intelligence Agencies Gains a Harder Edge (“President Trump has long waged war on the intelligence community by tweet, but Attorney General William P. Barr is poised to professionalize the fight. At the urging of Mr. Barr, Mr. Trump has granted him authority to examine how the Russia investigation started.”)
- Trump’s latest assault on democracy (“I hesitate to call this a ‘new low,’ because he’ll probably do something even worse next week.”)
- Crazy Is as Crazy Does (“Nancy Pelosi gets to the core of the Trump con, but he just rages on.”)
- Trump lawyers, House committees reach agreement to hold off on enforcing Deutsche Bank, Capital One subpoenas (“Similar to a deal reached earlier this week with the House Oversight committee, the agreement allows for an expedited appeal schedule.”)
- You Think It’s Bad Now? Wait for Next Year’s Show Trials (“Koestler and Orwell and Kundera described the hall-of-mirrors horror of totalitarian states. Trump’s gang is getting away with it in a democracy.”)
- Pelosi uses Trump to her advantage (“Trump’s escalated attacks on Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) are proving to be just the gift she needed to unify her caucus.”)
- Poll: Biden would beat every other Democratic candidate in a one-on-one race (“A new poll suggests there might not be an anti-Biden vote to consolidate.”)
- Ex-GOP Lawmaker: Trump Is “Illegitimate President,” Should Be Impeached (He’s definitely illegitimate and by all rights *should* be impeached, the question is whether it’s smart for Democrats to move towards impeachment, per se.)
- Fake Pelosi video sparks fears for campaigns
- 9 People Showed Up for a KKK Rally in Dayton, Ohio. They Were Drowned Out by 600 Protestors
- Schapiro: House panel where impeachment unfolds long shaped by Va. Republicans
- How Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam and aides made his blackface scandal even worse (“This initial mistake of the . . . messaging, he will not be able to recover from that for the rest of his governorship” By the way, not sure what his staffers being “young” has to do with anything…seems like the WaPo desperately trying to come up with a narrative, even if there’s no evidence to support it.)
- Gordon C. Morse: EVMS report on Northam offers insights (“When disaster comes courting, when faced with the unexpected, when confusion reigns, you do not necessarily have to ‘do something’ — and certainly not before you fully grasp the predicament and whatever facts you may have at your disposal.”)
- Exclusive Interview with Loudoun County Commonwealth’s Attorney Democratic Nominee Buta Biberaj: Part 2 (“Prosecutorial discretion, racial disparities in the criminal justice system, the ‘discovery’ system, and the role of the Public Defender’s office vis-a-vis the Commonwealth’s Attorney.”)
- Chaz Analyzes HD91: Open Seat, Leans D, Two Democrats (Martha Mugler and Michael Wade) Vie to Take on Hard-Right Republican
- 21 Virginia Legislators Send Letter to DEQ Director Paylor, Call for Immediate Order of Compliance with Erosion and Sediment Controls for Mountain Valley Pipeline
- Editorial: Virginia Methodists play a part in Puerto Rico’s green energy transition
- Virginia’s Paul Smedberg is seen as front-runner to be next Metro board chair (“The former Alexandria City Council member is viewed as a unifying figure after Jack Evans’s tenure.”)
- Editorial: The future of energy blows through ODU
- Endorsement: Democrat Josh King for Prince William County Sheriff
- Eight people shot at a holiday gathering in Virginia (“The shooting happened in the Holly Cove area of Chesapeake on Saturday night, police spokesman Leo Kosinski said.”)
- Sutphin and Bush: What Virginia Tech’s over-enrollment means for Blacksburg
- Muggy with scattered showers tonight; hot and humid with afternoon storms likely on Sunday
