by Lowell
Here are a few national and Virginia news headlines, political and otherwise, for Tuesday, May 14.
- White House Reviews Military Plans Against Iran, in Echoes of Iraq War (“At a meeting of President Trump’s top national security aides last Thursday, Acting Defense Secretary Patrick Shanahan presented an updated military plan that envisions sending as many as 120,000 troops to the Middle East should Iran attack American forces or accelerate work on nuclear weapons, administration officials said.”)
- Is Trump Yet Another U.S. President Provoking a War?
- U.S. prepares to slap tariffs on remaining Chinese imports, which could add levies on roughly $300 billion in additional goods
- Carbon dioxide hits a level not seen for 3 million years. Here’s what that means for climate change — and humanity. (“Scientists are sounding the alarm over the potential for catastrophic changes to our environment.” Very, very, VERY dangerous.)
- Trump leaves farmers reeling by intensifying trade war with China
- Trump’s Tariffs Only Work If Americans Pay Them
- GOP angst grows amid Trump trade war (As usual, the question is, what if anything are these cowards going to DO about Trump?)
- After Big Loss for Market, Fears of a Lasting Effect (“Wall Street had its worst day in four months as the U.S.-China trade war showed no sign of ending. With new measures from both sides, it will be hard for businesses and consumers to avoid the fallout.”)
- Trump urges Americans not to buy from American companies because of his own tariffs (“He really doesn’t understand just how bad his own plan is.”)
- Hungarian Strongman Viktor Orban Got a Trump Meeting After Praising His ‘Amazing’ 2016 Win (“The president played host to a far-right leader on Monday. How it came to happen is a very Trump-age, D.C. tale.”)
- Hungary’s Viktor Orbán Is Shunned By European Neighbors, Finds Love From Trump (“Orbán has attacked the judiciary, taken over the free press and led anti-Semitic assaults, including against a major university, but Trump praised him lavishly.”)
- Barr Assigns U.S. Attorney in Connecticut to Review Origins of Russia Inquiry (This is nuts.)
- Escalating Tariffs Test Investors’ Faith in U.S. Growth
- The Great Patriotic Trade War Rages On, Even If the President* Doesn’t Know What a Tariff Is (“Another banner moment for the American Experiment.”)
- Democrats should be shouting Trump’s trade failures from the rooftops
- Supreme Court’s Conservatives Defend Their Handling Of Death Penalty Cases
- Is Roe in Danger? Liberal Justices Seem to Think So (“Conservative justices took a step in laying the foundation for the reversal of Roe v. Wade.”)
- Justice Breyer’s warning and other things we learned at the Supreme Court Monday (“‘Overruling a case always requires special justification,’ Breyer wrote. ‘What could that justification be in this case?'”)
- Trump has no idea what he’s doing (“As evidence, take a glance — if you dare — at your 401(k).”)
- Lock Mnuchin up! (And give Maxine Waters the key.) (“He has arguably been the most brazen in rejecting the constitutional balance.”)
- If You Enjoy Breathing Oxygen, Brazil’s President Might Not Be for You (“Jair Bolsonaro’s government aims to roll back protections on the Amazon, which provides 20 percent of the world’s oxygen and functions …” This guy is evil incarnate.)
- Judiciary chairman says Trump Jr. should plead the Fifth to Intelligence panel (Lindsey Graham is a menace to democracy.)
- Republicans Call Tlaib Anti-Semitic for Saying Something Nice About Israel
- Republicans, stop using the Holocaust to score cheap political points (“Trump and other Republicans are crassly exploiting Rep. Rashida Tlaib’s inoffensive comments.”)
- A quick look at the transcript disproves Republicans’ new smear of Rashida Tlaib
- Rosenstein criticizes Jim Comey as ‘partisan pundit,’ defends handling of Mueller probe (Rosenstein has ZERO credibility at this point.)
- Stock Strategist Who Nailed 2018 Says Recession Bell Is Ringing
- Montana Gov. Steve Bullock jumps into crowded 2020 presidential race
- Uber’s I.P.O. Flop May Be Wall Street’s Worst Ever
- Pete Buttigieg gambles with criticism of identity politics
- An Oral History of Trump’s Bigotry (“His racism and intolerance have always been in evidence; only slowly did he begin to understand how to use them to his advantage.”)
- Twitter Isn’t Real Life (if You’re a Democrat) (“The online left doesn’t like Joe Biden. Voters seem to.”)
- What a Border Wall Would Do to the Texas Wilderness (“A new adventure film shows just how damaging—and absurd—a Southern wall would be.”)
- Trump’s mysterious casino tweet: He’s using racism to cover up his corruption (“Why did Trump go after a Native American tribe in Massachusetts? The reasons are even worse than you think”)
- The Fox “News” Lie (“Fox’s ‘news’ side pushed misinformation every day for four months straight” Again, no Democrat should go on there, as they’re just being useful idiots.)
- Kavanaugh breaks with conservative Trump court in Apple decision
- Mike Pence Brought the Full Snowflake Persecution Complex to This Commencement Speech (“Liberty University graduates must fear the multiplex, according to the vice president.”)
- Mike Pence Tells Liberty University Graduates They Will Be ‘Ridiculed’ for Being Christian (Pence is rightly ridiculed for being an imbecile, toady and fanatic.)
- Shocked by Appalachian Trail fatal attack, hikers move forward
- Closing the Book on Spanberger’s SF-86 (“…what we can see of the documents shows a confused bureaucracy trying to explain and handle the media attention from an apparent mistake by one of its peers—more or less the account the USPS has put forward.”)
- Virginia explained: As states tighten restrictions on abortion, federal court pushes Virginia to loosen regulations
- State auditor faults operations at three state public safety agencies (“A trio of Virginia public safety agencies took a beating in front of a state legislative commission on Monday for audit findings that left legislators fuming.”)
- With 29 Days to Go Until June 11 Primaries, “Not Larry Sabato” Makes Some Predictions for House of Delegates, State Senate
- Solar + Storage Bypassed in Dominion Virginia’s Resource Plan
- Fairfax County to begin demolition of its former seat of government
- Fairfax County set for big Capital Bikeshare growth
- Analysis: HD76, Currently Held by Powerful House Appropriations Committee Chair Del. Chris Jones (R), Looks Very Vulnerable to Dem Takeover
- Voters: On June 11, Take Back Power from Dominion
- Dick Saslaw’s Dirty Energy Deception
- Roanoke council approves new budget, makes 2 school board appointments
- Editorial: Beach budget sets forth aspirations for future
- Newport News, Norfolk each receive $30 million to transform distressed neighborhoods
- Cool and breezy today with some clouds, but we’re on the road to better weather
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