by Lowell
Here are a few national and Virginia news headlines, political and otherwise, for Wednesday, May 1.
- Clashes leave 1 dead, dozens hurt in Venezuela; Maduro denies U.S. claim he tried to flee (“Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said that Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro had planned to step down and go to Cuba until Russia persuaded him to stay.”)
- Venezuelan violence escalates as Maduro regime fights for political survival
- Venezuela’s Guaido calls for ‘largest march in history’ in uprising effort (“Venezuelans were expected to take to the streets on Wednesday for what opposition leader Juan Guaido pledged would be the “largest march” in the country’s history, a day after he called for the military to oust President Nicolas Maduro.”)
- Guaido’s High-Risk Gamble Flops as Maduro Keeps Grip on Military
- Don’t call it a coup. Venezuelans have a right to replace an oppressive, toxic regime.
- Van Hollen calls for Barr to resign (Barr has betrayed America and disgraced both himself and DOJ)
- 5 questions Barr will likely be asked during hearing
- Mueller complained to Barr about his four-page memo (“Special counsel Robert S. Mueller III expressed concerns to William P. Barr after the attorney general publicized Mueller’s principal conclusions. Mueller also pressed Barr to release executive summaries.”)
- Democrats Call for Impeachment of Attorney General William Barr after Mueller letter (“’This is exactly why I said Mr. Barr should never have been confirmed in the first place,’ tweeted Senator Mark Warner. ‘At this point he has lost all credibility, and the only way to clear this up is for Mr. Mueller to testify publicly.'”)
- Robert Reich: Congress Should Be Ready to Arrest Attorney General William Barr If He Defies Subpoena
- Read Attorney General Bill Barr’s Prepared Statements Ahead of Senate Judiciary Testimony (Barr has literally ZERO credibility at this point. Her certainly has no business being Attorney General.)
- Bill Barr Most Likely Didn’t Commit Perjury, But He Still Misled Congress (“And the case for his impeachment grows”)
- Climate change is quickly taking over as the top 2020 issue for Democratic voters (“It used to be all about the economy for voters. Now that might be changing.” Better late than never?)
- Biden Is Way Out In Front. Second Place Is Anyone’s Guess. (“Warren is rising, and Sanders and O’Rourke are falling.” Yep, and Sanders supporters are engaging in poll “unskewing”)
- Emoluments case can proceed, judge says, providing potential access to information about Trump’s business deals
- At Trump golf course, undocumented employees said they were sometimes told to work extra hours without pay (Again, just imagine if this were Obama or Clinton.)
- Democrats’ hopes of Senate takeover damaged by recruiting whiffs (“The party is still looking for credible candidates in a handful of races needed to win back control of the chamber next year.”)
- Dems, Trump pull $2T surprise on infrastructure
- GOP support for Stephen Moore falters, leaving Trump’s Fed pick with slim chance of confirmation (Good; this guy is horrendously bad.)
- Trump wants to remake the Fed. Moore’s imperiled nomination shows it won’t be easy.
- Watch Stephen Moore Try to Defend Racist Joke About Obama
- The Story of How the Republican Tax Bill Passed Is Crazy and Crooked (“Voodoo economics and lawmakers-for-sale combined to produce an abomination”)
- A Rising Tide of Anti-Semitism (“By publishing a bigoted cartoon, The Times ignored the lessons of history, including its own.”)
- Has Our Luck Run Out? (“Most crucial problems today are global in nature and can be dealt with only by a global coalition.”)
- University of North Carolina at Charlotte shooting kills 2, injures 4
- Good News for Dems from Recent Polls, Including Trump in Serious Trouble In Texas (!) (And climate change is the #1 issue among Dems!)
- Rep. Abigail Spanberger Backs “Medicare-X Choice Act” to Establish Public Health Insurance Option
- Rep. Beyer Announces Former Obama Administration Official Tanya Bradsher as New Chief Of Staff
- Four Years Fighting Dominion, a Company that Shows Gross Disdain for What We Love, and Gross Disdain for Us
- Kaine hopes more millennials revitalize towns
- Northam vetoes anti-gerrymandering bill
- Upcoming review expected to find uncover similar problems in child protective services as foster care
- Former VCU Wilder School dean drops suit against Douglas Wilder (“The legal fight over sexual and racial discrimination allegations made by former Gov. Douglas Wilder against the then dean of the Virginia Commonwealth University school bearing his name appears to be over.”)
- Drug deaths are down in Virginia for first time in six years
- Ball: Virginia has secured over $15 billion in capital investment and we’re not slowing down
- Editorial: Deadline prompts taxation debate
- Fairfax moves toward more affordable housing, pay raises with new budget (“Fairfax County’s Board of Supervisors indicated Tuesday that it will adopt a $4.4 billion budget that keeps the real estate tax rate the same, while raising pay for county employees and pouring more resources into affordable housing and protecting the environment…Among other things, the board moved to increase cost-of-living raises for its roughly 13,000 employees from the 1 percent increase proposed by Hill to 2.1 percent and to increase the base hourly wage for employees by 31 cents, to $15.14 per hour”)
- Fairfax Republican Pat Herrity Continues His Anti-Immigrant Demagoguery, Is Voted Down 7-3
- Police recover gun that was fired inside Northern Virginia classroom
- Editorial: After Oliver Hill, who should Roanoke honor next?
- Cloudier and cooler today but still comfortable; big-time warm-up tomorrow
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