by Lowell
Here are a few national and Virginia news headlines, political and otherwise, for Monday, July 22.
- Mob Attack at Hong Kong Train Station Heightens Seething Tensions in City
- Ukraine election: early results indicate big win for president’s party (“Volodymyr Zelenskiy expected to command outright majority with 42% of the vote”)
- India’s Chandrayaan-2 moon mission lifts off a week after aborted launch (“With first mission to land on lunar south pole, India aims to join club comprising Russia, the US and China”)
- The Trees Might Save Us Yet (“A new study suggests that restoring forests could help reverse global warming.” Do it!)
- UK set for a new prime minister as Brexit chaos rolls on
- Sure, Boris Johnson Is Funny. But Has He Ever Done a Job Well?
- Iranian officials say 17 alleged U.S. spies captured, some sentenced to death (“The Iranian Intelligence Ministry held a briefing on Monday where they announced the alleged spies were Iranian citizens but trained by the CIA.”)
- Investors Look Forward to GDP Data Before Fed Decision
- Emerging budget deal likely to include few or no actual spending cuts, while lifting debt limit for two years (“Deal taking shape days ahead of Congress’ summer recess, but still awaits Trump’s approval”)
- Nadler: Trump has broken the law “6 ways from Sunday”
- Ahead of Mueller hearings, top Democrats call Trump ‘unindicted co-conspirator’ and accuse him of ‘high crimes and misdemeanors’
- Democrats to face off against a reluctant Mueller (On Wednesday, “when Mueller testifies for three hours before the House Judiciary Committee and two hours before the House Intelligence Committee, Democrats are expected to press Mueller to state that he might have charged Trump with obstruction of justice were he not the occupant of the Oval Office.”
- What Democrats want from Robert Mueller’s upcoming testimony
- Mueller’s big moment is make or break for Democrats
- Denying Racism Supports It (“Refusing to address and acknowledge the prejudices in our country is a big part of the problem.”)
- Juan Williams: Trump fans the flames of white grievance
- Donald Trump’s Idea of Selective Citizenship
- Mike Pence Skips Chance To Strongly Rebuke ‘Send Her Back’ Chants (“The vice president neglected to speak out against the racist line when given the opportunity in a recent interview.” Of course he didn’t.)
- Stephen Miller lets the mask slip (“Miller’s words do more than just undercut his earlier whataboutism and distraction. They lay bare (again) the authoritarianism at the heart of the Trump administration: To disagree with this president is to disagree with America itself. To criticize the country is to tear it down.”)
- Trump Shows Yet Again That He Can’t Even Pretend to Reject Racism
- Fox News host shuts down Stephen Miller’s defense of Trump’s hypocrisy and racism (“Chris Wallace did not let Stephen Miller gaslight his viewers.”)
- Trump Nears Moment of Truth to Address ‘Send Her Back’ Chants
- Puerto Rico has turned on its governor as deep unrest reaches the surface
- Puerto Rico governor Ricardo Rosselló will not seek re-election, leaves his party (“Protesters said they were not satisfied by Rosselló’s concessions, and pledged to continue demonstrations that have filled the streets of Old San Juan for more than a week.”)
- Trump melts down over Washington Post story about his racist tweets (“The president’s Sunday morning was spent whining about a negative story from 2:43 p.m. on Saturday.”)
- The Untold Story of the Progressive Insurgency That Is Remaking Congress (“We call it a new kind of centrism.”)
- Illinois GOP chairs accuse four Democratic congresswomen of ‘jihad’ (“The smear by the Republican County Chairman’s Association is both racist and Islamophobic.”)
- The Challenge of Scaling Up Energy Retrofits for Buildings (“Most building energy retrofits are one-off affairs. ‘We need an Amazon’ in the market, says one architect.” “Two innovative mass-production techniques stood out: reskinning the buildings and the use of packaged mechanicals.”)
- Elizabeth Warren Has Momentum. Can She Build a Movement? (“The senator from Massachusetts is on the verge of turning her campaign into something much larger.”)
- Photos: Rep. Abigail Spanberger (D-VA07)’s Visit to the Southern Border (“The tragedy of our broken immigration system was on display.”)
- Cuccinelli, the Immigration Hawk After Trump’s Own Heart
- Bucking Northam, Democrats Threaten Trump Boycott At Commemoration Event
- Metro Silver Line Testing Starts in Eastern Loudoun
- James Romano column: Virginia legislators must protect health care safety net for vulnerable patients
- Campaign staffers for Virginia delegate join growing union effort (“Carter, who is finishing his first term, is the only politician with unionized campaign staffers in Virginia, which is generally known as less friendly to labor.”)
- ICE ordered her deportation. Instead she’s spent the last year living in a Richmond church. ‘I will not dare to put a foot outside’
- Hundreds Of Virginia Mine Workers Go Weeks Without Pay Following Unexpected Blackjewel Bankruptcy
- Solar and data center proposal for Chesterfield Megasite doesn’t generate the opposition like previous plan
- Steamy today with heavy storms possible late before midweek provides major relief from heat
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