by Lowell
Here are a few national and Virginia news headlines, political and otherwise, for Monday, July 29.
- China Says Hong Kong Unrest Won’t Be Tolerated
- Despite ‘Loss Of Faith’ In Kim Jong Un, The U.S. Tries Again For A Nuclear Deal
- Earth Overshoot Day Shows We’re Tearing Through Resources Faster Than Ever (“July 29 marks the point at which we start to consume more than the Earth can replenish. And this date is getting earlier each year.”)
- Alexei Navalny: Russian opposition leader may have been poisoned, says doctor
- Dan Coats Spoke Truth to Trump. Now He’s Out. (“The director of national intelligence won plaudits for plainly laying out the intelligence community’s assessments on issues ranging from Iran to Russia, putting him at odds with the president.”)
- The Man Reportedly Taking Over as Head of National Intelligence Is a Trump Cheerleader
- Intelligence Director Coats is set to resign next month (“Daniel Coats’s upcoming departure caps a tense relationship with President Trump, who said that he would nominate Rep. John Ratcliffe (R-Tex.), a fierce ally of the president, to replace Coats.”)
- In John Ratcliffe, Trump Finds an Intelligence Chief Willing to Look Past Russia
- New spy chief pick Ratcliffe made his name during the Trump inquiries by backing the president (Not acceptable.)
- Juan Williams: Trump, his allies and the betrayal of America (“Let history record that a delusional president, concerned only with his own ego, and a traitorous Republican Congress, concerned only with their own reelections, chose to ignore Mueller. Instead, Ratcliffe is the president’s nominee to head national intelligence. God save us.”)
- Fed Poised to Cut Rates for First Time Since Financial Crisis, Ending an Era (“Investors expect a quarter-point precautionary cut, a turning point that underlines that this might be as good as the economy will get.”)
- 3 killed, 15 injured in shooting before police kill gunman at California food festival
- A gunman killed 3 people — including a 6-year-old boy — and injured 11 others at a California food festival
- In Trump’s America, the ‘basket of deplorables’ is overflowing (“More than two years and countless bigoted episodes into the Trump presidency with nary a moment of accountability for them, it turns out Clinton was wrong: It’s more than half. And if you don’t think it is, if you think I’m being overly harsh or painting with too broad a brush, if you are a Republican who has stood up publicly and consistently against the hate and division coming from Trump and his administration, then I eagerly await your receipts. If you have none, this is your time to speak out.”)
- Donald Trump is American democracy’s worst nightmare come true (“Let’s cut out all the mealy-mouthed reporting about who Trump is and what he is up to. America has in Trump the kind of president it would have had if South Carolina segregationist Strom Thurmond had won when he ran on the Dixiecrat ticket in 1948. There wouldn’t have been a dime’s worth of difference between a Trump administration and the administration of Alabama race-baiter George Wallace had he captured the presidential contest in 1968.”)
- Kicking Trump out is the important thing. Fights over how to do it shouldn’t get in the way.
- Don’t get complacent. Things really are that bad under Trump. (“…his ignorance and cynicism reverberate through some of the biggest stories of our time: the confidence of authoritarian strongmen in China, Russia and beyond; their distortion of technology from a liberating force into a malevolent tool of surveillance and suppression; the destructive warming of the climate, which the United States ignores and abets. None of these is easily reversible.”)
- With Sunday surge, nearly half of House Democrats back impeachment inquiry
- The Real Problem With Trump’s Rallies (“There are a lot of similarities between the president and George Wallace of Alabama. But there’s also one big difference.”)
- The Rot You Smell Is a Racist Potus (“Trump and his views are the real infestations in America.”)
- Fox’s Chris Wallace Calls Out Mulvaney for Saying Trump’s Baltimore Tweets Have ‘Zero to Do With Race’ (Of course, they are all about racism.)
- Trump retweets racist British columnist who called Baltimore a ‘proper sh*thole’
- CNN’s Stelter Bashes Fox News Over Trump’s Cummings Attacks: Fueling POTUS’s Racism With ‘Distorted View of the Country’
- People who refuse to see or hear Trump’s racism in attack on Baltimore are beyond reach, but here goes
- Doubling Down on Elijah Cummings Attacks, Trump Sets Himself Up for Another Embattled Week
- Kushner owns lots of Baltimore-area apartments. Some are infested with mice.
- ‘He realizes now that he screwed up’: Biden scrambles to recover from debate flop (“Even the former veep’s supporters wonder whether he can exercise the discipline necessary to execute a debate plan Wednesday.”)
- Marianne Williamson Isn’t Anti-Science As Much As She’s Pro-Feelings (“Also, she shouldn’t be president.”)
- Kamala Harris’ new health plan: Medicare for all — with private insurers (“Slower than Bernie Sanders, but more ambitious than Joe Biden: How Harris aims to achieve universal health coverage.”)
- The Memo: 2020 Democratic race enters do-or-die phase
- Warner warns of potential “chaos” from foreign interference in 2020 election
- Video: Sen. Mark Warner Urges Measures to Protect U.S. Elections; Says He’s Not Sure If He’ll Vote for Budget Deal
- Speaking at Chesterfield town hall, Spanberger says she backs congressional request for Mueller grand jury material
- Former Gov. Terry McAuliffe: Almost Two Years After “United the Right” Rally in Charlottesville, Trump’s “daily racist attacks continue to divide us & allow an atmosphere of hate”
- Division over Trump’s appearance hangs over festivities marking assembly’s 400th anniversary
- Events in Virginia mark beginnings of American democracy
- Charniele Herring column: Why I won’t come to Jamestown if Trump attends (“These critics miss the point. What this is about is more than Trump’s marginalization of people, or verbal attacks; this is about standing up for human dignity, for liberty and a society that values everyone.” Bingo!)
- Graphics: If Virginia Dems Want to Win in 100 Days, They MUST Break the Historic, Dramatic Voter Turnout “Dropoff” in Off/Odd Election Years
- Ties between ICE contractor, Virginia Democrats questioned
- Editorial: McAuliffe’s book is worth reading
- ‘They used to wear hoods’: Former Va. Gov. McAuliffe reflects on Charlottesville rally 2 years later
- ‘Unjustified and unreasonable’: Navy, Walmart, attorney general and legal aid workers oppose Dominion’s profit push
- Editorial: Congratulations to Virginia’s V3 program (“On Thursday, we were delighted to learn Gov. Ralph Northam had announced that more than 50,000 military veterans have been hired in Virginia’s civilian workforce through the Virginia Values Veterans (V3) program since it started in 2012.”)
- Advocates for Virginia to join states and cities to make paid sick leave mandatory
- Richmond region ranks among top mid-sized metro areas for economic growth potential
- Tolls are a $180 million a year business — and growing — in Hampton Roads
- MARC, VRE say on-time performance has dropped, cite increase in CSX trains as one factor
- Steamy through Tuesday. Then it turns less hot but storm chances increase.
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