by Lowell
Here are a few national and Virginia news headlines, political and otherwise, for Monday, July 8.
lmao @FoxNews just went live from a bar in France after the #USWNT win and people started shouting “Fuck Trump” on air?? pic.twitter.com/EFstJx43BV
— Sara Pearl (@skenigsberg) July 7, 2019
- Iran announces higher uranium enrichment levels in most serious break from nuclear deal since U.S. withdrawal
- Japan’s resumption of commercial whaling could set a dangerous precedent (It’s also just wrong.)
- Greek elections: landslide victory for centre-right New Democracy party (“The result gives New Democracy an outright majority with 158 seats in the Greek parliament, more than double its current representation in the 300-seat house. With the neo-fascist Golden Dawn party failing to cross the 3% threshold required to secure any seats, interior ministry officials described the outcome as conclusive.”)
- Greek Conservatives take charge in landslide win, vow more investment, fewer taxes
- The U.S. made a mistake with Saddam Hussein. It’s doing the same thing with MBS. (“If Western governments do not stop Mohammed bin Salman now, they will have to do it later — when the cost is likely to be far higher.”)
- Morgan Stanley Turns Bearish on Global Stocks as Challenges Grow
- The Trump Tariff Twist That’s Cost U.S. Steel $5.5 Billion (“Older mills unable to compete as output soared, demand fell”)
- Trump hits back over UK ambassador’s leaked memos (“US president criticises Kim Darroch, saying he ‘has not served Britain well’” In fact, probably every ambassador shares Darroch’s views about Trump being “dysfunctional” and “inept”)
- A New Poll Shows That Trump’s Handling of Climate Change Is Deeply Unpopular (“The economy is the lone issue he receives positive ratings for.” And he doesn’t deserve that; he simply inherited Obama’s economy.)
- As the World Heats Up, the Climate for News Is Changing, Too (“As Europe heats up, Greenland melts and the Midwest floods, many news organizations are devoting more resources to climate change as they cover the topic with more urgency.”)
- With Jeffrey Epstein locked up, these are nervous times for his friends, enablers (“Trump, who lived less than a mile from Epstein’s waterfront mansion in Palm Beach, had also been friends with Epstein. Records show that he flew on Epstein’s private jet on occasion and attended parties and social events where he was photographed with Epstein.”)
- Jeffrey Epstein Is Accused of Luring Girls to His Manhattan Mansion and Abusing Them (“The billionaire financier is charged with running a sex-trafficking operation that brought dozens of girls as young as 14 to his opulent Upper East Side home.”)
- All We Know About the Sex Crimes Case Against Jeffrey Epstein — and Its Implications (“Trump’s connection to Epstein will certainly be subject to further scrutiny in the coming weeks, as will any of the pictures of them together.”)
- We Are Flushing Away Our Forests (100% recycled paper for use in toilet tissue should be legally mandated. Meanwhile, just don’t buy any product that isn’t 100% recycled.)
- Inside Trump’s ‘Javanka Special’ speech (Bizarre.)
- Crowd Chants “F*** Trump!” After U.S. Women’s World Cup Victory On Fox News Broadcast
- Migrant children held in Texas facility need access to doctors, says attorney (“‘Inhumane’ conditions for detained children amount to ‘emergency public health crisis’, says attorney who visited center”)
- President Trump has created an ‘acting’ government (“It might be incompetence. It might be calculation. But this is no way to run the country.”)
- In surprise move, admiral tapped to lead U.S. Navy declines job, retires instead (“Bill Moran said he turned down the job of Chief of Naval Operations because of a probe of his ties to an officer investigated for inappropriate conduct.”)
- Most Sunday shows ignore Trump efforts to force citizenship question on census despite Supreme Court ruling (“Trump essentially admits that his administration’s goal is to increase white power, and Sunday shows do nothing” The Sunday shows are worse than worthless.)
- Former Fox correspondent: The “access” that Fox hosts have to Trump is “questionable, if not dangerous”
- Trump unleashes on Fox News: ‘They forgot the people who got them there’
- In losing legal battles over census, Trump may win political war
- Justice Department changing lawyers on census case
- Trump’s Justice Department lawyers may soon pay a high price for lying to the courts (“This is what happens when you get into bed with Donald Trump.”)
- Team Trump Says Polling Is ‘a Joke.’ Is There Any Truth to That? (“The Trump campaign is trying to discredit polling. It’s just discrediting itself.”)
- Democratic field readies for the big shrink (“Interviews with more than a half-dozen campaigns — none of which would go on record — and with dozens of other operatives, party officials and activists reveal an expectation that the upcoming debate in July will set in motion the initial culling of the 23-candidate field. Candidates who fall flat on the stage a second time, or fail to get traction, will see their finances dry up and be forced to exit. Those who fail to make the September debate — when the criteria for entry will be even higher than the first two debates — will be the next to go as their campaigns are denied the necessary oxygen to survive.”)
- Kamala Harris Crushed Joe Biden on Busing at the Debate. Here’s Why She’s Walking It Back. (“School segregation is a great blot on America. Revisiting the unpopular politics of the 1970s is now a way for the party to clean that mess up.”)
- Joe Biden’s reboot: A “wrap the bow” strategy (“So it was either you wrap it all up in a bow and you say, ‘Look, this is who I am. Barack Obama picked me, so if it was good enough for Barack Obama it’s good enough for me’ … or we could have fought each one of these battles individually.”)
- AP Interview: Kamala Harris on race and electability in 2020
- Tom Steyer reconsiders 2020 and plans to enter the race (If he runs, he should talk a LOT about the climate crisis.)
- Tom Steyer Is Telling Allies He’s Running for President (“The billionaire Democratic donor who has led a movement to impeach Donald Trump could be the latest to join the crowded field of candidates.”)
- The Bro-iness of Joe Biden (“The leading Democratic presidential contender could benefit from being less resistant toward his critics.”)
- Elizabeth Warren goes on the attack against Neil Gorsuch’s first major decision (“Elizabeth Warren has a plan to save American workers from Neil Gorsuch.”)
- Cuccinelli: White House actions on immigration coming in ‘next few months’
- Juan Williams: GOP discontent with Trump goes public
- FBI, ICE find state driver’s license photos are a gold mine for facial-recognition searches
- US women’s soccer team wins its fourth World Cup (“The US women’s national team has won in France and will now continue its fight for equal pay.”)
- Gerrymandering fights aren’t over, as states ready remedies
- With Special Session, Virginia Is Set To Take Up Gun Control
- Moran and Carey: It’s time to do something about gun violence (“Brian Moran and Daniel Carey Moran is Virginia Secretary of Public Safety and Homeland Security and Carey is Virginia Secretary of Health and Human Resources.”)
- Gun control special session: Here’s what to expect (“Other than timing and some procedural differences, special sessions are identical to regular sessions. Cox will still refer bills to committees, bills still have to be read a third time and some will get killed and others will pass to the opposite chamber.”)
- Social workers and custodians help form the backbone of a campus. But Virginia schools have lost billions for those jobs. (“The state imposed a funding cap on school support staff after the Great Recession.”)
- Fatal shooting of 9-year-old girl in Richmond park inspires Gov. Northam’s call for action on guns (“The vision of a 9-year-old girl, killed by gunfire in a South Richmond park, lit a spark in Gov. Ralph Northam on Sunday as he called for the General Assembly to act this week to toughen Virginia laws on the purchase and use of firearms.”)
- Video: Trumpian HD87 GOP Nominee Says Commonsense Gun Violence Prevention Laws Violate His Constitutional Rights, Are Like “Fingernails Down a Blackboard to Me”
- Local busload heading to Richmond for special session on guns
- Cult-of-Trump, Neo-Confederate Corey Stewart on Women’s Soccer Team: “If they’re not proud of our country, should we be proud of them?”
- Editorial: Our legislative all-stars
- Northam to address education leaders on equity in the classroom
- Some rain this morning, then drying out through Wednesday
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