by Lowell
Here are a few national and Virginia news headlines, political and otherwise, for Sunday, July 7.
- Plastic is everywhere. We can no longer ignore that. (“The United States has an important role to play in preventing waste.”)
- Iran Breaches Uranium Enrichment Limit Set Under 2015 Pact
- Iran set to breach limit on enriched uranium within ‘hours’ (“Iranian officials said that uranium enrichment above the level allowed by the 2015 nuclear deal would begin within hours.”)
- Iran to Enrich Uranium Beyond Nuclear Deal Limits
- Trump May Leave Office in 2021, But His Foreign Policy Mess Will Linger
- Six shocking climate events that happened around the world this week (“Heat waves, melting glaciers, and wasp ‘super nests.'”)
- Tsipras rallies faithful but Greece is set to reject his radical dream
- ‘Free Hong Kong!’: protesters’ demands widen as rallies continue (“Demonstrators back on the streets for first time since last week’s storming of legislature”)
- One of Trump’s latest Fed board nominees has a questionable track record — in politics (“Think tank briefs and op-eds in the conservative press, not peer-reviewed research, have been Judy Shelton’s stock in trade.” Unqualified.)
- After Rancorous Border Fight, Congress Faces Funding Deadlines
- Jeffrey Epstein, Billionaire Long Accused of Molesting Minors, Is Charged
- Trump-era politics are drowning out consensus on immigration. It’s time for some straight talk. (“Yes, we need fair and compassionate immigration policy. And yes, we need to secure our border.”)
- The existential threat Trump poses to the world political order is a major 2020 campaign issue
- Biden says he was wrong in comments about segregationists
- Trump reaches career-high approval, yet faces a range of reelection risks: Poll (“Forty-four percent of Americans approve of Trump’s overall job performance, up a slight 5 percentage points from April and 2 points better than his peak early in his presidency. Still, 53% disapprove, keeping him at majority disapproval continuously for his first two and a half years in office, a record for any president in modern polling.”)
- Cables from UK’s ambassador to the US blast Trump as ‘inept,’ ‘incompetent’
- It’s Nancy Pelosi’s Parade (“If the left doesn’t think I’m left enough, so be it”)
- Cutouts of J.F.K., Jr., Tanks, and Adulation at Trump’s “Salute to America”
- Michelle Obama talks relationships, time in the White House and what she tells her daughters
- Hungry, Scared and Sick: Inside the Migrant Detention Center in Clint, Tex. (“An out-of-the-way border station in the desert outside of El Paso has become the
epicenter of outrage over the Trump administration’s policies on the southwest border.”) - The Neo-Fascist Proud Boys Organized a “Free Speech” Rally in DC Today. It Flopped. (“A botched handcuff metaphor, B-list speakers, sweltering heat, and a big police presence.”)
- Susan Collins, a Fixture in Maine, Has Twin Troubles: Trump and Kavanaugh
- Ken Cuccinelli Takes Reins of Immigration Agency With Focus on Migrant Vetting (Gack.)
- Editorial: Speculation still swirls around Fairfax (“If Fairfax’s accusers wish to speak before lawmakers, accommodations should be made for that. And if the General Assembly wishes to force Fairfax’s removal, the mechanism to do so is evident and spelled out in the state Constitution.”)
- Editorial: Virginia must not continue its inaction on guns
- General Assembly session is a shot at creating real gun reform
- Editorial: 5 questions about the special session
- EDITORIAL: Special session on gun control (“What’s needed is a reasonable compromise in Richmond, which might take the shape of a ban on silencers and bump stocks and a one-gun-a-month restriction in addition to longer mandatory sentences for crimes committed with firearms.”)
- Editorial: Your views on Tuesday’s General Assembly Special Session
- Lawmakers to return to Richmond for special session on guns
- Suetterlein: Northam, unlike Kaine, politicizes a mass shooting (Suetterlein, of course, is a right-wing Republican.)
- Florida congresswoman to tour Naval Station Norfolk, Port of Virginia to see effects of climate change
- Four Months Before Election, Vulnerable VA Sen. Siobhan Dunnavant (R-SD12) Goes Up with Misleading TV Ad (Note that this is a district Tim Kaine won by 16 points, so it’s more like #KainesDistrict than #DunnavantsDistrict (as she absurdly claims))
- Two New Infographics Show VA GOP General Assembly Incumbents Are Overwhelmingly Older White Males; Democrats Are Diverse, Look Much More Like Virginia.
- With Corey Stewart leaving politics, Prince William County’s political future is up for grabs
- New law: Drivers can’t get licenses suspended over unpaid court debt
- Opinion/Commentary: New IRS rule narrows tax loophole in Virginia
- Video: Great Great Granddaughter of USA’s 1st Reform Rabbi Confronts KKK at Hanover County Courthouse
- White supremacists in Klan robes hold surprise rally outside Hanover courthouse
- Friends group at Caledon State Park opens campaign to buy land nearby slated for subdivision
- First compassionate care program in state offers inmates chance to care
- Opinion/Commentary: Virginia leads on passenger rail; Congress’ help still needed
- Salaries for CEOs of Richmond-area public companies rose an average of 6 percent to $4.95 million in 2018
- A happy-hour victory for Virginia brings a ‘bittersweet’ ending for the chef who started the fight
- Slightly cooler today, but still humid with scattered PM storms; drier heading into midweek (“Heavy downpours possible yet again this afternoon into evening.”)
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