by Lowell
Here are a few national and Virginia news headlines, political and otherwise, for Sunday, July 14.
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— Jason Mante (@jasonmante) July 14, 2019
- Brexit effect? Europe’s populists back away from calls to leave the union (“Brexit was supposed to trigger a domino effect that could spell the beginning of the end of the European Union. Three years on, no such wave has materialized.”)
- Trump Nixed Iran Deal for ‘Personality Reasons,’ Mail Says (“President Donald Trump abandoned the nuclear pact with Iran last year because it was signed by his predecessor Barack Obama, according to the latest U.K. diplomatic cables published in a British newspaper. The emails, reportedly from Kim Darroch, who was Britain’s ambassador to the U.S. until he quit last week following the first batch of leaks, center on Boris Johnson’s last-ditch visit to Washington in May 2018, when he was still foreign secretary. Johnson, now closing in on the prime minister’s position, tried in vain to get Trump to stick with the nuclear deal.”)
- Robert Mueller Must Finish the Job (“The special counsel should give us the benefit of his professional judgment on the legal significance of the facts he has found.”)
- Climate Change Fuels Wetter Storms — Storms Like Barry (Now that’s a good headline; thanks NPR.)
- Barry Drenches Gulf Coast, But Initially Spares New Orleans
- The long, growing list of somebodies that Trump used to know (“Jeffrey Epstein, E. Jean Carroll, and the many other people Donald Trump wants you to forget he knows.”)
- U.S. Cities Prepare For Planned ICE Raids On Sunday
- Impending immigration raids across US spark anxiety and protests
- Immigration-Enforcement Raids Begin in New York
- Scaling Wokeback Mountain (“In the age of Trump, there is no more stupid proposition than that Nancy Pelosi is the problem. If A.O.C. and her Pygmalions and acolytes decide that burning down the House is more important than deposing Trump, they will be left with a racist backward president and the emotional satisfaction of their own purity.”)
- Top Ocasio-Cortez Aide Becomes a Symbol of Democratic Division (“Saikat Chakrabarti, the chief of staff for Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, has come under fire for publicly criticizing lawmakers.”)
- Here’s One List Where Kirsten Gillibrand Is Winning and Kamala Harris Is Tied With Marianne Williamson (“A study of the Democratic presidential contenders says Gillibrand, Warren and O’Rourke have done the most to help build the party by boosting state legislative candidates…Senator Bernie Sanders of Vermont and former Vice President Joseph R. Biden Jr. are also ranked in the top 10.”)
- 2020 Democratic hopefuls: party needs to embrace progressive ideals, not Trump voters (“Democratic presidential hopeful Elizabeth Warren told a room full of liberal activists on Saturday that the party needs to fully embrace polices such as higher taxes on the wealthy, wiping out student loan debt and criminal justice reform if they want to win the White House.”)
- Sanders skips Netroots as Warren strengthens her hold on progressives (“The nearly 4,000 liberal activists and operatives gathered in Philadelphia heard from only one of the Democratic frontrunners.”)
- Fallout over offensive Buttigieg article: Magazine’s owner apologizes but a sponsor cuts ties (“The League of Conservation Voters is cutting ties with an upcoming forum on climate change after its co-host for the event, The New Republic, published an ‘offensive’ article about Democratic presidential candidate Pete Buttigieg.”)
- Inslee says he’ll ask soccer player Megan Rapinoe to be secretary of state (Not sure if he was kidding or not.)
- On eve of Trump raids, Warren says she’ll use Justice Dept. to investigate crimes against immigrants (“Her pledge came ahead of Sunday’s threatened raids to round up undocumented migrants.”)
- Pence blames Democrats for detention facility conditions owned by his administration (“Pence and Trump are purposely making conditions worse, and they could stop it — but don’t.”)
- What the Measles Epidemic Really Says About America (“The return of a vanquished disease reflects historical amnesia, declining faith in institutions, and a troubling lack of concern for the public good.”)
- Power Restored to Manhattan’s West Side After Major Blackout (And Bill De Blasio gets mocked for being in Waterloo, yes Waterloo, Iowa.)
- NYC Mayor Bill de Blasio, Campaigning in Iowa, Calls Blackout a ‘Mechanical’ Issue (I think de Blasio has some major mechanical issues…with his presidential campaign, that is. LOL)
- Gordon C. Morse: GOP’s grim outlook evidenced by session
- Opinion/Commentary: For Northam, adversity may yet yield opportunity on guns
- A Tidewater man pleads guilty to threatening Senator Mark Warner (“The crime carries a maximum penalty of six years in prison, a $250,000 fine and three years supervised probation.”)
- Leaders must invest in more resilient infrastructure
- Editorial: Our jobs: Does bigger mean better?
- CASEY: Was Bill Stanley’s social media ‘threats’ legislation sincere? (“Twelve people died in a hail of gunfire in a Virginia Beach municipal building. Six weeks later, state Sen. Bill Stanley, R-Franklin, responds by proposing legislation about threats on social media. Huh?”)
- Virginia State Sen. Bill “Rub Me Lamp” DeSteph (R) Shared Video by Anti-Muslim Activist on His Official Facebook Page (Video claims Muslims are supposedly “good citizens in public, not-so-good citizens in private.”)
- Video: Virginians Rally Across the Commonwealth at “Lights for Liberty” Vigils Against Trump’s Inhumane, Disgraceful Immigrant Detention Camps
- UPDATE: VA Capitol Police Officer Who Forced African-American Child to Stand During Pledge of Allegiance Apologizes to Mother, Son
- Lawsuit claims Richmond-area Del. Dawn Adams illegally accessed aide’s email account and deleted files
- Editorial: Should UVA trade UVA-Wise to Virginia Tech?
- Pillion: No. 1 for business? Southwest Virginia sees a different state. (Voting for Republicans like Pillion certainly isn’t going to help them.)
- Opinion/Commentary: Partisan gerrymandering undermines our democracy
- Vandals targeting dockless electric scooters in Richmond
- After years of talk — and flooding — Arlington residents demand fixes to storm drain system
- DNA confirms remains are those of missing Virginia toddler
- With incarceration down elsewhere, Henrico leaders want to know why inmate population is growing
- James Boyd & Bill Farrar: Transparency needed at regional jail
- Virginia Beach receives 13 bids for independent investigation
- Lime tries to squeeze into electric scooter market in Virginia Beach
- Hot summer sunshine today with storm chances increasing by midweek
