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by Lowell
Here are a few national and Virginia news headlines, political and otherwise, for Tuesday, July 30.
- Pound Heads for Worst Slump Since 2016 as Johnson Sets Ultimatum
- UK PM Johnson’s no-deal Brexit gamble hammers sterling
- Prison Riot In Northern Brazil Leaves At Least 57 Inmates Dead
- Senate fails to override Trump veto on Saudi arms sale (“Senators voted 45-40, 45-39 and 46-41 on the override attempts, falling well short of the two-thirds majority needed to nix Trump’s veto.”)
- Trump’s ‘Deal of the Century’ Is Getting Even Better for Israel (“The U.S. envoy says international law does not apply. That’s bad news for the Palestinians.”)
- Gilroy Garlic Festival Shooter Posted About Far-Right Book Moments Before Shooting (“Santino Legan allegedly told an eyewitness he was ‘really angry’ and ranted in white supremacist fashion on Instagram from the event.”)
- Gilroy Garlic Festival gunman referred to ‘Might is Right’ manifesto before shooting (“Santino William Legan used an AK-47-style rifle he bought legally in Nevada to kill three and wound a dozen more.”)
- Trump billionaire friend aimed to profit from Mideast nuclear deal: Democrats (Just another totally normal day in the Trump administration.)
- Capital One says data breach affected 100 million credit card applications (More like WHO’s in your wallet, eh?)
- Trump’s record on poverty policies doesn’t back up his self-professed concern for Baltimore (“Trump has reversed, attacked and proposed a number of policies that were designed to help people in poverty gain access to housing and health care, feed their families and thrive.”)
- Dem senators slam Ratcliffe’s nomination for intel chief (“Sen. Chris Murphy accused the Texas congressman of acting as ‘one of the president’s accomplices in trying to politicize intelligence.'”)
- Trump’s intelligence shake-up could be his most dangerous move yet
- Intel officials worry Trump’s pick for top spy will politicize the job (“Although Ratcliffe’s website says he ‘put terrorists in prison,’ there is no evidence he ever prosecuted a terrorism case.”)
- Trump’s New Intelligence Chief Got the Job By Going Stark-Raving Mad at the Mueller Hearing (“It goes without saying that John Ratcliffe must not be confirmed.”)
- ‘The president would never do that!’ Oh, yes, he would. (“While U.S. economic growth has disappointed lately, Chinese growth just hit its slowest pace in almost three decades, in part because of Trump’s trade war. Meanwhile, Britain and the European Union are going through a messy, high-risk divorce, likely to inflict huge damage on both economies, and an Italian debt crisis looms. Investing in either pound- or euro-denominated assets looks unattractive. Understandably, investors flock to greenbacks.”)
- Trump’s escalation of racism means one thing: He’s worried about reelection
- Rashida Tlaib: While Trump spews hate, I continue to do my job
- The vermin in the White House
- A Racist Stuck in the Past (“In Trump’s mind, it’s still 1989.”)
- Trump Widens War on Black Critics While Embracing ‘Inner City Pastors’
- The Trump Strain in American History (“White supremacy has its own peculiar logic, to which the president is peculiarly attuned”)
- Democrats Know Trump’s Playbook on Race. They’re Not Sure How to Respond.
- McConnell defends blocking election security bill, rejects criticism he is aiding Russia (“Moscow Mitch” not happy about being called out for helping Russia.)
- House GOP fears retirement wave will lead to tsunami (“House Republicans plotting to win back their majority in Congress fear they are on the brink of a massive wave of retirements that could force them to play defense in a high-stakes presidential election year.”)
- DCCC faces mass staff shakeup: ‘It’s the Monday Night Massacre’ (“The episode underscores the level of discontent with Bustos throughout the House Democratic ranks.”)
- House Republicans plan yearly retreat in Baltimore despite Trump’s attacks (Hahahaha.)
- Meadows’ lackluster defense of Cummings speaks volumes
- ‘Looking for a reason to attack’: How Trump seized on a Fox News broadcast to go after Cummings (Of course Fox is in the middle of it.)
- Biden Will Be Main Target of Democratic Rivals in Second Debate
- Dems Perplexed by Kamala’s 10-Year Health Care Push (“The senator has an ambitious Medicare for All proposal. But a provision in it has left the party fearful that the plan would be killed by her successor.”)
- Kamala Harris’s New ‘Medicare for All’ Plan Makes (Political) Sense
- Joe Biden’s Big Job Wednesday Night: Bury the Age Issue Once and for All
- CNN debates could reshape the Democratic White House race
- 9 New Dynamics Campaigns Are Expecting in the Second Democratic Debates
- What 2020 Democrats learned from their first debate and how some are sharpening their attacks for the second (“This week’s Democratic debate — hosted by CNN — will be held at the Fox Theater in Detroit over two nights, July 30 and 31. Ten candidates will be on the stage each night. CNN’s Dana Bash, Don Lemon and Jake Tapper will moderate the debate.”)
- Your Guide To Tonight’s Democratic Presidential Debate
- 2020 Democrats put climate justice front and center ahead of debates (“Candidates head to Michigan, a state reeling from water contamination and air pollution.”)
- Warren and Bernie’s awkward truce faces its biggest test yet
- Ken Cuccinelli on the Trump Administration’s Immigration Policy
- This senator was Big Tech’s friend—but is now its greatest threat (“Senator Mark Warner, a former telecom investor and entrepreneur, explains why he’s sounding the alarm on China’s advancement—and Big Tech’s misconduct.”)
- Warner, Kaine: can we stop the hazard of flying beach umbrellas?
- At Town Hall Meeting in Chesterfield, Rep. Abigail Spanberger (D-VA07) Applauds Judiciary Committee for Trying to Gather All of the Information Before Moving Towards Impeachment
- Is Elaine Luria the Democratic Party’s Next Great Jewish Hope?
- The Virginia Way, Part 1 – Historical Myths Constrain Our Present Reality (“This week’s hagiographic celebration of Jamestown’s founding is merely the most recent manifestation of a consistent pseudo-intellectual heritage with profound effects on our current Virginia mindset.”)
- Which Amanda Chase Is the REAL Amanda Chase? Virginia Senator Who Claimed “It’s those who are naive and unprepared that end up raped” Tries for a Moderate Makeover
- Virginia’s Board of Education is considering recommendations to ‘force the hand of the General Assembly’ (“The Virginia Board of Education is considering a recommendation that would lay out minimum funding requirements for a state budget item used to help at-risk students, a move intended to put pressure on the General Assembly to increase education spending.”)
- Billions of legal opioids jump-started an epidemic
- This is Not Normal, and Thank You To Those Who Are Not Pretending It Is
- Virginia Legislative Black Caucus Boycotts President’s Visit to Jamestown (“Those who have chosen to attend and remain silent are complicit in the atrocities that he incites”)
- Black Va. legislators to skip Jamestown because of Trump, say those who attend are ‘complicit’ in racism
- Virginia’s black lawmakers rebuff Trump and say they’ll boycott Jamestown commemoration
- Opinion/Editorial: Jamestown boycott cedes stage to Trump (This editorial is utterly moronic – even uses the phrase “both sides” to draw a false equivalence between the Racist-in-Chief and Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez. Oh, and they also call those boycotting Trump’s appearance at Jamestown “petulant.” Shit-for-brains.)
- Tuesday’s commemoration in Jamestown: Here’s a schedule of Trump’s appearance and alternative events (“7:30 to 9 a.m.: Gov. Ralph Northam, select members of the General Assembly and others hold a commemorative session on the site of the first representative assembly in Virginia…10 a.m. to noon: The Virginia General Assembly holds a Joint Commemorative Session at the Jamestown Settlement, with a keynote address from President Donald Trump.”)
- Trump Plagues Virginia Republicans (“Trump’s racism may not offend the commonwealth’s elected Republicans, but it disgusts Virginia voters.”)
- Fairfax NAACP Statement on Resignation of Kofi Annan as President (“Executive Committee denounces Mr. Annan’s use of derogatory language towards Ms. Ginwright, as well as his negative comments about Fairfax County officials.”)
- Editorial: A $50 billion question for Appalachia (“The $50 billion figure is curious because a few years ago — three years ago, to be precise — there was a proposal to spend $30 billion on Appalachia. It came from a certain Hillary Clinton, who issued a 14-point plan to ‘make coal communities an engine of U.S. economic growth in the 21st century.'”)
- Moss: The tree, a gift to preserve
- Loudoun County supervisors set sights on Metro’s arrival, dig into transit options
- Tensions running high on Virginia Beach School Board after members’ Facebook posts (“Board member Victoria Manning’s Facebook posts on everything from the superintendent’s travel to teacher surveys are seen by some as a welcome sign of openness. Others see it as a disservice presenting one side of complex issues.”)
- Pennant races are rare in Washington, but the Nationals are finally about to be in one
- Today is the hottest day of the week. Storm chances increase Wednesday.
