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by Lowell
Here are a few national and Virginia news headlines, political and otherwise, for Wednesday, July 17.
- Earth just had its hottest June on record, on track for warmest July (Get off of fossil fuels ASAP. And plant trees – lots of trees.)
- Heat wave expected to bake two-thirds of nation through weekend
- Kim Jong-un Is Pushing the Limits of His Friendship With Trump
- Sudanese military and protesters sign power-sharing accord
- House votes to condemn Trump ‘racist comments,’ with only four Republicans backing the measure
- “White Identity Politics” and white backlash: How we wound up with a racist in the White House
- House Condemns Trump’s Attack on Four Congresswomen as Racist
- A divided House votes for resolution condemning Trump’s racist remarks (Good that they said right in the headline that Trump’s remarks were RACIST, although also would have been good to note that it was a party-line vote.)
- Trump’s racist comments can be used against him in court as judges cite them to block policies
- House Rebuke of Trump for Racism Unites Democrats, Energizes GOP (This tells you all you need to know about Republicans, huh?)
- Trump Isn’t Trying to Trap the Democrats (“He’s after something far more primitive…this was actually the week Trump fully embraced white supremacy without hinting or hedging”)
- Divisive Words Nod to Trump’s Strategy for Re-election (“With his attacks on four minority congresswomen, President Trump signaled that his approach to 2020 will be a racially divisive reprise of 2016. Mr. Trump boasted of ‘marrying’ Speaker Nancy Pelosi to ‘the Squad,’ betting that he can cast the entire Democratic Party as radical.”)
- We are all ‘the Squad’ now
- Trump has met his match: The Squad
- Mainstream outlets insist on framing Trump’s racism as simply a political strategy and no more
- Why Pelosi calling Trump’s tweets racist on the House floor turned into chaos (“The crux of this fight is a line in House parliamentary procedure that ‘personal abuse, innuendo, or ridicule of the President is not permitted.'” Completely assinine…can’t call a racist a racist on the floor of Congress???)
- Republicans’ choice: Stand with Trump or risk his wrath
- Trump’s tweets are a distraction for something else he doesn’t want us to see
- Why Democrats’ oversight machine is moving so slowly against Trump (“Lawmakers say they are building a record of White House resistance to testimony from Mueller witnesses — but angst on the left is growing.”)
- Trump makes 13 false claims in Cabinet meeting
- ‘Sir’ alert: This one word is a telltale sign Trump is being dishonest
- John Paul Stevens, longtime leader of Supreme Court’s liberal wing, dies at 99 (RIP)
- The Humane Legacy of John Paul Stevens
- ActBlue’s ‘green wave’ continues with $246 million second quarter haul (“Democratic campaigns and organizations are riding high off support from small donors.”)
- Sanders campaign vents frustration with media, polls
- Eric Garner Was Dying. At What Point Was the Officer Going to Stop Being Afraid? (“Attorney General William Barr involves himself in another case with predictable results”)
- All the Best People Are Getting Shipped Out of Washington (“Trump’s dismantling of the administrative state continues, to the detriment of science and the nation.”)
- Kellyanne Conway Asks “What’s Your Ethnicity?” in Response to Reporter’s Questioning of Trump’s “Go Back” Tweets
- ‘Clear and present racism’: MSNBC’s Morning Joe and Mika say Kellyanne Conway should have been ‘fired on the spot’ for slurring reporter
- Kellyanne Conway inadvertently reminds America of our history of hostility to immigrants
- Kellyanne Conway Doesn’t Agree with Her Husband That Trump Is a Racist
- Google is Starting to Back Off From China, a U.S. Senator Says (“Google’s chief executive officer told U.S. Senator Mark Warner that the company has ended some partnerships in China, the lawmaker said Tuesday on Bloomberg Television.”)
- Sen. Warner Says Blockchain Has Merit But Facebook Is a Concern
- Spanberger Introduces Legislation To Curb Child Pornography On DOD Computers
- House to vote on bill that would name post office after Virginia Beach shooting victim
- Northam Holds First Listening Session in Northern Va. Since Blackface Controversy (“Northam held a closed-door session with local African American leaders for more than two hours in Dumfries.”)
- As the 2020 Campaign Heats Up, Let’s Focus Presidential Campaign Energy on Virginia 2019!
- Universities in Virginia form group to fight opioid epidemic
- Dwindling employee contributions to Virginia’s hybrid state retirement plan worry policymakers
- Virginia Mid-Year Fundraising Numbers: The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly
- Virginia GOP Fundraising: Badly Beaten & On the Brink (“The Virginia Republican Party is worth less than a 20-year-old Toyota Camry”)
- Blackface scandal dampens Gov. Northam’s fundraising
- Virginia Democrats outraise Republicans ahead of critical elections (“But in all, the Democratic Party and various leadership and legislative committees took in $3.7 million over the quarter, compared with $1.6 million raised by comparable GOP political action committees…The Democratic Party and leadership committees had $4.9 million on hand, compared with $3.7 million for Republican PACs. GOP candidates, however, maintained a lead in cash on hand.”)
- Northam urges IRS to grant tax breaks on shooting donations
- Deeply divided federal appeals court finds Virginia’s ‘habitual drunkard’ law unconstitutional
- Scientists: Hampton Roads to get steamier and “floodier”
- Killer heat will become common in Virginia without serious action, report finds
- Belinsky: Here’s how the pipeline is lawless
- BREAKING: 18 Virginia State Legislators Demand that FERC Issue “Stop-Work” Order, Suspend Certificate of Public Need and Convenience, on Atlantic Coast Pipeline
- Loudoun County Republicans Switch Ashburn District Supervisor Candidate with Right-Wing Extremist
- Amazon’s arrival in Virginia adds stress to strained housing market (“The region’s experience suggests no city is ready for a project like HQ2”)
- Photos, Video: Excavator for Mountain Valley Pipeline Topples Over, Spills Fluids on Organic Farm
- Proposal would ban panhandling at medians, intersections in Fairfax County
- Uncomfortably hot today with scattered storms and even hotter late this week
