by Lowell
Here are a few national and Virginia news headlines, political and otherwise, for Monday, August 26.
- Trump’s Contradictions Dominate and Disrupt Another G-7
- Trump Is Prioritizing the Climate’s Destruction Over His Own Reelection
- ‘All you can see is death.’ The regions reeling from the Amazon rainforest fires (Ugh, so depressing.)
- After confusion on trade and Iran, Trump puts positive spin on final day of G7 (“He said he’d received word from China that its negotiators are ready to return to trade talks, even after his aides spent Sunday insisting Trump wants higher tariffs on Chinese products.”)
- Donald Trump Claims Trade Negotiations With China Will Soon Begin (“The president has been under pressure to scale back a U.S.-China trade war partly blamed for a global economic slowdown.”)
- Trump Walks Back Statements On China; White House Walks Them Forward
- Trump says China talks coming, Beijing calls for trade war resolution
- G-7 summit set to end with little consensus amid Trump’s mixed messaging on the trade war
- White House blindsided by Iranian Foreign Minister Zarif’s G-7 appearance
- Trump says tariffs on French wine depend on digital tax ‘deal’
- Trump-Abe Trade Deal Helps U.S. Farmers, Staves Off Auto Tariffs
- Trump finds himself on his heels and fumbling at G-7
- Sunday wrap: Trump spreads chaos overseas
- Trump takes time out of G-7 meeting to lash out at media (Pathetic.)
- “I have no plan right now,” Trump says amid escalating Chinese trade war
- World shares tumble as US-China trade war renews uncertainty
- Scoop: Trump suggested nuking hurricanes to stop them from hitting U.S. (Insane and moronic – that’s Trump to a “T”)
- Trump’s Paradigm of the Personal (“He confuses the way he thinks he is treated with the well-being of the country.” To quote Gov. Ralph Northam, Trump’s a narcissistic maniac.)
- Trump Allies Target Journalists Over Coverage Deemed Hostile to White House (Authoritarian, anti-democracy crap.)
- A Campaign Targeting Our Staff (“A note to staff by New York Times publisher A.G. Sulzberger calling attention to a Times story about a campaign led by President Trump’s allies intended to harass and embarrass individuals affiliated with several leading news organizations.”)
- Not a single mile of Trump’s border wall has been built where no barrier previously existed
- The N.R.A. Has Trump. But It Has Lost Allies in Congress. (“An analysis of every congressional grade issued by the National Rifle Association since 2008 shows a near-total fraying of the group’s ties to Democrats.”)
- The Memo: Democratic field boils down to four-horse race (“…only a major surprise would deliver the nomination to anyone outside the top quartet: former Vice President Joe Biden, Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) and Sen. Kamala Harris (D-Calif.).”)
- ‘The rock star’ vs. ‘The rock’: Warren and Biden hurtle toward collision (“A clash of opposites was on full display on the campaign trail the past week.”)
- Elizabeth Warren Draws Record Crowd of 15,000 in Seattle
- Joe Walsh and the Mooch help the anti-Trump cause
- Trump Has a Vicious New Challenger—and Drooping GOP Support (“Trump’s numbers among even Republicans are starting to drop, and while Joe Walsh is not going to win the primary, he’ll be launching feral attacks and calling out the lies.”)
- Joe Biden Has An Iowa Problem, Not An Enthusiasm Problem
- Juan Williams: The real story behind Trump’s attack on me (“But this goes beyond Trump skewering me. He is engaged in a coordinated attack on every journalist’s ability to hold him accountable, call out his lies and critique his failed policies.”)
- Sen. Mark Warner and Del. Mike Mullin take questions, offer answers at Williamsburg Library event
- Video: CNU Professor Rachel Bitecofer Explains “Exactly What’s Wrong with Democrats,” Namely That They “Absolutely Suck at Messaging” (“You have to tap into emotion the way that the GOP does”)
- The Headline Everyone Who Opposes Trump Should Want to See This November 6 (“Historic Wipeout: In Clear Rebuke of Trump, Democrats Demolish Republicans in Virginia, Take Over Legislature, Turn State Deep Blue”)
- Decades after Brown decision, Virginia is still grappling with school segregation
- Va. military families are living with mold and pests. Will Congress fix it?
- Failure of Our Regulatory, Political and Legal Systems on Stark Display with Mountain Valley Pipeline Debacle in Virginia’s Blue Ridge
- Gun debate raises stakes in battle for Virginia legislature (“The proposed gun control reform is set to be considered in mid-November, just days after a Nov. 5 election that will determine who controls Virginia’s legislature next year.”)
- These 34 people are tasked with reviewing Virginia’s African American history education
- Students are back to class in Virginia’s 2 largest counties, Fairfax and Prince William
- Video: Virginia Cannabis Dispensing Facts
- Erich Reimer column: Virginia should become a cryptocurrency incubator
- Only state mental health hospital for children remains strained in spite of new state-of-the-art VCU facility
- There’s no room in the residence halls at Virginia Tech. That’s why freshmen are at hotels.
- Soaring insulin prices in U.S. leave many hurting right here in Hampton Roads
- Editorial: Time to consider mandatory retention
- Two charged with reckless driving in fatal crash that shut down I-66 for hours Saturday
- Cloudy 70s early this week before sunny 80s into the Labor Day weekend
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