by Lowell
Here are a few national and Virginia news headlines, political and otherwise, for Saturday, August 17.
- How teen Greta Thunberg shifted world’s gaze to climate change (“Instead of worrying about how that future might turn out, I’m going to try to change that future while I still can” She is a hero, truly one of the most amazing people in the world.)
- Modi has stoked Kashmir’s anger and stained all India’s democracy
- What a mysterious explosion tells us about Russia’s ‘doomsday weapon’ (“But what is Skyfall? In truth, analysts don’t really know, but their guesswork leads them to believe it’s a form of cruise missile designed around a nuclear reactor.”)
- U.S. Weighs Selling 50- and 100-Year Bonds After Yields Plummet
- Fight over denial of entry to 2 lawmakers causes rift between Democrats, Israel (So, so stupid on Netanyahu’s part. And Trump, of course, is a disaster.)
- Trump and Netanyahu Put Bipartisan Support for Israel at Risk (“When President Trump urged Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to bar two Muslim women in Congress from Israel, he doubled down on a divisive strategy. Mr. Trump aims to paint Republicans as Israel’s only true friend in Washington, our correspondent writes.”)
- AP Interview: Pelosi assails ‘weakness’ of Trump, Netanyahu
- Congresswoman Rejects Israel’s Offer of a West Bank Visit (“Rashida Tlaib had hoped to see her grandmother but said she couldn’t abide by the restrictions imposed.”)
- If You Think Trump Is Helping Israel, You’re a Fool (“By barring Representatives Omar and Tlaib, Netanyahu made the president happy. But he has poisoned relations with America.” Thomas Friedman, a supporter of Israel by the way, is right.)
- What Are Trump and Netanyahu Afraid Of? (“Barring Representatives Ilhan Omar and Rashida Tlaib shows weakness and intolerance, not strength.” Exactly.)
- Hong Kong protesters took their organizing principle from Bruce Lee. Now some are having second thoughts
- How Electric Cars and Renewables Could Beat Oil (“This week on The Energy Gang: The economics of oil are beginning to be challenged by EVs paired with wind and solar.”)
- Big Oil Can’t Fight the ‘Irresistible’ Rise of Electric Vehicles — Report
- Another threat to endangered species: The Trump administration (“Given this administration’s shabby hostility toward science and expertise, its changes to the Endangered Species Act are more than worrisome.”)
- Trump Is Panicked That His Trade War Will Start a Recession (“If the economy tanks, his already precarious election prospects will tank, too”)
- Less boom, more bust? Economic fears threaten Trump’s 2020 message (“Stock market dips and tariff uncertainty have the president anxious about the possibility of a recession on his watch”)
- Don’t waste your breath trying to convince Trump supporters he’s repugnant (“Face it. They helped put — and are now fighting like mad to keep — a prejudiced president in the White House. What does that say about them? What does it say about the rest of us if we let them? Forget labeling; spend the time we have left on the political effort to rid the White House of that problem.”)
- Economic angst rises at bad time for Trump (Wait, wasn’t “economic angst” supposedly why Trump supporters back him? Oh wait…LOL)
- Fear Factor for U.S. Consumer Is Rising, Fueling Recession Risk
- Portland braces for violence at far-right rally — entire police force will be on duty
- It’s Going to Take Decades to Wring the Crazy Out of the Fabric of This Country (“See: Washington State.”)
- Trump blames market meltdown on “Fake News,” conspiracy of “weenies” (Yeah…no.)
- Epstein died as result of suicide by hanging, autopsy finds
- Volatile presidential polls spark new round of anxieties (“The different signals in the polls has even experts questioning who is up, who is down, and whether the horse race surveys can be trusted.”)
- The 5 Days That Defined the 2020 Primary (“How Bernie Sanders, Pete Buttigieg, Kamala Harris, Elizabeth Warren and Joseph R. Biden, Jr. emerged as the leaders of the 2020 money race”)
- Trump’s large union crowd at Shell was given the option of not showing up — and not getting paid (Totally f’ed up.)
- White House Mulled Ways to Block Migrant Children From Schools (“Idea was ultimately abandoned amid questions over legality. 1982 case says can’t deny education on immigration status”
- The Trump Justice Department’s war on progressive prosecutors, explained (“The Justice Department has recently made aggressive statements against Philadelphia’s Larry Krasner and other progressive prosecutors.”)
- Reform prosecutors are committed to making society fairer — and safer
- The Reality-Defying Shame of Log Cabin Republicans Who Endorse Trump (“Log Cabin Republicans have endorsed President Trump in his bid for re-election. Their stated reasons blithely ignore the harsh anti-LGBTQ animus of the Trump-Pence administration.”)
- The Trump Administration Asked The Supreme Court To Legalize Firing Workers Just For Being Transgender (Wonder what the “Log Cabin Republicans” think of that!)
- Who do the Log Cabin Republicans think they’re fooling? (Embarrassing.)
- Warren’s success depends on her answering these five questions (“First, can she campaign from the heart as well as from the head?…Second, can she show she can manage President Trump?…Third, can she navigate the health-care issue?…Fourth, can she hold up under fire as a front-runner?…Fifth, can she pass the commander in chief test?”)
- Following report that Trump wants to buy it, government officials say Greenland ‘not for sale’ (“Greenland is not for sale and cannot be sold.”)
- Peter Fonda, Hollywood’s ‘Easy Rider,’ Dies At 79
- Obama Cautioned Biden About Running for President: “You Don’t Have to Do This, Joe” (“The former president has reportedly taken a behind-the-scenes interest in his VP’s campaign.”)
- Beto O’Rourke Is About to Run the Campaign Pollsters Warned Against (“He’s throwing out the playbook, the corn dogs, and maybe even the clean language.” Good.)
- Schapiro: For Spanberger, a little luck could go a long way
- Rep. Luria, Coalition Climate Change Task Force release principles for US climate policy
- Ken Cuccinelli has talked about undocumented immigrants as ‘invaders’ since at least 2007 (Yes, and some of us have been following it.)
- WUSA TV9 Northern Virginia Bureau Chief Headed to Dominion Energy. No, This Is Not Good News
- For Virginia, Combined Reporting Is a Key Tool to Limit Corporate Tax Avoidance (“Virginia could gain between $80 million and $165 million a year in additional revenue”)
- Virginia AG Mark Herring Issues Advisory Opinion Concluding It’s Unlawful for Individuals or Groups to “Assume the Functions” of Law Enforcement Agency
- Ahead of gun meeting, Virginia AG weighs in on militias
- After securing basic necessities for migrant children, Herring pivots to undercut Trump’s attack on legal immigrants
- Virginia finance chief says recession likely: ‘We just need to be prepared’
- Editorial: Penny Nance seems surprised by history (“Our history, though, did not begin in 1607. There were people living here already. North America was not a blank slate.” I criticize them a lot, but this is an excellent editorial by the Roanoke Times.)
- CASA in Action Endorses Local and State Candidates in Virginia
- Anti-LGBT Virginia Del. Dave LaRock (R): Virginia “should not provide special rights or protections for ‘chosen sexual habits’” (“LaRock disputes the notion that discrimination should always be illegal and is always a bad thing”)
- Flip-A-District Friday: Jennifer Lewis (HD-20), Dan Helmer (HD-40), Karen Mallard (HD-84) and Dr. Mark Downey (HD-96)
- Jack Evans threatened Metro officials’ jobs in an effort to conceal ethics violation, documents show
- Governor Northam announces Aviation Board awards nearly $22M to support Virginia airports
- Portsmouth’s new police chief has been on the job for five months. Here’s what she’s learned. (“Angela Greene sat down with The Pilot to talk about what drew her to policing as a girl — and what it was like taking over the department after the controversial ouster of Tonya Chapman.”)
- Local NAACP branch files federal suit against Hanover County over two Confederate school names
- Williams: The James River is downtown’s best plan
- Temperatures rise this weekend, and it stays hot into next week
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