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by Lowell
Here are a few national and Virginia news headlines, political and otherwise, for Saturday, August 24.
- The EU Can Push Bolsonaro to Save the Amazon (“Europe’s trade deal with South America should be amended to work against deforestation.” Absolutely!)
- Jair Bolsonaro claims ‘profound love’ for Amazon rainforest as criticism intensifies (FU Bolsonaro.)
- The Notre Dame fire garnered wall-to-wall cable news coverage. The Amazon fires are barely breaking through. (The Amazon fires, of course, are about 1,000,000,000 times more important for the world.)
- Macron Urges G-7 Members To Put Amazon Fires At Top Of Agenda (Macron has replaced the U.S. president as the leader of the Western world?)
- As Amazon Fires Become Global Crisis, Brazil’s Leader Reverses Course (“After downplaying the fires raging across the Amazon, President Jair Bolsonaro ordered the military to step in. It’s not clear that it will be enough.”)
- Trump retaliates in trade war by escalating tariffs on Chinese imports and demanding companies cut ties with China
- Is Trump’s economic team up for a trade war? (Hell no!)
- Trump’s China trade war spirals as 2020 looms
- With the global economy slowing and the U.S.-China trade war escalating, Trump arrives at G-7 with a list of grievances
- What Boris Johnson Fears More Than a No-Deal Brexit (“The U.K. Prime Minister needs a no-deal Brexit to banish Nigel Farage, but he’s courting chaos that could end his own leadership.”)
- Trump on North Korean projectile launches: Kim ‘likes testing missiles’ (What the hell kind of comment is that? Trump’s totally unfit to be president.)
- ‘I hereby order’: Trump mocked for highly formal, meaningless decree (“Trump’s demand that US companies boycott China, which he doesn’t have the power to enforce, inspired responses on Twitter” Our “president” is insane. Think about that.)
- Trump Raises Tariffs on China as Frustration Mounts Ahead of G-7
- One Crazy Day Shows How Political Chaos Threatens the Global Economy (“A series of events exposed the odd interplay between the Chinese government, central bankers and an American president’s unpredictable pronouncements. The risks of an escalating trade war and the fraying of longstanding ties could outpace the ability of regulators to react.”)
- Stocks Sink, Bonds Gain as U.S.-China Feud Deepens: Markets Wrap
- Trump walks into a ‘nightmare’ G7 (“The president heads into a summit of world leaders in an increasingly isolated position, facing an increasingly troubled global economic environment.”)
- The Trump-Boris Johnson relationship is set to get a key test at G-7 meeting
- A Gyrating Economy, and Trump’s Volatile Approach to It, Raise Alarms
- Trump faces limits of go-it-alone stance at global summit
- Trump ‘hereby’ orders U.S. business out of China. Can he do that? (“Some see Trump’s command as more than ‘cheap talk,’ saying he has real tools to encourage compliance.”)
- Let’s ‘gut check’ all of Trump’s vulgar, unpresidential statements
- A Manufacturing Recession Is Here. Now What?
- With the Economy on Edge, Trump Sees Only Enemies (“But where are the solutions?”)
- The Presidency of Donald Trump Never Gets Any Less Absurd
- Fed chairman takes swipe at Trump’s trade war
- Trump calls the Fed chair an ‘enemy’ after Powell said trade war is ‘turbulent’
- This Is How Trump Will Tank the Economy and His Presidency
- David Koch Was the Ultimate Climate Change Denier (“How a playboy billionaire built a political army to defend his fossil fuel empire.”)
- David Koch’s Monstrous Legacy
- The Koch Money Was a Primary Vector for the Prion Disease That’s Infected the Republican Party (“David Koch’s worst legacy, however, will be on climate.” The Kochs are definitely among the worst people in America – and the world, for that matter.)
- The Koch Network Replaced the Republican Party (“The genius of their plan was to put together a federated political machine.”)
- Trump Jokes About Making the Dow Fall 600 Points (“Tanking the stock market to own the libs.”)
- Trump: ‘Chosen one’ remark was sarcasm (Riiiiight.)
- George Conway: ‘I hereby order White House staff’ to admit Trump to ‘Walter Reed’
- Trump Judge Pick Spread Anti-Muslim Pig Blood Bullet Myth (“The job of a federal judge is to evaluate evidence, and here we have someone up for a judgeship willing to spread unsupportable information that’s so prejudicial toward Muslims.”)
- Trump’s Odds of Reelection Keep Getting Worse (“Could Trump win again? Of course. But let’s be honest: His first victory was a miracle. A second might take an act of God.”)
- Biden evokes 1968, asks voters to imagine if Obama had been assassinated
- Biden campaign accuses Trump campaign of poaching donors
- Federal Agencies Have Been Sending Employees Articles From White Nationalist And Conspiracy Websites For Months (“A BuzzFeed News investigation found that an arm of the Justice Department and the Department of Labor have shared stories from VDare, a white nationalist publication, with federal employees on multiple occasions over the last two years.”)
- Seth Moulton’s 2020 Campaign Was a Combination of Pluck and Utter Obliviousness (“So, kind of like his career.” I’m most definitely not a fan.)
- When will Trump supporters finally say, ‘Okay, this is not normal’? (“The longer you humor people who have clearly gone off the rails, the more time they have to damage themselves and those around them.”)
- Ruth Bader Ginsburg Completes Radiation Treatment For Tumor On Pancreas (“The Supreme Court justice is free of cancer elsewhere in her body, doctors at Sloan Kettering said.”)
- Trump immigration official says new rule detaining families indefinitely is a ‘deterrent’ (What we really need is a “deterrent” to people like Kookinelli.)
- Wexton Announces Bipartisan Agritourism Caucus
- Henrico judge to determine if California Rep. Nunes’ $250M lawsuit against Twitter can proceed
- Senators Mark Warner, Tim Kaine Condemn Escalated Trade War with China (“China will impose tariffs on an additional $75 billion worth of U.S. goods, including soybeans, a top Virginia export”)
- Governor Northam Announces Release of Virginia’s Final Chesapeake Bay Restoration Plan
- Attorney General: Localities can regulate locations of gun shops
- Flip-A-District Friday: Clint Jenkins (HD76), Jennifer Woofter (HD22), Michele Joyce (HD64), Morgan Goodman (HD55)
- Amanda Chase holds fundraiser with senator who opposed making spousal rape a crime
- Schapiro: On spending, Va. politicians duck the bad news
- Northam appointee made anti-Catholic jokes and derogatory attacks on social media
- EDITORIAL: GOP should participate in reforming gun laws
- Voters Petition to Have Loudoun Republican Commonwealth’s Attorney Candidate Nicole Wittmann Disqualified (“Wittmann gave false information about her place of domicile when registering to vote”)
- Virginia Tech outpaces George Mason in plans for Amazon’s HQ2
- Hernandez: Diversity has made Virginia Tech better
- Security concern briefly closes terminal at Richmond airport
- A rarity in a big Virginia suburb: No major crimes or arrests (“Thursday brought nothing to report, Prince William police say.”)
- Charlottesville seeks consultant to study recycling programs
- Spectacular weather today, and quite pleasant Sunday as well
