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by Lowell
Here are a few national and Virginia news headlines, political and otherwise, for Sunday, September 1.
Lightning tonight in Hurricane Dorian.
Breathtaking view from space. pic.twitter.com/fBKppWZqd2
— Dakota Smith (@weatherdak) September 1, 2019
- U.S., Taliban near Afghanistan deal, fighting intensifies in north
- Trump heads for the golf course as leaders gather to mark start of WW2 (“The conflict began in the early hours of 1 September 1939, when a Nazi battleship attacked a garrison of Polish soldiers at Westerplatte.”)
- As Trump Escalates Trade War, U.S. and China Move Further Apart (“President Trump’s standoff with China entered new territory on Sunday as his next round of tariffs took effect, changing the rules of trade in ways that have no recent historic precedent.”)
- Trump Heaps More Tariffs on China, Still No Deal in Sight
- Israel’s Netanyahu Hopes to Annex All West Bank Settlements (“Prime minister fighting for support before Sept. 17 election” Pandering to the far right.)
- Hong Kong Protests Intensify As Demonstrations Enter 13th Straight Weekend
- Trump to Miners, Loggers and Drillers: This Land Is Your Land (“From Alaska’s Tongass National Forest to Minnesota’s Boundary Waters, the Trump administration wants to despoil, not preserve, America’s resources.”)
- The Latest: U.S. mass killings reach total for all of 2018
- 5 killed, 21 injured in a mass shooting in Odessa, Tex. (Another day in gun-crazy America.)
- Democratic candidates join O’Rourke, Castro in condemning Texas mass shooting
- America’s unique gun violence problem, explained in 16 maps and charts (“America has six times as many firearm homicides as Canada, and nearly 16 times as many as Germany”)
- ‘Extremely dangerous’ Hurricane Dorian barrels toward Southeast U.S. with a forecast path perilously close to Florida
- Hurricane Dorian descends on US
- Hurricane Dorian: Trump flies to golf club as likelihood of direct hit recedes
- Trump Is Following Bush’s War Playbook(“The president opposed the Iraq war as a candidate. Now he’s using Bush’s bad arguments to support his trade war.”)
- Beto O’Rourke on Odessa, TX Shootings: “We’re not sure how many have been shot. Don’t know how many people have been killed…But what we do know is that this is fucked up”
- Why these Democrats want to make a trade deal with Trump (“’If we’re not seeing progress, if we’re not seeing the implementation documents by October, I think that’s a serious, serious problem,’ Spanberger told POLITICO at the tail end of a two-day swing through her district’s rural areas, where she heard from farmers pleading for relief from trade policies that have gutted their profits.”)
- The 2020 electoral map could be the smallest in years. Here’s why. (“Just four states are likely to determine the outcome in 2020. Each flipped to the Republicans in 2016, but President Trump won each by only a percentage point or less. The four are Pennsylvania, Michigan, Wisconsin and Florida. Many analysts point to Wisconsin as the single state upon which the election could turn.”)
- Trump Reportedly Didn’t Want to See Anything “Difficult” in Visit to African American History Museum (What a loser.)
- How ‘Straight Pride’ parades like the one in Boston mask a far-right agenda (“Anti-trans hate is spreading all along the far-right spectrum.”)
- Fourth Democratic debate scheduled for mid-October (“The debate, on Oct. 15 and 16, will be held at a yet-to-be-announced site in Ohio.”)
- Right’s massive free-speech hypocrisy: Bret Stephens and Mo Brooks are the tip of the iceberg (“Bret “Bedbug” Stephens and Rep. Mo Brooks support free speech — but only as a tool for right-wing ideology”)
- Here are 14 reasons I’ll vote for any Democrat over Trump
- Unconfirmed by Senate, Cuccinelli sees power, influence grow on immigration (Ugh.)
- Do Stacey Abrams and Steve Bullock Want to Make Mitch McConnell President? (“If not, they should run for Senate. Otherwise, Trump’s successor will be handicapped from Day One.”)
- ‘I Am on My Way to Being Very Well,’ Justice Ginsburg Tells Thousands of Fans
- Trump’s Twitter War on Spelling (“The president’s supporters don’t mind his linguistic slips, but lexicographers and grammarians worry about the permanent effect on language.” Trump would flunk the SAT or GRE English section.)
- Leslie H. Gelb, 82, Former Diplomat and New York Times Journalist, Dies (“He was an editor, columnist and Pulitzer Prize-winning correspondent for The Times and served in a variety of government posts.”)
- A Southern Governor’s Climate and Clean Energy Plan Aims for Zero Emissions (“The state’s Republican-controlled legislature remains an obstacle to big changes, so the administration is looking for work-arounds and short-term wins.”)
- Ralph Northam: Blueprint to guide Chesapeake clean-up efforts
- How to send a message on gun violence in Virginia (“There are other reasons to oppose Mr. Hugo, who has blocked key measures to improve transportation and shocked even GOP colleagues by using campaign funds (read: special-interest cash) for snacks, groceries, gas fill-ups and other daily expenses. His extreme record on firearms suggests he has not gotten the message that gun violence is a mortal threat to the public. Perhaps Northern Virginia voters will deliver it.”)
- Oxfam America’s Labor Day 2019 Rankings: Virginia DEAD LAST – #51 in the Country – for Workers, Behind Alabama and Mississippi
- Stewart D. Roberson column: Pursuing a bold path for Virginia’s teaching profession
- Opinion/Commentary: On spending, Va. politicians duck the bad news
- Video, Photos: Beto O’Rourke Campaigns for Virginia Democrats
- In his second visit to Charlottesville, O’Rourke says ‘showing up’ is important
- In Western Virginia, Democrats running for General Assembly form coalition to court rural voters (Yep, we reported that on August 21!)
- Video, Photos: Meet and Greet with Loudoun County Commonwealth’s Attorney Democratic Nominee Buta Biberaj and AG Mark Herring
- Editorial: Campaigns under way as November election looms
- Democrat makes lone bid in far Southwest Virginia for General Assembly seat (Starla Kiser vs. Will Wampler)
- Gordon C. Morse: Slavery commemoration offers powerful tribute
- Democratic Party chair makes calls for gaming company in Charlottesville fight
- South entrance for Potomac Yard Metro station still uncertain, even with extra money (“Despite a $50 million state grant, Alexandria officials said restoring plans for the entrance is too expensive.”)
- Virginia Beach eyes expansive program to buy out frequently flooded homes. Charlotte could be a model.
- Video: Kenny Boddye – “Welcome to Labor Day Weekend! We need your help.”
- Tension between Chesterfield police and reform-minded prosecutor is local example of nationwide ideological clash
- Cloudier and cooler today with a spotty shower or two; warmer for Labor Day
