by Lowell
Here are a few national and Virginia news headlines, political and otherwise, for Thursday, September 12.
- The Netanyahu Show Is Finally Fizzling Out (Bye bye Bibi? Let’s hope!)
- China and U.S. Step Back From Brink of Full Trade War
- A Terrific Deal—For the Taliban (“The president should have to answer for the Afghanistan mess in the 2020 election.”)
- Trump Flirts With $15 Billion Bailout for Iran, Sources Say (“Trump says he hates the Obama-era nuclear deal with Iran. But he’s toying with a French proposal to get the Iranians to comply with it: a $15 billion line of credit to Tehran.”)
- Boris Johnson says he didn’t lie to the Queen
- Boris Johnson could break Britain
- Hurricane Dorian in the Bahamas: “There are many deaths and many still missing,” Prime Minister says
- Trump administration isn’t granting temporary protection for Bahamians<?a> (This should be a huge scandal in and of itself.)
- Cars dominate cities today. Barcelona has set out to change that. (“The city is creating a network of walkable, mixed-use ‘superblocks'” Nice!)
- Supreme Court Says Trump Can Bar Asylum Seekers While Legal Fight Continues (This Supreme Court is abysmal.)
- The Supreme Court just let Trump close the Mexican border to nearly all migrants seeking asylum (“So much for reining in executive power.”)
- Yes, Trump is losing it. But don’t pretend he ever had it to begin with.
- Administration considers double-tapping Pompeo for national security adviser
- Bolton bolts and Iran war fever suddenly drops (Good riddance, I guess, although Trump’s still around.)
- After Bolton, Pompeo’s Role Grows Larger, and Also More Solitary
- Farewell to John Bolton, the Only Man to Make Trump Look Sane (“Bolton’s resignation as national-security adviser is the rare event in which socialists, paleoconservatives, and libertarians might find themselves united in brotherly affection. It should also serve as a reminder that what passes for brilliance in Washington is often just belligerence.”)
- Trump Finally Fired John Bolton, but Does It Really Matter?
- Bolton Was Trump’s Best Match, Until He Wasn’t
- Bolton’s Departure Signals Trump’s Foreign-Policy Pivot
- Trump officials tour unused FAA facility in California in search for place to relocate homeless people (Going to put them in cages, like immigrant kids, next???)
- Trump Pressed Top Aide to Have Weather Service ‘Clarify’ Forecast That Contradicted Trump
- Exclusive: Michael Cohen is interviewed for probe into Trump Organization
- Source: Michael Cohen met with prosecutors investigating Trump Organization
- DCCC taps new executive director after summer staff upheaval (“Lucinda Guinn, a former executive at EMILY’S List, will serve as the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee’s top staffer”)
- Fox News co-hosts insist that tariffs won’t raise prices. They already have.
- Stephen Colbert, Trevor Noah Roast Trump for Calling Barron Melania’s Son (“‘She’s got a son’, the president said of his wife during his announcement about possibly banning flavored e-cigarettes on Wednesday.”)
- North Carolina’s election results provide a thought experiment for 2020 (“If Democrat Dan McCready had defeated Republican Dan Bishop rather than lose to him by about two percentage points, we would be in the midst of Armageddon-inflected political punditry.”)
- CNN Poll: Biden leads as Warren and Sanders battle for second on eve of debate
- Your Guide To The 3rd Round Of Democratic Debates
- Buttigieg and O’Rourke fight to reinvigorate their presidential campaigns (“As they head into Thursday’s debate, Pete Buttigieg and Beto O’Rourke are trying to recapture the early excitement of their early campaign days.”)
- Each Candidate’s Path to Winning the Presidential Debate in Houston
- The Top 10 Candidates Meet: A Guide to Thursday’s Debate (“The top Democrats will face off for the first time. Joe Biden and Elizabeth Warren will be at the center.”)
- Kamala Harris had a great June debate but lost steam over the summer. Here’s what that means for tonight.
- Joe Biden’s appeal actually isn’t a mystery
- NC Republicans’ shameless theft of democracy (Republicans acting like authoritarians. What else is new?)
- ‘Shame on you’: North Carolina GOP votes to override veto while Democrats were absent
- Trump Administration Plans to Ban Flavored E-Cigarettes (“Hundreds of people have been sickened by mysterious vaping-related illnesses.”)
- T. Boone Pickens, larger-than-life energy tycoon and OSU diehard, dies at 91
- ThinkProgress Was Always Doomed (“…this is why the dream of a left-leaning media ecosystem as heavily subsidized as the American right’s propaganda machine will never come to fruition. Members of the right-leaning press have no expectation of editorial independence from bosses or donors, and little interest in working at places with high standards of accuracy or intellectual rigor. Talented left-leaning reporters, editors, and columnists expect (or demand) editorial independence and high standards. Their donors and nonprofits are interested in neither.”)
- Uber and Lyft say they don’t plan to reclassify their drivers as employees (“Politicians in California have passed a new bill aimed at making gig economy companies give workers more protections, like a minimum wage. But the real test will be in the courtroom.”)
- U.S. House votes to block offshore drilling expansion; White House threatens veto
- Tim Kaine is upset with the President’s tapping of military construction funding
- Sen. Warner announces $15M for self-driving vehicle research at Virginia Tech
- Virginia’s U.S. Senators, U.S. House Members Reflect on 9/11/01 Terrorist Attacks 18th Anniversary
- Va. Rep. Cline joins GOP lawmakers in opposing gun control bills
- Virginia opts out as Purdue Pharma reaches tentative settlement in opioid lawsuits
- Shad Plank: Herring sues Sacklers for role in opioid epidemic
- Virginia Del. Jay Jones (D-HD89) Endorses Cory Booker for President; Booker Plans Trip to Virginia “In the Coming Weeks.”
- Over 1 Million Virginia Taxpayers Expected to Miss Out on Refund Checks
- Virginia’s inspector general investigating contract awarded by state’s Medicaid office
- Sen. Scott Surovell (D-SD36): Assault Weapons and Farmer’s Markets Don’t Mix
- Video: Before First Debate of Reelection Campaign, PW County School Board Chair Babur Lateef Lays Out the Stakes of This Election [UPDATED with debate video]
- Express, commuter newspaper published by The Washington Post, shuts down after 16 years (“Twenty staff members will be laid off as the company cites financial losses as reason for the decision.”)
- D.C.-area leaders urge their governments to adopt affordable-housing targets
- Schapiro: The row over Rao
- Virginia’s poverty rate falls by 1%
- Shad Plank: A sales tax bump as online dealers sign up
- Byron: Broadband access key to rural Virginia’s future
- ‘For all’: Khan’s service memorialized with post office renaming
- Editorial: Conference celebrates Va. women innovators
- Should foundations established by public universities be allowed to keep donor records secret? Va. Supreme Court hears arguments
- DEQ calls for stricter pollution controls at Enviva wood pellet plant, but some environmentalists say enforcement is overdue
- Hampton Roads remembers 9/11
- Democrats, independent make case for House of Delegates (“Candidates for both the Ablemarle County Board of Supervisors and the Virginia House of Delegates met to debate pertinent topics to the community.”)
- Sheriff’s Office Finds Snapchat School Threat ‘Non-Credible’
- Spotsylvania to beef up safety on buses, at schools
- Portsmouth again delays a vote on developer’s proposal to replace waterfront government buildings
- Virginia Tech students say overflow of freshmen has led to packed Blacksburg Transit buses
- Unseasonably hot today but cooler relief Friday before a warmer weekend
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