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by Lowell
Here are a few national and Virginia news headlines, political and otherwise, for Tuesday, September 24.
- Greta Thunberg Just Gave the Best Speech of Her Life (That was incredible. Thunberg definitely deserves the Nobel Peace Prize.)
- ‘She seems very happy’: Trump appears to mock Greta Thunberg’s emotional speech (Trump is evil, part infinity.)
- It’s ‘Dictator Day’ at the U.N. — with Trump in the middle (“From Bolsonaro to Sisi to Erdogan, the early speaking lineup at the U.N. General Assembly is replete with autocratic leaders.”)
- British Supreme Court rules Johnson suspended Parliament illegally (Good. So when is the U.S. Supreme Court going to do ITS job and rein in out-of-control, lawless Trump?)
- Boris Johnson Suffers Unprecedented Defeat in U.K. Supreme Court Ruling
- Even Putin Is Now Worried About Climate Change (“Russia has dropped its doubts about joining the Paris accords.”)
- France, Germany, and UK say Iran is responsible for attacks on Saudi Arabia (“It is clear for us that Iran bears responsibility for this attack…There is no other explanation.”)
- The Growing Threat to Journalism Around the World (Thanks a lot, Trump!)
- Most of world’s biggest firms ‘unlikely’ to meet Paris climate targets (Unacceptable. They need to crank it up, big time, now.)
- Republicans Only Pretend to Be Patriots (“And Democrats need to expose them for what they are.” Agreed. They’re also not for “liberty” or “freedom” or whatever else they blather about.)
- Trump ordered hold on aid to Ukraine days before calling its leader, officials say (“President Trump’s order to withhold aid to Ukraine a week before his July 25 call with Volodymyr Zelensky is likely to raise further questions about the exchange with Ukraine’s new leader and Trump’s desire to see Joe Biden’s son investigated.”)
- Trump Admits Everything
- Treason Doesn’t Require an Enemy at War (“This is where we’re at as we embark on another week under Donald Trump, American president.”)
- ‘Seismic change’: Democratic hold-outs rush toward impeachment
- Trump shrugs off impeachment talk over call with Ukraine president (“Trump lashes out at the media: ‘If a Republican ever said what Joe Biden said, they’d be getting the electric chair’”)
- Instead of ‘No Collusion!’ Trump Now Seems to Be Saying, So What if I Did?
- Pelosi quietly sounding out House Democrats about whether to impeach Trump, officials say
- The latest allegations against Trump are a threat to all we have sworn to protect (“By Gil Cisneros, Jason Crow, Chrissy Houlahan, Elaine Luria, Mikie Sherrill, Elissa Slotkin and Abigail Spanberger”)
- Trump is practically begging for impeachment. Give it to him, already.
- Column: The most noxious part of Ukraine-Biden whistleblower affair is Team Trump thinks we’re all idiots
- Why Trump Has Finally Forced the House to Impeach Him
- Instead of ‘No Collusion!’ Trump Now Seems to Be Saying, So What if I Did?
- Trump Impeachment: House Dems Are Discussing a ‘Select Panel’ to Handle the Task
- Only Democrats Can Stop the Complete Corruption of the Oval Office. Clock’s Ticking. (“Four takeaways from a day on which Donald Trump, President of the United States, copped to it all with respect to Ukraine.”)
- Republican lawmakers scramble to contain Ukraine whistleblower fallout (Yep, that’s what Republicans are focused on…NOT defending our democracy or protecting our country, but “scrambl[ing] to contain…fallout” Vote them all out!)
- New calls for impeachment could give Pelosi ‘cover’ to take next step, sources say
- Warren Pulls Ahead of Sanders for No. 2 Spot Among Democratic Primary Voters
- Fox News guest calls climate activist Greta Thunberg “a mentally ill child” (Appalling, even by Fox’s low, low, low standards.)
- Why Greta Makes Adults Uncomfortable
- Fox News Won’t Book Guest Again After “Disgraceful” Comments About Greta Thunberg
- Richard Cohen Leaves the Washington Post (“..he displayed a remarkable ability to survive at the paper despite being accused of sexual harassment (he somehow got a better office out of the deal) and frequently stepping in it with regard to race, like the time he wrote that “People with conventional views must repress a gag reflex when considering the mayor-elect of New York — a white man married to a black woman and with two biracial children” or the time that he wrote sympathetically about the man who killed Trayvon Martin. Cohen’s work could appear just as clueless when he tackled other sensitive subjects, as when he wrote, ‘The first thing you should know about the so-called Steubenville Rape is that this was not a rape involving intercourse.'”
- Freshmen Dems, including Spanberger, call Trump-Ukraine allegations impeachable
- Congresswoman Elaine Luria calls for Trump’s impeachment amidst whistleblower controversy
- Trump Immigration Czar Thinks Cops Should’ve Busted Up Peaceful Climate Protest (“The Cooch” strikes again.)
- Graphics: Virginia Democratic Donations Have Spiked Big Time Compared to 2015; Republican Donations Have Remained Roughly Flat
- Sorry I ruined your Monday morning commute, but our planet is on a highway to hell (“The climate threat is now truly radical, and time is almost up.”)
- Snarling D.C.’s traffic to protest climate change: Inconvenient and way overdue
- Virginia immigration activists seek driving licenses for all
- Virginia can’t reach its 2050 climate goal if it keeps allowing natural gas infrastructure (Sam Bleicher, Rebecca R. Rubin and Roberta A. Kellam nail it: “The Virginia executive branch’s actions are undermining its own goal of eliminating fossil fuel electricity generation by 2050.”)
- Four things to know about Dominion’s massive wind farm proposal (“In other states, development is largely driven by private companies, not publicly regulated utilities. But in Virginia, Dominion is taking the reins. “)
- Va. isn’t ready to settle with Purdue — yet. Here’s what it wants.
- Virginia State Funding for K-12 Education Still Down from Pre-Recession Levels
- He deleted his offensive tweets. But his political opponent found them anyway. (“John Gray, who is running for chairman of the Prince William County Board of Supervisors, used racial and religious stereotypes to hurl insults on Twitter. Democrat Ann Wheeler’s team dug up the deleted posts.”)
- Virginia State Sen. Amanda Chase (R-NRA) Ripped on Her Own Facebook Page After “Shoot Down Gun Groups” Ad Backfires Spectacularly
- State law favors party-affiliated candidates over independents in local elections (“State code says candidates for federal, statewide and General Assembly offices are the only ones who will be identified by party affiliation on ballots.”)
- EDITORIAL: Is Va. doing enough to stop jail suicides?
- Opinion: Del. John McGuire (R-HD56) is Focused on Running for Congress in VA-07
- Richmond Times-Dispatch, other media sue to open up entire executions to public viewing
- Shad Plank: Storm clouds forming over hospitals and TDOs
- The Herd: New hires, promotions and departures for 9.24.19 (“Graham Moomaw has joined the Virginia Mercury. He will cover the statehouse beat and had been with the Richmond Times Dispatch.” That’s a big loss for the already-pathetic Republican Times-Disgrace…er, Richmond Times-Dispatch. Great pickup by the Mercury, though, as Moomaw’s an excellent reporter who is smart to escape the RTD!)
- Democrats’ push to win Virginia legislature could mean Fairfax County goes all blue (Let’s do it!)
- Freitas, Ridgeway talk gun control at forum (Freitas is, of course, wrong on everything.)
- Richmond City Council seats review panel for Coliseum project; VUU president appointed on 5-4 vote
- Arlington and Alexandria split in the 1870s. Could Amazon bring them together?
- “I am hoping to hear the truth.” Families of the mass shooting victims eagerly await results of police investigation
- Henrico prosecutor calls on outside commonwealth’s attorneys to review fatal shooting by police
- One accused teacher, 8,000 dirty images: A school’s exploitation shows no place is safe from hidden cameras (“Even as he taught a drama class, police say, Raphael Schklowsky was victimizing his students at Herndon High School.”)
- Loudoun teacher placed on leave after D.C. private school report alleges he sexually abused students (Disgusting.)
- Virginia Beach psychiatrist double, triple and even quadruple booked patients as part of $460,000 fraud
- Sunny, warm and comfortable for the rest of the week
