by Lowell
Here are a few national and Virginia news headlines, political and otherwise, for Wednesday, September 4.
- Britain may face snap elections after Boris Johnson suffers major loss in Parliament
- Britain’s Conservatives Erupt Into Civil War as Unlikely Rebels Defy Boris Johnson
- Boris Johnson Takes on Parliament—and Loses
- Boris Johnson defeated as MPs seek to stop no-deal Brexit
- Winston Churchill’s Grandson Axed From Party For Defying Boris Johnson On Brexit
- Why a ‘Brexit Election’ Will Make Things Worse (“A national vote in the run-up to Britain’s deadline to withdraw from the European Union will be dangerous.”)
- Boris Johnson’s populist playbook implodes
- Trump Says China Will Suffer as Data Shows Trade War Hurting U.S.
- Hong Kong leader expected to fully withdraw China extradition bill, a demand of protesters
- Trump Should Reject His Envoy’s Deal With the Taliban (“The agreement would elevate and legitimize the terrorist group.”)
- Trade-War Damage Piles Weight of Global Economy Onto Consumers
- Bahamas left with pulverized landscape, fears of high death toll as Dorian moves north
- Hurricane Dorian: ‘historic tragedy’ prompts worldwide call for aid for Bahamas (“Thousands left without shelter and likely to face food and water shortages as Bahamas hurricane tracks towards Florida”)
- UPDATED: Hurricane warnings expand into N.C. ahead of Dorian; tropical storm watches posted for Va. coast
UPDATED: Hurricane warnings expand into N.C. ahead of Dorian; tropical storm watches posted for Va. coast - Why Trump’s hurricane antics are so terribly odd (“It’s routinely difficult to know whether Trump genuinely believes what he’s saying, though in this case, if he keeps saying he’s never heard of a Category 5 hurricane, after repeatedly being made aware of Category 5 hurricanes, it doesn’t reflect well on the president’s ability to learn and remember new information.”)
- Trump’s Wacky, Angry, and Extreme August
- Trump administration raids military construction projects for border wall (“The move is likely to further inflame Democrats who have accused the administration of illegally overriding Congress’ spending decisions.”)
- The 10 counties that will decide the 2020 election
- NRA melts down over Walmart decision to reduce its ammo sales (“The gun-rights group is angry that in a free market, sometimes people choose not to arm mass shooters.”)
- GOP faces new pressure to act on guns
- Walmart to stop some ammo sales, ask to not open carry guns
- Trump’s Dorian response: Par for the course
- The Trump Voters Whose ‘Need for Chaos’ Obliterates Everything Else (“Political nihilism is one of the president’s strongest weapons.”)
- Kroger to Customers: No More Open Carry of Firearms in Our Stores
- Judge orders White House to restore Playboy reporter’s press pass
- Joe Manchin Will Stay in the Senate Because He Could Become Its Most Powerful Member
- Elizabeth Warren embraces Jay Inslee’s climate change platform
- 100% Clean Energy for America (Elizabeth Warren nails it: “One of the most important of these ideas is the urgent need to decarbonize key sectors of our economy. Today, I’m embracing that goal by committing to adopt and build on Governor Inslee’s ten-year action plan to achieve 100% clean energy for America by decarbonizing our electricity, our vehicles, and our buildings. And I’m challenging every other candidate for President to do the same.”)
- McConnell: ‘Over-the-top’ Moscow Mitch nickname effort to ‘smear’ me (Poor #MoscowMitch)
- During coverage of Hurricane Dorian, Fox “hard news” show hosts climate denier (“Roy Spencer uses his Fox News appearance to deny the documented link between climate change and hurricanes” Appalling, but typical of the odious Fox.)
- A Trump campaign video features Fox hosts Diamond and Silk interviewing Fox contributor Alveda King
- North Carolina Court Strikes Down Gerrymander, Citing Smoking Gun Evidence in the Hofeller Files (“A unanimous panel found that the state’s partisan gerrymander violates North Carolinians’ rights.”)
- Trees Are Key To Fighting Urban Heat — But Cities Keep Losing Them (Cities and counties need to be planting trees like crazy, not losing them!)
- How many more names will be added to the list before Mitch McConnell acts on guns? (“Moscow Mitch” McConnell will never act.)
- House Democrats will consider bill to block HUD rule allowing anti-trans shelter discrimination (“Rep. Jennifer Wexton, who introduced the bill, said, ‘I can’t overstate how dire the consequences can be.'”)
- AG Mark Herring Seeks Preliminary Injunction to Block Trump Administration’s New Rule Circumventing Flores Settlement Agreement
- Democrats bet big on Obamacare to win Virginia statehouse (“Democrats are reminding voters that Virginia Republicans, including Cox and Jones, had long opposed Medicaid expansion, which has covered more than 300,000 low-income Virginians since enrollment started last November, and they contend only Democrats can be trusted to preserve the program.”)
- Governor Northam Announces Members of Commission to Examine Racial Inequity in Virginia Law (“Commission will be chaired by Cynthia Hudson, Chief Deputy Attorney General of Virginia”)
- 36 General Assembly Members – All Democrats – Send Letter to State Corporation Commission Opposing Dominion Raising Virginians’ Energy Bills by $147 Million
- Republican Senator Amanda Chase To Campaign With Alex Jones Defender and Conspiracy Theorist Joy Villa
- FBI still has nothing to say about fatal shooting of Bijan Ghaisar by U.S. Park Police in 2017 (“No decision has been made on whether to charge the officers who killed the unarmed driver in November 2017, and attempts by senators to learn about the investigation have been shut down.”)
- Dominion Virginia Power’s Electrifying Bus Announcement: Thoughts on This Potentially Game-Changing Move
- How will the story of Chesapeake Bay restoration end? Virginia’s new plan is a crucial chapter.
- Fairfax Supervisor McKay meets with state police, says he has nothing to hide regarding home sale
- Facing tough re-election bid, Sturtevant declares opposition to rezoning for Richmond’s whitest schools
- Williams: Sturtevant’s petition on Richmond school boundaries is out of line
- Republican state senator pushes back on Richmond’s proposals to increase diversity at its whitest schools
- New visitor rules for Va. prisons aimed at curbing contraband
- Gloucester School Board files federal appeal to defend its transgender bathroom policy in Gavin Grimm case
- Three vie for Roanoke County Commonwealth’s Attorney’s office
- Editorial: Three takeaways from Beto O’Rourke’s trip to Southwest Virginia
- ‘A small renaissance’: Pawpaws, George Washington’s favorite fruit, seeing a resurgence (Pawpaws are great, also a native plant, which is even better.)
- A Fairfax County High School Is Making Period Products More Accessible For Students
- ‘A gentleman and a gentle man’: Richmond financial titan and philanthropist S. Buford Scott dies
- Nationals score seven runs in ninth inning for wild comeback win against the Mets
- Tropical storm watch issued for Hampton Roads as Dorian heads northwest (“Hampton Roads and the Outer Banks could start feeling the effects of the storm as soon as late Wednesday.”)
- Hot and humid today with a few late-day storms possible; much cooler tomorrow and Friday (“We could see some showers and gusty breezes Thursday into Friday from the outer edges of Dorian.”)
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