by Lowell
Here are a few national and Virginia news headlines, political and otherwise, for Thursday, Thanksgiving Day, November 28, 2019.
- Climate emergency: world ‘may have crossed tipping points’ (“Warning of ‘existential threat to civilisation’ as impacts lead to cascade of unstoppable events”)
- Trade ministers are close on changes to U.S.-Mexico-Canada deal
- YouGov: Boris Johnson on course for 68-seat majority in UK election (Hopefully, Labour will ditch Corbyn after the election.)
- Is Jeremy Corbyn an Anti-Semite? It No Longer Matters (“The Labour leader has left British Jews ‘gripped by anxiety,’ as the Chief Rabbi put it. There are only bad excuses.”)
- Trump signs legislation designed to support pro-democracy protesters in Hong Kong (Amazing. Of course, he acted “under pressure from lawmakers in both parties.”)
- The Big Question on Hong Kong: How Will China Hit Back at Trump?
- Testimony, records raise questions about ambassador’s account of Trump’s ‘no quid pro quo’ call (“Gordon Sondland’s recollection of a phone conversation that he said took place Sept. 9 has emerged as a centerpiece of President Trump’s defense. But the White House has not located a record of a call between Trump and Sondland that day.”)
- 70 million Americans watched Trump impeachment hearings
- The War-Crimes President
- Russia Inquiry Review Is Expected to Undercut Trump Claim of F.B.I. Spying
- Giuliani calls Trump to tell him he was joking about having an ‘insurance policy’ (Hilarious, huh?)
- Giuliani Pursued Business in Ukraine While Pushing for Inquiries for Trump
- Giuliani was in talks to be paid by Ukraine’s top prosecutor as they together sought damaging information on Democrats
- The precipitous fall of America’s mayor
- Trump Has Begun the Process of Selling Out Rudy Giuliani
- Rudy Giuliani Has a Foreign-Lobbying Problem, and It Just Got Bigger
- Multiple Women Recall Sexual Misconduct and Retaliation by Gordon Sondland
- Trump Has Spent $115 Million On Golf Trips ― Or 287 Years Of Presidential Salary (“Trump often boasts of donating his White House pay, but taxpayers are shelling out much larger sums for his hobby.”)
- America’s Descent Into Legal Nihilism (“The president would like to be president forever. And he’s bending the law to his will to do so.”)
- Trump official who promoted fringe conspiracy theories now senior adviser at State Department (“Among the conspiracy theories Wuco pushed were claims that former President Barack Obama’s memoir was ghostwritten by former anti-Vietnam War radical Bill Ayers, that former CIA director John Brennan had converted to Islam and that Attorney General Eric Holder had been a member of the Black Panthers.” Obviously, this should be completely unacceptable.)
- Trump official who suggested dropping nuclear bombs on Afghanistan now responsible for arms control issues (Nutjob.)
- I was fired as Navy secretary. Here’s what I’ve learned because of it. (“This was a shocking and unprecedented intervention in a low-level review. It was also a reminder that the president has very little understanding of what it means to be in the military, to fight ethically or to be governed by a uniform set of rules and practices.”)
- Worry rises in military over Trump’s decision-making
- Stop Saying That Impeachment Is Political
- Three more Navy SEALs spared review after Trump’s intervention (Disgraceful.)
- Trump: I’m Obstructing the Impeachment Probe to Make Crime Safe for “Future Presidents” (“He’s stonewalling the impeachment inquiry for the benefit of his successors, you see.”)
- ‘We got side-tracked by really bad economic policy’: Moody’s analyst reveals how Trump’s economy is a flop
- Devin Nunes Subpoena Aimed at ‘Cow’ and ‘Mom’ Twitter Accounts Was Improperly Filed
- Fourteen things to be thankful for (“We have magnificent public servants such as Marie Yovanovitch and Fiona Hill who exemplify the public virtues on which a free and decent society believes”)
- NRA gifted executives with huge pay raises even as it struggled for cash
- The Vicious Reality Behind the Thanksgiving Myth (“If Americans continue to insist on associating the holiday with Pilgrims and Indians, the least we can do is try to get the story straight.”)
- Pete Buttigieg’s remarkable moment of grace (The top-rated comment on this article: “I love Pete’s response to the problem – charge at it and be present. Own it. Learn from it. Don’t sugar-coat it. This level of honesty and truthfulness and CHARACTER really stand out in today’s political climate. I’m impressed.”)
- Political Trifectas Are The Other Important Thing On The Ballot In 2020
- The Invention of Thanksgiving (“Massacres, myths, and the making of the great November holiday.”)
- The Horrible History of Thanksgiving (“Before you fill your plate, please remember why we mark this day.”)
- Ken Cuccinelli walked into a bar. And Martin O’Malley lit into him. (Good; the nativist extremist richly deserves it.)
- Pros and Cons: Sen. Amy Klobuchar’s Campaign for President in 2020 (“The progressive who can win?”)
- Hear why this Dem lawmaker would rather not talk impeachment (“Rep. Abigail Spanberger (D-VA) is favoring issues like healthcare over the impeachment inquiry into President Donald Trump when talking to voters, and that’s intentional on her part. CNN’s Evan McMorris-Santoro reports.”)
- Dick Saslaw Owes My Wife An Apology (“Know they are trying to drum it up [on repealing Virginia’s ‘Right-to-Work’ laws]…Don’t reply”)
- What’s the Point of Ralph Northam Anymore? (“The black voters who chose graciously not to mobilize against Northam after his blackface scandal don’t want Republicans running the state of Virginia. Yet Northam’s refusal to protect unions is a surefire way to ensure that wages stay low, workers go comparatively unprotected, and — if recent research is any indication — voter turnout underwhelms, fewer working-class candidates run for office, and moneyed interests are prioritized to the detriment of others, all of which helps the GOP stay relevant and, should it regain power, continue its campaign of voter suppression and racist gerrymanders fairly unhindered.”)
- Virginia Political Analyst Chaz Nuttycombe on Possible Political Implications for Henrico County, VA-07 of Passing a “Gun Sanctuary” Resolution
- Sen. Suetterlein refiles twice-vetoed anti-gerrymandering bill, noncommittal on redistricting commission
- We gather together, with knives out (“Stephanie Wilkinson is the owner of the Red Hen Restaurant in Lexington, Va.”)
- Enviro Groups Submit Comments in Response to AG Mark Herring’s Proposed Settlement with Mountain Valley Pipeline for Violations of State Environmental Laws (MVP’s “pattern of frequent and widespread violation” requires “systemic changes” be made)
- Editorial: A tradition born in Virginia
- ‘They just weren’t first:’ Virginia challenges Plymouth for Thanksgiving bragging rights
- Editorial: Thanksgiving Proclamation, Gov. Ralph S. Northam
- Tesla opens first Supercharger station on Peninsula (“The station is between the Supercharger station at the Janaf shopping center in Norfolk and the one near Richmond at White Oak Village.”)
- A sunny, very windy Thanksgiving. Next chance of rain comes late Saturday. (“Winds gust up to 40 to 50 mph early today.”)
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