by Lowell
Here are a few national and Virginia news headlines, political and otherwise, for Wednesday, November 13.
- Venice Mayor Blames Climate Change As Italian City Inundated By Highest Tide In 50 Years
- Trump Threatens Substantially More Tariffs If No China Deal
- Greta Thunberg leaves US with simple climate crisis message: vote (“My message to the Americans is the same as to everyone – to unite behind the science and to act on the science”)
- Climate activist Greta Thunberg to sail to Europe from Hampton (“She’ll be riding across the ocean in a 48-foot catamaran named La Vagabonde.”)
- Congress demands Trump cancel meeting with Turkish leader who ordered Syria invasion
- ‘I Assume the Presidency’: Bolivia Lawmaker Declares Herself Leader (“With the country left leaderless, Senator Jeanine Añez Chavez said she was taking power. But ousted President Evo Morales vowed to fight on.”)
- People died while Trump played games with Ukraine’s military aid
- What Impeachment Will Cost the GOP (“Even if the Senate clears Donald Trump, the Republican Party could pay the price for a generation.”)
- Republicans’ words betray a lack of moral core
- The GOP’s defense of Trump, annotated
- 4 lies House Republicans are using to defend Trump against impeachment
- House Holds 1st Open Hearing In Trump Impeachment Inquiry
- Trump impeachment hearings will echo through the ages
- What Trump Is Hiding From the Impeachment Hearings (“The president’s efforts to prevent the House from doing its job are just as worrisome as the Ukraine scandal.”)
- Republicans shouldn’t blindly protect Trump during impeachment hearings (No, but they will, because that’s how they roll.)
- Impeachment gives Trump staffers a choice: Loyalty and maybe prison, or betrayal and derision
- Trump’s muddled messaging meets the assault of impeachment
- Historic impeachment hearings set to begin (“The series of open hearings that begin today will be a pivotal test of lawmakers’ ability to sway public opinion for or against President Trump’s impeachment in a polarized political environment. Both parties are seeking to use the inquiry to their advantage heading into the 2020 presidential and congressional campaigns.”)
- Don’t Get Confused By The Ukraine Scandal: Here Are The Key Facts (“It seems like it’s getting more complicated, but it really isn’t.”)
- At donor dinner, Giuliani associate said he discussed Ukraine with Trump, according to people familiar with his account
- White House preps for impeachment show with an awkward chief-of-staff sideshow
- Aides are counseling Trump not to fire Mulvaney, as acting chief of staff changes course again
- Giuliani Was Close to a Podcast Deal With the News Outlet That Spread His Ukraine Conspiracies
- The Democrats’ Impeachment Strategy Is Simple—and Risky (“Will their less-is-more approach help the Republicans?”)
- The GOP’s Impeachment Strategy Is Self-Refuting (“To prove Trump wasn’t targeting his opponents for investigation, Republicans are targeting his opponents for investigation.”)
- Justice Dept. inspector general invites witnesses to review draft of Russia report, signaling public release is close
- Trump Has Considered Firing Intelligence Community Inspector General —
- Stephen Miller Proves the Conservative Rot Is Vast, But It Didn’t Begin With Trump
- Stephen Miller privately promoted stories from white nationalist and fringe media organizations
- White House Advisor Stephen Miller Just Got Outed for Explicit White Supremacist E-mails
- Stephen Miller’s Affinity for White Nationalism Revealed in Leaked Emails
- Hard evidence that Stephen Miller is a white nationalist — and why that isn’t “old news” (“Internet cynics claim we all knew about Miller already. So why has the right worked so hard to cover up the truth?”)
- The Man Trump Trusts for News on Ukraine
- Trump’s Contempt for True Professionals (“It’s driving the impeachment inquiry. It’s dooming his presidency.”)
- Hate-Crime Violence Hits 16-Year High, F.B.I. Reports (Totally not a coincidence that Trump is president, huh?)
- Supreme Court Appears Ready to Let Trump End DACA Program
- One way or another, the Supreme Court is likely to let Trump end DACA
- Three Legendary Sexists Now Hold Power Over the Equal Rights Amendment
- The Supreme Court’s Sandy Hook ruling is a welcome victory for gun violence victims
- Why Even More Democrats Are Thinking About Entering The Presidential Race
- Michael Bloomberg, Deval Patrick blindside Dem primary field (“The two prospective presidential candidates would face long odds if they run — but each could unsettle the race in far-reaching ways.”)
- Poll: Buttigieg first in Iowa (“Joe Biden and Elizabeth Warren are close behind, with Bernie Sanders in fourth place.”)
- Trump Tells Crowd Ivanka Has Created 14 Million New Jobs (Yep, he’s batshit crazy.)
- Sinclair’s newest lobbyist is a former Breitbart writer and Trump official who thinks the media is smearing a “very nice man” (Remember, absolutely do not watch Sinclair “news” products like WJLA-7 in the Washington, DC metro region.)
- Hillary Clinton says ‘many, many, many people’ are urging her to run for president in 2020 (“Clinton’s 2016 running mate, Sen. Tim Kaine (D-Va.), said in an interview with The Washington Post Tuesday that he has not had any conversations with her on the topic of a potential 2020 run.”)
- Rep. Connolly says Democrats already have ‘smoking gun’ to impeach Trump
- Warner, Kaine want answers after company closes Roanoke Plant, announces new in Mexico
- Why the Oath of Office Played Such an Important Role in This Candidate’s Reelection Ad (“The spot for Elaine Luria gained huge traction on Veterans Day”)
- Navy vet Ben Loyola running as a Republican to unseat Elaine Luria
- Black lawmakers in Virginia set to be key powerbrokers
- Virginia GOP Releases Its “Report on Mass Killings and Gun Violence” and…Why Did They Even Release This Drivel?
- Virginia voters have spoken: It’s time to pass gun-safety legislation
- Meagher: The limits of the Democratic victory (“Morrissey represents the limits of the Democrat’s victory. With a 21-19 majority in the Senate, JoMo holds the majority in his hands; if he bolts to the other side on any vote, the Democrats will have to turn to Fairfax to cast the tiebreaker on their behalf. A stronger Blue Wave victory, and just one more Senate seat, would have prevented this particular two-horned dilemma from ever coming into play.”)
- Virginia crime commission ponders gun violence and concludes that it’s complicated
- New Report: Black Teens Are Far More Likely to be Trapped in Virginia’s Outdated Youth Prison System
- Strike against Metrobus contractor could spread to Fairfax Connector
- Robert W. Lazaro Jr. column: Now is the time to increase solar PPAs in Virginia
- Hullihen Williams Moore column: Ratepayers beware on Dominion’s offshore wind project (So basically the argument here is that everyone else in the world can do offshore wind development successfully and, increasingly, inexpensively, but Dominion Energy – and, more broadly, Virginia – can’t. Gotcha.)
- EDITORIAL: Virginians’ electricity bills will be going up (And another hit job on offshore wind, without of course one mention of the climate crisis or of the fact that offshore wind power is being developed across the world successfully and, increasingly, cheaply.)
- On Run For Something Day, Honoring EVERY Virginia Democrat Who Stood Up in 2019 – Win or Lose
- Governor Northam, Governor Hogan Announce Historic ‘Capital Beltway Accord’ to Rebuild American Legion Bridge, Connect Interstate Highway System
- Maryland and Virginia will widen the American Legion Bridge. Will this make transportation better or worse?
- Virginia and Maryland have taken a big step toward easing one of the Eastern Seaboard’s worst traffic chokepoints
- Va. attorney general probing bias allegations in Loudoun County schools
- Richmond City Council defers vote on $1.5B downtown redevelopment plan until early next year
- R.I.P. Dr. Mary Christian: First African-American to Serve on Hampton City School Board; First African-American, First Woman From Hampton to Be Elected to the Virginia Legislature Post-Reconstruction
- Former Del. Mary T. Christian, long-serving Hampton legislator and professor, dies at 95
- Sensitive data from 1,800 people may have fallen into hands of felon, Virginia town says (“The potential breach occurred after the email inbox of Purcellville’s police chief was copied onto a thumb drive that later disappeared, officials said.”)
- Arlington will review response to 1st boil water advisory in 26 years
- Hanover School Board votes to ask General Assembly for 50% pay raise for its members
- Cold today with some brief temperature moderation to end the work week
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