by Lowell
Here are a few national and Virginia news headlines, political and otherwise, for Monday, December 30.
- Ukraine fears Trump hold on aid exposed vulnerability in war with Russia
- Greta Thunberg and mass protests defined the year in climate change (“In a sense, we’re at a tipping point for world industries, but the hope is that we’re tipping in the right direction and not back to the Stone Age”)
- US air strikes target al-Shabaab after Mogadishu bombing
- Assad is growing stronger under Trump’s nonexistent Syria policy
- Netanyahu Says Immunity From Prosecution ‘A Cornerstone of Democracy’ (WTF?)
- Behind the Ukraine Aid Freeze: 84 Days of Conflict and Confusion
- Putin Thanks Trump for Helping Russia Thwart Terrorist Attack
- Trump’s lawyer and the Venezuelan president: How Giuliani got involved in back-channel talks with Maduro
- 3 Dead After Shooting At West Freeway Church Of Christ In White Settlement
- Civil rights icon Rep. John Lewis announces he has stage 4 pancreatic cancer (Ugh, this sucks. Hoping the great John Lewis wins this fight too.)
- Rep. John Lewis Undergoing Cancer Treatment
- Jewish leaders urge action after another ‘senseless’ attack
- Jews Under Attack Deserve Better Than Selective Outrage
- Jews Are Going Underground
- Acts of anti-Semitism are on the rise around the country, leaving Jewish community rattled
- Rudy Giuliani Blames NYC Mayor Bill de Blasio For Wave Of Anti-Semitic Attacks (“De Blasio blamed hate ’emanating from Washington.'”)
- Gov. Andrew Cuomo Calls Anti-Semitic Hanukkah Stabbing “Domestic Terrorism”
- Trump’s pardon of Gallagher just got even more appalling
- Trump Impeachment Trial Tests Incumbents Key to Senate Control
- The Presidential Nominating Process Is Absurd (“It has come to resemble a reality television show, in which a pseudo-scientific process (polls plus donor numbers) winnows the field. The winner is then chosen by a distorted series of primaries and caucuses: The same few states always get outsize influence, and a crude, unranked voting system can produce a nominee whom most people don’t want.”)
- Ivanka Trump’s family values
- The Stock Market Is Booming, but Democrats See a Struggling Working Class
- How Big Companies Won New Tax Breaks From the Trump Administration
- GOP Senator James Lankford says he doesn’t think Trump is a role model for young people
- Trump impeachment trial drags Roberts into spotlight
- NY Times’ Column on “Jewish Genius” Cited a White Supremacist as a Source (“But that was only one of Bret Stephens’ problems.”)
- Internet trashes Face the Nation for softball interview with ‘unqualified grifter’ Ivanka Trump
- The Worst Political Predictions of 2019 (“No one knows what the future holds, but these pundits and politicians knew even less than the rest.”)
- Advice for Dems from “America’s Dad” (“Republicans will use their parliamentary mastery from running the [legislative] bodies to try to throw roadblocks into Democrats’ way”)
- Morgan Griffith column: Proportional representation promotes fairness (Haha, did right-wingnut Griffith call for this when Democrats were in the minority?!?)
- Virginia Politics 2020: 15 Things to Keep an Eye On
- Poll: Were We “Wrong” or Right to Have Called for Gov. Northam’s Resignation Last February?
- Some Va. Democrats want to hit the brakes on nonpartisan redistricting plan (This article completely fails to discuss Del. Levine’s *alternative* to a constitutional amendment, which is *legislation* that accomplishes actual nonpartisan redistricting for 2021, as opposed to this amendment, which does *not* accomplish “nonpartisan” redistricting.)
- Editorial: A look back at a consequential decade
- Natural gas development is speeding up in Virginia. Legislators will have to square that with state climate goals.
- Gov. Northam’s Proposed Budget Underfunds Virginia’s Students, Teachers, and Staff
- Editorial: An equitable place for all (“A commission to remove out-dated laws that unfairly punish people of color is a worthwhile endeavor, writes the editorial board.”)
- 2019 Year in Review: The biggest stories of the year in South Hampton Roads
- Morgan Griffith column: Proportional representation promotes fairness
- Seeds of a new environmental endowment grow in Tri-Cities area with an industrial past
- Near record warmth possible today, but chilly on New Year’s Eve
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