by Lowell
Here are a few national and Virginia news headlines, political and otherwise, for Saturday, December 14.
- Winners and losers in Trump’s ‘phase one’ China trade deal (“Farmers and tech companies are among the beneficiaries, while China “hawks” and President Trump’s “MAGA” trade agenda took a hit.”)
- Labour has a choice: The center or the abyss (“Jeremy Corbyn is a disaster.”)
- What Boris Johnson’s sweep means — and doesn’t (“…the Labour leader’s showing is a cautionary tale. It’s hard to argue now, as some on the left once did, that Corbynism represents the wave of the future.”)
- After his big win, Boris Johnson could embrace pragmatism over divisiveness
- Boris Johnson Is Showing Western Politicians How to Win (“Trump is too dysfunctional to replicate his style. Democrats could, though.”)
- Biden warns that Boris Johnson’s victory shows dangers of parties leaning too far left (No doubt, Labour under Corbyn went far to the left…way too far, obviously, for many British voters.)
- Analysis: Brexit’s Advance Opens a New Trade Era (“The Conservative landslide in Britain leaves no doubt that today, national interests are supreme and globalization is suspect.”)
- The United Kingdom Has Voted. Will It Remain United? (“Boris Johnson’s resounding victory means Britain will almost certainly leave the European Union. But what will become of Scotland and Northern Ireland?”)
- Populist nationalism is on the march. No one seems to know how to stop it.
- Afghanistan papers detail US dysfunction: ‘We did not know what we were doing’
- Supreme Court agrees to consider whether Trump’s tax records should be released
- High court will take up Trump’s broad claims of protection from investigation
- House set for historic floor vote after panel approves two articles of impeachment
- House committee votes to advance articles of impeachment against Trump
- Fact-based impeachment can’t penetrate the pro-Trump Web (“The president’s supporters flocked to online sites where they built their own version of events. The echo chambers that take hold on social media reach beyond the effects of media coverage partial to the president.”)
- On impeachment, Democrats can put Republicans on defense. Here’s how.
- Republicans Show No Sign of Taking Impeachment Seriously
- Icy silence, frayed connections: Impeachment takes a toll
- Impeachment is rare. Republicans’ histrionics are historic.
- A Major but Little-Known Supporter of Climate Denial: Freight Railroads (That includes Norfolk Southern)
- Melania Trump’s indefensible defense of her bully husband
- Barr Is Trying to Erase the Truth
- Wisconsin judge: 234K voter registrations should be tossed (“A Wisconsin judge on Friday ordered that the registration of up to 234,000 voters be tossed out because they may have moved, a victory for conservatives that could make it more difficult for people to vote next year in the key swing state.” Totally f’ed up.)
- Former Breitbart Editor: Stephen Miller is a white supremacist. I know, I was one too.
- For Impeachment Trial, McConnell Takes Cues From White House (“Outraged Democrats accused Mitch McConnell, the Senate majority leader, of abandoning his duty to render “impartial justice” in an impeachment trial.” That’s disqualifying.)
- Mitch McConnell Brags About Blocking Obama For 2 Years, Then Laughs About It
- McConnell’s awful Hannity interview shows power of Fox News’s disinformation
- Poll finds Graham with just 2-point lead on Democratic challenger (Graham is an utter disgrace and richly deserves to lose.)
- Who’s ahead in the national polls? (Right now it’s Biden 26.2%, Sanders 17.0%, Warren 14.9%, Buttigieg 9.6%, Bloomberg 4.7%, Yang 3.4%, Klobuchar 2.2%, Booker 1.7%, Steyer 1.4%)
- Bernie Sanders Retracts Endorsement of Cenk Uygur After Criticism (“…many Democrats condemned the endorsement, citing Mr. Uygur’s history of offensive comments”)
- FWIW: The Top Ten Digital Campaign Moments of 2019
- Democrats plan ‘unprecedented’ effort to flip state legislative chambers in 2020 state races (It’s about time!)
- Kaine, Warner brace for U.S. Senate impeachment inquiry (It won’t be an “inquiry,” it will be a trial.)
- Unions encouraged, business alarmed by pending debate on Va. right-to-work law
- Worker rights are returning to Virginia
- Top Donors to Virginia GOP 2019 Candidates Tell Us a Lot – All Bad – About That Party
- Video: Gov. Northam Announces Budget Proposals to Combat Homelessness, Ensure All Virginians Have Access to Safe, Stable, Affordable Housing
- It’s well past time for Virginia to purge racist laws from its code
- No matter where you live, rural broadband is a big issue in Virginia
- Excellent Bill by Del.-Elect Josh Cole (D), Excellent Bill by Del. Joseph Lindsey (D), Apparently Terrible Bill by Del. Lee Ware (R)
- Del. David Toscano: Sanctuaries With Guns? Turning The Rule Of Law Upside Down
- Virginia counties declare gun sanctuaries, but experts say they ‘don’t have force of law’
- Where Are Virginia’s Top Elected Officials on the “Gun Sanctuary” Movement?
- Virginia National Guard responds after Democratic lawmaker suggests it may be needed to enforce gun control measures (“We understand and respect the passion people feel for the U.S. Constitution and 2nd Amendment rights. We will not speculate about the possible use of the Virginia National Guard”)
- Elderly mother of former Virginia state lawmaker indicted on felony embezzlement charges (“Tom Gear’s mother, 89, is accused of stealing more than $180,000 from an American Legion Women’s Auxiliary in Phoebus, with the money going to her son’s gambling.”)
- Breaking: Democrat Nancy Guy Wins Recount in HD-83
- Republican Del. Chris Stolle concedes to Democrat Nancy Guy after unofficial recount results
- Speaker-Designee Eileen Filler-Corn Announces Kevin O’Holleran as Chief of Staff
- Loudoun newspaper publisher sentenced to prison for fraud (“Brian Reynolds, a longtime Republican operative, said he was suffering from undiagnosed mental health issues.”)
- Amid chicken farming boom on Eastern Shore, state worries about water supply
- Local environmentalist says MVP penalty not nearly enough
- Judge approves $2.15M fine for Mountain Valley Pipeline developers
- Student activism prompts Virginia Tech to reexamine climate goals
- 2 workers brought guns into a state office in Norfolk. Only 1 lost her job. (“As the issue of gun control takes center stage in Virginia, employees are debating how to protect themselves from workplace violence.”)
- Rain ends later today, then it’s clearer and breezy tonight into Sunday
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