by Lowell
Here are a few national and Virginia news headlines, political and otherwise, for Thursday, December 26.
- Christmas in Hong Kong marked by demonstrations and tear gas
- North Korea tops foreign crises confronting Trump in 2020
- Israeli PM Netanyahu hustled off stage at campaign event amid rocket attack
- U.S. Buckles in South Korea Troop-Funding Talks (“The Trump administration backs down after demanding South Korea pay five times more to host U.S. troops.”)
- In aftermath of Ukraine crisis, a climate of mistrust and threats
- How Close Did Russia Really Come to Hacking the 2016 Election?
- Trump lashes out at Pelosi on Christmas, decries ‘scam impeachment’
- Murkowski ‘Disturbed’ by McConnell’s Senate Impeachment Strategy (What’s she going to DO about it?)
- House Democrats passed 591 items in 2019 despite Trump’s ‘do-nothing’ claims (As usual, Trump is flat-out lying.)
- Donald Trump Is The Loneliest Man In America (“Those close to the president say he has no one close to him.”)
- Fox contributor and Giuliani collaborator John Solomon is the 2019 Misinformer of the Year
- McConnell flexes reelection muscle with $1B gift for Kentucky (Kentucky kickback?)
- Democrats seize on anti-Obamacare ruling to steamroll GOP in 2020
- Democratic insiders: Bernie could win the nomination (“His resiliency in the primary has caught the attention of the party establishment.”)
- A Barrier to Trump’s Border Wall: Private Landowners in Texas (“Construction of President Trump’s wall has been slow going, in part because the Texans who own the land have to be coaxed or coerced to sell. Other challenges facing the wall include an investigation into construction contracts and funding delays.”)
- The Christmas Eve Confessions of Chuck Todd (“That disinformation was going to overtake Republican politics was discoverable years before he says he discovered it.” Chuckles is an imbecile.)
- The New York Times Normalizes Trump’s Cruelty and Derangement
- Trump’s Not Richard Nixon. He’s Andrew Johnson. (“Betrayal. Paranoia. Cowardice. We’ve been here before.”)
- Top Virginia Political Stories of the Decade 2010-2019 (“Democrats go from the dark, dark days of 2010 to…turning Virginia blue in 2017-2019.”)
- Some Republicans see momentum in gun sanctuary movement. Will it work?
- Fairfax solar plan could spur change to Va. law meant to shield Dominion Energy from competitors (“Newly empowered Democrats want to dramatically expand solar efforts in the county and throughout the state.” It’s about f’ing time.)
- Pipeline protesters push past Christmas (“Tree-sitters protesting the Mountain Valley Pipeline weren’t especially concerned that Santa Claus didn’t show up with presents Wednesday.”)
- James V. Koch and Robert M. McNab column: VRS should continue to build upon its success (The VRS should ditch fossil fuel investments.)
- Virginia’s menhaden tug-of-war may end in the General Assembly
- Opinion/Editorial: Inspections uncover unsafe autos before they cause harm
- Mild and dry until late weekend rain showers
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