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by Lowell
Here are a few national and Virginia news headlines, political and otherwise, for Tuesday, December 17.
- We Need a Massive Climate War Effort—Now
- U.N. Climate Talks Collapsed in Madrid. What’s the Way Forward?
- Jellyfish and ‘Slime’ Are Set to Thrive Thanks to the Great Chinese Climate Hoax (“Introducing deoxygenation, another fun consequence of our ecological crisis.”)
- Has Narendra Modi Finally Gone Too Far?
- India’s students are in full revolt against a new citizenship law that excludes Muslims
- How Trump Lost His Trade War (“On speaking loudly and carrying a small stick.”)
- Trump’s smoke-and-mirrors trade deal with China
- China May Buy Ethanol, Divert Hong Kong Trade to Hit U.S. Pledge
- U.S.-China Deal Will Be a Short-Term Truce
- Rudy Giuliani said he needed US ambassador to Ukraine ‘out of the way’
- As impeachment looms, Rudy Giuliani’s Ukraine conspiracies are getting more outlandish
- Trump-district Democrats carry impeachment to finish line
- Lawmakers to set rules of engagement for Trump impeachment vote
- More Than 750 Historians Call For Donald Trump To Be Impeached
- How far can the House go to stop a sham trial? (“If, at the end of the proceedings, Democrats have not had access to witnesses, they could ask Roberts to declare a ‘mistrial.’ That is highly unlikely to be granted, but it would cement in the public’s mind a key argument: The Senate did not acquit (or decline to remove) by a full and fair trial. The stain of impeachment should remain, Democrats can argue.”)
- Americans locked in partisan stalemate on removing Trump from office, Post-ABC poll finds (“On the eve of the House vote, 49 percent of Americans say Trump should be impeached and removed from office, while 46 percent say he should not. Those are essentially identical to findings at the end of October, when 49 percent favored impeachment and removal and 47 percent opposed. The latest poll also finds that regardless of whether Trump committed an impeachable offense, 49 percent say he improperly pressured Ukraine to investigate former vice president Joe Biden and his son, while 39 percent say Trump did not do this.”)
- Some GOP senators are worrying the White House and party
- Mitch McConnell wants a show trial — but Democrats don’t have to give him one (“McConnell has promised a Senate trial shaped to Trump’s whims. Democrats can fight back, if they have the guts”)
- Will any Republicans show respect for the Constitution? (Sure doesn’t look like it at this point.)
- Trump impeachment: Democrats push for Bolton to testify in Senate trial
- Fiorina: Trump should be impeached – but I might vote for him anyway (“Ex-Hewlett-Packard chief and 2016 Republican candidate said president’s conduct is ‘destructive to our republic’”)
- Government Extends Open Enrollment For ACA Health Plans, But Only For 36 Hours
- Only One American Political Organization Can Save the Republic Now (“The Democrats have done their part in the House. John Roberts can do his. But the rest is up to the party not of Lincoln—or even Nixon”)
- Congress Considers Bipartisan Compromise Legislation On Surprise Medical Bills
- Congress finalizes $1.3 trillion spending deal ahead of Friday shutdown deadline
- On Tuesday, March for Impeachment (“The anti-Trump majority needs to make itself seen.”)
- Trump Will Be Impeached but Trumpism Will F*ck Us Forever (“The stain will be on Trump’s record, but the Republicans abased themselves, and the Democrats couldn’t stop him. Nice republic while we had it.”)
- Nixon was bad. Trump is much worse.
- Democrats Win Deal to Fund Gun-Violence Research for the First Time Since 1996
- We Are Republicans, and We Want Trump Defeated (“The president and his enablers have replaced conservatism with an empty faith led by a bogus prophet.”)
- Boeing Will Suspend Production Of 737 Max Jetliners In January
- Wisconsin Democrats vow to register the 200,000 voters purged from the rolls
- Bloomberg Spends Big on His Ground Game (“The former mayor—who vetoed a living wage bill—is investing in a massive ground game—one that will stay in place even if he loses.”)
- Mike Bloomberg’s campaign manager: Trump is winning the race, and Democrats don’t realize it
- Meet The Press hosts all-Republican panel of voters to downplay impeachment (Meet the Press is beyond parody.)
- Sen. Kaine Bill to Raise Tobacco Age to 21 Included in Government Funding Deal
- GOP lawmakers reject sanctuary cities for humans — but like them for guns (“Republican Reps. Ben Cline, Denver Riggleman, and Rob Wittman don’t think Virginia localities should have to enforce any new gun safety laws that are passed.”)
- Richard Schragger column: It’s time for home rule in Virginia (“Dillon’s Rule didn’t make much sense in 1969, and it makes even less sense now.”)
- Spanberger, Luria — vulnerable Va. Democrats — will vote to impeach Trump (Exactly, the issue is that they’re “vulnerable” politically, not that they are “moderate” or “centrist” or whatever b.s. the media claims.)
- Key Trump-District Freshman, Rep. Abigail Spanberger (D-VA07): “I will be voting in favor of both articles of impeachment”
- Spanberger says she will vote to impeach Trump
- Video: House Majority Forward Launches Ads Thanking Reps. Spanberger, Luria for Their Work to Make Prescription Drugs More Affordable
- Shad Plank: Northam proposes 68% boost to K-12 spending on top of rebenchmarking
- Sen. Warner wants to see improvements at Hampton VA in 90 days
- Attorney General Mark Herring Defends Refugee Resettlement
- We Need Real Solutions to the Intersecting Crises of Climate Change and Inequity: We Cannot Settle for Half Measures
- New Wason Center Poll Finds “pent-up demand among [Virginia] voters for a lot of the Democrats’ policy agenda”
- Wason Poll: Virginia Voters Favor Gun Control Legislation, With Democrats Now in Control of the General Assembly
- State of the Commonwealth: ODU, CNU experts weigh in on the state of Virginia’s politics, economy
- Norfolk State would get $143 million extra under Northam’s plan for historically black colleges
- Video: Governor Northam Proposes $1.2 Billion Investment in K-12 Education
- Virginia Republican Introduces Bill to Prohibit the Terms “Almond Milk,” “Soy Milk,” “Oat Milk,” etc.
- New report blames gerrymandering for failed gun-safety bills (“if 55 percent of voters support a particular party, that party should receive as close as possible to 55 percent of the seats”)
- Fire Ants Moving West Across Virginia
- Former principal, teaching aides charged in alleged abuse of 6 special-needs students (“Fairfax County police said the principal failed to report the incidents, which came to light in September, after a teacher noticed bruises on one of the students, who are nonverbal.”)
- ‘This case is shocking’: Fairfax Co. principal failed to report abuse of nonverbal special-needs children, police say
- Video: Parisa Dehghani-Tafti Sworn In as New Commonwealth’s Attorney For Arlington and City of Falls Church
- Pulaski County approves Second Amendment sanctuary resolution as Montgomery County hears from full house
- Jens Soering Starts New Life in Germany
- Safety issue halts Dominion Energy demonstration on the danger of downed power lines
- Cold morning rain, afternoon wind and a cold, dry rest of week
