by Lowell
Here are a few national and Virginia news headlines, political and otherwise, for Friday, January 24.
Donald Trump must be convicted and removed from office.
Because he will always choose his own personal interest over our national interest.
Because in America, right matters. Truth matters.
If not, no Constitution can protect us.
If not, we are lost. pic.twitter.com/USfx6v9KsT
— Adam Schiff (@RepAdamSchiff) January 24, 2020
- The right keeps attacking Greta Thunberg’s identity, not her ideas (“Steve Mnuchin says she needs to go to college before she talks about climate change. It’s part of a bigger pattern.” These sociopathic people are freaked about by Thunberg and everything she stands for.)
- Thunberg Slams Elite for Ignoring Climate Crisis: Davos Update (She’s absolutely right.)
- China Locks Down 40 Million People as Anger Grows Over Virus
- Has the reckless Saudi crown prince struck again?
- Italy’s Five Star Looks Close to Collapse (“The end of the movement would create a more stable left-right dynamic, but it’s hard to feel confident in Salvini delivering essential economic reform.”)
- Donald Trump set to unveil Middle East peace plan within days
- George Soros rips Trump and Xi, says the ‘fate of the world’ is at stake in 2020
- What Would an Accelerated Global Energy Transition Look Like? (“The world is on a 3-degree warming trajectory. Wood Mackenzie analysts look at what it would take to bend that to 2 degrees.”)
- Republican Senators Aren’t ‘Bored’ by the Impeachment Trial, They’re Embarrassed (“Embarrassed, that is, to be White House lackeys. The Democratic House managers exposed them as such on Thursday.”)
- Adam Schiff piles pressure on Republicans under fire
- Trump Is Not Shamed (“As the Senate hears his case, Trump is recommitting some of the same offenses that got him impeached in the first place.”)
- John Roberts comes face to face with the mess he made
- Democrats emphasize abuse-of-power charge against Trump as GOP complains of repetition (In fact, one of the key rules of communication – and something Republicans do *ALL THE TIME* – is repetition. As usual, Republicans are massive hypocrites.)
- Schiff pleads to Senate GOP: ‘Right matters. And the truth matters.’ (It should, but it doesn’t to Republicans.)
- GOP warns of ‘drawn out’ executive privilege battle over Bolton testimony
- Democrats appeal to history, but senators struggle to sit through lesson
- Democrats’ opening arguments demonstrate the overwhelming case for impeachment (“The deluge of evidence they’ve provided is staggering.”)
- Lindsey Graham Bizarrely Defends Trump: ‘He Did Nothing Wrong In His Mind’ (The question continues to be, what on earth is wrong with Lindsey Graham? And what does Trump have on him?)
- House managers deliver a constitutional lesson (“It’s only boring if you don’t give a damn about the Constitution.”)
- What The Latest Polling On Trump’s Removal Does (And Doesn’t) Mean
- The media must call out Senate Republicans’ willful ignorance
- Republicans, think carefully about the choice you have to make (“They aren’t acting in their own self-interest.”)
- A scary new facial recognition tool underlines the urgent need for privacy laws
- Betsy Devos Likens Letting Women Have Abortions to Letting Americans Own Slaves (“Abraham Lincoln too contended with the pro-choice arguments of his day.”)
- Jim Lehrer: renowned TV journalist and PBS NewsHour host dies at age 85 (Rest in peace, sir.)
- Remembering Jim Lehrer
- National debt increased by $3 trillion during Donald Trump’s three years as president (And Republicans don’t care. But they cared a LOT when Obama was president. Hmmmmmm.)
- U.S. government’s science ranks grow thin (“Hundreds of scientists across the federal government have been forced out, sidelined or muted since President Trump took office. The exodus has been fueled broadly by administration policies that have diminished the role of science as well as more specific steps, such as moving agencies away from the nation’s capital.” This is disastrous.)
- ‘This is no time to take a risk’: Biden ad leans into electability as caucuses approach
- Biden leads, while others gain momentum in bid for 2020 nomination: Reuters/Ipsos poll
- Bloomberg’s Relentless Trolling Is Getting to Trump (“The president’s advisers have told him to ignore Bloomberg—but when the billionaire took his fight to Fox News, Trump had to speak out.”)
- Trump v. Bloomberg: Fortunes collide in pricey knife fight
- Biden, Sanders battle for top spot in new national poll (“Emerson College’s first national poll of the year shows that former Vice President Joe Biden and Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) have distanced themselves from the rest of the Democratic presidential primary pack.”)
- Kamala Harris Is Said to Be Weighing an Endorsement of Joe Biden
- Lightfoot presidential endorsement: Likely not Sanders, Warren or Biden
- Obama fundraising chief backs Biden
- Video: Sen. Mark Warner Shares Some Thoughts on Day 3 of Senate Impeachment Trial
- Kaine, Warner urge speed for review of hemp production plan
- Virginia’s historic gun control fight, explained (“Virginia Democrats are pushing to pass stronger gun control laws — and gun rights activists aren’t happy about it.”)
- DCCC: Denver “Snake” Riggleman Promotes Distillery in Podcast Appearance He Hopes You Missed
- Trump Administration Rule Endangers Chesapeake Wetlands, Environment Advocates Say (Why is this headline phrased as “Advocates Say” instead of just stating the fact that the Trump administration is endangering wetlands? The media does this s*** all the time – WHY?)
- Proposal to increase State Corporation Commission size draws sharp questions
- Video: House Labor and Commerce Committee Votes 10-9 to Expand Powerful State Corporation Commission from 3 to 5 Members
- Virginia Pro-Choice Coalition Celebrates as the Reproductive Health Protection Act Passes out of Senate Education and Health Committee
- Dominion Energy Appears to Be Circulating an Alternative to the Virginia Clean Economy Act…and…It Doesn’t Look Good
- Bills to roll back abortion restrictions adopted under Republican control advance in General Assembly
- Chipman: A dangerous new phenomenon in Virginia
- Video: House Labor and Commerce Committee Passes Payday Lending Reform Bill 14-8
- “Having a Cow” That Dairy-Industry-Backed Bill Barring use of “Milk” for Soy, Almond, Hemp, Flax, Oat, etc. Passed House of Delegates Committee
- Biscuit Eaters, Ratepayer Regulation, and Virginia
- Eileen Woll: Virginia must push ahead on wind power
- New game in town: Bill would allow slot machines in restaurants, convenience stores in Virginia
- Virginia may ban holding a phone while driving. Should it apply when you’re stopped?
- Mark Sickles and George Barker column: Time to end balance billing (Absolutely.)
- Editorial: Will Virginia finally mandate equal schools? (The government really can’t “mandate” that…)
- Virginia Department of Corrections bans strip searching of minors with legislators poised to step in
- Video: “New [Fairfax County Public] Schools and Major Renovations Should be Net-Zero”
- Arlington to Advance Vision Zero Action Plan’s Development with Open House Next Week
- Editorial: For regional jail, turmoil continues (“The Hampton Roads Regional Jail is still beset with problems that deserve the public’s attention and outrage.”)
- Mostly cloudy today, and increasing rain odds into tonight
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