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by Lowell
Here are a few national and Virginia news headlines, political and otherwise, for Sunday, January 19.
- In Australia, fires heat up environmental movement (“Australia is angry. Part of its ire is directed at public policies that largely discount climate change as a problem worth addressing in the near term.” They should be livid. We all should be.)
- Puerto Rico emergency director fired after residents discover warehouse full of Hurricane Maria supplies
- Harry and Meghan to give up HRH titles and repay £2.4m
- The Kremlin Inches Closer to the Biden Plot (“Lev Parnas pointed his finger at Dmytro Firtash.”)
- Trump Loses Another Russia Adviser, Adding to NSC Turnover
- Women’s March protesters in D.C. and across the country pledge it’s only the beginning
- House managers cite ‘overwhelming’ evidence against Trump in their brief to Senate (It is absolutely overwhelming.)
- Democrats file brief against Trump, ‘the Framers’ worst nightmare’
- House Democrats say Senate ‘must eliminate the threat’ that the president poses to national security
- Trump’s mercenary foreign policy confirms what our worst critics say of us (Trump represents America at its absolute worst.)
- ‘Brazen and unlawful’: Trump team attacks House impeachment effort in first formal response (In fact, it’s the Trump administration that’s “Brazen and Unlawful.”)
- Trump, who wanted a TV legal team, is ‘distracted’ by impeachment trial, source says
- Murkowski on impeachment: “It is important that we have a process that is viewed as fair”
- Lev Parnas worked his way into Trump’s world — and now is rattling it
- Trump’s is the third impeachment in US history and no case has been stronger (It’s iron-clad, open-and-shut.)
- In Trump’s Impeachment, Republicans Don’t Even Know What They’re Covering Up (“But the latest revelations about Trump and Ukraine are explosive”)
- The National Archives used to stand for independence. That mission has been compromised. (“The Archives apologized for its photo-altering blunder, but there must be consequences.”)
- Trump Is a Remorseless Advocate of Crimes Against Humanity (That alone should be impeachable, by the way.)
- Trump rips New York City sea wall: ‘Costly, foolish’ and ‘environmentally unfriendly idea’ (So, is Trump doing everything he can to fight the climate crisis, then? Nope, of course not!)
- Election Update: The First Post-Debate Polls Are In! And They’re … Pretty Weird. (“Pretty much whichever Democrat you’re rooting for, you can find some polls to be happy about and others that you’d rather ignore.”)
- Facing Senate trial crunch, Dems blitzing Iowa, early states
- Capt. ‘Sully’ Sullenberger: Like Joe Biden, I Once Stuttered, Too. I Dare You to Mock Me.
- Biden charges Sanders camp ‘doctored video’ to attack him
- Sanders runs into resistance as he looks beyond Warren dispute (“The Vermont senator is making an effort to court women voters, but some are still stewing.”)
- Buttigieg tries to recapture Iowa magic (“The Democrat is laying off his rivals and pitching unity ahead of the Iowa caucuses.”)
- Puerto Ricans new to Florida could swing state to Democrats in 2020 (“Democratic-aligned voter registration groups have been blanketing the state hoping to sign up tens of thousands of new voters…In Polk County, the Hispanic registered voter population has grown from 19,000 in 2006 to 65,000 in 2018 — 15% of the total and of up from only 3% in 1980.”)
- Audio: On Gene Rossi Show, Political Gurus Matt Rogers, Chaz Nuttycombe Predict 2020 Presidential Race (Including Most Likely Dem Nominee)
- Audio: On Gene Rossi Show, Virginia Sen. Scott Surovell Comments on “Devin Nunes’ Cow” Lawsuit; Gun Legislation and Protests
- With energy policy, there’s no free lunch (“By mandating a transition toward lower-cost efficiency investments and ever-cheaper wind and solar power, the bill saves ratepayers and businesses money all across Virginia’s electrical grid. How much money? As much as $3,500 per ratepayer (cumulatively) by 2050…The savings rate is in contrast to Dominion’s business-as-usual approach of gouging ratepayers with pricey, dirty fossil-fuel investments and doing next to nothing on efficiency. The ‘Dominion way’ has already given Virginia among the highest average electricity bills in the nation…To Dominion, east is west and up is down as long as the company can keep overcharging ratepayers and harming the climate with its preferred network of coal and gas plants.”)
- It’s time to take politics out of fisheries (“Virginia’s new General Assembly leadership must strongly support sustainable fisheries, avoid a total fishery shutdown and finally fix this mess by letting the VMRC manage menhaden.”)
- Republican Delegate Suggests Virginia Give Arlington, Alexandria, Other Areas Inside the Beltway to D.C.
- College spending, board decisions are targets of Virginia higher ed bills
- Why Are Militia Groups Descending on Virginia? (“Groups are warning of gun grabs and internet blackouts. In reality, the new gun measures are widely supported by Virginians.”)
- As gun-rights supporters plan peaceful rally in Richmond, state warns extremists could pose threat.
- What Did Virginia Learn From Charlottesville? (“With the banning weapons and other measures, officials in Richmond are trying to avoid a repeat of the deadly 2017 clash in Charlottesville.”)
- Thousands expected to head to Richmond for gun rights rally on Monday (“Officials are preparing for a volatile mix of weapons, anti-government fervor and extremists who have vowed to defend the Second Amendment.”)
- Editorial: Some advice for Gun Lobby Day participants: Leave your guns at home
- Trump Times Scare-Mongering Tweet for Maximum Impact as White Supremacists Prep for Richmond Rally (“How better to honor the non-violence of Dr. Martin Luther King than with a march for guns?”)
- Alleged members of white supremacy group ‘the Base’ charged with plotting to kill antifa couple
- Who is the Virginia Citizens Defense League leader organizing Monday’s gun rally? (This guy)
- Virginia Beach’s new flooding models are as advanced as any in the United States
- New delegate Josh Cole wants study on forming Fredericksburg regional transportation authority
- Hudson introduces bill removing limits on city councilor pay
- Brighter but breezy and cold through tomorrow; still cold into midweek despite gradual warming
