by Lowell
Here are a few national and Virginia news headlines, political and otherwise, for Wednesday, January 29.
- China Death Toll Climbs to 132 as Cases Soar: Virus Update
- Trump’s Israel Peace Plan Isn’t a Plan and Won’t Bring Peace
- More U.S. service members diagnosed with brain injury from Iran missile attack
- The Real Goal of Trump’s Middle East Plan (“The Trump administration’s long awaited and ill-named peace plan has many objectives, but making peace isn’t among them.”)
- What Trump and Netanyahu just unveiled was a PR campaign, not a peace plan (“Both men are in search of distractions from their domestic problems.”)
- Trump and Netanyahu have made Mideast peace an even more distant prospect
- Trump’s Mideast ‘deal of the century’ is no deal at all (“The administration’s vision for peace outlines a scenario in which Israel maintains sovereignty west of the Jordan river, a capital in an undivided Jerusalem, and control over Jewish enclaves and settlements in the Palestinian territories. The Palestinians, meanwhile, get not much.”)
- Analysis: A Middle East Deal With Elections, Rather Than Peace, as Its Focus
- Trump Plan’s First Result: Israel Will Claim Sovereignty Over Part of West Bank
- Trump unveils Middle East peace plan with no Palestinian support (“Plan offers route to Palestinian state but recognises Israeli settlements in West Bank”)
- Trump’s Middle East Plan Is About Exerting Power, Not Achieving Peace (No wonder why Bibi is smiling.)
- Jared Kushner: Palestine Could Botch Peace Deal Like ‘Every Other Opportunity … in Their Existence’
- John Bolton Could Parachute Onto the Capitol Dome and Republicans Would Ignore It
- Bolton’s Calling the Shots Now, and Trump’s Sh*tting Bricks
- Trump defense team makes compelling case for Bolton testimony
- John Bolton could be Trump’s John Dean (“It’s not just the president who should fear Bolton.”)
- Anatomy of a ‘smear’: How Bolton became a target of the pro-Trump Internet
- Joni Ernst says the quiet part out loud (“Iowa senator sees, and voices, a link between Trump’s impeachment defense and Joe Biden’s chances in next week’s Iowa caucuses.”)
- No witness trades: Senate Republicans have lost their leverage
- GOP Leaders Say They Don’t Currently Have Enough Votes to Block Witnesses
- Former Trump Chief of Staff John Kelly tells Sarasota crowd ‘I believe John Bolton’
- Trump team warns: Stand strong or prepare for an endless trial
- Witness fight threatens quick ending to impeachment trial
- George Conway Taunts Donald Trump With A Long List Of His Geopolitical Gaffes
- Donald Trump and Lev Parnas discussed Rick Scott in secret recording
- For John Bolton, an ‘Upside-Down World’ After Trump Revelation
- John Bolton Gets the Last Laugh (“He’s the president’s bane and impeachment’s star.”)
- No witness trades: Senate Republicans have lost their leverage
- Washington Post clears reporter who tweeted link to Kobe Bryant rape allegations
- PBS, NPR feature “both sides” impeachment coverage — while Trump threatens them (There’s no excuse for the threats, but NPR sucks.)
- After enabling right-wing propaganda, Facebook hires a Fox News veteran in a key news role (“Social media giant again moves to bolster the right as 2020 elections loom”)
- Pompeo Called Me a ‘Liar.’ That’s Not What Bothers Me.
- Republicans are trapped, thanks to Nancy Pelosi
- Poll: Nearly 6 in 10 oppose Trump’s use of executive privilege to muzzle witnesses
- Trio of Dem senators considering vote to acquit Trump (That’s nuts if true.)
- The comical hypocrisy of Sean Hannity
- Bloomberg is a very good insurance policy for Democrats
- Bernie Is the Opponent Trump Wants
- Support for Biden, Sanders ticks up nationally: poll (Biden 26%, Bernie 21%, Warren 15%)
- Trump’s Digital Advantage Is Freaking Out Democratic Strategists (“Left and right agree on one point. The president’s re-election campaign is way ahead online.”)
- Election Update: Sanders Is Pulling Closer To Biden, But He’s Still Got A Ways To Go
- Trumpworld torn over running against Bernie
- Biden Aides Weigh Pursuing an Iowa Caucus Alliance With Klobuchar
- BuzzFeed News editor Ben Smith to join New York Times as media columnist
- MIT and NREL see solar modules reaching well below 20¢ per watt
- Eddie Gallagher strikes back at Navy SEALs who testified against him —
- Sen. Tim Kaine says he confronted Trump attorney Robert Ray about ‘offensive’ 1619 project remarks
- Video: Senators Mark Warner, Tim Kaine Update Us on Day 7 of Trump Impeachment Trial (Sen. Kaine: “We need some Republicans to honor their oaths to do impartial justice” Sen. Warner: “If these guys could come in and *clear* the president…why wouldn’t they come forward?”)
- Va. has 5 U.S. House rookies. Here’s how they spent their first year.
- A final blow for the Virginia GOP?
- Virginia House, Senate Take Major Votes on Variety of Subjects; Also Honor the World Champion Washington Nationals
- Video: Standing with WV Gov. Jim Justice, Liberty U. President Jerry Falwell Calls for “VEXIT” – Virginia Counties Joining West Virginia (Falwell: “We need a state government that is not elected by federal workers in the suburbs of Washington DC”)
- West Virginia’s governor to Virginia counties: Leave your blue state and join West Virginia
- Virginia Democrats push to raise minimum wage, require paid leave
- Governor Northam Applauds Deal to Jumpstart Offshore Wind Industry
- Port of Va. to lease land to Danish wind company for East Coast hub
- Virginia House Labor and Commerce Committee Passes Bill to Grant Public Service Workers The Right to Collectively Bargain
- The Dominion Way = The Virginia Way? Fairfax NAACP President Sean Perryman Appeals for Campaign Finance Reform (“…these companies can essentially buy the legislature”)
- Editorial: Who should replace Lee?
- Full Virginia House and Senate to Soon Consider Reigning In Car Title and Payday Lenders (Try “reining” in, not “reigning.”)
- Is another tuition freeze in Virginia’s cards? Lawmakers mull a repeat.
- Virginia’s gun ‘sanctuaries’ are a recipe for mayhem
- Slots vs. skill — House panel moves to ban them all, but the game’s just begun
- Tarina Keene: Pro-choice majorities are doing the voters’ will
- Editorial: Press pause on electronic gaming
- Virginia could ditch jail time for drivers going 81 mph in a 70 mph zone
- Is Virginia Criminalizing Dissent Against State Leaders? (“False” That’s right, Sen. Amanda Chase is spreading disinformation yet *again*!))
- Meet The Virginia Lawmaker Who Got The Equal Rights Amendment Tattooed On Her Arm
- Hurst detained, released from traffic stop (“A Virginia legislator pulled over on suspicion of intoxicated driving Sunday in Christiansburg left with a warning, not a charge — and could not have been cited even if the police officer wanted to because of a provision of the Virginia Constitution.”)
- Caperton: A clean energy future lies in Virginia lawmakers’ hands (Do NOT let Dominion water this down!)
- Capps, Huber, Rainone, Sandel and Sprinkle: G3 is a good long-term investment
- Setting a deadline for farm conservation practices would be a major step for Virginia water quality
- Virginia state House officially repeals anti-marriage equality law
- Virginia House committee approves nondiscrimination bill with bipartisan support (“Three Republicans from rural areas cross party lines to back the Virginia Values Act” The headline is misleading, as the vast majority of Republicans voted no.)
- Outlook for skill games darkens as Va. House panel votes for ban
- Virginia Senate backs change to June primary date (Why?)
- The Push for Paid Family Leave in Virginia is Drawing Flak From Small Businesses
- Families of Virginia Beach mass shooting victims lobby lawmakers for state investigation
- New Amazon-Arlington solar farm to fulfill most of county’s renewable pledges (That headline is false, actually. In fact, the solar farm will fulfill most of the pledges regarding the county *government*’s operations, not the county as a whole. And it’s electricity, by the way, *not* total energy – another mistake in this article.)
- Police chief says Newport News saw fewest shootings since 2012 last year
- Charlottesville schools’ funding request larger than city expected
- Stafford County Schools superintendent announces resignation
- Temperatures are on the chilly side the rest of the work week
