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by Lowell
Here are a few national and Virginia news headlines, political and otherwise, for Sunday, February 9.
- Coronavirus outbreak: Death toll surpasses total from SARS outbreak
- Rogue soldier shot dead after Thai shopping mall massacre (“Death toll stands at 26 after sergeant major killed commanding officer then attacked Terminal 21 complex in Nkhon Ratchasim city”)
- Turkey threatens to hit back as Assad advances in northern Syria (“Three million stuck at Turkish border in one of worst humanitarian crises since start of war”)
- Trump’s new budget proposal expected to show how far he has moved away from some 2016 campaign promises
- Vindman’s ouster by Trump leaves chill among witnesses, career federal workers (“Officials and political appointees who testified in President Trump’s impeachment hearings remained worried about their future. ‘You’re seeing things happen in an unprecedented way that even Nixon didn’t do,’ one former NSC adviser said.”)
- Alexander Vindman lawyer attacks Trump over ‘obviously false statements’
- Trump’s ‘Friday night massacre’ is just the beginning. I fear what’s to come.
- ‘Not just chilling but frightening’: Inside Vindman’s ouster amid fears of further retaliation by Trump
- Republican Senators Tried to Stop Trump From Firing Impeachment Witness
- Trump Points His Finger, and a Life Is Ruined (“The former National Security Council aide joins a club of people whom the president has targeted for telling the truth.”)
- Trump’s Impeachment Trial and the Verdict of History
- The Don Strikes Back (“An enraged and ebullient Trump ups the body count.”)
- The Billion-Dollar Disinformation Campaign to Reelect the President
- Trump’s resilience causes Democrats to sound the alarm
- Trump Insists Real Photo Revealing His Fake Tan Is Fake
- Trump Blasts Viral Tan Line Photo as “Fake News.” Take a Look at Other Photos of Same Scene.
- Impeachment fallout threatens to upend battle for Senate
- Part of America Is Still Forgotten, Now Under Trump
- Obama was unprepared for Trump — and for the way the GOP has abandoned the rule of law: WaPo editor
- Joe Biden Frustrates Supporters With Debate Comment Writing Off New Hampshire
- CNN poll: Sanders leads as Buttigieg grabs momentum in New Hampshire
- Joe Biden Is Collapsing
- Biden mocks rival Buttigieg’s record as small city mayor
- Biden on Buttigieg: ‘This guy’s not Barack Obama’
- Nevada Democrats Canceled Their Caucus App. But That Poses Its Own Problems.
- After the meltdown at the Iowa caucuses, Democrats fear a repeat in Nevada
- Iowa conspiracy theories show US democracy has bigger problems than foreign interference
- Klobuchar joins the swelling ranks of Democrats with a shot
- Joe Biden Is Running Out Of Gas (“The former VP has lost the plot, voters say. And they’re wondering if he will ever get it back.”)
- Why Wasn’t Turnout Better in Iowa?
- They’ve Both ‘Won Every Race’ So Far, and Want a Win in New Hampshire (“Elizabeth Warren would have liked more speaking time at the debate. Amy Klobuchar said she had a home-field advantage at an ice arena. Both spent the day after making the case that they’re the ones to defeat President Trump.”)
- Acronym, the dark money group behind the Iowa caucuses app meltdown, explained (“People have been waiting for this to blow up and did not foresee that this would blow up in quite a spectacular way”)
- CBS News head calls threats against Gayle King reprehensible
- How can the media earn back the trust of viewers? Stop playing by Trump’s rules for coverage (“Time for TV newsrooms to stop trying to win over GOP viewers. Stand up and band together for a free press instead”)
- ‘S.N.L.’ Takes Aim at the Democratic Debate and Trump’s Acquittal (“Hosted by RuPaul and featuring Justin Bieber as musical guest, this week’s show also had another memorable Oscar segment.”)
- Schapiro: You really ought to give Virginia a try
- Virginia poised to aid undocumented immigrants with driver’s licenses, other measures (“The Democratic majority is pushing bills that would guard against deportation, offer in-state tuition and seek more social services.”)
- Editorial: Sorry, but casinos are not going to ‘transform’ anybody’s economy
- With “Crossover” on Tuesday, Virginia Progressive Legislative Action Network (VAPLAN) Updates Us on Legislation at the General Assembly
- Here is where 30 Virginia issues stand ahead of Tuesday’s Crossover deadline
- Goldrick-Rab: Proud to see Virginia modernize education policies
- Olive: Cuts to tuition grants would hurt Southwest Virginia
- Vexit: Almost Second Amendment heaven, West Virginia (“A loosely connected band of Western Virginians are urging their home localities to consider undertaking an unusual measure to buffer themselves from potential laws and policies they argue will further marginalize the Commonwealth’s conservative regions.”)
- Mountain Valley Pipeline Continues Violations, Even During Work Stoppage; Wild Virginia Insists DEQ Enforce MVP Consent Decree, Impose Penalties
- Virginia made a mistake by easing its academic standards
- Virginia Democrats promised criminal justice reform. Have they delivered? (“Carroll Foy and many other elected Democrats say that overall, it has been a banner year for criminal justice reform…Bills have moved forward to ban the death penalty for severely mentally ill defendants, decriminalize disorderly conduct by school students, ban civil forfeiture until a defendant is found guilty and end suspensions of driver’s licenses over court costs. So has a bill that would allow judges to ignore mandatory minimums in sentencing juveniles and another that would let defendants choose sentencing by a judge rather than a jury.”)
- Editorial: Pursue regional resilience funding with urgency (“With blueprint in hand for how to protect vulnerable communities from rising seas, Hampton Roads needs to pursue funding relentless and urgently.”)
- Video: Fairfax County School Board Prioritizes Climate Action; Moves Towards Net-Zero School Construction and Renovations
- Natasha McKenna and the OneFairfax Imperative
- Many Virginia community college students can’t afford groceries. What can schools do?
- CASEY: Bristol church members went to Richmond to back a casino. Who paid?
- Massive fire in Fairfax County leaves apartment development, townhouses in ruins (“It took fire crews from several agencies nearly four hours to contain the blaze in the Alexandria area of the county.”)
- Mild and dry today; showers back tomorrow with periods of rain into midweek
