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by Lowell
Here are a few national and Virginia news headlines, political and otherwise, for Wednesday, February 5.
Speaker Pelosi just ripped the president’s speech in half. #SOTU pic.twitter.com/AMeAyJ6Ty8
— 11th Hour (@11thHour) February 5, 2020
- Hong Kong to Quarantine Travelers; Almost 500 Dead: Virus Update
- Trump’s State of the Union Was Basically a 2020 Stump Speech (“From honoring Rush Limbaugh to Pelosi ripping up Trump’s speech, the State of the Union was a distinctly partisan affair.”)
- The State of the Union Was a Visibly Degenerate Variety Show
- Donald Trump Gave a Terrible State of the Union Speech. Nancy Pelosi Ripped It Up.
- Nancy Pelosi Rips Up Trump’s State Of The Union Speech (“Several Democratic lawmakers walked out of the president’s address, including Reps. Rashida Tlaib, Tim Ryan and Bill Pascrell.”)
- Taunts, groans and walkouts: Trump stokes division with cascade of lies
- The biggest lie in Trump’s State of the Union speech
- State of the Union: Pelosi expresses her disdain as Trump pitches for re-election (“Trump used speech to brag about ‘the great American comeback’ but House speaker said she couldn’t find ‘one page with truth on it’”)
- Trump snubs Pelosi at State of the Union, doesn’t shake her hand
- Parkland father removed from State of the Union speech after shouting at Trump
- 10 Democrats to boycott Trump State of the Union address
- Nearly Everything Trump’s State of the Union Said About Foreign Policy Was Wrong
- The strangest State of the Union ever
- Trump Had America’s Top TV News Anchors Over for Lunch—and Ate Them Alive (Pathetic.)
- Trump to award Presidential Medal of Freedom to Rush Limbaugh (Appalling.)
- Trump gives Rush Limbaugh The Medal of Freedom for career of hate
- Trump Turned the State of the Union Into a Reality Show
- No, Susan Collins, Trump is never going to learn
- Susan Collins will vote to acquit Trump, saying he’s “learned” from impeachment (Yep, that’s Susan Collins for ya.)
- DNC Chairman Says Iowa Caucuses Debacle ‘Should Never Happen Again’ (“Tom Perez said the app that did not properly report results will not be used in Nevada or other states going forward.”)
- Buttigieg And/Or Sanders Are Going To Win Iowa. What Happens Next?
- Initial results from Iowa caucuses show Buttigieg has narrow lead
- Bloomberg Plans to Double Ad Spending After Iowa Caucus Problem
- Iowa caucuses early results: Buttigieg and Sanders are leading
- How a broken app overshadowed Biden’s Iowa fail
- The Democratic Party’s Crisis of Legitimacy May Be Just Beginning
- Iowa Democratic Party releases majority of caucus results (“Pete Buttigieg had 27% of the vote with 62% of precincts reporting.”)
- Biden’s poor showing in Iowa shakes establishment support
- ‘Wake-up call’: Iowa caucus disinformation serves as warning about 2020 election
- Faulty Iowa App Was Part of Push to Restore Democrats’ Digital Edge
- ‘We Feel Really Terrible,’ Says CEO Whose App Roiled Iowa Caucus
- Trump Allies Push Iowa Caucus Conspiracy Theories as Dems Feud
- The Iowa Caucuses Were Supposed to Be Important
- The Company That Botched the Iowa Caucus Was Formed Only Months Ago
- Biden Slump in Iowa May Signal Bigger Campaign Woes
- Joe Biden’s Political Rivals Are Ready To Pounce (“‘There’s nothing to come back from yet,’ Biden insisted to a New Hampshire crowd after a poor showing in Iowa.”)
- The Iowa Caucus Results Suggest We’re in for a Long, Strange Primary
- If Bernie Wins, Where Will He Take the Democratic Party? (“There are many pitfalls on the road ahead.”)
- There are many pitfalls on the road ahead. (“An announcement of partial results is another blunder.”)
- Rosy polls but few yard signs: How Joe Biden stumbled in Iowa
- Video: Sen. Mark Warner Says “No One Is Above the Law…I Will Vote to Convict the President On Both Articles”
- Video: Sen. Tim Kaine Declares, “Unchallenged evil spreads like a virus. We have allowed a toxic President to infect the Senate and warp its behavior.”
- Donald McEachin: Support blueprint for 100% clean energy
- Video: Virginia State Senate Votes to Repeal Unnecessary, Discriminatory Voter Photo ID Requirements; Republican Senators Willfully Ignorant, Dishonest
- Sorry, Virginia Republicans. You lost an election. That’s no reason to secede.
- Va. Senate panel advances redistricting commission despite qualms (The House needs to kill this fatally flawed amendment and pass strong, anti-gerrymandering *legislation* instead.)
- Sen. Lionell Spruill’s SB 992 Is a Fossil Fuel Subsidy, Pure and Simple
- Surrogates could not be forced to abort multiples under bill passed by Va. Senate
- Virginia Is for Ocean Lovers: House Votes to Block Drilling
- Chaz Nuttycombe Lays Out the Dire Situation for Virginia Republicans If Trump’s Reelected
- Please Vote Yes on the Virginia Green New Deal (HB77)
- Fairfax County Democratic Committee Rejects Fatally Flawed Virginia Redistricting Amendment, Urges Adoption of 2021 Redistricting Legislation Instead
- Would Virginia’s red flag law withstand constitutional scrutiny? In other states, similar laws already have.
- As popularity of peer-to-peer car-sharing grows, General Assembly takes steps to regulate
- Va.’s medical marijuana program on track for modest expansion, but bid to sell bud fails
- A Concealed Carry Permit Is a Few Clicks Away In Virginia
- Editorial: Authorize state investigation of Beach shooting
- Editorial: What if Hurst asked to be charged with DUI?
- Vee Lamneck column: The push for LGBTQ nondiscrimination protections
- Richmond backs more competition as House panel advances casino bill
- VCU Health shares details of plans that rely on Navy Hill project City Council is poised to reject
- Grief-stricken family mourns toddler killed by gunfire as questions remain about carjacking suspect
- Colder today, with a shower this morning; periods of rain tonight and tomorrow
