by Lowell
Here are a few national and Virginia news headlines, political and otherwise, for Sunday, March 26.
- Health-bill failure imperils Trump’s congressional agenda
- How a secret Freedom Caucus pact brought down Obamacare repeal
- It’s Never Trump’s Fault (Or his dumbass/delusional supporters.)
- Trump’s Obstacle to Policy Goals? His Own Missteps (Only he can fix it? More like only he, Trump, can f*** it up!)
- G.O.P. Members Who Backed Bill Are Left in the Lurch
- Dowd: Donald, This I Will Tell You (“It took W. years to smash everything. You’re way ahead of schedule.”)
- Ryan Emerges From Health Care Defeat Badly Damaged (Ryan is basically a more extreme, stupider, less effective, more dishonest version of Boehner.)
- Trump Becomes Ensnared in Fiery G.O.P. Civil War
- Why the GOP was in such a hurry to reconfigure health care (“Only by rushing to reshape a sixth of the U.S. economy without knowing exactly how they would be reshaping it could Republicans use health care to pave the way for the rest of their agenda. In other words, the GOP didn’t want to let the loss of health insurance for 24 million people get in the way of tax cuts for the rich.”)
- Ryan wounded by health care fiasco (“But don’t expect a coup attempt against the speaker.”)
- Boris Epshteyn, Trump TV Surrogate, Is Leaving White House Job (The guy’s completely bonkers.)
- Trump’s auto regulations rollback would end up costing Americans (“Getting rid of EPA’s vehicle-efficiency rules would be bad for consumers and the environment.”)
- Paul Ryan Failed Because His Bill Was a Dumpster Fire (And that’s an insult to perfectly good trash conflagrations everywhere! Heh.)
- Angry Trump voters blame everyone but the president for US healthcare fail (Or themselves!)
- CNN analyst: Sources say Mike Flynn may have turned on Trump and become a witness for the FBI
- Ex-CIA head James Woolsey: Mike Flynn discussed plan to remove Erdogan foe
- Trump visits Trump-branded property for 8th consecutive weekend
- TV Ad Mistakenly Thanks Va. Rep. Comstock, Others for Repealing ACA (LOL)
- Schapiro: National climate roils Va. Democratic primary, too (“a recent focus group in Alexandria by the Perriello campaign of Northern Virginia Democratic voters that suggested an outline is emerging of Northam as a social justice candidate and of Perriello as an economic populist. Participants were clear on Donald Trump, though: They want Democrats to take the fight to him.”
- Convicted Virginia killer, set to die April 25, maintains his innocence (“Ivan Teleguz was convicted more than a decade ago in the murder of his former girlfriend and the mother of their 2-year-old son. Two of the key witnesses against him have since recanted.”)
- Republicans running for Va. governor make starkly different pitches (“The three hopefuls dangled a tax cut, hot rhetoric and an insider’s insight in the deeply blue Fairfax County. In the end, the man with the tax plan won the county GOP’s straw poll.” No thanks to any of them!)
- With Virginia’s House speakership waiting, M. Kirkland Cox preps GOP playbook for 2017 and beyond
- FOIA: A Virginia tradition, often flouted
- Virginia made conditions on death row better. The state is still being sued.
- Column: Virginia’s undisputed veto champ knocks down some more
- Fairfax Straw Poll results for Governor, Lt. Governor and Attorney General (Gillespie 56%, Vogel 64%, Adams 62%)
- The latest tactic for Virginia’s governor against the hated tunnel tolls? Public shaming.
- More Virginia taxpayers must provide additional documentation, delaying refunds as fraud rises
- Editorial: Maybe rural Virginia needs more immigration, not less (No question about it.)
- In proposed budget, Richmond Police prioritize gunfire detection system over equipping all officers with body cameras
- Hampton Roads has tried to work together before. Will it work this time?
- Cloudy and much cooler today; warmer and unsettled into the work week
