by Lowell
Here are a few national and Virginia news headlines, political and otherwise, for Sunday, May 7.
- France Chooses a Leader, and Takes a Step Into the Unknown
- The Macron Leaks Probably Came Too Late to Change the French Election (“There are limits to the parallels with America’s 2016 vote—and a big difference is the media.” Right, our media is wildly irresponsible.)
- All the Lessons Republicans Didn’t Learn From Democrats on Health Care (“From making unrealistic promises to striking back-room deals, the GOP is repeating the same mistakes in trying to repeal Obamacare that they criticized when it was enacted.”)
- Paul Ryan’s office is gaslighting America on the AHCA (I’ve been calling him “Lyin’ Ryan” for years, but many in the media still think he’s some sort of policy wonk.)
- Obamacare repeal vote upends 2018 House landscape (“Republicans worry their incumbents will pay for the vote, and signs abound of an energized Democratic base.”)
- Democrats tackle the ‘big rebuild’(“The Democratic National Committee is finally showing signs of life, but progress is slow.”)
- At event in Beijing, Kushner family uses promises of a U.S visa to raise money
- Health Act Repeal Could Threaten U.S. Job Engine
- Dowd: Trump Is Hazardous to Our Health (“Trump cares only about optics, and yet he and Ivanka, his glossy shield on women’s issues, do not seem to realize the bad optics of a viral photo of a crowd of guys applauding themselves for gutting health care protections for women. The Republicans now have a pre-existing condition: They voted for something that will cause them a lot of pain in the future.”)
- Trump is issuing secret waivers to his own ethics rules. So much for draining the swamp. (“The president’s early performance suggests an administration determined to operate in the shadows.”)
- Marine Le Pen’s Memoir: A Dutiful Daughter’s Sanitizing of Far-Right Politics
- Democrats see opposition to GOP health bill as winning issue
- Is Trump really building a fascist regime — or is it all just showmanship? Either way the threat to democracy is real (“The president’s inner circle may yearn for totalitarian rule — but for Trump, it’s all narcissistic play-acting “)
- The Republican Party is sociopathic: If you didn’t know that already, the health care bill should make it clear
- SNL’s steamy Morning Joe send-up features Alec Baldwin on the phone as Trump’s publicist ‘John Miller’
- Even Star Trek’s Deanna Troi is calling Paul Ryan’s spokeswoman a ‘lying sack of sh*t’ for Trumpcare lie
- Senator Kaine says Senate will take closer look at healthcare bill
- Allen: Gillespie’s tax plan: A win For Virginia’s economy (If George Allen likes something, you know it must be really, really bad. In this case, it definitely is!)
- The GOP’s stark choice on tax plans (“Wagner believes that now is the time, with gas prices at almost historic lows and projected to remain there because of the worldwide oil glut, to take bold action to address Virginia’s transportation and infrastructure needs for decades to come.”)
- Editorial: On climate change, abandoned by Washington
- Northam focuses on economics, healthcare during Martinsville visit
- Trump Seems to Question Constitutionality of Federal Funding for Black Colleges (Remember when Trump asked, “what the hell do you have to lose?” Answer: a lot!)
- House health care bill spawns angst among physicians, Virginians with pre-existing conditions (“Rob Krupicka served nine years on the city council in Alexandria and three years in the House of Delegates before he was diagnosed with bipolar II disorder in 2016.”)
- Do Corey Stewart’s Confederate antics help Ed Gillespie or hurt the GOP brand? (Both?)
- VPOD: The Hampton Roads GOP LG Debate
- Excitement and caution as Liberty University awaits Trump’s commencement speech (Trump represents the antithesis of everything in the Gospels.)
- Editorial: Let’s get our house in order
- Editorial: GO Virginia is New Century Council 2.0
- Blue Ridge Parkway tops national park system in visitor spending for 2016
- Drier today and brighter tomorrow, a bit warmer toward midweek
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