by Lowell
Here are a few national and Virginia news headlines, political and otherwise, for Sunday, May 14. Also check out SNL as “Sean Spicer (Melissa McCarthy) confronts President Donald Trump (Alec Baldwin) about the rumors that he’s being replaced by Sarah Huckabee Sanders (Aidy Bryant).”
- North Korea fires missile days after new South Korea leader pledges dialogue
- Emmanuel Macron inauguration: French president vows new start
- Former Employees of Donald Trump Say They Saw Him Tape Conversations
- The Memo: Dangers ahead for Trump on Comey
- Is it time for Trump staff to lawyer up? (“Veterans of Washington’s scandals say that with subpoenas coming from Congress and an FBI investigation still active, staffers would be wise to seek counsel.”)
- Kristof: Is President Trump Obstructing Justice?
- Trump Still Seethes Over Lack of Credit for Election Win (“At the root of Donald J. Trump’s unpredictable presidency is a deep frustration about attacks on his legitimacy, and a worry that Washington does not see him as he sees himself.”)
- Baldwin returns to SNL as Trump: ‘I fired Comey because of Russia’
- Comey Is Willing to Testify Before Lawmakers—but Only in Public
- Trump Considers Replacing Spicer With Fox News Host as Part of Broad Shake-Up
- Yet another reason Donald Trump is bad news: He’s utterly lacking in ‘integrative complexity’ — and that’s dangerous (“Trump’s lack of ‘balance, nuance and sophistication’ is obvious — and it’s likely to get many people killed”)
- How unequal voter turnout and vote suppression helped elect Donald Trump
- Trump: ‘In America we don’t worship government, we worship God’(Trump actually worships three things: 1) money; 2) power; 3) himself.)
- Trump invokes Christian nationalism at Liberty University
- Global Cyberattack Reaches ‘Unprecedented’ Scale
- Firing Comey Was a Grave Abuse of Power (“In 1974, Republicans put country before Party and told Nixon it was time to go. Today’s G.O.P. seems unlikely to live up to its predecessor’s example.”)
- We overanalyze Trump. He is what he appears to be. (“We are not accustomed to having someone so obviously disordered in a position of such power….Politicians, journalists, analysts, the public — everyone wants some kind of story, some Theory of Trump. And so Trump surrogates try to provide it, scrambling to weave a coherent narrative around his careening, erratic lies. But there’s no there there.”)
- Northam, Perriello talk tough issues with Charlottesville voters
- At city forum, pipeline continues to divide Northam, Perriello (“Singing and stomping their feet, several University of Virginia students disrupted a gubernatorial forum, held Saturday by the University Democrats at UVa to voice their opposition to the Atlantic Coast Pipeline.”)
- Can Tom Perriello help Democrats find religion in the Trump era?
- Top Obama Aide Endorses Tom Perriello In Virginia Governor’s Race (“Valerie Jarrett is a close confidante of former President Barack Obama.”)
- Is Tom Perriello’s previous support for the NRA hurting his gubernatorial bid? (“Perriello and Northam’s gun platforms look similar. Both advocate for “common sense” reforms like universal background checks, limiting high-capacity magazines and keeping guns out of the hands of domestic abusers and those with mental illness.” And both currently have “F” ratings from the NRA.)
- Mark J. Rozell: In the June 13 Virginia primaries, keep an eye on the insurgents
- Torch-wielding protesters chanting ‘Russia is our friend’ rally at Confederate statue in Virginia
- Torch-wielding protesters gather at Lee Park
- Nash: Yes, Virginia the Threat of Climate Change is Real
- Trump to Liberty graduates: Be an outsider — because there’s nothing ‘more pathetic’ than ‘being a critic’
- At Liberty, Trump Calls Critics ‘Pathetic,’ Praises Putting ‘Faith Into Action’ (The fact that “Liberty” had Trump speak at is commencement indicates that it’s certainly not about “Liberty,” that it apparently doesn’t know what Christianity is, and that it’s not a serious “University.”)
- The third guy: Out-funded, out-gunned, Wagner takes a stand for experience (“State Senator makes longshot bid for Republican nomination for Va. governor”)
- Arlington Democrats pick Gutshall for County Board, O’Grady for School Board (“Almost 6,000 went to the polls in the heaviest caucus turnout since 1993.”)
- Richmond’s new mayor began first budget debate preaching collaboration, ends locked in power struggle with City Council
- Fired Va. social services manager says state made him scapegoat for SNAP investigation
- Tim Kaine speaks at VCU commencement ceremony
- McAuliffe tells VUU grads to take risks, fight for people
- Editorial: Beach slowly moves forward to fix flooding
- Brighter and warmer for Mother’s Day, with a breeze; summer heat by midweek
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