by Lowell
Here are a few national and Virginia news headlines, political and otherwise, for Friday, May 19.
- Trump shows wear from a brutal week (“The president lashes out at the ‘witch hunt’ against him that he claims is dividing the country.” Yes, we have a corrupt, incompetent AND completely unhinged president. Nice job, Trump voters!)
- Senate Democrats reject Lieberman for FBI director
- House May Need to Vote Again on GOP Obamacare Repeal Bill
- Antarctic Dispatches: Looming Floods, Cities Threatened (I’ll say this for the millionth time: we need to get off fossil fuels NOW. That means no new fossil fuel infrastructure, including Dominion’s proposed multi-billion-dollar fracked gas pipelines.)
- Outreach From President Made Comey Uneasy, a Friend Says
- Trump, Citing ‘a Witch Hunt,’ Denies Any Collusion With Russia (Unhinged.)
- Julian Assange: Sweden drops rape investigation
- Trump thinks he’s under attack. That’s very dangerous. (“Now he heads to the Middle East. What could possibly go wrong?”)
- Our commander in chief has no command of himself (“It’s hard to master others when compulsions of revenge master you.”)
- Those who serve Trump should ask themselves: Why am I still here?
- Roger Ailes Was One of the Worst Americans Ever (“Fox News founder made this the hate-filled, moronic country it is today”)
- What Roger Ailes Learned From Richard Nixon (“The mastermind of Fox News played on the cultural resentment he learned working for the Nixon White House.”)
- Roger Ailes’ Professional Legacy Is Creating A Propaganda Machine That’s Hurting America (“He was a bigot, with well-documented prejudices against people of color, Muslims, women, and LGBTQ people. The network he created ran on division and hatred, consumed by an unslaked thirst to oppress the oppressed and comfort the comfortable. He was a conspiracy theorist, and so were the hosts he hired, channeling ridiculous accusations from fringe websites to the masses, creating for their audience an alternate reality in which dark liberal forces were ever ready to steal away their freedom.”)
- Krugman: What’s the Matter With Republicans? (“Republicans, however, went all in behind Trump, knowing full well that he was totally unqualified, strongly suspecting that he was corrupt and even speculating that he might be in Russian pay, simply because there was an ‘R’ after his name on the ballot…The point is that given the character of the Republican Party, we’d be well on the way to autocracy if the man in the White House had even slightly more self-control. Trump may have done himself in; but it can still happen here.”)
- Mike Pence Can’t Save the GOP (“Donald Trump is the party’s problem, and they have to live with him.”)
- New report indicates Trump officials lied repeatedly about campaign’s contacts with Russia (“They said there was none, but a new report indicates that’s false.”)
- Paul Ryan might need to do his harrowing, slapdash Trumpcare vote all over again (“This is what happens when you don’t wait for the CBO score.”)
- Betsy DeVos plans to slash public education funding, eliminate college loan forgiveness: report (The exact opposite of what we should be doing, of course.)
- Jason Chaffetz announces early retirement from Congress (Don’t let the revolving door hit you on the way out!)
- Trump’s loyalty to Michael Flynn is destroying his presidency
- Gov. McAuliffe flies aboard drone at NASA’s Wallops Island
- Democrats in 51st District primary differ on energy, experience (“In a May 15 candidate forum at Chinn Park Regional Library in Woodbridge, Hala Ayala and Ken Boddye largely marched in lockstep when it came to the major policy issues of the day, and neither was shy about attacking Anderson’s record over his four terms representing the Prince William-area district”)
- In Southeastern Virginia, Trump Supporters Weigh Recent Scandals (Anyone still standing by Trump is a zombie.)
- Virginia to offer new federally compliant IDs
- A new level of excitement for state primary elections (We’ll see.)
- Editorial: Reclaiming Confederate imagery is another Lost Cause
- Indivisible New River Valley member to oppose Del. Nick Rush
- Charlottesville Holds Public Workshop on Comprehensive Plan
- Richmond ranks in Top 10 of best cities for black entrepreneurs
- Idaho cyclist killed in hit-and-run in Virginia
- D.C.-area forecast: Today’s cold front, tomorrow’s comfort. Some showers and storms in between!
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