by Lowell
Here are a few national and Virginia news headlines, political and otherwise, for Thursday, June 22.
- Senate Republicans set to release health-care bill, but divisions remain (Guarantee: this will be a monstrosity.)
- In 25 seconds, Mitch McConnell reveals everything wrong with Trumpcare
- 95-Degree Days: How Extreme Heat Could Spread Worldwide
- Details of the Senate Health Care Bill Just Leaked. Prepare to Be Appalled.
- A GOP Without Fear (“Why Republicans are so intent to pass a bill that in a normal world should spell their doom…It seems, then, that we have an answer for Republicans insist on moving forward with the American Health Care Act. Because they can. And who is going to stop them?”)
- We finally know what’s going to be in the Senate version of Trumpcare — and it’s not pretty (“An ugly process begets an ugly bill.”)
- Rand Paul calls to slow down ‘rushed’ ObamaCare repeal process
- Republicans’ health-care hypocrisy is on full display
- Five things to watch in Senate GOP’s ObamaCare repeal bill
- Trump Visits Iowa, Sounds Like Candidate (Nope, he’s not becoming more presidential as time goes by…)
- Health bill could show limits of Trump’s Senate sway (“Trump has begun trying to rally support for the Obamacare repeal bill, but even with his help, it faces a perilous path in the Senate.”)
- Battle for Mosul: Destruction of al-Nuri mosque ‘shows IS defeated’
- The GOP’s Suburban Nightmare (“Karen Handel’s victory in Georgia’s sixth district wasn’t a triumph. It was a warning for a party losing its grip on the places that forged its modern identity.”)
- Media follow GOP’s lead and host mainly white men to discuss Republican health care bill
- What Democrats’ Defeat in Georgia Means—and Doesn’t (“The party’s recent special-election losses aren’t necessarily a bad omen for 2018. But they show how Democrats need better answers to the GOP’s most effective arguments.”)
- Nancy Pelosi Didn’t Cost Jon Ossoff the Election
- The Senate Trumpcare Bill Is As Mean As the House Version
- The overall message of 2017 special elections is that Republicans are in trouble (“Democrats are consolidating Clinton’s gains, and Republicans aren’t consolidating Trump’s.”)
- Where Can Democrats Win? (Let’s start here in Virginia in 2017.)
- After Secretive Senate Process, GOP Will Completely Own TrumpCare
- Trump To Host Re-Election Fundraiser At His Own Hotel In Washington D.C. (Corrupt.)
- Warner chastises DHS for withholding state election hack details
- Kaine raises concerns on Medicaid cuts and school impacts
- Virginia mother is deported to El Salvador despite McAuliffe’s pardon (Heartless, stupid, etc.)
- Virginia sues Northrop Grumman for $300 million in dueling IT divorce suits
- Environmental groups: Justification for Dominion’s Atlantic Coast Pipeline has ‘eroded’ (It gets worse every day, as the cost of solar and wind continues to fall, hastening the day when fossil fuels are completely obsolete/”stranded assets.”)
- Pipeline Fighters Take a Stand in Virginia Vote (“Nelson County is a prime example of the pipeline fighter effect, where opposition to the Atlantic Coast Pipelines is fierce. Communities in Nelson are engaged and mobilized. And they supported Perriello 91 percent to Northam’s 9 percent. Turnout in Nelson County was massive, beating 2009’s numbers by an astounding 113 percent, more than double the percentage increase in non-pipeline counties…Nelson and Montgomery are not outliers. Strong turnout and support for Perriello were seen wherever residents’ voices have been raised in opposition to the pipelines, particularly in rural western counties and towns along the pipeline route.”)
- Trump voters are not backing down in Virginia (“They’re still angry and still ready to be heard at the ballot box.” The problem isn’t that they’re angry,
the problem is that they’re not offering any serious proposals to make things better for themselves.) - Prince William school board approves LGBT protections for students, staff (“The issue has extra resonance in a county where a transgender woman is seeking to oust conservative Republican state delegate in November’s election.” Looks like everything’s going to be seen through the prism of the Roem vs. Marshall race this year. The media’s hilarious; they pick a narrative, then stick with it no matter what.)
- Funeral, vigil for Muslim teen killed in attack near mosque draw throngs
- Fairfax schools brace for bigger class sizes, new student fees amid budget woes (“Some worry the school system’s continued financial troubles will harm its top reputation.”)
- Court denies appeal of manslaughter conviction for former Portsmouth police Officer Stephen Rankin
- Salem congressman Morgan Griffith was on Alexandria gunman’s list
- Prince William County supervisors will not send stadium bond issue to voters
- Researchers plan to map how heat affects Richmond neighborhoods
- Heat and humidity climb today, tropical downpours may start off the weekend
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