by Lowell
Here are a few national and Virginia news headlines, political and otherwise, for Monday, July 24.
- ‘We Have To Get It Together’: GOP Panics Over Imploding Agenda
- Sanctions Are a Setback Trump and Putin Both Sought to Avoid
- Senate Republicans plan to plow ahead with health-care vote this week
- Seconds after quoting an anonymous source, Anthony Scaramucci admits the source was Donald Trump (“The White House’s new communications director just threw his boss under the bus.” What a moron.)
- Trump Angrily Lashes Out at Republicans for Failing to “Protect Their President” (Quite the contrary; Republicans have time and again put their president and party ahead of patriotism.)
- Republicans’ internal feuds threaten legislative goals of Trump and the party
- Republicans’ push to roll back Obamacare faces crucial test
- Democrats take aim at big companies in economic blueprint
- Mr. Trump’s election commission is fully transparent about its purpose: Voter obstruction
- The Trump election commission exists solely to justify a Trump lie (“States shouldn’t trust Trump’s voter-suppression panel.” Or cooperate in any way.)
- Americans deserve better than the GOP agenda, so we’re offering a better deal (“It is time to ignite a new era of investment in America’s workers.”)
- GOP despairs at inability to deliver (“The party’s failure to repeal Obamacare amid West Wing chaos has GOPers frustrated they’re squandering power.”)
- Priebus sidelined as Washington outsiders’ power grows (“Trump’s decision to bring on Anthony Scaramucci as communications director shows the diminished influence of establishment figures — which Priebus epitomizes.”)
- Juan Williams: Dems finally focus on message
- Congressional GOP struggles for a win as recess looms
- Meet the lab-coat liberals (“Dismayed by President Trump’s views on climate science and other research issues, scientists are storming the campaign trail.”)
- Anthony Scaramucci advises Sarah Sanders on her hair and makeup (“The White House communications director mentioned Sanders’ appearance after talking about her job performance.” Ee gads, no.)
- A Better Deal for American Workers (Chuck Schumer: “Our party has failed to articulate a strong, bold economic program for the middle class. No longer.”)
- Krugman: Health Care Is Still in Danger (Very much so.)
- Blow: The Kook, ‘the Mooch’ and the Loot
- Bad News For House Republicans: Clinton Won’t Be On The Ballot In 2018 (“Trump is more likely to be a liability than an asset in the 2018 general election. Presidents tend to get more unpopular in the lead-up to midterms, and people who don’t like the president tend to vote against the president’s party.”)
- The Meaning of the G.O.P.’s Health-Care Fiasco (“The final drive to pass the bill will be another measure of how Trumpist the Republican Party has become.”)
- Trump wishes Reince would take the hint
- The Latest: Kushner calls Russia meeting ‘waste of time’ (Uh huh.)
- Schumer Rips Hillary: Don’t Blame Comey or Russia, ‘Blame Yourself’ (How about all of the above?)
- Democrats plan to announce their 2018 campaign agenda from a ruby-red corner of Northern Virginia
- Fox’s Eric Bolling says he talked to Trump about Russia before going on ABC to call reporting on it “fake news”
- The terrible cost of once-a-year health care
- The Most Important Elections You Haven’t Heard About (It’s time for national Democrats and progressive activists to start focusing heavily on Virginia 2017.)
- Editorial: Gillespie’s nonsensical remarks on transportation bill
- New law that encourages voluntary background checks at Va. gun shows is yielding few tangible results (Shocker, eh?)
- Virginia prepared to launch local needle exchange programs to stanch rising rates of hepatitis C
- Trump administration to replace Obama-era picks on Metro board
- Transgender candidate takes on culture warrior in Virginia (That is like the perfect headline for the media. They love these types of narratives.)
- Editorial: Rural Virginia bleeds; does the state care?
- Virginia’s booming wild-caught blue catfish industry may weaken under federal regulation
- Muggy today with shower chances, but not as hot and humid midweek
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