by Lowell
Here are a few national and Virginia news headlines, political and otherwise, for Thursday, Thanksgiving Day 2017, November 23.
- Explicit Photo Puts Future of House Republican in Limbo (“Representative Joe Barton of Texas, who was once the chairman of the House Energy and Commerce Committee and is now its vice chairman, said that he was reconsidering his political future after the photograph appeared on an anonymous Twitter account.”)
- Congressman on tape tells woman he would report her to Capitol Police because she could expose his secret sex life
- Germany’s political crisis is the last thing the West needs right now
- Myanmar Rohingya crisis: Deal to allow return of Rohingya Muslims
- The Nationalist’s Delusion (“Trump’s supporters backed a time-honored American political tradition, disavowing racism while promising to enact a broad agenda of discrimination.” Brilliant article, must read!)
- Trump just rage-tweeted about a prominent African American again
- Tens of thousands with outstanding warrants purged from background check database for gun purchases
- Judges Over Principles (“The never-Trump legal movement has morphed into a push to pack the courts with Trump-selected judges.”)
- Roy Moore’s Communications Director Resigns Weeks Before Special Election
- The Big Blue Losers in the GOP Tax Plans (“The House and Senate bills punish Democratic constituencies, from college students to homeowners in big-city markets.”)
- What a presidential president would have said about Roy Moore
- A mysterious radiation cloud spread over Europe in September. Russia finally acknowledged it. (“But officials won’t say where it came from.”)
- Donald Trump’s Eternal Feud With Blackness (“In a presidency defined by its unpredictability, one of the few constants is the president’s eagerness to attack black people for failing to show deference.”)
- The fourth industrial revolution is upon us
- Exclusive: What Trump Really Told Kislyak After Comey Was Canned (“During a May 10 meeting in the Oval Office, the president betrayed his intelligence community by leaking the content of a classified, and highly sensitive, Israeli intelligence operation to two high-ranking Russian envoys, Sergey Kislyak and Sergey Lavrov. This is what he told them—and the ramifications.”)
- We’ll Be Paying For Mark Halperin’s Sins For Years To Come (“Reports of sexual harassment destroyed his reputation and his career. But I want to talk about the deeper, subtler, more insidious effect Mark Halperin had on our politics.”)
- Trump’s judicial picks: ‘The goal is to end the progressive state’ (“Donald Trump is radically reshaping the same federal courts that have been the biggest bulwark against his agenda – by picking mostly white, conservative men”)
- What happens once ‘net neutrality’ rules bite the dust? (Nothing good.)
- Two More Women Accuse Sen. Al Franken Of Inappropriate Touching (Not good.)
- Google is promoting and monetizing a website’s fake story about Keanu Reeves
- Moore trumpets president’s near-endorsement (“The GOP Senate nominee in Alabama is parroting Trump’s attacks on his Democratic opponent.”)
- It looks like Kellyanne Conway broke a federal law on national TV again (Lock her up?)
- The theory behind Trump’s tax cuts is exactly what gave us the failed Bush economy (“An influx of foreign hot money isn’t what we need.”)
- What a Disgrace (“This week might have been the low point in an administration full of them.”)
- Trump, Senate GOP at odds over Roy Moore
- Legal complaint filed against Kellyanne Conway for Roy Moore comments (“Former ethics czar says White House aide Kellyanne Conway likely violated the Hatch Act during a Fox News interview”)
- Trump lovers are attacking LeVar Burton because they think he’s LaVar Ball (“This is where we are. God help us”)
- Virginia Republicans are still petty about transgender Democrat Danica Roem (“A 400-year-old tradition may soon end in Virginia because Republicans can’t deal with a transgender lawmaker” What a pathetic party.)
- Virginia will be home to one of the nation’s largest record-pressing factories
- State attorneys general bash plan to hike national park fees
- Federal judge rejects Democrats’ request to block certification of Va. races but leaves door open for new election (“Control of the House of Delegates hangs in the balance as Republicans and Democrats tussle over vote counting.”)
- DuVal and Stephens column: Yes, Virginia: We need a functioning D.C. Metro system
- Dominion Energy shipping donated solar panels, supplies to storm-stricken Puerto Rico (Great, now how about going all-out on solar, wind and energy efficiency for Virginia?)
- Charlottesville Doctor Expresses Concern About Future of Healthcare Insurance
- “You can’t just say, ‘I hate Trump, vote for me’”: Danica Roem on her historic win (“Roem campaigned on rebuilding a road. Then she made history.”)
- Challenge aims to get more Virginia students eating breakfast
- Trump’s turkeys join Obama’s turkeys at new Virginia home
- D.C.-area forecast: Chilly today and again on Sunday — but fine fall weather in between
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