by Lowell
Here are a few national and Virginia news headlines, political and otherwise, for Friday, December 8. Also, check out the video of yesterday’s press conference following the State Water Control Board’s unacceptable, disgraceful, fix-is-in approval of the Mountain Valley Pipeline.
- Brooks: The G.O.P. Is Rotting
- Krugman: The Republican War on Children
- Goldberg: Franken Is Leaving and Trump Is Still Here
- Britain, European Union reach divorce deal to move on to new phase in Brexit talks (So, so stupid.)
- Franken Offers Resignation, and a Parting Shot at Trump
- Nearly Every Former U.S. Ambassador to Israel Disagrees With Trump’s Jerusalem Decision
- Russian social media executive sought to help Trump campaign in 2016, emails show
- Study: Hillary Clinton’s emails got as much front-page coverage in 6 days as policy did in 69 (“A stark finding from an analysis of New York Times coverage.”)
- The GOP is trying to pass a super-unpopular agenda — and that’s a bad sign for democracy (“Political science (and common sense) says they ought to pay a price at the polls. They might not.” See the book “Democracy for Realists.”)
- Trump’s embassy decision isn’t diplomacy. It’s pandering.
- Democrats’ move against Franken seen as a moral and political calculation (Let’s hope it pays off. I’m skeptical, as it seems like Republicans can get away with literally anything, while Democrats can’t get away with anything.)
- Arizona’s Trent Franks to Resign Jan. 31 (“GOP lawmaker said to have made female staffers uncomfortable with talk of surrogacy” Scumbag AND a right wingnut, what a combo!)
- In a Warming California, a Future of Flames
- The Party of Lincoln Is Now the Party of Predators
- Roy Moore Hasn’t Won Just Yet
- Roy Moore: America “was great at the time when families were united — even though we had slavery” (“He really said this.”)
- Paul Ryan admits the GOP will gut Medicare and Medicaid to pay for tax cuts (“GOP lawmakers are driving up the deficit, then claiming the deficit’s too high to support safety net programs for poor people.” Evil. Nobody should ever vote Republican.)
- NRA quietly moves to help Roy Moore win the Alabama Senate election (Extremist group helps extremist – shocker, eh?)
- Trump Is Going After Immigrants Without Criminal Records In a Big Way
- Anderson Cooper levels Roy Moore spokeswoman with questions about birtherism, homophobia, 9/11 (“Moore spokeswoman Janet Porter responded with bizarre, rambling detours” Insane woman working for insane man.)
- Patagonia Won’t Be Quiet (“The apparel company wants profit and good PR. It also won’t back down against the Trump administration.”)
- Collins’ Obamacare deal faces moment of truth (“House conservatives thumb their nose at the Maine moderate’s bid to slow the demise of the health law.”)
- Conservatives ramp up attacks on Mueller (Very dangerous.)
- Pew poll: Trump’s approval rating hits new low (“The Pew Research Center poll finds that just 32 percent of Americans polled approve of how Trump is handling his job as president, while 63 percent say they disapprove.” Amazing that 32% approve. What is WRONG with these people???)
- Trump looks to boost Moore with Friday rally (Bigoted, extremist, sexual predator “president” campaigns for bigoted extremist and sexual predator.)
- Pruitt: Frequent Taxpayer-Funded Travel, Soundproof Booth In Office Are Justified (Riiiiight.)
- Kaine calls on Senate to publicly release sexual harassment claims
- Senate campaign chief urges Jim Gilmore to run in Virginia: report (Gil-mentum!)
- Anybody but Corey Stewart? Virginia GOP looks for others to run against Sen. Kaine. (“Knowing they need a candidate who will appeal to all wings of the party as well as independents, Virginia Republicans will vet potential contenders this weekend at their annual mountain retreat.”)
- Governor McAuliffe reflects on his time in office
- Water control board issues certification for Mountain Valley Pipeline (The fix was in – totally corrupt process.)
- Virginia water board approves Mountain Valley Pipeline, angering opponents (“The even-bigger Atlantic Coast Pipeline comes up for a vote next week” It’s not just the approval, it’s how they went about doing it, not taking into account the facts and not listening to the overwhelming percentage of public comments AGAINST the pipeline.)
- Democrats ask federal judge for new election in tainted Va. House race (“The request comes a week after state officials certified the election despite irregularities causing 147 voters to cast ballots in the wrong race.”)
- Meeting in Henrico erupts after Virginia state board issues approval of Mountain Valley Pipeline
- Williams: Richmond School Board needs to bring public into decision-making
- Man holding sign with racial slur arrested on VCU’s campus
- Editorial: ODU report should be required reading for Virginia politicians
- Editorial: Court should reject Burfoot pay claim
- Rockbridge-area conservation group wins House Mountain court battle
- D.C.-area forecast: Chilly, increasingly gray today; snow likely arrives in the region late tonight, then lasts through Saturday
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