by Lowell
Here are a few national and Virginia news headlines, political and otherwise, for Monday, MLK Jr. Day, January 22.
- Blow: Trump Is a Racist. Period. (“Those are just facts, supported by the proof of the words that keep coming directly from him. And, when he is called out for his racism, his response is never to ameliorate his rhetoric, but to double down on it.”)
- Hopes Dim for DACA Deal as Lawmakers Battle Over Trump’s Immigration Remarks (Trump f’s up and/or kills everything he touches.)
- Editorial: King’s words remain important in 2018 (More important than ever!)
- Trump says ‘I’m not a racist,’ accuses Democrats of impeding DACA deal (Of course Trump’s a racist – the record is long and crystal clear on that front. And of course it’s Republicans who have impeded immigration reform – again, the record is long and crystal clear on that front.
- In Trump’s Remarks, Black Churches See a Nation Backsliding (And they are correct, sad to say.)
- Shutdown watch
- Trump softens on NAFTA
- Nation Tracker: Americans weigh in on Trump immigration remarks, first year in office (“The number of believers has shrunk (from 22 percent to just 18 percent) and the number of strong opponents ‘resisters’ has grown — from 35 percent to 41 percent now.” It should be 100% who are resisting Trump.)
- In planned speech, Sen. Jeff Flake compares Trump’s media attacks to comments by Stalin (“It is a testament to the condition of our democracy that our own president uses words infamously spoken by Josef Stalin to describe his enemies. It bears noting that so fraught with malice was the phrase ‘enemy of the people,’ that even Nikita Khrushchev forbade its use, telling the Soviet Communist Party that the phrase had been introduced by Stalin for the purpose of ‘annihilating such individuals’ who disagreed with the supreme leader.”)
- How a man’s first-ever tweet, about Obama’s respect, proved more popular than Trump’s bluster (“But none of them were quite as popular as Lee’s first tweet, introducing a thread about a different president’s respect for other cultures, which was ‘liked’ by 142,000 people and counting. And every one of those people now knows who Gary Lee is.”)
- Rand Paul says it’s ‘unfair’ to call Trump racist (Rand Paul “reasoning” – it’s “unfair”
to call a racist a racist. I believe that’s known as right-wing “political correctness” run amok.) - The GOP’s Not-So-Cunning Plan to Blame a Shutdown on Democrats
- GOP faces brutal Arizona primary fight
- ‘It’s all explosive’: Michael Wolff on Donald Trump (“Speaking to the Guardian, author who shook the White House faces down critical fire and presidential fury and says: ‘I got to a truth no one else has gotten’”)
- Conservative writer: Trump called friends to brag about ‘s—hole countries’ remark
- GOP senators eager for Romney to join them
- We could be a much better country. Trump makes it impossible. (“His stunts dominate the conversation and diminish our capacity to self-govern.”)
- How Bannon turned on Trump … and where the nationalist right goes next (“The ex-White House strategist who turned his fire and fury on the president is now out at Breitbart too. Those in the know, though, say he isn’t finished yet”)
- Joy Reid rails against the Republican Party: They’re ‘dead from a moral point of view’
- Kaine leading public forum in Hampton Roads on threat of offshore drilling
- Bill to undo controversial utility rate freeze faces unfriendly panel Monday as Dominion-favored plan is developed
- After election wipeout, Va. House Republicans avoid hot-button bills on abortion, LGBT rights
- Northam congratulated by Trump in phone call (“Two said to commit to work together.”)
- Under McAuliffe, an emphasis on science and technology education (“The former governor touts initiatives to help steer Virginia students into high-paying jobs.”)
- Something special on the pillows for newly sworn in Virginia governor (“Former governor Terry McAuliffe left several pranks for Gov. Ralph Northam (D), part of a longstanding Virginia tradition.”)
- Editorial: At long last, federal recognition for Virginia’s Indian tribes
- Education bills to know in the 2018 General Assembly session
- Virginia’s mental health care system is “chaotic” and must be addressed, says Sen. Deeds
- Does recent cold snap underscore or undercut need for Atlantic Coast Pipeline? (The recent cold snap shows the need, as always, for a) maxing out on energy efficiency measures like net-zero buildings; b) offshore wind power; c) solar power; d) urgent/emergency efforts to combat global climate chaos.)
- Incivility at council meetings defended (Uh, ok.)
- Cold through midweek, with light snow likely Tuesday night and Wednesday
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