by Lowell
Here are a few national and Virginia news headlines, political and otherwise, for Wednesday, January 31.
- Kennedy rebuts Trump: ‘This is not who we are’
- Five Takeaways from Trump’s State of the Union (“Immigration dominates…Keeping the base happy…Unity? Not so much…Few minds changed…Silence on Russia — from the podium”)
- Donald Trump has no solutions for America’s big problems (“A hollow showman who can’t govern at all.”)
- In SOTU, Trump Tried to Have His ‘Unity’ — and Nativism, Too
- Trump State of the Union address promised unity but emphasized discord (“The president’s ‘new American moment’ speech stirred Republican applause while Democrats showed thinly disguised contempt”)
- Trump’s State of the Union Address Was Filled With False Boasts and Empty Promises
- A divisive and misleading State of the Union (“Unity and progress would be nice. The president offered neither.”)
- Instead of seeking ‘common ground,’ Trump gives a flabby, divisive speech
- A uniquely depressing State of the Union (“Trump’s address was one cultural wedge after another.” Also the oxymoron “clean coal” by the Moron-in-Chief.)
- 7 big fact checks from Trump’s State of the Union (“From health care to immigration, Trump’s main claims of success were misleading.”)
- Trump’s ‘Unity’ Speech Was Actually Extremely Partisan
- What the President Doesn’t Get About the State of the Union (“The reaction against his presidency has revealed abiding American strengths.”)
- A Brutal Fact Check of the President (“My play-by-play and truth squad assessment of the President’s speech”)
- Trump’s radical attack on national unity (“Leak, distort, impugn: Roy Cohn would be proud.”)
- Trump’s Very Trumpian State of the Union Address (“Trump spent nearly an hour and a half boasting about his Administration’s policy achievements, claiming to have spotted a ‘New American Moment,’ and appropriating the U.S. flag”)
- Fact-Checking Trump’s Address
- The chilling attack on liberal democracy buried in Trump’s speech (“Trump wants his cronies to be able to fire people who don’t do his bidding.”)
- Ryan urges Republicans to take caution with FBI memo
- GOP lawmakers say Trump would make mistake in firing Rosenstein
- Trumpfrastructure Is a Scam (“$1.5 trillion of hot air.”)
- ‘#ReleaseTheMemo’ is nothing but a hyperpartisan attempt to discredit Mueller
- The RNC on keeping money from alleged sexual abusers: It’s OK if you’re a Republican (“We’re gonna let due process take place.”)
- Bill Nye the ‘Science Guy’ attends SOTU as guest of science-denying Trump administration (And there goes a huge chunk of my respect for Bill Nye.)
- The State of the Union Is Unrecognizable (“A long, surprisingly standard speech ignored the tumultuous lived reality of American politics over the past year—and the likely reality in the year to come.”)
- Elizabeth Guzman slams Trump, vows to ‘keep up the fight’ in Spanish-language SOTU response (“We, the Democrats, have a vision for the future in which children and families come first”)
- FACT CHECK: Trump’s State Of The Union Address (a) it’s a flat-out lie that there’s been a “war on American energy” – in fact, U.S. energy production boomed under President Obama; and b) there’s no such thing as “clean coal.”)
- CNN Instant poll: Trump gets least positive reaction in at least 20 years
- Internal Justice Department probe eyes McCabe’s role in final weeks of 2016 election
- Amazon, Berkshire Hathaway, and JPMorgan Are Going to Fix Health Care—Somehow (“The ambition is thrilling. The details are scarce.”)
- Fact Check: Trump Has Done Virtually Nothing to Combat the Opioid Epidemic (“Budget cuts and a whole lot of inaction.”)
- Amazon Should Not Be in Charge of Solving Our Health-Care Crisis
- State of the union? Melania Trump faces public after Stormy Daniels claims (“First lady arrived at State of the Union in separate car from her husband, amid speculation over the state of their marriage”)
- Pelosi tells Democrats not to disrupt ‘slobbering’ Trump during SOTU
- Trump, Russia, Election. Quid, Pro, Quo. (“Sanctions? What sanctions?”)
- The State of the Journalism Industry, in Two Stories (“Chris Christie joins ABC News while a Pulitzer-winning paper declares bankruptcy.”)
- Now Paul Ryan Is Casually Throwing Around the Word ‘Cleanse’ (“Normal leader, normal day, normal country.”)
- Attorney General Herring treads gently on Dominion rate bill (Why? I don’t understand why Herring hasn’t been a lot tougher on Dominion than he has been.)
- Del. Kilgore introduces new version of utility rates bill (If it’s by Terry Kilgore – and Dominion – you know it’s got to be bad. Just say no.)
- Northam steps into efforts to undo controversial Dominion rate freeze (Why even have talks with Dominion? Just repeal the rate freeze and pass an aggressive, mandatory Renewable Portfolio Standard!)
- Va. House panel backs work requirements for Medicaid recipients (Gotta love Republicans, going with the unnecessary, punitive, nasty shit first, then MAYBE going with something that actually helps their constituents.)
- Trump signs bill recognizing Virginia Indian tribes
- Editorial: A fainthearted step toward redistricting reform
- Schapiro: Northam rides to the rescue – of Cox
- Bill to give doctors way out of providing medically unethical treatment passes first committee
- Senate Republicans stop bill that would ban personal use of campaign money
- House panel scraps Hurst’s student privacy bill in favor of similar Republican legislation
- Senate bill would grant unused coalfields schools a second chance
- Kessler’s perjury case to stay in Albemarle County
- Virginia Tech student arrested after trying to buy 5,000 rounds of ammo, police say
- Gradually warmer into tomorrow, then colder with a couple of iffy snow chances
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