by Lowell
Here are a few national and Virginia news headlines, political and otherwise, for Sunday, April 1.
- Trump’s World-Leader Buddy Is Starting to Regret It (“Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe wooed the new American president harder than anyone. But his bet on Trump is not looking so hot today.”)
- The Parkland Teens Are Winning the Culture War
- ‘Dialogue of the deaf’? Iran deal talks persist as Trump looks poised to kill it (If Trump does that, it will be a huge mistake, potentially disastrous.)
- With White House stabilizers gone, Trump calls his own shots (Dangerous.)
- What the Hell Is Happening in Gaza? (“At least 15 Palestinians are dead and hundreds more injured after Israeli troops fired on demonstrators taking part in a large-scale border protest in Gaza on Friday. It was the deadliest day for the Israeli-Palestinian conflict since the last Israeli war in Gaza in 2014, and the violence could escalate dramatically in the coming days and weeks.”)
- Tiangong-1: China space lab to plunge to Earth on Monday
- Trump attacks Amazon, again, over U.S. postal rates (There are certainly things to attack Amazon over, but this is not one of them. Trump is completely full of crap.)
- Trouble for big tech as consumers sour on Amazon, Facebook and co
- Honoring Martin Luther King, Jr., Fifty Years After His Death (“This anniversary of his assassination falls amid the largest anti-gun-violence mobilization that we have seen since he departed.”)
- How the Party of Lincoln Became the Party of Racial Backlash (At this point, they are as far from the “party of Lincoln” as is humanly possible. Yet they still claim, laughably, to be the “party of Lincoln.” Big Lie.)
- These states are responding to the Parkland shooting by trying to do something about gun control (Virginia Democrats tried during the 2018 session, but Republicans killed every single bill, mostly in committee. Vote. Them. Out.)
- Trump borrows language directly from ‘Fox & Friends’ to fearmonger about immigrants (“The president started his day by watching his favorite show and slamming California’s governor.” Sick.)
- Dems seize on gun control heading into midterms
- Javanka vs. the Klossy Posse
- Roseanne Barr faces backlash over Trump conspiracy theory tweet (She is appalling.)
- Former Fox News contributor says he was silenced from talking about Russia
- Trump dined with Hannity at Mar-a-Lago: report (Hate on the menu.)
- Immigrants Give America a Foreign-Policy Advantage (Immigrants strengthen our country in almost every way.)
- How America’s Largest Local TV Owner Turned Its News Anchors Into Soldiers In Trump’s War On The Media (Do not watch any Sinclair-produced “news”)
- David Hogg Calls on Laura Ingraham to Apologize to Lebron James: ‘A Bully is a Bully’ (Ingraham should be fired and Fox dismantled.)
- Sen. Warner now backs assault weapons ban after reexamining issue (I love it; opposting an assault weapons ban is considerated part of a “moderate record on gun rights?” LOL)
- Want records from past governors? Get ready to wait. (“Want emails, voicemails, memos or other documents from former Gov. Terry McAuliffe’s administration that easily should have been obtainable under open records law while he was in office? Get ready to wait. Maybe for a decade.”)
- Bob Goodlatte talks ‘deep state’: ‘This is about a small number of people, we don’t know exactly how many’ (Goodlatte has apparently gone completely off the deep end.)
- Expanding Medicaid will aid schools, governor says
- Their view: Virginia primes itself for a tax experiment in rural areas
- Opinion/Editorial: Stop-and-frisk statistics still worrisome
- Dulles Toll Road upgrade could foreshadow congestion-priced tolling (“The $23.4 million improvement will give the system the ability to charge variable tolls — such as changing prices based on the time or day or amount of traffic. The next projected toll increase is scheduled for January 2019.”)
- Robert McNab and Vinod Agarwal: Gauging the impact of tariffs on U.S., Hampton Roads
- Environmental news: It’s time to feed the hummingbirds, adopt a drain, and learn the fate of a local eagle
- Virginia Flaggers erect Confederate flag along I-64 in Louisa (Gack.)
- Still on the mild side today, then a little wet snow possible late tonight (“Not an April Fools’ joke. Some of us could actually see a little wet snow tonight.”)
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