by Lowell
Here are a few national and Virginia news headlines, political and otherwise, for Friday, April 6.
- It looks like Paul Manafort’s “Hail Mary” case against Mueller is going down in flames (“I don’t really understand what is left of your case.”)
- Former Trump aide approved ‘black ops’ to help Ukraine president (“Paul Manafort authorised secret media operation that sought to discredit key opponent of then Ukrainian president”)
- China Vows to Fight Trump Tariffs ‘to the End’ as Tension Rises
- Trump Doesn’t Know Anything About Anything. Unfortunately, China’s Leaders Do. (“And beans are at the center of it all.”)
- Trump orders officials to look at $100 billion in new Chinese tariffs
- Conservatives fear trade war could cripple tax cuts message
- Departing Trump officials leave a damning image (“Creative cruelty is this president’s management style.”)
- Trump’s mind-boggling gift to America’s enemies (“Abruptly leaving Syria is dangerous in so many ways.”)
- Lewandowski to Democrats: I’m not answering your ‘f—ing’ questions
- Facebook drowning in controversy ahead of mega-hearings
- E.P.A. Officials Sidelined After Questioning Scott Pruitt
- Scott Pruitt Is Reaching New Levels of Radioactivity (“The EPA administrator is sinking into the swamp.”)
- Stop the G.O.P.’s Conservation Demolition Crew (“Like the arrogant vandals in Greene’s story, but with pockets full of special interest campaign cash, the destructors of today want to tear down the walls of American conservation. Soon enough we too will be asking: What happened to our land, our country, our home?”)
- Trump, Driven by Fear (“We now have a president whose actions are governed by emotions: envy, vanity, guilt, hatred and, chief among them, fear.”)
- We’re journalists at a Sinclair news station. We’re pissed. (“Some of us wish we could quit — but our hands are tied.”)
- The Art of the Flail (“And that’s why things seem so incoherent. One day Trump talks tough on trade; then stocks fall, and his advisers scramble to say that the trade war won’t really happen; then he worries that he’s looking weak, and tweets out more threats; and so on. Call it the art of the flail.”)
- The Teachers’ Strikes Have Exposed the GOP’s Achilles Heel
- Mueller (Quietly) Keeps Turning Up the Heat
- Senate Democrats Call for Investigation of Pruitt’s Unusual Raises
- Trump finally spoke about Stormy Daniels — and he made things much worse (“Ignorance is not always bliss.”)
- Pruitt fell behind on payments for his $50-a-night condo rental
- Mueller will drop midterm Russia bombshells on GOP Congress
- Conservatives throw tantrum over Kevin Williamson firing (“The short-lived writer for The Atlantic once called for hanging women who got abortions.” Why would The Atlantic have hired him in the first place?)
- The Atlantic fired Kevin Williamson for his abortion comments. Check out all this other stuff he said. (Again, why would The Atlantic have hired him in the first place???)
- Scott Pruitt’s Scandals Won’t Stop Coming, and Trump Might Actually Have to Fire Him [Updated]
- New law puts focus on suicide prevention efforts in Virginia
- Northam signs nurse practitioners bill that changes autonomy rules
- Environmentalists urge Northam to oust DEQ director
- A Conversation with Mark Warner: Russia, Facebook and the Trump Campaign
- “A war that is going on in all of our communities:” Kaine discusses addiction response in campaign stop
- Kaine said he’s learning about Suboxone abuse
- Corey Stewart: Political Coward and Chameleon Pt. 2 – Electability
- Voter registration group confuses Virginia voters with misleading mailers, officials say (“The Voter Participation Group, which is trying to get more millenials, single women and people of color to vote, sent mailers to voters implying that they’re no longer registered” WTF?)
- Trade war puts Virginia farmers at risk of losing ‘critical market’ in China
- Judge dismisses McAuliffe from suit accusing him of defrauding GreenTech investors
- Put down your phone, bikers say as motorcycle deaths spike in Virginia
- DEQ is open to citizen pipeline monitors, director says (Alrighty then…)
- Couric returns to Charlottesville to discuss Confederate monuments, racism
- Quick warmth today, then a quick light and wet snow possible tomorrow morning
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