by Lowell
Here are a few national and Virginia news headlines, political and otherwise, for Saturday, July 7.
- Trump Starts a Trade War, but Does He Have a Plan to Win It? (Short answer: nope.)
- Trump Eyes Even Higher Tariffs as China Trade War Escalates
- Pompeo holds more North Korea talks, both sides seeking to ‘clarify’
- Democrats: Do Not Surrender the Judiciary (“Resist President Trump’s radical court picks, from the Supreme Court on down. This is both a sprint and a marathon.”)
- Jim Jordan Is Defiant as Allegations Mount, and Supporters Point to ‘Deep State’ (Note that Dave Brat is a big fan of this guy. Also, who knew that college wrestlers were part of the “Deep State” – whatever the hell that is?)
- ‘A cesspool of deviancy’: New claims of voyeurism test Jordan denials (“New allegations in the Ohio State University sexual abuse scandal are threatening to intensify the political firestorm facing its onetime assistant wrestling coach, powerful GOP Rep. Jim Jordan.”)
- Shifting Strategy, Trump’s Lawyers Set New Conditions for Mueller Interview
- Eight Republicans pick the worst possible place to celebrate July 4 (“‘Moscow Mules’ kowtow to continued denials of election meddling.”)
- Pruitt’s replacement could be even worse for the planet (“Coal industry has no bigger friend than incoming Andrew Wheeler.” Very, very bad.)
- Pruitt is gone. But that doesn’t mean the environment is safer.
- Trump is hinting at concessions to Putin. So what do we get back? (Now just imagine how Fox and “friends” would be reacting if Obama had done this.)
- To the president, #MeToo is little more than a punchline (“Conflating the movement with a DNA test for Warren shows his lack of understanding.” Not sure it’s a lack of “understanding,” more like he’s a sociopath, misogynist, etc.)
- ‘Super Polluting’ Trucks Receive Loophole on Pruitt’s Last Day
- Scott Pruitt Is Gone, But The Trump Administration’s Climate Negligence Remains (Criminal negligence, basically.)
- Why Scott Pruitt’s Critics Will Miss Him (“His successor will likely be far too skilled to attract notice to the EPA.”)
- Kaine jokes: Kim Jong Un will send Trump a copy of ‘American Idiot’ (LOL, exactly!)
- The Lasting Trauma of Family Detention
- George Will, Joe Scarborough lead midterm exodus from GOP
- Why does Fox News’ Steve Doocy still have a job? (“Two years after he was implicated in Gretchen Carlson’s lawsuit, the Fox News host remains on air”)
- Researchers find Trump’s plan to save coal plants would boost premature deaths
- Kentucky’s Medicaid expansion challenge raises questions for Virginia (“…could the situation in Kentucky mean a future legal challenge of Virginia’s Medicaid work requirements?”)
- Kaine speaks on trade, new role in midterm election
- Blue Ridge Caucus: Tim Kaine opens Roanoke campaign office
- Kaine promises to work ‘for all’ in Lynchburg campaign stop
- 6th District Republicans’ dispute moves to state GOP (What a mess.)
- Storrs: The Defenders of Scott Sayre and Tribal Insanity
- Democrats argue Scott Taylor has to endorse or reject Corey Stewart, Taylor says no dice
- Independent Candidate Who Wants to Wrestle Taylor Fails to Make Ballot
- Primary consideration: Ward reflects on congressional campaign (“Dan Ward did not win the Democratic nomination for Congress in the 7th District, but he is still campaigning hard—for his former opponent, Abigail Spanberger.” “Asked whether he would consider running for state office, Ward’s gaze held steady.”)
- On the “flip list”: Dave Brat and Barbara Comstock
- One week after suspension, some work resumes on the Mountain Valley Pipeline
- Manafort’s lawyers request upcoming trial be moved to Roanoke
- Virginia legislators call for improved school safety measures
- New Virginia Law Mandates Mental Health Education In Public Schools (“NPR’s Ailsa Chang talks to Sen. Creigh Deeds (D- Va.), one of the sponsors of the new state law requiring mental health education in schools.”)
- How to make Northern Virginia cleaner and less congested (“Congress is discussing a simple economic solution to steer our region away from both congestion and carbon. Under the Baker-Shultz Carbon Dividends Plan, corporations would be taxed for their carbon emissions.”)
- This Progressive Is Betting Her Populist Platform Can Win In Trump Country (“Democrat Jennifer Lewis is running in a Virginia district Trump won by about 25 percentage points.”)
- Arlington Democrats aim to export efforts to races in 7th, 10th Districts
- Winter honeybee die-off in Virginia could bring lower honey production and affect crop pollination
- Virginia Tourism paid $536,000 for ‘The Bachelorette’ to film in Richmond (“If the attraction-laden footage looked like an ad for the city, that’s because it sort of was.”)
- Alexandria’s slave trade museum awarded $50,000 historic preservation grant
- Top Norfolk school officials are suing the district’s troubled fundraising arm
- An awesome weekend before summertime temperatures return
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