by Lowell
Here are a few national and Virginia news headlines, political and otherwise, for Sunday, July 8.
- U.S. Attitude Is ‘Gangster-Like,’ North Korea Says After Talks
- Pompeo pushes back against N. Korea’s criticism of U.S. as ‘gangster-like’
- North Korea shatters Trump’s boastful assurances of an easy path to denuclearization (“Analysis by Andrea Mitchell: The regime’s harsh statement illustrates the risk in putting so much stock into last month’s ceremonial Singapore summit.”)
- Trump’s North Korea Policy Just Collapsed (“Pyongyang, by humiliating Secretary of State Pompeo, exposed the fallacy at the heart of American policy.”)
- Trump is bent on wrecking NATO. Prepare for catastrophe.
- Transatlantic ties hang in the balance as Trump comes to Europe
- A Russian-Backed Offensive in Syria Makes a Mockery of Trump
- Why Donald Trump’s Trade War Will Fail (“Despite the president’s assurances, trade wars are bad—and impossible to win.”)
- Trump administration takes another major swipe at the Affordable Care Act (“Drawing swift protest from the health-insurance industry, the administration halted billions of dollars in annual payments required under the law to even out the cost to insurers whose customers need expensive medical services.” Uhhhh…what part of “required under the law” don’t the Trump criminals understand?)
- Putin Woos Trump by Saying “Deep State” and “Fake News” Are Against Their Friendship (Putin is diabolically clever. Trump is an imbecile.)
- The mess of migrant family reunifications (“It’s the administration’s incompetence, not a court’s deadline, that’s ‘extreme.’”)
- Rep. Jim Jordan faces new accusation that he must have known about alleged sexual abuse at Ohio State (“A seventh former Ohio State University wrestler said Saturday that he believes Rep. Jim Jordan (R-Ohio) knew about inappropriate behavior that allegedly took place in the school’s athletic department three decades ago, as two more former team members came to Jordan’s defense.”)
- A Republican Congressman Is Accused of Ignoring Sexual Abuse. Now He’s Attacking His Accusers. (Why would anyone believe self-serving Jordan versus a slew of former wrestlers who all tell the same story?)
- For Whom the Trump Trolls (Trump “figured out how to dominate Twitter, not with the cool-kid arch style of making fun of someone, but by being school-yard-bully mean.”)
- McConnell Tries to Nudge Trump Toward Two Supreme Court Options (“Senator Mitch McConnell, the Republican leader, told President Trump this past week that Judges Raymond M. Kethledge and Thomas M. Hardiman presented the fewest obvious obstacles to being confirmed to replace Justice Anthony M. Kennedy on the Supreme Court, according to Republican officials briefed on the conversation.”)
- ‘It’s a Democrat Con Job!’: Unhinged Donald Trump spends his Saturday tweeting about Hillary’s emails from golf resort (As soon as someone says “Democrat” instead of “Democratic” as an adjective, you know they’re probably unhinged right there.)
- Thai cave rescue: boys being rescued in four groups – live
- ‘Today Is D-Day’: Operation Begins To Rescue Thai Boys From Cave (“Gov. Narongsak Osattanakorn of the Chiang Rai region in Thailand…said the operation started at 10 a.m. local time, that it would take about 11 hours to remove the first boy from the cave and two divers would accompany each boy.”)
- What Donald Trump and Jim Jordan really mean when they say “locker room talk” (“They believe masculinity means never taking responsibility.”)
- Government moves to dismiss all remaining J20 cases (“After three crushing defeats in court, federal prosecutors decided to cut their losses.”)
- How Four Potential Nominees Would Change The Supreme Court (“On Monday evening, President Trump is scheduled to announce his nominee to replace the retiring Justice Anthony Kennedy on the Supreme Court. The nominee, if confirmed, will likely change the court dramatically, cementing a conservative, five-justice majority that could long endure.”)
- Anti-gun violence protesters shut down part of Chicago freeway (“Thousands of anti-violence protesters marched along a Chicago interstate on Saturday, shutting down traffic in an effort to draw attention to the gun violence that’s claimed hundreds of lives in some of the city’s poorest neighborhoods and pressure public officials to do more to stop it.”)
- Conservative students draw dozens to nationwide pro-gun rallies planned for months (Hahahaha, “dozens.” Note that gun violence prevention rallies have drawn hundreds of thousands.)
- Protesters confront McConnell leaving Kentucky restaurant
- Editorial: Which history are we talking about? (“The history that Southerners were taught was a peculiarly sanitized version of events that essentially amounted to propaganda and occasionally outright lies…There is no mention of the Jim Crow era and what that entailed. In fact, the word ‘segregation’ never appears in the textbook.” No wonder why so many people don’t “get it” on racial issues.)
- Richmond bookstore owner says he called police after woman confronted Steve Bannon in his shop (“Nick Cooke, owner of Black Swan Books on West Main Street in the Fan District, said Bannon was in the bookstore Saturday afternoon and that a woman confronted him, calling him a ‘piece of trash.’ Cooke said he called 911 and that the woman left as he made the call.”)
- Frank Kilgore column: Smashing stereotypes about Southwest Virginia (“Frank Kilgore is an attorney, conservationist, author, local historian, co-founder of two graduate schools and several outdoor recreation venues in the coalfields.”)
- GMU Foundation is not subject to public records laws, judge rules (“George Mason University’s ties to Charles Koch, the prominent backer of conservative political causes, have raised concerns about whether the gifts constrain academic freedom.”)
- Sacred ground, once forgotten, is now reclaimed in Charlottesville (“A few miles from downtown Charlottesville, Va., Saturday, dozens gathered to remember John Henry James, to say his name and to ask the city, and the nation, to say it with them. James was lynched there on July 12, 1898, and remembering this earlier act of racial violence, organizers said, reminds the nation that the history of hatred is deep in its bones.”)
- EDITORIAL: Coming to terms with the Confederacy (“Remembering the past, yes, but looking at it critically so as not to repeat its tragic mistakes.”)
- Prince William County has a high-tech plan to get more commuters out of their cars (“Northern Virginia officials are betting on an Uber-like app to shift people onto transit or into van pools.”)
- Coliseum redevelopment group led by Dominion Energy CEO wants city to use Dominion property taxes for project
- Documents offer window into Stoney administration’s negotiations on $1 billion private redevelopment proposal
- Mark Reynolds has a night for the ages in Nationals’ rout of the Marlins (“He began Saturday with a homer, then continued with a single, double, another homer and another single, going 5 for 5 and tying the team record for RBI in a game with 10. He is the 15th player since 1908 to accumulate that many.”)
- Holding summer at bay for one more day (“Not quite as perfect as yesterday, with slightly warmer temperatures. But it’s close.”)
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