by Lowell
Here are a few national and Virginia news headlines, political and otherwise, for Monday, July 23.
- Israel Picks Identity Over Democracy. More Nations May Follow. (Huge mistake by Israel, but sadly not surprising given the way things are going in the world right now.)
- Trump Threatens Iran on Twitter, Warning of Dire ‘Consequences’ (Remember, warmonger John Bolton is Trump’s National Security Adviser. Yeah, shudddderrrr…)
- Trump warns Iranian president of consequences ‘few … have ever suffered’ (“President Trump told Iranian President Hassan Rouhani to not threaten the United States. ‘WE ARE NO LONGER A COUNTRY THAT WILL STAND FOR YOUR DEMENTED WORDS OF VIOLENCE & DEATH,’ Trump wrote in a late-night tweet. Earlier Sunday, Rouhani said the United States should avoid inciting Iranians against the government, telling a meeting of his diplomats that ‘war with Iran is the mother of all wars.'” Trump is completely demented.)
- Trump again reverses course on Russian interference, calls it ‘all a big hoax’ (Yes, completely demented…)
- The only thing the newly released FISA documents show is that Republicans have been lying for months (“Trump and his allies claim the Steele Dossier was the sole basis for a surveillance warrant of Carter Page. They are lying.”)
- How a Trump Decision Revealed a G.O.P. Memo’s Shaky Foundation
- ‘This is not the only tape’: Michael Avenatti says there are more secret recordings of Trump
- Rattled or frustrated, Trump is lashing out all over
- Gowdy: ‘Disconnect cannot continue’ between Trump and intelligence community
- John Kelly Signed Off on a ‘Purge’ of Scott Pruitt Loyalists From EPA
- Solar and wind are coming. And the power sector isn’t ready. (“The rise in renewable energy will scramble the decision making of grid managers.”)
- We knew who Trump was (“Rather than Coats, it is the president who has ‘gone rogue’ on our values.”)
- How the Hospitals Serving Trump Voters Are Closing—And He’s Letting It Happen
- Toronto shooting: Deadly attack in Greektown district
- Trump is politicizing the federal government even further. Step in, Congress.
- GOP Lawmaker Jason Spencer Strips Down, Screams ‘N-Word’ on Sacha Baron Cohen’s ‘Who Is America?’ (“The second episode of Baron Cohen’s Showtime series upped the ante with Dick Cheney and a seriously unhinged state representative from Georgia.”)
- The Republican Base Might Not Be As Scary As It Looks (“Politicians fearing a voter backlash against anti-Trump dissent could be mistaken.”)
- Christine Todd Whitman: Calling my fellow Republicans: Trump is clearly unfit to remain in office
- Republicans Have Been Putting a Ton of Work Into Screwing Over Endangered Species (Absolute evil.)
- Donald Trump Has Endangered Species in His Sights (There’s so much evil in this administration, but his war on nature and the environment is perhaps the most evil.)
- Trump, ‘He’s Like a Rapper’ (“Trump was a wannabe rapper. He wanted to be associated with the power rappers projected, with the glamour and the girls and the gangster motif. That is the same way he’s now operating on the world stage.”)
- Inside the mission to blow up the 2020 Democratic field (“The effort to dig up dirt on Donald Trump’s potential opponent is well underway.”)
- Dems get set for 2020 starting gun (First, “run through the tape” on 2018!)
- Former Obama aide to Comey: ‘No one is asking for your advice’ (“’Hey Jim, we got this covered,’ Vietor wrote on Twitter. ‘No one is asking for your advice. As we saw during the campaign, your judgment isn’t great! All the best, everyone.’”)
- Could overturning Roe v. Wade lead to a nationwide abortion ban? It’s possible
- Audience bursts out laughing after GOP Senate candidate says Trump is ‘standing up’ to Russia (Yes, Corey Stewart is a national laughing stock.)
- Warner uestions Trump relations with Russia during Tazewell stop
- Editorial: What Howell learned in Southwest Virginia
- Northam’s energy plan: A blueprint for action or destined for dusty shelf? (“The Energy Plan gives Northam an opportunity to change the subject, and possibly even to change course. DMME’s presentation at its initial public meeting on June 25 addressed only clean energy topics—no coal, no natural gas, no nuclear, no oil. For some topics, the agency has already proposed recommendations for policy changes and scheduled public meetings to discuss them. The first is today at the Capitol.”)
- Sutch: Virginia’s electric grid should be resilient, locally-fueled, and democratic (“The Governor’s 2018 Virginia Energy Plan should provide the spark needed to kickstart a real discussion about modernizing our electric grid. The plan, currently being developed with public input, provides a strategic vision and action-oriented recommendations for energy policy in the Commonwealth during Governor Northam’s administration…The cornerstone of a modern grid will be distributed ‘rooftop’ solar coupled with battery storage and electric vehicle technologies. Instead of relying on energy generated hundreds of miles away and transmitted through vulnerable infrastructure, rooftop solar allows us to power our grid with a local, resilient, and affordable fuel supply.”)
- Weeks After Dropping Hate Fliers in PW County, KKK Rears Its Ugly Head in Arlington County
- Waves of torrential rain present serious flood risk through midweek (“The Washington region transforms into a tropical rain forest for the next several days with drenching downpour after drenching downpour.”)
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