by Lowell
Here are a few national and Virginia news headlines, political and otherwise, for Friday, November 23.
- Saudis Want a U.S. Nuclear Deal. Can They Be Trusted Not to Build a Bomb? (Nope. Also, why don’t they focus on solar power, since they could EASILY power their entire country with super-abundant and super-cheap solar energy???)
- Turkish paper: CIA had recording of Saudi prince demanding Khashoggi be ‘silenced’
- Trump defends Saudis, says “maybe the world” should be held accountable for Khashoggi’s murder (Trump is scum.)
- Spanish PM threatens Brexit ‘veto’ over Gibraltar
- Trump, Xi Signal Readiness for Trade Talks Ahead of G-20 Meeting
- On Thanksgiving, Trump expressed his gratitude for US troops, aired some of his political grievances (Again, just imagine the reaction on the right if Barack Obama had done that!)
- Donald Trump Says He’s Most Thankful for Himself on Thanksgiving (“Narcissistic maniac”)
- ‘I made a tremendous difference’: Trump heaps Thanksgiving praise on himself (He’s right, though, he HAS made a tremendous difference – for the much, much worse!)
- Trump is not a champion of human rights. He is a clueless clown. (“If you lavish him with praise, treat him like a king and promise him vague deals, he’ll literally let you get away with murder.”)
- How we can help the migrant caravan (“Instead of blaming the migrants, we should recognize why they are fleeing and do something about it.”)
- Trump’s ‘America First’ means Americans lose
- Trump dispute with Roberts spills over into Thanksgiving
- Whitaker’s post provides ample tools to disrupt Mueller probe
- Trump says he loves the military? He’s at Mar-a-Lago for Thanksgiving, instead of visiting troops.
- Retired general blasts Trump for ‘announcing’ US Navy secrets during rambling Thanksgiving call to troops
- Hillary Clinton Says Europe Must ‘Get a Handle’ on Migration to Thwart Populism
- US media must ‘get smarter’ to tackle Trump, says Hillary Clinton
- Caravan “invasion”: Corporate media ignores its own role in spreading panic (“Cable news and mainstream newspapers allowed Trump’s fear-mongering to drive coverage of an imaginary crisis”)
- The Beginning of the End of America’s Best Idea (“But which is more of a threat to our existence: a natural world that is symptomatic with the sickness of excessive human intervention, or the people who deny the change — the willfully ignorant in charge of the federal government?…Trump has a crackpot for acting attorney general, Matthew Whitaker, a man associated with a company that promoted time travel and Bigfoot. And yet the president denies the peer-reviewed, consensus driven evidence on climate change.”)
- Virginia court system ‘crippled’ by political dispute over appointing judges (“At the center of the controversy is Del. Tim Hugo (R-Fairfax), whose mostly western Fairfax district became an island of red in Northern Virginia after a wave of Democratic victories in 2017 that left Republicans with only slim majorities in the state Senate and House of Delegates.” Yet ANOTHER reason, on top of the damage he’s done to Northern Virginia transportation, that Tim Hugo has gotta go.)
- Lee Francis: Virginia lawmakers must act on coal ash
- Time to Sing Corey Stewart’s Swan Song in Prince William County
- Pamunkey Tribe hopes to announce potential casino location in coming months
- Editorial: Our Christmas list for 2018
- Cline: Thanks to voters (Ben Cline is a far-right nutjob. Voters really screwed up here.)
- 5 Hampton Roads municipalities rank below average in LGBTQ advocacy group equality report
- Williams: The Richmond City Charter should make it clear: Council members need to reside in their district.
- Whatever happened to the Navy midshipman who gave President Bush a bear hug? Discipline. Then redemption.
- Dumfries votes to move elections from May to November
- Sunny but chilly today, then rain moves in for Saturday
