by Lowell
Here are a few national and Virginia news headlines, political and otherwise, for Sunday, January 6.
- Britons would now vote to stay in EU, want second referendum: poll
- UK Labour support to crash if it supports Brexit: poll (“Three in four Labour members want a second Brexit referendum.”)
- Seven Key Issues to Determine Success of U.S.-China Trade Talks
- Saudis Slash Oil Output. Get Ready for Trump Tweets (“The kingdom is already doing what it said it would at the OPEC meeting last month — by reducing flows of crude to the U.S.”)
- ‘Not much headway’: Talks flounder as shutdown enters third week (“A White House official indicated the partial government shutdown could last until the end of January.”)
- No breakthrough in U.S. shutdown talks, Pelosi plans new legislation (“After a meeting aimed at breaking the deadlock failed on Saturday, Pelosi said House Democrats would seek to reopen government agencies next week through piecemeal appropriation bills, starting with the Treasury Department and the Internal Revenue Service.”)
- Meeting yields no deal as shutdown enters its third week
- Amid uproar, federal agencies are told to suspend pay raises for top administration officials
- Mulvaney: Saturday shutdown meeting ‘did not make much progress’ (That’s 100% because of Trump and Congressional Republicans not standing up to Trump.)
- Trump Calls Those Who Don’t Support His Wall ‘Criminals’ (Of course, the “criminal” is Trump himself.)
- Five things to know about the Trump Tower Moscow proposal
- The Border Wall: How a Potent Symbol Is Now Boxing Trump In
- Iowa Democrats fill events to the rafters with 13 months left before the 2020 caucuses
- ‘The new straw poll’: 2020 candidates race to build small-donor armies(“Five potential candidates already won backing from hundreds of thousands of online donors in 2017 and 2018.”)
- Warren regains footing in Iowa blitz (“The Massachusetts senator was the only major 2020 contender to rebuff the crucial state during the midterms. She’s now making up ground.”)
- Donald Trump is less popular than Nancy Pelosi for the first time during his presidency
- No, Trump Cannot Declare an ‘Emergency’ to Build His Wall (“If he did, and used soldiers to build it, they would all be committing a federal crime.”)
- What the President Could Do If He Declares a State of Emergency (“From seizing control of the internet to declaring martial law, President Trump may legally do all kinds of extraordinary things.”)
- The Economics of Soaking the Rich (“What does Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez know about tax policy? A lot.”)
- The People vs. Donald J. Trump (“He is demonstrably unfit for office. What are we waiting for?”)
- The Trumpification of Political Discourse (“Democratic Representative Rashida Tlaib may have delighted the far-left with her coarse words for the president—but she’s also mirroring his style.” I’m not a fan of this at all.)
- Pentagon chief of staff Kevin Sweeney resigns
- Star-spangled shutdown: how nationalism and nationalization warped US politics
- The House Democrats’ Best Path Forward (“To counter Donald Trump, and to prepare for 2020, the Party needs to think big.”)
- Biden: Rush Limbaugh and the ‘conservative blonde woman’ to blame for shutdown
- Democrats lay impeachment trap, but will the president step into it? (“Democrats now have the chance to see if they can trigger an impeachable offense by hitting Trump across a broad range of subjects, including his tightly held business and tax records. Hammered by subpoenas and demands, they are hoping that the unpredictable Trump could commit an impulsive and destructive act.”)
- Maine’s new governor moves to give health care to 70,000 people on her first day in office (This is the good stuff that happens when Democrats are in charge!)
- CASEY: Don’t bet Jim Webb will be Secretary of Defense (“Dan says ‘I’ll eat this column on camera’ if former U.S. Sen. Jim Webb winds up as President Donald Trump’s next secretary of defense. Below are some reasons why it’ll never happen.”)
- Video: Del. Patrick Hope and AG Mark Herring Endorse Each Other; Hope Pledges No Dominion $$, Urges ALL Virginia Dems to Do the Same
- Virginia NAACP Files Powerful Comments on Dominion’s Proposed Union Hill Compressor Station
- Gambling, coal ash, redistricting among issues in upcoming General Assembly session (“Virginia lawmakers will take up a host of hot-button issues in the 46-day election-year session that begins Wednesday, including gambling, redistricting, coal ash and school renovations.”)
- Editorial: ODU’s State of the Commonwealth Report has warnings for Virginia (The report is available here.)
- A look at some bills filed by Western Virginia lawmakers
- A new standard for healthcare (“The state must also ensure eligible residents take advantage of the Medicaid and that the service is delivered efficiently and effectively. Residents who fall through the cracks must be guided to the best possible medical provider, rather than being turned away at free clinics or surprised by overwhelming medical bills at traditional hospitals.”)
- Scott takes over at House Education and Labor committee
- Ryan McElveen Launches Campaign for Fairfax County Chairman
- Editorial: Proposed Beach park could bring wave of revenue
- Friends of Norfolk’s Environment see a larger tree canopy in the city
- Norfolk group working on creating first floating “amphibious house” on East Coast
- Milder today before temperatures see-saw through midweek
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