by Lowell
Here are a few national and Virginia news headlines, political and otherwise, for Monday, March 18.
- New Zealand’s Prime Minister Is Showing the World What Real Leadership Looks Like
- Jacinda Ardern says cabinet agrees New Zealand gun reform ‘in principle’ (“Prime minister says government ‘completely unified’ but delays announcement of ban on semi-automatics”)
- Netanyahu Seeks Trump Bump as He Brings Re-Election Bid to U.S. (Gack.)
- Saudi Crown Prince’s Brutal Drive to Crush Dissent Began Before Khashoggi
- Saudi crown prince allegedly stripped of some authority (“Series of Mohammed bin Salman no-shows at high-profile meetings fed claims of rift with king”)
- ‘Same rhetoric’: Bolsonaro’s US visit to showcase populist alliance with Trump (“Brazilian president shares some of Trump’s habits: he is active on Twitter and also dismisses negative media coverage as ‘fake news’” They’re both evil.)
- Islamophobia Is A Global Crisis — And It’s Time We View It That Way (“The attack in New Zealand shows the problem is only getting worse, as anti-Muslim rhetoric has emboldened extremists across the globe.”)
- Trump finds plenty to be outraged about — aside from New Zealand (He’s a malignant narcissist, among other bad things.)
- It Isn’t Complicated: Trump Encourages Violence (“He doesn’t deserve blame for any specific attack. He does deserve blame for the increase in white-nationalist violence.”)
- Politicians, public swiftly condemn Aussie senator who punched ‘egg boy’ in the face
- Trump relishes autocracy. What are Republicans willing to do about it? (Nothing, it would appear.)
- The GOP’s declaration of moral bankruptcy
- Boeing Had Too Much Sway in Vetting Own Jets, FAA Was Told
- Trump reignites criticism of McCain months after senator’s death (Disgusting. Why isn’t the GOP going nuts?)
- Exclusive: 7 U.S. Military Members Identified As Part Of White Nationalist Group
- 2020 Dems warm to expanding Supreme Court
- Ilhan Omar: We must apply our universal values to all nations. Only then will we achieve peace. (Expressed this way, it’s perfectly fine.)
- Why tech companies failed to keep the New Zealand shooter’s extremism from going viral (“Friday’s massacre exemplified the problem of expecting tech companies to self-police content.”)
- Trump criticizes trio of Fox News anchors: ‘They should be working’ at CNN
- Trump and His Allies Have Lost the Public Debate Over Immigration (“Over the decades, Americans have grown steadily more supportive of immigration—including under Trump.”)
- Twitter’s Insiders Are Skeptical About Beto O’Rourke. Iowans Don’t Seem To Care.
- Ta-Nehisi Coates Is an Optimist Now: A conversation about race and 2020. (“I think I underestimated the left’s response to Trump. I definitely underestimated the Democratic Party’s response.”)
- Stacey Abrams for …. Governor? Senator? Veep? President?! The Georgian who is usually sure about everything finds herself conflicted about her future.
- From an emphatic no to an enthusiastic yes: How Beto O’Rourke decided to run for president
- Beto O’Rourke acknowledges ‘privileges’ afforded to him because of race and gender
- Kirsten Gillibrand officially launches her 2020 presidential bid
- Kirsten Gillibrand Is Officially Running For President
- Are Democrats Facing Their Own Tea Party-Style Reckoning? (Almost the textbook definition of “concern trolling,” in this case by Republican former Rep. Tom Davis of Virginia.)
- Fox News tried to quietly pull Jeanine Pirro’s show from its weekly Saturday night slot. It didn’t work.
- Kaine: Trump’s rhetoric ‘emboldens’ white nationalists
- Video: Sen. Kaine Correctly Points Out That Trump Uses Similar Language (e.g, “Invaders”) to New Zealand Shooter
- U.S. Supreme Court to hear arguments in appeal of Virginia racial gerrymandering case
- Video, Highlights: Rep. Jennifer Wexton’s First Town Hall; So Nice to Have a Representative Who’s Not Afraid to Meet with Voters!
- Va. Rep. Wexton addresses white nationalism, student debt during 1st town hall
- WaPo Once Again Demonstrates How *NOT* to Cover Virginia Politics
- One Dem Ends Campaign for Virginia State Senate, One Reportedly Ready to Announce Candidacy for State Senate, Another Announces for House of Delegates
- Hundreds of Richmond-area residents gather in show of solidarity in response to New Zealand attack
- Editorial: The fading of Virginia’s blackface scandal
- Startup wants to turn Hampton Roads into pilot project for harnessing the power of traffic (“A new system would use power that otherwise would have been lost from cars braking and turn it into cheap, emission-free electricity.”)
- Could pumped-storage hydro help Southwest Virginia reclaim its role as an energy hotbed?
- Insurers now seeking huge increases in Virginians’ premiums for long term care
- Editorial: One-party politics in Southwest Virginia (“Bottom line: We have a retiring legislator handing his seat over to his preferred successor without the benefit of a competitive election.”)
- Republican announces candidacy for Ashburn District seat on Loudoun Board of Supervisors (“Navy veteran Rich McMunn announced Thursday his candidacy for Ashburn District supervisor on the Loudoun County Board of Supervisors.”)
- A Fairfax County student was accused of sexual harassment. He says the school system discriminated against him.
- Virginia man sentenced to federal prison for $1.3 million Ponzi scheme
- Virginia earns No. 1 seed in NCAA tournament, will play Gardner-Webb
- Perhaps some snowflakes on this chilly Monday, but then a sunny dry spell (“Temperatures most days this week should reach the 50s with little or no precipitation.”)
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