by Lowell
Here are a few national and Virginia news headlines, political and otherwise, for Tuesday, March 26.
- May Loses Control of Brexit Process as Parliament Takes Over (“In a vote late Monday, the House of Commons split 329 to 302 to schedule votes on a series of alternative strategies, potentially including a second referendum, keeping the U.K. in the bloc’s customs union, leaving without a deal and even canceling Brexit altogether.”)
- Climate Setback as Carbon Emissions Hit a Record High (Humans appear hell-bent on hurtling over the cliff, taking a ton of other species down with us.)
- Trump Formally Recognizes Israeli Sovereignty Over Golan Heights (Trump is trying hard to reelect his buddy Bibi.)
- “A Crime in Public View”: How William Barr Pardoned Donald Trump (“Trump had plenty of reasons to obstruct Mueller’s investigation, whether or not there was an underlying crime. The most obvious one has been staring us in the face all along.”)
- Trump lawyer talks potential presidential pardons, tax returns and NY probes
- Trump Administration Flips Switch On Energy Efficient Light Bulbs (The Trump administration’s war on the environment continues.)
- U.S. House to vote on overriding Trump veto of resolution ending border emergency (Let’s be clear: any Republican voting against overriding Trump’s veto is voting against the constitution and rule of law.)
- Democrats push for Mueller report to Congress by next week, Republicans resist (And why do Republicans resist? Obviously, they’re afraid of what the Mueller report will say. So much for Trump being vindicated in any way.)
- Release the Mueller Report (“The public needs to understand what happened. Congress needs to know what to do next.”)
- Trump Is Bullying the Media Into Falsely Exonerating Him of Russia Corruption (Trump absolutely has NOT been exonerated.)
- After Mueller Report, News Media Leaders Defend Their Work
- Trump moves to weaponize Mueller findings
- No Criminal Collusion. Lots of Corruption. (“Don’t let Trump pretend he has been vindicated.”)
- Democrats, here’s what to remember about Mueller (“The election is more than 1½ years away. The absolute best way to get rid of Trump is to pick an electable and competent presidential nominee. Be smart.”)
- What the Left Got Wrong About Robert Mueller (“Robert Mueller was never going to save us from Donald Trump. He was certainly never going to indict a sitting president of the United States. Indeed, given the narrow scope of Mueller’s charge—to investigate ‘any links and/or coordination between the Russian government and individuals associated with the campaign of President Donald Trump’ and any ‘matters that arose or may arise directly from the investigation’—uncovering evidence beyond a reasonable doubt of an underlying crime was always a long shot. It was extraordinarily unlikely that he would find that Trump or high-ranking members of his presidential campaign ‘colluded’—or, to use the better and more precise legal term, conspired—with the Russian government to fix the 2016 election.”)
- Echoes of Clinton Emails in the Mueller Report’s End (“Half of the electorate is likely to reject Attorney General William Barr’s decision on obstruction.”)
- The Odds of Trump Getting Impeached Are Fading (They were always zero, as far as I can tell, given that Republicans in the Senate won’t stand up to him.)
- House Democrats zip lips on Mueller report, want to see it for themselves (“Committee chairs give Barr an April 2 deadline to turn into full findings”)
- Trump administration now says entire Affordable Care Act should be struck down
- Trump Justice Department sides with court ruling that would invalidate the Affordable Care Act (“Lawless hacks.”)
- Trump 2020 press secretary inadvertently shows why Trump won’t release tax returns (“Kayleigh McEnany says that when you’ve ‘do nothing wrong, you say, ‘Yeah, let’s see it all.'”)
- Robert Mueller and the collapse of American trust (“All in all, this reflects a collapse in trust in two core American institutions: politically independent federal law enforcement and the free press. This lack of faith, combined with a concomitant rise in partisanship, means that virtually every major political event is interpreted through a partisan lens. There’s no political institution widely accepted as being neutral anymore; instead, Americans judge the quality of the country’s leading institutions based on how favorable each one’s outputs are to their political interests.”)
- Trump campaign warns networks against booking certain Democrats (Autocratic, authoritarian behavior.)
- The Trump Campaign’s Thuggish Memo Belongs in Every Newsroom’s Garbage Can (“Demanding that people who make “outrageous and unsupported claims” be banned is next-level shameless.”)
- There Are 3 Things I Know for Sure About Russia’s Election Meddling After the Barr Letter (“I knew all of them before the letter, too.”)
- Mueller report isn’t changing 2020 campaign dynamics — yet (“Conclusions have emboldened some Republicans, but Democrats still aren’t talking about Russia”)
- Stephen Moore could inflict more long-term damage than any of Trump’s other nominations (“Moore’s many economic claims over the years have revealed him to be, shall we say, easily confused.”)
- Trump’s Kakistocracy Is Also a Hackistocracy (“The invasion of hucksters has reached the Federal Reserve.”)
- 2 Parkland students and a Sandy Hook father died in a week from apparent suicides
- Rep. Ruben Gallego, averting primary brawl, won’t run for the Senate
- Supreme Court to consider new gerrymandering limits (“The justices will hear two cases Tuesday challenging congressional maps drawn to limit one party’s political power.”)
- Senate gears up for Green New Deal vote
- The 9 Wildest Details From the Criminal Complaints Against Michael Avenatti (I never understood people who liked Avenatti, let alone thought he was a plausible president. Weird.)
- Pence stop in Northern Virginia is seen as moneymaker for both parties
- Mike’s Money: Pence to NOVA Wednesday to Raise Cash for Trump-Controlled Virginia Republicans
- Video: Denver Riggleman Claims U.S., Israel Are the “Two Strongest Democracies in the World.” Uh, Not Quite. Here Are the ACTUAL Rankings.
- Attention Dominion Energy: New Study Finds Your EXISTING Coal-Fired Power Plants Are Increasingly Obsolete, Non-Competitive with Solar, Wind
- Duke Needs ‘Another Project’ If Atlantic Coast Pipeline Fails, CEO Says
- Briefing: Atlantic Coast Pipeline – Risk Upon Risk
- Gov. Northam Vetoes Legislation That Would Impose a Permanent Penalty on Individuals Convicted of Certain Felonies
- State Senate Republicans denounce Northam’s veto of four health care bills (So sad.)
- Both sides seek political leverage from Mueller’s findings; Virginia Democrats call for report’s release
- In push for a new mental hospital, Northam banks on keeping patients away in the first place
- Del. Cheryl Turpin (D-HD85) Announces Candidacy for SD7, Where Sen. Frank Wagner (R-Dominion) Is Retiring (“Turpin joins Kim Howard and Susan Hippen in the Democratic primary…”)
- Will Democratic Party of Virginia Staff Unionize?
- Charlottesville students walk out of class after racist threat closed schools (“The protest was organized by the high school’s Black Student Union.”)
- How ‘slot-like’ are the gambling parlors about to open around Virginia? Very.
- How Virginians will be able to gamble on old horse races ‘without having to do any work at all’
- Editorial: Henrico Democrats provide yet another example of what’s wrong with politics
- Del. Scott Garrett will retire from House of Delegates; Wendell Walker to seek Republican nomination (“Republican Del. Scott Garrett announced Monday he will not seek re-election to the Virginia House of Delegates, and longtime GOP activist Wendell Walker said he would seek the party’s nomination for the seat.”)
- Former Portsmouth Police Chief Tonya Chapman says she was forced out (“Former Portsmouth Police Chief Tonya Chapman said in a statement this morning that she was forced to resign after attempting to change the department’s culture of bias and systemic racism.”)
- Loudoun County NAACP calls for investigation into Academies’ admissions process
- Civil Rights Leader Dorothy Height Honored In Richmond With Historical Marker
- Arlington County May Take Another Avenue To Renaming Jefferson Davis Highway
- Richmond City Council adopts new school funding policy, hires inspector general
- D.C.-area forecast: Chilly today and freezing tonight, but then a gradual warming trend
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