by Lowell
Here are a few national and Virginia news headlines, political and otherwise, for Friday, July 5.
- Trump Is Losing His Trade Wars
- What Economists Are Saying Ahead of the June U.S. Jobs Report
- June Employment Report Expected To Show Rebound In Job Growth
- Alaska Is Baking (“Anchorage sees 80F weather with nearly 120 fires blazing across the state.” Crazy.)
- Watch Trump bizarrely claim the army retook the airports from the British during Revolutionary War
- Stars, stripes, and the orange baby blimp: Indelible images from Trump’s absurd July 4th celebration (“The president’s supporters and detractors are showing up with colorful garb and protest paraphernalia.”)
- Internet showers Trump in ridicule after his Mall speech turns into a rain-soaked mess: ‘This has become an SNL parody’
- Capitol Hill Fourth of July celebration dwarfs Trump’s Lincoln Memorial crowd size
- In Fourth Of July Address, Trump Hails Military As Fighter Jets Fly Above
- 6.4-magnitude earthquake strikes Southern California
- The Trump administration is pushing the census question again. Good luck with that. (“At this point, the justices could not forget that the administration lied about its reasons for adding the question.”)
- ‘This doesn’t look like the best economy ever’: 40% of Americans say they still struggle to pay bills (That’s always been the case, though, right?)
- A Fierce 2020 Campaign Is Underway, and It’s Not for President (“In most states, the party that controls the legislature can draw once-a-decade maps of election districts after a new census count. So Democrats are racing to win back statehouse chambers, and Republicans are rushing to defend gains from 2010.”)
- Trump lashes out as Justin Amash says he is leaving the GOP (Trump: “Great news for the Republican Party as one of the dumbest & most disloyal men in Congress is ‘quitting’ the Party.”)
- Tree planting ‘has mind-blowing potential’ to tackle climate crisis (“Research shows a trillion trees could be planted to capture huge amount of carbon dioxide”)
- The Most Critical Argument Democrats Will Have in 2020 (“Expect way more fighting over health care before the next set of presidential debates.”)
- ‘I don’t have to atone’: Biden dismisses busing controversy
- CNN Exclusive: Joe Biden says he wasn’t prepared for Kamala Harris to confront him the way she did (“Former Vice President Joe Biden said in an exclusive interview with CNN airing Friday that he wasn’t prepared for California Sen. Kamala Harris to confront him on issues of race the way she did at the first Democratic primary debate.”)
- Joe Biden and Kamala Harris Bring Their Debate-Stage Fight to Iowa
- Reeling O’Rourke seeks a way forward (“The Texan’s boosters think organization and a moment could turn the campaign around. ‘Things can change on a dime,’ says one strategist.”)
- Democratic Senate hopes hinge on Trump tide (“Democrats think they have a shot at winning back the Senate and unified control of Congress, but only if their voters show up in mass to sweep Trump from office.”)
- Kavanaugh’s First Term: a Reliable Conservative Vote (With a Few Surprises) (“For the most part, it’s gone exactly as his Federalist Society backers had hoped.”)
- Oregon governor vows to use executive powers for climate action after Republicans flee (“Oregon Gov. Kate Brown said she is prepared to use her executive powers to take action on climate change after Republican state senators defeated a cap-and-trade bill by fleeing the state.”)
- Pence, Cuccinnelli and Chao speak at naturalization ceremony for new citizens (Gross.)
- Watkins: We tried deregulating electricity. It didn’t work. (All you need to know is that Watkins’ top donor over the years was…yep, Dominion Energy, clocking in at $68,160. Of course, god forbid the Roanoke Times mention that to readers.)
- Sen. Amanda Chase Tries to Explain Her Outrageous Comments About Rape Victims, Fails Miserably, Gets Ripped Yet Again
- Editorial: Bad behavior (The brain-dead “Both-Sidesism” folks at the Roanoke Times editorial board lumps a pipeline protester together with evil Ken Cuccinelli as exhibiting “Bad Behavior.” Drooooool…)
- Given country’s ‘highest honor’ at Monticello, new citizens urged to stay engaged
- 3 stabbed at Petersburg plasma center; police search suspect’s home
- Fairfax County Democratic School Board Candidate Calls Republican Candidate’s Interview “Extremely Scary”
- Virginia Beach asks state for $30 million to pay for building renovations after mass shooting
- Debris to diesel: Chesapeake could soon be home to a bioenergy facility that turns trash to fuel
- D.C.-area forecast: Scattered showers and storms remain with us through the weekend
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