by Lowell
Here are a few national and Virginia news headlines, political and otherwise, for Monday, July 15.
‘Straight-up racist’: CNN correctly labels Trump’s Sunday Twitter rant during fact-check of his false claims #RacistInChief https://t.co/fPw8dfp9Sz
— Raw Story (@RawStory) July 14, 2019
- China’s Economic Growth Hits 27-Year Low as Trade War Stings
- The rift in the relationship between the U.S. and Turkey may be permanent (“Analysis: U.S. officials say Turkey is no longer a reliable NATO ally. The Erdogan government’s receipt of a Russian air defense system is a turning point.”)
- Failure of Iran deal could pose ‘existential threat’, says Hunt (“The Middle East is already one of the most unstable regions in the world, but if the different parties were armed with nuclear weapons, it would represent an existential threat to mankind. I will do everything in my power to prevent that from happening.”)
- Congress must extend the debt ceiling
- Juan Williams: GOP in a panic over Mueller
- Trump Fans the Flames of a Racial Fire
- Congresswomen Denounce Trump Tweets Telling Them To ‘Go Back’ To Their Home Countries
- Trump says progressive congresswomen should ‘go back’ and fix the places they ‘originally came from’
- Fox & Friends praises Trump’s bigoted tweet telling Democratic congresswomen to leave the United States (Odious.)
- Frightened GOP won’t make Trump pay a price for his racist tweet (“Most Republican voters and lawmakers, satisfied with the ideological direction of Trump’s presidency, are willing to turn a blind eye to his conduct”)
- Virginia, National Democrats React to Trump’s Outrageously Racist, Un-American Comments
- Why Trump’s racist dog whistle won’t work this time
- Saying ‘Go Back,’ Trump Fans the Flames of a Racial Fire (“President Trump’s attack on four Democratic congresswomen came on the same day his administration threatened mass roundups of undocumented immigrants. No president in modern times has made appeals to the resentments of white Americans as overtly as this one, our correspondent writes in an analysis.”)
- Trump Taunts Congresswomen of Color (“He told them to ‘go back’ to the countries they came from, though only one was born outside the U.S. The insult was was widely established as a racist trope.”)
- Republicans Silent On Trump’s Racist Remarks To Congresswomen
- Hillary Clinton Fires Back After Trump’s Racist Tweet: ‘You’re Right About One Thing’
- Trump’s Tweets Prove That He Is a Raging Racist (“It is undeniably true that America’s president opposes diversity.”)
- Trump Should Go Back to Where He Came From (“The president would do well to take his own advice.”)
- Trump’s racist outburst was unbelievably vile — but why is anyone surprised (“Were Trump’s attacks on “The Squad” a new low? Maybe — but it’s not like he’s been concealing who he really is”)
- Trump Is a Racist. If You Still Support Him, So Are You.
- The unmistakable ugliness of Trump urging brown-skinned congresswomen to ‘go back’ to their countries (“His tweet suggested his American-born critics are foreigners. And it wasn’t subtle.”)
- ‘Racist and Disgusting’: Ex GOP Congressman Justin Amash Blasts Trump After He Says Congresswomen Should “Go Back” to Their Countries
- Why They Fear Ilhan Omar (“Donald Trump and Tucker Carlson don’t think she’s dangerous. They hate that she’s full of potential.”)
- Trump’s Nationwide Immigration Raids Fail to Materialize
- ‘Never again means close the camps’: Jews protest ICE across the country (“A growing group of young Jews formed Never Again Action to protest the mistreatment of migrants in ICE detention.”)
- ‘His own fiefdom’: Mulvaney builds ‘an empire for the right wing’ as Trump’s chief of staff
- The Democrats are fighting each other when they should be fighting Trump
- The Case for Biden’s ‘Electability’ Fades Under Scrutiny
- Kamala Harris Makes Her Case
- 2020 Dems love the progressive fire but fear the flame (“Most top candidates decided to skip this year’s Netroots Nation, avoiding aggressive tactics from the activist left.”)
- Sanders campaign: Media ‘find Bernie annoying, discount his seriousness’ (“His staff is unusually vocal in calling out coverage they dislike, fueling frustration once again among the senator’s supporters about whether he’s getting a fair shot at the White House.”)
- Trump Wants to Fire Wilbur Ross Over Census Failure: Report
- NRA faces probe that could cost it its nonprofit status
- Cuccinelli can’t wish away Trump’s motive (“Ken Cuccinelli must be grateful for his social safety net. No, not the social safety net for poor Americans that Cuccinelli’s fellow Republicans have been trying to slash for years. Cuccinelli is benefiting from the Trump GOP’s safety net: Thanks to a loophole and a few feisty cable news hits, a failed gubernatorial candidate and failed foe of same-sex rights is now the acting director of U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services. What a country!”)
- Acting U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services Director Ken Cuccinelli Will NOT Guarantee that Children Won’t Be Separated from Parents
- Top Trump Official Ken Cuccinelli Laughs When Jon Karl Asks if Conditions at Border Are Human Rights Violation (Sociopath.)
- How Matt Gaetz Used Daddy’s Money to Become Trump’s Favorite Congressman (“Like the president, the Florida Republican rode family connections, unorthodox real estate deals, and trolling to political fame.”)
- Russia’s Election Hackers Are Back—and Targeting Soros (“Laura Silber, chief communications officer for Soros’ Open Society Foundations, confirmed the hack attempt, but couldn’t provide additional details over the weekend.”)
- He’s the Rush Limbaugh of Brazil. He has Bolsonaro’s ear. And he lives in rural Virginia.
- Sen. Mark Warner on Regulating the Platforms: “There Is More We Can Do”
- Neo-Confederate Corey’s Recent Facebook Posts Highlight Cult-of-Trump’s Dark Obsessions (Jefferson’s “birthday in hell”; AOC; vigilantism; hate speech; drag queen; Pledge of Allegiance; jingoism…)
- Dominion’s carbon cutting plans aren’t good enough (“…contrary to Dominion Energy’s propaganda, the company plans to cut carbon emissions by only about 1% per year between now and 2030, a slower pace than it has achieved in the past.”)
- Editorial: How much money would legal marijuana produce for Virginia?
- Five miles from the Virginia Capitol, a pregnant woman is shot right after failed gun debate
- Man faces second sentence in Charlottesville car attack
- Virginia’s Alex Acosta: Senate Majority Leader Tommy Norment (R) Wants “Grace and Redemption” for Child Pornographers
- Nationwide prostitution issue prompts Christiansburg to look at its ordinance
- Langrehr: I-81 demolition derby
- Work advances on 66 Express Lanes outside the Capital Beltway (More asphalt is definitely not the answer; among other things, it encourages sprawl and fossil fuel use.)
- 12-year-olds with guns: Shootings in Norfolk are up 50% — and they’re getting harder to predict
- Fairfax police to investigate death of inmate, 18
- More than 2 dozen changes to student handbook coming to Fairfax Co. schools
- Arlington board votes to shut down 23rd Street pedestrian tunnel for redevelopment
- Pleasantly warm today but then increasing heat and the return of storm chances
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