by Lowell
Here are a few national and Virginia news headlines, political and otherwise, for Monday, November 18.
- Hong Kong protest: police fire rounds of teargas at protesters trying to leave campus – live
- Hong Kong Leader Urges Besieged Protesters to Heed Police
- Hong Kong protesters make last stand as police close in on besieged university
- While Trump stands by, the world’s tyrants are trying to make the world safe for dictatorship
- The Iran Cables: Secret Documents Show How Tehran Wields Power in Iraq
- Prince Andrew Talks About His Ties to Jeffrey Epstein, and Britain Is Appalled
- Chris Wallace Accuses Top Republican of ‘Very Badly’ Mischaracterizing Impeachment Testimony
- Trump labels top Pence aide a ‘Never Trumper’
- Republicans Shift Defense of Trump While He Attacks Another Witness
- Gordon Sondland Stepped In ‘and Things Went Really Off the Rails’
- Republican congressman calls new details about Trump revealed in impeachment testimony ‘alarming’
- 70% of Americans say Trump’s actions tied to Ukraine were wrong: POLL
- Trump’s impeachment ire turns on Pompeo amid diplomats’ starring roles (“Impeachment hearings have created a rift between the president and one of his staunchest allies in the administration.” Sad!)
- Impeachment Public Hearings Week 2 — Who Is Testifying And What Happens Next
- In Trump-Nixon impeachment comparison, Pelosi raises specter of resignation
- President Trump Bet Big This Election Year. Here’s Why He Lost. (“In Louisiana and Kentucky, Mr. Trump’s political pleas appeared to energize Democrats and political moderates as much as his own base, sending turnout in cities and suburbs soaring.”)
- Trump’s magic is evaporating on the campaign trail
- Back-to-back losses in key governors’ races send additional warning to Trump and GOP ahead of 2020
- The party of lying liars
- We need a second opinion on the president’s health
- With impeachment, America’s epistemic crisis has arrived (“Can the right-wing machine hold the base in an alternate reality long enough to get through the next election?”)
- Trump Retreats From Flavor Ban for E-Cigarettes (Of course he does.)
- Mitch McConnell needs to stop sitting on his hands and do something about gun violence (Voters need to boot McConnell out of office.)
- Mueller and Comey Failed Their Tests. She Passed Hers. (“Marie Yovanovitch chose her country over what others might think of her.”)
- Juan Williams: Trump’s Ukraine scandal rooted in fear of Biden
- Which Wings Of The Party Are Winning The Democratic Primary? (On healthcare, 90% of Democrats and 70% of all adults support “Medicare for All who want it,” compared to just 64% of Democrats and 41% of all adults supporting “Medicare for All.” The former is similar, by the way, to Sen. Tim Kaine’s “Medicare X”)
- Bloomberg’s Bogus, Belated Mea Culpa (“His apology for the stop-and-frisk policy is politically convenient.” Yep.)
- A Sad Last Gasp Against Criminal Justice Reform (“Prosecutors and police should honor the will of the voters and implement long-overdue changes.”)
- George Conway Reportedly Tells People His Wife Is in a “Cult” (Correct.)
- California Dems question whether it’s time for Harris to drop out
- Conservative Group Fires Michelle Malkin Over Support for Holocaust Denier
- Psychologist John Gartner: “Deep inside, Donald Trump is a very empty and sad person” (“Founder of Duty to Warn PAC on Trump’s impeachment-fueled ‘hypomanic episode,’ which could be ‘catastrophic'”)
- The EPA must not ignore alarming science
- After Getting Shellacked at the Polls, Virginia House Republicans Vote to Keep the Same Far-Right Leader (According to VAPLAN, Todd Gilbert is the most far-right member of the Virginia House of Delegates)
- House Republicans pick Todd Gilbert for minority leader, Kathy Byron for caucus chair
- CNU Prof. Rachel Bitecofer: Not Bringing in Obama Prior to 11/5 Cost Virginia Dems in Critical State Senate, House of Delegates Races
- Hey, Virginia Legislators, About That Redistricting Amendment We Begged You To Pass…
- VA Dems: Require Transparent Utility Modeling for Faster Renewables Deployment
- Editorial: Is Virginia really blue? (Good questions: “The question is: What happens once Trump passes from the scene? Will suburban voters be more amenable to voting for Republicans again? Or will they have permanently realigned?”)
- Disarming the NRA: How Guns Flipped Virginia Blue
- Now that the Democrats own the 2021 redistricting, will they resist the temptation to derail it? (We need to get it right.)
- Editorial: Protecting Virginia businesses (The idea that it’s great for Virginia to be #1 in business while being LAST for workers and bad for the environment is misguided. We should shoot for all of the above.)
- Pair of firearms reports inspires despair more than hope
- 150-Year-Old Precedent Faces Changes in New, Blue Virginia
- Ghaisar family demands answers about Park Police fatal shooting
- Pain still prominent two years after police shooting death of Bijan Ghaisar (“Family still seeks answers after Justice Department declines to charge officers who killed the unarmed motorist”)
- Arlington County School Board Member Tannia Talento Announces She’s Not Running for Reelection in 2020
- At Least 24 Hurt in Tractor-Trailer and Bus Crash on I-64 in Virginia
- What once seemed impossible is now undeniable: The Redskins have lost Washington (Can’t imagine why, other than that it’s a horrible organization with a disgusting name, etc.)
- Temperatures moderate this week after a chilly start
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