https://pilotonline.com/news/government/politics/nation/article_e8ba704a-83a0-59da-9753-0d76b9dbca0c.html

I am pleasantly surprised.

https://pilotonline.com/news/government/nation/article_9b4961fa-1f5a-11e9-ba4b-072aa992e845.html

This is what the pre-attack artillery  barrage looks like in negotiation.

https://pilotonline.com/opinion/letters/article_c4cae18e-1e9c-11e9-a5c9-0be0040d9d4a.html

Letters like this one indicate the power of media to indoctrinate. It is absurd to think that Trump or members of his family are facing serious legal troubles or that Trump himself faces an impeachment conviction. And yet, here’s a member of the public who is so energized by the possibilities that he is moved to publish in the local paper about them.

https://pilotonline.com/news/government/politics/virginia/article_e3d3b8c0-1f1f-11e9-a60f-fb98804503d6.html

The redistricting is OK by me. I don’t think it matters much in the big scheme of things. I just wish more people would concern themselves less with social justice illusions like race politics.

https://pilotonline.com/opinion/columnist/guest/article_fe44b018-a50c-51b5-94ca-d20e878026c8.html

For a start, she needs a picture that looks a little less smug.

https://pilotonline.com/opinion/letters/article_85598cda-1e9c-11e9-bea5-47f0f47ef7f9.html

https://pilotonline.com/opinion/letters/article_a549cec4-1e9c-11e9-a7b4-ffca5addb3eb.html

If Rep Luria hopes to remain in office past 2020, she might want to reconsider her alliance with Speaker Pelosi. A lot of Democrats are going to go home to serve Pelosi’s ego. Hope she didn’t sign a 3 year lease on her DC home.

Down DOW day

https://pjmedia.com/video/aoc-system-that-allows-billionaires-to-exist-while-others-struggle-is-immoral/

I think AOC is right, but her thinking runs backwards, not forwards. She’s looking at the world from the old, worn out, discredited framework of capitalism vs. socialism.

“Here’s something we can all agree on: Many American newspapers are circling the drain.”

Full post: https://www.kerrydougherty.com/allposts/2019/1/21/skewed-news?fbclid=IwAR10QhR7youhXIlh2Hbo8rS1-MpmZ7jGX15i0EiKB0pMLKiejj9LFMm1goQ