by Lowell
Here are a few national and Virginia news headlines, political and otherwise, for Saturday, May 28. Also check out President Obama’s weeklly address, “Remembering Our Fallen Heroes.”
- In Hiroshima 71 years after first atomic strike, Obama calls for end of nuclear weapons
- Donald Trump Called Pregnancy an “Inconvenience” for Business Owners
- Donald Trump’s horrifying gullibility, as revealed in his energy speech (Trump’s either an imbecile, an igoranmus, or insane. Or all of the above.)
- Trump’s Strategy Is Backfiring (“His tanking ratings show that there is such a thing as bad publicity.”)
- In San Diego, Trump shames local ‘Mexican’ judge as protesters storm streets
- It’s time to shut down the special panel on fetal tissue research (“From the start, it has been driven by ideology, not a desire for the truth.” Yep, that’s Republicans for ya.)
- Donald Trump backs out of debate with Bernie Sandersk
- Donald Trump’s Campaign Stumbles as It Tries to Go Big
- Trump’s Allies Frustrated by Chaos at Heart of Campaign
- Fox News’ Obscene And Ridiculous Trump Infomercial (Fox “News” in general is “obscene.”)
- How Donald Trump Destroyed the Interview (“A century-old political institution may have met its match.”)
- Trump’s a walking time bomb: Don’t be fooled by his “victory,” he can implode his own campaign at any moment (“He has no idea what he’s doing — his campaign is all over the place, with infighting, tension and recklessness”)
- The Surge Of Trump-Fueled Anti-Semitism Is Hitting Jewish Reporters Who Cover Him
- Marco Rubio Pledges To Vote For Donald Trump In The Most Reluctant Way Possible (Pathetic “little Marco” strikes again.)
- Libertarians turn on VP candidate for saying they’re stereotyped as ‘unattractive people’
- Six Numbers That Show Why Clinton Is Still the Favorite in 2016
- Kaine: Primary hasn’t yet hurt Clinton; Trump could destabilize electoral map ( “There will be a time when he (Sanders) will be working very hard to unify the party and support Hillary.”)
- AG Herring to state Supreme Court: Don’t rush pace of GOP’s suit
- Herring defends McAuliffe’s voting rights order in face of GOP lawsuit (“The Virginia attorney general also contested Republicans’ request to accelerate the case.”)
- The bad timing of the alleged federal probe into Terry McAuliffe (“If this affair shows that Virginia has lax ethics laws, then, finally, fix the ethics laws.”)
- Conservatives accuse Va. Democratic candidate of lying about her taxes (The problem for Bennett is that she needs a strong narrative of her own, also against Comstock, and so far it’s not clear what those are.)
- McDonnell’s legal defense fund took in $42,000 in first quarter
- Norfolk Treasurer Anthony Burfoot will stop paying jurors with debit cards
- Fairfax County School Board passes $2.7 billion budget, raising teacher salaries
- State regulators fine Norfolk Southern for oil spill from train accident
- Sunny and very warm today; tropical system threatens heavy rain late tomorrow into early Memorial Day
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