by Lowell
Here are a few national and Virginia news headlines, political and otherwise, for Saturday, July 9. Also see the White House’s weekly address, delivered by VP Joe Biden, on the need to “act with unity and to stop the violence.”
- Five Dallas police officers were killed by a lone attacker, authorities say (“Five Dallas police officers were killed by a lone attacker, authorities say”)
- Charles Blow: A Week From Hell
- Dallas shooter Micah Xavier Johnson was Army reservist in Afghanistan, had massive cache of weapons in his house
- After Dallas Shooting, Texas Lieutenant Governor Plays Ugly Racial Blame Game (Disgusting.)
- Clinton pleads for an end to hateful rhetoric
- Newt Gingrich Suddenly Acknowledges Structural Racism. Here’s Why It’s Hard To Take Him Seriously. (In no way/shape/form is Newt serious about anything.)
- Is America Falling Apart or Finally Waking Up?
- Here are the 4 most absurd right-wing reactions to the Dallas shootings
- Trump Ally Alex Jones: Dallas Police Shootings Part Of Obama Clinton Conspiracy
- McAuliffe orders flags lowered in respect of Dallas shooting victims
- Gov. Terry McAuliffe heads to Israel, London
- Virginia leaders react to latest fatal shootings
- Trump campaign disavows Facebook comments on Dallas shooting by Virginia campaign chairman (Let’s see if they’ll fire Corey Stewart. If they don’t, then they’re not serious.)
- McAuliffe announces $266 million shortfall in Virginia budget (“Sales and withholding taxes lagged behind projections, hinting at weakness in state’s economy.”)
- State misses budget; employee, teacher raises delayed, in danger
- Regional leaders join McAuliffe in Fredericksburg to laud transportation grant
- UVa’s rector defends investment fund that Dragas calls ‘slush fund’
- Crime commission attorney named new director of Va. ethics council
- What to expect from Virginia’s Atlantic Gateway projects
- Corey Stewart is a Virginia Embarrassment (I’ve been saying this for years, but when Republicans start saying the same thing…)
- Dave ‘Mudcat’ Saunders, Democratic strategist, voting for Donald Trump (First, this was totally predictable; after all, “Mudcat” endorsed Ken Cuccinelli for governor in 2013. Second, stop calling “Mudcat” at “Democratic strategist,” as he’s clearly NOT a Democrat.)
- Why Virginia’s governor celebrated a tiny Rosslyn office lease
- Heat wave strives for Day Five as a front delivers an isolated storm risk late
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