by Lowell
Here are a few national and Virginia news headlines, political and otherwise, for Monday, August 29. Also, check out the video of Tim Kaine being interviewed – in Spanish – by Jorge Ramos on Univision. According to Kaine, “No queremos separar familias ni mandar a niños a otros países” (“We don’t want to separate families or send children to other countries.”)
- Sunday Shows Highlight Trump’s Incoherence On His Own Immigration Policy
- Charles M. Blow: Donald Trump’s Bigotry (“According to recent polls, the image of Donald Trump as a bigot has begun to crystallize, and for good reason: Because it’s true!”)
- Plouffe: ‘We have a psychopath running for president’ (“The former Obama adviser says Clinton is likely to win in a landslide.”)
- AP Editor Admits Tweet On Clinton Foundation Was ‘Sloppy’ And Wrong, Still Won’t Delete It (Journalistic malfeasance.)
- Democrats Step Up Pursuit of House Republicans Left Limping by Donald Trump (“LuAnn Bennett, a Democratic real estate developer challenging Ms. Comstock, said she intended to link her opponent closely to Mr. Trump. She predicted that Ms. Comstock, who represents a district where most voters have college degrees, would suffer for failing to reject Mr. Trump.”)
- Trump’s new aim: Poison a Clinton presidency (Lovely.)
- What the world could lose in America’s presidential election (“A Trump presidency could stoke the momentum of the world’s dictators and further retrenchment on human rights.”)
- Chris Christie says Hillary Clinton ‘started’ this whole ‘bigot’ thing. Actually, Donald Trump did.
- States of Cruelty (“But why are states like Texas so dead-set against helping the unfortunate, even if the feds are willing to pick up the tab?…A large part of the answer, surely, is the usual one: It’s about race. Medicaid expansion disproportionately benefits nonwhite Americans; so does spending on public health more generally”
- Mike Pence’s Virginia pitch: Trump’s running mate tries to reassure nervous Republicans (“The pitch Pence served up expressly designed to make nervous exurban Republicans feel better about pulling the lever for their massively unpopular nominee: you’ll get your tax cuts, you’ll get your defense spending, you’ll get your Antonin Scalia clones on the Supreme Court. Oh, and by the way, he’s not racist.”)
- Sen. Frank Wagner from Virginia Beach announces run for GOP nomination for governor of Virginia (“Wagner said he’s been considering a run for about a year, and decided he’d do so if the state GOP opted for a primary in 2017 instead of a convention.”)
- National report predicts deadly Labor Day, but no clear pattern in Virginia traffic fatalities
- Virginian-Pilot editorial: The promise of Go Virginia
- Catholics protest outside Tim Kaine’s church: He’s not America’s dad, he’s evil (Riiiight, because supporting a woman’s right to reproductive health and choice is “evil.” NOT!)
- Liberty University posts details of new gun policy
- Mid-summer-like heat to start week, a taste of early fall to end it
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