by Lowell
Here are a few national and Virginia news headlines, political and otherwise, for Sunday, September 2.
- John McCain’s Funeral Was a Council of War—Just as He Meant It to Be (“A dispatch from the National Cathedral.”)
- ‘We Gather Here To Mourn The Passing of American Greatness’ (“Meghan McCain electrified the congregation with a tear-filled eulogy in which she drew razor sharp contrasts between her father, Senator John McCain of Arizona, and a president conspicuous by his absence.”)
- In McCain Memorial Service, Two Presidents Offer Tribute, and a Contrast to Trump
- McCain’s funeral was a melancholy last hurrah for what’s been lost in Trump era
- John McCain’s Funeral Was the Biggest Resistance Meeting Yet (“Two ex-Presidents and one eloquent daughter teamed up to rebuke the pointedly uninvited Donald Trump.”)
- John McCain’s Funeral Mourned Americanism’s High Priest and Rebuked Its Chief Heretic
- Trump allies fume at McCain memorial addresses, urge counterattack (Good luck with that, LOL!)
- Washington Mourned John McCain. President Trump Played Golf. (Trump=Scum)
- Trump fans accuse grieving Meghan McCain of being ‘trashy’ for ‘America was always great’ eulogy comment (Yes, Hillary was right, people who do shit like that really are in a basket of “deplorables”)
- From Criminal Convictions to Ethical Lapses: The Range of Misconduct in Trump’s Orbit
- McCain Funeral Makes It Clear: Patriotism Is About Honoring the Things That Truly “Make America Great”
- Labor Unions: An Antidote to Income Inequality
- From Mollie Tibbetts’ father: Don’t distort her death to advance racist views (Hello Corey Stewart? Do you in the least bit have a soul? heart? brain?)
- Mollie Tibbetts’ father asks people to stop using her death in immigration debate (“Do not appropriate Mollie’s soul in advancing views she believed were profoundly racist” Which is exactly what Corey Stewart has been busy doing.)
- Trump Slams Canada’s ‘Decades of Abuse’ After Nafta Talks Stall (Trump is an ignorant buffoon and possible traitor.)
- Big Tech’s double trouble: bipartisan criticism may signal a reckoning ahead
- Issues for Brett Kavanaugh: the president who chose him and the Supreme Court he would change
- Racist windbag Laura Ingraham says racist windbag Ron DeSantis should get an apology from Gillum(“Laura Ingraham is a wellspring of poorly considered ideas, but this one belongs on her highlight reel.”)
- Trump trolls American workers with his Labor Day message (“The White House issues a statement praising workers and unions, despite a record of depressing wages, threatening jobs, and weakening unions.”)
- Ted Cruz’s supporters are surrounded by Beto yard signs — they’e freaking out and raging at his campaign: report (Hahahaha.)
- GOP’s Tough Task in House Races: Reach Beyond Trump’s Base (Yeah, good luck with that!)
- Moment between George W. Bush and Michelle Obama at McCain funeral goes viral
- DeSantis: Gillum wants to turn Florida ‘into Venezuela’ (DeSantis is bonkers and also a racist.)
- Cockburn critical of Trump but wary about impeachment (“‘We’re closing in,’ Cockburn said. ‘We have an internal poll that showing that it’s neck and neck.'”)
- Longest: MVP Investors Benefit; Rate-Payers Foot the Bill
- ‘If it helps, it helps’: A rural Virginia school system looks to arm teachers
- Editorial: Virginia could use a new birth of freedom (Yep, the Republican Times-Disgrace editorial page going on about some bullshit from the “libertarians” at the Cato Institute. Eye roll.)
- Editorial: Is Virginia violating the Brown vs. Board of Education decision?
- When Metro stopped running reliably, these people started running to work
- Blue Ridge Caucus: Del. Ben Cline, Roanoke County Supervisor Joe McNamara open Roanoke Valley campaign office
- Before he died, inmate wasn’t given right medication at Hampton Roads Regional Jail, lawsuit says
- Shower chances drop, heat and humidity rise
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