by Lowell
Here are a few national and Virginia news headlines, political and otherwise, for Sunday, December 6.
- U.S. Rethinking Terror Strategy; Obama Plans to Address Nation
- 95,000 Words, Many of Them Ominous, From Donald Trump’s Tongue
- From pharmacy student to terrorist: Tashfeen Malik’s baffling journey
- They terrorized my daughters and killed my baby. That’s why we’re Syrian refugees. (Exactly; these people are VICTIMS of the same terror we’re fighting!)
- Jerry Falwell Jr.’s Troubling Remarks on Guns (“The Liberty University president told students that with more concealed-carry permits, ‘we could end those Muslims.'” Like father, like son…bigoted, extremist lunatics.)
- Australians Marvel At The Stranglehold The Gun Lobby Has On America (So do tens of millions of Americans!)
- ‘TREASON’: Father of reporter shot on live TV calls out politicians who refuse to act on gun control
- Schapiro: McAuliffe offering GOP a trade – tax cuts for health care? (“Hoping to secure, largely unscathed, the budget that will be the fiscal foundation of his legacy, McAuliffe is trying a different approach: He’s speaking the Republicans’ language — at the expense of irritating the Democratic left.”)
- As McAuliffe nears halfway point, he can point to economic successes
- Casey: After episodes of vulgarity, congressman comes around (“Until last week, Rep. Bob Goodlatte, R-Roanoke County, was seen as a chief roadblock to re-authorization of the 9/11 first responders health-care bill. But after the first responders called him some unkind names, the two sides were able to strike a deal.”)
- Rebel flag flap continues as Roanoke’s Christmas parade nears
- No coal, no ash: A path toward a greener grid, a greener economy (“If we have learned anything from the Dan River coal ash spill, it’s that things need to change — that the dangerous fossil fuel technologies of the past can’t and shouldn’t propel us into the future. The Clean Power Plan offers us that opportunity.”)
- Virginia Beach City Council set to vote on arena deal
- Endangered sturgeon at center of battle over power lines
- Northern Virginians to pick how toll money is spent (“After a long debate, the Northern Virginia Transportation Commission agreed to administer revenue distribution for I-66 HOT lanes inside the Beltway.”)
- D.C. area forecast: Mainly dry with mild afternoons through midweek and beyond
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