Tuesday News: “Booker floats Tim Kaine as veep pick;” Gillespie Already Fundraising Hard for 2017 Governor’s Race

by Lowell

Here are a few national and Virginia news headlines, political and otherwise, for Tuesday, December 8.

• San Bernardino shooters had been radicalized for ‘some time,’ FBI says
• Trump calls for ‘total and complete shutdown’ of Muslims entering U.S. (At this point, Trump’s obviously a fascist, as is anyone who supports him or says they will vote for him if he’s the GOP nominee.)
• Legal experts: Trump’s Muslim ban idea ‘unconstitutional’
• Republicans ignore the lessons of World War II (“Constant sniping does nothing to defeat Islamic State.”)
• Muslims decry Trump’s proposal to keep them out of US (How about Ted Cruz? Marco Rubio? Ben Carson? Carly Fiorina? the RNC? Fox “News?” Right-wing talk radio and bloggers?)
• Wingnuts come completely unscrewed: San Bernardino has unleashed their ugliest fear-mongering since 9/11 (“The right is terrorizing the public as well as ISIS. A vast majority of Americans now expect an attack on U.S. soil”)
• The South won the Civil War: White men, racial resentment, and how the Bitter Minority came to rule us all (“Nixon’s Silent Majority, neither silent nor a majority, runs Congress and propels Trump. How did this happen?”)
• This Week Is The Superbowl For America’s Leading White Rights Activist
• Clinton campaign assails Cruz on climate change
• Booker floats Tim Kaine as veep pick (My money’s definitely on Kaine.)
• Hillary Clinton files for Va.’s March 1 presidential primary (With Bernie Sanders already have filed his petitions, that leaves Martin O’Malley.)
• Carly Fiorina submits signatures to get on Virginia primary ballot (And the Republican freak show addds another nasty extremist.)
• Virginia governor’s race gets off to an early start with Gillespie fundraiser (“Ed Gillespie expects to bring in $270,000 at his first fundraiser.” Time for Ralph Northam to crank it up, big time.)
• Concealed carry restrictions in state offices take effect
• Our view: What the F in FERC stands for (FERC needs to reject new fossil-fuel infastructure as incompatible with climate goals.)
• GOP legislators urge McAuliffe to reject prison transfer sought by Jens Soering
• Sam Rasoul announces slate of 2016 bills
• Virginia Beach council to consider repealing support of offshore oil drilling (No brainer.)
• Saudi-funded Islamic school to leave Mt. Vernon site for Herndon area
• City Councilwoman Sharon Scott sues to overturn Newport News court clerk election
• D.C. area forecast: Sunny and mild today, getting even warmer by the weekend