Monday News: Republican as the “Time-Loop Party”; “Will McAuliffe honor Paris or Dominion?”

by Lowell

Here are a few national and Virginia news headlines, political and otherwise, for Monday, February 8.

• Bill Clinton batters and blasts Bernie Sanders (“Campaigning for Hillary, he labels Sanders ‘the champion of all things small and the enemy of all things big.’”)
• Bernie Sanders Tells Berniebros To Knock It Off — ‘We Don’t Want That Crap’
• The Morning After The Debate, Rubio Still Can’t Stop Repeating Canned Lines (He really is a mindless robot, apparently.)
• The governors exact their revenge on Marco Rubio
• Bernie’s Way (“The Vermont senator doesn’t want to bring Republicans and Democrats together. He means to tear it all down.”)
• The secrets behind the Koch brothers: Inside the remarkable new book that details their dirtiest deeds (“Here’s a taste of the insanity inside Jane Mayer’s new book, ‘Dark Money'”)
• A question for the presidential candidates: Anti-choice looniness has reached frightening levels, so why the hell aren’t you talking about it?
• How Clinton plans to stop Sanders’ momentum (“The Clinton campaign is even looking to pick off delegates in the Vermont senator’s home state.”)
• “Marcobot”: Media Rail Against Marco Rubio After His “Disastrous” Debate Gaffe
• The Republicans in New Hampshire, Angry and Afraid (The opposite of how Americans should be, which is confident and unafraid. Pathetic.)
• The Time-Loop Party (“The truth is that the whole G.O.P. seems stuck in a time loop, saying and doing the same things over and over. And unlike Bill Murray’s character in the movie ‘Groundhog Day,’ Republicans show no sign of learning anything from experience.” On any subject, either.)
• Hillary Clinton: ‘What Happened in Flint Is Immoral’ (Unfortunately, environmental injustice against poor people and communities of color happens every day in America.)
• Bill McKibben & Mike Tidwell: Will McAuliffe honor Paris or Dominion? (“By spring, Gov. Terry McAuliffe will make a decision with huge implications for Hampton Roads and the nation. McAuliffe can side with the state’s biggest polluter – Dominion Resources – and decide to increase total carbon pollution from power plants. Or McAuliffe can side with President Barack Obama and the spirit of the Paris climate talks to reduce pollution at the state level under the ‘Clean Power Plan.'”)
• Va. bills seek to weaken land-use tool behind new roads, parks and schools (This bill sounds highly questionable.)
• Forbes, Rigell plan joint announcement Monday (“Rep. J. Randy Forbes, R-4th, could be set to jump districts and run for Congress in the Virginia Beach-based 2nd District.”)
• Levar Stoney: Friend and adviser to McAuliffe with ambition of his own
• Editorial: Assembly shouldn’t have rushed to judgment on car-tax bill (I have no problem with reforming the car tax, but Petersen’s bill was NOT the way to do it.)
• Editorial: Right to marriage is settled. For everyone. (“It was predictable, though discouraging, that this wrong-headed approach to the law would make inroads in Virginia.”)
• Winter’s recent wrath takes bite out of VDOT budget
• Pr. William schools superintendent proposes $1.08 billion budget
• Ashland not on board with one option for high-speed railway
• Change looms for Roanoke’s council as Democratic primary to set ticket
• Some snow tonight and Tuesday kicks off winter’s coldest week yet