by Lowell
Here are a few national and Virginia news headlines, political and otherwise, for Saturday, February 20.
- E.U. leaders strike deal to try to keep Britain in bloc
- South Carolina heads to the polls after GOP brawl
- After 45 years of conservative rulings, here’s what a liberal Supreme Court would do
- Donald Trump’s utterly ridiculous budget plan (Cruz’s and Rubio’s are not much, if any, better.)
- Democrat Sanders looks to prove minority appeal in Nevada
- The Measure Of Harper Lee: A Life Shaped By A Towering Text
- The GOP machine can’t touch Donald Trump: Why his heretical 9/11 claims won’t even slow him down (Republican “let [GOP voters] down because they didn’t fulfill the dogwhistle agenda, which was always about white ressentiment and authoritarian dominance. Trump is the first person to come along and explicitly say what they really want and promise to give it to them.”)
- Cruz, Carson Held Secret Meeting About Dirty Tricks in a Closet (“Ted Cruz called a private meeting with the former neurosurgeon in South Carolina on Thursday night, the Carson campaign told The Daily Beast. It did not go as planned.”)
- Trump pushes fake story about US general executing Muslims with ‘pig’s blood’ bullets (Trump is pathological.)
- Virginia’s governor misplayed his hand by expanding concealed-carry (“It’s still a poorly negotiated package that has drawn universal acclaim from the gun lobby and pro-gun activists.”)
- McAuliffe to ‘review’ coal tax credits after legislature votes for extension (Utter waste of money on a dirty, destructive energy source — veto!)
- Most of Virginia’s Legislative Black Caucus endorses Clinton
- UVa students to see 3 percent tuition increase
- In Virginia, anti-establishment GOP voters splinter between Trump and Cruz (“The March 1 GOP primary will test the strength of the anti-government movement in the state.”)
- After Virginia Beach delegate’s California trip, Volkswagen’s driverless cars hit General Assembly’s radar
- The Virginia Way: Corporate money for personal niceties (Legalized corruption, in other words.)
- Oil-spill fine, if any, to be negotiated between Virginia and Dominion Power (What a joke; the fox guarding the chicken coop!)
- High-proof grain alcohol bill powers through assembly, alarms higher education officials
- Judge dismisses lawsuit challenging LGBTQ protections for schoolchildren (The challenge was filed by a hate group, the so-called “Traditional Values Coalition,” which is basically obsessed – and not in a healthy way – with homosexuality.)’Nuff said.)
- The upside of the I-66 deal: Confrontation can lead to progress (“Two sides don’t have what they want, but might still have what they need.”)
- School district cancels class for Super Tuesday over concerns about crowds of voters (My god, between snow days and the primary, do they ever go to school in Fairfax County?!?)
- Regional killings jump to highest level in 7 years, with black victims 82% of total
- 108 acres along James River in Chesterfield to become a park
- Virginia Beach City Council to vote April 5 on light-rail agreement
- General Assembly: How the Peninsula-area delegation fared in first half of 2016 session
- Quite delightful today, still mild but turning wet on Sunday
