Thursday News: Three Huge Threats to Humanity — Global Warming, Nuclear Weapons, Trump Supporters

by Lowell

Here are a few national and Virginia news headlines, political and otherwise, for Thursday, March 31.

• Antarctic ice loss could double expected sea level rise by 2100, study says (Basically, red alert here…emergency. Time to get off of fossil fuels ASAP!)
• Obama: How we can make our vision of a world without nuclear weapons a reality (Along with global warming, nuclear weapons represent one of the other major things that could destroy civilization.)
• Trump urges abortion ‘punishment,’ then backtracks (No, he didn’t “backtrack,” he just shifted to punishing the DOCTORS not the women. My god, can’t the media get anything right???)
• How the GOP loyalty pledge completely fell apart
• Don’t fall for the media distortion about Trump (“Trumpism doesn’t have a strong foothold, and it’s diverting attention from actual issues.”)
• The Dangerous Donald (“It’s the best label for the GOP front-runner.”)
• The Supreme Court needs a ninth justice immediately
• Campaign ’16: War on women? GOP silent as Trump lashes out at reporter
• ‘Bernie or Bust’ Is Bonkers (Completely.)
• Trump and Abortion (“Just when you thought Donald Trump couldn’t say anything more shocking, he suggested that women who get abortions should be punished.”)
• Donald Trump’s Muslim Ban Somehow Got Worse
• Donald Trump Won’t Rule Out Using Nuclear Weapons in Europe (This guy is completely insane, as is anyone who supports him.)
• Trump vows to appoint Supreme Court justices who will investigate Hillary Clinton’s emails (Aside from being insane, this is wildly ignorant — the Supreme Court doesn’t conduct investigations!!!)
• Donald Trump says he wants to punish women who have abortions, making him just like every other “pro-life” politician (Yep, I basically wrote the same exact thing yesterday.)
• Spoiler Alert: Women Are Already Being Punished For Having Abortions
• Trump’s 24 hours of mayhem (“He left GOP leaders stupefied with a series of incendiary statements, even by his standards.”)
• Targets of Trump’s attacks fight back in D.C. (“Companies know they can’t afford to ignore the front-runner’s put-downs anymore, and some might skip the GOP convention.” Any company which sponsors the Trump convention needs to be boycotted.)
• North Carolina Bathroom Law Could Be Decided in Virginia (“The 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Richmond could rule any day now in the case of Gavin Grimm, who was born female but identifies as male. Grimm says he has to take a ‘walk of shame’ to use a restroom at Gloucester High School.”)
• State agency releases full report on Jamycheal Mitchell, series of system failures
• McAuliffe vetoes ‘religious freedom’ bill, to chagrin of conservatives(“Gay rights advocates applauded the move as similar legislation plays out around the nation.”)
• Virginia Governor Terry McAuliffe says he would not take Vice President position (I can’t believe it would ever be offered, but ok…)
• Dominion gets nod for new plant, higher charges (“Dominion Power won an important approval Tuesday for a new natural gas plant that will raise consumer bills slightly, despite an ongoing rate freeze, and continue the utility giant’s move to gas generation.” Huge mistake, the exact opposite direction we should be going. F*** the State Corporation Commission, by the way.)
• Our view: A mind-boggling fight among 6th District Republicans (“So when did Ralph Smith become a moderate?” Answer: he didn’t and he isn’t.)
• Richmond payment to Redskins climbs to $360K going into fourth year of training camp (Taxpayer-funded welfare to a wealthy corporation — brilliant!)
• D.C. Metro weighs shutting down entire rail lines for as long as six months for repairs
• Fairfax police demonstrate new training based on PERF ‘de-escalation’ principles
• Mild 70s today; Friday brings summery temps but showers