by Lowell
Here are a few national and Virginia news headlines, political and otherwise, for Tuesday, March 15.
- The Trump Campaign Gives License to Violence (“Amid rage and brute force at his rallies, Donald Trump’s concerns are only for himself.” Wildly irresponsible, among many other fatal faults.)
- Tuesday could shore up front-runners — or give their challengers new life
- The Trump-Berlusconi Syndrome
- Russian forces begin their surprise withdrawal from Syria
- Hill Democrats getting antsy waiting for Supreme Court pick
- Washington’s Worst Job: President Obama’s Next Supreme Court Nominee (“The president may make a nomination this week—if he can find anyone crazy enough for the job.”)
- High drama for the GOP today: The third “Super Tuesday” of March could leave party with a two-man race
- Breitbart News Has Always Been A Disaster (Breitbart’s “news site was always a hotbed of ridiculous smears and lies pushed by writers with little interest in the truth.”)
- It’s even worse than Fox News: The sick collusion between Donald Trump and our democracy-destroying media (“Trump’s con is his ability to gin up spectacle. Our TV networks must share that soul-crushing, anti-democratic goal”)
- John Kasich’s Plan to Stop Trump (“He’s going to try to destroy the Republican Party to save it.”)
- Yes, Scientists Can Link Extreme Weather Events To Climate Change (So much for the people saying you can’t link “any single weather event to climate change.” Actually, the impact of climate change is now felt in ALL weather, for one thing since it’s increased the amount of heat content in the atmosphere and oceans.)
- Republicans prep for long, ugly nomination fight (“From Cruz to donors to the RNC, insiders are poised for a contest that goes well past today.”)
- Trump campaign manager’s behavior prompted staff concerns (“Lewandowski’s temperament and inappropriate comments drew ire at his previous job, too.”)
- Rubio would need a ‘miracle’ to win Florida
- Obama Reverses Course on Drilling Off Southeast Coast (“The Obama administration is expected to withdraw its plan to permit oil and gas drilling off the southeast Atlantic coast, yielding to an outpouring of opposition from coastal communities from Virginia to Georgia but dashing the hopes and expectations of many of those states’ top leaders.” Good!)
- Assembly ties McAuliffe projects to new legislative building
- McAuliffe vetoes Del. Glenn Davis’s wage floor bill
- McEachin files petitions to run for Congress in 4th District
- Chesapeake’s Ella Ward running for Forbes’ congressional seat in 4th District
- Virginia Beach City Council members decide to support grassroots light-rail referendum question
- Virginia Man Fighting for ISIS Captured in Iraq
- Area legislators say Virginia budget meets obligations (So basically the General Assembly did the bare minimum. Congratulations guys.)
- Editorial: Keep moving forward on light rail
- Virginia to pay $6.8 million to lure 1,800 ADP jobs to Norfolk
- Would-be mayoral candidate has one more chance to make ballot in Roanoke
- A tad wet this morning, but trending warmer by tomorrow
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