Wednesday News: Brussels a “rebuke to Trump’s foreign policy;” Jeb throws away last scrap of dignity, endorses Cruz

by Lowell

Here are a few national and Virginia news headlines, political and otherwise, for Wednesday, March 23.

• Two brothers identified as bombers in Brussels attacks (“Manhunt underway for an airport accomplice and a Belgian bombmaker”)
• Brussels shows Europe’s shockingly dysfunctional approach to security
• The horror in Brussels is a rebuke to Trump’s foreign policy (“Belgium and other NATO allies are critical to the fight against terrorism.”)
• Donald Trump’s Frightening Response To The Brussels Attacks
• After Brussels, the West must reject dangerous isolationism (“Donald Trump and the UK Independence Party deliver the same small-minded, shortsighted message.”)
• Trump Media Ally Alex Jones On Brussels Attacks: “This Is The Ultimate False Flag”
• Jeb Bush to endorse Ted Cruz, calling him ‘a consistent, principled conservative’ (My god, Ted Cruz is heinous, and “JEB” just sold the last tiny scrap of his soul to Satan.)
• Cruz spurs outrage with call to ‘patrol and secure Muslim neighborhoods’ (No outrage for “JEB,” who thinks the evil, extremist Cruz is just peachy.)
• Trump, Clinton win delegate-rich Arizona, but falter in Utah, Idaho (“Sen. Bernie Sanders won two states, but reports suggest those victories may have done little to improve his standing in overall delegates.”)
• Trump and Clinton Pad Leads in Race for Party Nominations
• Trump tweets threat about Cruz’s wife (It’s really hard to decide who’s more evil, Donald Trump or Ted Cruz.)
• Trump’s growing list of apostasies puts him at odds with decades of Republican beliefs
• Kasich Hits Back at Cruz Over Call to Police Muslims
• Ted Cruz’s terrorism freakout: He perfectly demonstrates how to not appear “presidential” after a terrorist attack
• Clock is ticking on Paul Ryan: Budget battle signals that his time as speaker might be running out (“Far-right Republicans ultimately cost John Boehner the speakership. Is their honeymoon with Paul Ryan about to end?”)
• Was Virginia’s Clearly Racist Gerrymandering Unconstitutional?
• Argument analysis: What does incumbency mean when the election is held? (“…that was so threatening to Forbes that he has decided that he will run instead this year in another nearby constituency, District 2, where his chances seem markedly better. But if the Court were to uphold the legislature’s 2012 map. putting it into effect, then Forbes would seek his seat back in District 4, Carvin told the Court.”)
• Editorial: The proper posture on offshore drilling(“Today, we are able to applaud its decision to reverse that position and ban drilling off the southern East Coast.”)
• Virginia lawmakers’ statements on Brussels attacks (“U.S. Rep. Barbara Comstock, a Republican running for a second term in the outer-Washington 10th District and targeted for defeat by the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee, supported Rubio in the primary. But she’s been insulating herself against Trump; for example, by attacking him for his vow to close the nation to Muslims.” We’ll see how that works out for Comstock…)
• Schapiro: GOP melancholia over Trump has Democrats upbeat
• Dominion touts progress on Atlantic Coast Pipeline (Very unfortunate, this is the 180-degrees wrong way to go!)
• BREAKING: RALPH SMITH QUITS AS CANDIDATE FOR 6TH CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT CHAIR (“Former Senator Ralph Smith unexpectedly quit Tuesday night as a candidate for chairman of the 6th Congressional District, leaving the pro-Goodlatte forces defenseless against the anti-Goodlatte fever sweeping the 6th District. This is an utter failure of the Smith-Goodlatte team to put forth a viable candidate to win the district election.”)
• Hampton Roads gridlock some of the worst in the nation, world
• Portsmouth NAACP calls for federal investigation of Jamycheal Mitchell’s death (“The city’s chapter of the NAACP is calling for a federal investigation into the death of Jamycheal Mitchell, who died in Hampton Roads Regional Jail while waiting for a bed at Eastern State Hospital.”)
• Virginia Beach avoids $33 million budget gap, with a little luck
• A film tells the history of Reston, the boundary-shattering planned Va. town (“‘Restonians were called communists,’ the documentary’s director says.”)
• Protests break out at meeting about removing Lee statue in Charlottesville park
• Our view: How we won Deschutes, part 1
• Editorial: Cruel indifference in Virginia jails (“The tragic mix of incompetence, indifference and error that caused the death of Jamycheal Mitchell would be disheartening even if it were an isolated case.”)
• City plans groundbreaking at Lumpkin’s Slave Jail site by end of year
• Forecast: 70-degree weather is back. Will it last?