by Lowell
Here are a few national and Virginia news headlines, political and otherwise, for Wednesday, March 9. Oh, and let’s not forget that Cooch is also a conspiracy theory nutjob, including “birtherism.” Check out the audio.
- Paul Krugman: The Geometry of Progressive Trumpism (“As you can see, the downside of a Trump nomination is his extra awfulness multiplied by his chance of winning; the downside of Non-Trump is his own awfulness, multiplied by the extra chance of a GOP victory.”)
- Trump wins in Hawaii, Mississippi and Michigan
- Sanders wins surprise, narrow victory in Michigan (“Clinton, meanwhile, cruised to an expected win in the primary in Mississippi, the latest in a series of contests in Southern states where she has bested Sanders largely on the strength of her appeal to African American voters.”)
- Republicans should blame themselves — not the media — for Trump (I’d say the Republicans bear a large chunk of the blame, but so do the media and the people voting for Trump.)
- The victory speech from hell: Trump’s surreal hour-long address was everything wrong about 2016 (“Last night, Trump gave perhaps the most absurd, incoherent speech of 2016 — and the networks refused to turn away” Have I mentioned recently how much I despise the TV networks, other than PBS?)
- This Poll of Michigan Democratic Primary Voters Was Really, Really, Really Wrong (Basically, every poll of the Michigan Dem primary was very, very wrong, as was FiveThirtyEight.com.)
- Bernie’s Michigan Upset Was Shocking (“But wins like Tuesday’s aren’t going to be enough to unseat Hillary.”)
- Takeaways: Clinton Is Shaken, and Trump Roars Back
- Right-Wing Media Abandons Marco Rubio Following Poor Primary Performance
- Warner, Kaine join Supreme Court immigration amicus brief (“President Obama made a lawful decision to use the authority granted by Congress to set immigration enforcement priorities and focus our limited resources on threats to national security and public safety, not hard-working families.”)
- Virginia officials want to make sure state gets a cut of potential offshore drilling money (No offshore oil drilling, period.)
- Meet The Anti-Sodomy Crusader Republicans Want To Put On A State’s Highest Court (And a climate science denier. And a climate scientist persecutor. And a virulent opponent of women’s reproductive freedom. And an extreme right winger in every other way, basically. And corrupt. And a really bad lawyer. And…)
- Groups to protest nomination of Ken Cuccinelli to Va. Supreme Court, Wednesday
- Schapiro: House GOP’s double standard on judges – and women (“General Assembly Republicans appear to protect a judge who allegedly harassed women while giving the boot to a female judge.”)
- McAuliffe vetoes Everclear bill, citing threat of binge drinking
- Virginia becomes the first state to legalize, regulate fantasy sports
- Virginia Senate panel proposes Cuccinelli for state Supreme Court (Absolutely insane. Cooch is about THE LAST person who should be on any court, let alone the state Supreme Court.)
- Mountain Valley Pipeline gets court orders affirming right to survey without owner’s permission
- Dominion to close 11 coal ash ponds (“As environmental activists ramp up pressure with protests, Dominion Virginia Power is moving ahead with its plan to close its 11 coal ash ponds by discharging treated wastewater from the ponds into state rivers.”)
- McAuliffe will sign public-records law but may still seek changes (“The bill is meant to overturn a state Supreme Court ruling that open-government advocates say could make a wide range of public documents secret.”)
- Editorial: Go Slow, Go Virginia
- Pr. William county board reaches accord with utility on controversial plan
- Marijuana oil bill clears last hurdle in Virginia legislature
- Virginia Beach council members write their own referendum on light rail
- Virginia Beach may loosen its grip on sign regulations
- Parents raise concerns about ‘quality and culture’ of Roanoke schools
- D.C. area forecast: Springing through the 70s to near 80; weekend showers?
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