by Lowell
Here are a few national and Virginia news headlines, political and otherwise, for Saturday, April 23. Also see President Obama’s weekly address, on “his continued efforts to build a fairer and more equitable criminal justice system.”
- Alongside 174 Nations And Holding His Granddaughter, John Kerry Signs Paris Climate Accord
- The Earth Doesn’t Need To Worry, But The Things That Live On It Do (For future reference, anytime you read “global warming threatens to destroy the planet” or whatever, simply substitute “the animals – including humans – and plants that live on the planet”)
- Donald Trump Can’t Change (“His ‘act’ during the primary has been the purest expression of himself”)
- We now have proof Trump’s a fraud: Confirming what we thought, new campaign manager admits Trump’s been playing a “part” the whole time (A few things we know for sure about Trump are that he’s: a) a thug; b) utterly clueless about foreign policy, economics, and almost everything else he’d need to understand as president; c) utterly amoral; d) a demagogue; e) willing to say anything, including viciously bigoted crap.)
- Who Might Hillary Clinton’s Running Mate Be if She’s the Nominee?
- Donald Trump’s “magic” thinking: His campaign’s insane general election optimism about states they can’t possibly win
- GOP elites skeptical about Trump despite charm offensive (Anyone who falls for this is too stupid for words.)
- Sanders: Clinton’s platform could determine how much I would campaign for her
- Trump Backtracks on Pro-LGBT View (That didn’t take long! LOL)
- The desperate scramble for Bernie’s secret weapon (“The fate of Sanders’ golden catalog of donors and volunteers — his email list — is the talk of the Democratic Party.”)
- Bill Nye Just Told Us Exactly What He Thinks of the Republican Candidates
- Warner, Kaine to Introduce Bill to Aid Rural Virginia Hospitals
- The Voting Effect of Virginia’s Move on Felons? Small but Potentially Decisive (“The best-case scenario for Democrats might be that they improve their popular vote margin by a half-point. That’s a big deal, but only in a close election.” Still the right thing to do, even if it doesn’t give Dems a single additional vote.)
- McAuliffe restores voting rights for 206K ex-felons; GOP calls it move to boost Clinton
- Virginia sets up fund (without funding) to help property owners prepare for sea-level rise (Brilliant. Not.)
- Warren E. Barry, maverick Virginia legislator, dies at 82 (“Mr. Barry, a Republican, often broke ranks with his party’s leadership.”)
- A local perspective of Gov. McAuliffe’s plan to restore voting rights to 200,000-plus felons
- ‘Keystone killer’ rallies opponents to Mountain Valley Pipeline
- On Stoney’s campaign, governor says he’ll ‘do whatever he wants me to’ (Yep, that’s what I’ve been hearing for a looong time.)
- Rain doesn’t keep crowds, political hopefuls from Shad Planking
- Wakefield Ruritan Club aims to make Shad Planking great again (Highly unlikely.)
- Andy Protogyrou says he would be Norfolk’s advocate (“As a lawyer for 29 years, Andy Protogyrou has been an advocate for his clients. He says he’s brought the same skills of preparation and persuasion – along with an independent streak – to the City Council. And now he wants to be Norfolk’s mayor.”)
- Virginian-Pilot editorial: Hits & Misses: The lawsuit Portsmouth needs (“An ordinance adopted last year by the Portsmouth City Council prohibiting the disclosure of secret-session discussions was a clumsy attempt to keep officials from becoming the target of citizen outrage.”)
- Clouds and a few showers possible this morning, but turning beautiful for the rest of the weekend
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