by Lowell
Here are a few national and Virginia news headlines, political and otherwise, for Sunday, April 24. Also, check out Bruce Springsteen paying a very purple tribute to Prince.
- Bernie Sanders: ‘Poor People Don’t Vote…That’s Just a Fact’ (Uhhhh…wan’t that what the “political revolution” was supposed to be about? Plus, it’s not really true.)
- North Korea says submarine ballistic missile test ‘great success’ (It’s long past time for China to clamp down big time on this rogue regime.)
- Trump says he’s ‘not toning it down,’ drawing Clinton barbs
- Obama counsels Black Lives Matter activists: ‘You can’t just keep on yelling’
- Hillary Clinton’s Campaign, Cautious but Confident, Begins Considering Running Mates (“Among the names under discussion by Mrs. Clinton, Mr. Clinton and campaign advisers: Senators Tim Kaine and Mark Warner, former governors from the key state of Virginia; Senator Sherrod Brown of Ohio, who represents both a more liberal wing of the party and a swing state; former Gov. Deval Patrick of Massachusetts, a prominent African-American Democrat; and Thomas E. Perez, President Obama’s labor secretary and a Hispanic civil rights lawyer.”)
- Charles Koch: ‘It’s possible’ Clinton is preferable to a Republican for president
- Voters’ ‘Bernie or Bust’ efforts persist despite Sanders’ vow not to be another Ralph Nader (No thanks.)
- Current Wharton students absolutely trash Trump: He does not represent our school
- Mr. McAuliffe’s political, and principled, move (“Virginia’s governor grants voting rights to more than 200,000 ex-felons. It’s about time”)
- At 50, ‘democracy’s college’ thrives across Virginia
- Terra Pascarosa Duff: Make Virginia a climate leader
- Schapiro: McAuliffe uses executive power to paint Virginia blue (“McAuliffe’s surprise announcement has Republicans seeing red – not just the partisan color-code variety – and is certain to make Virginia’s already-bitter politics more so.”)
- Big bucks behind Virginia governors’ jobs announcements
- Clarkson: Virginia’s cobia season could be in peril
- Shad Planking, a venerable Va. political confab, tries to reel in a new crowd(“Rain dampened this year’s turnout, but the event remains a must — at least for Republicans.”)
- Firefighters continue to battle Shenandoah National Park blaze
- Virginia Beach Aquarium makes a splash with conservation efforts
- Roanoke council candidates say city’s redevelopment successes have not been inclusive
- As mosquito season nears, environmental health workers prepare to battle Zika virus
- Virginian-Pilot editorial: The choices in Chesapeake
- Our view: Why are council races so boring? (“In a little more than a week, Roanoke voters have a chance to go the polls to elect a mayor and three members of City Council – in other words, a majority of the seven-member body.”)
- Closing out the weekend in sun and style; 80s possible tomorrow and Tuesday
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