by Lowell
Here are a few national and Virginia news headlines, political and otherwise, for Thursday, April 28. Also, if you want a really weird start to your day, check out Carly Fiorina “singing” to Ted Cruz’s kids. More evidence that this may be the most bizarre presidential election (on the Republican side, anyway) in U.S. history.
- Trump fails to impress foreign policy experts (“A speech aimed at boosting his credibility got low marks from across the spectrum.”)
- Trump’s crazy attempt not to sound crazy (“It was not a warm and fuzzy reception for his Wednesday speech on foreign policy.”)
- In a year for outsiders, Democratic voters stick with Clinton
- Trump’s ‘woman’s card’ comment jolts campaign’s gender wars
- Ted Cruz the underdog makes a front-runner move by choosing Carly Fiorina
- Trump escalates his gender war (“In the wake of victories on Tuesday, he reinforced why he’s so unpopular with women.”)
- Why Republicans still must not rally around Trump (“Despite his victories, he is a unique threat to the Republican Party and to the country.”)
- Donald Trump running most ‘reckless and dangerous’ campaign: Madeline Albright (“Said she never saw such a combination of simplistic slogans, contradictions and misstatements in one speech”)
- Sanders campaign begins laying off staff
- Carly Fiorina Sings Lullaby At Cruz Ticket Announcement (This woman is utterly bizarre.)
- Longest-Serving GOP Speaker In History Is A Liar And Serial Child Molester, Federal Judge Says (Notice the deafening quiet from Republicans on this? Yep.)
- Planned Parenthood On Cruz/Fiorina Ticket: ‘The Most Loathsome Pair In America’
- 8 Stories Ted Cruz Should Probably Have Read Before Picking Carly Fiorina (I seriously doubt Cruz cares.)
- Skeptical Supreme Court looks for legal standard in McDonnell case
- Massive restoration of voting rights challenges local registrars (“Hundreds of felons have rushed to register to vote in Richmond and Henrico County since Gov. Terry McAuliffe restored the civil rights of 206,000 last week”)
- Outspoken Virginia senator travels to Syria in support of Assad (“Sen. Richard Black has praised the Syrian president in the past.” Assad is utterly evil, a war criminal whose regime is responsible for killing, wounding and torturing hundreds of thousands of his own people.)
- Editorial: McAuliffe’s order and the constitution (More idiocy from the Republican Times-Disgrace editorial board.)
- At Virginia home of President Monroe, a sizable revision of history
- Virginian-Pilot Editorial: Portsmouth City Council makes move forward
- Editorial: Virginia leading the way to smarter roadways?
- Va. briefs: State police say man killed in Norfolk standoff threatened suicide
- Showery and cool today; Saturday is best hope for a dry day
