Tuesday News: “The GOP has two fevers that need to break;” “Is zombie affliction spreading among Virginia Republicans?”

by Lowell

Here are a few national and Virginia news headlines, political and otherwise, for Tuesday, April 12.

• They’ll always despise her: The media has its Hillary narrative, and they’re sticking to it (“This is ‘we-all-know’ journalism at its worst”)
• The absurd torture debate: CIA Director John Brennan’s remarks on interrogations shows how low the GOP has sunk (“Torture is immoral and will be illegal for the foreseeable future, but Donald Trump and the GOP won’t give it up” Anyone who advocates torture is utterly deranged.)
• Reince Priebus is in over his head (“A major political party is on the verge of a split, in part because of the RNC chair’s failures.”)
• The GOP has two fevers that need to break (“Republicans have defeated themselves by focusing on ideological purity and nativism.”)
• The Messy, Very Human Politics of Bill Clinton’s Crime Bill (“The activists who denounce the bill now have much in common with the activists who supported it in 1994.”)
• Rep. Don Beyer: Let’s end gun safety hypocrisy and pass the ATF Enforcement Act (“We need to restore the federal government’s ability to enforce existing gun laws.”)
• It Sure Seems Like Laura Bush Endorsed Hillary Clinton on Friday
• Billionaires fund anti-Trump delegate push
• Carole King played at a Hillary Clinton fundraiser at Virginia Gov. Terry McAuliffe’s house
• O’Reilly Tells Trump Blacks Are “Ill-Educated And Have Tattoos On Their Forehead” (In addition to being a Republican propaganda network, Fox is also racist.)
• Trump lashes out at ‘rigged, disgusting, dirty’ primary system (What a pathetic whiner.)
• McAuliffe has vetoed more bills in a session than any Virginia governor since 1998 (Unless/until Dems take back the State Senate, this will need to continue…)
• Virginia Sen. Tim Kaine says he’s going to try and convince his colleagues in Congress to fund a significant boost to national park spending
• Kaine hikes Stony Man to mark centennial of National Park Service
• Editorial: More ‘cronyism’ or just politics as usual? (“The latest indication that something is rotten with business as usual in Virginia politics comes courtesy of The Associated Press.”)
• McAuliffe rebalances board of GO Virginia, makes modest changes in budget
• In a move that could jeopardize executions, McAuliffe wants to shield the identity of makers of lethal-injection drugs (Not acceptable.)
• Jobs and ethics: two areas where McAuliffe and GOP lawmakers disagree
• BREAKING: Vince Haley to Resume Campaign for RPV State Chairman
• Defense expert in John Geer case says police shooting was reasonable (How on earth was that reasonable???)
• Casey: Is zombie affliction spreading among Virginia Republicans? (“Nobody has ever compared certain right-wingers to cannibalistic political zombies — until now. Read on, for the details about C-B Syndrome, and the similar but separate malady known as Trumpism.”)
• Portsmouth city staff defend infrastructure changes in budget proposal
• Loudoun supervisors approve $2.46 billion budget for fiscal 2017 (“Compromise plan hikes taxes slightly, falls short of fully funding the school board’s request.”)
• Cloudy, showery start today, then mostly sunny for the rest of the week