Here are a few national and Virginia news headlines, political and otherwise, for Friday, May 27. Also check out video of President Obama’s visit to the Hiroshima Peace Memorial.
- 71 years after the first atomic strike, Obama calls for the end of nuclear weapons at Hiroshima
- U.S. official: Newly discovered supergerm could mean ‘end of the road’ for antibiotics (If so, this will be in significant part thanks to abuse of antibiotics by the meat industry.)
- Krugman: Trump’s Delusions of Competence (“But leave questions about whether Mr. Trump is the business genius he claims to be on one side. Does business success carry with it the knowledge and instincts needed to make good economic policy? No, it doesn’t.”)
- Donald Trump reaches magic number to clinch Republican nomination (Yep, the former Party of Lincoln, Teddy Roosevelt, Dwight Eisenhower, etc. has just nominated a fascist for president.)
- Vince Foster was my brother. Donald Trump should be ashamed. (Except that Trump is utterly shameless.)
- The Nazi Tweets of ‘Trump God Emperor’ (Anyone who’s Jewish and supports Donald Trump is seriously nuts.)
- Sanders angers Democrats with Trump debate ploy (“‘It’s bullshit,’ says one Democratic senator.” I agree.)
- Democratic insiders give low marks to Wasserman Schultz (“‘While some of the criticism is unfair, she has damaged her ability to be a unifying force in Philadelphia,’ said one insider.”)
- Trump’s Kitchen Cabinet: What The Media Needs To Know About The Nominee’s Top Advisers And Supporters
- The fall of Salon.com (There’s still some good stuff there, but unfortunately it’s combined with utter trash.)
- Here’s Donald Trump’s energy policy: Kill the planet (And that’s not an exaggeration.)
- This Is Why We Can’t Have Nice Things: Energy Bill Now Full Of Horrible Environmental Provisions (Veto.)
- How Hillary Loses (This seems a bit hysterical to me, also ridiculous to imply that it’s just a “terrifying momemt for Democrats,” as the prospect of a Trump presidency should terrify EVERYONE.)
- Sen. Kaine: ‘Constitutional Right’ to Access to Birth Control
- Kaine Calling on President Obama to Follow Through on Syrian Refugees
- Virginia Democrats to appeal voter ID case
- McAuliffe met Wang at least 3 times
- McAuliffe: ‘I have never lobbied for a foreign government’
- House clerk cites precedents in declining to enroll governor’s budget veto
- Virginian-Pilot editorial: No victory in tawdry history of redistricting
- McAuliffe withdraws from fundraiser for Ohio Senate candidate
- Goodlatte criticized for effort to narrow eligibility for visas for Afghans who helped U.S.
- New lawsuit filed against Fairfax County fire officials
- Broad campaign to end family homelessness in Roanoke announced
- John Rowe posts video addressing his retirement pay and Portsmouth’s $100,000 bill
- Mow way to run a city (“Seeing Richmond residents like 78-year-old Shirley Perkins step up and mow the grass the city can’t, or won’t, is inspiring. Yet we’re torn between giving them a standing ovation and begging them to stop.”)
- Why didn’t Metro do something before a rider was raped?
- Warm and muggy today, t-storm chances later; Memorial Day rain?
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