by Lowell
Here are a few national and Virginia news headlines, political and otherwise, for Saturday, May 14. Also, check out President Obama’s weekly address, in which “Grammy Award-winning artist Macklemore joined President Obama to discuss a disease that affects far too many Americans: addiction.”
- Audio captures Trump posing as a publicist to brag about himself (“In the 1970s, ’80s and ’90s, the real estate mogul masqueraded as media spokesman ‘John Miller’ or ‘John Barron’ to talk about himself, according to journalists and several of Trump’s top aides. On Friday morning, Trump denied he was John Miller.” The guy’s mentally unstable.)
- Bleaching away ocean life (“A third of the globe’s coral reefs are at risk, and climate change poses a serious threat to them going forward.” Trump denies global warming, by the way…another automatic disqualifier for holding office in America.)
- Pfizer Shuts Off Last Official Source of Drugs for Executions
- Donald Trump and the Twilight of White America (“Racial resentment and economic anxiety are not separate forces. For many Trump supporters, they are inextricably linked.”)
- I ate my words about Trump. But treating him as normal is a recipe for ruin.
- Sorry, liberals. Elizabeth Warren isn’t going to be Hillary Clinton’s running mate.
- Why Hillary Should Pick Elizabeth Warren for Veep (“It would instantly revitalize Clinton’s long slog of a campaign.”)
- This is the dumbest prediction of the 2016 election — and why TV political punditry is a wasteland
- When taxpayers foot the bill, state officials get the pricier attorney
- State revenue estimates drop 6.7% in April, lag annual forecasts
- Virginia’s decision to restore voting rights to convicted felons, explained in two minutes
- Here’s why 11 agencies haven’t criminally investigated Jamycheal Mitchell’s death in jail
- George Mason University is right to rename its law school after Antonin Scalia (Uh, no.)
- Ex-Virginia sheriff faces illegal taping and embezzlement counts
- Metro’s rebuilding plan includes some familiar promises (“How can we know where we’re going when we’re not sure where we’ve been?”)
- Richmond City Council finalizes budget after dozens of speakers press for more schools funding
- Did a SEAL instructor go too far? Sources are questioning Navy’s account of SEAL trainee’s death.
- Light rail will be on November ballot in Virginia Beach
- Storms blow through with strong cold front today, sunny but cool on Sunday
