Thursday News: “The dangerous nihilism of Trump voters;” Gillespie Disqualifies Himself

by Lowell

Here are a few national and Virginia news headlines, political and otherwise, for Thursday, May 5.

• With Donald Trump in Charge, Republicans Have a Day of Reckoning
• We are witnessing the most massive failure of a political party in generations
• A Trump reboot? Impossible. (“Conservatives of principle must stand up to ensure he does not become president.”)
• Trump’s improbable coup leaves Republican Party in an identity crisis
• Please don’t mainstream Trump (“Neither conservatives nor liberals should capitulate to media attempts to normalize him.”)
• The dangerous nihilism of Trump voters
• Bush 41, 43 Do Not Plan to Endorse Donald Trump
• The Electoral Map Looks Challenging for Trump (“If today’s general election polling holds true, Hillary Clinton will easily defeat Donald Trump.”)
• Trump Campaign Hires Ben Carson, Fox’s Former Favorite Candidate, To Head VP Selection Committee(Dangerously insane person picks dangerously insane person.)
• The GOP Said They Needed To Woo Latino Voters To Win. Then They Nominated Trump For President.
• Pundits Sold Kasich As A Moderate Alternative. Here’s The Truth. (“In any other election, Kasich would have been considered extreme.”)
• This is how Trump becomes more dangerous: Treating him as a normal political candidate obscures everything that makes him so threatening
• Clinton Releases a Brutal Anti-Trump Ad (“And she gets Republicans to do the dirty work for her.”)
• The Energy Revolution Is Actually Happening Right Now (Except with the fossil fools at Dominion Power.)
• Justice Department Tells North Carolina To Abandon Its Anti-LGBT Bathroom Bill — Or Else
• Republican Times-Disgrace Editorial: Trump wraps up GOP nomination (“Trump lacks a real platform and is divisive by nature. There are good reasons for Americans to reject him. Republicans should have rejected him. We’re placing no bets.”)
• Gillespie and Wittman, candidates for Va. governor, say they will support Trump (That should automatically disqualify both.)
• As Trump’s path clears, Virginia Republicans react tepidly to likely nominee (Cowards.)
• George Mason’s faculty senate asks for delay on renaming law school for Scalia (How about delay it…forever?)
• Small changes, homestretch approach in Virginia’s FOIA review
• Kenny Alexander’s win in Norfolk was a racial milestone, but he keeps focus on the job
• Virginian-Pilot editorial: Kenny Alexander’s to-do list
• George Takei talks about Roanoke and Mayor Bowers’ comments
• Upset in race for Norfolk’s Superward 6 seat ushers in new era for city council
• Editorial: Experience wins day in Fredericksburg mayor’s contest
• Clouds and showers through Friday