by Lowell
Here are a few national and Virginia news headlines, political and otherwise, for Tuesday, May 17. Also, check out Samantha Bee from last night’s show, in which she takes on right-wing evangelicals’ political hypocrisy, support for the “thrice-married, foul-mouthed,” Planned Parenthood-loving, non-religious Donald Trump.
- Bernie Sanders and Hillary Clinton vie for Kentucky and Oregon
- Why Democrats increasingly think Donald Trump can deliver them a Senate landslide
- Michael Gerson: Conservatives make a deal with the devil (“Former foes who now support Donald Trump will regret it.”)
- Trump’s bizarre, dangerous neediness (“His use of fake names to brag about himself underlines disturbing traits.”)
- The rank nihilism driving the GOP’s acceptance of Trump (“Republicans lose their moorings in the scramble to back Mr. Trump”)
- For Donald Trump, every vice is a virtue (“He continually manages to turn would-be political liabilities into assets.”)
- Donald Trump is Not Expanding the GOP (“A POLITICO analysis of early-voting data show little evidence for one of the Republican nominee’s core claims.”)
- What I learned analyzing 7 months of Donald Trump’s tweets (“Trump’s Twitter is overwhelmingly negative in sentiment…Trump uses more exclamation points than a kid on Christmas morning” In other words, he’s an internet troll.)
- Reince Priebus, fool (“His defense of Trump is leaving him with no pride, no shame and no future.”)
- How Badly Will Trump Damage the Republican Party? (“It could make Goldwater look like a hiccup.”)
- Relax – She’s Got This (“Fundamentally Speaking, Hillary Clinton Won’t Blow It; The election won’t be decided by gaffes and personality.”)
- Renewables Are Leaving Natural Gas In The Dust This Year
- Why Trump’s fake publicist act matters: It proves he’s exactly the weirdo and liar we all suspected he was
- Obamacare gets an OK? A bastion of Republican ACA opposition might be crumbling (“OOOOOOOklahoma where socialism comes creepin’ down the plain” LOL)
- Donald Trump, president of the Confederacy: The Southern strategy created the GOP civil war
- Former official questions inspector general’s jurisdiction in Jamycheal Mitchell case
- At VMI, Kaine makes renewed push for war powers vote against Islamic State
- McAuliffe heads to Boston, Toronto, Montreal on trade mission
- With state revenue dip, employee, teacher raises in jeopardy
- Virginian-Pilot editorial: Toward a win-win-win on juvenile justice (“VIRGINIA’S political leaders agreed last month on a plan for dealing with troubled kids that in the long run should result in a trifecta for the commonwealth: A drop in crime, financial savings and rehabilitated lives.”)
- Randy Forbes, Scott Taylor get rough as GOP primary for 2nd Congressional District heats up
- Achieving Climate Progress in Virginia Through a Climate-Friendly State Legislature
- Tone sharpens in GOP 2nd District contest
- From the Mountains to the Sea: McAuliffe is hurting people with his energy policies (“We do live along the coastline (Caywood) and in the Virginia mountains (Reilly). And we’re strongly opposed to offshore drilling for oil in Virginia and to massive new pipelines for fracked gas built across our mountains.”)
- “Mind numbing.” House budget writers blast W&M tuition increase
- George Mason University officials address concerns over renaming law school for Scalia
- The Scalia name may already be official for George Mason’s law school, committee suggests
- These 3 high-poverty schools in Norfolk and Virginia Beach are beating the odds. Here’s how they’re doing it.
- Wet and dreary today and tomorrow, much nicer Thursday and Friday
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