by Lowell
Here are a few national and Virginia news headlines, political and otherwise, for Wednesday, May 18. Also, if you can stand it, check out the “disgusting, fawning interview” of neo-fascist carnival barker and Big Liar Donald Trump by right-wing propaganda outfit Fox’s Megyn Kelly. It don’t get much worse than that!
- Clinton declares victory in Kentucky; Sanders wins Oregon (“The outcomes do little to change the dynamics in the Democratic race, as Hillary Clinton turns her focus to a likely general-election matchup against Republican Donald Trump, who easily won Oregon’s GOP primary Tuesday.”)
- That Was Gross (“Megyn Kelly Embraces Donald Trump in a Disgusting, Fawning Interview”)
- In Just One Day, Fox News Offered 15 Different Excuses For Trump’s Disgusting Treatment Of Women (Yep, typical Fox.)
- On the anniversary of Brown v. Board, new evidence that U.S. schools are resegregating
- Trump’s big tent myth: Data suggests he isn’t growing the GOP after all, he’s just energizing the base — and that’s great news for Dems
- Pressure on Sanders After Nevada Fracas
- Donald Trump: Stonewaller, shape-shifter, liar
- This Bernie Sanders statement on the Nevada convention reads like an open threat to the Democratic establishment (The statement is utterly unacceptable, should have simply condemned threats and violence without any equivocation. So much for the “happy warrior” version of Sanders most of us came to like last summer and fall. Sigh.)
- Does Bernie Sanders want to be the Ralph Nader of 2016? (“If so, that’s excellent news for Donald Trump.”)
- Can Tim Kaine be Hillary Clinton’s attack dog? (“Democrats worry he lacks the bite to take on the ultimate alpha male: Donald J. Trump.”)
- Sanders sticks it to the Democratic Party (#FAIL)
- Haley strikes a contrast to Trump in Virginia campaign event (The problem is, she’s in the Party of Trump. As for Ed Gillespie, who Haley stumped for, he’s actually ENDORSED Trump!)
- Nikki Haley, Ed Gillespie say GOP needs to be more welcoming (That’s nice, but their party has lurched in the opposite direction.)
- Chesapeake Bay health improved last year, report says (Good, although still a long way to go.)
- George Mason can name law school after Scalia, board says
- Virginia lawmakers must clean up their act (The General Assembly is utterly corrupt, even if it’s of the “legalized corruption” variety, and the problem is that the Tommy Norments, Bill “ALEC” Howells and Dick Saslaws of the world like it that way.)
- Schapiro: Long before they promoted voting, registrars thwarted it (“Gov. Terry McAuliffe’s order restoring en masse the voting rights of more than 200,000 felons, violent and non-violent, is an uncomfortable reminder of Virginia’s old ways.”)
- Hinkle: Does the governor mean it? (“If McAuliffe means what he has said about redemption, then he will follow up his move on voting rights with a similar effort for gun rights — at least for nonviolent felons.”)
- Va. legislators calling judges, whom they elect, about cases (Not acceptable.)
- Virginian-Pilot editorial: Celebrating Virginia’s educational backbone (Community colleges.)
- Pipeline opponents question Franklin County’s neutrality
- Rolling Stone, Phi Kappa Psi fraternity face off over lawsuit
- Editorial: Study could help get workers off the road
- Virginia voter registration outpacing 2012 levels
- So far 3,933 felons have registered to vote as a result of McAuliffe’s order
- Fairfax calls in consultant after fire official disciplined for lewd posts
- Massive, old live oak in Chesapeake spared from highway expansion
- Franklin County supervisors delay budget adoption again
- Mayday, mayday! When will the misery end? Not today, and not this weekend. (“Tomorrow and Friday look pretty nice. And that’s about the extent of the good news in this forecast.”)
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