by Lowell
Here are a few national and Virginia news headlines, political and otherwise, for Friday, July 22.
- Donald Trump: The candidate of the apocalypse (“In Cleveland, the GOP nominee exploited real challenges and stoked Americans’ fears.”)
- Donald Trump’s Campaign of Fear
- Make America Hate Again (“Nothing about this Republican Party even remotely resembles the Grand Old Party of before.”)
- David Brooks: The Death of the Republican Party (“Donald Trump’s acid bath hollows out the G.O.P.”)
- Donald Trump’s Un-American Acceptance Speech (“There was no reference to the nation’s history, its values, or even its armed forces. There was only Trump.”)
- Trump’s terrifying speech: Fear and xenophobia become the GOP’s official platform (“The dark, fearful vision laid out by the Republican presidential nominee represents a nadir for our politics”)
- America would be Trump’s banana republic
- Trump promises ‘law and order’ for an America in perilous decline (Actually, America is doing quite well, certainly not in “perilous decline.” Trump is the almost classic definition of a demagogue. Unhinged as well.)
- The GOP delivered a convention softball for Democrats to hit out of the park (“Trump’s gathering has been a train wreck; Hillary Clinton’s party better be able to pull off an organized show of party unity.”)
- Who Was This Angry Man Yelling At Me? (“It was a dark, incredibly pessimistic view of America presented by someone who went almost an hour yelling at me. If you weren’t already in the emotional space Trump inhabits I don’t think it was anything likely to pull people into Trump’s camp who wasn’t already there.”)
- Trump would wreck, not restore, America’s standing in the world
- Here are 10 batsh*t crazy things that happened at Donald Trump’s GOP convention
- Donald Trump doesn’t want to make America great. He wants to make it afraid.
- Donald Trump described a dangerous American hellscape that doesn’t actually exist
- ‘I Alone Can Fix It’ (“Breaking with two centuries of political tradition, Donald Trump didn’t ask Americans to place their trust in each other or in God, but rather, in Trump.”)
- Trump’s four dysfunctional days in Cleveland (“Candidate, vowing to restore order, has the most mistake-marred convention in a generation.”)
- Does Trump’s America First policy mean Allies Last?
- After vote, UK economy shrinking at fastest pace since ’09 (If America elects Trump, that – and much worse – is what lies in store for us.)
- Donald Trump’s nomination is the first time American politics has left me truly afraid
- 9 Lies In Donald Trump’s Big Speech To The Republican Convention
- Trump Campaign Manager Makes Astonishingly Sexist Argument For Why Women Should Vote For Trump
- Trump Spent A Lot Of His Speech Fear-Mongering About Crime. These 3 Charts Prove Him Wrong.
- Donald Trump’s Angry, Dark Speech Caps Off a Disastrous RNC
- Voting rights victories: The GOP’s mission to deny people’s rights on Election Day were dealt major blows this week
- Trailed by media, Tim Kaine offers few clues about his status as a VP contender
- Tim Kaine Seems Likely for Hillary Clinton’s No. 2, but Liberals Balk
- Our view: Is Virginia really a swing state?
- Gov. Terry McAuliffe calls GOP convention an embarrassment (Yep, it’s a disgrace to America.)
- Jerry Falwell Jr. calls Trump ‘America’s blue-collar billionaire’ at Republican convention (If it’s Jerry Falwell, of course it’s bonkers.)
- Schapiro: Cruz-Trump split complicates GOP bid to reclaim Virginia
- Tim Kaine leading contender for Hillary Clinton’s running mate, AP reports
- The Story Behind the Most Odious Line in Trump’s Republican Convention Speech
- Roger Ailes Leaves Fox News, and Rupert Murdoch Steps In
- Virginia Republicans – like rest of nation’s – are fighting an emotional battle for party unity
- Virginian-Pilot editorial: To progress, Portsmouth needs new unity
- Portsmouth housing authority attorney says she can’t find $7 million; law firm says its not missing
- Appeals court asked to delay acting on McDonnell case
- Richmond City Council passes on school funding measures
- Peak summer heat comes roaring in, and it’s going to last a while (“Scorching, broiling, sauna-like through the weekend. Probably beyond as well.”)
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