by Lowell
Here are a few national and Virginia news headlines, political and otherwise, for Saturday, July 23. Also see the White House’s weekly address, as “Senator Elizabeth Warren joined President Obama to discuss how far we’ve come since the financial crisis, when the recklessness of Wall Street caused millions of Americans to lose their jobs, homes, and savings.”
- Gunman in Munich Kills 9, Then Himself, the Police Say
- Donald Trump and America’s Moral Authority (“Historically, the United States’ enemies say we can’t lecture them on human rights — not our presidential candidates.”)
- We Finally Have A Candidate That Speaks To ‘White Males,’ GOP Congressman Says
- Virginian-Pilot editorial: Trump projects vision in contrast with Reagan’s
- Trump is cultivating a state of panic (“It is necessary to confront his unmasked contempt for American institutions.”)
- Trump is following in the path of despots (“The reasons for the comparisons between tyrants and Trump transcend mere politics.” Yep, it’s his temperament-from-hell.)
- George Will: Pence the pliable (“The Indiana governor bows to Trump, policy differences be damned.”)
- The Tim Kaine Effect: What does Hillary Clinton’s VP pick bring to the race? (“Yes, the Virginia Senator was seen as the safe pick, but he represents a big bet on one issue: competence”)
- Anatomy of a Trump voter: How racism propelled Trump to the Republican nomination (“Data shows racism is a powerful predictor of Trump support — far more than economic concern” I bet the corporate media sticks with its “economic anxiety” story.)
- On MSNBC’s Maddow, Planned Parenthood’s Richards Praises “The Strongest Reproductive Rights Ticket We’ve Ever Had”
- Larry Sabato: Why Tim Kaine can be enormously valuable for Hillary Clinton (“His place on the ticket could lock up Virginia — and that’s just the start.”)
- The Swing-State Appeal of Mr. Kaine
- The fall of Roger Ailes: He made Fox his ‘locker room’ — and now women are telling their stories (That network is a cesspool of misogyny, lies, bigotry, ignorance, you name it.)
- Vanilla nice: Why Hillary picked Kaine
- If Tim Kaine Can Help Clinton in Virginia Even a Bit, It’s a Big Deal
- Clinton VP runners-up praise Kaine
- Why Kaine is the right choice for Clinton
- Hillary Clinton picks a strong running mate in Tim Kaine
- Va. high court invalidates McAuliffe’s order restoring felon voting rights (“The Democratic governor vows to sign over 200,000 individual orders to restore rights to ex-offenders.”)
- Meet Tim Kaine’s wife, a longtime child welfare advocate and Virginia’s secretary of education
- Even state Republicans have good things to say about Kaine
- Virginia’s Democratic Governor Would Appoint Kaine Replacement
- Praising Kaine: How Clinton’s choice of a widely respected senator drives a deep wedge into the GOP
- Kaine’s acceptance of gifts in Virginia could create opening for Republicans (Yeah, let’s talk about Donald Trump’s total lack of ethics. Let’s also strengthen Virginia’s pathetical “ethics” laws.)
- Tim Kaine Finally Brings Glory to Old Virginia as Clinton’s VP Pick
- Return of RAM: Another year without health care for Virginians
- Senators Warner and Kaine speak about energy, in Fairfax
- McAuliffe leads discussion on cyber security, technology in coalfields
- Flirting with 100 this weekend, and not much better early next week
