Tuesday News: Dems Opening Day Ends “On a High Note;” Awesome Speech by Michelle Obama

by Lowell

Here are a few national and Virginia news headlines, political and otherwise, for Tuesday, July 26. Also, check out First Lady Michelle Obama’s awesome speech to the Democratic National Convention last night. She’s so awesome.

• Michelle Obama Uplifts Her Predecessor (and Ex-Rival)
• Bernie Sanders’s DNC speech methodically dismantled the “Bernie or Bust” argument
• It looks like a mess, but the Democratic Party is more unified than it seems
• Democrats’ opening day of discord ends on a high note (Yep, in the end it came together very nicely.)
• The Democrats’ message: America is already great. Don’t let Trump screw it up.
• 4 winners and 2 losers from the first night of the Democratic National Convention
• Sarah Silverman Tames the Bernie Beast (“It took a celebrity, a comedian, to do what Sanders should have done several weeks ago.”)
• Republicans have ceded the ground on faith (“Donald Trump’s angry, secular message leaves an opening for Hillary Clinton and Tim Kaine to appeal to religious voters.”)
• Trump’s unpredictability may be useful against enemies. But it’s deadly to allies. (“The Republican nominee leaves NATO partners vulnerable to Russia.”)
• Can the Democrats stay out of their own way? (“Fallout from the leaked emails didn’t help, but Democrats need to get their act together and coalesce behind Hillary Clinton.”)
• Mr. Trump, NATO is an alliance, not a protection racket
• Putin’s suspected meddling in a U.S. election would be a disturbing first (“Was the suspected hacking of Democratic Party emails meant to help Donald Trump?”)
• Michelle Obama Rebukes Trump Without Mentioning His Name (“In this election, we cannot sit back and hope that everything works out for the best.”)
• Elizabeth Warren Rips Donald Trump for Stoking “Fear and Hatred” in DNC Speech (“The Massachusetts senator says the GOP nominee is ‘turning neighbor against neighbor.'”)
• The ominous Trump-Russia link: What happens if Moscow really is meddling in the 2016 race? (“If Russian hackers are conducting a 2016 sabotage campaign, it would put massive strain on our political system”)
• Bernie Sanders: “Hillary Clinton must become the next president of the United States —I’m proud to stand by her”
• Democrats Aren’t in Disarray. A Minority of Bernie Supporters Are in a Snit. (“What do the Sanders dead-enders want, exactly?”)
• Donald Trump And The Normalization Of White Male Supremacy
• Bernie Sanders’ Former Staffer: “No One Stole the Election From Us” (“In a heated tweetstorm, Symone D. Sanders rejected the notion that Sanders was cheated.” She is absolutely correct.)
• McAuliffe promises to dodge court ruling against sweeping clemency order
• Schapiro: Clinton-Kaine team includes many vets of Virginia campaigns (“Mike Henry, who managed Kaine’s Senate candidacy and now is his chief of staff in Washington, already has been absorbed by the Clinton-Kaine apparatus, along with another senior Senate staff member, communications director Amy Dudley.”)
• Felon voting case could have bearing on next year’s race for Va. attorney general (“Allies say Del. Rob Bell played a leading, behind-the-scenes role to defeat McAuliffe order”)
• Trump, Pence make first post-convention appearance in Roanoke (And Trump was insane as he usually is.)
• Virginian-Pilot editorial: McAuliffe’s felon folly leaves lawmakers with mess
• Some Bernie Sanders backers discuss ‘Kaine Mutiny’ in Philadelphia (My god.)
• Fairfax County appears poised to move from opacity to openness (“The 2013 killing of an unarmed man appears to have shocked the county out of its complacency on police oversight.”)
• In Roanoke, Donald Trump says he’ll win Virginia, blasts Tim Kaine as ‘weird little dude’ (WTF?)
• Casey: Trump melts down in the Hotel Roanoke, literally (“The Republican nominee apparently suffered greatly under the stage lights in a packed ballroom. Besides blasting Hillary Clinton, Tim Kaine and Elizabeth Warren, he repeatedly criticized the hotel’s air conditioning. Really?”)
• Judge denies protective order for witnesses in Jamycheal Mitchell case
• Opinion: Wild card could trump the Richmond mayoral field (Hard to imagine Mayor Joe Morrissey, but it could actually happen.)
• Hot and humid with daily t-storm chances through the weekend