by Lowell
Here are a few national and Virginia news headlines, political and otherwise, for Wednesday, July 20.
- Trump Claims Nomination, With G.O.P. Discord Clear
- Trump’s Coward (“How Paul Ryan embraced a racist and ruined his party.”)
- The mind-set that drives fear, hate and Donald Trump (“The party of Lincoln is falling in line behind Trump, and that’s dangerous for all of us.”)
- The Trump convention is a triumph of narcissism (And anger, fear, lies, bigotry, etc.)
- After speech debacle, the Trump campaign leaves Melania out to dry
- Voters are still waiting on your tax returns, Mr. Trump
- Two names emerge from Clinton’s VP deliberations: Kaine and Vilsack
- GOP Leans In To Misogyny During Convention
- How Melania Trump’s Speech Veered Off Course and Caused an Uproar
- All About Hillary (“At his own coronation, Donald Trump is an afterthought.” That’s all the former “party of Lincoln” has at this point – lying about and hating on Hillary Clinton. Pathetic and disgusting.)
- Media Denounce “Witch-Like Ritual” Against Hillary Clinton During RNC’s Second Night
- The ghouls have won: The first night of Donald Trump’s RNC was a political death cult (“Last night was a clinic in the enduring hold that authoritarianism, racism, and fear has over GOP voters”)
- Donald Trump and backlash culture: The RNC represents a futile effort to reverse our country’s progress (“The GOP shows it is less concerned with real issues than with exaggerated threats and trivial cultural grievances”)
- UPDATED: Media Reporting That Roger Ailes Is Leaving Fox News
- Ben Carson plays the Lucifer card: Strange attack on Hillary leaves heads shaking at RNC
- “Lock Her Up!” (“The bloodlust in Chris Christie’s speech against Hillary Clinton is not normal. It’s sick.”)
- “Let’s have some fun tonight!”: Chris Christie gets RNC crowd chanting “Lock her up!” and “Guilty!” in scathing speech about Hillary Clinton (Yeah, loads of fun – Republicans style, anyway.)
- Christie Says Trump Will Change Firing Laws to Purge Federal Civil Service of Obama Hires (If Trump ever becomes president, this country is toast.)
- Melania-gate illustrates everything wrong with Trump campaign — and Republicans know it
- “The Most Hated Campaign Operative in America” Just Joined the Trump Team (“Nick Ayers has a long history of rubbing fellow politicos the wrong way—and using dark money to demolish opponents.”)
- There’s Something Disturbing About One of Hillary’s Top VP Picks (Yeah, I’m not a fan of his support for Big Ag.)
- At California fundraisers, Tim Kaine predicts only that Clinton will choose the running mate she thinks is best
- Virginia GOP Delegation Absent from RNC Roll Call Vote; D.C. Vote Overruled (“As the roll call vote to nominate Donald Trump as the Republican candidate began, the seats of the Virginia delegation were empty as a statement against the actions of the party leaders on the first day.”)
- Tim Kaine, the affable ideologue (More utter idiocy from the Republican Times-Disgrace editorial board. They really think Tim Kaine is a liberal “ideologue?” If so, they are dumber than dishwater.)
- Members of Va. delegation in Cleveland express support for Melania Trump amid plagiarism allegations (Of course they do.)
- Virginia GOP chooses Indian-American delegate to announce state’s roll call in Cleveland
- McAuliffe’s refusal to release rights restoration list dismays high court justices
- Fate of Virginia Felon Voting Rights in Hands of State Court
- Virginia high court considers whether McAuliffe erred in restoring felons’ voting rights (“State officials say a loss before the Supreme Court would not have any major practical effect, because the governor would issue hundreds of thousands of individual orders to restore voting rights — essentially achieving the same goal.”)
- Democrat leads fundraising in 5th District; Republican incumbents ahead in 6th, 9th districts
- Schapiro: Ken Cuccinelli takes a pounding, but don’t count him out
- Cuccinelli’s floor fight draws rebukes, fans — and attention
- Virginia’s Ken Cuccinelli gains national attention, but what’s his goal?
- General Assembly investigates UVa fund
- At Republican Convention, GM of Trump Winery near Charlottesville praises Donald Trump as visionary leader (Trump has one of his employees praising him, how charming.)
- Fairfax poised to take historic step by creating an independent auditor for police complaints
- Virginia Beach to ‘take a deep breath’ on Dome site proposals, will entertain new offers
- Storm downs trees across Richmond area, knocks out power to 70,000
- Warm and not too humid today; excessively hot Friday through Monday
