by Lowell
Here are a few national and Virginia news headlines, political and otherwise, for Sunday, August 7.
- Down Ballot, G.O.P. Aims to Escape Trump’s Shadow (Here in Virginia, Barbara Comstock is Exhibit A of this.)
- Donald Trump’s Electoral Map Is Shrinking (“You can count his paths to victory on two very short fingers.”)
- Poll: Hillary Clinton widens lead over Donald Trump (“Clinton has an eight-point advantage over Trump, according to a new Washington Post-ABC News poll, as Democrats consolidated their support while Republicans failed to rally equally behind their nominee.”)
- Nuke fears grow over Trump
- Kristof: Clinton’s Fibs vs. Trump’s Huge Lies
- Despite Claim, Trump Campaign Says It Barred Ryan Challenger From Rally
- Marco Rubio: No abortions for pregnant women infected with Zika virus (Ah, Republicans. And Trump says they’re should be punishment for a woman who has an abortion. Yep.)
- GOP Rep. Says He’ll Vote For Libertarian Gary Johnson (That’s Virginia’s own Scott Rigell)
- Schapiro: Va. makes history overcoming history (“It also complements Kaine’s journey in public life, one in which he stood with the minority against the majority, with the poor against the rich, with the weak against the powerful.”)
- Kaine backs rights restoration; says Republicans since Obama have become anti-voting rights
- Virginia breaks ground on I-66 HOT lanes project, without the ground (“The program inside the Beltway will remake the highway without much construction.”)
- Virginia should replace Tim Kaine with a Marine general
- Despite promises, McAuliffe has yet to restore any felons’ post-ruling rights (“There’s no timetable for when that process will be completed, Coy said, but the administration intends to process the restorations ‘as soon as possible.'”)
- In suburban Virginia, women are torn about whom to vote for this fall (Even if they don’t like Hillary Clinton, how any women could even think about voting for raging misogynist Trump is utterly beyond me.)
- How Olympian Townley Haas’ family overcame personal horrors of Va. Tech shooting
- In SW Va., drug touted for helping addicts is attacked as part of the problem
- Fight for higher wages lands in Richmond (“Race will be at the center of the Fight for $15 convention in the former capital of the Confederacy.”)
- 19-year-old man accused of murdering two Virginia youth counselors (Horrible.)
- Warm but noticeably less humid today; gradually muggier toward midweek
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