by Lowell
Here are a few national and Virginia news headlines, political and otherwise, for Thursday, August 26.
- Black Voters Don’t Recognize Trump’s View of Their Lives
- Why Turkey Went to War in Syria (“It’s fear of a Kurdish state — even more than the Islamic State. But things could get complicated with Washington supporting Kurdish rebels.”)
- Clinton aims to deny Trump’s pass at normalcy (“As he reaches out to minority voters, she goes after GOP’s center-right base.”)
- We must recommit to national parks, America’s cathedrals (“The 100th anniversary of the National Park Service is much more than a celebration.” We should preserve the ones we have and greatly expand the National Parks.)
- Donald Trump’s new loose cannon (“Extraordinarily, Trump has found somebody as outrageous as he is.”)
- Trump supporters not rattled by ‘softening’ tone on mass deportations
- Is Rudy Giuliani okay? (“We’re asking purely out of concern.”)
- Team Cruz on Trump’s immigration shift: Told you so (“The conservative senator, eyes on 2018 and 2020, warned voters Trump was a liberal in disguise.”)
- Trump’s exurb problem: What happens when a reliably Republican demographic is left cold by its nominee? (“If Donald Trump alienates the Republican Party’s exurban strongholds, it could spell long-term trouble for the GOP”)
- There Is No Horse Race (“It’s Clinton by a mile, with Trump praying for black swans.”)
- The AP’s big exposé on Hillary meeting with Clinton Foundation donors is a mess
- Republicans’ Voter Registration Gains Probably Aren’t Gains At All (“Examining the trends in these states under a microscope reveals that what’s happening is more a mix of party switching, natural replacement and removal of inactive Democratic voters from the rolls than a feverish Trump effort to expand the electorate. “)
- Coulter Goes to War with Trump And It Is Glorious (Extreme/crazy vs. extreme/crazy, gotta love it.)
- Opponents seek town-hall style input sessions on Mountain Valley Pipeline
- Editorial: The curious numbers driving the Roanoke College Poll results
- McAuliffe’s restoration decision is well within his power
- Virginia could be facing much bigger budget shortfall than expected (“Gov. McAuliffe is set to announce a figure Friday in the range of $1.5 billion, two people said.”)
- Virginia Republicans at same old crossroads: Primary or Convention? (“Virginia Republicans will gather in Richmond Saturday to address, again, the great dividing question of their times: Primary or convention?”)
- All is Fair in Love and (GOP Civil) War (“The Civil War will continue unabated, so SCC members, vote however the hell you want.”)
- Soering petitioning McAuliffe for pardon
- Virginia Attacker Was ‘Hearing Voices’ But Terrorism Not Ruled Out
- If Norfolk lobbied for marijuana decriminalization, it would be the first city in Virginia to do so
- Students, NAACP file federal civil rights complaint against Richmond Public Schools
- Virginian-Pilot editorial: Crowded mayoral field may stifle change (“The city of Portsmouth has a complex of intractable problems facing it now and looming in the years to come.”)
- The heat is back and may challenge records Friday
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