by Lowell
Here are a few national and Virginia news headlines, political and otherwise, for Wednesday, August 3. Also, if you’re an Arlington Democrat, don’t forget to vote tonight – at the regular ACDC meeting at the NRECA building in Ballston -for Matt Weinstein for the 8th CD Democratic committee. Go Matt!
- ‘No one should ever want one of these’: Purple Heart recipients condemn Donald Trump’s ‘flippant’ comments about the award that almost cost them their lives (Exactly!)
- Trump Jokes That He ‘Always Wanted’ a Purple Heart (He always wanted to be wounded in combat? So why did he dodge the draft???)
- Ignoring Advice, Donald Trump Presses Attack on Khan Family and G.O.P. Leaders (Trump has no self control whatsoever, seriously disturbed individual, seek psychological help ASAP!)
- Obama’s Denunciation Squeeze (“The president has put Trump-backing Republicans in an even tougher spot.” Three-dimensional chess? LOL)
- Is this the beginning of the end for Donald Trump? (“Conservatives, GOP leaders and even his supporters are growing tired of his antics.”)
- Trump refuses to back Ryan, McCain in their primaries (Hahahahaha.)
- Donald Trump Completes Total Humiliation of Paul Ryan by Refusing to Endorse Him (Lyin’ Ryan richly deserves it.)
- Fastest-Growing Source Of Electricity ‘Not Working So Good,’ Trump Claims (Trump not just wrong, but wildly/laughably wrong yet again!)
- Trump Promises To Double Clinton’s Infrastructure Spending, Can’t Say How He’d Pay For It
- The election will be ‘rigged,’ Trump warns (Translation: Trump already making excuses for losing.)
- After comments on harassment draw fire, Trump says dealing with it is ‘up to the individual’
- The tide turns against the GOP’s voting restrictions (“Federal courts conclude some states’ statutes are racially biased.” Duh.)
- Tim Kaine Warns Donald Trump That ‘Virginia Is Not for Haters’
- Video: In Daytona Beach, Tim Kaine attacks Trump on immigration
- Fox and friends with benefits (This network is a disgrace to our country in almost every way.)
- Destroying the party to save the party: Donald Trump is the existential crisis the GOP needs (“Trump’s dredged up the racism lurking within the GOP for decades. The party can finally reboot after his defeat”)
- A Trump Victory Is a Scary Thought. A Disputed Loss Might Be Scarier. (“Why his ‘rigged’ comments are so corrosive and dangerous.”)
- Tim Kaine’s other role: Cash machine (“…after holding his first campaign finance event in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, on Tuesday, the vice presidential hopeful is expected to play a major behind-the-scenes role on the money circuit, in addition to his public campaigning.”)
- Tim Kaine ends Florida campaign swing with stop at Fort Lauderdale soul food restaurant
- Kaine mocks Trump over crying baby
- At Donald Trump Rally in Virginia, Boy Screams “Take the Bitch Down!” (Yes, some of Trump’s supporters are like this…)
- White Nationalists Love Trump’s Attacks On The Khan Family: “God Bless Donald Trump,” Deport The Khans
- CNN’s Corey Lewandowski Revives Trump’s Birther Claims That Obama Got In Harvard As Non-Citizen (Have I mentioned recently how badly CNN sucks?)
- Virginian-Pilot editorial: Trump and the troops (“To treat one family’s sacrifice so dismissively and cavalierly calls into question his fitness for that role. A man who cannot summon the humanity to empathize with the Khans has no place in the Oval Office.”)
- Eric Trump: Ivanka wouldn’t allow herself to be subjected to sexual harassment (Like sociopathic father, like sociopathic son.)
- Meg Whitman, Calling Donald Trump a ‘Demagogue,’ Will Support Hillary Clinton for President (“Meg Whitman, a Hewlett Packard executive and Republican fund-raiser, said Tuesday that she would support Hillary Clinton for president and give a ‘substantial’ contribution to her campaign in order to stop Donald J. Trump, whom she berated as a threat to American democracy…Ms. Whitman said it was time for Republicans ‘to put country first before party.'”)
- Trump changed views on Ukraine after hiring Manafort (Manafort “has worked for Ukraine’s deposed pro-Russian president”)
- Katrina Pierson Implies Obama, Clinton Are to Blame for Humayan Khan’s Death in 2004 (These people are completely unhinged.)
- Anti-Trump Republicans caught in quandary (“Even as a few move to Hillary’s camp, many remain reluctant to help a Democrat, but lack a clear idea of what to do instead.” It’s very clear: oppose Trump as a dire threat to America)
- Lawmakers urge UVa to freeze tuition while dispute over $2.3 billion fund is sorted out (Why?)
- When Trump rallied at her high school, this Muslim valedictorian spoke up, felt targeted (“Azeeza Hasan, 18, said she faced anti-Muslim sentiment — for the first time in her life — while standing outside a Trump rally on Tuesday.”)
- Portsmouth jail finds Jamycheal Mitchell footage it claimed it recorded over
- CDC gives Virginia money to fight Zika virus
- Town: Virginia goes its own way on climate
- McAuliffe announces new solar project (We need a few hundred of these in Virginia, then we’re talking. Also, tell Dominion to screw itself while we’re at it.)
- Our view: Is Virginia ripe for a populist candidate for governor?
- Mason resigning Va. House seat (“Del. Monty Mason, D-Newport News, has tendered his resignation from the Virginia House of Delegates, effective Nov. 21. Between now and then, Mason will be on the ballot to replace late state Sen. John Miller in the Virginia Senate.”)
- Portsmouth’s “missing” $7 million appears to have never been missing at all
- A brief break from 90+ today and tomorrow, then turning hotter again
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