by Lowell
Here are a few national and Virginia news headlines, political and otherwise, for Saturday, September 24. Also check out President Obama’s weekly address, in which he commemorates the opening of the National Museum of African American History and Culture. I can’t wait to visit it!
- Why We Are Protesting in Charlotte (“Don’t listen to the fear-mongers. Our peaceful movement seeks justice, not division.”)
- ‘Don’t Shoot Him,’ Charlotte Victim’s Wife Pleads in Video
- Here Are The Top Investigative Pieces Debate Moderators Should Read Before The Debates
- Moderators Have No Excuse To Get Caught Surprised By Trump’s Lies
- More bigotry from the Trump brigade (“Now that police shootings have provoked additional racial strife, the GOP nominee can’t help but stir the pot.”)
- Bruce Springsteen Calls Donald Trump a ‘Moron’ (“‘The republic is under siege by a moron,’ Springsteen says in excerpts from upcoming Rolling Stone feature. ‘It’s a tragedy for our democracy’.”)
- Mass deportation isn’t just impractical. It’s very, very dangerous. (“It’s not possible to force out millions of people in what Donald Trump called a ‘humane and efficient’ manner.” Nope, it would be today’s version of the heinous “Trail of Tears.”)
- Donald Trump and Ronald Reagan could not be more different on foreign policy (“Reagan saw America as a powerful beacon of democracy and hope; Trump’s policies would weaken and isolate the nation.”)
- Sean Hannity Embraces Ted Cruz Following His Trump Endorsement
- Remember When Ted Cruz Loathed Donald Trump? (“Nominating Donald Trump would be a train wreck.”)
- Ted Cruz Endorses Trump After Calling Him a “Sniveling Coward” (Actually, both of them are sniveling cowards…and pathological liars.)
- Intelligence Officials Are Looking Into a Trump Adviser’s Possible Kremlin Ties
- Behold the GOP’s not-so-secret plan to dismantle government services: Defund, degrade and then privatize
- In Houston, Clinton running mate Tim Kaine sees Texas turning blue — eventually
- Tim Kaine’s quiet, pre-debate warning shot at Lester Holt and the media (“Both candidates really ought to be challenged the same way.” Actually, Trump should be challenged MUCH harder, as he is completely unqualified to be president and would pose an extreme danger to the republic.)
- Nothing left but the dog whistle: Trump, “real America” and the death of the conservative movement(“White provincial resentment, as embodied by Trump and Sarah Palin, has destroyed the conservative movement”)
- Virginia rolls out push for LGBT tourism dollars
- McAuliffe Drops by ADAMS to Get Out the Vote
- Criminal complaints against Del. Morris outline seven violent episodes
- Bob McDonnell: ‘I’ve got my PhD in suffering’ (Just go away.)
- Absentee Voting in Virginia Opens
- Virginia Voters Report Getting Misleading Letters
- T-Mac, weed and the missed opportunity for drug reform
- Families of Virginia Tech shooting victims criticize Trump for ‘cavalier’ attitude toward violence
- Judge formally dismisses charges against the McDonnells
- Niagara Bottling’s path to Chesterfield (“‘Our biggest concern is the lack of transparency,’ said Glen Besa with the Richmond Sierra Club. ‘The public business should be done in the public, not in secret deals behind closed doors.'”)
- Judge orders digital forensics firm to give more Morrissey phone records to state investigators
- Casey: Donald Trump ponders his Star City credibility
- Sheriff releases video of inmate’s cell as he was dying, promises more transparency at regional jail
- Latest USDA inspection finds more problems at the Natural Bridge Zoo
- Roanoke council says Mill Mountain Zoo needs to save itself
- A string of days in the 70s as seasonable temperatures settle in
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