by Lowell
Here are a few national and Virginia news headlines, political and otherwise, for Thursday, September 1. Note that David Duke and other “white nationalists” (aka, virulent racists) praised Trump’s vile immigration speech.
- Clinton just made a very important announcement — and hardly anyone is talking about it (“Her mental-health strategy has real chance of becoming law.”)
- Donald Trump Just Gave His Most Extreme Immigration Speech Yet (“And the white nationalists rejoiced.”)
- Trump’s incredible immigration act (“How can anyone with strong commitments on anything support him now?”)
- Trump reverts to his xenophobic self (“So much for trying to appear diplomatic.”)
- Trump’s visit angers Mexicans
- Under Trump’s latest plan, more than six million immigrants could be deported (Completely unacceptable.)
- America’s ‘Most Prolific Conspiracy Theorist’ Reveals He’s Now Advising Donald Trump (“Trump is taking him very seriously.”)
- Mexican President Fact Checks Donald Trump To His Face, In Spanish
- The Internet Troll of Presidential Politics (“Donald Trump is not only a bully, but also something of a coward.”)
- Deportation Nation (“A trip to Mexico and a speech in Phoenix don’t add substance to Donald Trump’s bluster about thwarting evil foreigners.”)
- CNN’s Calamity Worsens: Lewandowski Reportedly Prepping Trump For Debates
- Trump’s Ballyhooed Immigration Speech Was Nothing New, Folks
- Blood and Race and Trump (“This was as wild and as unbridled a speech as I’ve seen from Trump. Even if you couldn’t understand English, it would be stunning to watch the slashing hand gestures, the red face, the yelling. It’s hard to imagine any presidential candidate in living memory giving such a speech. And again, this is if you didn’t know what the words even meant.”)
- White Nationalist Media Cheers Trump’s “Almost Perfect” Immigration Speech
- Media Reactions To Trump’s Immigration Speech: Same Extremist Trump
- Fact-checking Donald Trump’s immigration speech (Lots o’ lies.)
- Mexican president disputes Trump over border wall payment discussion
- Revealed: Conway, Bannon Members of Secretive Group (“The two political operatives chosen earlier this month to lead Donald Trump’s presidential campaign after two former managers departed have been members of the secretive Council for National Policy (CNP), Hatewatch has learned”)
- The Supreme Court Just Blocked North Carolina’s Sweeping Voting Restrictions (“A lower court found the law targeted black voters with ‘almost surgical precision.'”)
- Desperation and demagoguery: Trump play-acts as president in Mexico, then goes full nativist in Arizona (“Donald Trump pretended to be a sober diplomat, then delivered one of the more disgusting campaign speeches ever”)
- “They don’t know it yet, but they’re gonna pay for the wall”: Trump hurls red meat to his base with intense immigration speech
- Trump Finally Clarified His Immigration Stance, and It’s Vile
- Two Big Lies In Trump’s Immigration Speech (“Pivoting from the truth.”)
- Governor makes case for new Redskins stadium in Virginia (Not if one penny in taxpayer money goes to Dan Snyder and/or his team.)
- Warner, Kaine Announce Millions to Help Homeless Veterans
- Democratic Vice Presidential Hopeful Tim Kaine Slams Trump While Campaigning in Pennsylvania
- Daily Press to argue for appeal in open records lawsuit
- McAuliffe says 20 interested in Kaine’s Senate seat (“The governor says he will not take calls or hold meetings on a potential interim appointment until after the presidential election.”)
- Virginia Republicans go back to court to fight governor on felon voting rights
- Concealed carry advocates protest McAuliffe’s gun ban in state buildings
- Metro’s proposed safety agency needs to be transparent
- Editorial: Virginia GOP makes right call in setting 2017 primary
- Dominion to ask for new power line approval through Alexandria (First, Dominion should be required to: a) max out on energy efficiency, which they’re not even CLOSE to doing; b) push for rooftop and community solar, which they’re far from serious about.)
- Anne Holton to campaign in Roanoke and Charlottesville on Friday
- Court nixes imprisoned ex-Virginia lawmaker Phil Hamilton’s bid for relief
- Editorial: Kaepernick and Bedrosian: The same or alike?
- Roanoke County police used excessive force during arrest, groups say
- Man dies in Hampton Roads Regional Jail 2 days after filing emergency grievance begging for help
- Casey: Roanoke vandalism gets high marks from new anti-gun group
- Forecast: Some showers today; possible wind-swept tropical rains this weekend
