by Lowell
Here are a few national and Virginia news headlines, political and otherwise, for Thursday, September 29. Also check out Gary Johnson yet again demonstrating that he is utterly unfit to be President (plus, he’s an anti-government and anti-environment extremist, as added “bonuses”…ugh).
- A Republican voice of integrity (“Former Virginia senator John Warner stands his ground, even as others in the GOP act like cowards.”)
- The latest attacks on the EPA’s plan for clean power make no sense (“A D.C. court should affirm Obama’s signature climate policy.”)
- The Greatest Generation’s rebuke of Trump (“John Warner’s endorsement of the Democratic ticket was a reminder of everything the GOP nominee is not.”)
- Congress Passes Spending Bill to Keep Government Running Through Dec. 9 (“Stopgap spending bill includes Zika funding, flood relief; separate bill to address Flint, Mich., funding”)
- President and Michelle Obama Lash Out at Donald Trump
- Donald Trump’s history of corruption: a comprehensive review
- Donald Trump Seemingly Asks If He Should Eject Non-Christian Conservatives From Rally (That would include himself, by the way.)
- Donald Trump proves he is unfit, unserious and unprepared on national security (“As bad as he is on the issues, Trump is even worse on temperament and style.”)
- George Will: Donald Trump’s rise reflects American conservatism’s decay (“If he wins, the GOP as we’ve known it will die.” Actually, George, I think it already has.)
- Republicans want to tame Trump, but he may be their doom
- How Donald Trump’s Company Violated the United States Embargo Against Cuba
- Steve Case: Why I’m voting for Hillary Clinton
- Republicans in Denial That the Debate Exposed Donald Trump As Unfit for Office
- The silence of the lambs: Why sheepish GOP leaders have been conspicuously quiet since Donald Trump’s debate debacle (“Before Monday’s debate, top Republicans were starting to vocally support Donald Trump, but since then? Crickets”)
- Revisit the Time Donald Trump Said Kim Kardashian Had “Gotten a Bit Large” (“The presidential candidate has a history of body shaming women.”)
- Donald Trump’s net worth fell $800 million over the past year: Forbes
- What Is the Trump Foundation? (“It’s supposed to be a charity. It looks a lot more like a personal piggy bank.”)
- Gary Johnson Says He’s Having an “Aleppo Moment” When He Can’t Name Favorite World Leader (The guy is wildly unqualified to be president, plus he’s an anti-government and anti-environment ideologue; can’t believe anyone’s even thinking about voting for him.)
- That ‘basket of deplorables’ Clinton mentioned? This is what she was talking about. (“21 percent of Trump supporters think white people don’t have enough influence.” I think we can agree that all those people at least hold deplorable views.)
- Trump polls supporters about bringing up Clinton scandals in next debate
- Evangelicals Despair Over Trump and Jolting Change
- Blow: Trump’s Debate Flameout (“No one with an open mind and sound reason who witnessed the sniffing, sipping, scowling, raging, interrupting display of petulance and agitation that was Donald Trump’s debate performance on Monday could possibly argue that he won that debate or that he is the kind of person to whom we should entrust the presidency.”)
- Kristof: That Seventh-Grade Bully Is Running for President (“Middle school is the wrenching, jungle stage of life that we all must struggle through. Why would we subject ourselves to a ‘leader’ who is permanently in the seventh grade?”)
- Watch Donald Trump Say He Hired a Female Employee Just Because She Was Hot (“He also called beautiful women his ‘alcoholism.'”)
- Donald Trump’s Campaign Is Quietly Shouting About Clinton Sex Scandals (Yet again, Trump is trying to distract from his own despicable behavior towards women.)
- McAuliffe Says He’s Restored Voting Rights to 60,000
- Obama plans to visit troops at central Virginia base
- McAuliffe says he lacks authority to stop Atlantic Coast Pipeline (I’ve got a diary coming on this whopper and others he told in that “Ask the Governor” segment…)
- Republican Pete Snyder will not run in 2017, endorses Gillespie for Va. governor
- Virginia’s graduation rate tops 91 percent, and Chesapeake beats the state average
- Mountain Valley Pipeline seeking easement in Franklin County’s planned 550-acre business park
- Hinkle column: A disappointing crop of Richmond candidates
- Debate Heats Up on Proposed 4 Percent Meal Tax in Fairfax County
- Editorial – Too much secrecy about Niagara Bottling?
- Is Arlington About to Crack Down on Airbnb?
- Extremely heavy rain tonight into Friday may trigger ‘severe flooding,’ challenge records
- Rains drench the region into Friday, with possible areas of flooding
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