by Lowell
Here are a few national and Virginia news headlines, political and otherwise, for Thursday, February 22. Also, see below the news clips for more videos from the CNN guns forum last night.
- Father of slain student confronts Marco Rubio — and an epic exchange ensues (“Your comments this week and those of our president have been pathetically weak.”)
- Facing jeers and boos, Rubio shifts on guns during tense forum
- Trump’s solution to school shootings: More guns in schools (Demented.)
- Grieving Father Presses Trump: ‘How Many Children Have to Get Shot?’
- The Fix: This photo of Trump’s notes shows his empathy deficit better than anything (“Yep, right there at No. 5 is a talking point about telling those present that he was actually listening to them. After what appear to be four questions he planned to ask those assembled, No. 5 is an apparent reminder for Trump to tell people, ‘I hear you.'”)
- ‘Fix it’: Students and parents tell Trump to address gun violence at schools
- ‘Pathetically weak’: what Florida survivors said to NRA and politicians (“Key quotes from the CNN town hall with Stoneman Douglas students, teachers, an NRA representative and lawmakers”)
- The Pro-Trump Media Has Its Match In The Parkland Students (“The pro-Trump media chose a political enemy effectively born onto the internet and innately capable of waging an information war.” Go students!)
- Marco Rubio and N.R.A. Jeered on Gun Stance (“Senator Marco Rubio and a spokeswoman for the National Rifle Association were repeatedly heckled at a nationally televised forum on Wednesday night in Florida after they refused to back new gun control measures.”)
- Viral lies swirl as survivors of Florida school shooting become victims of conspiracy theories (The worst of social media – and humanity – right there.)
- Why is only one side in the gun culture war required to show respect?
- Why won’t pro-lifers act against our deadly gun culture? (Because they are NOT “pro-life,” they are anti-abortion.)
- Trump suggests arming teachers as a solution to increase school safety (Absolutely insane.)
- Congresswoman claims most mass shooters are Democrats (Speaking of people who are crazy and shouldn’t have any access to firearms…how about this Congresswoman???)
- Billy Graham was on the wrong side of history (“Racial tensions are rising, the earth is warming, and evangelicals are doing little to help. That may be Graham’s most significant, and saddest, legacy”)
- The Democrats’ Polling Panic May Be Over (“Five of the last six major polls of the 2018 congressional race have put Democrats up by at least eight points — with Marist and Quinnipiac University showing Team Blue’s advantage at 11 and 15 percent, respectively.”)
- How Billy Graham’s Movement Lost Its Way (“Graham’s death, on Wednesday, at the age of ninety-nine, comes as that movement is enduring fissures that have parallels to those that he and his brethren sought to mend more than a half-century ago.”)
- Editorial: Trump Tries to Kill Obamacare by a Thousand Cuts
- “They Were Assumed to Be Puppets of Martin Luther King Jr.” (“For decades, we’ve been replaying the same absurd partisan debate over whether to take high school activism seriously.”)
- Free and Equal (“The Pennsylvania Supreme Court’s new map doesn’t just vanquish gerrymandering—it restores the state’s democracy.”)
- New charges filed in Manafort-Gates case
- Bernie blames Hillary for allowing Russian interference (My god, seriously???)
- Twitter purges accounts, and conservatives cry foul (Poor right-wing “snowflakes.”)
- Social media goes after Trump for notes at listening session with shooting survivors
- David Clarke: Fla. students’ gun control push has ‘George Soros’ fingerprints all over it’ (One of the worst people in America right there – David Clarke.)
- Publishing platform Medium suspends far-right figures
- Florida House declares porn a public health risk shortly after denying assault rifle ban (Yeah, because porn kills tens of thousands of Americans per year. Oh wait…)
- Jimmy Kimmel eviscerates Donald Trump Jr. for supporting conspiracies about Parkland students: ‘Your brain is not functioning’ (Remember, Don Jr. likes killing and posing with endangered species. That’s all you need to know about this sociopath.)
- Donald Trump Jr. makes embarrassing comments about India while promoting Trump property (“You go through a town, and I don’t mean to be glib about it, but you can see the poorest of the poor and there is still a smile on a face.” The f***???)
- ‘I’m pissed!’: Trump-supporting dad screams at the president after his daughter was murdered in Parkland
- Duke Says Atlantic Coast Pipeline Cost Will Top $6B (“Duke Energy, along with lead developer Dominion Energy of Virginia, previously said the pipeline would cost $5 billion.” This is going to be a massive waste of money.)
- Kaine Co-Sponsors Bipartisan Childhood Cancer Bill
- Democrat vying to challenge GOP Rep. Scott Taylor voted for him twice (Does the DCCC vet its “red-to-blue” candidates at all?)
- As Trump administration holds hearing in Richmond area, Virginia officials vow to fight offshore drilling
- Va. House speaker drops a few names — Trump and Pence — in Medicaid pitch (“Kirk Cox pitches expansion as a way to ‘work with the Trump administration’ and emulate Pence.” Hahahaha.)
- Some Virginia Republicans finally have an epiphany on Medicaid (Yeah, an “epiphany” after they got their asses kicked last November.)
- Pending Va. law will affect utility bills for a decade. Here’s what you need to know. (“Consumers would likely give up rate reductions in return for energy transformation” Let’s see if we really get that.)
- Hopes run high for historic Metro deals in Maryland and Virginia, but crucial details remain unresolved (“The transit system is closer than ever to getting dedicated funding, with hurdles still to overcome.”)
- Virginia House and Senate: A tale of two budgets
- Editorial: Some good ideas for health care (If the RTD editorial board thinks they’re good ideas, they’re almost certainly bad ideas.)
- Long: Virginia doesn’t need more gambling
- Activists Oppose Drilling off Virginia’s Coast
- S. Chris Jones: Virginia’s path forward on health care reform (Virginia Republicans are really pushing this “we’re just like Mike Pence” line hard, trying to cover their right flanks…)
- Report: Truck hit by GOP train was on tracks after warning (Great metaphor for our country, hit by the GOP train after many warnings, actually.)
- Three 6th District candidates cry foul after GOP forum at Liberty University (“Allegations first were leveled publicly by candidate Ed Justo, a lawyer from Harrisonburg, who took to Facebook to claim candidate Cynthia Dunbar was fed answers teleprompter-style at Saturday’s forum.”)
- Alexandria worried about delay in money from state for sewer system repairs
- Much cooler and damp into Friday; A warmer weekend but showers linger
