by Lowell
Here are a few national and Virginia news headlines, political and otherwise, for Sunday, March 13.
- Donald Trump’s spur to violence (“His rhetoric is inciting the thuggery spilling over at his rallies.” The only question is who will stand against this fascist and who will stand with him.)
- President Obama’s brutal assessment of the rise of Donald Trump (It’s not “brutal,” it’s “factual.”)
- Is it possible to contain what Donald Trump has unleashed? (“The racially tinged anger that has fueled his political rise — and stoked the opposition to it — has turned into a force unto itself.” What is this “racially tinged” weasel word crap? Use the accurate word “racist,” journalists!)
- Trump Blames “Thugs” for Shocking Violence at Rally (Everyone Else Blames Trump)
- Donald Trump Jr. Cites White Nationalist To Push Anti-Sanders Conspiracy Theory
- Donald Trump vows to ruin protesters’ lives by pressing charges: ‘Their lives are gonna be ruined’ (Actually, Trump needs to be charged with incitement to violence, and his campaign manager quite possibly with actual violence.)
- The indisputable disaster of GOP governors: How Jindal, Brownback & Snyder have sold their constituents up the river
- Rubio Blames Obama And ‘The Left’ For Violence At Trump Rallies (The hell???)
- Republicans blame Trump for climate of violence (“Rubio and Kasich waver on supporting the GOP front-runner if he wins the nomination.” Why are they wavering and not just saying they won’t vote for him? This is a no brainer.)
- Trump blames Sanders for chaos at his rallies (“Sanders hits back, ‘Donald Trump is showing the American people that he is a pathological liar.'” Yep, and a sociopath.)
- Larry David kills it on SNL as Bernie Sanders telling fanatical supporters ‘Thanks — but get a life!’
- CBS reporter arrested at cancelled Chicago rally described racism he faced from Trump supporters
- Edward O. Wilson: The Global Solution to Extinction (“The only way to save upward of 90 percent of the rest of life is to vastly increase the area of refuges, from their current 15 percent of the land and 3 percent of the sea to half of the land and half of the sea. That amount, as I and others have shown, can be put together from large and small fragments around the world to remain relatively natural, without removing people living there or changing property rights.” Let’s do it!)
- Virginia lawmakers wrap up session, send $105 billion budget to governor(“The legislature reached a compromise on gun laws and clashed over nominations to the state Supreme Court.”)
- McEachin: It’s time to clear the air in the commonwealth (So true, and to be part of the multi-trillion-dollar world market for clean energy in the 21st century!)
- This is where right-wing radicalism is festering: While the nation watches the presidential race, there are scary things happening at state legislatures (Bingo. We need to pay a LOT more attention to the states and a lot LESS attention to the presidential race.)
- Reasons the assembly’s 2016 session mattered
- Schapiro: GOP Bork-ing of Jane Roush has chilling effect (“In addition to raising doubts about the independence of the Virginia judiciary, Roush’s unceremonious removal is likely to have a chilling effect. Lawyers with judicial ambitions will reconsider whether they’re worth the aggravation.”)
- General Assembly lawmakers rebuke college presidents (“… for attempting to prevent the pending two-year state budget from limiting the institutions’ ability to raise student tuition.”)
- Trump supporter’s Virginia house vandalized (Not acceptable.)
- A win for developers, new state proffer law frustrates Chesapeake (“Starting this summer, developers coming to the City Council with new projects may be able to offer significantly less in impact fees than their predecessors, under legislation signed by the governor this week.”)
- Attempts to limit tuition increases splits General Assembly
- McAuliffe headed abroad to meet with troops
- Sen. Kaine visits Fredericksburg battlefield to see land to be preserved through a federal grant
- Cloudy and showery at times into early Tuesday
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