by Lowell
Here are a few national and Virginia news headlines, political and otherwise, for Thursday, March 24. Also, gotta give President Obama credit for trying to do the tango; when in Argentina, do like the Argentines I guess. 🙂
- Security forces missed chances to disrupt ISIS plotters (“Despite raids and detentions, network behind France plot retained power to strike again”)
- Paul Ryan’s cowardly neutrality on Trump (A liar, a right wingnut AND a coward — what a guy!)
- As the GOP slides toward Trump, Mr. Ryan is a not-so-innocent bystander (What amazes me is how many Republicans refuse to just say the obvious, that they won’t vote for the carnival clown/neo-fascist bigot.)
- Obama, new Argentine leader work to break from past tensions
- Campaign ’16: Vowing to defeat ISIS, Clinton takes on Trump
- Campaign ’16: Cruz emboldened, but needs a near miracle to catch Trump
- Paul Ryan looks past Trump: The speaker is preparing for a GOP civil war (“With a Trump-inspired Republican crack-up looming, Paul Ryan positions himself to take control in the aftermath”)
- Sean Hannity Attacks Jorge Ramos For Pointing Out Trump’s Bigoted, Anti-Immigrant Rhetoric (It’s really hard to decide who’s more disgusting — Hannity, Bill O’LIElly, or so many others at Fox.)
- The recipe for a Trump defeat: Don’t let the primaries fool you, the ingredients are there for a happy November for Democrats
- Donald Trump Hates Women (“It’s the one position he’s never changed.”)
- North Carolina’s GOP Just Fast-Tracked the Broadest Anti-LGBT Bill in the Country (“The new law strikes down all existing LGBT anti-discrimination laws in the state.” Great job, Republicans — not!!!)
- The Supreme Court Flirts With Chaos At Today’s Birth Control Argument (Thanks a lot Alito, Roberts and Thomas…)
- N.F.L.’s Concussion Research Deeply Flawed (“An investigation by The New York Times raises questions about the league’s concussion research, which is far more flawed than previously known, and its relationship with the tobacco industry.” That league is bad news any way you look at it.)
- McAuliffe vetoes bill on voter registration requirements
- Intense seismic sound blasts are next big concern for anti-drilling advocates (“Opponents of oil and gas drilling along the East Coast breathed sighs of relief last week when federal officials announced that the Atlantic had been dropped from the next offshore leasing plan. Now they are focusing on what they see as another threat.”)
- NRA’s LaPierre praises Liberty University’s gun policies in convocation speech (Appalling as always from both the NRA and the Orwellian-named “Liberty” U.)
- Bunch: Rebuild coalfields with green energy
- Editorial: The horrifying death of Jamycheal Mitchell
- Editorial: More corporate welfare for Norfolk (“The Norfolk Virginian-Pilot reports that Virginia ‘plans to give $6.8 million to human-resources firm ADP to entice the company to bring at least 1,800 jobs to downtown Norfolk.'”)
- Virginia Beach class will explain how to help someone with a heroin, painkiller overdose
- Exuberant spring warmth today, light showers arrive overnight
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