by Lowell
Here are a few national and Virginia news headlines, political and otherwise, for Friday, April 22. Also, check out Prince’s 2004 guitar solo on “While My Guitar Gently Weeps” at the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.
- Earth Day: Are we at the beginning of a new geological era? (“The environmental movement has made progress, but much work remains to protect the planet from manmade changes.”)
- Why Obama should urge Britain to stay in the E.U. (“The United States can’t afford for the U.K. to lose its foothold as a world leader.”)
- Atmospheric CO2 Leaps into Uncharted Territory: 408 ppm (If you know anything, you know this is terrifying and needs to be stopped/reversed ASAP. That means getting off of coal immediately, then oil and natural gas soon thereafter.)
- Once a thug, always a thug: Donald Trump will never (ever) be presidential
- Trump team tells GOP he has been ‘projecting an image’ (An “image” as a neo-fascist, bigot, etc.)
- Delegates face death threats from Trump supporters (Not surprising, given that Trump is a thug.)
- Trump Doesn’t Have A Monopoly On Intolerant Supporters
- For Once, Something Genuinely Good for the Earth Is Happening on Earth Day (“World leaders are in New York City to sign the first global agreement on climate change.”)
- Cruz’s paranoid adviser: By aligning with an Islamophobe, Cruz is embracing ludicrous right-wing conspiracy theories (Cruz also has the raving, drooling nutjob EW Jackson in his corner. Not to mention Cruz’s own bat****-crazy father!)
- Mourning Prince and David Bowie, who showed there’s no one right way to be a man
- Raunchy Prince was actually a conservative Christian who reportedly opposed gay marriage
- Senator Warner Backs New Security Measures for Airports
- A Clinton/Warren ticket? VP shortlist fuels rampant speculation (I think this is getting more and more likely.)
- We Fact-Checked A High-Profile Article On Climate And Energy. It Wasn’t Pretty.
- Biden hits back at Clinton’s criticism of Sanders (“I don’t think any Democrat’s ever won saying, ‘We can’t think that big — we ought to really downsize here because it’s not realistic,’” Biden said. “C’mon man, this is the Democratic Party! I’m not part of the party that says, ‘Well, we can’t do it.’”)
- Krugman: In Hamilton’s Debt (Tubman “will replace Andrew Jackson, a populist who campaigned against elites but was also, unfortunately, very much a racist, arguably an advocate of what we would nowadays call white supremacy. Hmm. Does that make you think about any currently prominent political figures?”)
- Limbaugh Suggests Nondiscrimination Laws For Transgender People Allow Predators To Kidnap Children On Playgrounds (My god…)
- Lawsuit says Virginia jailers abused autistic inmate (Utterly unacceptable.)
- Wittman creates PAC to run for governor (“The Republican is also seeking re-election to Congress”)
- Virginian-Pilot editorial: Be grateful for that veto pen (“House Majority Leader Kirk Cox used a few minutes of Wednesday’s veto session to offer his critique of Gov. Terry McAuliffe’s job performance. He heaped his indignation on the chief executive’s eagerness to exercise veto power in recent weeks.”)
- Two Democrats will compete in primary for late John Miller’s state Senate seat (“Del. Monty Mason and Newport News School Board member Shelly Simonds will compete in a Democratic primary for an open state Senate seat on the Peninsula.”)
- Bob McCabe says he’s challenging Norfolk’s status quo (“Bob McCabe has been sheriff for 22 years. Yet in his race for mayor of Norfolk, he’s running like the outsider, with fewer endorsements and less financial backing than the other two candidates. McCabe says that’s exactly why voters should pick him: He’s the only candidate who would bring real change.”)
- Searchers find body thought to be missing Fairfax firefighter, officials say (“Police do not confirm the body is Nicole Mittendorff’s, but say the search for her has been suspended”)
- Stoney launches mayoral bid, promising ‘new energy’ at City Hall (The odds-on favorite by far.)
- Newport News School Board candidates talk bullying, bathrooms
- Al Bedrosian says broadband plan is government plot (WTF???)
- Showers, storms, and slight mugginess today before drier conditions return this weekend
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