by Lowell
Here are a few national and Virginia news headlines, political and otherwise, for Monday, May 9.
- Charles M. Blow: G.O.P. Has Only Itself to Blame (“Now, that man — simultaneously an unbelievable joke and an undeniable threat — is on the verge of ripping the party, and indeed the country, apart.”)
- Paul Krugman: The Making of an Ignoramus (“Truly, Donald Trump knows nothing. He is more ignorant about policy than you can possibly imagine, even when you take into account the fact that he is more ignorant than you can possibly imagine.”)
- RedState’s Ben Howe: The Republican Party Is “Getting A Sociopathic Maniac” As Its Presidential Nominee
- Media Slam Trump’s “Insane” Plan To Default On U.S. Debt (Wow, the media actually did something for a change?)
- Trump Warning to Ryan Signals Further Discord in the G.O.P. (“Donald J. Trump’s refusal to rule out removing Paul D. Ryan, the speaker of the House, as the chairman of the Republican convention deepened a rift in the party.”)
- Donald Trump breaks the GOP (“The presumptive nominee talks of unity, but the divide between Republican voters and party elite looks unbridgeable.”)
- Trump Confronted With Reality That His New Economic Idea Would Destroy The Global Economy (And of course he has no answer.)
- Make America empathetic again (“Clinton’s visit to Appalachia represents one of the admirable moments of her campaign.”)
- Trump’s gonna be Trump: There’s no way in hell he can remake himself for the general election (“For all those worried that Trump can successfully turn himself into a legit politician, don’t fret — he can’t”)
- Op-Ed The Republican Party is dead (And if not, it sure needs to be at this point.)
- Virginian-Pilot editorial: Carolina should know when to fold on HB2
- Clinton to talk work-life balance Monday in Loudoun (“Hillary Clinton returns to Virginia today to discuss work-family balance with women and families in Loudoun County.”)
- Ben Rhodes: How We Advocated for the Iran Deal
- Exxon scrambles to contain climate crusade (“A green campaign to make the company pay for climate change is besieging the oil industry and its conservative allies.”)
- Editorial: Political inquisitions on the rise (I need to go back and check to see if the Republican Times-Disgrace also defended the tobacco industry’s orchestrated campaign of lies about the adverse impacts of their products, just like the fossil fuel industry today.)
- Restoring Virginians’ voting rights (“Republicans trying to overturn the governor’s order will primarily harm African Americans.”)
- Editorial: Difficult, but needed fixes ahead for Metro
- Planned Metro disruptions won’t bring commute to a halt (“Station closings and single-tracking will be difficult, but this isn’t a formula for regional gridlock.”)
- Four battle for GOP nomination in 5th Congressional District (“The party picks its standard bearer in a convention May 14. The GOP nominee will face Democrat Jane Dittmar”)
- Botetourt wind farm developer files plan, seeks to avoid bat deaths
- Virginia Beach squares up for showdown with regional trash authority
- Another cooler than normal week with daily shower chances
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