by Lowell
Here are a few national and Virginia news headlines, political and otherwise, for Tuesday, May 10. And yes, 2013 Virginia GOP Lt. Governor nominee E.W. Jackson strikes again, this time on Attorney General Loretta Lynch’s announcement of a DOJ lawsuit against NC over transgender people using the bathroom.
- Why Trump Won’t Get Sanders’ Supporters (“He’s making a populist play for ‘Bernie Bros’ in the Midwest, but the ideological differences are too great.”)
- Needing Money, Trump Does About-Face and Turns to G.O.P.
- The many ways Republicans are distancing themselves from Trump (“Each seems to have a different method.”)
- Trump’s victory is leading to lunacy in high places (“With the billionaire all but coronated, the GOP is cracking up.”)
- Democrats see Clinton and Warren as dream team (“Amid concerns that supporters of Bernie Sanders will choose to stay home on Election Day, a number of Democrats see a Clinton-Warren alliance as an all-woman dream team that could ignite deep enthusiasm in the progressive base and make the 2016 Democratic presidential ticket truly historic. “)
- Trump refutes Trump (“Pinning down the candidate’s zigzagging positions has been an exercise in futility.”)
- Why Republicans Who Hate Trump Are Afraid to Say So (“The consequences of breaking with the party are heavy. But what about the consequences of loyalty to a bad cause?”)
- In Loudoun, Clinton touts equal pay, lower student debt
- US Justice Department sues North Carolina over transgender bathroom law
- Jon Stewart goes on rant against ‘man-baby’ Trump
- Cantor backs Trump (Yep, that’s Eric Can’tor for ya.)
- Conservative Radio Host: You Embrace Trump, “You Embrace Every Slur, Every Insult, Every Outrage, Every Falsehood”
- McAuliffe held Va. record for restoring felon voting rights before his blanket action (“True.”)
- McAuliffe’s short-lived Supreme Court pick starts new career as mediator
- Why GMU’s faculty should push back on naming the law school for Scalia
- Thieves in Fairfax County taking tires and rims from parked vehicles
- Showers continue this week with cool temperatures and cloudy skies
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