Thursday News: “Why the Clinton email scandal is so boring;” “Trumpism: Made in Europe”

by Lowell

Here are a few national and Virginia news headlines, political and otherwise, for Thursday, May 26.

• Trump’s attacks on fellow Republicans stoke doubts he’ll unite the party
• Obama: Trump Candidacy Has ‘Rattled’ World Leaders
• Donald Trump Tried to Cheat Veterans out of $1 Million
• Vox Sentences: Why the Clinton email scandal is so boring (“… it doesn’t unearth any newly damning details, which means the people who already think Clinton’s email scandal is criminal and those who don’t will both feel validated.”)
• Trumpism: Made in Europe
• With Endangered Species Act Under Attack, Obama Manages to Score 99 Wildlife Wins (First of all, it’s an absolute disgrace that Republicans are attacking the Endangered Species Act and nature in general. Second, thank you President Obama for standing up to these sociopaths!)
• Paul Ryan’s soap opera with Donald Trump (“He has a stark choice to make: tie his and his party’s future to Trump, or walk away.”)
• Why ‘Hillary Is Even Worse’ Doesn’t Cut It
• How much does Trump lie? Let us count the ways.
• What does the new Inspector General report actually tell us about Hillary Clinton’s emails? (“…there weren’t really any practical consequences for the country because of her decision — no covert operations compromised, no key national security information delivered to our enemies. And cybersecurity experts will tell you that her emails likely would have been no less vulnerable had they been on the State Department’s servers, which are the target of constant hacking attempts.”)
• Trump fires top aide (“Rick Wiley’s departure comes after he clashed with a Lewandowski loyalist.”)
• Elizabeth Warren Knows How to Attack Trump. Why Doesn’t Hillary? (“What kind of a man does that?”)
• The Dems’ lethal weapon: Elizabeth Warren is the only Democrat that can cut Donald Trump down to size (“Elizabeth Warren has proven herself to be the most effective Clinton surrogate, and the party’s best Trump antidote”)
• Gun nut: Trump, the one with the “best words,” is incoherent when talking about firearms — and everything else (“Trump’s only strategy is to be contrarian — even to his own positions on gun laws “)
• Diving into Whitewater: Donald Trump is trying to create a scandal fog around Hillary Clinton
• How a 2013 Governor’s Race Explains Clinton–Trump (“Two unpopular candidates battering each other in a contest over identity: What happened in Virginia doesn’t bode well for the country.”)
• Virginia Gov. Terry McAuliffe Invited Chinese Donor to Hillary Clinton’s Home
• Confederate flag appeal argued in Virginia Supreme Court
• Editorial: Redistricting, done the wrong way in Virginia (“An independent commission may be the answer, but leaders better get busy if they expect to meet a 2021 deadline.’)
• McAuliffe blasts federal investigators for ‘leak’ of campaign finance probe
• McAuliffe attorney says feds found no crime, rebuts ‘false information’ on probe’s focus
• The GOP’s voting rights lawsuit would perpetuate injustice
• Governor asks agencies to curtail spending now to help with next budget
• Virginian-Pilot editorial: Mitchell investigation must move forward (“The Virginia State Police confirmed last week that it had begun a criminal inquiry into the death of Jamycheal Mitchell, the 24-year-old with a history of mental illness who was found dead in his cell at the Hampton Roads Regional Jail.”)
• Update: McAuliffe attorney says FBI investigation is not about campaign contributions (“… but on whether McAuliffe lobbied the U.S. government on behalf of foreign entities”)
• Editorial: felons, ballots and bullets (“Here’s a condition we would like: Felons are still barred from ever having guns.”)
• Energy company hears from those for and against wind power project
• Teen in Manassas City ‘sexting’ case sues Prince William prosecutor, detective for civil rights violations
• Norfolk is bringing free public Wi-Fi to Park Place with more neighborhoods on the horizon
• Humidity climbs today and summery into Sunday