by Lowell
Here are a few national and Virginia news headlines, political and otherwise, for Tuesday, May 31.
- Memorial Day: Trump’s War On Climate Action Would Ensure A World Of Wars
- Obama in Hiroshima recalled MacArthur in Tokyo (“Barack Obama is the first sitting president to visit Hiroshima. He rose to the occasion.” Wow, this is from the Republican Times-Disgrace editorial board???)
- Congressional Republicans are playing games with a public-health emergency (If Zika becomes a huge problem in the US, we know the ones to blame – Republicans.)
- Trump’s tragic, rolling bluster (“An embarrassingly small rally caps off a bad week for the presumptive GOP nominee.”)
- Trump has taught me to fear my fellow Americans (Anyone who supports a fascist is either super confused or a fascist themselves.)
- The most depressing moment of the 2016 race (“GOP leaders make the terrible mistake of surrendering to Trump.”)
- The Seven Broken Guardrails of Democracy (“The American republic was long safeguarded by settled norms, now shattered by the rise of Donald Trump.”)
- Trump Unleashes Tirade After Bill Kristol Says Independent Candidate Will Run (That’s what the emotionally unstable Trump does, unleashes tirades.)
- The disaster that would be Vice President Newt Gingrich: Giving him the power he’s hungry for is downright dangerous
- Elizabeth Warren for VP? It makes more sense now than it did just a few weeks ago (“The state of the Democratic Party and the emergence of Trump have created a unique opportunity for Warren”)
- Libertarians Are Loons (“The only way for Gary Johnson to succeed is to leave his party behind.” Sure, but so are Trump Republicans.))
- This Is What Happens When You Make Trump Commander In Chief (“Some of things that Trump is going to get the military to do over their objections include deliberately murdering innocent civilians, indiscriminately bombing civilian areas, and committing torture.”)
- Stephen Hawking: ‘Trump is a demagogue
- Sessions to GOP: Adapt to Trump or die (As usual, Jeff Sessions has it exactly backwards.)
- Editorial: Extending express lanes key to ‘unlock gridlock’ (Actually, smart growth is the key, but whatever…)
- Forbes’ cash buys bigger megaphone in tough primary fight
- Virginian-Pilot editorial: Legislators: Hands off higher ed. Part II
- Former ‘visionary’ Virginia Tech President T. Marshall Hahn dies
- With Metro’s big rebuild project looming, some in Washington are still in denial
- Arlington County Board race: Liberal challenger against maverick incumbent (“Arlington’s June 14 primary pits an admittedly wonky, progressive candidate against a political veteran who has infuriated her party by shunning the liberal stances that are a hallmark of this diverse, wealthy, inside-the-Beltway community.”)
- Land in Franklin and Roanoke counties to come under state protection
- Chesapeake seeks development proposals before law changes, in hopes of higher impact fees
- Newport News officials already prepping for the June primary elections
- Warm weather, some sunshine and shower chances through the week
![Tuesday News: “Zelenskyy says Putin has ‘not broken’ Ukrainians as country marks 4 years of Russia’s all-out war”; “U.S. women’s hockey team declines Trump’s invitation to the State of the Union” (and We Shouldn’t Watch It Either); “After beating Trump, [Virginia] offshore wind project aims to produce power next month”](https://bluevirginia.us/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/montage022426.jpg)
