by Lowell
Here are a few national and Virginia news headlines, political and otherwise, for Friday, July 1. Also, check out the video (from Catherine Koebel Stromberg) of a protest outside Rep. Bob BADlatte’s office against gun violence and Bob’s utter refusal to act.
- Can Donald Trump Even Count on a Convention Polling Bounce? (“His rise defied political orthodoxy. His collapse just might, too.”)
- Right-Wing Media Abandon Facts To Support Trump’s Call For Waterboarding (Demented and sick.)
- GOP leaders: Put your country before your party (“Donald Trump is unable to pivot into the kind of president principled conservatives want.”)
- Donald Trump starts a trade war — with the Republican Party
- Gingrich, Christie are the leading candidates to be Trump’s running mate (Ee gads, utterly pathetic.)
- Trump’s conspiracy theories find an audience (Very disturbing.)
- Trump Points Out Plane, Says It’s Mexico “Getting Ready To Attack” (Seriously, Trump is deranged.)
- Lynch to Accept Guidance of F.B.I. in Clinton Email Inquiry
- Trump: ‘Why am I not doing better in the polls?’ (Because you’re corrupt, utterly unqualified, a bigot, a dictator wannabe, a buffoon with a dumpster fire campaign, etc?)
- Public vetting of Tim Kaine begins ahead of Clinton VP decision
- Tim Kaine Is Too Boring to Be Clinton’s Running Mate
- Insiders: Clinton dominates Trump on the ground (“‘I can honestly say I have never seen a Republican presidential campaign with this weak of a field presence,’ said a Florida Republican.”)
- Donald Trump on Jimmy the Greek’s Racist Slurs About Black Athletes: “He Was Doing OK ’Til He Said He Was Sorry”
- North Carolina’s in play: The red state just might be up for grabs in November (“Republicans are slipping in the state they’ve won in eight of the last nine elections”)
- Trump parts ways with newly hired digital strategist (Vince Harris is the founder of the aptly-named Virginia political blog “Too Conservative.”)
- Warner, Kaine announce more than $18M in anti-terrorism funding for Va.
- Can Bernie Sanders Take Yes for an Answer? (“He’s already moved Clinton and the Dems to the left.”)
- Clinton hires veteran Virginia staffers for swing state campaign
- Editorial: We Need Leaders Who Know When to Shut Up; Burgos Should Step Down (Except that if Burgos has to step down, then so do many other Virginia Republicans, including their anti-Semitic “jokester” Chair John Whitbeck.)
- Shepherd: McAuliffe Knows Virginia is for Clean Energy Lovers (It’s fascinating how enviro groups are so deeply divided on this.)
- SCC approves three Dominion Virginia Power solar projects
- Pruning has begun in mayoral election (“Richmond’s registrar has certified eight mayoral candidates for the November election. The process pruned five from the 13 who filed to run. Others previously had dropped out of the contest. Eight contenders still make a crowded field.”)
- Hundreds will watch swearing in of Norfolk’s new mayor, Kenny Alexander
- Miles: Botetourt County right to back wind farm
- Opioid misuse in Appalachia topic of high-level meeting
- A few showers or storms today, nicer Saturday and maybe Sunday; Independence Day still uncertain
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