by Lowell
Here are a few national and Virginia news headlines, political and otherwise, for Saturday, July 30. Also check out the White House weekly address, in which retired Federal Judge Timothy Lewis joins Vice President Joe Biden “to discuss the nomination of Chief Judge Merrick Garland to the Supreme Court of the United States.”
- Wisconsin ruling hands voting rights activists a second legal victory (“Hours after a federal appeals court struck down North Carolina’s voting restrictions, saying they were intended to blunt the clout of black voters, a judge said Wisconsin’s voter-ID law is ‘a cure worse than the disease.'”)
- North Carolina’s Voting Law Struck Down as Racist (The court makes clear what many of us have known for a long time now – voter ID laws are blatantly racist.)
- Wonkblog: The ‘smoking gun’ proving N.C. Republicans tried to disenfranchise black voters (These racist, unAmerican voter disenfranchisement laws need to be struck down in every single state – including Virginia’s – that has them. Two down, a dozen or more to go…)
- Seven Minutes That Shook the Convention (“How the father of slain Muslim soldier shamed Donald Trump, upstaged Hillary Clinton—and did it without notes.”)
- Democrats Are Now the Party of Optimism (“Infused with the spirit of the black church, the Democrats became the party of optimism.”)
- Trump team launches post-convention assault against Clinton (Just remember, basically every word they say is a lie.)
- On the Clinton-Kaine bus, a hope for the electricity of Clinton-Gore
- The GOP is becoming the party of exclusion. Who wants to be a part of that? (“In accepting Donald Trump, the GOP is becoming the party of marginalization, with hints of oppression to come.”)
- How entangled with Russia is Trump? (“His tax returns could clarify the degree of his financial relationship with Moscow.”)
- Islam, Equality, and Pocket Constitutions: How the DNC Did Religious Liberty Right
- Who Loves America? (“So if it seems strange to you that these days Democrats are sounding patriotic while Republicans aren’t, you just weren’t paying attention. The people who now seem to love America always did; the people who suddenly no longer sound like patriots never were.”)
- Update: Kaine and Clinton hit the campaign trail in Pennsylvania
- Clinton SayS We. Trump Says I. (“The fundamental choice in this election is between Trump’s ‘I’ and Hillary’s ‘We.'”)
- Tim Kaine: I Still Disagree With Clinton On Anti-Abortion Hyde Amendment
- Former Fox News Booker Says She Was Sexually Harassed and ‘Psychologically Tortured’ by Roger Ailes for More Than 20 Years
- Russian Spies Said to Hack Systems Used in Clinton’s Run (And Trump thinks that’s great!)
- David Brooks: The Democrats Win the Summer (“Trump has abandoned the Judeo-Christian aspirations that have always represented America’s highest moral ideals: toward love, charity, humility, goodness, faith, temperance and gentleness.”)
- Clinton Portrayal of Trump as Dictator Aims at Both Sides (“Democrats are moving to recast the race as a national emergency that requires voters of all stripes to band together against Donald J. Trump as a singularly menacing candidate.” It happens to be true.)
- Report: Fox Executives Knew, Covered Up Roger Ailes’ Predatory Sexual Harassment For Over 20 Years (That network is a stinking cesspool.)
- Lawyers in McDonnell corruption case are given 30 days to file briefs
- Virginia sets Aug. 8 deadline to cancel voter registration of felons in now-overturned orders by Gov. Terry McAuliffe
- McAuliffe walks line between Clinton’s needs and his goals
- GOP vice presidential nominee Mike Pence coming to Virginia Beach next week (Just what we need, someone who is rabidly anti-LGBT, who doesn’t “believe” in evolution, etc.)
- Our view: Virginia Supreme Court says 1688 still matters (Can we say “hyperbole much?”)
- Women in Virginia delegation inspired by Clinton’s historic moment
- Richmond officials: Police investigation of Mayor Jones’ administration nearing completion
- Metro suspends service through Saturday after train derailment in Virginia (“No serious injuries were reported, but tracks were significantly damaged between West Falls Church/McLean and Ballston.”)
- Chesapeake man was tortured and killed by Houthi rebels in Yemen, federal lawsuit says
- Richardson: Outside money shouldn’t elect Richmond’s mayor
- Weekend rain chances peak today, but it stays showery on Sunday
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