Thursday News: “Trump Is ‘So Damn Dangerous'”; “Unfiltered Voices from Trump Rallies” Are a Disturbing Thing

by Lowell

Here are a few national and Virginia news headlines, political and otherwise, for Thursday, August 4. Also check out Rep. Don Beyer, at last night’s ACDC meeting, arguing that Donald Trump “is the epitome of the anti-role model…We were taught to love and Donald Trump has filled the airways with hate…Donald Trump is the very opposite of the Golden Rule.”

• GOP reaches ‘new level of panic’ over Trump’s candidacy (LOL)
• GOP frustrations with Trump mount as allies weigh options
• George Will: Trump’s shallowness runs deep (“His unceasing prevarications hurt his party and his nation.”)
• Unfiltered Voices From Trump Rallies (“Mr. Trump’s supporters often chant vitriolic, even violent slogans at his campaign events. Our reporters documented examples.” Really, really ugly…the worst of America right here.)
• Trump just downgraded Clinton from ‘the devil’ to the ‘founder of ISIS’ (“Even as Donald Trump’s team and Republicans have expressed the hope that he’ll tone it down, his name-calling is only getting more hyperbolic, not less.”)
• It’s worth asking again: Is Donald Trump trying to tank his campaign? (“Trump’s outlandish behavior leaves two possibilities: either he’s truly unhinged or he’s looking for a way out” I’d vote for “truly unhinged.”)
• The Republican Party has lost its soul (It hasn’t really had one since Newt Gingrich and his 1994 “Contract ON America.”)
• Trump’s shrinking electoral map (“There are growing signs that Colorado, a key Western swing state, is no longer in play.”)
• Someone Needs an Intervention Here, and It’s Not Donald Trump (“Reince, buddy. You’re in denial.”)
• I was Capt. Khan’s commander in Iraq. The Khan family is our family. (“Any attack on them is an attack on all patriotic and loyal Americans.”)
• Blow: Trump Reflects White Male Fragility
• It’s friend against friend in the Republican civil war
• Donald Trump is spinning a loaded electoral conspiracy theory (The only question is how much damage this sociopathic liar will do leading up to, and possibly following, the election in November. And then there are his supporters…ugh.)
• Former Nuke Weapons Officer Goes Off: Trump Is ‘So Damn Dangerous’
• How Long Has MSNBC’s Joe Scarborough Sat On The Trump-Nuclear Weapons Story?
• After He Made Birther Remarks, CNN’s Corey Lewandowski Nightmare Is Now A National Embarrassment (“Dozens Of Media Figures Slam CNN And Lewandowski For Birther Debacle”)
• Huelskamp’s Defeat in Kansas Notches Win for GOP Leaders, Business Groups (Yet ANOTHER big loss for Ken Cuccinelli, who whined, “GOP leaders believe that if conservatives stand up for their principles, they should be defeated.”)
• ‘WHITE LIVES MATTER’: A radical counter-movement erupts in response to Black Lives Matter, with racist activists working hard to spread its claims. (“But the movement set off a reaction among many whites and others who insisted that ‘every life’ matters, in the words of one-time presidential candidate Jim Webb.”)
• Fox News Poll Shows Clinton Leading Trump By Double Digits
• Former SEAL and U.S. House candidate Scott Taylor urged Trump to apologize to parents of fallen Army officer
• Virginia veterans to rebuke Trump’s recent actions Thursday evening in Norfolk
• Is Tim Kaine mean enough for Trump? (“‘America’s Dad’ is signaling that slashing partisan attacks aren’t exactly his style.”)
• Child vaccination debate surges during legislature’s Joint Commission meeting
• Pro/Con: Is UVa’s strategic investment fund a good idea or a slush pile? (“The University of Virginia’s Strategic Investment Fund is anything but a so-called ‘slush fund,’ as it recently has been mischaracterized. That makes for catchy headlines, but it is false and irresponsible. In truth, this fund is as an extraordinary opportunity to improve academic quality, help minimize tuition costs and student debt, conduct research that benefits society, and offer world-class medical care.”)
• Dollar Tree expansion to add 600 jobs in Hampton Roads
• Pence adds Thursday stop in Norfolk (Pence is disgracing himself every day he stays on a ticket with Trump.)
• Tim Kaine campaigns in North Carolina
• Tim Kaine visiting Milwaukee on Friday
• Roanoke area receives 21 Syrian refugees since May, part of nationwide surge
• Khan for Virginia legislature? An online petition is gaining steam. (As I noted yesterday – yet again before the Post had the story – this is an overwhelmingly “red” district that went heavily for friggin’ EW Jackson. If I were Khan, I wouldn’t do it.)
• EXCLUSIVE: Errant email reveals Rep. Comstock’s political strategist side (She is little more than a right-wing political operative, and a very ambitious one at that.)
• Supreme Court issues stay in transgender bathroom case, blocking teen’s use of boys’ bathroom (“The high court’s decision halts a court order that would have allowed a transgender teen to use the boys’ bathroom in his Virginia school while it awaits a petition from the school board.”)
• Comfortably sunny and dry today, heat and t’storms return Saturday