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National and Virginia News Headlines: Wednesday Morning

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lowkell
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Here are a few national and Virginia news headlines, political and otherwise, for Wednesday, August 5. Also, check out Jeb Bush handing Democrats two excellent talking points for the general election. Thanks Jeb! 🙂

*President Obama’s Tough, Achievable Climate Plan

*Jeb Bush’s ad-lib offers Dems another gift (“He questions the amount of government support for women’s health programs.” Keep on talkin’ ol’ Jeb boy! LOL)

*What If Trump Wins? (If he actually became President, our country would be doomed, but other than that…)

*Perry out, Kasich in: Fox News announces the participants in Thursday night’s debate

*A wealthy oligarchy of donors is dominating the 2016 election (Thanks a lot Chief Justice Roberts…not!)

*A strategy forms to combat the Islamic State (“U.S. policy now appears to be working in tandem with Russia, Saudi Arabia and Turkey, a rare alignment – although Iran remains a potential spoiler.”)

*Kaine announces support for Iran deal

*Iran deal foes spend big, get little so far (Ha ha.)

*The hideous truth about Donald Trump: Why the “Trump Surge” is here to stay – even if his campaign isn’t (“The forces animating the Donald’s soaring popularity are omnipresent: The deep-seated anxieties of white America”)

*Lawns are a soul-crushing timesuck and most of us would be better off without them (Also an environmental disaster. Replace them with native/pollinator-friendly plantings, fruit trees, anything but sod.)

*Unnecessary misstep from the governor (“Virginia’s system should be changed to empower bar associations, or similarly qualified panels, to recommend a list of candidates from which the governor can nominate, and for lawmakers to confirm or reject the governor’s selection.”)

*Virginia central in national redistricting fight

*McAuliffe to lead national redistricting effort by Democrats (“McAuliffe will co-chair a new redistricting fund aimed at ensuring Democratic governors in key states hold power in 2020, when states will begin redrawing congressional maps.”)

*Gov. McAuliffe Weighs in on VP Biden, Virginia Economy (“Governor Terry McAuliffe added he considers Joe Biden a friend and thinks he would make a great candidate.”)

*Virginia not part of fetal tissue program (“…while Planned Parenthood operates seven clinics in Virginia, six of which offer first-trimester abortions – any conducted after the first trimester must be performed in a hospital – none participate in the fetal tissue donation program”)

*Goodlatte: Criminal justice reform proposal coming next month (If Goodlatte has anything to do with it, you know it will be bad.)

*Atlantic Coast Pipeline survey case in Nelson County still undecided

*Solar energy farm on the horizon for Isle of Wight (“sle of Wight County – and one family farm in particular – may be host to a major solar energy farm if the Board of Supervisors approves a request from a company looking to sell power to the state’s largest electrical utility.”)

*The New Gig (“U.S. Sen. Mark Warner on what a different kind of economy means for 83 million millennials – and everyone else.”)

*Appalachian Residents Joining Hands in Opposition to Pipeline Development and Fracking

*Virginia Republicans plan to throw a qualified justice out of the courtroom

*Bruce Allen’s ugly arrogance (Seems to run in the family…)

*Could one of the nation’s largest school districts go without sports, activities? (“Fairfax County, Va.’s school system is planning for cuts of nearly $100 million, possibly targeting coveted programs.”)

*Prince William officials back ‘hybrid’ power line plan

*Incentives in Norfolk smooth path for developer

*Nationals snap four-game losing streak with win over Diamondbacks

*D.C. area forecast: Hot but less humid today; shower chances return later tomorrow

We Need Our Politics to Be Reasonable

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April Moore
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( – promoted by lowkell)

This article ran in the Northern Virginia Daily, one of the two main newspapers serving the 26th senatorial district, where I am running as the Democratic nominee to replace Mark Obenshain in the Virginia State Senate.

I know I’m not the only one unhappy with the state of our politics these days.  Here’s the change I’d like to see in how our politics are conducted.

Our founders were men of reason.  And they tried to set up a system of government in which the people would elect representatives who, reasoning together, would achieve the public good.

Wouldn’t it be nice if, in our General Assembly, our leaders would engage in reasoned discussion to find those policies that would lead to the best possible Virginia? Wouldn’t it be good if we citizens could discuss our public business in the same spirit?

Some recent criticism of me helps show the gulf between how we discuss issues these days and how the men of reason who founded our nation would have wanted us to discuss them.

This criticism took note of my saying we should act responsibly in the face of the challenge of climate change- took note of it, that is, to dismiss it as a “doomsday message.”

Nothing reasonable in such dismissal.

Reason tells us that on scientific questions, we should listen to the scientists. The question, “What’s happening to earth’s climate?” is a scientific question. And 97 percent of the scientists in the field of climate agree there’s a problem we urgently need to address.

When the best understanding that humankind has available to it is sending us such a clear warning, it is not a “doomsday message” to say we should heed that warning. It’s simply common sense.

In science, 97 percent agreement means the scientists are virtually unanimous. There is no conceivable justification for any politician – or any other layman, for that matter – to pretend to understand a scientific matter better than the scientists. Or to ignore the scientists either.

The insurance companies are following reason, making provision for the changes that are happening. The Pentagon is following reason, recognizing that climate change is a major concern for our national security.

It’s time that Virginia’s General Assembly act in accordance with reason – and do what it can to protect our children and grandchildren from a “doomsday” scenario.

It’s time our elected leaders stop doing the bidding of fossil fuel companies – companies that pour money into politicians’ coffers – that want to keep us addicted to what they’re selling.

(And now especially it is time, when clean energy – such as solar – is fast becoming our cheapest available source of energy.)

That same critic illustrated another unreasonable aspect of our political discourse concerned the Second Amendment.

“Where does Moore stand on the Second Amendment?” this critic asked, as if he expected to expose me as an enemy of liberty.

I’ve not taken a public position on gun rights, but I’m happy to do so now. I believe that the right of the people to bear arms should be respected just like the other rights enshrined in our Constitution, like the right to free speech.

We are fortunate that the Supreme Court has been quite vigilant in protecting our right to free speech. But I expect we’d all agree with what the famous Supreme Court justice, Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr., said – that the First Amendment did not mean that anyone had the right to shout “Fire!” in a crowded theater.

Likewise with freedom of religion. This is something we Americans hold especially dear – but we don’t allow human sacrifice.

Americans have understood that it is inevitable that important values will collide, and that wise ways of balancing them must be found. So we Americans have traditionally rejected making our important rights into absolutes and seek instead to draw the reasonable lines.

As with freedoms of speech and of religion, so also with gun rights. Gun rights should be protected, and we also should have reasoned discussions to decide where, in the realm of guns, there might be the equivalent of shouting “Fire!” in a crowded theater.

That’s why I wouldn’t want to get a 100 percent rating from the NRA: I’d rather align myself with the members of the NRA of whom an overwhelming majority (74 percent) favor the universal background checks that the NRA works to block.

Always we should be asking, “What will help us create the best possible Virginia?” We won’t get there by unreasonably ignoring the best available knowledge, and we won’t get there by crippling ourselves with unreasonable absolutes.

I invite you to visit my campaign website. Join the effort to get Mark Obenshain out of our Senate. Donate to the one candidate in the race not funded by the Koch Brothers.

Sen. Tim Kaine Announces Support for Iran Nuclear Deal

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lowkell
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Good news from Sen. Kaine's office; now waiting for Sen. Warner.

 

KAINE ANNOUNCES SUPPORT FOR IRAN NUCLEAR DEAL

WASHINGTON, D.C. – In remarks on the Senate floor today, U.S. Senator Tim Kaine, a member of the Senate Foreign Relations & Armed Services Committees and co-author of the Iran Nuclear Agreement Review Act, announced his support for the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) to peacefully limit Iran’s nuclear program.

In announcing his support, Kaine said: “I conclude that the JCPOA is a dramatic improvement over the status quo in improving global security. The agreement takes a nuclear weapons program that was on the verge of success and disables it for many years through peaceful diplomatic means with sufficient tools for the international community to verify whether Iran is meeting its commitments. In the negotiation, America has honored its best traditions and shown that patient diplomacy can achieve what isolation and hostility cannot.  For this reason, I will support it.”

 

Kaine’s full remarks are below:  

 

In November 2013, the United States and five global powers–the P5+1–announced an interim deal to freeze Iran’s nuclear program and negotiate a diplomatic resolution to one of the most important issues affecting global security.  Since then, as a member of the Senate Armed Services and Foreign Relations Committees, I have participated in scores of hearings, classified briefings, meetings and calls about this topic in Virginia, Washington and during five trips to the Middle East, including two trips to Israel.   I have listened to the Administration, to allied nations in the Middle East and elsewhere, to national security and foreign policy experts, to critics and proponents of the deal, to current and former Senate colleagues (especially former Armed Services Chairmen John Warner and Carl Levin), to American military leaders and  troops and to my constituents. I helped write the Iran Nuclear Agreement Review Act, under which Congress is currently engaging in a 60 day review period to approve or disapprove of the suspension of Congressional sanctions as part of the final deal announced on July 15.

 

Based on my review of this complex matter, I acknowledge that every option before us involves risk, with upside and downside consequences.  I understand how people of good will can reach different conclusions. But I also conclude that the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) is a dramatic improvement over the status quo in improving global security for at least 15 years and likely longer.  In this deal, America has honored its best traditions and shown that patient diplomacy can achieve what isolation and hostility cannot. For this reason, I will support it.

 

Prior to the interim agreement of November 2013, and even in the face of a punishing international sanctions regime, Iran’s nuclear program was marching ahead:

 

  • Iran had amassed more than 19,000 centrifuges to enrich uranium and that number was growing;
  • Iran had produced more than 11,000 kilograms of enriched uranium and that stockpile was growing;
  • Iran had perfected the ability to enrich uranium to the 20% level and that enrichment percentage was growing;
  • Iran was constructing a heavy water reactor at Arak capable of producing weapons grade plutonium;
  • Iran only allowed limited IAEA access to declared nuclear facilities, shielding its operation of covert nuclear sites.

 

The program was months away from being able to produce enough enriched uranium to make a nuclear weapon. As Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu told the United Nations in September 2012: “For over seven years, the international community has tried sanctions with Iran.   Under the leadership of President Obama, the international community has passed some of the strongest sanctions to date. … It’s had an effect on the economy, but we must face the truth. Sanctions have not stopped Iran’s nuclear program.”

 

We must face the truth. A punishing sanctions regime did not stop Iran’s nuclear program.  The nuclear program will only stop by a diplomatic agreement or by military action. While military action must be an option, it is in America’s interest—and the interest of the entire world—to use every effort to find a diplomatic resolution.  In fact, that was the purpose of Iranian sanctions from the very beginning, to open a path to a diplomatic solution.

 

We now have a diplomatic solution on the table.  The JCPOA is not perfect because all parties made concessions, as is the case in any serious diplomatic negotiation. But it has gained broad international support because it prevents Iran from getting sufficient uranium for a bomb for at least 15 years.   It also stops any pathway to a plutonium weapon for that period and exposes Iranian covert activity to enhanced scrutiny by the international community forever. Under the deal, Iran does the following:

 

  • It affirms that “under no circumstances will Iran ever seek, develop or acquire any nuclear weapons”;
  • It reduces its quantity of centrifuges by more than two thirds;
  • It slashes its uranium stockpile by 97%, to 300 kilograms, for 15 years.  This is dramatically less than what Iran would need to produce a single nuclear weapon;
  • It caps the enrichment level of the remaining uranium stockpile during that period at 3.67%;
  • It reconfigures the Arak heavy water reactor so that it can no longer produce weapons grade plutonium;
  • It commits to a series of limitations on research and development activities to guarantee that any nuclear program will be “for exclusively peaceful purposes” in full compliance with international non-proliferation rules;
  • It agrees to a robust set of international inspections of its declared nuclear facilities, its entire uranium supply chain and its suspected covert facilities by a team of 130+ IAEA inspectors.

 

After year 15, the unique caps and requirements imposed on Iran are progressively lifted through year 25.  After year 25, Iran is permanently obligated to abide by all international Non-Proliferation Treaty requirements, including the extensive inspections required by the NPT Additional Protocol.   And its agreement that it will never “seek, develop or acquire any nuclear weapons” continues forever.

 

If Iran breaks its agreement, nuclear sanctions can be reimposed.  The United States reserves the right to sanction Iran for activities unrelated to its nuclear program—including support for terrorism, arms shipments and human rights violations.  Finally, and importantly, the U.S. and its partners maintain the ability to use military action if Iran seeks to obtain a nuclear weapon in violation of this deal.  The knowledge of the Iranian program gained through extensive inspections will improve the effectiveness of any such action.  And the clarity of Iran’s commitment to the world–in the first paragraph of the agreement–that it will never pursue nuclear weapons will make it easier to gain international support for military action should Iran violate this unequivocal pledge.

 

This deal does not solve all outstanding issues with an adversarial regime. In that sense, it is similar to the Nuclear Test Ban Treaty that President Kennedy negotiated with the Soviet Union in the midst of the Cold War.  Iran’s support for terrorism remains a major concern and we must increase efforts with our regional allies to counter those malign activities.  But, at the end of the day, this agreement is not about making an ally out of an adversary.  It is about denying an adversary a path to obtaining nuclear weapons.  This deal takes a nuclear weapons program that was on the verge of success and disables it for many years through peaceful diplomatic means with sufficient tools for the international community to verify whether Iran is meeting its commitments.   I hope this resolution might open the door to diplomatic discussion of other tough issues with Iran.

 

Monitoring this nuclear agreement, and countering Iran’s non-nuclear activity, will require great diligence by the U.S., our allies and the IAEA.  And there will be an important role for Congress in this ongoing work.  I look forward to working with my colleagues on measures to guarantee close supervision and enforcement of this deal. The work will be arduous, but is far preferable to allowing Iran to return to a march toward nuclear weapons.  It is also far preferable to any other alternative, including war.

  

VA GOP Wants to Fire Highly Qualified Female Supreme Court Justice, Replace with Jesse Helms Pick

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lowkell
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Seriously, you can’t make this stuff up. As we heard yesterday, “Virginians are used to hyper political temper tantrums from Virginia Republicans like Tommy Norment and Bill Howell, but their dark of the night announcement that they will be kicking a qualified, nonpartisan female justice to the curb in favor of their hand-picked male alternative is a new low.”

Namely, Virginia Republicans want to fire the highly qualiifed Judge Jane Marum Roush and replace her with…this guy (click on image to “embiggen” and to read how “National Right to Work Committee President Reed Larson Friday lauded U.S. Sen. Jesse Helms (R-N.C.) for recommending Rossie D. Alston Jr., a graduate of the North Carolina Central University School of Law to serve as general counsel of the National Labor Relations Board”). Also note that the “National Right to Work Committee,” where Alston worked, is a far-right-wing organization tied to ALEC (Speaker Bill Howell’s organization), the Koch brothers, Americans for Prosperity, etc., which is one of the “national leaders in the effort to destroy public and private sector unions by pushing anti-union legislation at the state and federal level and by bringing lawsuits.”

Yep, that’s the guy – a bitter enemy of workers’ rights to organize, a former favorite of arch segregationist and bigot Jesse Helms, etc.- who Republicans want to replace Judge Jane Marum Roush. And why? Two main reasons as far as I can tell: 1) to get a right wingnut on the Supreme Court; 2) to pressure Gov. McAuliffe on redistricting, maybe to extract some sort of leverage or whatever. Either way, it’s unacceptable.

P.S. I hear that Judge Roush – someone who, by the way, is admired by everyone – had to give up her judgeship to be appointed to the Supreme Court, so now she could be unemployed. The question is, why would Alston accept that?!?

National and Virginia News Headlines: Tuesday Morning

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lowkell
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Here are a few national and Virginia news headlines, political and otherwise, for Tuesday, August 4. Also, gotta love watching Scott Walker – Koch brothers’ puppet – get punk’d for just that!

*GOP candidates range from hopeless to hapless on climate change (In a sane world, this alone would be an automatic disqualifier for holding elective office, let alone president, in America.)

*Donald Trump Was Totally Right to Skip the Big Candidate Forum in New Hampshire (“…maybe he had an inkling of what we know for certain now-14 candidates racing against the clock to recite canned talking points makes for a total snoozefest.” Although there was plenty o’crazy too!)

*Memo To Media: Obama’s Clean Power Plan Is Not Primarily About Politics

*The GOP field’s calculated crazy talk (I’d say some of it’s calculated, some of it they really believe.)

*Mr. Obama’s Clean Power Plan sets an important example (Now it’s time for Congress to act by passing a cap-and-trade or carbon tax plan.)

*Republican effort to defund Planned Parenthood stalls

*The Campaign Against Planned Parenthood Is Causing a Headache for Republicans

*The Declining Marginal Value of Crazy (“Donald Trump has flooded the market with a new, purer brand of Crazy that has left the other candidates scrambling and basically unable to compete.”)

*After Killing of Cecil the Lion, Delta Joins Airline Ban on Game Trophies (It’s about freakin’ time. Now what about all the other airlines?)

*EXCLUSIVE: The Restrictions Journalists Agreed To In Order To Attend The Koch Brothers’ Conference (“Representatives of Freedom Partners, the Associated Press and Politico did not immediately respond to a request for comment on the restrictions.” Of course they didn’t; what can they say?)

*Va. Republicans to oust McAuliffe’s Supreme Court pick, install their own (“Justice Jane Marum Roush was sworn in last week but could be replaced as soon as next month”)

*Political sniping as Virginia GOP upends McAuliffe Supreme Court appointment

*Virginia reacts to EPA’s Clean Power Plan

*Editorial: How should Virginia meet its carbon goals? (“Another option might involve joining the RGGI – the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative. It’s a compact of nine northeastern states (10, before New Jersey dropped out) that created a region-wide carbon market. In essence, the RGGI is a cap-and-trade system…”)

*Conviction to cost McDonnell money as well as time (“Former Virginia Gov. Bob McDonnell will likely lose about $3,700 a month in pension payments as a result of his conviction last year on corruption charges, according to the formula the state uses to calculate benefits”)

*Alpha Natural Resources files for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection

*College costs rise for Virginia undergrads

*Virginia commonwealth secretary reports on voting rights (” Secretary of the Commonwealth Levar Stoney told a mixture of Charlottesville leaders and residents that it was watching his father bounce between jobs all his life that sparked his fight for reforming ex-felon rights restoration.”)

*State investigators seek correspondence between Mayor Sessoms, Virginia Beach developers

*Nats tumble out of first place in NL East despite rally against Arizona

*Nationals vs. Diamondbacks weather forecast: Still toasty, chance of showers

Video: President Obama Speaks on the Clean Power Plan

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lowkell
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Virginians Stand With Planned Parenthood

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lowkell
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From Progress VA:

In the face of coordinated and underhanded attacks on Planned Parenthood, which provides quality health care to thousands of women across the commonwealth, Virginia organizations today declared they stand with Planned Parenthood and the women they serve. ProgressVA, New Virginia Majority, the Sierra Club of Virginia, the League of Women Voters of Virginia, and NARAL Pro-Choice Virginia released statements in support of the organization and the compassionate care they provide. 

ProgressVA: “Virginians are no strangers to coordinated attacks on women’s health and abortion access. From transvaginal ultrasounds and bills to ban birth control to targeted restrictions designed to shut down women’s health centers, we know this agenda is really about eliminating safe and legal abortion. We stand with Planned Parenthood because we believe that every woman should be able to decide for herself whether and when to start a family. Politicians have no business interfering in private, personal health care decisions. Every woman’s situation is different, which is why we are so grateful for the quality, compassionate care they provide to every woman who walks through their doors.  Shame on the politicians who would exploit crass and underhanded attacks to try to shut down women’s access to reproductive care.”

New Virginia Majority: “Planned Parenthood provides quality, compassionate health care to thousands of Virginia women. These attacks threaten women's access to a trusted health care provider, especially in low-income communities. New Virginia Majority stands with Planned Parenthood because we believe every Virginian should have access to affordable, quality health care without political interference.”

 

Sierra Club of Virginia: “Sierra Club stands with Planned Parenthood and the vital services they provide to millions of Americans. Protecting women's access to health care, including voluntary family planning, is key to fostering a healthy planet.” 

League of Women Voters of Virginia: “The League of Women Voters of Virginia is dedicated to ensuring access to affordable, quality health care, including reproductive health care, for all Virginia residents. We endorse maintaining and increasing the availability of health care in medically underserved areas. The high-quality services provided by the Planned Parenthood women’s health centers are a key part of the reproductive health care needed in Virginia. The League opposes attempts to limit health care services for women and, therefore,  supports the continuation of Planned Parenthood’s compassionate, quality care provided here in Virginia.”

NARAL Pro-Choice Virginia: “Millions of women and families nationwide – including hundreds of thousands of women in Virginia – turn to Planned Parenthood every year for quality, affordable, and compassionate reproductive health care. These heavily-edited videos are part of a much bigger pattern of harassment and violence by extremists whose real goal is to ban abortion, close women’s health centers and cut women off of birth control and lifesaving cancer screenings. NARAL Pro-Choice Virginia is proud to stand with Planned Parenthood, and we will continue fighting for the Virginia women and families who rely on this organization every single day.” 

Virginia GOP Seeks to Fire Qualified Female Supreme Court Justice In Favor Of Male One

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lowkell
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From DPVA:

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Virginia GOP Seeks to Fire Qualified Female Supreme Court Justice In Favor Of Male One


Virginians are used to hyper political temper tantrums from Virginia Republicans like Tommy Norment and Bill Howell, but their dark of the night announcement that they will be kicking a qualified, nonpartisan female justice to the curb in favor of their hand-picked male alternative is a new low.  


Judge Jane Marum Roush is qualified (Republicans even concede that in their press release), she was recommended by Republican leaders like Dave Albo and Greg Habeeb, and she is already serving on the bench taking cases. 


“Given their history of respect and inclusion toward Virginia women, it is tough to think of a reason the party of transvaginal ultrasounds, banning birth control and fighting equal pay for equal work would fire a female justice in favor of a male pick,”said Morgan Finklestein, press secretary for the Democratic Party of Virginia. “This attack on a qualified and nonpartisan female jurist who is already on the bench is just the latest example of how far outside the mainstream Republicans are, particularly on issues that matter to Virginia women and their families.” 

 

National and Virginia News Headlines: Monday Morning

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lowkell
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Here are a few national and Virginia news headlines, political and otherwise, for Monday, August 3.

*Jeb Bush’s Camp Sees an Upside to Donald Trump’s Surge in the G.O.P. (I tend to agree that Trump’s rise helps Jeb.)

*Israeli leaders target ‘Jewish terrorism’ (It’s about time, now they’d better follow through!)

*Paul Krugman: America’s Un-Greek Tragedies in Puerto Rico and Appalachia

*Richards: Extremist videos are an attack on women

*Scott Walker Still Isn’t Sure If President Obama Is Christian (What an f’tard.)

*Donald Trump On Black Lives Matter: ‘We Have To Give Power Back To The Police’ (Is Trump’s goal in this campaign to be wrong on literally EVERYTHING or what?)

*Trump Says Americans Won’t Vote For Another Black President Because Obama Was So Bad (First off, Obama’s been highly successful. Second of all, Donald Trump is a racist.)

*Joe Biden Reportedly Considering Run For President (I like Joe Biden, the question is could he actually win the nomination and the White House?)

*GOP says no to McAuliffe Supreme Court pick, will tap Alston instead

*Sen. Tim Kaine at Cato: A Year (and Counting) of Unauthorized War (Hmmmm…Cato eh?)

*How Planned Parenthood became Republicans’ public enemy no. 1

*Rand Paul is basically doomed: How the man who was supposed to “reinvent” the GOP fell flat on his face

*Va. Gov. McAuliffe to speak at Democratic Party’s Muskie Lobster Bake

*Our view: Will hockey ever come back to Roanoke?

*In the shadow of Dulles Airport: The hunt for a threatened bat (“Will the tiny northern long-eared bat slow the second phase of the Silver Line project?”)

*Nationals are swept by Mets (“Washington’s lost weekend comes to an end as the teams are now tied for first in the NL East.”)

*D.C. area forecast: 90s through tomorrow, cooler and wetter late-week

Jim Webb spreading rightwing lie about recruiting office shooting

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ir003436
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Here’s the short version.

When the deranged nutcase opened fire on the Marine and Navy recruiting offices in Chattanooga, one of the Naval recruiters – LCDR Tim White – had his personal firearm with him and returned fire.

Now the rightwing bulls*** machine is filled with a story claiming the Navy is bringing charges against LCDR White. The claim IS NOT TRUE. Despite this, Jim Webb has now picked up on the lie and is demanding the charges — the non-existent charges, that is — be dropped.

See No, Conservatives – the US Navy Is NOT Filing Charges Against Lt. Cmdr. Timothy White for more.

Here we go again. It’s one fake story after another from the right wing, and tonight they’re all screaming in unison about a completely bogus outrage launched by discredited war criminal Allen West and quickly picked up by the Stupidest Man on the Internet, Jim Hoft, without ever checking to see if it was actually, you know, true. And from there it’s rapidly spreading throughout the idiotic right wing media…And to make this even more ridiculous, Democrat Jim Webb is now helping circulate this right wing fairy tale.

Webb has lost contact with reality.

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