Here are a few national and Virginia news headlines, political and otherwise, for Saturday, October 17. Also check, out President Obama's weekly address, in which he highlights the many problems in our criminal justice system.
- Trump Hits W: 'The World Trade Center Came Down During His Reign' (Bizarre that he refers to it as a "reign," a word which normally applies to monarchs. But Trump's certainly correct that Bush was warned about Al Qaeda and Bin Laden's intent to attack America and didn't do anything about it.)
- Jeb Bush just proved that Dubya was the smart one all along ("With his clumsy effort to parry Trump, however, Jeb has given away the whole game. After all, 'we' clearly were not safe on 9/11.")
- Bush-Rubio fighting heats up as Florida friendship turns into a duel
- Jeb Bush slams Donald Trump for saying 9/11 came during George W. Bush’s ‘reign’ ("JEB" is utterly delusional if he thinks Dubya "kept us safe" in any way.)
- Biden would run 'optimistic campaign'
- Rand Paul Warns Sanders Presidency Could Lead To 'Mass Genocide' (Hey! Rand Paul's still around and he's still completely nuts! LOL)
- What Could Raising Taxes on the 1% Do? Surprising Amounts
- We Now Know Marco Rubio's Energy Plan: Drill, Drill, Drill, and Drill Some More ("The Florida Republican outlined his energy proposals today and promised to roll back climate action." Absolute wrong direction, should be automatically disqualifying for higher office in America.)
- Jeb Bush’s epic implosion: Why it’s high time he gave up his presidential fantasy ("Let's face it: Jeb sucks at this whole running-for-president thing, and he's just wasting our time now")
- Welcome to the conservative apocalypse! First David Brooks, now the party chairman figures out right-wing clusterf**k ("Get some popcorn, this will only get more fun. When the party chair says you're 'cooked,' a reckoning is coming")
- Sen. Kaine: U.S. needs new strategy for engaging with rest of the world ("It's time to develop a clearer strategy that can be agreed upon by the White House and Congress, said Kaine, a member of the Senate's Foreign Relations and Armed Services committees.")
- Va. Democrats out-raise Republicans, but GOP has more cash ("Virginia Republicans have more money on hand ahead of crucial Senate elections.")
- Rep. Scott is sticking up for unions; urges stiffer sanctions for violating labor law (Thank you Rep. Scott!)
- Virginia quietly grants death row inmates less isolation
- Hate group urges Fairfax voters to oust all Democrats from school board ("Traditional Values Coalition issues endorsements in upcoming elections over school board's LGBT nondiscrimination policies")
- A six-figure September for Norment
- McAuliffe seeks to enforce gun laws ("Texas, for example, maintains considerably higher standards for residents to obtain a permit to carry a concealed weapon than our commonwealth does.")
- A quick look at Peninsula House money
- For Fairfax Board of Supervisors (Tea Partier "John P. Guevara...has ranted against advocates who would put illegal immigrants on a path to citizenship...and suggested that the federal government regards conservatives as terrorists. That kind of toxic rhetoric would be unhelpful on the county board, as would his stated desire to arrest day laborers ")
- Virginia Beach School Board members criticized for "inappropriate" Frank Wagner commercial
- Edwards, Dye, Caldwell spar over voter ID at forum
- Republican groups send cash surge into Nancy Dye's bid to unseat John Edwards
- D.C. area forecast: A chilly weekend for all, and the first freezes of the season possible for some
