Here are a few national and Virginia news headlines, political and otherwise, for Friday, December 4. Also check out Trevor Noah ripping Ted Cruz a new one for holding a "gun party" a few hours after the San Bernardino shootings (and the Planned Parenthood shootings last week).
- Republicans’ Climate Change Denial Denial ("...the inability of our news media, our pundits and our political establishment in general to face up to that truth is an important contributing factor to the danger we face.")
- GOP’s climate radicalism: Ted Cruz and Marco Rubio reject science — and even Ronald Reagan — on climate change (This alone should be an automatic disqualifier for holding public office in America.)
- Donald Trump's speech to Republican Jews was filled with anti-Semitic stereotypes
- GOP unmoved on gun control as massacres pile up (Demented party.)
- Republican reactions to San Bernardino changed a lot after learning an alleged shooter was Muslim
- Attackers had arsenal of bombs and bullets (Why on earth would it be legal to have any of that crap?)
- Our insane approach to guns and the people who use them to slaughter us
- The one clear lesson of San Bernardino: Block access to the deadliest weaponry
- The tragic choice we make about guns ("The common denominator in mass shootings isn’t politics, religion or mental health. It’s firearms.")
- You’re a Nazi, and other shocking truths according to Trump’s fact-checking rules ("The GOP candidate’s innovative approach: Go online and see if random people agree.")
- Senate approves bill repealing much of ObamaCare (Republicans continue ("an amendment sponsored by Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.) to bar suspected terrorists from buying guns...failed by a vote of 45 to 54." That's right, Republicans voted to allow suspected terrorists to buy guns!)
- Congress overwhelmingly backs 5-year transportation bill (Big problem: they failed to fund it with a sustainable revenue source, such as a gasoline tax. Lame.)
- Anti-Muslim rhetoric isn’t brave ("It doesn’t take courage to pander to a mob.")
- Kaine: Gun violence ‘a real sickness in this country
- Ingraham: "Northern Virginia Is A Problem" Because They Have New Mosques, "Illegal Immigrant[s]," And Refugees (This bigot is headlining the upcoming RPV "Advance". Will the RPV denounce her remarks and revoke her invitation? Don't count on it!)
- Paul is eighth GOP candidate set for Virginia's March 1 primary
- Virginia a good test for presidential campaigns, political operatives say
- Va. State Crime Commission declines to support legislation on asset seizures ("The Virginia State Crime Commission on Thursday declined to back legislation barring the seizure of ill-gotten assets until after a person has been convicted and appeals have been completed.")
- Va. hospitals do about-face, giving McAuliffe Medicaid bargaining chip (One thing; the Post subheader is wrong, as this is NOT a "bed tax")
- McAuliffe proposes cutting Va. corporate income tax ("The budget plan could put business-friendly Republicans in an awkward spot on Medicaid expansion.")
- Republican Rob Bell vows to oust Herring as Va. attorney general ("The conservative delegate said Herring has not fulfilled a promise to ‘take politics out of the office.’" Bell, of course, is a Cooch-style hard-right guy politically.)
- McDougle: Expunge first-time pot, alcohol possession convictions for under-21 offenders
- Inside-the-Beltway I-66 tolling faces crucial vote
- Trial for Virginia Beach Mayor Will Sessoms rescheduled as judges recuse themselves
- Pipeline opponents cite contamination of drinking water supply as cautionary tale
- Ex-coal CEO Blankenship found guilty of 1 misdemeanor after Massey mine explosion (Better than nothing, but not even close to sufficient.)
- Newport News shipyard union president: 736 layoffs coming at Newport News
- Manassas Mosque gets threatening phone call: ‘You all will be killed’
- D.C. area forecast: Sun reigns as breezes slowly calm. Mild and fairly enjoyable weekend ahead!
