Here are a few national and Virginia news headlines, political and otherwise, for Thursday, December 17. Also, speaking of bigotry, check out the screen shot of Sen. Carrico's bill to bring back the Confederate flag on Virginia license plates.
- For Republicans, bigotry is the new normal (Agreed, except it's not "new;" Republicansw have appealed to racism, usually in a bit less overt way, at least since the 1960s, when they stopped in any way/shape/form being the party of Lincoln.)
- An Appalling Silence on Gun Control
- The GOP candidates’ appalling hypocrisy on Christianity, refugees and war
- GOP candidates’ hawkish views could alienate war-weary voters (They are way beyond "hawkish" into "warmongering lunatic" territory.)
- America’s New Know-Nothings ("The Republican Party’s top presidential candidates proved that they know nothing about foreign policy.")
- Paul Krugman: Fed Follies ("No, I don’t mean the decision to raise rates, although nothing I’ve seen changes my view that it’s a bad idea. I mean the desperate efforts to say something new about today’s move." Not sure I agree with Krugman on this one...)
- In fighting the Islamic State, Obama is a tortoise and the GOP is harebrained ("The president’s reluctance to go all-out in the Middle East is based on calculus, not cowardice.")
- White House, lawmakers hail year-end deal on spending, taxes
- GOP chair probes if Cruz unveiled classified info during debate
- GOP’s national security hysteria: We’re not in World War III, so stop trying to petrify everyone (Nor is the world "on fire," except perhaps if they're referring to global warming or the rainforests of Indonesia, which of course they're not, since they're anti-environment and science deniers to boot. Blech.)
- The 10 most bald-faced lies from the final Republican debate of 2015
- Planned Parenthood Survives Paul Ryan’s First Budget Deal
- Conservatives give Ryan a pass on budget deal they despise
- Cruz Blames ‘Political Correctness’ For The San Bernardino Attack. The FBI Says He’s Wrong. (That phrase, "political correctness," is utter bull****.)
- Editorial: Virginia becomes national battleground
- Editorial: Stressed Virginia hospitals look for way out
- McAuliffe to unveil budget plan ("He has already rolled out some plans, but left the big question unanswered: Will he try to expand Medicaid again?")
- Why Donald Trump chose Corey Stewart to chair his Virginia campaign (They're both xenophobes for starters. Both of them are bullies as well.)
- Virginia governor proposes funding increase to hire additional teachers
- Barbara Comstock endorses Marco Rubio (That says it all about Comstock...)
- Virginia voters in GOP primary must sign statement saying they're Republican ("... the ACLU of Virginia believes that any limitations on the free exercise of the right to vote, particularly in a state-financed primary, are to be avoided")
- Chris Jones, Va. House GOP threaten to strip Medicaid expansion from state budget proposal
- Sen. Carrico files bill to allow Confederate flag on license plates (This is the same jerk who wants a Kim Davis "conscience clause." Nutjob.)
- Judge dismisses lawsuit filed by wind farm opponents in Botetourt
- VRS backs off shift in optional retirement plans for higher education
- Arlington okays new elementary school at Thomas Jefferson site
- D.C. area forecast: Soggy today, then brace yourself for a chilly weekend
