Here are a few national and Virginia news headlines, political and otherwise, for Tuesday, December 22. Also, very cool - and historic - landing by SpaceX!
- It’s Official: None Of The Remaining Major GOP Candidates Accept Climate Science (Which should be an automatic disqualifier for holding public office in America. Period.)
- Grand Jury Declines to Indict Anyone in Death of Sandra Bland (Argh!)
- Poll: Cruz closing the gap with Trump (It's really hard to decide who's more frightening and horrible, Trump or Cruz. I guess each in his own, uniquely godawful way.)
- The Dirty Truth Behind Trump’s Success? ("What if Trump is winning because of his racism and bigotry, not despite it?" Exactly.)
- Elon Musk’s SpaceX returns to flight and pulls off dramatic, historic landing ("The landing of an orbital rocket booster at Cape Canaveral is a first and part of a bold quest to open the cosmos to the masses. It’s also the company’s first launch since a June explosion.")
- The GOP turns ‘political correctness’ into the mother of all straw men ("Once a pejorative term applied to liberals’ determination not to offend any ethnic or other identity group, it now is used lazily by some conservatives to label everything classified under 'that with which I disagree.'" Or, "I feel like being a bigot and/or super nasty, so I'll just call it being 'politically incorrect'")
- ‘Schlonged’: Watch Trump’s Astonishingly Sexist Attack On Hillary (Trump is a bizarre, warped, disgusting excuse for a human being.)
- Donald Trump says Clinton’s bathroom break during the debate is ‘too disgusting’ to talk about (Repeat previous comment.)
- Cuccinelli and Cruz: A matched set (I can't believe I'm linking to right wingnut Jennifer Rubin, but she's right about Cooch and Cruz.)
- Lion Subspecies Listed as Endangered, Threatened (Great, but first of all it's sad the lion is endangered; second, it should have been listed as endangered a long time ago; third, other species need to be on this list; fourth, anyone who hunts endangered species is evil.)
- That Time When Donald Trump Said Jeb Bush Would Make a Great President (Trump also used to be for universal health care, abortion rights, etc, etc.)
- Marco Rubio’s “lazy” campaign: His weak ground game might haunt him
- Obama Discusses Challenge Of Being The First Black President, Fox News Outraged (Fox is a bunch of racists.)
- Media Fixate On Clinton "Video" Remark, Ignore That ISIS Does Reportedly Recruit Using Trump's Islamophobia ("...experts say that ISIS and other terrorist groups are using Trump's remarks to attract recruits on social media")
- Virginia to end concealed carry reciprocity with other states
- Three Va. lawmakers propose changes in pre-approval of hospital expansions ("'Certificate of public need' laws have become an issue across the nation. Critics say they curb competition.")
- McAuliffe sets solar energy goal for Va. government ("Dominion Virginia Power will generate most of the power for the project.")
- Editorial: A tale of two budgets (Yet another incoherent editorial by the Virgnian-Pilot.)
- House Republicans to push for competition in Virginia health care ("The Virginia Hospital & Healthcare Association opposes elimination of the laws.")
- Roanoke City Council passes resolution saying city is welcoming
- New U.S. Attorney John Fishwick sworn in during private courthouse ceremony
- Editorial: Budget bill is a 'gift' for region's economy
- Forecast: Morning showers, then warming temperatures
