Here are a few national and Virginia news headlines, political and otherwise, for Saturday, January 9. Also check out President Obama's weekly address, "on the incredible progress that has been made in the American auto industry" as well as in many other areas since he's been president. Greatest president since FDR?
- Ex-Analyst Says He Warned of Growing Militia Movement ("Daryl Johnson, a former Department of Homeland Security official, said his warning in 2009 of a growing antigovernment movement drew fierce criticism from Republican lawmakers and his office was quietly dismantled.")
- Ted Cruz gets burned by the birther fires he stoked
- El Chapo, Escaped Mexican Drug Lord, Is Recaptured in Gun Battle (The problem is, as long as drugs are illegal in the U.S. and demand stays high, it's likely there will be drug cartels south of our border...)
- Cruz: I spank my daughter when she lies — voters can ‘administer…a spanking’ to Hillary Clinton (First off, spanking children is wrong. Second, Ted Cruz is a horrible human being.)
- Don’t expect gay rights to stay under the GOP’s radar for long ("It’s a matter of time before candidates try to justify LGBT discrimination in pandering to evangelicals.")
- Muslim Woman Gets Kicked Out Of Donald Trump Rally For Being Muslim
- Ted Cruz is worse: The only thing scarier than Trump winning the nomination is him losing it ("Stop freaking out about Trump winning the nomination because compared to Cruz, his agenda looks downright moderate")
- Why Maine’s Gov. Paul LePage Is the Proto-Trump ("They have both succeeded on a mix of bullying, racism, and a white middle-class fears. ")
- Bootgate: Rivals dig at Marco Rubio’s masculinity ("In a race focused on style over substance, the GOP competitors try to revoke his Man Card.")
- Charles Koch bemoans lack of influence over 2016 race (Soooooo sorry for the poor wittle Koch brother! LOL)
- Fox's Varney Pretends Strongest Jobs Report Of 2015 Is Merely "Modest" (Best jobs growth since Bill Clinton - another Democrat, by the way - was president in the late 1990s, compared to disaster under George W. Bush, and Fox is like "meh." Bunch of right-wing hacks and propagandists.)
- Fox Downplays Sexual Assault, Until It Fits Their Anti-Muslim Refugee Agenda (Fox is also a bunch if bigoted trolls.)
- Former Obama Birther Steve Deace Rushes To Defend Ted Cruz's Presidential Eligibility (This guy's a piece of work...)
- Why the Virginia legislature must elect Roush ("...because she is an experienced, mainstream jurist who has served on the Supreme Court for more than five months and because removal of a sitting justice for reasons unrelated to fitness would 'make a mockery of the Virginia judicial appointment process,' as 24 past Virginia Bar Association presidents proclaimed in August.")
- Virginia governor proposes $9 million for birth-control access ("IUDs and implants would be available to women who can’t afford them.")
- Garrett: No problem serving in General Assembly while running for Congress (Not like Garrett does any good in the General Assembly anyway!)
- Our view: How Virginia's Republican primary could become important ("...Virginia starts to loom large – for either Rubio or Christie.")
- Lawyers for U-Va. dean: Jackie lied to Rolling Stone about gang rape, ‘invented’ story
- Prince William County elections official may lose post ("The Republican worried technology would lead to voter fraud and launched his own investigation." Yep, these people are crazy.)
- Arlington names acting manager Mark Schwartz to top county job
- Coyote sightings in Prince William County, authorities say
- Editorial: The indictment of Anthony Burfoot
- Norfolk Treasurer Anthony Burfoot faces public corruption, perjury charges
- Nats ship out Drew Storen, get Ben Revere to replace Denard Span (Good trade, but bummer about Storen. Also, I still think Papelbon needs to go, but it will be harder with Storen no longer a Nat. Hmmm.)
- Clouds and shower chance persist ahead of rainy Saturday night; becoming breezy and mild Sunday
