Here are a few national and Virginia news headlines, political and otherwise, for Saturday, January 2.
- 4 Things That Were Supposed To Happen By 2016 Because Obama Was Reelected (Republicans wildly, 180-degrees wrong, as usual.)
- Krugman: Privilege, Pathology and Power ("Mr. Trump isn’t the only awesomely self-centered billionaire playing an outsized role in the 2016 campaign. There have been some interesting news reports lately about Sheldon Adelson, the Las Vegas gambling magnate." Adelson is utterly appalling.)
- Saudi Arabia executes prominent Shiite cleric and 46 others in 12 cities (Western nations all need to get off of oil ASAP and tell Saudi Arabia where to shove their drilling rigs.)
- Al-Shabaab recruit video with Trump excerpt: U.S. is racist, anti-Muslim
- Carly Fiorina's Rose Bowl tweet draws Twitter scorn, hashtag ("Former Hewlett-Packard CEO Carly Fiorina prompted a Twitter storm after she penned a controversial tweet in support of the Iowa Hawkeyes, instead of her alma mater Stanford's Cardinal." Hahahahaha.)
- Big Oil braced for global warming while it fought regulations (Bunch of sociopaths committing crimes against humanity, nature.)
- The 5 most ludicrous conspiracy theories that conservatives actually believed in 2015
- Virginia voter ID lawsuit is part of national push by Democrats ("If successful, the challenge to Va. voter laws could give Hillary Clinton an edge.")
- Our view: The key dates for politics in 2016 ("Here in Virginia, the fun gets under way on Jan. 13, when the General Assembly convenes...on March 1 will be the Super Tuesday presidential primary, in which Virginia is one of 12 states going to the polls.")
- McAuliffe prepares for historic marketing trip to Cuba
- McAuliffe headed to Cuba; Va. Beach lawmaker says he should address human rights (Fine, although no reason to do that only in Cuba.)
- Editorial: Who wins in settlement deals?
- Our Editorial Creed (A great explanation for why the Richmond Times-Dispatch richly deserves to be nicknamed the "Republican Times-Disgrace.")
- Arlington board may become less liberal as it turns over in 2016 ("The balance of the panel tips right, and the two new members may hold the key to its future direction.")
- Tragedy, transportation, travesty resonate in 2015
- New Roanoke County sheriff sweeps out veteran administrators ("Virginia's system allows constitutional officers to control patronage, which means they can hire and fire with near impunity.")
- The Midtown, Downtown tunnel tolls just went up 25 cents
- D.C. area forecast: Pleasantly cool this weekend before the first big cold snap of winter
