Here are a few national and Virginia news headlines, political and otherwise, for Wednesday, November 25. Also check out that ad by John Kasich against neo-fascist Donald Trump.
- Protests in Chicago after release of police video (And rightfully so...disgusting.)
- Moscow promises retribution after Turkey downs military jet
- Scientists lash out over subpoenas on climate study (Utterly appalling, no excuse whatsoever for this crap.)
- U.S., France will press allies to up the ante against Islamic State
- Donald Trump undermines our fight against the Islamic State (Very much so, this guy - and not just Trump, but many other Republican 2016 candidates as well - are toxic.)
- Lessig: Our democracy is completely unrepresentative: Citizens United, gerrymandering, and the real story behind the GOP’s takeover
- Ted Cruz’s Sophisticated Bigotry ("This is how you bash Muslims while pretending to be principled. ")
- A harvest of anti-Muslim hatred ("Near Fredericksburg, loud-mouthed bigots threaten a peaceable community of Muslims.")
- Police Arrest Suspects In Shooting Of Black Lives Matter Protesters
- Obama’s post-Paris leadership: Pushing back against the alarmist temptation
- Donald Trump’s racist revival: How the Republican Party has given new life to unabashed bigotry
- Kaine Offers Strategy Against ISIS
- NRA challenges McAuliffe on latest gun control effort
- McAuliffe says he'd veto any attempt to block Syrian refugees
- Thelma Drake: The struggles at Virginia's hospitals
- Virginia elections don't work ("Despite shockingly low turnout across the state, The Pilot’s Patrick Wilson reported, November’s election was marred by confusion about those voter ID rules, problems with absentee ballots and voting machines that flipped votes." Thanks a lot Republicans!)
- Nelson County sheriff's candidate charged with election fraud
- Cruz adds Sen. Black, Dels. Berg and Pogge to Va. team (Extremists flock together.)
- Business-friendly Virginia is uber unfriendly to ride-sharing companies
- Phony Facebook pages tout white student groups, including profiles for three Va. colleges
- Report speaks to climate change impact on Virginia brook trout
- Defying time, another year means a drop in Peninsula House delegation seniority
- Virginia Gov. McAuliffe announces fix for I-95 bottleneck
- When school, county officials meet in Fairfax, talk is all about budget cuts
- Dog-tethering laws have some owners howling, claiming they’re too intrusive ("Fairfax is the latest to approve restrictions, which animal-rights groups say could prevent abuse.")
- Hinkle: Lending ISIS a hand ("Samer Shalaby, a trustee with the Islamic Center of Fredericksburg, was giving a presentation when the big guy stood up and interrupted.")
- D.C. area forecast: Terrific travel weather through Thanksgiving; cooler and cloudier this weekend