Here are a few national and Virginia news headlines, political and otherwise, for Saturday, December 5. Also see President Obama, who thanks the first responders in San Bernardino, mourns for those murdered, stresses that it's "way too easy for dangerous people to get their hands on a gun" and says Congress should act. Finally, President Obama declares that we will "uphold our values" and "we will not be terrorized."
- FBI investigating Calif. attack as act of terrorism ("Investigators are trying to determine if the husband-and-wife killers acted alone — inspired, but not directed, by foreign Islamist radicals — or were involved in a more elaborate plot.")
- When mass shootings become ordinary
- In GOP, gun rights swell to gun pride
- Ethics at issue in live TV broadcasts from shooters’ home (So much for any "journalistic ethics" in this case.)
- End the Gun Epidemic in America ("It is a moral outrage and national disgrace that civilians can purchase weapons designed to kill people with brutal speed and efficiency.")
- Why mass shootings don't convince gun owners to support gun control ("If there are ever to be gun laws passed in the US, any kind of policy response to the rising tide of mass shootings, it will be because the people who want it amass the political power to overwhelm the power of the gun lobby. It will be because they organize and deploy more intensity, money, and votes than their opponents. More mass shootings are not going to do the job for them.")
- Right Wing Media Attack Loretta Lynch For Condemning Anti-Muslim Rhetoric That Leads to Violence (Of course, because sadly many on the right actually LIKE anti-Muslim rhetoric.)
- Good news: U.S. economy adds another 211,000 jobs
- G.O.P. Field Continues to Chase Donald Trump, New Poll Says (And "JEB" Bush at only 3%!)
- David Brooks on why Donald Trump won’t win: He’s the pink rug you wish you never bought! ("David Brooks stops analyzing and starts hoping — wishing GOP voters wake up about Trump before it's too late." Yeah, good luck with that David!)
- Virginia lawmakers remain deaf to ethics reform
- Va.’s commitment to homeless veterans is ongoing, not finished
- Sanders submits signatures in effort to get on Va. primary ballot
- Virginia Senate hopeful raised more than $20K a day but still came up short (Money is wildly overrated.)
- Our view: Governor tax cut? (This is just an all-around silly editorial.)
- Federal spending cuts have taken a toll on Virginia's economy
- Report shows Virginia economy struggling to cope with federal cuts
- New long-term federal transportation bill will bring $6.2 billion to Virginia
- Rand Paul in, Rubio signature check coming
- Beyer visits Virginia mosque
- Huckabee brings campaign to evangelical and Jewish voters in Henrico
- D.C. area forecast: A gorgeous Saturday, even milder on Sunday