by LowellHere are a few national and Virginia news headlines, political and otherwise, for Sunday, December 27.
- Obama's agenda breaks through in 2015
- A year of reckoning: Police fatally shoot nearly 1,000 ("The Post found that the great majority of people who died at the hands of the police fit at least one of three categories: they were wielding weapons, they were suicidal or mentally troubled, or they ran when officers told them to halt.")
- This Christmas Shattered Heat Records (Hey, James Inhofe and other climate science-denier crazies, when are you going to appear on the Senate floor to talk about this?!?)
- Here are the 17 best moments of political comedy in 2015
- Fury of the right falls on Ryan (When Paul Freakin' Ryan isn't right wing enough, you know you're completely off the deep end.)
- The Wild Ideas You Missed While Donald Trump Was Talking ("Trump’s not the only Republican making dubious claims. He’s just the only one we’ve paid attention to.")
- Gowdy to campaign with Rubio (Gowdy, of course, is the chief Benghazi witch hunter. Gack.)
- Conservative Media's Demand That Muslims Atone For Terrorism Is A Rigged Game
- The most ridiculous right-wing panic of 2015: Syrian Refugees
- Here are 14 douchebags we’d love to see disappear in 2016 (Donald Trump, the other Republican 2016 candidates, Kim Davis, etc. Here in Virginia, we could add Ken Cuccinelli, E.W. Jackson, Dick Black, Bob Marshall, Tommy Norment, etc, etc.)
- Webb Attacks Clinton With Eye on Independent Run (What a jerk.)
- An overreaction on guns ("Republicans have been on a losing streak in statewide races in Virginia, which seems to feed their hair-trigger outrage whenever incumbent Democrats, especially Mr. Herring and Gov. Terry McAuliffe, exercise their power. In this case, however, Mr. Herring’s move clearly comports with state law, albeit state law that has been ignored for some time." In short, Republicans want Virginia NOT to enforce laws on the books.)
- Top Stories of 2015: Bob McDonnell's fate unknown as appeals drag on | No. 4
- Top Stories of 2015: FOIA – lots of attitude, and a challenge | No. 2
- Editorial: Good, common sense on concealed carry permits (The Virginian-Pilot nails it.)
- Editorial: Rep: Hurt pulls a retirement surprise (Typically pro-right-wing editorial by the Republican Times-Disgrace. No, there was nothing "mainstream" about Robert Hurt; he was a teabagger through and through.)
- Editorial: Payback time on guns (And an even MORE wingnutty editorial by the Republican Times-Digrace.)
- Faces of 2015: Justice Jane Marum Roush, appointed to the Va. Supreme Court
- Herring's useless political gift is one Virginia lawmakers should return (The argument here is basically that concealed handgun permit holders do not "pose a threat to public safety," so Virginia shouldn't enforce its own laws. Plus, supposedly, Mark Herring's move will help Republicans politically in 2016, even though the vast majority of Virginians favor common-sense gun control measures. Gotcha.)
- Top 10 traffic, transit stories of 2015
- Chesapeake Council faces pushback on increase in rezonings amid development boom
- D.C. area forecast: Roller-coaster warmth and cold continues with rain chances along the way
