The New York Post sums up Virginia's political mess in 1 brutal front page

Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam (D) admitted to wearing blackface but denies being either the man in blackface or the man in a KKK robe in a photo he put on his 1984 medical school yearbook page. Lt. Gov. Justin Fairfax (D) faces an accusation of sexual assault. The second person in line to be governor if Northam and Fairfax resign is Virginia Attorney General Mark Herring (D), who also admitted Wednesday to wearing blackface in 1980. And the next person in line after Herring is Kirk Cox, the Republican speaker of the House of Delegates, who is speaker only because Republican Del. David Yancey broke his electoral tie with Democratic challenger Shelley Simonds by dumb luck — his name was drawn out of a bowl.

Or, as the New York Post summarized all that information on Thursday's front page:

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Peter has worked as a news and culture writer and editor at The Week since the site's launch in 2008. He covers politics, world affairs, religion and cultural currents. His journalism career began as a copy editor at a financial newswire and has included editorial positions at The New York Times Magazine, Facts on File, and Oregon State University.