Monday News: “This election is likely to be decisive for the climate, one way or another”

by Lowell

Here are a few national and Virginia news headlines, political and otherwise, for Monday, August 22.

• Trump’s campaign shuffle: The problem isn’t who’s working for The Donald — the problem is him (“Pivot after pivot, makeover and makeover — nothing can change the disaster that is Donald Trump”)
• Paul Krugman: The Water Next Time (“… this election is likely to be decisive for the climate, one way or another. President Obama has made some serious moves to address global warming, and there’s every reason to believe that Hillary Clinton would continue this push — using executive action if she faced a hostile Congress. Given the technological breakthroughs of the last few years, this push might just be enough to avert disaster. Donald Trump, on the other hand, would do everything in his power to trash the planet, with the enthusiastic support of his party. So which will it be? Stay tuned.”)
• Blow: Trump’s Hollow ‘Regrets’
• With Minimal Campaign, Trump Leans on His Party
• Donald Trump is finally raising money. So why isn’t he spending it?
• 5 worst right-wing moments this week: Rudy Giuliani suffers brain meltdown (“The sickness appears to be spreading in camp Trump”)
• Report: The Trump Campaign Paid The Firm Of CNN’s Corey Lewandowski $20,000 In July
• Clinton campaign manager calls Trump a Kremlin puppet
• Trump campaign manager no longer wants him to release his tax returns
• Another Frank Luntz GOP focus group spells disaster for Donald Trump
• Sean Hannity Turns Adviser in the Service of Donald Trump (Hannity, of course, is one of the worst people in America.)
• Donald Trump, a ‘Rigged’ Election and the Politics of Race (“…his warnings have been cast in increasingly urgent and racially suggestive language, hinting that the only legitimate outcome in certain states would be his victory.”)
• Poll: Hillary Clinton extends lead in Ohio
• OP-ED Why Tim Kaine, Clinton’s VP pick, is good for Israel and Jewish values
• Gov. Terry McAuliffe to announce he has restored rights for 13,000 on case-by-case basis
• Greta Bagwell: Dominion’s closure plans deeply flawed
• Editorial: Hopewell follows a dubious precedent by putting city property up as collateral
• At U-Va., Block Party continues despite administration’s warnings
• Magnificent start to week but heating up as it wears on