by Lowell
Here are a few national and Virginia news headlines, political and otherwise, for Saturday, August 13. Also see President Obama’s weekly address, on “the progress we have made to combat global climate change.”
- Trump refuses to disclose his bundlers. What is he hiding? (“At this point, such contempt for voters is not surprising.”)
- Hillary Clinton, Tim Kaine release tax returns, pressure Donald Trump to release his tax forms
- Trump Risks Hitting Ceiling as Swing Voters Say, ‘Enough’ (“Instead of widening his appeal, Donald J. Trump continues to alienate certain groups, leaving him stagnant in the polls.”)
- Trump backs off his backpedal on Obama terror claim (Trump contradicts himself constantly, makes absolutely no sense, is utterly deranged. How can he be the presidential nominee of a major political party in this country? And how can anyone still support him?)
- Trump: I’ll only lose Pennsylvania ‘if cheating goes on’ (Nothing can ever be his fault, of course.)
- Polls: Clinton Running the Table in Key Battlegrounds
- Election Day looks good for the Democrats — with one crucial exception (“Their struggle to retake the House sets up 2018 and 2020 as tougher tests.”)
- Bill Clinton talks email controversy: ‘Biggest load of bull’
- McConnell: I may not be majority leader next year
- Hillary Just Released Her Tax Returns. See, Donald, It Isn’t So Hard. (It’s actually VERY hard when you have as much to hide as Trump apparently does.)
- Donald Trump’s supporters are LESS likely to be affected by trade and immigration, not more
- The Real Meaning of All Those Right-Wing Conspiracy Theories About Hillary’s Health (“The lunatic right is desperate for a deus ex machina.”)
- Trump “fine” with sending U.S. citizens accused of terrorism to Guantanamo (“‘I would say they could be tried there, that would be fine,’ Trump said. Under current federal law, that’s illegal.”)
- Fox News Promotes Executive Who Reportedly “Played An Integral Role” In Covering Up Sexual Harassments Claims (Fox was a cesspool and continues to be a cesspool.)
- Trump NY Co-Chair: Khan Doesn’t Deserve Gold Star Title (This Carl Paladino freak is one of the more heinous of Trump’s many heinous surrogates and supporters.)
- AFL-CIO plans biggest electoral push ever, led by Virginia
- Rio 2016: Simone Manuel’s Olympic gold is also a victory over swimming’s racist history
- Donald Trump gets upset when people take his words seriously. Good quality for a president.
- Administration says McAuliffe won’t prioritize voting restorations to help Dems … but he could
- FOIA council: UVa board’s closed session on fund may have been in violation
- Lawyers in Rolling Stone case debate details of defamation claims
- Virginia Beach council poised to pass regulations for Airbnb and other short-term online rentals
- Fight for $15 minimum wage convention and rally bring thousands to Richmond
- Wolf Trap shouldn’t get National Park Service funding for concerts (“A congressional fund that benefits the private nonprofit would be better spent elsewhere.”)
- Heat warning today, dangerous heat indexes through the weekend
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