Sunday News: Trump Claims African-Americans Have “No Education, No Anything”; Trump Now “Darling of White Supremacists”

by Lowell

Here are a few national and Virginia news headlines, political and otherwise, for Sunday, August 21.

• Trump Says African-Americans Have ‘No Education, No Anything’ (No wonder why “white nationalists” love Trump.)
• Trump claims black voters live in poverty, ‘have no jobs’
• ‘Racialists’ are cheered by Trump’s latest strategy (“White nationalists, once dismissed as fringe, believe that their worldview is gaining popularity and that the old Republican Party is coming to an end.”)
• “We are the demographic Trump is appealing to”: Whether the establishment likes it or not, white nationalists still power the Trump train (“Republicans must now reckon with what it means that their party’s nominee “is the darling of white supremacists””)
• In Trump’s Empire, Hazy Ties and $650 Million in Debt (“A Times investigation into the financial maze of Donald J. Trump’s real estate holdings in the United States reveals that companies he owns have at least $650 million in debt. That is nearly twice the amount apparent in his federal election filing.”)
• With a comfortable lead, Clinton begins laying plans for her White House agenda
• The FBI’s misstep on Clinton’s emails (“Providing the probe’s internal case files to Congress could lead to partisan mischief.”)
• Ryan Lochte, Donald Trump and the steep decline of American democracy (“Inspiring lessons of this year’s Olympics? Same as the Trump campaign: Smash stuff, lie and issue a fake apology”)
• Enhancing voter turnout: Voting laws negatively affect the most vulnerable Americans (Yep, the Republicans are the voter suppression party.)
• Republicans prep ‘break glass’ emergency plan as Trump tumbles
• ‘Where is the f*cking check?’: Louisiana relief worker spits fire over Trump’s flood zone ‘photo op’
• This Land Is My Land (And Yours, Too!) (“Congress deprives government agencies of money needed to maintain our public lands. The National Park Service says that it has 6,700 miles of trails that are in poor condition because it can’t afford to keep them up.” Thanks a lot Republicans!)
• Erdogan: ISIS likely behind attack that killed 50 people at wedding
• Tim Kaine attends private fundraiser in San Diego
• Trump outlines his ‘reform agenda’ at Virginia rally (More Big Liesx by Trump.)
• Editorial: Revenue forecasting keeps Virginia on economic seesaw
• Virginia’s McAuliffe to announce restoration of voting rights to 13,000 felons
• Trump names wrong town at start of Va. rally
• Schapiro: Clinton’s biggest booster in Virginia? It’s Trump (“Barbara Comstock, a Republican seeking a second term in the U.S. House from Northern Virginia, is atop the Democratic hit list. To win, she has to overcome an obstacle of her own making: her refusal to endorse Trump.”)
• Mayor Mike Signer, reporting from Charlottesville: Why the Kahns connected
• Majority of Virginians approve of Terry McAuliffe, but less so than his predecessors (“Just over half of Virginia voters approve of Democratic governor in new poll.”)
• Editorial: Warner promotes Capitalism 2.0
• Editorial: Voters say no to McDonnelll (Yes, the RTD spelled “McDonnell” with three “l”s.)
• Reversal of McAuliffe’s voting rights order leaves restored gun rights in limbo
• Trump visits sheriff’s office in Stafford County, Va.
• Virginian-Pilot editorial: An expanded Tide can lift all boats
• Virginia Beach board member’s business with schools raises questions
• Sunday storms usher in a welcome change for the week ahead