Thursday News: Trump Doubles Down on White Nationalism, European-Style Far Right Lunacy

by Lowell

Here are a few national and Virginia news headlines, political and otherwise, for Thursday, August 18.

• So Much For Dog Whistles. Trump Has Now Fully Embraced White Nationalists.
• If you thought the old Donald Trump campaign was wild and crazy, just wait (“The addition of a Breitbart executive is likely to steer the GOP nominee even further in the direction of the European far right.”)
• Trump’s new campaign chief likely to amplify his nationalist message (More like “white nationalist,” aka “racist.” Also completely bonkers.)
• Trump’s claim that Clinton lacks the ‘physical stamina’ to be president (Four Pinocchios on this Big Lie.)
• Trump aides: Candidate felt ‘boxed in’ and ‘controlled’ by people who barely knew him
• Why Putin wants a Trump victory (so much he might even be trying to help him)
• Even Mike Pence appears to disagree with Trump on releasing tax returns
• America deserves answers on Manafort global money trail
• Retreating into the bubble: Donald Trump turns his campaign over to Breitbart (“Frustrated by a failing campaign, Donald Trump is withdrawing deeper into his chief propagandists’ fantasy world”)
• Why Blacks Loathe Trump (Whites, Latinos, Asians and everyone else should loathe Trump too.)
• How Donald Trump lost the summer
• Give it up GOP, Trump is not Obama’s fault: Column
• GOP Despairs As Trump Doubles Down On Being Trump
• Trump critics scoff at campaign shuffle
• Everyone on social media is mocking this Trump lawyer’s #SaysWho fiasco — and it’s a scream

• The Trump Sycophants Praising His Hiring Of Breitbart News’ Steve Bannon As Campaign CEO (“Trump’s staunchest supporters called the hiring of Breitbart News chairman Steve Bannon as the new chief executive for Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump’s campaign ‘an inspired choice’ and ‘fantastic news’ after the move was reported. Elsewhere, the decision has been called ‘insanity,’ with former Breitbart News employees disparaging the relationship between Trump and Breitbart News as ‘pathetic and disgusting.’”)
• Hannity’s Shameless Trump Town Hall Includes Lies That Trump Opposed Iraq And Opposed Troop Withdrawal
• It’s not the economy, stupid! How Trump succeeds by saying what many voters think (“Trump has exposed a rhetorical and cultural divide between the angry and the civil”)
• Swing State Polls: Clinton Leading In Colorado, Iowa, Virginia
• Democratic VP candidate Tim Kaine visits Kansas City
• Tim Kaine makes surprise stop at the Iowa State Fair
• Warner: Capitalism 2.0 … or else
• Editorial: Even private emails are public business (“Virginia officials should take note.”)
• Virginia’s Embarrassment Strikes Again (That would be the xenophobic thug, Corey Stewart – Trump’s Virginia chair – of course.)
• Scott Walker to attend Northern Virginia fundraiser for Ed Gillespie
• Post poll: McDonnell should stay on the sidelines and out of office
• Virginian-Pilot editorial: Force open concluded police investigations
• Virginia’s state lawmakers accept fewer gifts than a year ago
• Editorial: The curiously retro composition of the Go Virginia board (“Here’s the surprise, though: For a board charged, at least implicitly, with creating a ‘new economy’ in Virginia, the list is surprisingly devoid of any actual representatives of that “new economy.”)
• Goodlatte: Congressional staffers starting process of reviewing FBI notes in Clinton email investigation (BADlatte should be reviewing the corrupt Donald Trump and his slimeball campaign.)
• Prompted by Flint water crisis, Northern Va. schools begin testing for lead
• Portsmouth council vote could put Councilman Mark Whitaker’s church at risk of foreclosure
• Hamilton requests review in light of McDonnell ruling
• Fine summer weather today; Weekend humidity rebound sets stage for Sunday storms