by Lowell
Here are a few national and Virginia news headlines, political and otherwise, for Saturday, October 22. Also check out the powerful, moving video: “Captain Khan.”
- Hackers Used New Weapons to Disrupt Major Websites Across U.S. (“A spokeswoman said the Federal Bureau of Investigation and the Department of Homeland Security were looking into the incident and all potential causes, including criminal activity and a nation-state attack.”)
- Republican condemnation of Trump should be deafening (“They must oppose Trump’s threat to the peaceful transition of power.” That assumes that most Republicans are any better/different than Trump is.)
- Trump can’t just be defeated. He must be humiliated.
- Trump the Anti-American (“And this in the end is all that Donald Trump, the Republican nominee for the highest office in the land, has had to offer America: his shallow, manipulative, self-important, scapegoat-seeking form of rage.”)
- Republicans abandon Fox News: Roger Ailes has turned GOP voters from their favorite channel (“For the first time, Fox News is no longer a top-20 most trusted brand with conservatives” When you can’t trust Fox, who can you trust? Hahahaha.)
- on’t Take Donald Trump to Dinner (“The evidence continues to mount: There is nothing in the world that Donald Trump can’t make worse.”)
- Has Donald Trump destroyed his brand and his business? The GOP nominee stands to lose more than the election (“Trump’s D.C. hotel is a flop, his New York condos are declining in value and celebrities have turned against him”)
- Donald Trump Is No Freak Accident, and Paul Ryan Is No Solution
- Trump Supporter Paul Ryan’s Popularity Is Nosediving Among Republicans
- Powerful New Clinton Campaign Ad Features Khizr Khan (“I want to ask Mr. Trump, would my son have a place in your America?”)
- Here’s how to fight Trump’s ballot bullies (“National civil rights groups are leading the charge to ‘get out the vote’.”)
- Trump is bitter, hoarse and pondering defeat as Election Day nears (No stamina! LOL)
- Trump’s rationale for attacking the Clintons: Michelle Obama ‘started it’ (Brilliant, attack someone with a 64% approval rating! Uhhhh….)
- Taking Trump to court: The evidence against a nasty man
- Al Smith V: Trump ‘crossed the line and took it a little too far’ at Catholic roast
- VIDEO: How False Equivalence Ruins Trump-Clinton News Coverage
- Antiabortion activists face headwinds with Clinton leading and Trump stumbling on women’s issues
- Early voting shows upsurge of women (More women voting is bad news for Trump. Sad!)
- Economists: A Trump win would tank the markets
- Hip hop pioneer Russell Simmons: Trump often used racist and anti-semitic slurs in front of me
- Clinton pokes at Trump: ‘Where was this kind of comedy last night?’
- Richard Branson: Trump vowed to destroy 5 people who refused to help him
- Damaged brand: New Trump hotels will no longer bear his name
- Clinton, Kaine to appear at rally at Penn on Saturday (Go Quakers – my alma mater!)
- WikiLeaks threatens Tim Kaine, DNC Chairwoman Donna Brazile: “We have a surprise in store” (Sociopaths.)
- Tim Kaine says Pennsylvania is ‘key’ to 2016 election at Penn State rally
- Poll shows Clinton remains strong in Virginia with 12-point lead
- Tim Kaine Energizes Voters At Penn State
- McAuliffe pushes workplace safety after surge in fatalities this year
- Comstock-Bennett debate highlights federal responsibility to region (Right, and LuAnn Bennett will fight for the 10th CD, unlike Comstock who will fight for her own political career and not much else.)
- As Clinton’s lead holds in Virginia, Democratic chairman eyes congressional races
- How Clinton coattails could turn a Republican stronghold blue in Virginia (“…sagging poll numbers for Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump have put Virginia’s 5th District in play for the first time since President Barack Obama swept a Democrat into office here in 2008.”)
- Rolling Stone reporter said she believed ‘Jackie’ felt ‘scared for her’
- Va. Attorney General’s Office sanctioned for improper conduct, ordered to pay costs in inmate suit
- Virginia’s unemployment rate up slightly to 4 percent in September (Still very very low.)
- UVa statement: School became aware of hazing allegations Aug. 16 and reported them
- As Virginia Beach becomes a destination for sports events, city studies where to build new field house
- Chesapeake, Suffolk voters will choose Donald McEachin or Mike Wade to replace U.S. Rep. Randy Forbes
- This GOP candidate just made a jaw-dropping claim about police shootings
- Roger Chesley: If you stay home Nov. 8, you’ll be silent on lots of decisions
- Will we be able to manage outsize metropolitan growth? (Not if we allow for continued sprawl.)
- Let citizens weigh in on plan to repair Alexandria’s sewage system, environmental group says
- A windy chill today, beautiful tomorrow, and another cold front early week
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