Saturday News: “Comey’s October Surprise” Involves ZERO Emails ” to or from Clinton,” ZERO Evidence of Wrongdoing — WTF???

by Lowell

Here are a few national and Virginia news headlines, political and otherwise, for Saturday, October 29.

• HILLARY CLINTON’S EMAILS: THE REAL REASON THE FBI IS REVIEWING MORE OF THEM (“There is no indication the emails in question were withheld by Clinton during the investigation, the law enforcement official told Newsweek, nor does the discovery suggest she did anything illegal. Also, none of the emails were to or from Clinton, the official said. Moreover, despite the widespread claims in the media that this development had prompted the FBI to ‘reopen’ of the case, it did not; such investigations are never actually closed, and it is common for law enforcement to discover new information that needs to be examined.”)
• Emails Again, This Time With Anthony Weiner (“James Comey’s failure to provide specifics about a new, potentially important development, less than two weeks before Election Day, is confounding.”)
• James Comey’s abuse of power
• Read the letter Comey sent to FBI employees explaining his controversial decision on the Clinton email investigation (Bizarre.)
• Media Outlets Oversell — Then Walk Back — Headlines On FBI’s Clinton Email Announcement
• James Comey Broke with Loretta Lynch and Justice Department Tradition
• James Comey’s October Surprise (“…the e-mails in question were unrelated to the WikiLeaks dump of messages and documents hacked from Podesta’s account; they hadn’t been sent by Hillary Clinton; and they hadn’t been withheld from the F.B.I. by the Clintons, the Clinton campaign, or the State Department.”)
• The damage Comey’s bad timing could do (“The FBI director better have a good reason for resurrecting Hillary Clinton’s email scandal.” He doesn’t.)
• Newt Gingrich, Alex Jones and the other bricks in Trump’s Wall of Shame
• After 2016, will everyone please admit that Republicans are more extreme than Democrats? (“Advocates of the they’re-both-the-same view should finally throw in the towel.”)
• Comey’s disclosure shocks former prosecutors
• Why the “October Surprise” Is Dead (“Whatever they reveal, the new Weiner emails probably won’t hurt Clinton. Tribalism reigns.”)
• Media Freak Out At FBI Letter, Disregard Facts And Run With GOP’s False Description Of Clinton Email Review
• Tim Kaine says he is ‘puzzled’ by new FBI probe related to Hillary Clinton’s server
• Economic coalition abandons bipartisanship to endorse Clinton
• Tim Kaine Predicts Possible ‘Nuclear Option’ Over Supreme Court Nomination (“But Merrick Garland could get vote after election, Democratic VP candidate says”)
• Former Rep. Gabby Giffords joins Tim Kaine for Florida campaign swing
• ‘Professor’ Tim Kaine at home talking with students on campaign trail
• Democrats turn on Comey after he reopens Clinton email wound
• Conspiracy Theorist Radio Host Alex Jones: “We Are The Trump Campaign — Infowars” (Shudddderrrrr….)
• Strong economic news undercuts Trump’s doom-and-gloom message (“Friday’s report boldly contradicts Trump’s claim the country is ‘dying at 1 percent GDP.’
• Tense oil pipeline protest subsides at least temporarily
• A newly surfaced video shows Donald Trump grabbing and kissing a former Miss Universe onstage (“He sexually humiliates her in front of thousands.”)
• Anthony Weiner? Seriously? (“Two days ago the media said it was a blowout. Now they’ll say it’s a horse race”)
• When You’re a Protester, the Color of Your Skin Is All That Matters (“The difference between Oregon and North Dakota.”)
• “Finally justice can be served”: Donald Trump, Republicans rejoice in idea the FBI may be investigating Hillary Clinton again (“Thinking James Comey would be probing Clinton again, GOPers suddenly liked him, forgetting they’d blasted him “)
• Clinton leads Trump 42 to 36 percent as he loses women’s support: poll (Note: This poll was taken prior to the FBI news.)
• Congressional panel requests records on FBI official’s ties to Va. Senate race (Another Republican witch hunt.)
• Virginia Paper Endorses Pat McCrory Because HB 2 Is Sending Them Jobs (“This may be the finest example of trolling of the entire election cycle.”)
• Eramo’s attorneys rest case against Rolling Stone; publisher says he doesn’t stand by retraction
• Supreme Court takes up school bathroom rules for transgender students (“The court issued a stay in August, saying a Virginia school board did not have to allow 17-year-old student Gavin Grimm, who was born female but identifies as male, to use the boys’ bathroom.”)
• Hillary Clinton leads in Virginia money race while absentee ballots pour in
• State panel pushes to reinstate raises, make compensation higher priority in budget
• Vivian Paige: New districts don’t mean more competition (Yep, not necessarily…)
• EXCLUSIVE: Henrico judge releases Joe Morrissey law client from jail amid allegations of sexual impropriety (How could anyone vote for Joe Morrissey???)
• VIDEO: Myrna Morrissey’s estranged father disrupts news conference outside the Morrissey home with cries of ‘Liar!’
• ‘She was my constant companion’: No charges in fatal dog shooting on Virginia park trail (WTF?)
• Amid ‘bad karma,’ a Virginia county takes extra safety measures for 2016 election (“Prince William County trains election workers to be extra vigilant for potential problems.”)
• Art installation keeps an eye on proposed pipeline corridor in Franklin County
• Former Alexandria man charged with voter registration fraud (Note: this is not, repeat NOT, the type of essentially nonexistent “voter fraud” Republicans love screaming about and using as a pretext for suppressing minority voters.)
• Nice and warm today, with record highs possible Sunday