Sunday News: Master of Scams Says Recount a “Scam”; Trump’s America an Ugly, Ugly Place

by Lowell

Here are a few national and Virginia news headlines, political and otherwise, for Sunday, November 27.

• Cubans worry about what comes next after Fidel Castro’s death
• Clinton campaign to join Wisconsin recount, looking for ‘interference’
• Listening and Responding To Calls for an Audit and Recount
• Business Ties Could Shadow Trump on Foreign Policy
• Mr. Trump, let journalists do their job (“A repressive U.S. president could send a green light for other countries to persecute the press.”)
• Trump slams recount push as ‘a scam,’ says election is over (Yeah, the master of scamming people should know all about scams. Douchebag. Plus, Trump is going to lose the popular vote by around 2.5 MILLION.)
• Editorial: Can Senate Democrats Save the Party?
• 5 senators essential to Trump’s success — or failure (“Red state Democrats and swing-state Republicans hold the keys to legislative success.”)
• Fidel Castro’s Legacy Hangs Over Florida And U.S. Politics
• Obama’s agencies push flurry of ‘midnight’ actions (“But in Congress, Republicans are warning them to stop and are preparing to repeal those regulations en masse.”)
• Trump rages as Clinton helps recount (This guy is mentally unfit to be president. Electors should replace him with Mike Pence.)
• Letters threatening genocide against Muslims and praising Trump sent to multiple California mosques (Donald Trump’s America is an ugly, ugly place.)
• Editorial: Bay, sea-level rise top Va. environmental list
• Editorial: Opioid epidemic requires compassion
• Falwell Jr. says Trump offered him education secretary job, but he declined (This administration is going to be not just massively corrupt, but totally extreme and demented.)
• Special interests spend millions to pay Virginia legislators’ bills (Legalized corruption on a massive scale.)
• Virginia’s would-be deporter in chief (“Repudiated by the Trump team, Corey Stewart plans a toxic gubernatorial campaign.” Corey Stewart is utterly toxic.)
• Kaine: After Election Day, and raking the yard, it’s back to work
• Virginia’s first hemp crop in decades could signal new opportunity (“Hemp was big in colonial times, but fell victim to the war on drugs”)
• Steve Bannon talks Richmond roots, says Trump will condemn all forms of racism (Except that Trump has STOKED racism and certainly has NOT condemened “all forms” of it. Lies, lies, more lies from Bannon…)
• “Speed limit enforced by aircraft” no more because of budget woes, but signs remain
• Sens. Surovell and Lucas: Gaming will soon shift $300 million a year from Virginia to Maryland (“While we could choose to continue helping Maryland, West Virginia and New Jersey’s taxpayers, we could also choose to start diversifying our revenue sources and keeping our money, tax revenue, and jobs right here in Virginia.”)
• Md. and Va.won’t meet deadline for new Metro safety body. What happens now?
• As pipeline looms, historic Newport braces for change
• Editorial: Do pipeline economics add up? (Perhaps not fully quantifiable, but an obvious choice – NO!)
• Rerouted pipeline spares Dinwiddie gem mine as property rights battle continues in courts
• Winds and cloud cover decrease overnight. Sunny and seasonable for Sunday.