Friday News: “Gillespie’s ads are poisonous to Virginia and the nation”; Fairfax Changes Name of “JEB Stuart High School” To “Justice”

by Lowell

Here are a few national and Virginia news headlines, political and otherwise, for Friday, October 27.

• Words, Not Action, From Mr. Trump on Opioids
• Pressure builds and divisions remain as GOP rushes to overhaul tax code
• JFK files reveal FBI warning on Oswald and Soviets’ missile fears (“Publication of nearly 3,000 documents sheds more light on response to assassination of US president – but so far no smoking gun”)
• That’s Enough Nightmare for Today, I Think (“President Trump expounds on his relationship with ‘the King of China.'” Just imagine if Obama had done this.)
• Krugman: Trump’s Gift to Wealthy Foreigners
• House Passes Budget Blueprint, Clearing Path for Tax Overhaul (Anyone other than the super rich should be very unhappy about this horrible budget. As should fiscal conservatives.)
• ‘I don’t want to sit on your lap,’ she thought. But, she alleges, Mark Halperin insisted. (I already couldn’t stand Mark Halperin…now this. Slimeball.)
• The Trump-Russia Scandal Is a Huge Media Fail (“If we don’t come to terms with this assault on American democracy, Trump and Co. win.”)
• What’s Still Missing From Trump’s Plan to Tackle the Opioid Crisis (“The president declared a public-health emergency in an empathetic speech—but left some crucial questions unanswered.”)
• Trump’s Critics Can Sense the GOP Slipping Away From Them (“It’s Trump’s triumph that has provoked harsh critiques from Jeff Flake, Bob Corker, John McCain, and George W. Bush.”)
• Why Trump’s Fawning Over China’s Xi Jinping Probably Won’t Work
• Trump’s Latest Show: Choosing a Fed Chairman (There goes the stock market? Stay tuned.)
• Budget vote raises red flag for GOP on tax reform (“The GOP barely scraped up enough votes to pass their partisan budget, as 20 on their side defected.”)
• GOP winds down Russia probes with Trump collusion unanswered (“Democrats are likely to be divided over whether to endorse conclusions that don’t address the most explosive issue.”)
• The Republicans Have Developed a Theory of Alt-Collusion to Defend Trump From Mueller
• Trump Allows Release of Most but Not All Remaining Kennedy Assassination Files (“In the end, the president allowed the release of 2,891 of at least 3,140 documents, with the rest subject to a 180-day review of redactions from objecting agencies.”)
• Fox News’ ad revenue nose-dives, declining a whopping 17 percent (“Hannity’s advertiser losses signal that Fox’s business model is not sustainable”)
• Montana energy company under fire after ‘shocking’ contract for restoring power to Puerto Rico leaks
• Trump Refers to Confederacy as “Our Great Heritage”
  
• Looks like Congress is bowing to the NRA once again (Republicans in Congress, that is.)
• The Republican Campaign in Virginia Is All About Preserving “Our” Confederate Statues (“It’s not subtle anymore.”)
• Northam hits back at Trump: ‘Don’t talk to me about showing up’
• Northam hoping sterling background resonates in age of Trump (No contest on biographies between Northam and Gillespie, that’s for sure.)
• New CNU Virginia Poll: Northam 50%-Gillespie 43% (+7); Fairfax 47%-Vogel 44% (+3); Herring 49%-Adams 44% (+5)
• ‘Stop tweeting and get to work’: McAuliffe responds to Trump’s Twitter endorsement of Gillespie
• Trump again tweets on Va. governor’s race, says Gillespie will protect ‘our great statues/heritage’
• Gillespie’s ads are poisonous to Virginia and the nation (“Borrowing a page from the Trump playbook, the Republican plays divisive politics.”)
• National GOP, Democratic groups pour cash into Va. attorney general race (“More than $1 million in new donations were announced Thursday.”)
• Potential and personality
  (The Daily Press, after an incredible – and laughable – amount of agonizing, finally endorses Justin Fairfax for LG over Jill Vogel. How can a no-brainer choice like this be SOOOO hard???)
• Can a career tactician navigate Trump and a GOP civil war and win Virginia? (“Ed Gillespie, a GOP operative-turned-candidate, faces imposing test in governor’s race”)
• Where in the world is Ed? (“But on this day less than two weeks before the election, Gillespie will wade into no crowds, face no undecided voters, shake no hands of Virginians except those of high-end donors and his own campaign workers.”)
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  Eric Holder Group Pumps Big Money Into Close Virginia Governor’s Race
• Editorial: Gillespie offers more details than Northam does
  (Maybe, maybe not, but Gillespie’s details are generally bad ones.)
• Martin: Clean energy drives business growth in Virginia
• Fairfax County school district votes to rename J.E.B. Stuart High (“A sharply divided Fairfax County School Board voted to wipe the name of a Confederate calvary commander from one of its high schools and call it Justice High — a name supporters say embodies the spirit of those who have championed equal rights.”)
• VanValkenburg campaign falsely says Whitlock voluntarily represented sex-assault suspect
• McAuliffe says Remington’s solar power good for environment, economy (Correct; and fossil fuels – including fracked gas – are bad!)
• Group petitions for removal of entire Charlottesville City Council
• Virginia school worksheet that identified KKK as ‘right wing’ pulled after complaints (And the problem is…?)
• Editorial: Stolle, Jones, Bloxom, Colaw (The Bloxom endorsement is absurd – vote for Democrat Willie Randall instead. Glad to see the endorsement of Rebecca Colaw.)
• State, city officials refusing to provide Aug. 12 records to each other (Cmon guys.)
• Wise County commonwealth’s attorney wants to subpoena Gov. McAuliffe and Lt. Gov. Northam (Republican bulls***)
• Outcry over middle school locker room video spills over into Henrico School Board meeting (“More than 20 parents, teachers and students had one main thing they wanted their elected Henrico School Board members to know Thursday: The racially charged locker room video in which African-American students were harassed by their peers wasn’t an isolated incident.”)
• D.C.-area forecast: Pleasant today, passable tomorrow, then a windy rainstorm starts Saturday night