by Lowell
Here are a few national and Virginia news headlines, political and otherwise, for Monday, October 9.
- White House releases immigration demands that could threaten deal on ‘dreamers’
- Trump slams Corker, who responds by calling the White House ‘adult day care’
- Corker: Trump is setting up the country for World War III (I can’t even tell you how angry I am at anyone who voted for, let alone STILL supports, Trump.)
- Corker mocks Trump in escalating Twitter feud
- FEMA director: ‘We filtered out’ San Juan mayor ‘a long time ago’ (What a @#$@#!)
- Donald Trump Issues Yet Another Creepily Ominous Message That Hints at War
- Trump’s Prop (“Mike Pence started out as a powerful veep. He’s now Trump’s pathetic culture war pawn.”)
- Mike Pence Escapes Kneeling Men, Patriotically Beats Traffic (It’s really hard to decide who is more despicable, Trump or Pence.)
- The Trump administration’s tax plan is an atrocity (“Arguments for it are some combination of ignorant, disingenuous and dishonest.”)
- Juan Williams: GOP must repudiate Moore
- Crunch time for Republicans seeking tax code rewrite
- The mainstreaming of right-wing extremism (“On Thursday night, President Trump sent out a typically outlandish tweet peddling deceit by way of promoting Republican Ed Gillespie against Democrat Ralph Northam in next month’s election for governor of Virginia.”)
- Schumer, Pelosi blast Trump’s new immigration principles (Absolutely unacceptable. No wall, ever.)
- Corker’s Alarm About Trump Starting ‘World War III’ Is Spot on — And Overdue
- Trump Flips Again, Demands Broad Immigration Crackdown in Exchange for DACA Fix (Unacceptable, end of story.)
- Charles M. Blow: Attacking Media as Distraction
- Mike Pence protests NFL protest, but stays silent on white supremacist rally (“The Vice President can stage a planned protest, but football players can’t.” F***
Pence.) - How Do Americans Feel About The NFL Protests? It Depends On How You Ask.
- How Trump is planning to gut Obamacare by executive order
- TV ads in Virginia’s governor race getting more aggressive
- Ralph Northam Stops in Charlottesville to Address White Nationalist Rally
- Pence plans to rally for Gillespie in Va. governor’s race, as new poll finds him trailing Northam (Pence is evil; says a lot that he’s rallying with Gillespie.)
- After 24 hours, GOP nominee for governor in Virginia finally responds to white supremacist rally (“The statement implies the media is to blame for covering the rally and for expecting Gillespie to have a response”)
- ‘Malevolent neglect’: Are Virginia Democrats letting rural areas slip away? (We have some excellent candidates running in rural Virginia this year.)
- White supremacists vow to keep coming back to Charlottesville. Can the city legally stop them?
- Editorial: Are the stars aligning for Appalachia?
- The real cause of Metro’s troubles (“Hint: It’s money”)
- Charlottesville white supremacist rally in August drew attendees from 35 states, study finds
- Virginia mayor slams white nationalists after another ‘torch rally’
- Henrico jail strikes deal with Chesterfield after female inmate population more than doubles
- D.C.-area forecast: Tropical humidity and soaking showers today; Mild and damp through the work week
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