by Lowell
Here are a few national and Virginia news headlines, political and otherwise, for Saturday, October 7.
- They Can’t Repeal Obamacare, So They’ll Just Make Sure It Doesn’t Work (“Donald Trump is determined to undermine Barack Obama’s legacy.”)
- Collins: Out of Control on Contraception
- Mr. Trump’s Attack on Birth Control
- Trump rolls back Obamacare birth control mandate (Appalling as always.)
- Is it Britain’s turn for revolution? (“There’s a fervor in the air from the political left and right — and maybe more to come.”)
- Australian conservatives took on gun control. It worked.
- Trump Dossier Author Is in Talks With Senate Intel Committee (“Christopher Steele, the former British intelligence operative who authored a 35-page dossier alleging that the Trump campaign had colluded with Russia, has been in talks with the Senate Intelligence Committee about speaking to its leaders, three sources familiar with the situation told NBC News.”)
- Democrats accuse Trump of ‘sabotage’ on Obamacare sign-ups (“Slashed outreach and a shortened sign-up period are expected to reduce enrollment numbers.”)
- Donald Trump’s Sabotage of Obamacare Is Reaching Baroque New Levels (Much better headline than the lame “Democrats accuse” b.s. by Politico. The media needs to cut this crap and just report whether something is true or false, not who accused who about it.)
- Sessions outlines broad exemptions for religious freedom (“New legal guidance could affect health care, gay rights, political action by churches”)
- Harvey Weinstein’s Media Enablers
- How Tillerson Is Trying to Save the Iran Deal From His Boss
- Rex Tillerson at the Breaking Point (“Will Donald Trump let the Secretary of State do his job?” Nope.)
- Harvey Weinstein, Milo Yiannopoulos, and the era of unleashing (“The revelations of Harvey Weinstein’s long history of sexual harassment are all the more shocking because so many seem so unsurprised. His behavior was apparently an open secret — albeit one that no journalist, for decades, could confirm, despite the fact that many, many journalists tried. Weinstein had too much power, and sources were too loath to cross him.”)
- Scoop: Trump phones Schumer for help on health care, worrying GOP
- Tropical Storm Nate forecast to hit the Gulf Coast as a hurricane: what we know
- Back on the trail, Biden’s message rankles the left
- These are the Facebook posts Russia used to undermine Hillary Clinton’s campaign (“Russian Facebook and Twitter accounts masqueraded as pro-Trump Americans when they took aim at Clinton.”)
- AP-NORC Poll: Trump fares poorly in public’s view (“Nearly 70 percent of Americans say Trump isn’t level-headed, and majorities say he’s not honest or a strong leader. More than 60 percent disapprove of how he is handling race relations, foreign policy and immigration, among other issues. Overall, 67 percent of Americans disapprove of the job Trump is doing in office, including about one-third of Republicans.”)
- Do You Have Enough Hypocrisy in You to Be a Successful Republican? (“The proud history of anti-choice hardliners telling their mistresses to get abortions.”)
- Why Harvey Weinstein’s apology is so hard to believe (What a scumbag.)
- Congress Is Dropping the Ball on Trump’s Obstruction of Justice
- Republican congressman spreads wild Charlottesville conspiracy theory (“Rep. Paul Gosar of Arizona told VICE News it would be “interesting to find out” if Soros was behind Charlottesville” Insane, even for a Republican these days…)
- Breitbart gets fooled by account that mimics how Trump would tweet if he was more mature (Morons.)
- Kaine says campaign contributions up (“Sen.Tim Kaine reports his campaign committee raised nearly $1.8 million during the third quarter, the first federal reporting period after a Republican challenger emerged for the 2018 election. He said he has more than $8.4 million of cash in hand now for the race”)
- Playing down Trump’s Twitter endorsement, Gillespie says he’s ‘surprised that it’s news’ (Yeah, right! Hahahahahahaha.)
- Bush, Obama to campaign in Virginia
- Trump looms large over Virginia governor’s race
- Gillespie backs ‘bump stock’ restrictions; declines to release NRA questionnaire (“Gun control advocates demand Gillespie release his responses to the NRA that earned him its endorsement”)
- Koebel: Gillespie does gun lobby’s bidding (“Catherine Koebel Koebel is one of the founders of the Blue Ridge Coalition Against Gun Violence. She lives in Roanoke.”)
- McAuliffe says he’ll seek new gun restrictions in Virginia after Las Vegas massacre
- Virginia to spend $14-million on electric car “pumps”
- DEQ nixes yet another part of the Atlantic Coast Pipeline proposal (“The NC Department of Environmental Quality has rejected the Atlantic Coast Pipeline’s erosion and sediment control plan, dealing yet another setback to the $5.5 billion project.” Now, let’s see Virginia’s DEQ do its job…)
- Democrats criticize Jill Vogel’s remark that Justin Fairfax can’t ‘talk intelligently’ on issues
- Kellyanne Conway touts Trump tax plan in visit to Roanoke Valley (Gack!)
- In confidential memo, Richmond city attorney says city must seek state approval to remove Confederate monuments
- Very warm today, showers Sunday and rain risk lasts into early week
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