Sunday News: Trump Allies Losing Their Minds Over Mueller; VA Dems Sweep Sunday Endorsements; “Gillespie’s descent into gutter tactics”

by Lowell

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

• Senate Intelligence Committee Zeroes in on Trump Tower Meeting
• Here’s who could receive Mueller’s indictment
• Allies Weigh Nuclear Options as North Korea Threat Looms (This is not going to end well…)
• Trump team’s response to Russia news: Focus on Clinton, leaks or anything else (BUT HER EMAILS!!!!!)
• Most Americans hold starkly pessimistic view of politics under Trump, poll finds (And for very good reason.)
• Fox News host with close ties to Trump calls for Clinton to be jailed and Mueller to be fired (These people are basically third-world despot wannabes.)
• Roger Stone Banned From Twitter After Threatening CNN Anchors (This lunatic who’s pals with our “president” – ugh!)
• Dems want more details on Russian social media content
• Powell is favorite as Trump nears Federal Reserve decision (There’s no reason not to keep Janet Yellen on the job.)
• Confusion clouds open enrollment with Republicans still eager to dismantle Obamacare (“Shrinking enrollment will erode the markets politically — and weaken them, practically.”)
• 3 Trump loyalists who are completely melting down right now (“It’s not a good day aboard the Trump Train.”)
• White supremacists rallying in Tennessee show solidarity with Trump’s immigration policies (Nope,
  no connection between white supremacists and today’s Republican Party…move right along here, nothing to see?)
• Fox’s new prime-time lineup is Breitbart TV (Fox is complete slime in every way.)
• Secretary Zinke attacks ‘dishonest media’ for asking questions about shady Whitefish Energy contract (Now there’s somebody who probably should be locked up – for massive corruption.)
• Trump Admin Won’t Forgive All Debt For Students Defrauded By For-Profit Schools (F’ed up.)
• Battle hymns of the Republicans: Trump civil war is just getting started (“Flake and Corker have fired shots but other senior Republicans are keeping their heads down as Steve Bannon readies an all-out assault on the establishment”)
• You Can’t Back White Nationalist Shrines and Complain When You’re Linked to White Nationalists (“Ed Gillespie, the Republican candidate for governor of Virginia, is upset by his opponent’s mailer. He shouldn’t be.”)
• Power of anti-Trump resistance in question in Virginia race
• In Virginia Governor’s Race, Immigrants’ Turnout May Be Key
• Washington Post endorses Northam in Va. gubernatorial race
• Mud flies in close Virginia governor’s race (Yeah, with 90% of the “mud” – race baiting, xenophobia, demagoguery, appeals to the worst angels of our nature, etc. – coming from Gillespie.)
• Schapiro: For Republicans, it’s every man for himself (“This campaign started with Ed Gillespie running from Donald Trump. It is ending with Jill Vogel running from Gillespie. John Adams could get trampled in the stampede.”)
• The Post’s endorsements in Virginia (Wow, they actually managed to get this one right – Northam/Fairfax/Herring and absolutely ripping the extreme Republican ticket.)
• Balancing act for Virginia (“…with the current configuration of the General Assembly, it is in the best interest of the state to put Ralph Northam behind the governor’s desk.”)
• Editorial: Northam for governor (“Northam’s greatest appeal: Far from a flashy politician, the lieutenant governor has spent years in Richmond, developing the relationships needed to work across the aisle and deliver results.”)
• In Virginia governor’s race, two low-octane candidates vie for votes beyond their bases (“Nine months into the most volatile presidency in modern history, some voters crave a return to normalcy and are ready to embrace a quiet style, but others still seek high-octane delivery systems for their discontent.”)
• Dozens of Trump’s 2016 campaign aides trying to prod ‘patriotic’ Virginians to polls (Is destroying one’s own country and allying with Vladimir Putin now considered “patriotic?”)
• Virginia is betting more people will turn to transit when I-66 tolling begins in December
• EDITORIAL: All they got for $20M is mud (“Both-sidesism” at its worst. Barf.)
• Chachra, Hager-Smith or Lawhorn: Who will be Blacksburg’s new mayor?
• Campaign flier paid for by Virginia GOP ‘misgenders’ Democratic candidate (We had this story long before the Post did.)
• Periods of rain today, strong winds and rain tonight; Halloween looking not too spooky