by Lowell
Here are a few national and Virginia news headlines, political and otherwise, for Sunday, October 8.
- Facebook’s Promise of Community Is a Lie (“Under increasing criticism for spreading fake news, the internet giant is using communitarianism as a shield.” It’s not just spreading fake news that’s a problem with Facebook, it’s also – among other things – encouraging the polarization and atomization of America into “echo chambers,” etc. etc.)
- Trump’s calling Democrats about health care now (“Chuck and Nancy may strike again.”)
- Trump on North Korea: ‘Only one thing will work’ (Yeah, Trump being impeached…)
- In a switch, GOP deserts its budget-cutting mantra (It’s not a “switch,” they’ve been running up deficits and the debt since Ronald Reagan and his “Laffer curve”/”supply side” bulls***)
- Hurricane Nate makes second landfall near Biloxi, Miss., hurling damaging winds and surge ashore (“Nate produced wind gusts over 70 mph and a storm surge of at least 3 to 5 feet.”)
- Does the Trump administration want more unintended pregnancies? (And more abortions, apparently.)
- Trump cites FCC equal time rule in dig at ‘unfunny’ late-night comedians
- GOP leaders look to avoid a fight with base over guns
- The ‘Resistance,’ Raising Big Money, Upends Liberal Politics
- Hoping to Have Trump Cleared, Legal Team Eases Resistance to Inquiry
- Dems hope to exploit GOP’s internal divisions
- Mike Huckabee’s Trump interview was ridiculous (“Trump does another softball interview with a fawning sycophant”)
- ‘We’ll Give You Whatever We Have:’ How Organizations Are Fighting to Bring Relief to Puerto Rico
- Trump explains why he’s different than Harvey Weinstein (Trump is much more powerful, but other than that, they are both scum.)
- Trump’s odd and ominous “calm before the storm” comment, not really explained (“Nobody seems to know what, if anything, he was talking about.”)
- Meet Kevin Warsh, the man Trump may tap to wreck the American economy (“The Harriet Miers of the Fed is ready for a comeback.”)
- Why a Congressional Ban on Bump Stocks Is Unlikely (“Some Republican lawmakers and the National Rifle Association are calling for more regulation of the devices used in the Las Vegas massacre. But party leaders have no plans yet to act.”)
- Right Wing Tries to Paint Harvey Weinstein As a Democratic Problem (And f***tards like Chris Cillizza join in…)
- Facebook reportedly plans to work with The Weekly Standard, a serial misinformer, on fact-checking (Time for progressives to consider ditching Facebook?)
- Senator Tim Kaine visits Puerto Rico to survey hurricane damage
- CASEY: Ed Gillespie late on the subject of ‘bump stocks’ (“Even the NRA says they should be regulated”)
- Schapiro: The state of the race (“The Virginia campaign — close in most public opinion polls, despite apparent outliers as the Post and Quinnipiac University surveys that show Northam leading Gillespie by double digits — is certain to take several more surprising swings, some Trump-induced.”)
- Virginia’s latest experiment with toll lanes to test thousands of commuters on I-66 (“The makeover of the inside-the-Beltway portion includes more transit in the corridor”)
- Paper ballots make a comeback in Virginia this fall
- ‘We still live in its long shadows’: a war, race, past and present tense (“Washington and Lee University and VMI confront their history, and its symbols.”)
- White nationalists rally again at Lee statue; Bellamy calls for them to be prosecuted (They’re not “nationalist,” they’re “supremacists” and neo-Nazis.)
- White nationalists return to Charlottesville (Same comment as above.)
- Gordon Morse: Aubrey Layne and the persuasion game
- Final debate brings coalfields issues to the state spotlight (“Unlike the previous debates in Northern Virginia and Bath County, Monday’s 7 p.m. debate will focus specifically on issues facing Southwest Virginia and other rural areas.”)
- Gubernatorial debate to offer visibility for region
- Editorial: Debate questions for Northam and Gillespie
- McAuliffe’s push for gun control is useless – unless it’s a push for his next office (I’ve been critical of Terry McAuliffe’ on a bunch of stuff, but this is a stupid attack.)
- With two swings of the bat, everything may have changed for the Nationals
- Incredibly muggy for October with showers possible today, heavier rain likely early tomorrow
