by Lowell
Here are a few national and Virginia news headlines, political and otherwise, for Tuesday, October 17.
12 days after it was announced soldiers were killed in Niger, Trump says "I will at some point during the period of time call the parents." pic.twitter.com/vPh85JNF4x
— Kyle Griffin (@kylegriffin1) October 16, 2017
- Krugman: The G.O.P. Is No Party for Honest Men
- Obama aides lash out after Trump claims past presidents didn’t call fallen soldiers’ families
- Trump could remake judiciary for ‘40 years’ — with controversial picks (“Senate Republicans are rallying behind Trump’s judicial nominees, including those considered unqualified or with explosive views.” Appalling.)
- The Movement of #MeToo (“How a hashtag got its power”)
- Trump’s alternative reality (“It’s almost impossible for the media to cover these press conferences — or for Republicans to discern what he wants and how he plans to get it — because Trump spreads fake news while calling real news fake. This isn’t new. And, yes, 35% of voters don’t seem to care. But that doesn’t make it any less dangerous.”)
- The Right-Wing Roots of Trump’s False Claim About Obama Neglecting Families of Fallen Troops (Yet again, Trump shows his true character – rotten to the core.)
- Why Trump Just Might Blow Up NAFTA (Because he’s a “f***ing moron,” as Secretary of State Rex Tillerson called him?)
- A Remarriage of Convenience Between Donald Trump and Mitch McConnell (“The president and the Senate majority leader make nice at the White House after a summer of bickering and ahead of a crucial period for the Republican agenda.”)
- Trump can’t stop blaming Puerto Ricans for the island’s humanitarian crisis (Trump is scum.)
- Stress-Testing American Democracy: Nine Months of President Trump (“There are two sides to the story. If we consider Trump’s Presidency a stress test for American democracy, the system has responded pretty well, hemming him in, challenging him, and frustrating some of his more illiberal designs. But there are worrying signs, too. Every day Trump remains in office, he further polarizes the country and diminishes its international standing. And, as he contemplates the looming reality of being written off as a Presidential failure, there is no knowing where his demons will lead him.”)
- Trump’s Benghazi gets worse: His Obama obsession magnifies his disrespect (“Pressed about his silence on Niger, Trump lied about his predecessor, again – this time he got fact-checked”)
- How the Kochs are using Mike Pence to shape Trump’s White House
- The Supreme Court Is Allergic To Math (Actually, only its right-wing members…)
- Behind Trump, There’s Bannon. Behind Bannon, There’s the Mercers.
- Trump: ‘I hope’ Hillary Clinton runs in 2020
- Goldberg: Save the Phony Weinstein Outrage, Republicans
- Fox & Friends Is the Authoritarian Today Show (“These are remarkably stupid times. For a glimpse of why, consider the daily patter of Fox & Friends—or, rather, consider that I am even asking you to consider Fox & Friends.”)
- McCain blasts ‘half-baked, spurious nationalism’ in emotional speech
- Tough decisions loom for Dems on ObamaCare
- Harvey Weinstein, the entertainment industry, and the news media: A timeline of complicity
- Two swing-state Democrats offer middle ground on health care (“The proposal, from Sens. Michael F. Bennet (Colo.) and Tim Kaine (Va.), is politically significant because it tries to build on the existing law rather than the tear-it-all-down proposal of a national health-care system that is being offered by Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.).”)
- Kaine, Bennet propose public option health care bill
- Poll finds Virginia governor’s race tightening
- Wexton, Friedman emerge as early top fundraisers in race to challenge Rep. Comstock (“State Sen. Wexton raised the most in the last quarter; Friedman has the most cash on hand.”)
- Virginia attorney general’s race grows heated ahead of debate (“The candidates will meet Friday morning at a Leesburg event sponsored by the Loudoun County Chamber of Commerce, and unlike their June 17 meeting, this one could be bare-knuckled.”)
- Photojournalist launches online campaign against Ed Gillespie over stolen image (“Attack ad inaccurately claimed photo, used without permission, was of MS-13 gang members.”)
- State issues violation notice in Tinker Creek chemical spill and fish kill
- Editorial: What both Pence and Biden missed
- Natural gas pipelines clear another hurdle with conversion of Virginia conservation easements (Ugh…)
- Pipeline opponents say fight will continue despite FERC certification
- Sen. Tim Kaine speaking out on pipeline approval, health care decision (“Kaine is expressing concerns about recent decisions in Washington”)
- Politicians react to FERC pipeline certifications (“U.S. Sen. Tim Kaine used the phrase ‘very suspicious circumstances’ Monday to describe how a federal agency announced it had approved two deeply controversial natural gas pipelines that will burrow through different regions of Virginia.”)
- Lawyer leading Charlottesville’s review of violent rally hits roadblocks while seeking access to state records
- Leaders in Richmond’s effort to combat poverty say top-down solutions aren’t the answer
- I-64 expansion running ahead of schedule (Expanding roads is not the answer; smart growth is.)
- Downtown plaza dedicated for Linwood Holton, history-making former governor and one-time Roanoker
- Prosecutors to pursue death penalty against man accused of killing Nabra Hassanen (“Fairfax County Commonwealth’s Attorney Raymond F. Morrogh (D) made the announcement Monday after a Fairfax County grand jury returned an eight-count indictment against 22-year-old Darwin Martinez Torres for capital murder, rape and other charges in connection with the slaying of Nabra Hassanen of Reston, Va.”)
- Helping hands stretch from a Fairfax County school to storm-struck Houston
- Heather Heyer’s cause of death ruled as blunt force injury
- A nip in the air to kick off a string of fine fall days
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