Sunday News: “A Grim Endgame Looms in Syria”; Odious, Pathetic Mike Pence Whines About Barack Obama; Kaine “tries to expand the map in Virginia for other Democrats”

by Lowell

Here are a few national and Virginia news headlines, political and otherwise, for Sunday, Septmber 9.

• A Grim Endgame Looms in Syria (“America needs a plan to protect civilians in the last province held by rebels.”)
• 3 Million People With Nowhere to Go (“President Bashar al-Assad’s forces are about to attack Idlib, the last rebel-held province in Syria. Fear of mass slaughter is increasing.” This is the guy who Virginia State Senator Dick Black just visited, praised, made up crazy conspiracy theories about, etc.)
• A party with neo-Nazi origins could become one of Sweden’s biggest after today’s elections (A horrifying indication of how tribal/xenophobic many people are, all over the world.)
• Florence Forecast To Become A Major Hurricane; Risk To The East Coast Is Rising
• RNC chairwoman: ‘Democrats have the energy right now’
• Schumer: Kavanaugh will give Trump power to overreach
• Trump colors the fall campaign landscape: ‘He’s been the only thing that matters’ (“Midterms traditionally center on the party in power, but this year’s election is likely to hinge on the president — the man and his rash actions, more so than his policies.”)
• Pence: ‘Very disappointing’ to see Obama ‘become so political’ (Pence is odious, has zero self awareness and/or is completely cynical.)
• Obama Reminisces About Getting Kicked Out of Disneyland for Smoking (“His tale involved Kool and the Gang, smoking, and gondolas — all the necessary ingredients for a captivating narrative. Watch below, and reflect on the days when a president’s personal life was relatable in any way.” I love Obama as much as I despise Trump – not even talking policy here, just as human beings, assuming Trump is actually a member of our species and not some sort of bizarre mutant.)
• In California, Barack Obama headlines first 2018 campaign rally, urges voters to ‘get to work’ (“The biggest threat to our democracy … is us not doing what we’re supposed to do.”)
• Obama rallies California Dems as GOP licks its chops (“As the former president lends gravitas and glamor to seven House candidates, both parties insist they can use his embrace to energize their voters.”)
• With a shrinking EPA, Trump delivers on his promise to cut government (When Dems take back power, that needs to be reversed BIG TIME.)
• The Republican Approach to Voter Fraud: Lie (“They use the fallacy of rampant cheating at the polls to make it harder for people to vote.” They also engage in fraud of their own – see Virginia Rep. Scott Taylor and his staffers’ large-scale petition signature fraud in VA-02.)
• Top Trump Adviser Says Ted Cruz Could Lose Texas Senate Race (Cruz is clearly panicking.)
• Ted Cruz warns that Beto O’Rourke will bring ‘tofu, silicon and dyed hair’ to Texas (Ted Cruz is a disgrace to Texas, America and humanity. Go Beto!)
• Serena Williams accuses umpire of sexism and vows to fight for equality (“Williams was cited by official Carlos Ramos for three code violations during her 6-2, 6-4 loss to the 20-year-old Osaka on Saturday: for getting coaching signals; for breaking her racket, which cost her a point; and for calling the chair umpire a thief, which cost her a game.”)
• Serena Williams’s U.S. Open Loss Was Humiliating—But Not For Her (“What happened to the superstar was shocking. It was not surprising.”)
• Risk of “direct impacts” from Florence on southeast U.S. continues to increase
• Virginia-Citizens-Defense-League-100%-Rated Comstock Laughably Claims Concern Over Gun Safety
• Video Flashback and Secretary Moran’s Mindless Facebook Share: He Should Resign
• Gordon C. Morse: The 2nd District, where all the world’s a stage (Agreed, Taylor needs to be “flogged” for his disgraceful, probably illegal, behavior – at the polls on 11/6.)
• Kaine, far ahead in his Senate race, tries to expand the map in Virginia for other Democrats (“Kaine, far ahead in campaign cash and poll numbers over Stewart, has traveled this summer to all seven House districts where Democratic challengers — five of them first-time candidates — are taking on a Republican incumbent.” Wait, but neo-Confederate Corey keeps claiming the race is neck and neck. Who ya gonna believe? LOL)
• Wildly popular — even if a bit unknown (Bizarre headline. The core of the article is this: “Many Republicans see Stewart as an embarrassment to the party, an attention-seeking publicity hound who shoots from the hip with disparaging statements that accomplish little and do nothing to advance civil political discourse…But supporters say it’s those Republicans — not Stewart — who are the real embarrassment, the candidate and his supporters say.”)
• Editorial: An unseemly spotlight on 2nd District (“Such allegations against any candidate would be deeply harmful. To level them against people working for a sitting congressman, especially an elected official who prides himself on his honorable service in the armed forces, is almost unprecedented.”)
• Video, Photos: Nearly 100 People Rally at the Virginia State Capitol for Climate, Jobs and Justice
• U.S. Navy ships preparing to leave Hampton Roads as Florence approaches
• Editorial: Virginia’s coming tax debate (“In all, the Virginia treasury expects an additional $594 million in tax revenues in 2019 as a result of the federal tax changes, growing to $611 million in 2020 and on up to $950.6 million extra in 2024.” The Republican tax cut for the rich explodes the deficit/debt and does nothing good for the country, but let’s at least do something useful at the state level!)
• Schapiro: Low stakes for Va. senators in high court fight (Behind a paywall, so no idea what this says.)
• Virginia GOP picks establishment favorite for new party chairman
• Live Blogging RPV’s State Central Committee Meeting (As is often the case, the blogs – in this case Bearing Drift – provide much more detailed coverage of Virginia political events than the corporate media does. By the way, Jack Wilson defeated Chuck Smith 53-25-1.)
• Jack Wilson Elected New RPV State Chairman (“At Saturday’s State Central Committee meeting in Richmond, Fourth District Chairman Jack Wilson was elected as the new RPV State Chairman. He replaces John Whitbeck who resigned in July.
• Jack Wilson elected chairman of Virginia GOP
• Va. state senator who met with Assad says British are planning fake chemical attack (Yes, Dick Black is completely insane.)
• If Alex Jones Were a Virginia State Senator, He’d Be Dick Black
• State of emergency declared in Virginia in advance of tropical storm
• Solar company agrees to distribute more power from proposed Spotsylvania facility
• Annual Southeast parade and festival draws crowd; civil rights activists
• Stoney administration pitching council on tax break for Manchester developer; Richmond assessor: ‘Why do you need to incentivize somewhere that’s so hot?’
• A cool and soggy Sunday with Flood Watch in effect; warmer with shower chances tomorrow into midweek