by Lowell
Here are a few national and Virginia news headlines, political and otherwise, for Thursday, September 13.
- Obama to continue campaign resurgence in Ohio as Democrats look to avenge 2016 losses
- Major media outlets dropped the ball last year on connecting climate change to hurricanes. Will they do better this year? (Doubtful. They suck.)
- ‘Never give an inch’: Trump keeps touting perceived failures as successes
- As Florence churns toward Carolinas, fears rise that storm could stall, swamp coast
- Hurricane Florence weakened to Category 2 by ‘tremendous’ wind shear
- Florence’s Rains Draw Nearer to North Carolina as Deluge Looms
- Hurricane Florence Could Be That Much Worse Because of What’s Waiting for It on Land (“There are lagoons of pig shit and coal ash in North Carolina—courtesy of Republican deregulation.” Republicans like to claim that regulations are bad, but in fact they are PROTECTIONS for people, the environment, animals, etc.)
- Kavanaugh offers details on Nationals tickets purchases that led to debt
- Trump Plans to Have U.S. Pay Mexico for Deportations, in Addition to Funding Border Wall (So much for all Trump’s ridiculous promises.)
- The Evidence Is Clear: Brett Kavanaugh Lied to the Senate Judiciary Committee
- Trump Administration Transferred $9.8 Million From FEMA To ICE
- U.S. Has Highest Share of Foreign-Born Since 1910, With More Coming From Asia
- How Elizabeth Warren Is Dominating the Democratic Presidential Race (“The Massachusetts senator is co-opting Bernie Sanders’s support without copying his platform.”)
- Trump’s “Enemy of the People” Rhetoric Is Endangering Journalists’ Lives (“Law enforcement and security leaders detail a disturbing rise in violent threats.”)
- Detention of Migrant Children Has Skyrocketed to Highest Levels Ever
- GOP senators: No Sessions replacement could get confirmed (“The possible axing of Jeff Sessions is giving Republican senators a migraine.”)
- Threats and Deception: Why CBS’s Board Turned Against Leslie Moonves
- Republicans Are Favorites In The Senate, But Democrats Have Two Paths To An Upset
- Iowa Congressman Steve King Just Can’t Stop Promoting White Nationalists on Twitter (“Nazis were socialists & leftists are socialists.” This guy is pure evil.)
- Republicans’ resident white supremacist is at it again (“Republican leadership clearly doesn’t care about Steve King.”)
- Poll: Gillum leads DeSantis by 4 points in Florida governor race
- Cuomo-Nixon showdown in New York governor’s race goes to voters (“Democratic voters in New York will decide on Thursday whether Governor Andrew Cuomo deserves a third term or should be replaced by actress and activist Cynthia Nixon, a first-time candidate mounting a challenge from the left.”)
- Gina Raimondo, Rhode Island Governor, Turns Back Liberal Challenge in Primary
- Breitbart leaks video of Google executives’ candid reaction to Trump victory
- Colbert knocks ‘scared’ Ted Cruz for buying ads during Beto O’Rourke’s appearance on the ‘Late Show’
- Scott Pruitt, Former E.P.A. Chief, Is in Talks for His Next Job: Coal Consultant (Of course!)
- Eric Trump casually uses anti-Semitic dogwhistle on ‘Fox & Friends’ (“Whistles have become horns.”)
- Red Tide and Blue-Green Algae Could Block Rick Scott’s Path To The Senate (“The Florida governor enthusiastically slashed environmental programs during his two terms, but is now blaming the ensuing water crisis on his Democratic Senate opponent.”)
- Mark Warner calls Trump sanctions order ‘insufficient’
- Virginia Sen. Tim Kaine visits FEMA HQ for briefing on response to Florence
- Virginia Supreme Court denies Shaun Brown’s appeal of ruling taking her off congressional ballot in Scott Taylor’s district (Correct ruling. Now, I want to hear what the prosecutor has to say about Scott Taylor and his staffers.)
- NRCC spending almost $5 million on ads to help Barbara Comstock
- Mired in #Petitiongate Scandal, Desperate/Flailing Scott Taylor (R-VA02) Lashes Out with “Disgrace” of an Ad…on 9/11, No Less
- As court pressure heats up, Va. House Republicans say they’re ready to work on redistricting
- Virginia House Republicans Make Outlandish Claims in Redistricting Court Filing
- Va. Republicans set dates for redistricting, insist job can be done before deadline (“House Speaker Kirk Cox (R-Colonial Heights) notified the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia that lawmakers will meet Sept. 27 to consider redistricting plans. He said the legislature could get something passed by Oct. 30. That was the deadline set by a three-judge panel of the court after it found on June 26 that 11 House of Delegates districts were unconstitutionally drawn to concentrate black voters.”)
- U.S. waives gasoline rules in Virginia, Georgia as Florence nears
- Appeals court overturns ruling, sides with Dominion over coal ash ponds
- ‘As if we don’t exist:’ Opponents call on air board to reject pipeline compressor station permit
- Want to check major party ballot petitions? Easier said than done.
- Editorial: About that election department audit . . . (“First, the good news, which we can’t stress strongly enough: The recent state audit of the Virginia Department of Elections found no evidence of any endemic voter fraud in the state, contrary to the feverish imaginations of some. Ideally, that should put to rest such conspiracy theories (although, realistically, it probably won’t). It also found no examples of elections whose results were put in doubt through the actions of election officials…”)
- Study: Sea level rise has already cost Virginians $280 million in home values since 2005
- Northam administration says it will move to regulate methane leaks, unveils other new climate initiatives (The problem remains that the new fracked-gas pipelines are the equivalent of 45 new coal-fired power plants. Also, I’d note that the fracking doesn’t occur in Virginia, but in West Virginia and Pennsylvania, so basically Virginia is outsourcing the methane leakage problem to other states. Greeeeaaaat.)
- As storm looms, 4th Circuit reverses ruling against Dominion on coal ash pollution at Chesapeake site
- Hurricane Florence downgraded to Category 2; Newport News closes 2 shelters
- Hurricane Florence no longer viewed as life-threatening for Virginia Beach, city manager says
- Court ruling revives fight by undocumented immigrants against mobile home park evictions in Va.
- Warm and humid through the weekend as Florence just skirts the region with showers
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