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by Lowell
Here are a few national and Virginia news headlines, political and otherwise, for Friday, October 26.
- Mikhail Gorbachev: A New Nuclear Arms Race Has Begun
- George Shultz: We Must Preserve This Nuclear Treaty (“This is the time to expand, not abandon, an important nuclear weapons agreement with Russia.”)
- World stocks head for worst losing streak in over half a decade
- Trump Is Now Bad for the Stock Market (“U.S. equity valuations are lower than they were before the election.”)
- Equities Rout Resumes; Bonds Gain Before U.S. Data: Markets Wrap
- Trump demonizes opponents and gives license to violence. He’s part of the problem.
- Trump Considers Closing Southern Border to Migrants
- Trump, Partisan and Pugilist, Abandons Calls for Unity After Bomb Scares
- Hunt for Mail-Bomb Suspect Focuses on Florida, New York
- Health Care, Hatred and Lies (“Hate is how Republicans change the subject from policy.”)
- Trump wields bombing campaign as a weapon against the press
- Trumpism Is ‘Identity Politics’ for White People (“The president’s closing argument in the midterm elections lays bare the logic of his appeal.”)
- Saudi Arabia admits Khashoggi’s murder was premeditated. Fine. Who premeditated it? (Obviously this came from the top.)
- Erdogan Demands Saudi Arabia Hand Over Khashoggi Suspects
- Why was MBS so afraid of Jamal Khashoggi?
- Republicans are mischaracterizing nearly all their major policies. Why? (Because Republican policies are widely unpopular.)
- Pipe bomb scare reveals Trump’s uneasy embrace of the presidency
- Forlorn Trump lashes out at CNN and complains he’s the real victim of mail bombs in 3 a.m. tweet (He is insane.)
- Michael Avenatti Under Investigation for Claims Made About Kavanaugh
- Why Michael Avenatti Thinks Only a White Man Can Beat Trump (This guy is absolutely not qualified to be president. Or anything, really.)
- DHS Secretary says no plans ‘right now’ to shoot at migrant caravan (“Kirstjen Nielsen joins the Trump’s administration fear-mongering.”)
- The manhunt: FBI treating serial bomber as domestic terrorism
- Trump officials have barred health experts from helping end one of the worst Ebola outbreaks in history (Heinous.)
- Here’s how many times Trump attacked pipe bomb targets (Trump “has described the press as ‘the enemy of the people’ in speeches and tweets some 55 times since taking office” and “He’s used the twisted term ‘fake news’ more than 700 times during his 677 days in office.”)
- Andrew Gillum Wants Ron DeSantis To Show Him Some Respect (“He quit his job in Congress, I’m a sitting mayor, and he had the nerve to address me only as Andrew?”)
- Latinos feel worse off under Trump, and more energized to vote
- Why false narratives about the migrant caravan and mail bombs won’t go away on social media
- ‘False Flag’ Theory on Pipe Bombs Zooms From Right-Wing Fringe to Mainstream
- F-Bombs and Real Bombs (“Our problem isn’t ‘incivility.’ It’s right-wing violence.”)
- Caitlyn Jenner: I thought Trump would help the LGBTQ community. I was wrong. (Duhhhhh…)
- A Star Is Born (“Beto O’Rourke has earned his spotlight, but if Andrew Gillum wins in November he’ll be a top political figure among Democrats.” Agreed; Gillum is very impressive.)
- We recommend Beto O’Rourke for U.S. Senate (The Dallas Morning News joins the Houston Chronicle in endorsing Beto O’Rourke.)
- Brennan to Trump: ‘Clean up your act’ and ‘try to act presidential’ (“Former CIA director John Brennan criticized President Donald Trump in a tweet on Thursday for his incendiary rhetoric and comments encouraging physical violence”)
- Democratic groups outraise Republicans in October in wake of Kavanaugh fight
- Trump fears Florida wipeout (“The president is mounting an 11th-hour effort to head off high-profile losses for governor and Senate in his adopted home state.”)
- Megyn Kelly was making racist comments long before ‘blackface.’ NBC hired her anyway. (NBC is also the network of Chuck Todd, so this isn’t exactly a bunch of geniuses here.)
- Megyn Kelly Is Who We Thought She Was (“Her blackface comments were not an unexpected outburst or a mangled attempt at contrarianism.”)
- Megyn Kelly will no longer host NBC’s ‘Today’ show: report
- Sen. Mark Warner Is Pressing The FTC To Tackle Digital Ad Fraud After A BuzzFeed News Investigation (“Google ‘may have engaged in willful blindness, all while profiting from this fraudulent activity.'”)
- From JFK-loving Boy Scout to right-wing provocateur: What happened to Corey Stewart? (“Instead of Kennedy, Stewart’s North Star is President Trump, whose caustic, insult-laden antics Stewart apes with unapologetic gusto. Stewart’s turn astonishes those who have known him the longest, including members of his family who still live in this blue-collar city etched into the bluffs overlooking Lake Superior. ‘I’d give you a kidney, but I’d never vote for you,’ Stewart’s cousin, Frank Grandson, 63, told him recently.”)
- Senate candidate Corey Stewart doesn’t waste any sympathy on CNN over bombing attempt (Corey Stewart is not just completely unhinged, he’s also wildly irresponsible.)
- Virginia Beach Republican congressman tries to weather scandal and wave of Democratic spending
- Pence warns electing Democrats is bad for the country during campaign stop for Taylor (Definitely take the opposite of anything this theocratic extremist says. Also keep in mind that his nickname, among his colleagues in Congress, was Mike DENSE.)
- Barbara Comstock Tries To Pass Off Fundraisers As “GOTV Events”
- Poll: GOP incumbent Comstock down 13 points in Virginia House race
- In 1st District debate in Hanover, Wittman calls pipe bombs sent to Trump critics ‘acts of terrorism’ (Rob Wittman: “I support Corey Stewart vs. Tim Kaine” That alone should disqualify Wittman.)
- Virginia Absentee Voting Up Sharply Over 2017, Particularly Among Younger Voters
- Larry Sabato’s Crystal Ball Now Calls 5th District Congressional Race ‘Toss-Up’
- Watch candidates answer three questions from the Times-Dispatch editorial board (Fixed it: “Republican Times-Disgrace”)
- Here are Three of the Most Bonkers Races Happening in Virginia (Wait, what??? The Loudoun County Board of Supervisors makes this list, but not neo-Confederate Corey???)
- Dominion Solicits for 500MW of Renewables, Positioning Virginia as a Top Growth Market (“Virginia’s largest utility strives to meet the demand of corporate customers.”)
- Va. could be out $370M if it does not change state tax code to reflect federal changes, finance secretary says
- October Surprise: Governor Ralph Northam, Secretary Matt Strickler Tell Governor’s Advisory Council on Environmental Justice to Go Away – Literally
- Henrico panel recommends Richmond Raceway for site of new indoor sports facility
- Williams: The blue takeover on the Henrico Board of Supervisors hit a snag. For Henrico Democrats, is there life after Lynch?
- Highway officials release draft plan to fix I-81 for $2 billion paid by taxes and tolls
- An expert is redrawing Virginia’s legislative map. But you can send in your own version.
- Tom Godfrey: Norfolk pipeline has plenty of risks
- Virginia Lottery coffers get windfall as Virginians buy tickets for big jackpot drawings (Buying lottery tickets is like flushing your money down the toilet.)
- Potentially powerful storm brewing for Hampton Roads on Friday
- Nor’easter rain arrives today, lasting through tomorrow morning. Windier by tonight.
