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by Lowell
Here are a few national and Virginia news headlines, political and otherwise, for Wednesday, October 31. Happy Halloween…just 6 days until Election Day!
- Mueller refers sex misconduct scheme targeting him to FBI for investigation (Ee gads, not Jack Burkman again. And Jacob Wohl, “disgraced hedge fund manager turned pro-Trump conspiracy theorist”)
- Inside the Crazy Cabal Trying to Smear Robert Mueller (“A Seth Rich conspiracy pusher and fringe online figures appear to be working behind the scenes.”)
- Fabricated Mueller Smear Appears to Have Come From Comically Inept Far-Right Internet Person
- MAGA Trolls’ Efforts to Take Down Robert Mueller Flame Out in Hilarious and Spectacular Fashion
- Trump’s quiet visit to a grieving Pittsburgh met with hostility (And for very, very good reason!)
- The greatest grifter story ever told: Krassenstein brother busts Jacob Wohl over Mueller plot (“And then Gateway Pundit promoted ‘exclusive documents’ from a company that shares a phone number with…Wohl’s mother? It’s a lot to take in.” Gateway Pundit is basically the cesspool of the internet, along with sites like “Gab”)
- Trump visits Pittsburgh after being asked not to by everyone (“The White House reportedly couldn’t convince any elected officials to join Trump at the site of Saturday’s synagogue massacre.”)
- Fact Check: 14th Amendment On Citizenship Cannot Be Overwritten By Executive Order
- Trump surprise rattles GOP in final stretch (“Trump’s plan to end birthright citizenship has tossed a grenade into the final stretch of the midterm elections, roiling centrist Republicans and further endangering a House majority already at risk of slipping away”)
- Midterm elections: early voter turnout surging in several key states (“If trends continue, turnout could beat the 49% recorded in 1966, a number that has not been surpassed since in a midterm”)
- The Trump administration again tries to sabotage the Obamacare model (“The latest Trump administration plan would make it even harder for all Americans to obtain decent health-care coverage.”)
- Jamal Khashoggi was brutally murdered four weeks ago. We’re still waiting for answers. (“If the Trump administration continues to shield the crown prince, Congress must step in.”)
- Trump’s proposal to end birthright citizenship is unconstitutional
- Along Comes Axios With More Spoiled Red Meat for Trump’s Base (“It’s about the midterms, but it’s also about planting this perilous nonsense more firmly into the public mind and the public debate.”)
- I’m Old Enough to Remember When a President Moving Troops Into Texas Was a Sign of the Apocalypse (“Governor Greg Abbott played to the conspiracies about Jade Helm. And now?”)
- The Troops Don’t Deserve This (“You support the troops? Don’t let the president* use them as political props.”)
- Veterans slam Trump for border ‘stunt’
- Donald Trump Launches Operation Midterms Diversion
- After synagogue massacre, Republicans aren’t tamping down their anti-Semitism (“Attacks on East Coast accents, George Soros, and Hollywood Jews continue apace.”)
- White supremacists and the far-right are thrilled with Trump’s plan to try to end birthright citizenship
- Democrats make late bid for governorships in deep-red Great Plains (“Democrats in Kansas, Oklahoma and South Dakota are within striking distance of shocking gubernatorial wins on Election Day.”)
- Trump turns from ‘humbling’ grief to midterm fire and fury (No class as usual.)
- Beto O’Rourke delivers the perfect rebuttal to Trump’s ‘ridiculous’ effort to militarize the border
- These contests could matter more than the battle for Congress (“Election Day is shaping up to be a good one for Democrats in statehouses across the country.” We’ve got a lot of ground to make up!)
- Jews assail ‘Christian rabbi’ who appeared with Pence, and so does his own movement (“Loren Jacobs, who spoke at a rally with the vice-president, was stripped of his ordination by the Messianic movement in 2003.”)
- ‘Christian rabbi’ who prayed with Mike Pence after Pittsburgh was defrocked 15 years ago for libel (“Christian Rabbi” is an oxymoron, like “clean coal” or “Presidential Trump”)
- Big Oil is sloshing a crude tsunami across the country (“Don’t fall for Big Oil’s positioning at the national level. At the local level, it hasn’t changed.”)
- Boston gangster James ‘Whitey’ Bulger killed in West Virginia prison a day after transfer
- Opinion/Editorial: Return Kaine to Senate for Virginia (This is a very conservative editorial board, by the way.)
- Senator: Social media need ‘decency doctrine’ (“Social media companies such as Facebook and Twitter need to be more aggressive in monitoring and taking down hate speech that can incite violence, Sen. Mark Warner, D-Virginia, said Tuesday.”)
- Extremism has become a business. Just look at Gab. (“One company is cashing in on the extremist views of its online subscribers.” The absolute worst of social media.)
- Democrat Leslie Cockburn vying for 5th District seat in Congress
- Meet the candidates running in the 5th Congressional District
- House Majority PAC cancels ads for Comstock race (“House Majority PAC, the largest outside group backing Democrats, canceled an $800,000 ad buy in Virginia’s 10th Congressional District, represented by Rep. Barbara Comstock (R), in a sign that Democrats are increasingly confident they will flip the seat.”)
- Q&A with 7th District Congressional candidates
- Williams: Economy looks good on paper, but ‘benefits are not trickling down to the masses’
- Wishneff: Trump is to blame for rise in anti-Semitism (“Brian Wishneff Wishneff is a former member of Roanoke City Council.”)
- Less than 5 percent of Virginia registered voters under 30 always vote. Why?
- Editorial: Proposed constitutional amendments on Nov. 6 ballot
- Getting Out the Vote for Abigail Spanberger in Purple Virginia
- Connolly Sends Constitution to POTUS to Explain Birthright Citizenship; Neo-Confederate Corey Thinks Trump’s Lunacy Shows “Cajones” (sic)
- Video: 200+ Rally in Roanoke for Carter Turner, Jennifer Lewis, Tim Kaine
- Luria and Taylor focus more on Trump than each other in final debate
- Schapiro: A Cantor endorsement of Brat could help — but also hurt (This says it all about Cantor: “Last week, Eric Cantor was in Riyadh for the Saudi investment conference that some of his competitors boycotted because of the mysterious killing in the kingdom’s Istanbul consulate of one of its leading critics, Jamal Khashoggi. The Washington Post columnist lived in Virginia, which Cantor represented in the U.S. House of Representatives for 14 years.”)
- Conservatives Admire Brazil’s Strongman and Compare Him to Trump. Gulp. (These people are completely deranged.)
- Senior Saudi Prince Returns to Kingdom as Royals Confront Khashoggi Crisis
- Former Trump strategist Bannon to appear for Rep. Brat in polarized Va. district (Bannon is an extremist, as is Brat – end of story. Of course, the “both sides” WaPo won’t tell you that, but instead will use cop-out words like “polarized”)
- Trump endorses Riggleman in Va.’s 5th with flub campaign calls ‘foreshadowing’ (“The president referred to the GOP hopeful as ‘Congressman’ and said he helped get tax cuts passed.” Trump also used the wrong Twitter handle for Riggleman, among other problems. LOL)
- Shaun Brown, former 2nd District congressional candidate, is convicted of fraud (And speaking of fraud, how about Rep. Scott Taylor’s campaign, which committed outright fraud, forged signatures, etc. in an attempt to get Brown on the ballot to hurt Democrat Elaine Luria’s chances???)
- Ex-congressional candidate Shaun Brown guilty in fraud case
- A Virginia Farmer Fights to Harvest His Uranium
- Katie Whitehead column: Virginia’s uranium mining ban is at risk of federal pre-emption; the U.S. Supreme Court will hear VUI’s case against Virginia on Nov. 5
- Photos: >100 People Pack Reception for PW County School Board Chair Candidate Babur Lateef (D)
- Video, Photos: Thousands Gather at Temple Rodef Shalom for “Service of Comfort, Community and Solidarity” for Tree of Life Synagogue in Pittsburgh
- At vigil, faith leaders and state officials urge unity after Pittsburgh synagogue massacre, decry hatred
- Why the last piece of a pipeline under Hampton Roads has gone from an afterthought to a fiery battle
- Maryland’s decision to reinstate DJ Durkin is indefensible (The University of Maryland has completely disgraced itself.)
- Perfect weather for Halloween; staying warm through Friday with late-week showers (“Rain chances hold off until late Thursday and Friday, before a cooler but mostly dry weekend.”)
