by Lowell
Here are a few national and Virginia news headlines, political and otherwise, for Wednesday, October 10.
- Trump administration tries to distance itself from alarming new climate change report (“Administration officials ignore warnings in IPCC report, tout domestic energy production.”)
- ‘A Deafening, Piercing Smoke Alarm’ (“The U.N.’s climate panel tells world leaders the time for dithering on climate change is over.”)
- Donald Trump Casts Doubt On New UN Report That Sounds Climate Change Alarm (“Some reports are ‘fabulous’ and some ‘aren’t so good,’ the president said.” The two worst things that Trump will be remembered for, if there’s anyone alive to remember them, are: 1) trashing our democracy; 2) trashing the planet. Both are evil.)
- While Mueller Stays Quiet, Suspicious Trump–Russia Clues Keep Popping Up
- Nikki Haley Might Just Want to Escape Unscathed. Or Maybe There’s a Plot Afoot. (“One thing we do know: the now-former U.N. ambassador is one of a handful to leave Trumpworld in one piece.”)
- Why Is Nikki Haley Resigning? (“something in this story doesn’t add up.”)
- ‘Extremely dangerous’ Hurricane Michael strengthens to Category 4 on path for Florida
- Trump rally crowd chants ‘Lock her up!’ about Sen. Feinstein (This is utterly demented, authoritarian, thuggish behavior. By Trump supporters, of course!)
- GOP on timing of Haley’s announcement: ‘Unusual’ and ‘odd’ (“My first reaction was, why couldn’t she wait until Nov. 7? She’s hanging on until the end of the year so there’s no reason to do it now.” Agreed; there’s got to be more to this story.)
- Poll: Kavanaugh confirmation energizes Democrats more than GOP (“…the POLITICO/Morning Consult poll suggests that Republicans’ decision to confirm Kavanaugh lacks broad support and has animated Democrats with only four weeks to go until President Donald Trump’s first midterm election.”)
- ‘Something doesn’t smell right’: The curious timing of Nikki Haley’s exit
- Dina Powell tops White House list for U.N.
- Dems eye ambitious agenda if House flips
- Top national security reporter outlines the real reasons behind Nikki Haley’s sudden departure (“Per Hudson’s reporting, Haley has recently seen her influence over administration policy ebbing as national security adviser John Bolton has asserted more authority in the decision-making process…Additionally, he says that Haley lost debates over whether the United States should cut the number of refugees it accepts.”)
- Brett Kavanaugh’s ugly confirmation fight may reverberate for years inside Supreme Court
- Democrats see hypocrisy in GOP attacks on ‘liberal mob’ (Yep, didn’t hear any complaints about the Tea Party, for instance when one of them cut a gas line at Tom Perriello’s brother’s house)
- How Trump enabled the abuses of Saudi Arabia’s crown prince (“Did Mr. Trump’s over-the-top approval of Saudi Arabia’s crown prince encourage a lawless venture?”)
- Trump’s utter amorality has been exposed (“When it comes to the disappearance and feared murder of Jamal Khashoggi, the president has been strangely reticent.”)
- Was There a Connection Between a Russian Bank and the Trump Campaign? (“A team of computer scientists sifted through records of unusual Web traffic in search of answers.”)
- Republicans: Protesters Are an Unruly Mob — Unless They’re Heavily Armed and Support Us
- Abrupt release of hundreds of migrants in Phoenix is ‘start of dam breaking’ (“‘You’ll start to see this all across the southern border soon,’ a senior DHS official told NBC News.”)
- A blue wave next month could be the start of a progressive sea change (“If Democrats flip the House, the Congressional Progressive Caucus will have the leaders, agenda and institutional muscle to drive the debate.”)
- With Kavanaugh Confirmed, Both Sides Of Abortion Debate Gear Up For Battle
- The ‘dark underside to conservatism’: Ex-Republican reveals how he finally realized that racism and extremism are behind the GOP’s success (Good, but what took him so long???)
- Brett Kavanaugh’s First Day on the Bench Was Disturbingly Normal (“Democrats hoping for the liberal bloc to disregard or ostracize the new Supreme Court justice will be sorely disappointed.”)
- WATCH: GOP state legislator snatches mic from the hand of his female opponent — then throws it back at her during debate
- Wave watch: Inside the Democratic primary turnout surge (“Democratic voter turnout in this year’s House primaries increased in each of the 19 competitive, comparable House districts compared to 2014, and doubled in more than two thirds of them. That’s far better than Republican voter turnout, which increased in 14 of those districts but didn’t double in any of them.”)
- Saudis are said to have lain in wait for Jamal Khashoggi
- Turkish Officials Say Khashoggi Was Killed on Order of Saudi Leadership
- Actress Olivia Wilde will campaign for her mom, Leslie Cockburn, in Virginia congressional race (Yep, we reported this days ago.)
- New VA-10 Poll: Jennifer Wexton 55%-Barbara Trumpstock 43%
- VIDEO: VA05 Far-Right “Freedom Caucus” Wannabe Denver Riggleman Declares, “I do not believe healthcare is a basic human right.”
- Dave Brat BLATANTLY LIES About Preexisting Conditions Record
- A Republican candidate accused his Democratic opponent of ‘shouting him down’ at a town hall — but she did nothing of the sort (Dave Brat is a lying liar. Who lies. A lot.)
- Senate candidate Corey Stewart throws pro-ICE rally in Fairfax (As Tim Kaine’s communications director, Ian Sams, tweeted, “All Corey Stewart brings to the table is a shameless willingness to divide people, pit one group against another, and stir up the angriest darkest elements of Virginia’s past.”)
- A carnival-like faceoff between Republican Corey Stewart and immigration activists over ICE (“The Senate candidate tried to hold a rally to support ICE; protesters had a different idea.” Buffoon.)
- Who has more Afghanistan cred in this Virginia congressional race? (“An ex-reporter says she was on the ground while an Air Force intelligence chief helped plan bombings from an island.” Even better is the right wingnuts actually attacking Leslie Cockburn for saying “we have to negotiate with the Taliban” – something the Trump administration has actually ordered! So basically, the right wingnuts are attacking the Trump administration. Niiiiice. LOL)
- Schapiro: Northam’s new, Trump-like role: partisan enforcer
- Overseas visitors to Virginia spent record $1.9B in 2017
- Shaun Brown’s false addresses generate amendment to ballot regulations
- Main: What’s good for Dominion isn’t good for Virginia (Nope, more like the exact opposite: what’s good for Dominion is bad, VERY bad, for Virginia.)
- Hurricane’s lessons add pressure for solution to Dominion coal-ash storage
- Garst: A message for pipeline workers (“I also ask that you please excuse me if I lose my cool and stand in my yard with my megaphone during one of your quieter moments and ask you to go home and leave us the hell alone.”)
- Stafford superintendent apologizes to transgender student amid national outcry
- Kessler lawyer removed from Charlottesville civil case; status hearing held in James Fields case
- Video of teen’s arrest in Norfolk goes viral, and police are investigating (“A witness said an officer pepper sprayed the teen with no provocation. Police declined to say what led to the use of pepper spray, but said the teen had been stopped on suspicion of truancy.”)
- Residents raise questions about Councilwoman’s bid to rename Boulevard for Arthur Ashe
- Plan to build natural gas gate station at Franklin County’s Summit View Business Park takes step forward
- Editorial: City Council should have the power to decide on the monuments
- Editorial: Flooding gets attention of Beach leaders
- Candidates debate teacher pay, school safety in Prince William School Board chair debate (Democratic nominee – and acting School Board Chair – Babur Lateef is by FAR the best candidate here.)
- One social media tag? Heck, we can’t even agree on an old media name
- Hurricane Michael reaches Category 3 status, expected to bring tropical storm conditions to Hampton Roads
- Summery again today, but autumn on the way, with a chance of tropical showers in between
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