by Lowell
Here are a few national and Virginia news headlines, political and otherwise, for Monday, November 12. Thank you to everyone who’s served our country!
- In North Korea, Missile Bases Suggest a Great Deception
- Global leaders snub Trump and his nationalistic vision (Trump is a nationalist alright – a WHITE nationalist.)
- ‘Only bones and fragments’: California wildfire toll at 31 as grim searches go on
- Pressure Mounts on Theresa May to Abandon Brexit Proposal (“Tory euroskeptics, Northern Irish party vow to reject deal”)
- EU states call for tough action on deforestation to meet 2020 UN goal
- Democrats signal aggressive investigations of Trump while resisting impeachment calls
- Midterm fury fuels Trump’s assault on constitutional norms
- Michelle Obama reflects on being the first black first lady and her reaction to Donald Trump winning the presidency
- Michelle Obama: ‘I stopped even trying to smile’ during Trump’s inauguration
- Congress braces for high-drama lame duck
- You Have a Right to Weariness (“The struggle for goodness and decency is an eternal struggle, not a seasonal one.”)
- Juan Williams: Trump’s hostile takeover of the GOP
- ‘It’s impossible’ to finish recount by deadline, Palm Beach county election supervisor says
- Schumer’s headaches to multiply in next Congress
- Let the People Vote (“America finally has a pro-democracy movement — and it did very well at the polls last week.”)
- Sinema continues to expand lead in Arizona Senate race (Dave Wasserman of the Cook Political Report has called it for Sinema)
- Republican Tolerance for Despotism Keeps Rising (“A party of enablers, sycophants, cowards and sellouts.”)
- Democrats Discover New Path to Beating Trump in Deep South (“Voting shifts boost African-American candidates in region. District Newt Gingrich won 11 times flips to black Democrat”)
- ‘You can’t beat somebody with nobody’: Pelosi foes struggle to find a leader (“For now, the anti-Pelosi caucus is determined to show she lacks the votes to become speaker — settling on an alternative will sort itself out later.”)
- Trump Wants To End Hurricane Maria Relief Funding To Puerto Rico: Report (“Axios reported that the president was even hoping to demand some of the relief money back.” Imbecile and evil, great combo!)
- Lack of qualified operatives could hamstring 2020 Dems (“A race is on to lock down early-state staffers who know how to run a presidential campaign.”)
- Gillum Rallies Supporters to Defend Voting Rights as Contentious Florida Recount Continues
- Deval Patrick’s Presidential Prospects (“Can an Obama acolyte be elected after Trump?”)
- Critics rebuke Mississippi senator’s ‘public hanging’ remark (Yep, this is a Republican of course, joking about lynching, apparently, in Mississippi no less.)
- Chuck Schumer Calls On Rick Scott To Recuse Himself From Florida’s Recounts
- West Virginia Democrat Richard Ojeda Is Running for President (He couldn’t even win his race for Congress, not sure how he’s going to win the Democratic nomination for president, but whatever…)
- Amazon’s HQ2 Spectacle Isn’t Just Shameful—It Should Be Illegal (“Each year, local governments spend nearly $100 billion to move headquarters and factories between states. It’s a wasteful exercise that requires a national solution.”)
- ‘Nightmare in Florida II’: The odd ballot that could cost Sen. Nelson the race (“Did a critical chunk of voters in Broward County miss the Senate race because of the ballot’s layout? It’s déjà vu for Democrats who recall the 2000 recount.” Unbelievable. Utter incompetence.)
- Grading the 2018 Election Predictions, Polls in Virginia and Nationally, From “A” to “F”
- A Way Too Early Look At 2020 in Virginia: Whitbeck Wants Wexton to Whomp Him Once Again
- Tim Kaine and Ralph Northam won in 14 Republican-held state House and Senate districts
- Editorial: Loose ends from the election
- A ‘game changer?’ Proposed Medicaid benefit would cover housing services
- Editorial: Do more to restore felons’ rights (“Over McAuliffe’s four-year term, voting rights were restored to 173,000 felons who had completed their sentences. The pace has slowed under Gov. Ralph Northam, with some 8,481 former felons regaining their voting rights since he took office in January.”)
- Democrat Christian Worth, Several Republicans Announce for Special Election in Virginia HD-24 (This is a deep-red district, but if Dems could pull off the upset, we’d be at 50-50 in the Virginia House of Delegates…)
- Photos, Video: #VARatifyERA “10 Days of ERA” State Bus Tour Continues, Will Cover 1,500 Miles All Over Virginia
- Former Fairfax teachers allege pregnancy discrimination by school system
- A chilly week with cold rain tonight and Thursday (“When it’s not raining this week, it’s cooler than normal with highs temperatures only in the 40s to around 50.”)
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