by Lowell
Here are a few national and Virginia news headlines, political and otherwise, for Sunday, November 11.
- Death toll rises to 25 as 200,000 flee the most destructive fires in California’s history (This is an example of what happens in a “climate CHANGED” world.)
- Trump Is Wrong About What Is Causing the Devastating Fires in California (Is Trump ever right about ANYTHING? After reading Bob Woodward’s book, I’m almost positive the answer is NO.)
- Deadly California Fires Cause Epic Damage, Mass Evacuations
- Firefighter union president rips Trump for “demeaning” comments about California wildfires (Trump is a disgrace to America and to humanity.)
- Ghosts of 2000 haunt Florida recount (“Democrat Andrew Gillum withdraws his concession in the governor’s race.”)
- Sinema lead grows again as Arizona Senate vote count continues
- The Latest: Florida counties begin recounting ballots
- See How Close the Results Are in Florida, Georgia and Arizona
- Trump marks Armistice Day in Paris while pushing ‘America First’ (Massive orange douchebag.)
- Trump shows his contempt for the men and women in uniform (“The president goes to France and dishonors U.S. war dead.”)
- Critics pile on after Trump cancels visit to U.S. (Can you even IMAGINE the reaction from Fox, etc. if Obama or Clinton had done something like this? They’d be saying Obama/Clinton were anti-American, should be impeached, etc.)
- Critics denounce ‘low energy’ Donald Trump for skipping WWI cemetery ceremony
- Churchill’s grandson slams Trump for skipping cemetery visit because of weather (“Soames, who is a member of Parliament for Mid Sussex, included a hashtag saying Trump is ‘not fit to represent his great country.'” Trump isn’t fit to represent ANY country, let alone the United States of America!)
- Democrats Have Two Paths for 2020: Daring or Defensive. Can They Settle on Either?
- Dana Rohrabacher Loses, Eroding Republican Foothold in California
- Wife of GOP megadonor to receive Presidential Medal of Freedom (That’s a dishonor to the Medal of Freedom. Not that Trump cares, as he dishonors our fallen soldiers and everyone else.)
- Trump voters stood by Trump in the midterms — but there just aren’t enough of them (” It looks like, though, when all the votes from California are in, Republicans will have earned just about 46 percent of the vote nationally — almost exactly the same share as two years ago…There were never enough Trump voters to form a majority of the electorate.”)
- The Post-Midterms Dangers of Donald Trump (“In firing the Attorney General, Jeff Sessions, the President is bringing the country closer to a constitutional crisis. Many Republicans seem fine with it.”)
- Who’s the Real American Psycho? (“Before we had Trump’s swarm of bloodsucking lobbyists gutting government regulations from within, we had Cheney’s. Before Trump brazenly used the White House to boost his brand, we had Cheney wallowing in emoluments”)
- The Resistance Strikes Back (“Two years of progressive organizing built the blue wave.”)
- What Big State-Level Wins Mean for the Democrats’ Agenda
- What Beto Won (“The Senate hopeful lost his race to Ted Cruz, but reanimated the Texas Democratic Party.”)
- These Counties Kicked Out Republican Incumbents (“They fueled the victories of Democratic challengers such as Colin Allred in Texas and Lucy McBath in Georgia.”)
- ‘SNL’ brings on congressman-elect to get apology from Pete Davidson
- WATCH: SNL gives Jeff Sessions the perfect sendoff
- Krizek: Midterm election saw Democrats and Republicans vote at near-presidential levels
- COMMENTARY: A changing Virginia – and an unchanging Republican Party (“So what are Republicans to do? The answer is simple: adjust to a changing commonwealth by changing their message. To restore its competitive edge, the party needs to sound more like former Senator John Warner and less like Corey Stewart.” Agreed, but doesn’t seem like much sign of that happening. For instance, I heard a rumor that bat****-crazy theocrat State Sen. Amanda Chase might run for US Senate in 2020. She, of course, would get utterly crushed by Mark Warner.)
- Democrats’ takeover of House could yield big benefits for Washington region
- Fewer Virginians are taking prescription opioids; overdoses down, too
- CASEY: A Roanoke rally in support of Robert Mueller
- Rasoul: The violence of poverty
- What does an elected official in Virginia have to do with whether President Trump can block people on Twitter? A lot. (“Randall, a Democrat in Loudoun County and the first African-American woman elected to lead a county board of supervisors in Virginia, has little in common with the president. She has criticized Trump as ‘the school bully we warn our children about’ and ‘not fit for office.’ But both elected officials have been sued for silencing critics on social media.”)
- Eviction isn’t just about poverty. It’s also about race — and Virginia proves it.
- In once-red Virginia county, 2019 sheriff’s race could show depth of new blue wave (“Josh King — a Dumfries resident who ran twice for the House of Delegates in the past three years, including a loss in last year’s Democratic primary — announced Saturday that he will challenge Prince William Sheriff Glendell Hill (R), a well-liked Republican who has mostly kept his head down over four terms.”)
- Sunny, cool, less windy today; rain likely late tomorrow into Tuesday (“The coldest air of the season so far arrives Wednesday.”)
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