by Lowell
Here are a few national and Virginia news headlines, political and otherwise, for Thursday, November 1.
- Could One Man Single-Handedly Ruin the Planet? (“Brazil’s new president wants to give it his best shot.”)
- Trump’s unhinged “Jobs not Mobs” video comes from Reddit’s r/The_Donald cesspool (This is basically neo-Confederate Corey Stewart’s entire campaign right now.)
- Trump absurdly suggests Soros is funding migrant caravan (“The suspected Pittsburgh shooter also ranted about bizarre caravan conspiracy theories involving Soros.” Trump is completely deranged.)
- The Great Center-Right Delusion (“What I’m suggesting, in other words, is that there’s a shared inside-the-Beltway delusion: that America is a conservative, or at most center-right nation, a view that isn’t grounded in reality.” I’ve actually had intelligent people try to tell me that far-right extremist talk radio is “center right.” It’s hard to even know how to process that.)
- Trump, Birthright Citizenship, and the Mainstreaming of Unimaginable Ideas
- Inside What Even an Ally Calls Trump’s ‘Reality Distortion Field’ (“From nonexistent riots to conspiracy theories about migrants to false claims about his popularity and job-creating record, the president has offered a litany of falsehoods in the midterm campaign.”)
- Trump shocks with racist new ad days before midterms (Not really “shocks,” but certainly “disgusts”)
- Trump’s attack on Ryan seen as advance scapegoating
- Embattled Iowa Lawmaker King Says Ted Cruz Expressed His Support
- Steve King Is Beginning To Lose Support After Years Of Racist Statements. Republicans Still Expect Him To Win. (Exactly – after YEARS of racist crap. Why is he only starting to lose support now? Why did he have any support in the first place???)
- Pressure grows on House GOP to denounce Steve King
- How Vilification of George Soros Moved From the Fringes to the Mainstream
- U.S. Senate panel examines former Trump aide Bannon’s campaign role: sources (The guy who’s coming to Virginia to campaign for Dave Brat. Hmmmmm…)
- Democrats unify around healthcare as Republicans play on immigration fears. Who will win? (“Democrats’ focus on healthcare has propelled it to ‘the top of the issue list in national polls, ahead of the economy and jobs’”)
- Shepard Smith can’t redeem Fox News (Shepard Smith is a tiny atoll of sanity in a sea of toxic red tide.)
- Trump says he may deploy 15,000 troops to border (Bat**** crazy.)
- Trump further stokes immigration fears by saying he’ll send 15,000 troops to border (That’s what it’s all about, stoking FEAR. Don’t give in to it!)
- Trump’s Goal Is a White Nation for White People. That’s Why He’s Blasting Birthright Citizenship. (“His radical comments on birthright require attention even if he can’t turn his ideas into law.”)
- Governors Update: New Polls In Georgia And Ohio Show Really Tight Races
- Chants of ‘CNN sucks’ break out at Trump rally over Pittsburgh visit coverage (Because of course they do.)
- Pushing his fake “invasion,” Donald Trump is trying to conjure an October Surprise (“Trump is sending more soldiers to combat the caravan than we sent to Afghanistan after we were attacked on 9-11”)
- Oops! Perry ‘accidentally told the truth’ about dumping nuclear waste in Nevada, roiling Senate race (“Trump lies about his plan to flood Nevada with nuclear waste.”)
- Fight Fire With Fire, or Be Civil With Trump? The Obama Coalition Is Unsure (Obama talks about relentless organizing, voting, etc. What’s wrong with that?)
- Days After Bomb Attacks, NRA Doubles Down on Demonization of Soros, Steyer, Bloomberg (NRA=Evil)
- Ryan Zinke’s Montana Land Deal Has Turned Into a Full-Fledged DOJ Investigation (“The development project in his hometown of Whitefish is backed by Haliburton.” Massively corrupt administration.)
- Kellyanne Conway’s husband slams Trump’s “unconstitutional” proposal to end birthright citizenship(“Sometimes the Constitution’s text is plain as day and bars what politicians seek to do”)
- Trump Shouldn’t Be Shocked Anti-Semitism Persists: Conspiratorial Rhetoric Feeds It (First and foremost TRUMP’s conspiratorial rhetoric.)
- Migrant Caravan Troop Deployment Could Cost U.S. $50 Million Despite No Evidence of Terrorists, Major Criminal Gang Presence
- Identity politics are stronger on the right than the left (“The Republican Party is increasingly unified around whiteness”
- Corker on migrant caravan: Republicans ‘using fear to stimulate’ midterm voter turnout
- Why Mike Pence’s prayer with ‘Christian’ Rabbi Loren Jacobs was so insulting to Jews (“The faith leader the vice president asked to share a blessing for unity believes that the only way for Jews to reach heaven is to stop being Jews.”)
- Poll shows Stacey Abrams and Brian Kemp nearly tied in Georgia gubernatorial race
- The Scheme to Smear Robert Mueller Is About More Than the Midterms (“If they’re willing to hire Jack Burkman, what does the special counsel have on them?”)
- Meet the candidates — Tim Kaine for Senate
- Video: VA-05 GOP Candidate Brags About Being a “Big Strong Strapping Incredible Man,” the “Tom Cruise of House races,” etc.
- Video: “Project Veritas” Spy Kicked Out of Abigail Spanberger for Congress Campaign HQ
- Democrat says Project Veritas infiltrated her campaign in Va.’s tight 7th District (“A woman posing as a volunteer worked every day for weeks in Abigail Spanberger’s congressional campaign headquarters.”)
- Spanberger campaign kicks out undercover staffer working for Project Veritas
- 7th district GOP State Central Committee Rep. has been tweeting about Project Veritas infiltrating Spanberger campaign for weeks
- In Virginia’s coal country, a Democratic challenger makes his case to Trump voters
- Your right to know: Why a judge’s decision exempting the judiciary from FOIA matters
- Editorial: The shifting political landscape of western Virginia
- Dominion Energy offers to manage South Carolina-owned utility
- Editorial: RVA unites, vows to never retreat
- Stoney’s special tax zone for $1.4 billion Coliseum plan in downtown Richmond may be 8 times bigger than initial 10-block project area
- Portsmouth prosecutors to seek charges against police officer who shot fleeing burglary suspect
- Voters to elect Alexandria city school district leaders from crowded field
- A Portsmouth council candidate ran an ad saying Tim Kaine endorsed him, but the senator didn’t
- Unseasonably warm today but heavy rain threatens late Friday
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