by Lowell
Here are a few national and Virginia news headlines, political and otherwise, for Friday, October 11.
- Iran Oil Tanker Hit by Missiles in Red Sea Near Saudi Arabia
- The Germany Yom Kippur attack shows it is past time to focus on the enemy within
- Nobel Peace Prize 2019 awarded to Ethiopian prime minister who helped end Eritrea standoff (“Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed, 43, has initiated democratic reforms and sought to resolve conflicts in the region.”)
- Why didn’t Greta Thunberg win the Nobel Peace Prize?
- Turkey bombards Syrian Kurdish militia, thousands flee as death toll mounts (This is Trump’s doing.)
- Trump’s Fights With GOP Over Syria Come At The ‘Worst Possible Moment’
- Sen. Graham calls Trump decision on Syria ‘biggest blunder of his presidency’ (It’s a huge blunder, no doubt, but not even close to the “biggest blunder” of Trump’s horrendous presidency.)
- U.S. Isn’t Out of Syria. It’s Just Watching Its Friends Die.
- Why did Trump betray the Kurds? The rationales make no sense.
- Trump staffers split on Turkey’s offensive against Syrian Kurds (“A senior Trump adviser described President Trump as indecisive and said that Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and acting chief of staff Mick Mulvaney warned Trump that he was getting ‘boxed into a complete corner’ by Turkey’s leader.”)
- We investigated the Watergate scandal. We believe Trump should be impeached.
- Ukraine call alarmed national security officials (“At least four officials were so worried by the Trump administration’s attempts to pressure Ukraine for political purposes that they raised concerns with a White House lawyer both before and immediately after President Trump’s July 25 call with the Ukrainian president, according to U.S. officials and other persons familiar with the matter.”)
- Two Giuliani business associates arrested at airport as they tried to leave U.S.
- Two Men Who Helped Giuliani on Ukraine Arrested
- Giuliani’s Ukraine Team: In Search of Influence, Dirt and Money (“The president’s lawyer was paid by Lev Parnas, who with Igor Fruman worked on behalf of President Trump in Ukraine.”)
- The Ukraine Scandal Was the Lid on the Trump Sewer and Now It’s All Spilling Out (“Next we learn of the president*’s shady advocacy for an Iranian-Turkish gold trader represented by Rudy Giuliani.”)
- Giuliani Pressed for Turkish Prisoner Swap in Oval Office Meeting
- Donald Trump Dreams of Presidential Infallibility (“His emerging constitutional doctrine leaves no room for the House or the courts.”)
- Two of Rudy Giuliani’s Associates Were Just Arrested Because Trumpworld Is an Open Sewer (“Meanwhile, the role of Russian money with the Republican Party as a whole has not been fully investigated.”)
- Luckily, Trump Is an Unstable Non-Genius (“His mental deficiencies may save American democracy.”)
- When You Look at Giuliani’s Buddies the First Word That Comes to Mind Is HENCHMEN (“The HENCHMEN were allegedly throwing HENCHMONEY at Republican candidates across these United States.”)
- Trump wanted Tillerson to help broker a deal to stop prosecution of a Giuliani client (“President Trump pressed then-Secretary of State Rex Tillerson in 2017 to intervene in a prosecution of a Turkish-Iranian gold trader who was represented by Rudolph W. Giuliani, said two people with knowledge of the request.”)
- Rudy Giuliani Draws Prosecutors’ Scrutiny With Ukraine Allies’ Arrest (Lock. Him. Up.)
- 15 things you should know about Giuliani and impeachment (“President Donald Trump’s personal attorney is again at the center of the political storm. Here’s everything we know”)
- Senior adviser to Pompeo resigns (“Michael McKinley, a career diplomat and senior adviser to Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, has resigned his position amid rising dissatisfaction and plummeting morale inside the State Department over what is seen as Pompeo’s failure to support personnel ensnared in the Ukraine controversy.” Ugh…)
- Abandoning Kurds could cost Trump support of evangelical Christians (Yeah, not holding my breath on this one.)
- Republicans Trash Trump on Syria—But Not Ukraine (The Republican Party has zero moral compass.)
- Trump’s Impeachment Strategy: Trick Americans Into Blaming Congress
- Trump attacks Bidens in personal and coarse terms at Minnesota rally (Disgusting and unacceptable.)
- Every Republican on the 2020 ballot should face the kind of scorn heaped on Joni Ernst
- Trump allies worry they can’t count on Senate GOP in impeachment fight
- The Memo: Bad polls for Trump shake GOP (Note that Republicans don’t care about our democracy, the rule of law, etc. – they only care about the polls and their own political survival.)
- Republicans: Don’t Impeach Trump for One Mistake He Promises to Keep Doing (“The penalty for him rigging the election should be decided by the election he’s rigging.”)
- The spiraling president adds self-impeachment to his repertoire (Conservative George Will: “Trump must not get away with his refusal to supply witnesses and documents to the House.”)
- (“A pair of men helping the president’s supposed anti-corruption campaign were apprehended as they tried to leave the United States”)
- Forty-three new women came forward to describe assault and harassment by Trump. Newspapers ignored them.
- How Trump is winning the fight on ‘baseless’ ads (“Democrats say online platforms are once again ignoring their own policies on targeted harassment when it comes to the president.”)
- Trump’s former Russia aide set to give revealing testimony on Giuliani, Sondland (“Fiona Hill’s appearance next week before Congress has stoked fear among people close to the president.”)
- Elizabeth Warren Drops A Total Zinger About Marriage At LGBTQ Town Hall (“The presidential candidate had a sassy response for those who say marriage is between ‘one man and one woman.'”)
- 4 winners and 3 losers from the presidential town hall on LGBTQ issues (“Pete Buttigieg had a strong night, but Joe Biden struggled once again.”)
- NBC News Chief Noah Oppenheim’s Harvard Writings on Women and Sexual Assault Horrify Staffers (“Decades before allegedly downplaying a rape claim against Matt Lauer, the NBC News head bashed the network for firing a sportscaster who pleaded guilty in a sex case.”)
- On energy efficiency, unfortunately, utilities remain in the driver’s seat (This is a huge, huge mistake.)
- Denver Riggleman and Ben Cline call impeachment effort ‘frustrating’ (Both of these guys are betraying their oath of office and the country.)
- Wexton swings through area, talks politics, impeachment
- Democrats promise a new Virginia if they win control of statehouse. That’s what worries Republicans. (Republicans don’t want workers to make more money. The don’t want to protect the environment. They don’t want to ratify the ERA. They don’t want to act against gun violence. They don’t want affordable, high-quality health care for Virginians. They don’t…basically, they don’t want anything good for anyone in this state, unless you’re rich or a big corporation. If you’re neither of those things, vote Democratic on 11/5.)
- FWIW Virginia: With 3 1/2 Weeks to Go, “Things Aren’t Looking Good for the Virginia GOP”
- 32 VA Legislative Candidates Urge General Assembly To Prioritize Anti-Corruption and Democracy Reform (All Democrats, of course.)
- Will Virginians be able to resist the Atlantic Coast Pipeline? (“That unusual coalition is up against powerful forces: the Trump administration, a big energy company and a Supreme Court dominated by conservative justices.”)
- New Pew Analysis: “Payday and title loans harm Virginians”; Virginia Has “Unusually Weak Consumer Protections
- Metro is looking for ways to prevent crashes after a collision on Monday
- Video, Tweets: Democrat Sheila Bynum-Coleman Demolishes Speaker Kirk Cox (R) on the Issues
- Video: Sen. Creigh Deeds (D-SD25), Amy Laufer (D-SD17) Show Up to Debate; Laufer’s Republican AWOL – and for Good Reason! (Bryce Reeves doesn’t want to defend his deplorable record in public)
- State Sen. Siobhan Dunnavant tries to re-write record on guns
- House delegate race pulls no punches (“Beverly Harrison, a Democrat from Woodstock and a former teacher, went on the offensive from the outset, attacking Del. Todd Gilbert, R-Mount Jackson, on everything from his voting record to campaign donors.” Go Beverly Harrison!)
- Chesterfield GOP Releases Timeline of Events Leading to Chase’s Resignation
- Tuesday is the last day to register to vote in the November elections
- Editorial: See the candidates in person
- DPVA Launches “50 Shades of John Gray” Website Featuring Glossary of Prince William County GOP Chair Candidate’s Racist, Misogynistic, Homophobic Tweets
- VDOT unveils potential fixes for congestion on I–95
- Stoney announces that Richmond will mark Indigenous Peoples’ Day, joining shift away from Columbus Day (We all need to do that. Seriously, read about Columbus and his fellow Conquistadors; they were rapists, murderers, thieves, etc.)
- Virginia Women’s Monument being unveiled at state Capitol
- Editorial: Fix tax problem for Gold Star families
- Richmond monitoring James River levels, could implement water usage measures
- New study finds $64 million economic impact of arts in Roanoke
- Virginia’s biggest drought since 2010 tightening its grip as fall goes on
- Mystics cap an emotional year-long journey with franchise’s first title
- Comfortable, above-average warmth through tomorrow as dry conditions persist (Very consistent with a globally heated world.)
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