by Lowell
Here are a few national and Virginia news headlines, political and otherwise, for Monday, October 14. And yes, today should be a celebration of indigenous peoples, not of the “murderer, tyrant, and scoundrel.”
- Scientists endorse mass civil disobedience to force climate action
- 3 Win Nobel Prize In Economic Sciences For Work In Reducing Poverty
- Unswayed by top advisers, Trump doubles down on decision to withdraw troops (Trump is a dangerous, ignorant, irresponsible imbecile.)
- The U.S. Spoiled a Deal That Might Have Saved the Kurds, Former Top Official Says
- Retired Marine Gen. John Allen: ‘There is blood on Trump’s hands for abandoning our Kurdish allies’
- Sunday wrap: The indefensible abandonment of the Kurds
- In a month, Trump has destroyed ‘America First’
- Pullback Leaves Green Berets Feeling ‘Ashamed,’ and Kurdish Allies Describing ‘Betrayal’ (Trump has completely disgraced America.)
- Kremlin relishes US pullback from Syria, turmoil in Ukraine
- Abandoned by U.S. in Syria, Kurds Find New Ally in American Foe (“Under fire by Turkish forces, the militia that battled ISIS threw in its lot with Syria’s Russian-backed government.”)
- The Trump-Blessed War in Northeastern Syria Is Already a Full-Blown Disaster
- Furious Republicans prepare to rebuke Trump on Syria (Republicans are weak and ineffectual.)
- GOP congressman: ‘We all know’ Turkey wouldn’t have attacked if U.S. troops remained at border
- At least 750 Isis affiliates escape Syria camp after Turkish shelling (This is all on Trump.)
- Jim Mattis’s sad silence helps no one
- China Wants More Talks Before Signing Trump’s ‘Phase One’ Deal
- Boris Johnson Stumbles in Bid for Brexit Deal
- Macabre Video of Fake Trump Shooting Media and Critics Is Shown at His Resort (Just imagine if Obama or Clinton had done something like this.)
- Adam Schiff says whistleblower may not testify in impeachment probe
- Congress set to return as impeachment inquiry heats up
- Trumpism’s Infinite Vulgarities (“Republicans have come to accept what they once professed to abhor.”)
- Trump is the culmination of all that has gone wrong in our politics
- Trump’s “No Quid Pro Quo” Defense Could Have a Sondland-Sized Hole
- There’s yet another level to the Trump administration’s corruption in Ukraine (“The damage Trump has done is considerable.”)
- ‘The Beacon Has Gone Out’: What Trump and Giuliani Have Wrought (“Once upon a time, we spread ideals of democracy and rule of law. Now? We send Rudy.”)
- Inside Trump’s Botched Attempt to Hire Trey Gowdy
- Why Democrats are sure Adam Schiff is the perfect person to take on Trump
- Trump impeachment: Esper indicates Pentagon will cooperate with inquiry
- Donald Trump: xenophobe in public, international mobster in private
- Columbus Day Or Indigenous Peoples’ Day? (Definitely ditch the former, adopt the latter. No brainer, really.)
- Trading Columbus Day for Indigenous Peoples’ Day: For some, an overdue change
- CBS News Battleground Tracker: Warren extends lead across early states, New Hampshire and draws even with Biden in Iowa
- Elizabeth Warren is still Trumpworld’s dream candidate (“President Trump’s allies still fear a general election matchup against a banged-up Joe Biden more than a run against an invigorated Elizabeth Warren, people close to the president tell Axios.”)
- Hunter Biden to step down from Chinese company board and not work for foreign-owned firms if father elected
- Warren’s Rise Hasn’t Come At Biden’s Expense (“Warren’s gains have come mostly at the expense of the rest of the field — from Kamala Harris and Bernie Sanders, in particular — and from other candidates, such as Cory Booker, whose campaigns never really took off in the first place. Relatively little of Warren’s increased support has come from Biden, whose topline numbers have mostly been steady.”)
- In 2020 campaign fight, Biden backers worry about being outgunned by Trump
- Fox News Is Trump’s Chief TV Booster. So Why Is He Griping About It?
- The Blue Wave Faces Its First Test After 2018 (“Eight months after scandals rocked their party, Democrats are on the cusp of turning Virginia into an all-blue state.”)
- In rural Virginia, Democrats climb a steep hill trying to flip GOP seats
- Virginia took a step toward redistricting reform. With power up for grabs, will lawmakers follow through? (I agree 100% with Del. Lamont Bagby on this: “I would not trust redistricting in the hands of the Supreme Court.”)
- Brian Donohue column: The potential of telehealth for cancer patients in Virginia
- Redistricting left Speaker Kirk Cox’s district up for grabs. Can his Democratic opponent capitalize?
- Morgan Goodman is Democrat seeking seat in House of Delegates 55th District
- Mild or Extreme: Mixed Messages from Virginia Republican Candidates Like Paul Milde
- 45, the Domino Effect, and Virginia Elections
- ‘They’re critically important’: Virginia’s ash trees are under siege
- The 97th HOD Republican Citizens Write-In Revolution of 2019
- Reeves blasts Laufer and Northam (Reeves is completely full of it.)
- Virginia Wesleyan and Marymount universities want the Supreme Court to protect DACA
- Far-Right Fairfax School Board Member Unleashes Unhinged Tirade Against “All Manner of Crazy LIES!” (Elizabeth Schultz rants against Beto, Soros, “Liz” Warren, “One Fairfax,” “globalism,” “socialism,” Saul Alinsky, Rachel Maddow, etc, etc.)
- In fast-growing Loudoun County, state and national issues bubble up in local election (“Democrat Phyllis J. Randall hopes anti-Trump sentiments in increasingly blue Northern Virginia will help propel her to a second term as county board chair.” Right, I mean that’s the case throughout Virginia.)
- Atlantic Avenue group wants to clean up Virginia Beach’s resort area
- Beautiful through Tuesday before a much-needed soaking rain on Wednesday
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