by Lowell
Here area a few national and Virginia news headlines, political and otherwise, for Saturday, October 26.
- Death Is Good (“Trump’s sadistic argument for betraying the Kurds.”)
- What Was the Point of the Syria ‘Withdrawal’? (“Donald Trump, who vowed to get troops out of Syria altogether, incurred all the strategic costs without getting any of the political benefit”)
- White House restores trade benefits for Ukraine after two months of delay
- Why Emmanuel Macron Is Right About Brexit (“The French president doesn’t want to force the Brits out, but he does want to make every extension count.”)
- U.S. deficit hit $984 billion in 2019, soaring during Trump era (Republicans are the party of deficits and debt.)
- Judge rules DOJ must turn over Mueller grand jury material to House Democrats
- Impeachment Inquiry Is Legal, Judge Rules, Giving Democrats a Victory
- Trump frustrated as White House effort to defy impeachment inquiry fails to halt witness testimony, advisers say
- President Obama Left Quite a Mark at the Funeral Service for Elijah Cummings (“It just so happens he left it on another president.”)
- Rep. Elijah Cummings’s funeral featured a powerful indictment of Trump’s character (“Barack Obama, Hillary Clinton, and Cummings’s widow Maya Rockymoore Cummings had a message for Trump.”)
- Obama, Clintons hail Cummings as an inspiration and a friend at funeral
- Rudy Giuliani butt-dials NBC reporter, heard discussing need for cash and trashing Bidens
- Donald Trump Has a Big Problem in the Senate (“A resolution meant to be a show of solidarity by Republicans with the president has instead become a sign of weakness”)
- Impeachment hearings depict a quid pro quo that evolved over time
- It Seems Like Bad News for Rudy Giuliani and His HENCHMEN That the Feds Blew the Door Off a Safe (“The presidential* lawyer may well be thrown overboard.”)
- Donald Trump’s ‘Lynching’ (“The president lives to celebrate his own victimhood. What’s Lindsey Graham’s excuse?”)
- Trump Organization Exploring Sale of Marquee Washington Hotel
- Trump national security official asks judge whether he has to testify in impeachment probe (“The White House counsel said he should not appear. The suit says it is not possible for him to satisfy demands of both the House and the president.”)
- Republican Impeachment Panic Sets In
- Rudy Giuliani Appears Quite-to-Very Screwed
- NBC News helps Giuliani smear Biden over son’s work with Romanian client, but Giuliani worked for same person
- Pentagon spurns Amazon, awards $10 billion cloud computing deal to Microsoft (“The military’s JEDI contract goes to Microsoft after President Trump expressed opposition to giving it to a company led by Jeff Bezos, a longtime focus of his ire.”)
- Microsoft snags hotly contested $10 billion defense contract, beating out Amazon
- Facebook is including Breitbart in its Facebook News feature, despite supposed prohibition on hate speech
- Only 10 students invited to Trump’s speech at historically black college
- 100 days to Iowa: Uncertainty reigns over fluid race
- Kamala Harris skipping South Carolina forum over Trump award
- Biden Seeks to Steady Finances as Allies Fret (“Joe Biden’s presidential campaign is spending more money than it is taking in, unlike his top 2020 rivals.”)
- Biden throws his campaign a lifeline
- How Warren Went From Wonky Blogger to Democratic Frontrunner (“Her path from blogger to, potentially, the White House is the purest illustration of how Bush-era Democratic insurgents have taken positions of power in the time of Trump.”)
- Republican campaigns unload donations from Giuliani’s indicted associates
- Arrested Giuliani associates were VIPs at Ron DeSantis’ inauguration
- Biggest PG&E Shutoff Yet May Black Out 2.5 Million Californians
- Making Voting Personal: 253,000+ Handwritten Postcards on Their Way to Virginia Voters
- Video/Recap of the Shelly Simonds (D)/David Yancey (R) 94th District Delegate Debate in Newport News
- Secretly Recorded Audio Makes It Crystal Clear: Mary Margaret Kastelberg Is a Standard-Issue Republican with Nothing to Offer on Preventing Gun Violence
- Republican Dunnavant duels with Democratic challenger Rodman in big-money slugfest for Senate
- Video: 8 Minutes That Clearly, Starkly Demonstrate Why Democrat Josh Cole Is a Far, Far Better Pick for HD28 Voters Than Right-Wing Republican Paul Milde
- What’s At Stake Nov. 5th: Universal Background Checks
- Flip-A-District Friday: “Rematch Edition,” Featuring Wendy Gooditis, Hala Ayala, Shelly Simonds, Alex Askew, and Josh Cole
- In New River Valley, Del. Chris Hurst faces Forrest Hite and Rhonda Seltz opposes Del. Nick Rush
- New Confidence UVA Takes Sexual Misconduct Seriously
- Safety commission looks into Metro rail car doors closing without warning
- Video: Did Nick Freitas threaten Beto O’Rourke? Really?
- With financial advantage, Del. Dawn Adams seeks to hold off GOP challenger Garrison Coward
- Video: At Loudoun NAACP Forum, Republican Chair Candidate John Whitbeck Reinvents His Trumpian Immigration Record
- Schapiro: Endorsements elevate a candidate’s profile, problems
- ‘We’ll always have that hole in our hearts’: YWCA Richmond vigil held to remember those lost to domestic violence
- Security firm to release information from independent investigation into Virginia Beach mass shooting
- Henrico officials weighing bond referendum, stormwater tax to handle persistent drainage issues
- Voter Guide: A Q&A with candidates in 18 Richmond-area legislative contests
- More Anti-Semitic Tropes, This Time in Fairfax Commonwealths Attorney Race
- Social media post shows Riverbend High School students wearing clothing depicting the Confederate flag, using racist term
- More clergy who served in Hampton Roads confirmed to have “credible” abuse allegations
- The Nationals failed in the clutch in Game 3, making for a nervous weekend
- Cloudy but mostly dry today, with rain mainly during the first half of Sunday
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