by Lowell
Here are a few national and Virginia news headlines, political and otherwise, for Sunday, October 20.
- Brexit: Johnson sends unsigned letter asking for delay, and second arguing against it (“PM sends to Donald Tusk a photocopy of the request required by Benn Act, with a conflicting view in a second letter” What a joke…and so Trumpian.)
- Boris Johnson’s Bad Day and the Contradictions of Brexit (“One of the inescapable facts of Brexit politics is a lack of faith in Johnson, but another is the lack of a cohesive opposition.”)
- Brexit vote postponed: Here’s what could happen now
- Parliament votes to withhold approval of Brexit deal, postponing Boris Johnson’s moment of reckoning
- British Government Asks for EU Delay Amid Johnson Resistance
- Erdogan Vows to Crush Kurd YPG if It Doesn’t Leave: Syria Update
- Kurdish General Slams U.S.-Syria Policy; Gen. Petraeus Calls Withdrawal ‘A Betrayal’
- Turkey, Syria, the Kurds, and Trump’s Abandonment of Foreign Policy (“The President’s ignorance of the world has never been so blatant—or produced such bipartisan opposition.”)
- Demonstrators Set Off Fires in Subways, Banks: Hong Kong Update
- ‘They are livid’: Trump’s withdrawal from Syria prompts rare public criticism from current, former military officials
- U.S. Troops Leaving Syria Will Be Assigned to Iraq, Defense Chief Says
- Trump Takes Incoherence and Inhumanity and Calls It Foreign Policy
- Pelosi Visits Jordan to Discuss Syria Crisis Amid Shaky Cease-Fire (“Speaker Nancy Pelosi led a bipartisan delegation to meet the Jordanian king as an American-brokered truce with Turkey in northern Syria continued to stutter.”)
- Trump says his Doral golf resort will no longer host next year’s G-7 summit, bowing to criticism
- How Low Will Trump Go? (“The president is unabashed, unapologetic and out of control.”)
- ‘Bribery’ is right there in the Constitution. Trump could be impeached for that.
- Trump’s season of weakness: A president who prizes strength enters key stretch in a fragile state (“The president’s supremacy is being challenged inside his own realm. With his administration engulfed by crisis, he can no longer control the forces once solidly arrayed behind him.”)
- Trump veterans see a presidency veering off the rails
- Donald Trump’s presidency continues its bizarre degeneration
- GOP congressman who won’t rule out impeaching Trump announces retirement
- Susan Rice Recalls “Totally Gross” Hug From Trump Amid Twitter Feud Over Syria
- Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez Endorses Bernie Sanders At Comeback Rally In Queens (“The Sanders campaign estimated that the rally drew nearly 26,000 attendees, which would make it the largest Democratic presidential rally of this cycle.”)
- Proclaiming ‘I Am Back,’ Bernie Sanders Accepts Ocasio-Cortez Endorsement
- Biden’s aggressive efforts to reform Ukraine yielded successes but also earned him enemies (Note: Biden was working to REFORM Ukraine, which is a GOOD thing!)
- ‘I am not a Russian spy’: Jill Stein slams Clinton’s accusations (At the minimum, Stein is a “useful idiot.”)
- Gabbard fundraises off Clinton attack: ‘I challenge her’ to ‘face me directly’ (How is Gabbard much different than Stein in being a “useful idiot” for Putin, Assad, Iran, etc?)
- ‘A threat to democracy’: William Barr’s speech on religious freedom alarms liberal Catholics (“Attorney general’s recent address at Notre Dame is a ‘dog whistle’ to conservatives who have aligned themselves with Trump” Barr is a menace, no doubt.)
- Judge Temporarily Blocks Florida Law Restricting Voting by Ex-Felons (“Florida cannot prevent people with felony convictions from registering to vote if they cannot pay fines and other costs stemming from their convictions, a federal judge ruled on Friday, temporarily blocking a state law that civil rights’ groups have called an unconstitutional ‘poll tax.'”)
- A Big Legal Victory for Voting Rights in Florida, and a Rebuke Against its Republican Governor
- Gibson: Has Trump nationalized Virginia’s elections? (“Reactions to Trump by Virginians who vote this year, and Virginians who stay at home, may decide enough legislative elections to determine which party controls the state legislature in January.”)
- Audio: On Gene Rossi Show, Sen. Tim Kaine Discusses Kurds, Impeachment, Vaping (Kaine calls impeachment “necessary,” “deadly serious,” “unpredictable”; calls Trump “incredibly emotionally volatile”; says his job is to “protect the country” from Trump)
- Video: At Canvass Launch in Henrico, Sen. Kaine Says Dems Need to Take BOTH Virginia House and Senate (Kaine: “The friend of the Republicans in this race is [voter] apathy”)
- Video: Impeachment Rally in Arlington…with Trump Baby Balloon (Rep. Don Beyer predicts impeachment “probably before Christmas”; Del. Alfonso Lopez says 11/5 in Virginia a chance to send a loud message “that what’s happening across the river is not okay”)
- Video, Photos: Virginia Dems Rally Across the Commonwealth with Just 17 Days to Go Until the Election [UPDATED]
- Editorial: No time to abandon redistricting reform (Don’t abandon it, but get it right. Which means, among other things, NOT making the right-wing Republican-appointed Virginia Supreme Court the ultimate arbiter of district lines. That’s completely unacceptable.)
- Democrats thought they could beat Sturtevant four years ago. In a new environment, they’re trying again.
- Video: Democrat Debra Rodman Debates Republican Siobhan Dunnavant…and the Choice Is Clear – Go Rodman!
- State lawmakers set aside $24.2 million to commemorate the year 1619. Here’s how it was spent.
- Editorial: What if Roanoke and Roanoke County had consolidated?
- Va. town becomes home to nation’s first drone package delivery service (“Friday’s deliveries in Christianburg, Va., by an offshoot of Google’s parent company, were a milestone for a burgeoning industry.”)
- Balance of power in Virginia may rest on write-in campaign (That’s actually very, very unlikely.)
- Candidates vie for four seats on Charlottesville School Board
- Houston Astros head to World Series after defeating New York Yankees
- Rainy this morning into afternoon. Sunnier tomorrow!
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