by Lowell
Here are a few national and Virginia news headlines, political and otherwise, for Sunday, October 13.
- Is the World Economy Sliding Into First Recession Since 2009?
- U.S. forces say Turkey fired artillery near them deliberately (Act of war?)
- Exclusive: Military leader of Syrian Kurds tells US ‘you are leaving us to be slaughtered’
- Mattis warns ISIS could resurge: ‘Enemy gets the vote’ after Trump’s announced troop pullout (“The ‘enemy gets the vote’, we say in the military,’ Mattis said. ‘And in this case, if we don’t keep the pressure on, then ISIS will resurge.'”)
- Erdoğan has managed the unthinkable: uniting all the other Middle East rivals (“By invading northern Syria last week, Recep Tayyip Erdoğan achieved what many thought impossible – uniting all the regional countries and rival powers with a stake in the country in furious opposition to what they see as a reckless, destabilising move.”)
- In Syria, U.S. pullout and Turkish assault spark terrified exodus to anywhere that feels safe (This is all on Trump and Republicans who did nothing to stop him.)
- Typhoon Hagibis: Helicopters and Boats Rescue the Stranded (“Here’s what we know about the super typhoon that struck Japan, causing levees to break and cities to flood.” Another likely manifestation of the climate crisis.)
- China Emerges With Wins From Trade Truce With U.S. (“The U.S. has shelved new tariffs against China while leaving many demands to be worked out later. The truce opens an opportunity for Beijing to kick down the road concessions that it doesn’t want to make.”)
- Envoy to say his denial of quid pro quo came from Trump (“The U.S. ambassador to the European Union, Gordon Sondland, will tell Congress that the content of a message he wrote denying a quid pro quo with Ukraine came directly from the president, said a person familiar with his testimony.” Obstruction of justice, anyone?)
- A Trump-Appointed Judge Is Running Interference for the President on His Financial Records (These Trump-appointed judges are going to hurt this country for decades.)
- Trump says immigrants are unwelcome in Minnesota. What’s unwelcome is his bigotry. (Trump is an unabashed racist, as is anyone who cheered for his racist, anti-Somali-immigrant comments the other day.)
- Minneapolis mayor: We saw Trump stiffing cities for his other rallies, so we told him to pay up (Donald the Deadbeat.)
- Trump threatens to sue top Democrats Adam Schiff and Nancy Pelosi amid impeachment inquiry
- ‘Stop talking’: Trump advisers want Giuliani dumped (“Trump allies felt Giuliani’s free-wheeling monologues were hurting the president. And that was before the ex-New York mayor’s business associates got arrested.”)
- Trump, Ukraine And The Path To The Impeachment Inquiry: A Timeline
- Prosecutors Investigating Rudy Giuliani for Ukraine-Related Lobbying, Report Says
- In Show of Support, Trump Meets With Giuliani Over Lunch (Barf.)
- Trump defends Giuliani in tweet after report of federal probe (Giuliani’s behavior is, in fact, completely indefensible.)
- Impeachment has put Trump in a different place. He’s showing it every day. (Dan Balz is an insufferably “both sides”/false equivalency guy, but there *is* some interesting material in here.)
- Fire, Floods and Power Outages: Our Climate Future Has Arrived (“The most urgent imperative now is to turn our fear and frustration into votes.”)
- America’s Great Shale Oil Boom Is Nearly Over (“But another one is probably on the way, as the industry reaches adulthood.” Which is absolutely nuts, by the way, given what the climate science tells us we must do ASAP, which is get off of fossil fuels.)
- How ‘White Guilt’ in the Age of Trump Shapes the Democratic Primary (“The changing racial attitudes of white liberals are shaping how 2020 candidates try to win votes.”)
- Donald Trump is a ‘potty-mouth’, says Nancy Pelosi (“President made crude comment about Biden at rally”)
- Trump’s Syria decision divides white evangelicals as impeachment pressure builds
- The Supreme Court could get a lot more undemocratic (It already is wildly undemocratic and unrepresentative.)
- Rubio hits Warren’s ‘crude’ and ‘vulgar’ response to opposition to same-sex marriage (Seriously? THIS is what upsets Rubio, while his party nominated and elected Donald F’ing TRUMP???)
- ‘SNL’ skewers LGBTQ town hall, Ellen DeGeneres with Billy Porter, Lin-Manuel Miranda cameos
- SNL: Woody Harrelson’s Joe Biden Kisses Anderson Cooper to Prove He’s Not Homophobic
- ‘SNL’ taps Lin-Manuel Miranda to play Latino presidential candidate Julián Castro (“After criticism for excluding Castro from its season debut, the show had the “Hamilton” creator take on the role.”)
- CNN projects Gov. John Bel Edwards forced into runoff in Louisiana
- Texas Police Officer Fatally Shoots Black Woman Inside Her Own Home During Welfare Check (WTF???)
- SPLC-Designated “Hate Group” Pushes Hard for Ken Cuccinelli as New Secretary of Homeland Security
- Ken Cuccinelli is reportedly the favorite to replace Kevin McAleenan as DHS secretary (Appalling and 100% unacceptable.)
- Ralph Northam column: Providing the best health care for Virginians (“My administration will seek to implement innovative strategies that will reduce health insurance premiums statewide; use data to make coverage more efficient and improve health outcomes, especially for vulnerable populations; and develop an approach to allow this commonwealth to make the decisions of how to best meet the needs of Virginians.”)
- Photos, Video: Virginia Dems Campaign Across the Commonwealth with 23+ Days Until 11/5
- Mild or Extreme: Mixed Messages from Virginia Republican Candidates Like Paul Milde
- Virginia’s lax ethics laws legalize corruption. Will the GOP ever stop blocking reform? (Agreed that Republicans are the vast majority of the problem, but we also have problems like Dick Saslaw, who thinks ethics laws are completely unnecessary!)
- Black Republicans Run For Virginia Legislature
- Much at Stake for Both Parties in Virginia Elections (“…if the statewide trends keep moving in the direction the Wason Center poll indicates they were earlier this month, Virginians could wake up on Wednesday, Nov. 6, to an utterly changed political landscape.”)
- On 11/5, Loudoun County Voters Should Utterly Reject Climate-Science-Denying Trump Republican John Whitbeck (“Despite overwhelming evidence, Whitbeck STILL won’t even admit that man-made climate change is real!”)
- Dozens of drones have been spotted near Virginia prisons. At least one was carrying drugs.
- $100 million gift to U-Va. dedicated to students whose parents didn’t go to college
- A tale of two politicians (“Chase can and will still run as a Republican, but she apparently will not be Chesterfield’s Republican choice. State Democrats already had targeted her as vulnerable ahead of all of this fallout. Will this back-turn by Republicans in both the lion’s share of the 11th District and Amanda Chase’s home locality be the dagger her opponents, both red and blue, have been wishing for? Only Election Day will tell.”)
- Opinion/Commentary: Baliles prepares to ‘leave this life’ believing in the future
- Editorial: A Hampton Roads casino? The odds are long.
- Editorial: A modest proposal for how to create a new economy in coal country
- Autonomous shuttles in Northern Virginia suburb show why the future of robot cars might be slow (“The Reston shuttles, which typically travel under 25 mph, have completed 15,000 rides and offer a glimpse of a possible self-driving future. But even for slow-speed vehicles, there are still significant technical hurdles to overcome.”)
- Albemarle eyes more changes to allowable public use of county property
- Richmond Folk Festival delights first-timers and those who have been attending for years
- At the Peaks of Otter, a rare salamander is saved
- The Nationals’ unforgettable season is about to reach another level (“Two wins from the World Series, Washington returns to Nationals Park.”)
- Max Scherzer gives Nationals their second straight gem, and a 2-0 series lead over Cardinals
- Mostly nice today, maybe a light shower; warm and sunny tomorrow into Tuesday (“Nature teases us today with some flirtatious showers that continue to play hard-to-get. But we do finally have a shot at some significant rain by Wednesday.”)
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