by Lowell
Here are a few national and Virginia news headlines, political and otherwise, for Tuesday, October 8.
- Chaos in Syria, Washington after Trump call with Erdogan unleashed Turkish military
- Trump’s Confounding Syria Moves Are Spurring Policy Confusion—Again
- “The Americans Are Traitors”: Trump Faces a Major Backlash Over Syria Announcement
- ‘An avoidable, unforced error’: Trump’s Ukraine trap starts worrying allies
- Trump Invites a New Killing Field (“Trump’s betrayal of the Kurds isn’t just immoral—there’s no strategic reason for it.”)
- Trump’s Syria decision reflects his stunning ignorance of the situation (“It is a gift to Russia, Iran — and the Islamic State”)
- Trump’s Retreat in Syria Is Dishonorable and Will Cost American Lives
- Does Donald Trump Know What His Syria Policy Is? (“Another round of contradictory signals from the White House shakes allies’ trust and puts lives at risk.” Worst president ever. By far!)
- ‘Buckle up’: Abrupt Syria policy shift is sign of Trump unchained
- How ISIS Returns (“America had the chance to help its local partners ensure ISIS’s lasting defeat. Instead it’s abandoning them.”)
- Boris Johnson Tells Angela Merkel Deal ‘Essentially Impossible’ (“With little progress made in recent days, U.K. officials now believe Brexit talks are close to collapse.”)
- Nobel prize in physics awarded to cosmology and exoplanet researchers (“James Peebles, Michel Mayor and Didier Queloz honoured for for ‘improving our understanding of evolution of universe and Earth’s place in the cosmos’”)
- China Signals It Will Hit Back Over U.S. Tech Blacklist
- China Halts NBA Broadcasts After Outrage Over Hong Kong Tweet (“Backlash against the U.S. basketball league intensifies.”)
- Republicans deliver rare rebuke of Trump, slamming his Syria withdrawal decision
- Exclusive: Official Who Heard Call Says Trump Got ‘Rolled’ By Turkey and ‘Has No Spine’ (Or brain. Or morality.)
- The Humiliation of Lindsey Graham
- House Democrats consider masking identity of whistleblower from Trump’s GOP allies in Congress (That shows how low the Republicans have sunk.)
- Seeking Ukraine Aid Records, House Subpoenas White House Budget Office and Pentagon
- Poll: Majority of Americans say they endorse opening of House impeachment inquiry of Trump (“The poll finds that, by a margin of 58 percent to 38 percent, Americans say the House was correct to undertake the inquiry. Among all adults, 49 percent say the House should take the more significant step to impeach the president and call for his removal from office”)
- Trump’s Defeat on Tax Returns Signals a Big Problem for the President
- Federal judge rules Trump must turn over his tax returns to Manhattan DA, but Trump has appealed
- The Memo: GOP discontent deepens on Trump impeachment messaging
- Republicans Stand by Trump Because They Like What He Does (“Sometimes, the simplest explanation is the correct one.”)
- “Romney Is the Pressure Point in the Impeachment Process”: Mitt Won’t Primary Trump—But He’s Trying to Bring Him Down
- Polls begin to signal rising impeachment threat to Trump —
- The GOP’s bootlicking cowardice knows no bounds (Definitely applies to people like Rob Wittman and Denver Riggleman.)
- Historic Supreme Court arguments Tuesday in LGBTQ workplace rights dispute (Does anyone have any confidence this court will get anything right?)
- 9 scenarios for how the Trump-Ukraine impeachment process could end
- Pat Robertson ‘Appalled’ By Trump: He ‘Allowed Khashoggi to Be Cut in Pieces,’ May Lose ‘The Mandate of Heaven’ Over Syria (Why would anyone who claims to be a Christian support Trump?)
- The Education of Fanatical Centrists (“Will they finally admit what the G.O.P. has become?”)
- Five Radical Climate Policies That Most Americans Actually Like (“Most registered voters are in favor of spending trillions on weatherized buildings and renewable-energy infrastructure.”)
- Trump’s company cancels gala planned by anti-Muslim group at Mar-a-Lago
- The Republican Senators Most Likely to Turn on Trump
- 73 House Republicans want to punish Adam Schiff just for describing Trump’s Ukraine call (These people are all disgraces to America.)
- The Emerging Anybody-But-Warren Campaign
- Five questions about the presidential race
- Biden’s campaign touts $750 billion plan aimed at boosting community colleges
- Kamala Harris Was Rising In The Polls — What Happened?
- Trump campaign changes rules to ensure Trump isn’t embarrassed at GOP convention
- Warren stands by account of being pushed out of her first teaching job because of pregnancy
- Gutting of two USDA research agencies is warning to all federal agencies, ex-employees say (“Overall the staff of these agencies is down and continues to go down. I think you’re going to see a brain drain continue until the end of this administration”)
- RealClear Media Has a Secret Facebook Page to Push Far-Right Memes (“RealClearPolitics has carefully cultivated a non-partisan image—while in the shadows its parent company pushes images of killer Clintons and a freedom-loving Kremlin.”)
- Jerry Falwell Jr. settles Miami court case over South Beach ‘pool boy’ venture
- Correcting Rep. Morgan Griffith (R-VA09)’s Latest Torrent of Dishonesty, Partisan Distraction and Deception on Impeachment
- Rep. Elaine Luria raises money for Va. Democrats running for legislature after GOP group runs impeachment ads (I’m becoming a bigger and bigger Elaine Luria fan every day!)
- What We Busy People Can Do Is Enough – If We Do It Now
- EMILY’s List to Invest $2.1 Million in Effort to Flip Virginia General Assembly from Red to Blue
- New Wason Center Poll: With 29 Days to Go Until Virginia Elections, Dem Lead Republicans by 13 Points (49%-36%) on “Generic Ballot” (Likely voters “prefer that Democrats control the General Assembly after the election, 53% to 37%”)
- The Ones Who Make Everything We Do In the ER Worthwhile (“A few years ago, Elizabeth Alcorn’s daughter came into our ER with a major stroke. She survived, and Elizabeth Alcorn’s running for Virginia House of Delegates.”)
- Jonathan J. Miles column: Virginia’s renewable energy future poised to lead the nation (“We are blessed with nearly ideal landscapes along the southwestern region of our state, where winds at higher elevations can be harnessed through informed siting and responsible development. Throughout the central and eastern land masses of Virginia reside vast open spaces that, in many instances, are under-utilized and well-suited for solar deployment. Finally, along our coast we have identified offshore wind resources that are arguably some of the best in the nation.”)
- Shad Plank: State IT agency blasted for service gaps, delays
- Shad Plank: A look at voter enthusiasm (“An enthusiasm gap between Virginia Ds and Rs”)
- Supreme Court denies appeal of eminent domain for Mountain Valley Pipeline
- Interconnection stymies plan to graze sheep under Virginia solar project (The hell?)
- Mass shooting takes center stage in Virginia Beach State Senate campaign
- Suburban Richmond race becomes first to top $1 million in TV ads
- Opinion/Editorial: James River: More gains are needed in health report
- City of Charlottesville to appeal decision in Confederate statues suit
- Newport News shipyard snuffs out e-cigarettes, vaping devices
- Governor Ralph Northam dedicated Virginia’s newest state forest
- Going Local to Defeat El Loco
- Loudoun County likely to install its first on-street parking meters. Here’s where.
- Metro Rules Out Signal Failure In Collision, Investigation Will Affect Evening Commute
- Future of scooters in Arlington: Keep program going but improvements needed, report says
- Progressive Voice: Reflections on My First Months on the Arlington County Board
- Max Scherzer is Max Scherzer again, and the Nationals’ season lives because of it (Amazing.)
- Cloudy, cooler, some showers before nicer weather returns later this week
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