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by Lowell
Here are a few national and Virginia news headlines, political and otherwise, for Wednesday, October 16.
- EU and U.K. Fear Brexit Deal Is Dying as Talks Stall
- Erdogan says Turkey will ‘never declare a ceasefire’
- “A Stab in the Back”: How Trump and Turkey Blew Up Syria’s Most Stable Region
- China Threatens to Retaliate If U.S. Enacts Hong Kong Bill
- Apple accedes to China’s despotic demands
- Doubts Persist Over China’s Commitment to U.S. Farm Purchases
- Trump’s Syria Policy Is a Strategic and Political Disaster
- Republicans drop their revolt against Trump on Syria (“GOP lawmakers are eager to avoid a breach with the president.” That didn’t take long.)
- Pelosi holds off on vote to authorize Trump impeachment inquiry
- White House directed ‘three amigos’ to run Ukraine policy, senior State Dept. official tells House investigators
- Mounting frustration inside White House over Hill depositions as refusals to comply with subpoenas increase
- Ex-Rep. Sessions Subpoenaed Over Interactions With Giuliani, Giuliani Associates
- Giuliani says he won’t comply with a congressional subpoena (Lock. Him. Up.)
- Pence refuses House request to provide documents related to Ukraine call (Ditto?)
- Trump Vetoes Latest Effort To Overturn National Emergency To Fund Border Wall (“The decision to stop the measure passed by Congress was released amid the fourth Democratic debate.”)
- The Democratic Primary No Longer Revolves Around Joe Biden (“Tuesday’s debate was all about Elizabeth Warren.”)
- 6 Takeaways From The 4th Democratic Presidential Primary Debate (“Health care was again dominant, while immigration, climate change and race didn’t even come up” The absence of the #1 issue facing humanity was and is a disgrace. FU CNN.)
- CNN and the New York Times skip climate change in the fourth Democratic debate (Inexcusable.)
- CNN catches heat for asking candidates about Ellen, Bush friendship at debate (So assinine.)
- Democrats flip the script on a cut-and-run president
- Tuesday’s debate vividly demonstrated just how fluid the Democratic race really is (“Rather than a single front-runner, we now see four or five candidates who have the capacity to rise to the occasion on any given day. The winner may be the candidate of that bunch who peaks just as the voting begins.”)
- Blood on his hands: 2020 Democrats slam Trump over Syria
- The Democratic Primary Is Now a Sideshow (“Twelve candidates crowded onto the stage, but impeachment remains the biggest story in politics.”)
- It Was the Best of Warren. It Was the Worst of Warren. (“Tuesday’s debate — the tensest yet — put the Democrats’ newly minted front-runner to the test.”)
- Who won the Democratic debate? Our panelists’ verdict
- Who won the October Democratic debate?
- Klobuchar uses the Democratic debate to show she’s the Warren-stopper (“Analysis: Some Democrats want another moderate option. The Minnesota senator’s performance could get her a second look.”)
- Analysis: Attacks on Warren Shouldn’t Have Come as a Surprise (“Elizabeth Warren greeted the deluge with mixed success, never wobbling too precariously but retreating at times to stump-speech platitudes.”)
- Warren Draws Fire From All Sides, Reflecting a Shift in Fortunes in Race (“The criticism of Elizabeth Warren illustrated her status as an emerging front-runner, while Joe Biden faced scrutiny over his son’s financial dealings overseas.”)
- Bernie Sanders’s Campaign Is Alive and Well
- Why Pete Buttigieg Came Out Swinging at the Fourth Debate
- Dems go after Warren, and other big moments from Tuesday’s debate
- Everybody went after Warren over Medicare-for-all
- Warren faces first sustained attack in raucous debate
- Winners and losers from the October Democratic debate
- Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez to endorse Sanders (“The endorsement from the New York congresswoman amounts to a political coup for Sen. Bernie Sanders, 78, who has been fading in the polls and has faced growing questions about his health.”)
- Who is Tom Steyer, the Democratic debate newcomer hellbent on impeaching Trump?
- Which Candidates Got the Most Speaking Time in the Democratic Debate (Warren, then Biden)
- 6 Takeaways From the October Democratic Debate (“Elizabeth Warren was called out by rivals for a change, Joe Biden failed to stand out and Bernie Sanders calmed concerns about his health. Pete Buttigieg had his biggest night yet.”)
- Warren’s in Front But Klobuchar Earned Debate Lift (“The Minnesota senator needs a national media bounce to break out of the bottom of the pack.”)
- 5 winners and 3 losers from the October Democratic presidential debate (Tulsi Gabbard was definitely a loser. She’s awful.)
- No one has a damn clue how many jobs will be lost to automation
- Total Warren (“The co-leader in the polls got the lone-frontrunner treatment in the debate”)
- Heavyweight draw: Biden, Warren both walk away winners from fourth Democratic debate (“Warren needed to talk more and Biden needed to talk less. Both pulled that off in Tuesday’s Democratic debate”)
- Warren’s charmed campaign just entered a brutal new phase (“Tuesday night’s debate pile-on made clear that things are about to get rough for the new front-runner.”)
- Democrats stop faking it — and have a serious debate
- As Trump Prepares to Choose Another DHS Head, Obstacles Emerge (“Cuccinelli and Morgan are top internal candidates, but regulatory concerns cloud paths for each”)
- 175,000 voters restored to rolls ahead of Kentucky’s November election
- Mike Pence is wasting his time trying to rattle Abigail Spanberger (Pence is an imbecile.)
- Governor Northam Signs Executive Directive to Ensure Access to Affordable, Quality Health Care Coverage for All Virginians
- Northam makes pre-election pitch with new health care initiative
- Where Are We Right Now in Terms of Virginia Absentee Ballots? How Does This Compare to Past Election Cycles? (Kinda slow so far this election cycle…)
- EDITORIAL: JLARC takes aim at VITA again
- Virginia Campaign Finance Numbers For September 2019 Coming In…
- A scandal in Front Royal highlights the EB-5 investor visa program’s flaws (“Some 14 current and former high-ranking public officials of surrounding Warren County, elected and non-elected — including five members of the Board of Supervisors — have been indicted for various crimes involving chicanery at the Front Royal-Warren County Economic Development Authority. Facing a civil lawsuit in the case, the former Warren County sheriff killed himself in May.”)
- Kirk Cox and Sheila Bynum-Coleman Face Off in Virginia’s 66th House District
- Audio: As Election Day Nears, Panicky Virginia Republicans Head to Hard-Right Talk Radio to Rant and Rave(“Disparaging motherhood?” Wanting to turn Virginia into “Venezuela” and “ban air travel?” Yes, this is the bizarre far-right echo chamber.)
- Videos: Celebrity Endorsements Pour in for Virginia Democratic Candidates (Jason Mraz for Morgan Goodman, Rodney Willett; Jason George for Karen Mallard; Haley Webb for Kenny Boddye; Wanda Sykes for Martha Mugler; etc.)
- Remember that bowl? We still might need it.
- Video: Phil Hernandez for Delegate Campaign Releases Broadcast TV Ad in HD100
- Beverly Harrison: My David & Goliath Rural Virginia Campaign Just Went Off the Hook
- Queen Latifah Headlines Virginia Women’s Summit
- FERC: “Mountain Valley is hereby notified that construction activity…must cease immediately” (“with the exception of restoration and stabilization of the right-of-way and work areas”)
- Large algae blooms are spreading in the James. Blame the drought.
- City Council candidates talk issues, civil discourse at forum
- Gov. Northam announces $1.16M investment in Virginia Beach
- Chamber PAC calls for Democratic leadership in Prince William County (“Only one endorsement for Republican candidates on the Board of County Supervisors”)
- Sundial at Women’s Monument includes a common Virginia typo (Yep, they spelled “Loudoun” wrong.)
- Off to the World Series, these Nationals have proved everyone wrong
- The Nationals are going to the World Series — and a city’s baseball scars have healed
- Finally a soaking rain today, then dry again into the weekend (“It’s a drought-denter, not a drought-buster. But at least it’s a start.”)
