by Lowell
Here are a few national and Virginia news headlines, political and otherwise, for Tuesday, Election Day 2019. Make sure you vote…Democratic, of course, up and down the ballot, and among other things send a resounding message of rejection to the corrupt, lawless, bigoted, planet-killing “p***y-grabber-in-chief!”
- Trump has formally pulled the U.S. out of the Paris agreement. This is a dark time for America. (“This is not America first; it’s America isolated.” It’s America completely insane.)
- It’s Official: Trump Just Started the Process to Formally Pull Out of the Paris Climate Accords (“Ugh”)
- Where Does Trump’s Paris Climate Divorce Actually Stand? (“No, the U.S. isn’t out of the Paris climate agreement yet. Here’s what’s happening and what to expect.”)
- U.S., China Consider Rolling Back Tariffs to Clinch Trade Deal
- Xi Zeroes In on Trump Trade Deal as China Acts to Steady Markets
- Investing in Saudi Arabia’s oil company is an investment in a brutal regime
- At least nine Americans killed in Mexican highway ambush
- Royal Dutch Shell to Buy Offshore Wind-Power Developer (“The oil giant pushes deeper into renewable energy.”)
- Another Term For Trump’s Quid Pro Quo? Extortion. (“Former federal prosecutors say the president’s interactions with Ukraine also amount to extortion, as defined by the Hobbs Act.”)
- On Ukraine, Trump Is a Con Man, but He’s Also a Mark
- Exclusive: Giuliani associate now willing to comply with Trump impeachment inquiry – lawyer
- Lev Parnas, Giuliani Associate, Opens Talks With Impeachment Investigators
- House Democrats Could Soon Learn Inner Workings of Giuliani’s Ukraine Operation Thanks to Lev Parnas
- Trump’s pure, brazen contempt for Congress is on full display
- Transcripts offer insights into hostility faced by former ambassador (“Former U.S. ambassador to Ukraine Marie Yovanovitch testified that she was the target of a secret plot to orchestrate her removal that involved President Trump’s personal attorney and Ukrainian officials suspected of fostering corruption, according to a newly released transcript of her testimony.”)
- Transcripts show Republicans’ scattershot strategy in early days of impeachment inquiry
- Supreme Court unlikely to help Trump keep his taxes from prosecutors
- The Latest: Trump, Rand Paul want whistleblower unmasked (Like father, like son – crazy and evil.)
- Don’t reveal the whistleblower on Donald Trump’s phone call with Ukraine
- Impeachment bombshells highlight Trump’s power grabs
- One year out from vote, Trump trails Democrats by wide margins in Post-ABC poll (“Former vice president Joe Biden, Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) and Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) run strongest against the president nationally, with Biden leading by 17 points (56 percent to 39 percent), Warren by 15 points (55 percent to 40 percent) and Sanders by 14 points (55 percent to 41 percent). South Bend, Ind., Mayor Pete Buttigieg and Sen. Kamala D. Harris (D-Calif.), the other two Democrats tested against Trump, also lead the president among registered voters, with Buttigieg up by 52 percent to 41 percent, and Harris ahead by 51 percent to 42 percent.”)
- Appeals court knocks down Trump’s stonewalling
- Testimony from two of Trump’s Ukraine ‘three amigos’ to become public
- Roger Stone, Trump Friend And Alleged Tie To WikiLeaks, Faces Trial In Washington
- Government Officials Are Living in Fear of Trump’s Tweets (This is, of course, completely unacceptable.)
- The White House’s Latest Executive Privilege Theory Places Trump Above the Law
- Rudy Allies Are Spreading Dirt About Bannon Behind the Scenes
- Mike Pompeo’s State Department Answers to Sean Hannity, Apparently
- Buttigieg drives for the middle ground between Biden, Warren
- Sean Hannity and Fox News have normalized media corruption
- Southern Colorado Man Charged with Federal Hate Crime for Plotting to Blow Up Synagogue
- How Kamala Harris Went From ‘Female Obama’ to Fifth Place (“She entered the 2020 presidential race with promise and charisma, but is now sliding perilously close to irrelevance. What went wrong? And is it too late for her to reverse course?”)
- Was Chicken Little Right About Elizabeth Warren?
- Pete Buttigieg Is an Iowa Front-Runner. Will That Help Him Anywhere Else?
- ‘Just nonsense’: Kamala Harris calls narrative that black voters are homophobic a trope
- Julián Castro to lay off New Hampshire, South Carolina teams
- Steyer aide stole Harris volunteer data in South Carolina: report
- Democrats unifying against Joe Kennedy Senate bid (Good; Ed Markey is superb!)
- Kentucky governor looks for last-minute boost from Trump
- Polls Open in States Facing Tests of Party Control
- Everything You Need To Know About The 2019 Elections (“It’s not 2020, but control of governorships and state legislatures is up for grabs”)
- Off-year Election Day in Kentucky, Virginia and elsewhere: Big impact, bad for democracy (“Elections in odd-numbered years often mean abysmal turnout. So results this week could measure enthusiasm”)
- U.S. House advances Virginia congressman’s sweeping bill to lower higher education costs (The Dem-controlled House, by the way, has passed a TON of great bills…the vast majority of which have met the stone wall of Mitch McConnell’s Republican-controlled Senate.)
- Google buying Fitbit raises ‘serious concerns,’ says Senator Mark Warner
- Kaine talks ERA ratification, minimum wage increases, gun safety in pitch for Democrats
- Thinking About Impeachment and 2020? Here’s What’s At Stake Tomorrow Right Here in Virginia
- Chaz Nuttycombe’s Final 2019 Virginia Predictions: +7 D in House of Delegates, +4 D in State Senate
- 2018 VPAP “So You Think You’re a Pundit” Winner Predicts +7-8 D in the Virginia House of Delegates, +4 D in State Senate
- Virginia Voters Cast Ballots in Marquee Legislative Contest
- A blackface scandal rocked Virginia. Now, Democrats may still win full control of government
- Election Predictions From Bearing Drift Writers (Everyone’s picking Dems to win back the House and Senate. We’ll see soon enough…)
- Virginia’s pivotal elections Tuesday will decide control of General Assembly, set stage for 2020
- Virginia voters hold fate of ERA in their hands
- Virginia, We Have Unfinished Business!
- One vote can change everything, Virginia (“Raunak worked with the nonprofit Vote Absentee Virginia and state Sen. Scott A. Surovell (D-Fairfax), who, when he went door-to-door before the 2015 election, learned that there were a lot of people who wanted to vote absentee but were flummoxed by the online process to get a ballot.”)
- Virginia emerges as a ‘hotbed’ for solar as rural counties welcome projects (“Recent reforms established a transparent regulatory process that puts local officials in control of permitting decisions.” Good – crank it!)
- Trump’s entrance into Virginia elections may backfire, Dems hope
- The Post’s endorsements for Virginia’s state and local elections (VERY strange list. For instance, why didn’t they endorse for Loudoun County and PW County Board of Supervisors? Makes no sense.)
- Background on EMILY’s List Virginia Candidates in November 2019 Elections
- Latest Update: Virginia Absentees More Than Double 2015, About 25% Lower Than 2017 Gubernatorial Election Year
- Here’s what you need to know for Election Day (“Across the state, all 100 seats in the House of Delegates and all 40 seats in the Virginia Senate are up for election. A number of local offices also are on the ballot.”)
- Luckily, This Guy Probably Isn’t Going to Be Virginia Senate Majority Leader for Much Longer – LOL
- Election Day to see crowded ballots in Central Virginia
- Editorial: Big choices at the polls for region, Virginia
- Political groups and candidates blanket Virginia with Facebook ads
- Video: With Virginia Polls Opening in Hours, Bernie Sanders in Manassas; Andrew Yang at GMU
- A Thread About State Sen. Amanda Chase (R-SD11)…and Why Voters Need to Replace Her with Amanda Pohl Tomorrow
- Northam, other leading Virginia Democrats gather to rally in Hampton ahead of elections
- Virginia’s Urban Poor Stuck on Heat Islands
- Labor-Democratic Partnership: The Commonwealth’s Chance to Repeal Anti-Union “Right-To-Work” Laws
- Todd C. Peppers column: Is it time to televise executions in Virginia?
- Fredericksburg voters choosing local officials, state legislators in Tuesday’s election
- Roanoke council delays vote on moving election, extends work of gun violence task force
- D.C.-area forecast: Cool autumn conditions before showers later Thursday and a much colder weekend
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