by Lowell
Here are a few national and Virginia news headlines, political and otherwise, for Thursday, November 14.
- Growth in Economic Powerhouses Starts to Diverge
- Trump Does Erdogan’s Post-Invasion PR for Him in Joint Press Conference
- President Trump urges Turkish strongman to call on a ‘friendly’ reporter
- These uses of CO2 could cut emissions — and make trillions of dollars (“From concrete to fuels, CO2 from the air can replace CO2 from the ground.”)
- As Talks With Putin Loom, Ukraine Looks in Vain for U.S. Help
- Powell’s Warning to Congress About the Next Recession
- Analysis: Star Witness Takes Democrats’ Impeachment Case to the Public
- Trump cared more about investigating Biden than Ukraine, key witness reveals
- The Evidence of Wrongdoing by Trump Is Overwhelming (“The witnesses’ testimony on Wednesday was clear and alarming.”)
- Republicans’ Best Defense Is a Bad Offense (“What the day’s impeachment hearings revealed.”)
- Republicans Spent the First Day of Impeachment Hearings in an Alternate Reality
- Crazy for Trump: On the G.O.P. Plan to Keep Impeachment Partisan
- The GOP Ukraine defense asks us to believe Trump cared deeply about things he rarely discussed
- At hearing, Republicans carry forward Trump’s effort to make lies into truths
- Plurality in battleground states support Trump’s impeachment: poll
- Impeachment Is Not a Fair Fight, and on Day One It Showed
- Jim Jordan Tries to Recast Trump as the Hero of the Ukraine Scandal (Should be “Gym” Jordan)
- Impeachment hearing paints damning portrait of Trump
- Trump’s Shadow Ukraine Policy Laid Bare in Impeachment Opener
- Ambassador’s cellphone call to Trump from Kyiv restaurant was a stunning breach of security, former officials say
- Diplomats who look and sound the part provide vivid testimony about Trump and Ukraine
- 7 Key Takeaways From The First Public Impeachment Hearing (“Diplomats Bill Taylor and George Kent were the first two witnesses to publicly testify in the House’s impeachment investigation into President Donald Trump.”)
- Republicans Barely Questioned the Witnesses. They Went for Delay Tactics and Half-Truths. (“The case is simple. The president* abused his power in pursuit of his latest scam.”)
- All the President’s Fools (“Wednesday’s impeachment hearing was a contest of gravitas that the skells, sycophants, and dead-end goons on the committee were bound to lose—and did.”)
- Trump exposed: A brutal day for the president
- The Only Show in Trump Town (“There’s me, there’s you and Ukraine.”)
- ‘Fascinating. He’s being pinned down’: voters on Trump impeachment drama
- Analysis: Fox’s prime time stars are telling Trump that the impeachment hearings are a ‘disaster’ for Democrats (Alternate reality yet again.)
- Testimony heightens the stakes for Trump (“Hearings unearth new evidence of call that may implicate president in Ukraine controversy”)
- On Day One of the hearings, the Trump Show continues to disrupt Washington
- In the big moment, Republicans go small
- Kent and Taylor testify to Trump’s corruption. More evidence is coming.
- William Taylor’s early testimony features a bombshell
- Dueling narratives, separated by a polarized media, collide at impeachment hearing (“A witness was left momentarily speechless when pressed on conspiracy theories apparently driving the president’s actions.”)
- Confidence Man (“Jim Jordan boldly constructed a Trump-friendly alternate reality.”)
- Appeals court hands Trump another loss, saying Congress can seek his tax returns
- New poll shows Trump losing to top Democrats in state he won by 5 points (“There’s bad news out of Georgia for Donald Trump, who also faces difficult impeachment numbers in the state.”)
- Democrats call for Stephen Miller to resign after leak of xenophobic emails
- Republicans discuss a longer Senate impeachment trial to scramble Democratic primaries
- GOP senator: Republicans don’t have votes to dismiss impeachment articles
- The many, many conflicting and shifting defenses of Trump’s Ukraine scandal from right-wing media
- Deval Patrick Joins 2020 Presidential Race: ‘We Will Build as We Climb’ (“Mr. Patrick, the former Massachusetts governor, is entering the Democratic primary with less than three months to go before the Iowa caucuses.”)
- A New Candidate for Obama’s Rightful Heir (“Alumni of the Obama administration love Joe Biden. But some of them think that Deval Patrick is better equipped to win the presidency.”)
- Why Deval Patrick Is Making A Late Bid For The Democratic Nomination
- Elizabeth Warren buys CNBC commercial time to blast billionaires in a fiery new campaign ad
- Don’t count on the Senate to save Dreamers
- RNC plunges into Louisiana gov’s race amid signs of trouble (“The party is spending $1 million on turnout in the final days ahead of Saturday’s election.”)
- Trump is reportedly planning to promote Ken Cuccinelli to a top position at DHS (Absolutely bonkers.)
- Immigration hawk Ken Cuccinelli tapped as No. 2 at Homeland Security (He’s not just a “hawk,” he’s a bigot, also completely wrong, etc.)
- Mark Warner sides with “the dreamers”
- CNBC’s full interview with Sen. Mark Warner on regulating Big Tech
- Wexton: Avoiding Gov’t Shutdown, Not Impeachment, is Most Pressing Concern
- Rep. Elaine Luria touts help for veterans, tackles Shore issues at town hall
- Rep. Don Beyer on Powell tesimony and the millionaire surtax
- Rep. Connolly: Expect ‘scattered compliance’ with IDEA Act deadlines
- Campbell Co. supervisor to challenge Riggleman for the Fifth District Congressional seat
- Audio: Disgraced Former Gov. Bob McDonnell (R) to Run Against Rep. Elaine Luria (D) in VA02?!? [UPDATED]
- Virginia Speaker-Designee Eileen Filler-Corn Announces Transition Team
- Audio: “After Virginia Votes” Reviews 2019 Virginia Elections
- Northam: Virginia has a plan to counter trade wars
- Editorial: Seeking justice for rape victims
- Fixing the formula: How the state plans to get more financial aid to the students who need it most
- Answers remain elusive in Virginia Beach shooting rampage
- Virginia loses key behavioral health official at critical time
- It’s Long Past Time to Fix “Surprise,” “Out-of-Network” Healthcare Billing
- Inadequate alerts, not enough cameras: Probe finds Virginia Beach lacked “robust” security measures during mass shooting
- Read the independent investigation reports about the Virginia Beach mass shooting
- Probe Offers No Clear Answers for Virginia Mass Shooting
- Loudoun County School Board addresses discourse of ‘hate and anger’ around diverse libraries
- Chesterfield County plans one intersection with a monster price tag (“Why would you spend all this money to create an environment that doubles down on car dependency? If you’re going to invest in safety you need to think about pedestrians and people on bikes. This design ignores the needs of anyone who’s not in a car”)
- 4 key takeaways from the independent investigation into the Virginia Beach mass shooting
- Not quite as cold today but another surge of Arctic air for the weekend
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