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by Lowell
Here are a few national and Virginia news headlines for Monday, Veterans Day, November 11.
- Bolivian Leader Evo Morales Steps Down
- U.S. will leave up to 600 troops in northeastern Syria to prevent ISIS resurgence, top general says
- Hong Kong Violence Escalates With Bullets, Tear Gas, Man on Fire
- Spanish election: deadlock remains as centre left tops poll and far right surges – live updates (Not good.)
- Rising temperatures put U.S. troops at risk during training, report finds (“By midcentury, troops could face an extra month of heat-index temperatures above 100 F every year, the Union of Concerned Scientists found.”)
- The Disorienting Defenses of Donald Trump (“The president and his allies ask Americans to reject the evidence before their eyes.”)
- Impeachment week: Trump probe hits crucial point
- As impeachment inquiry goes public, federal prosecutors quietly investigate Giuliani
- Giuliani Associate Says He Gave Demand for Biden Inquiry to Ukrainians
- The key impeachment question: What did Trump want from Ukraine — and what exactly did he do?
- Republicans admit they have no fact witnesses — and Trump did it
- John Bolton, a prolific note taker, is the impeachment inquiry’s biggest wildcard
- Republicans push diversions and distractions ahead of this week’s televised impeachment hearings Disgraceful.)
- Mulvaney’s move to join impeachment testimony lawsuit rankles Bolton allies
- The key question: What did Trump want from Ukraine — and what exactly did he do?
- Nikki Haley claims top aides tried to recruit her to ‘save the country’ by undermining Trump
- Nikki Haley’s Audacious Bet (“The former South Carolina governor’s new book is a gamble that the future of the Republican Party looks a lot like Trump.”)
- Media beware: Impeachment hearings will be the trickiest test of covering Trump (Can the media rise to the occasion? I’m highly skeptical.)
- House Democrats deny Republicans’ request for whistleblower testimony (As well they should.)
- Hillary Clinton says abuse of female politicians on social media is ‘viral’
- Trump sees his instincts as unimpeachable as he faces the fight of his presidency
- Official who testified against Trump “still detailed” to National Security Council
- Poll: Bloomberg’s potential run is a flop with voters so far
- Why Biden is crushing it nationally — but slipping in Iowa and N.H.
- Pete Buttigieg outlasts the pundits by emerging as the alternative to Biden
- You Must Never Vote for Bloomberg
- Klobuchar says a woman with Buttigieg’s experience would not make it to debate stage because of ‘different standard’
- What Joe Biden Actually Did in Ukraine “Mr. Biden dived into Ukraine in hopes of burnishing his statesman credentials at a time when he seemed to be winding down his political career, as his elder son, Beau, was dying and his younger one, Hunter, was struggling with addiction and financial problems. It turned out to be an unforgiving landscape — threatened by Russia, plundered by oligarchs, plagued by indecisive leaders and overrun by outsiders hoping to make a quick buck off the chaos.”)
- Ocasio-Cortez and Bernie Sanders Star in Their Own Iowa Buddy Movie (“He’s 78. She’s 30. For two days they traveled through Iowa bringing their progressive message to the heartland.”)
- Donald Trump Jr walks out of Triggered book launch after heckling – from supporters
- A typical GOP senator’s shell game (Sen. John Kennedy is the worst…although actually, come to think of it, maybe Lindsey Graham is the worst. Or Ted Cruz. Or Mitch McConnell. Or…so many choices.)
- Rep. Peter T. King, a 14-term Republican congressman from New York, announces retirement (Wow.)
- DACA case heads to U.S. Supreme Court this week
- Ken Cuccinelli doubles down on blaming father of drowned child (Cooch continues to be the horrible person we’ve always known.)
- Graphics: How Did the Virginia House of Delegates Candidates Do in 2019 Compared to the 2017 “Blue Wave” Election?
- A commonwealth divided? Republican rural Virginia loses ground to Democrats’ suburban strongholds
- Which Democrats Might End Up Chairing the House of Delegates’ Committees? (There will also likely be a new House Clerk.)
- Virginia’s New House Democratic Caucus Chair Rip Sullivan’s Past Bills Were Mostly Killed by Republicans; A Lot of Them Should Have a Good Chance of Passing in 2020
- Handling of General Assembly’s gun violence special session may have cost GOP at polls, political analyst says (Yep, that pissed people off.)
- Dominion official: Company remains committed to ACP, construction expected to be complete in 2021 (Yeah, we’ll see. Regardless, this pipeline is economically crazy, as it’s going to end up being “stranded” at some point.)
- The state of recycling in Virginia: It may not be going where you think (“It’s going to get worse before it gets better.”)
- Sharon Bulova: We all need to adopt the same shared goal on home affordability
- Angry parents protest LGBTQ books in Virginia classrooms
- Younger and more diverse: What a school board election delivered in Northern Virginia (“In Fairfax County, all 12 winners were backed by the Democratic Party.”)
- Virginia doctor allegedly performed hysterectomies, tied fallopian tubes without consent
- Boil water advisory lifted in Arlington and Northwest DC; Glebe Road reopens
- 3 years ago, a William & Mary football player donated his bone marrow and saved a man’s life. Friday, the strangers met.
- A mild Veterans Day, before Arctic front brings raw rain-snow mix on Tuesday (“The coldest air of the season so far takes hold Wednesday.”)
