by Lowell
Here are a few national and Virginia news headlines, political and otherwise, for Wednesday, November 6.
- Climate crisis: 11,000 scientists warn of ‘untold suffering’ (“Statement sets out ‘vital signs’ as indicators of magnitude of the climate emergency”)
- Trump Isn’t a Climate Denier. He’s Worse. (He’s pure evil.)
- Trump’s EU envoy admits Ukraine quid pro quo in updated testimony
- Trump’s impeachment defense splintered by new revelations
- McConnell says Senate would acquit Trump if trial held today (Hey Moscow Mitch, check out what just happened in your home state!)
- Sondland Updates Impeachment Testimony, Describing Ukraine Quid Pro Quo
- Sondland reverses himself on Ukraine, confirming quid pro quo
- Where is Mike Pompeo? He’s hiding in fear of Donald Trump.
- Trump Diplomat Gordon Sondland: Oh, THAT Pro Quo, Yeah, Now I Remember
- Trump’s Own Donor Diplomat Blows Up His Impeachment Defense
- Trump Tax Return Case Confronts Supreme Court With a Momentous Choice (“Richard M. Nixon and Bill Clinton sustained unanimous losses when they sought to withhold evidence, suggesting that President Trump may face an uphill fight.”)
- Democrats Rack Up Election Wins In The South Ahead Of 2020 (“In Virginia and Kentucky, Donald Trump hurt Republicans far more than he helped.”)
- Democrats’ Big Night Is Bad News for Trump (“Monday, Trump said a Bevin loss would be reported as if ‘I suffered the greatest defeat in the history of the world.'”)
- New York City adopts ranked-choice voting, a major milestone for the reform (OK, Virginia Dems, let’s do this!)
- 3 takeaways from Tuesday’s elections in Kentucky, Virginia and Mississippi (“Democrats cemented a new reality in Virginia on Tuesday: For decades a Republican stronghold, and then a swing state, the commonwealth is now controlled by Democrats.”)
- Trump Dealt Loss With Democratic Gains in Deep-Red States
- 5 winners and 3 losers from Election Day 2019 (“Winner: Democratic enthusiasm. Loser: Donald Trump.”)
- Democrat Andy Beshear just unseated Kentucky’s Trump-loving governor Matt Bevin (SO happy about this!)
- Democrats flip Virginia Senate and House, taking control of state government for the first time in a generation (Exactly the headline we all wanted and worked for!)
- The Democratic Surge in Virginia Was a Long Time Coming (So true!)
- What Issues Will Virginia Democrats Tackle With Their New Power?
- Blue Wave Turns Virginia State Government Fully Democratic For First Time In 26 Years (Love this headline!)
- Shellacked: How the Virginia GOP Starts To Recover (“Trump killed the Party. We must begin to allow for more anti-Trump voices to have a say and be heard. We lost not because of how far we ran from Trump, but how close we became. The time to break from Trump is NOW…Instead of calling all Democrats socialists, how about we tell people what we are for and how we can solve the real problems of people.”)
- Virginia Democrats win control of General Assembly, sealing Trump-era power shift
- A Modest Blue Wave for Virginia
- Democrats just pulled off a huge win, taking control of Virginia’s state legislature
- Democrats take control of Virginia General Assembly in historic election
- Analysis: With Democratic take-back, GOP stranded on right and stuck with Trump
- Live Blog: Virginia Election Results 2019 [Dems Take House and Senate, Win Key Races in Prince William, Loudoun, etc.; Virginia Is Now Officially Blue!]
- Voters give Democrats control of the General Assembly
- Editorial: A blue tsunami sweeps the General Assembly races (False. In reality, Dems did very well in the House of Delegates last night, but kinda fizzled in the State Senate, only picking up two seats and a bare, 21-19 majority. That’s not really a “tsunami,” which would have seen Dem gains in the State Senate into the 25-26 range.)
- Current PredictIt Prices for Virginia Senate, House, Key Races (PredictIt was wrong *big time* about the State Senate, also wrong about the number of seats in the House of Delegates and also wrong about Sheila Bynum-Coleman. But they did get the Clinton Jenkins win over Chris Jones right! LOL)
- Virginia Election Day 2019: Open Thread
- Sen. Richard Stuart re-elected in 28th district (Too bad; Stuart is awful and Rashid is excellent.)
- Democrat Dan Helmer unseats Del. Tim Hugo in 40th District House seat (RESOUNDING win for Dan Helmer. Congratulations, and good riddance to the horrible Tim Hugo!)
- Henrico’s top prosecutor thanks voters for ‘rehiring’ her; sheriff’s race also won by Democrat (After her huge win last night, Shannon Taylor is likely going to run statewide now.)
- Democrats poised to take one area Senate seat; Chase wins re-election
- Del. Lashrecse Aird says she’s challenging Del. Filler-Corn for speaker in Dem controlled House (Note that House Democratic Leader Eileen Filler-Corn just led her caucus to a HUGE victory. My bet is that she’s going to be the next Speaker, elected easily.)
- 91st House district flips to Democrats, while the rest of Peninsula stands pat (“Martha Mugler defeated Republican Colleen Holcomb to take a district represented by a retiring Republican.”)
- Cole’s win helps flip House of Delegates for Democrats (So, so happy about this!)
- Remember The Cyclist Who Flipped Off Trump’s Motorcade? She Just Won A Virginia Election. (“Juli Briskman will now be on the Loudoun County Board of Supervisors.” Go Juli!)
- Loudoun, Virginia, and Kentucky Give Trump the Finger
- Parisa Dehghani-Tafti Elected Prosecutor as All Incumbents Win Down the Ballot (Arlington was very sleepy yesterday, with most incumbents not even opposed.)
- Democrat Kenny Boddye wins Occoquan District supervisor’s seat (So happy about this; Kenny is going to be superb on the County Board!)
- Virginia cyclist who flipped off Trump wins Loudoun County seat representing his golf club (Hahahaha, love it!)
- Sen. Amanda Chase, R-Chesterfield, defeats Democrat Amanda Pohl in Senate District 11 (Gack.)
- House Speaker Kirk Cox, R-Colonial Heights, defeats Democratic challenger Sheila Bynum-Coleman (Bummer, but at least Cox won’t be Speaker for much longer!)
- Democrat Clint Jenkins beats Appropriations Chairman Chris Jones in changed Suffolk district
- Editorial: Virginia delivers a message — but Democrats should be careful how they read it (Haha, this is *exactly* the type of editorial you’d expect from the corporate media. Right, Democrats should be “careful” passing smart, popular measures that voters asked for.)
- In Virginia Beach, Republicans appear to hang on to two Senate seats (Huge missed opportunities there. Sigh.)
- Republican Carrie Coyner defeats Democrat Lindsey Dougherty in Chesterfield’s House District 62
- Virginia’s GOP leader told voters polls were about to close — a day early
- Mountain Valley co-owner puts cap on investment in pipeline (“Con Edison is scaling back investment in the MVP.”)
- EDITORIAL: Menhaden harvest limit actually means something
- Loudoun elections: Democrat Randall wins second term as county appears to move left
- Democrats take control of Prince William Board of County Supervisors (“Wheeler to serve as chairman after defeating Gray”)
- Republican challenger for Chesterfield top prosecutor declares victory, as does incumbent GOP sheriff (Yeah, Chesterfield is definitely NOT blue yet!)
- Biberaj Takes Commonwealth’s Attorney Job (Great news – Buta rocks and her Republican opponent ran a disgraceful campaign.)
- Republican candidates sweep, maintain majority in Hanover County Board of Supervisors
- ‘A sea change’ for prosecutors in Northern Virginia as liberal democratic candidates sweep races
- Henrico School Board incumbents poised to win re-election as three others vie for empty seats
- Democratic-backed candidates take full control of Fairfax County, Va., school board (I mean, that’s what happens when Republicans nominate a bunch of wacky extremists.)
- Republicans hold the line in Rockbridge, Lynchburg area House races (They’re apparently cool with Trump’s depredations and disgraces.)
- Democrats Magill, Snook, Payne sweep City Council race (Actually, “Magill, Snook and Payne” sound like a good law firm name, LOL!)
- A New City Council for Charlottesville May Bring Greater Cooperation
- Prince William County School Board Goes Bright Blue
- Editorial: Good governance goes by the wayside for casino developers
- Rain likely late tomorrow; rather chilly Friday and Saturday
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