by Lowell
Here are a few national and Virginia news headlines, political and otherwise, for Monday, September 28.
- Coronavirus pandemic on the brink of a grim new milestone: 1 million dead
- How Team Trump Keeps Twisting the Real Election Threat (“Trump officials keep trying to say that China and Iran pose at least as big an election threat as Russia. All of the publicly available evidence points in a different direction.”)
- U.S. tells Iraq it’s planning to pull out of Baghdad embassy
- New fighting between Armenia and Azerbaijan threatens to reignite 30-year-old conflict
- Judge blocks Trump administration’s ban on new TikTok downloads from U.S. app stores
- ‘Classic Authoritarian’: How Historians Rate Trump’s Danger to Democracy
- In overheard call, CDC chief voices concern new coronavirus adviser is arming Trump with misleading data
- Tax bombshell reveals Trump’s image is a sham (“The New York Times’ report on the President’s tax returns shows a pitifully inept businessman and a serial tax avoider crushed by massive debts”)
- Trump’s Taxes Show He’s a National Security Threat
- We now know what Trump was trying to hide by holding back his tax returns (“The New York Times’ major new story reveals that Trump had political, legal, and financial reasons to hold the returns back.”)
- LONG-CONCEALED RECORDS SHOW TRUMP’S CHRONIC LOSSES AND YEARS OF TAX AVOIDANCE (“Donald J. Trump paid $750 in federal income taxes the year he won the presidency. In his first year in the White House, he paid another $750. He had paid no income taxes at all in 10 of the previous 15 years — largely because he reported losing much more money than he made.”)
- Trump avoided taxes for years, NYT reports. When confronted about the claims, he lashed out.
- Trump avoided paying taxes for years, largely because his business empire reported losing more money than it made, report says
- 18 Revelations From a Trove of Trump Tax Records
- Charting an Empire: A Timeline of Trump’s Finances
- Trump’s Massive Hairstyling Bill Revealed In NYT Bombshell Tax Report (This will, of course, be as big of a scandal as the John Edwards hairstyling “scandal” was, right? Of course not, because Trump’s a Republican!)
- Will the New York Times taxes report sink Donald Trump? (“His returns examined at last, the president stands exposed as a tax avoider and serial debtor. It raises serious questions – but also, most likely, the passions of his fervent supporters”)
- Trump’s tax avoidance is a national disgrace. Don’t let him blame ‘the system’
- Richard Nixon in 1968 Was Bad. Donald Trump in 2020 Is Much Worse. (“While Nixon ran in 1968 as the solution to American chaos on a Democratic president’s watch, Trump is the cause of the chaos he’s absurdly vowing to fix in a second term.”)
- Supreme Court nominee Amy Coney Barrett spoke at program founded to inspire a ‘distinctly Christian worldview in every area of law’ (This would be unacceptable if it were a “distinctly Muslim worldview,” “a distinctly Jewish worldview,” “a distinctly Buddhist worldview,” or whatever. That is NOT the job of a Supreme Court justice at all!)
- How A Conservative 6-3 Majority Would Reshape The Supreme Court (Disastrous.)
- Democrats focus Supreme Court battle on fate of health-care law under Trump
- Juan Williams: Trump’s Supreme Court power grab
- Third U.S. judge bars Postal Service delivery cuts before November presidential election (“The Postal Service has issued new operating instructions to prioritize election mail, the Justice Department says.”)
- Amy Coney Barrett Isn’t Even Confirmed Yet and Trump Is Cheering the End of Obamacare
- Joe Biden for president (“Fortunately, to oust President Trump in 2020, voters do not have to lower their standards. The Democratic nominee, former vice president Joe Biden, is exceptionally well-qualified, by character and experience, to meet the daunting challenges that the nation will face over the coming four years… He would restore decency, honor and competence to America’s government…It is fortunate to have, in Joe Biden, a candidate who can lead an administration that is both honorable and successful.”)
- With five weeks left, Trump plays defense in states he won in 2016
- Joe Biden maintains a steady lead over Donald Trump in national polling (“Joe Biden is leading the polls in September. That puts him in historically good company.”)
- Biden camp clapback: Trump’s best debate case ‘made in urine’
- Biden and Trump Should Fear the Viral Debate Moment, Pros Warn (Presidential debates are generally assinine; we already know who we support and why, so what’s the point of this farce?)
- Biden preps for personal attacks from Trump ahead of Tuesday’s debate
- Chris Wallace won’t fact check Trump and Biden during the debate (Unacceptable.)
- Trump, Biden have one debate goal: Don’t lose
- Let Biden go ballistic against Trump at the debate
- The chances of a blowout are high (That’s what we need.)
- With five weeks left, Trump plays defense in states he won in 2016
- Project remake America: could a Biden win usher in major democratic reforms?
- The Contempt of “Notorious ACB” (“Applying Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s nickname to Amy Coney Barrett is deliberately degrading.”)
- Former Trump campaign manager Brad Parscale hospitalized after he was armed and threatening to harm himself, Fort Lauderdale police say
- Pelosi begins mustering Democrats for possible House decision on presidency
- Trump Dreams Up Another Way to Steal the Election: Congress
- Republicans clear the way for a rapid confirmation, while Democrats make their case to voters.
- Top Democrat: We Can ‘Slow’ Barrett’s Confirmation Process But ‘Can’t Stop’ It
- Amy Coney Barrett: A Dream For The Right, Nightmare For The Left (Classic “both-sidesism” and false equivalency by the increasingly odious NPR.)
- “Own the Libs” Is Gradually Morphing Into “Kill the Libs” (“And far from just a GOP slogan, it’s becoming actual policy.”)
- Trump Wants to Discredit the Election. This Nerd Could Stop Him.
- Ex-Fox News Anchor Shepard Smith Vows to Fight Disinformation With New CNBC Show
- Shepard Smith, Fox News Apostate, Is Starting Over at CNBC
- A message to Justice Department lawyers: It’s up to you to protect our democracy (“Your oath is to the Constitution.”)
- Ballistics don’t support AG Cameron’s claim Breonna Taylor’s boyfriend shot officer
- ICYMI: Virginia Democrats Slam Trump’s Supreme Court Nomination As An Attack on Virginians’ Health Care
- Virginians React to NY Times Blockbuster: Trump’s Taxes Prove He’s a “Con Man”
- Trump looms large in 4th District congressional election – for both candidates (McEachin’s going to win by a huge margin.)
- Coronavirus cases are likely to rebound in the Washington region, officials and experts say
- Northern Virginia voters pack recently opened early voting sites
- The Latest From Far-Right Extremist Bob Good: His Campaign Is Now Refusing Funds From Illegal Gun Raffle to Benefit His VA05 Campaign
- Debate around statewide definition of affordable housing belies larger crisis
- Editorial: Last chance to get an accurate count in Virginia (“With the deadline looming on Wednesday, Virginians who have yet to participate in the Census need to follow through now.”)
- Child care providers are still closed and Virginia’s labor force is declining. What happens if parents can’t go back to work?
- Sunday (9/27) Virginia Data on COVID-19 Finds +736 Confirmed/Probable Cases (to 146,144), +26 Hospitalizations (to 10,889), +15 Deaths (to 3,159) From Yesterday
- 61 and counting: evictions continue in Richmond area despite federal moratorium
- Video, Photos: “Hundreds of Community Members Rolled Out Across Arlington” Saturday in “Ride for Black Lives”
- Protesters in Roanoke demand police reform after Breonna Taylor case indictment
- 13,000 devices. Hundreds of tech support questions. How Portsmouth is helping families through virtual learning.
- Warm today before heavy rain threat late Tuesday and Wednesday as it turns cooler
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