| Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... |
by Lowell
Here are a few national and Virginia news headlines, political and otherwise, for Friday, October 16.
- Greta Thunberg mocks Barrett for not having ‘views on climate change’ (This alone should disqualify Barrett.)
- Erdogan’s crackpot charges against a harmless activist show how low Turkey has sunk
- Top World Bank Economist Says Financial Crisis Could Emerge From Pandemic
- White House was warned Giuliani was target of Russian intelligence operation to feed misinformation to Trump
- Facebook Gave A Platform To The Shady Ukrainians Pushing The New York Post Biden Story
- How the G.O.P. Can Still Wreck America (“Even if Trump loses, his party can do immense damage.”)
- Town hall takeaways: Biden at ease while Trump struggles under pressure (“The Democrat’s comfort in the town-hall format was in contrast to a clearly frustrated Trump, whose claims were opposed by host Savannah Guthrie”)
- At the NBC Town Hall, the President Demonstrated That He Is Completely Insane (“Also, that he has no plan for any issue facing the United States at this time. He has no second-term agenda”)
- Trump Refuses To Denounce QAnon At Town Hall Event (“The president also praised supporters of the outlandish conspiracy theory for being ‘very strongly against pedophilia.'” Yep, Trump is completely insane.)
- Rather than condemn the QAnon conspiracy theory, Trump elevates its dangerous central claim (“Presented with the full scale of the belief system during his televised town hall, the president shrugged.” Appalling.)
- Savannah Guthrie Knocks a Perspiring Trump Back on His Heels (“The ‘Today’ co-host did what Chris Wallace couldn’t and took command of NBC’s much-maligned town hall with the president—burnishing her journalistic credentials in the process.”)
- Trump Fails the QAnon Test (“The president’s refusal to condemn QAnon was a shock, but not a surprise.” Very, very disturbing.)
- The jarring contrast between Trump and Biden, in 3 moments from their competing town halls
- Trump refuses to denounce QAnon — and other key moments from tonight’s town halls
- The Biden and Trump Shows: It’s Mr. Rogers Vs. ‘Someone’s Crazy Uncle’
- Trump does not condemn fringe conspiracy theory QAnon
- 5 takeaways from Trump’s and Biden’s dueling town halls (“1. Trump gives oxygen to extremists — again…4. Trump forgot to attack Biden…5. Two candidates, two vastly different tones.”)
- The Dueling Biden-Trump Town Halls: Best and Worst Moments
- Poll: Biden Takes Double-Digit Lead Over Trump
- Trump Undercuts Campaign Reset as He Weighs Prospect of Defeat
- Exclusive: GOP Sen. Sasse says Trump ‘kisses dictators’ butts’ and mocks evangelicals
- Slamming Trump, G.O.P. Senator Warns of a ‘Republican Blood Bath’
- Trump town hall sparks behind-the-scenes fury at NBC
- There Is Only One Solution to the Amy Coney Barrett Debacle (“Yes, Democrats must expand the courts.”)
- Barrett seeks refuge in ignorance and evasion (“Her hearings reeked of White privilege and ivory-tower cluelessness.” Incredible that she’s a judge at all, let alone the Supreme Court!)
- Environmentalists sound alarm over Barrett’s climate change comments
- Democrats hint at consequences as GOP moves to confirm Amy Coney Barrett
- Oh Good, Dianne Feinstein Concluded the Barrett Hearings by Giving a Maskless Lindsey Graham a Hug (Feinstein’s completely lost it.)
- Surprise! Huge early vote bodes well for avoiding electoral disaster. (“Much of this early voting is driven by torqued up energy among Democrats”)
- Democrats Don’t Need To Win Georgia, Iowa, Ohio Or Texas — But They Could
- Trump administration rejects California’s disaster assistance request for wildfires
- The Justice Department lets itself be used to bully critics of Donald and Melania Trump
- Nerd Wars Nate Silver and G. Elliott Morris are trying to make sense of the 2020 election — and each other.
- Christie Says He Was ‘Wrong’ Not to Wear Masks at White House
- The government said voters should never have to wait more than 30 minutes. Millions will
- A conservative’s case for Biden
- Rudy Giuliani’s Daughter Caroline on Voting for Joe Biden
- These states tell us the GOP is in deep trouble (“I cannot recall the last time Georgia and South Carolina were both in play for Democrats.”)
- Adelsons provide $75 million cash infusion to Trump’s reelection effort (These people are an utter disgrace.)
- New York Post’s Biden smear just raises more questions about Rudy Giuliani
- A user on a far-right message board was promoting the NY Post Hunter Biden articles days in advance
- Gross gains slight lead on Sullivan in latest poll
- Kelly Loeffler Races to Far Right With Endorsement From Marjorie Taylor Greene
- Can America be saved from Donald Trump’s black hole of lies? (“Media critic Eric Alterman warns that Trump’s lies are a black hole which has sucked in the country and news media”)
- Why the media is still struggling with how to cover Trump (Good segment, but really should have been four years ago, and the media should have listened and made major adjustments at THAT time!)
- Fox’s “unmasking” story fell apart, so its propagandists moved on to the next “damning” scandal (“The network ran hundreds of segments on the ‘unmasking’ story — and only three mentioning its collapse”)
- Sinclair stations set to air Eric Bolling monologue claiming masks and lockdown precautions do not help slow the spread of COVID-19 (Just a reminder
never to watch Sinclair “news,” such as WJLA-7 in the DC metro area.) - New VA Poll: Joe Biden Up 13 pts. (55%-42%), Sen. Mark Warner up 11 pts. (54%-43%); Amendment 1 Up 18 pts (48%-30%)
- Roanoke College Virginia Poll: Biden Up 15 pts (53%-38%), Warner up 17 pts (55%-38%)
- Democratic senator voted to confirm Barrett to appeals court. Hear his opinion now (“Sen. Tim Kaine (D-VA) tells CNN’s Jim Sciutto why he will be voting against the nomination of Supreme Court pick Amy Coney Barrett, calling her nomination process a ‘sham.'”)
- Tim Kaine on WINA Newsradio
- Sen. Mark Warner On The Threat Of Far-Right Extremism
- My (Newspaper Op/Ed) Challenge to Trump Supporters Regarding “Political Lawlessness”
- Photos: Rep. Rob Wittman (R-VA01) Irresponsibly Attends Packed Indoor Buffet During COVID-19 Pandemic (“What Rob Wittman is doing is selfish, extremely disrespectful, and frankly dangerous.”)
- Riggleman condemns Trump’s retweet of ‘ludicrous’ conspiracy about Navy SEALs, bin Laden
- TODAY: Third Scott Taylor Staffer Scheduled in Court on Election Fraud Charges
- Video: Pride Fund Releases Ad Supporting Gun Reform Champion Rep. Elaine Luria in VA02
- 3Q20 Fundraising Numbers Coming In…Big Hauls For Sen. Mark Warner, Rep. Elaine Luria (D-VA02), Rep. Abigail Spanberger (D-VA07)
- Video: Rep. Jennifer Wexton’s Experience and Record of Proven Results Shine Through in Virginia-10 Debate
- Jennifer Wexton, Aliscia Andrews spar over immigration, health care during debate in blue-leaning Virginia congressional district (“Spar.” Gotta love all the euphemisms they come up with, rather than just plainly saying what’s really going on.)
- Sen. Mark Warner Statement on Fairfax Commonwealth’s Attorney Bringing Charges Against U.S. Park Police Officers Involved in Bijan Ghaisar Shooting [UPDATED]
- Another Big Donation From Big-Time Republican Donor In Support of Amendment 1
- Virginia budget negotiators preserve adult Medicaid dental benefit
- Political fight over redistricting delays eviction, utility cutoff protections in budget
- After Two Months, Legislators Ready to Advance Budget Bill
- Thursday (10/15) Virginia Data on COVID-19 Finds +1,331 Confirmed/Probable Cases (to 162,941), +76 Hospitalizations (to 11,704), +7 Deaths (to 3,388)
- Virginia’s progress on police reforms gets mixed reviews from law enforcement agencies, social justice advocates
- Gov. Northam Authorizes Hazard Pay for Home Health Workers
- Survey indicates some improvements in sales and hiring outlook among Virginia business executives
- Editorial: Put customers first in Virginia’s broadband future, not ‘cable companies’ (Badly constructed headline; should read, “Put customers, not ‘cable companies’, first in Virginia’s broadband future.” People make this mistake all the time.)
- William Penniman column: Building code updates are needed to protect Virginians
- Survey: Virginians seeking out news about climate change and solutions
- Editorial: Energy progress off the Virginia coast (“Virginia’s offshore wind project offers a preview of the commonwealth’s energy future — and it’s happening now.” Excellent, but need to work on getting the cost down to where it should be, based on how rapidly offshore wind costs are falling around the world.)
- General Assembly Sends Civilian Review Legislation to Governor
- Virginia judge dismisses suit challenging removal of ‘neutral’ Civil War marker, obelisk
- Virginia Beach’s new online COVID dashboard offers virus stats by school
- Local Journalist Receives Outpouring of Support After Being Fired
- Hampton should expect traffic woes to ‘exacerbate’ when HRBT construction begins, VDOT says
- Maggie L. Walker Governor’s School waives admissions test due to COVID-19, considers doing so permanently
- Showery and raw today, but a clear, cool weekend is on the way
