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by Lowell
Here are a few national and Virginia news headlines, political and otherwise, for Thursday, October 22. Election Day is just 12 days away now; have you voted yet?
- Japan to Use Wind, Batteries to Meet Lofty 2050 Carbon Goal
- Geothermal energy is poised for a big breakout (“An engineering problem that, when solved, solves energy.” Limitless, 24/7/365 clean energy? Make it so!)
- U.S. Coronavirus Hospitalizations Soar To 2-Month High
- Feds say Russia and Iran have interfered with the presidential election (Perhaps, but two things are for sure: 1) we can’t trust a word John RATcliffe says; 2) the emails in question were clearly aimed at intimidating Democrats)
- The Trump Regime’s Crimes at the Border Will Outlast Stephen Miller
- Let’s not mince words. The Trump administration kidnapped children.
- Trump’s Attack on Fauci Is Unbelievably Idiotic
- America and the Virus: ‘A Colossal Failure of Leadership’ (“In its destruction of American lives, treasure and well-being, this pandemic marks the greatest failure of U.S. governance since Vietnam.”)
- Biden can’t let up on Trump’s incoherent fiasco
- Trump will end his presidency as he began it: Whining
- Trump weighs firing FBI director after election as frustration with Wray, Barr grows (Pathetic.)
- Pelosi, Mnuchin to Talk Stimulus Again as Trump Hints at Failure
- Why Senate Republicans deserve to lose many seats (“The GOP-controlled Senate has failed the American people.”)
- Why Mitch McConnell is trying to kill a big stimulus before the election
- McConnell helps ‘working families’ by killing coronavirus relief. That’s rich, Mitch.
- GOP power shift emerges with Trump, McConnell
- Face to face: Trump and Biden to meet for final debate
- Trump national security adviser says president will respect results of election (It’s appalling that this is newsworthy at this point.)
- How Democrats Are Celebrating Biden’s Polling Lead: With Abject Dread (“With Joe Biden ahead in the polls, the traumatized, anxious Democratic voters of 2020 aren’t getting their hopes up.”)
- 5 Questions Ahead Of The Last Trump-Biden Presidential Debate
- Rudy Giuliani faces questions after compromising scene in new Borat film (Remember, Giuliani is VERY close to Trump, is his personal lawyer, etc.)
- Rudy Giuliani Claims Borat ‘Hit Job’ Is Retaliation for Hunter Biden Attack (LOL)
- Rudy Giuliani, Who’s Had Lots of Practice, Achieves Peak Humiliation
- Trump’s Cash Crunch Constrains His Campaign at a Critical Juncture
- Trumpworld Wraps Up Campaign by Going Full Q (“From the president on down, the closing pitch to voters is to signal acceptance of a conspiracy theory that the FBI considers dangerous.”)
- Joe Biden and the Possibility of a Remarkable Presidency
- My Wild 2 Weeks Inside the Trump Campaign Bubble (“The closer he gets to Election Day — and a likely loss, if you believe the polls — the more bizarre it is.”)
- Obama delivers blazing critique of Trump in 2020 campaign trail debut
- Obama: Trump emboldens people to be “cruel and divisive and racist”
- Obama delivers a blistering rebuke of Trump in his return to the campaign trail (“Obama, in a moment of catharsis that doubled as a warning against Democratic complacency, blasted Trump in a speech dripping with ridicule”)
- CNN Polls: Biden holds double-digit lead in Pennsylvania, while Florida is tight (“In Florida, which has 29 electoral votes and is a critical battleground in the presidential race, 50% of likely voters say they back Biden, 46% Trump.”)
- Fox News Poll: Trump gains in Ohio, Biden ahead in Michigan, Pennsylvania, Wisconsin
- Texas In Play: Biden And Trump In A Dead Heat, Quinnipiac University Poll Finds; In Pennsylvania, Biden’s Lead Returns To Single Digits
- Trump seeds the ground for possible loss with personal attacks
- What’s the same and what’s different about the polls this time (“Biden has a much bigger lead, but state polling reliability is still dubious.”)
- There’s A Lot At Stake For The Climate In The 2020 Election (Yep, this is arguably the “ballgame” right here, if you want to have a habitable planet, that is.)
- How to outfox an activist, right-wing Supreme Court (“It is time for Congress to legislate in accordance with broad popular opinion.”)
- Chris Christie: I Should Have Worn a Mask (DUH)
- Supreme Court Blocks Curbside Voting In Alabama, An Option During Pandemic (Completely asinine and cruel.)
- Senate Democrats to boycott Barrett’s Judiciary Committee vote Thursday (Might as well, given that it’s a complete farce.)
- The stunning hypocrisy of the Trump family’s attacks on Hunter Biden
- The Relentless Shrinking of Trump’s Base (“A steady decline in white voters without college degrees, 1976-2018”)
- The news media helps Trump avoid the stench of death (The media, despite all of Trump’s complaints about it, has been far too favorable and “both sides” towards him all along.)
- How Far Will Conservative Media Go to Help Trump on Election Night? (In addition to the “both sides” corporate media, Trump also has a vast right-wing media to help him.)
- NBC News contributor Hugh Hewitt asks the White House to appoint a special counsel to investigate “both Bidens”
- Right-wing media has shaped the debate on climate change for far too long (“The final debate should focus on what candidates will do to combat the climate crisis”)
- GOP House candidate: Cops shoot Black people who ‘need to be shot’ (This is, apparently, an actual person the Republicans nominated for Congress. My god, this party is totally f’ed…)
- Matt Schlapp spread a dubious, unverified claim about threats made toward Trump supporters
- Armed guards at St. Pete early voting site told deputies they were hired by Trump campaign, election officials say (WTF???)
- North Carolina’s mail-in ballot deadline extension upheld in federal court
- Court ruling could block thousands of Iowa ballot requests
- Rob Wittman (R-VA01)’s Bogus Attack on Rashid Swiftly Debunked
- Wason Center Poll of VA-02, Which Trump Won By 4 Pts. in 2016: Biden +9 Pts; Rep. Elaine Luria (D) +7 Pts.
- DECISION 2020: One-on-one with Congresswoman Abigail Spanberger
- Spanberger, Freitas meet in only planned face-to-face forum (Excellent summary of the debate, by reporter Brandon Jarvis.)
- Differences Over Conviction Expungement Continue to Divide General Assembly
- Northam breaks hand while winterizing boat
- Push to open police records to public inspection continues in Virginia
- Governor Northam Signs New Laws to Support COVID-19 Response, Reform Policing
- “Renewables On the Rise 2020” Report Shows Virginia Lagged Far Behind Under Republicans, Now Is Moving Forward Due to “Bold Action” by Democrats
- Editorial: Time will tell effectiveness of legislature’s special session
- The Virginia legislature just achieved good criminal justice reforms. But there’s a long way to go.
- Grading All 140 Virginia General Assembly Members’ Twitter Games…Starting with an “A+” For Del. Danica Roem (D-HD13)
- Wednesday (10/21) Virginia Data on COVID-19 Finds +1,018 Confirmed/Probable Cases (to 168,772), +55 Hospitalizations (to 12,010), +30 Deaths (to 3,515)
- Arlington County grappling with budget shortfall from pandemic (“County manager warns affordable housing, school funding could be affected.”)
- Additional early voting sites open in Richmond area; advance balloting surging
- Schapiro: Change at the point of a political bayonet (“[Sen. Janet] Howell signaled to Peay that she is prepared to use VMI’s appropriation from the state — it currently receives $19 million a year — as a weapon to force change at the school. The senator, in an interview Tuesday, went further, wondering whether Virginia would be better off without VMI.”)
- In absentee ballot mixup, hundreds of York County voters were mailed the wrong oath
- Hampton schools set Nov. 4 target date for some grades to return
- Morning fog and warm afternoon sun through Saturday. Cooler on Sunday.
