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by Lowell
Here are a few national and Virginia news headlines, political and otherwise, for Wednesday, October 28. Election Day is now in just 6 days; at this point, vote in person unless it’s absolutely impossible to do so, in order for your ballot to arrive on time and be counted!
- ‘Sleeping giant’ Arctic methane deposits starting to release, scientists find (This is a huge problem. Bottom line: we need to get off of fossil fuels ASAP and also start reforesting, shift to MUCH better agricultural and dietary practices, etc.)
- Europe Stocks Tumble to 5-Month Low and U.S. Futures Slide on Resurgent Virus
- Pompeo brings anti-China roadshow to Indian Ocean islands
- Public Health Expert’s Warning: U.S. On Course To Hit 100,000 Daily COVID-19 Infections (“Dr. Ashish Jha said the grim landmark figure could be avoided but there’s not enough ‘policy impetus to act as we need to.'” And that’s almost 100% on Trump and McConnell/Senate Republicans. Vote them all out!)
- Stock Futures Point to Selloff on Rising Virus Cases
- Virus Cases Are Spiking Just When They Could Hurt Trump the Most (So what does Trump do? Instead of rolling up his sleeves and getting to work, he denies that COVID’s a problem and complains about the media paying supposedly too much attention to the pandemic!)
- Coronavirus cases surge in swing states as early voting kicks into high gear
- As Election Nears, Trump Makes a Final Push Against Climate Science (Who the F*** campaigns against *science*, and who the F*** votes for such a person???)
- NYT: Tax records show Trump had over $270 million in debt forgiven after failing to repay
- U.S. Early Voting Tops 70 Million, Continuing Historic Pace (“The tally shows a record-breaking pace that could lead to the highest voter turnout in percentage terms in more than a century.”)
- Trump’s COVID Task Force Is Livid Over the Trump White House’s ‘We Ended COVID’ Report
- Trump appears to give a pass to the domestic kidnapping plot against Whitmer
- Glass Half Full? Record U.S. GDP Growth Will Mask A Deeply Hurting Economy (“The U.S. is expected to report record-setting economic growth in the most recent quarter. But that won’t repair all of the damage done during the spectacular downturn three months earlier.”)
- How Long Will Vote Counting Take? Estimates and Deadlines in All 50 States
- Trump sells an alternative reality to win him reelection (“Wisconsin’s record single day spikes in Covid-19 cases and deaths crystalized his administration’s failures that could end his political career”)
- One week out, Biden imagines a post-Trump nation, president steps up attacks
- Most Democrats are Scared to Say So, but Joe Biden Is Poised for a Landslide Win (“Four years ago, Democrats were in denial about their Hillary Clinton’s weaknesses. Now, they’re afraid to acknowledge Biden’s strengths.” One extreme or the other for a lot of Dems on this…)
- Trump campaign deceptively snips video of Biden quoting the Pope (Disgusting.)
- Judge orders USPS to reverse mail collection limits now
- Amid USPS delays, election experts and campaigns weigh in: Don’t mail your ballot (Yep, probably too late now to be guaranteed that your ballot will arrive on time.)
- Can a Democracy on the Brink of Authoritarianism Recover? (Gonna be tough, but we HAVE TO TRY.)
- Early-voting surge scrambles expectations as states approach 2016 turnout
- Trump uses outdated thinking in attempt to woo suburban women: I’m ‘getting your husbands back to work’
- Suburban women have had their lives upended by Covid-19. They blame Trump. (“How Trump organized a grassroots army of suburban women against him.”)
- President Obama Has Set Up Light Housekeeping in Donald Trump’s Cerebellum
- ‘He’s jealous of Covid’s media coverage’: Obama ridicules Trump at Florida rally
- Video: Biden for President Debuts Closing Message Ads Nationwide
- Supreme Court Lays Out Path to Help Trump Win a Contested Race
- The Supreme Court Wants to Determine Who Votes and Who Wins (“As Amy Coney Barrett was sworn in, the other justices made their intentions clear.”)
- Let’s Count All the Errors and Lies in Brett Kavanaugh’s Defense of Voter Suppression (Kavanaugh is just a horrible, horrible person.)
- 10 House Races To Watch (“Open Seat in Va.5, — Once purple Virginia has been on a steady march towards Democrats for several years and many see this seat as a chance for them to solidify their hold on the state. Incumbent GOP Rep. Denver Riggleman lost his primary bid to conservative challenger Bob Good, an associate athletic director at the conservative religious school Liberty University. Good is facing Democrat Cameron Webb, a political newcomer and physician who served as a White House Fellow under both Presidents Obama and Trump.”)
- Seven days to go and 14 Senate seats up for grabs
- Video: New Series of Biden for President National Ads Lay Out Uplifting Closing Message to the Black Community
- Democrats see signs of hidden Biden voters flipping from GOP
- Trump stumps in three states as Biden visits Georgia
- US election 2020: Trump and Harris to campaign in Arizona as 70m Americans vote early
- Biden leads Trump narrowly in Michigan, significantly in Wisconsin (This is where the media gets really bad, when it uses words like “significantly” and “narrowly” – for a 7 point Biden lead, by the way – instead of just reporting the numbers. #FAIL)
- Trump Campaign Shifts Florida Ad Spending Burden to RNC
- MI Gov. Gretchen Whitmer: The Plot to Kidnap Me (“Every time the president ramps up his violent rhetoric, every time he fires up Twitter to launch another broadside against me, my family and I see a surge of vicious attacks sent our way.”)
- This final sprint explains why Trump is heading for defeat (“The president’s failures are in plain view.”)
- Justice Thomas’ wife boosts unsupported claims against Biden (She’s something else…)
- An early test of whether Justice Barrett is a political hack (“She must recuse from election-related cases.”)
- McConnell and Schumer’s relationship shredded after court brawl (McConnell is evil.)
- ‘Moderate’ Joe Biden has become the most progressive nominee in history (Yep, but it will never satisfy the far left.)
- Imagining the Worst: When Years of Relentless Denigration of Others Bears Fruit
- All the small things you can look forward to in a Biden administration (“It is hard to remember what normal looks like.”)
- Zeta cuts short early voting in Florida Republican strongholds
- Lesley Stahl Gets Security Due to Death Threat After Trump Interview
- Trump’s closing pitch is based on an avalanche of lies, and he’s hoping media help spread them
- Fox News spread election misinformation on YouTube. YouTube now lists Fox as an “authoritative” election source. (Totally f’ed up by YouTube. In fact, Fox “News” is an authoritative source of conspiracy theories, misinformation, lies, etc.)
- MISSING PAPERWORK: What Nick Freitas Needs to Answer for in the Final Week of His Campaign
- No Excuse: New Ad in VA-07 Hits Freitas for Votes Against Kids With Autism, Background Checks for Daycare Workers
- “Biblical Conservative” Bob Good Endorsed by “50/50 Chance” Russian Agent Mocked by SNL For “Reaching Into His Pants” in Bedroom with “Borat’s Teenage Daughter”
- Final stretch in competitive second district race
- 7th District race nears record donations in a state congressional race (Need to add in about $13 million in independent expenditures as well)
- A Look Inside Virginia’s Fifth District Congressional Race — Called The ‘Most Competitive In Nation’
- Enviro Groups File Petition with 4th Circuit Court of Appeals Challenging US Fish & Wildlife Service’s Biological Opinion, Incidental Take Statement for Mountain Valley Pipeline
- Another lawsuit filed against bogged-down Mountain Valley Pipeline
- ‘Hung out to dry’: School boards, not the state, are deciding how to reopen, sparking fierce local debates
- Tuesday (10/27) Virginia Data on COVID-19 Finds +904 Confirmed/Probable Cases (to 175,409), +60 Hospitalizations (to 12,320), +19 Deaths (to 3,600)
- Judge Finds That Lee Statue in Richmond Was “Raised Against a Backdrop of White Supremacy” and Should Come Down
- In Lee Monument lawsuit, judge rules it’s no longer public policy in Virginia to honor Confederacy
- Northern Virginia sees uptick in coronavirus cases
- Richmond judge sides with governor on order to take down Lee Monument; plaintiffs will appeal ruling
- Northam can remove Lee statue in Richmond, judge rules
- Latest Campaign Finance #s for the Richmond, Virginia Beach Mayoral Races; Amendment 1; Casinos
- Voting Yes On Amendment 1 Suggests Virginia Is Not Only For Lovers, But Also For Quitters
- Northam expects VMI board to ‘be open-minded’ about problems at institute
- Editorial: Northam makes the VMI mess even worse (Another stupid Roanoke Times editorial.)
- Editorial: Superintendent’s swift ouster complicates VMI investigation
- Virginia Dems File Lawsuit Against Richmond General Registrar Demanding She Immediately Provide Important Information re: “absentee ballots deemed to contain material errors or omissions”
- As COVID case counts rise in Southwest Virginia, contact tracing gets challenging
- Governor endorses Mayor Sherman Lea, Democratic ticket in Roanoke stop
- Fairfax County extends early-voting hours in the face of long lines and delays (“Thirteen satellite locations will be open for an extra two hours Thursday and Friday, officials said.”)
- Mild with plenty of clouds today, washout likely tomorrow
