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by Lowell
Here are a few national and Virginia news headlines, political and otherwise, for Sunday, November 8.
- World leaders react to Biden’s win as Americans take to the streets in celebration
- Australia warned it could be isolated over climate inaction after Joe Biden victory
- A Biden victory positions America for a 180-degree turn on climate change
- U.S. reports 130,000 new coronavirus cases, fourth straight daily record
- Pandemic crisis deepens in U.S. as cases still surging
- Analysis: At pivotal moments of 2020, Trump failed to win over doubters
- Donald Trump Is a Historically Big Loser (“Joe Biden is the most successful presidential challenger since FDR.”)
- The Biden Era Begins (“American democracy has survived Donald J. Trump.” Barely.)
- We Just Saw the Beginning of the Biden-Harris Era, and It Couldn’t Be More Different (“Let this grim era of demonization in America begin to end here and now.”)
- President-elect Joe Biden seeks to unite nation with victory speech
- How Donald Trump Lost America (“Voters fired a president who showed no interest in trying to contain the coronavirus—but they kept his party on the job.”)
- How Joe Biden Won the Presidency
- Biden Wins Presidency, Ending Four Tumultuous Years Under Trump
- In Speech, Biden Urges End to ‘Grim Era of Demonization in America’
- ‘A time to heal’ (“President-elect Joe Biden says tackling the virus is his first priority, pledges to work toward unity”)
- Biden and Harris triumph over Trump, but president does not concede
- Biden wins presidency, Trump denied second term in White House, Fox News projects (That’s right – “Fox ‘News’ Projects.” LOL)
- Trump, a president obsessed with winning, spends the day refusing to admit his loss to Biden
- Kamala Harris, daughter of Indian and Jamaican immigrants, is set to become highest-ranking woman in U.S. history
- Inside the Trump campaign as it grapples with defeat while plowing forward with legal fight
- Donald Trump’s Day of Reckoning
- Biden picked up the weight of the presidency and much of the nation set down its burdens (“Joe Biden was the pragmatic choice for this moment. And that makes him invaluable.”)
- Biden plans immediate flurry of executive orders to reverse Trump policies
- Biden plans immediate flurry of executive orders to reverse Trump policies
- What America can learn from Joe Biden and Kamala Harris winning the White House: ANALYSIS
- Biden wins, and Republicans are left in a miserable state (“They cannot stop themselves from enabling the mad king.”)
- Wrecking ball: the damage Trump could do while still president until January (“The next 11 weeks could be the most dangerous in US history, some analysts believe, with a vengeful and fearful lame duck incumbent”)
- When the MAGA Bubble Burst (“At Steve Bannon’s Election Night party, bravado reigned. But reality quickly caught up with the Trumpism diehards.”)
- Trump considers how to keep up fight, find a graceful exit
- Queens man evicted (“A 74-year-old Jamaica Estates developer has less than three months left at his current address after Americans overwhelmingly voted him out of the White House, the AP projected Saturday. “)
- The MAGA Movement Is Splintering Between Those Preparing For A Future Without Trump And Those Refusing To Imagine One
- ‘This f—ing virus’: Inside Donald Trump’s 2020 undoing (All he had to do was handle COVID-19 competently, show some compassion, and he probably would have won reelection, despite a gazillion reasons why he shouldn’t have. Scary, actually.)
- Denial, and Resignation, From Trump and a Handful of Aides
- Celebrations erupt across the country as Biden declared winner of presidency
- Trump supporters insist election isn’t over as they protest his loss in state capitals
- President Trump, your legacy is secure — stop the ‘stolen election’ rhetoric (Yes, that headline is in the…wait for it…right-wingnut NY Post!)
- Trump Defeat Leaves Chastened White House Wondering What’s Next
- At least 3 White House aides infected with Covid-19 along with Mark Meadows
- Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez ends truce by warning ‘incompetent’ Democratic party (Oh great, just what we need. Not.)
- Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez on Biden’s Win, House Losses, and What’s Next for the Left
- How We’re Feeling As the Presidential Race Finally Ends
- Biden becomes first president-elect to mention transgender community in a victory speech
- For Trump voters, shock, disappointment and disbelief.
- Karen Tumulty: Joe Biden is already showing he is the right president for the moment
- Dana Milbank: Our long national nightmare is over
- President-Elect Joe Biden’s German Shepherd Major to Be First Rescue Dog in the White House (Rescue dogs, by the way, are definitely the best dogs!)
- Grief, relief, and jubilation: How Biden’s team survived a wild five days (“A tense, at times angry three days of waiting for the race to be called finally comes to an end.”)
- White Voters in Swing-State Counties Send the GOP a Warning (“In the 13 swing states that turned the 2020 presidential election into a nail biter, suburban and urban counties with the highest share of college educated White people supported Biden by 4.4 more points than they did Hillary Clinton in 2016”)
- How Trump’s erratic behavior and failure on coronavirus doomed his reelection
- Even Without the Senate, Biden Can Get an Awful Lot Done (Yeah, I’d much prefer to have the Senate. Let’s win it in Georgia!)
- Meet the contenders for Biden’s Cabinet (This is in Politico, aka “Tiger Beat on the Potomac,” so I’d take it with a big grain of salt, lol.)
- What’s Ahead Under President Joe Biden, Industry by Industry
- Time Has Never Moved As Slowly As It Did This Week (Yep, that week was bizarre.)
- Biden’s victory seemed clear for more than a day. This is why the media held off on calling it.
- GOP Silence Leaves Trump Raging Mostly Alone Against Biden
- Kamala Harris: “I may be the first woman to hold this office. But I won’t be the last.”
- Vice President-elect Kamala Harris sent a strong message with her all-white suit
- Goodbye, Melania
- Biden Victory Brings Sighs of Relief Overseas
- Goodbye, Ivanka
- Goodbye, Donald Trump Jr.
- Goodbye, Jared
- Goodbye, Stephen Miller
- She Did It (“Despite the barriers, despite the pain, Kamala Harris becomes the first woman, the first Asian American, and the first Black American to be elected vice president.”)
- “I’m a Little Worried I’m Dreaming” (“Relief, hope, and go-go music at a spontaneous Donald Trump goodbye party outside the White House.”)
- Thank you, America. Our democracy has proved its resilience in electing Joe Biden.
- America Finally Breaks Up With Her Abusive Boyfriend(“Will everything be perfect? Obviously not—we’re looking at divided government, and half the country needs to be deprogrammed. But now, the madness has an end date.”)
- Yes, Trumpism was repudiated (“If this election wasn’t the categorical repudiation a lot of us expected, it was an emphatic rejection nonetheless.”)
- Joe Biden Told Us the Better Angels of Our Nature Were Still There to Guide Us Home
- SNL Host Dave Chappelle Gives White People a Valuable Trump Lesson
- SNL gleefully slams ‘loser’ Trump’s defeat and celebrates Biden’s victory
- ‘I Didn’t Expect to Be So Overwhelmed’: Don Lemon Gives Emotional Monologue About Watching America Celebrate Biden Win
- Loyal Trump outlets cry betrayal after Fox News calls election for Biden (“Network’s refusal to distort the truth goes down badly among flotilla of smaller, angrier, pro-Trump outlets” Pathetic.)
- How Georgia Turned From Reliably Republican to Political Ground Zero
- Hats off to the Americans counting the ballots above all the noise
- Virginians React As Joe Biden/Kamala Harris Declared President-Elect, VP-Elect!
- ‘Blue Tide’ Helped Biden Win in Virginia
- Biden’s wins in Chesterfield, Virginia Beach extend Democrats’ dominance in population centers
- Northam: Virginia supports its veterans
- Va. Republican Amanda Chase pushes unfounded election fraud claims after arrests of armed supporters
- Video, Photos (by Goad Gatsby, Molly Conger) From VA State Sen. Amanda Chase (R)’s “Stop the Steal” Rally in Richmond
- Saturday (11/7) Virginia Data on COVID-19 Finds +2,103 Confirmed/Probable Cases (to 190,873), +86 Hospitalizations (to 13,022), +? Deaths (to 3,704)
- Virginia reports its highest number of new daily COVID-19 cases to date
- Twitter Takes Down Crazy Election Conspiracy Theory Post By Former VA House Privileges and Elections Chair Mark Cole (R)
- Virginia Beach voted for a Democratic presidential candidate for the first time since 1964. Why?
- Cutler: Impact of pipelines on trails should be considered
- Editorial: Richmond’s path to unity
- Supporters and detractors of President Trump rally in Richmond as Biden captures presidency
- Biden Win Sparks Celebration in Richmond
- Roanoke College officials say investigation into school’s sexual harassment response practices is finished
- Editorial: Support for Port reaps rewards for Virginia
- Charlottesville residents take to the streets to celebrate Biden win
- D.C.-area forecast: Staying super nice until rain likely arrives midweek
