by Lowell
Here are a few national and Virginia news headlines, political and otherwise, for Tuesday, November 10.
- Pfizer, Eli Lilly Breakthroughs Provide Hope for Ending Pandemic
- Pfizer Vaccine Results Leave Questions About Safety, Longevity
- Race to zero: This graphic shows the rapidly falling cost of renewables (“Renewable energy is not only cheaper than fossil fuels, but it’s undercutting them without subsidy – and is now the default choice for new electricity generation.”)
- Peru President Ousted in Surprise Impeachment Vote
- Islamists behead more than 50 people on a football pitch in Mozambique then chop the bodies to pieces after abducting female villagers (My god…)
- Longtime Palestinian Negotiator Saeb Erekat Dies Of Complications From COVID-19
- America’s old allies quickly congratulated Biden. Autocrats and populists, not so much.
- The world’s strongmen are silent so far on Joe Biden’s election win
- What Will Trump’s Most Profound Legacy Be? Possibly Climate Damage (“President-elect Biden can restore many of the 100-plus environmental regulations that President Trump rolled back, but much of the damage to the climate cannot be reversed.”)
- No Evidence of Systematic Fraud in U.S. Elections, International Observer Mission Reports
- Coronavirus ‘is about to explode’ before therapeutic counterattack, Dr. Scott Gottlieb says (“The Food and Drug Administration authorized emergency use of Eli Lilly’s experimental antibody treatment for Covid-19, and drug-maker Pfizer announced early data that showed its experimental vaccine is more than 90% effective in preventing the coronavirus.”)
- President Trump lost. Too many Republicans keep pretending he didn’t.
- 2 post-election worlds emerge for Trump, Biden (“In the first world, Biden started planning to govern. In the second, Trump gamed out a longshot legal challenge.”)
- Will Supreme Court Invalidate Obamacare A Decade After It Was Enacted?
- What Happens If the Supreme Court Overturns Obamacare?
- Trump’s quest to end the Affordable Care Act arrives at Supreme Court
- Biden to speak Tuesday on protecting Obamacare as Supreme Court hears case that could overturn law
- Trump aides fret about damage from refusal to accept loss (“‘There needs to be a candid conversation with the president. There is no path to victory,’ one person close to Trump said.”)
- The Deafening Silence of Republican Leaders (“Instead of speaking up, most elected officials in the GOP are staying quiet, and waiting on Trump to acknowledge reality.” Disgraceful.)
- If Trump Tries to Sue His Way to Election Victory, Here’s What Happen (“It’s easy enough for the Trump campaign to file a lawsuit claiming improprieties, but a lot harder to provide evidence.”)
- Trump is now sabotaging national security to soothe his bruised ego
- Trump’s Final Hissy Fit Is Petty, Illegal and Stupid (“Joe Biden will be the 46th president of the United States. We’re done. It’s all over but the weeping and rending of MAGA garments.”)
- Stop romanticizing divided government. If McConnell is majority leader, there will be no progress.
- Exclusive: Esper, on his way out, says he was no yes man
- How Hard Will Senate Republicans Fight for Trump? (“The winners look for a way out of the loser’s endgame.”)
- Why Trump Can’t Afford to Lose (“The President has survived one impeachment, twenty-six accusations of sexual misconduct, and an estimated four thousand lawsuits. That run of good luck may well end, perhaps brutally, if Joe Biden wins.”)
- Trump shows transition will be as turbulent as his presidency (“The question is not whether Trump is leaving. It’s how much destruction, revenge and chaos he will wreak on the way out the door.”)
- Trump claimed the stock market would tank if Biden won. It did the opposite.
- DOJ’s election crimes chief resigns after Barr directs prosecutors to probe voter fraud claims —
- Barr clears Justice Dept. to investigate alleged voting irregularities as Trump makes unfounded fraud claims
- Trump push to fight election uses courts in attempt to legitimize unfounded claims
- Leaked call audio shows Trump officials denying election results (Trump’s an authoritarian. Also batshit.)
- Trump slows Biden transition with denials, lawsuits
- Refusing to concede, Trump blocks cooperation on transition
- GOP-led states back Trump’s legal drive to challenge election (At the minimum, this is all hurting the legitimacy of U.S. elections going forward, and that’s a REALLY bad thing.)
- Meadows doesn’t expect GSA standoff to end before Friday
- Trump’s election challenge is continuing, but the campaign is already shedding staff
- Growing Discomfort at Law Firms Representing Trump in Election Lawsuits (“Discomfort?” Ditch this business IMMEDIATELY!)
- White House, escalating tensions, orders agencies to rebuff Biden transition team (100% unacceptable and outrageous.)
- How Trump’s Refusal to Concede Affects Biden’s National Security Transition
- Top Republicans back Trump’s efforts to challenge election results
- Trump Adviser Leading Post-Election Legal Fight Has Coronavirus
- Mitch McConnell Has Joined the Effort to Hamstring the Presidential Transition
- ‘Whoa’ – Fox News cuts off Kayleigh McEnany for ‘illegal votes’ spiel
- Biden’s Competence Is a De Facto Burn on Trump
- The Trump-Fox feedback loop is powering an assault on democracy
- Trump Plans PAC in Hopes of Keeping Hold on G.O.P.
- Scoop: Trump privately discussing 2024 run
- Phoenix’s Blue Wave Pushes Arizona Toward Biden
- Georgia Republicans Break Into Civil War to Appease Trump
- Georgia’s Republican secretary of state rejects call for resignation by two GOP senators (“Brad Raffensperger replies to criticism from Sens. Loeffler and Perdue by suggesting they focus on their runoff races instead of his job.”)
- Pop-up disinformation: Pro-Trump radio host to launch hyperpartisan “news” site in Georgia ahead of Senate runoffs
- The media should remember key lessons from the Trump era (“Truth is essential, which means treating the parties differently for now.”)
- Trump campaign sues to halt Pennsylvania from certifying Biden win
- Facebook takes down a widespread network of pages tied to Stephen Bannon for pushing misinformation (“The pages, which promoted the ‘Stop the Steal’ effort and other misleading messages related to the election, were removed over the weekend, while the former top Trump strategist’s account was frozen”)
- Was Late Shift to GOP About Polling Error or Late Deciders? (Both?)
- Trump Administration Removes Scientist in Charge of Assessing Climate Change
- How Trump Grew His Support Among Latinos
- The Memo: Five key lessons from the 2020 exit polls
- White House official and former GOP political operative Michael Ellis named as NSA general counsel
- This is how much trouble Republicans are in (“Republicans have bigger problems than they imagined.”)
- Experts: Trump lawsuits unlikely to affect election results
- Nate Cohn Explains What the Polls Got Wrong
- Remember when Trump allies were mad Biden might not concede?
- Nats Invite Biden To Throw Out First Pitch On Opening Day
- Mark Esper’s Firing Is Not a Surprise, but There’s Still Some Cause for Concern
- Kaine reacts to firing of Secretary of Defense Mark Esper
- Sen. Warner Statement: Troubled By Trump’s Firing of Esper
- Virginia Republicans Double Down on Election Conspiracies As Other GOP Leaders Congratulate Biden and Harris
- Virginia Political/Policy “Winners” and “Losers”: The Trump Presidency (January 2017-Present) and 2020 Elections Edition
- Who’s Running – Or Likely to Run – For Governor, Lt. Governor, Attorney General of Virginia in 2021?
- Virginia Republicans see 2021 as an opportunity to compete statewide
- Virginia General Assembly passes rules for newly approved redistricting commission
- Mark Herring column: We need the ACA now more than ever
- ‘You cannot let the media lynch VMI,’ Virginia state senator warns (Norment has always been a racist.)
- Assembly backs money for VMI investigation, but Norment warns against ‘media lynching’ of institute
- VA House, Senate Dems Issue Statements on the Adjournment of Successful Special Session (“Over the course of this Special Session, we responded to this once-in-a-lifetime pandemic”)
- General Assembly adjourns 83-day special session with revised budget, police reforms
- House lawmakers reject governor’s proposal on spending remaining CARES Act funding
- McAuliffe rules out seeking Biden Cabinet post, raising gubernatorial expectations (“The former governor had been mentioned as a potential commerce secretary.”)
- Monday (11/9) Virginia Data on COVID-19 Finds +1,302 Confirmed/Probable Cases (to 193,477), +52 Hospitalizations (to 13,116), +6 Deaths (to 3,713)
- Editorial: Lynchburg goes blue. How did that happen?
- Editorial: An election with integrity in Virginia
- Audio: After having his arguments shredded by the judges, MVP’s lawyer whined about the opposition being “implacable!” (Attorney Jon Sokolow: “From today’s argument, it is looking very good for the anti-pipeline forces and very bad for MVP”)
- Federal agency asks for disposition plans for canceled Atlantic Coast Pipeline
- Fairfax County Sets Turnout Record for 2020 General Election
- What’s the Right Answer? Lawmakers, Educators Consider Education’s Future in Virginia
- Loudoun County Schools Superintendent Williams will leave job for Texas position
- Elizabeth River Crossings, operator of the Downtown and Midtown tunnels, sold for more than $2 billion
- Southwest Virginia bike shop is now a beacon for solar power in the region
- Richmond Registrar’s Office Quarantining; Multiple Employees Test Positive for COVID-19
- Northam grants partial pardon to man serving 10 years for serious crash in VB (“Northam’s pardon reduces the sentence to 10 years on each conviction with seven years and five months suspended on each to fit within the state sentencing guidelines. The sentences will run concurrently, and Rushin will receive credit for time served while awaiting trial. The reduced sentence means Rushin will likely be released next year, his attorney said.”)
- Longtime Chesapeake OB-GYN convicted of 52 fraud counts, acquitted on 8 others
- Richmond’s Confederate Avenue now Laburnum Park Boulevard after City Council renaming
- D.C.-area forecast: Another day of nice, warm weather before rain returns
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