by Lowell
Here are a few international, national and Virginia news headlines, political and otherwise, for Thursday, October 31. Happy Halloween, let’s hope for a nice TREAT – and a minimum of nasty tricks – next Tuesday!
- Deadliest weather made worse by climate change – scientists
- New Report Shows How Human-Caused Warming Intensified the 10 Deadliest Climate Disasters Since 2004 (“A decade of attribution research shows that ‘burning fossil fuels causes climate change and climate change causes death and destruction.'”)
- World will miss Paris climate target as nitrous oxide rises, report says
- China resists mounting pressure to do more on climate change
- Chaos as Russia tries to absorb North Korean troops, Ukraine spies say
- Russia braces for more tax rises to fund the Ukraine war
- North Korean troop deployment in Russia is key topic as US and South Korean leaders meet
- How the US election could impact the Middle East
- Iran will likely try to contact Americans directly in influence campaign, sources say
- North Korea announces ICBM launch, Japan and US condemn it
- Spain searches for bodies after flood of the century claims at least 95 lives
- Spain floods latest: number of dead expected to rise amid search for survivors
- Mexico supreme court judges resign over reforms to allow voters to elect judiciary (“Eight of the country’s 11 supreme court judges will stand down over reforms supported by President Claudia Sheinbaum”)
- Inflation Is Basically Back to Normal. Why Do Voters Still Feel Blah? (“Consumers still give the U.S. economy poor marks, though the job market is strong and price increases have faded for months.” Look in the mirror, NY Times!)
- Close friend of Clarence Thomas is helping Trump’s transition team write policy for DOJ (This Court is a f’ing disaster.)
- Trump Allies Draw Up Plans Targeting Legal Immigration
- Johnson vows health care overhaul if Republicans win in November elections (Johnson’s message is “No Obamacare,” which of course would mean you’d be shit outta luck if you have a preexisting condition, etc.)
- Trump and Johnson hand Democrats an 11th-hour lifeline (“House Democrats are turning President Trump’s controversial Madison Square Garden rally and House Speaker Mike Johnson’s (R-La.) comments about the Affordable Care Act into their de facto closing message.”)
- Kamala Harris’s closing argument: ‘It doesn’t have to be this way’ (“The vice president expresses seriousness about tackling seemingly intractable issues.”)
- Polls Show Trump’s Edge Shrinking on Voters’ Top Issue: The Economy
- Trump Doubles Down After Elon’s Shocking “Tank the Economy” Confession
- What Trump says he will do if he wins the White House (“In video obtained by CNN, RFK Jr. says Trump promised to give him sweeping power over multiple agencies”)
- Trump Insists He Has Big Lead Over Harris, Setting Stage for 2024 Doubts
- Harris says she will be ‘sadly ready’ if Trump prematurely claims victory Tuesday
- Trump’s Plot Against America (“A leading historian looks back at Philip Roth’s novel and how it perfectly predicts the rise of Trump and his willing collaborators”)
- Trump misses truck door handle twice and nearly falls over in worrying sign of decline (“Donald Trump struggled to open the door of a garbage truck and almost fell over while wearing a bright orange high vis vest.”)
- Trump Nearly Face-Plants On A Garbage Truck During A Trashy Photo-Op
- The big lie behind Biden’s “garbage” gaffe scandal (“Only one presidential candidate is pledging to treat Americans who vote against him as enemies.”)
- Trump Says He Will Protect Women ‘Whether The Women Like It Or Not’
- “I’m gonna do it whether the women like it or not”: Trump’s closing argument is toxic masculinity
- Trump’s threats to the press are serious and literal
- Arnold Schwarzenegger has endorsed Kamala Harris for president
- Harris and Trump will bring their closing arguments to 2 key Southwest swing states
- CNN Polls: Harris has a narrow edge in Michigan and Wisconsin, while she and Trump remain tied in Pennsylvania
- Trump Pays the Price for Insulting Puerto Rico (“You can’t call it a ‘floating island of garbage’ and get away with it.”)
- Reggaetón star Nicky Jam rescinds Trump endorsement over offensive Puerto Rico joke
- A Gen Z pop star kicked off Harris’ campaign. Puerto Rican musicians may bring her to the finish line
- Far-right crashes race for McConnell successor
- Trump’s Supporters Will Bear the Cost of His Economic Chaos
- Elon Musk asks voters to brace for economic ‘hardship,’ deep spending cuts in potential Trump Cabinet role
- Workers Say They Were Tricked and Threatened as Part of Elon Musk’s Get-Out-the-Vote Effort
- Elon Musk ordered to attend $1 million voter lottery suit hearing in Philadelphia court
- Judge Mutes Ranting Rudy Giuliani During Bonkers Hearing
- Michigan voters near evenly split between Harris and Trump, Post poll finds
- Pro-Trump poll watchers primed for Election Day action in key state (“With days to go until the presidential vote, opinion polling shows the election is on a knife-edge, and few places as pivotal as Wisconsin.”)
- Washington Post readers aren’t buying Jeff Bezos’ excuse-making
- The Washington Post’s non-endorsement led to record-breaking weeks at other news orgs
- After non-endorsement, 250,000 subscribers cancel The Washington Post
- What Blue Origin Stands to Gain After Jeff Bezos Muzzled the Washington Post
- Lawmaker with devastating diagnosis teams up with GOP rival to help Harris
- Video: Rep. Jennifer Wexton (D-VA10), Former Rep. Barbara Comstock (R-VA10) Explain Why It’s So Crucial to Support Kamala Harris, Oppose Donald Trump (Comstock: “I have never in my political career been in room with somebody so profoundly STUPID as Donald Trump”)
- Military-heavy Virginia swing district has become late battleground (“Democrat Missy Cotter Smasal is looking to unseat Rep. Jen Kiggans (R) in a swing district that could help determine control of the U.S. House.”)
- Video – Cao’s Closing Argument: Attacking Federal Workers As “Communists,” Admitting He Won’t Be A Senator For All Virginians (Cao “says he’d support clearing out senior executives and all GS15s in the D.C. area, even if those jobs belong to Virginians”)
- In Virginia, a Vietnamese American Community Divided (“A longshot Republican challenger to Sen. Tim Kaine appeals to fears about communism—and sees mixed results.”)
- Virginia law at center of voter rolls controversy was once a bipartisan issue
- U.S. Supreme Court grants stay in challenge to Youngkin’s voter purge order
- A bad omen ahead of Tuesday: Justices meddle in Va. voter purge case
- SCOTUS Just Said Virginia Can Purge Voter Rolls
- In Turnaround, SCOTUS Legalizes Virginia Voter Purge (“Trump’s Supreme Court just did him yet another big favor.”)
- Voting experts urge caution after Supreme Court unpauses Virginia purge (“Now 1,600 removed voters will remain off the rolls in Virginia. What’s next?”)
- Virginia Immigrant Rights & Voting Rights Groups Outraged at SCOTUS Decision Allowing Virginia to Disenfranchise Voters (“The Supreme Court just ignored a key provision of the National Voter Registration Act and the clear fact that Virginia purged eligible voters on the eve of the election”)
- With All Three Liberal Justices Dissenting, Supreme Court “*ALLOWS* Virginia to continue its purge of the voter rolls on the eve of the election” (Exactly what one would expect from these Republicans-in-robes, three of whom were nominated by Trump)
- A GOP-dominated Supreme Court resuscitates Youngkin’s late-game Virginia voter purge
- Schapiro: In Va.’s red countryside, a solitary voice for Democrats
- Speaker Scott tours flood damage in Pulaski County: ‘Wow’
- Cumberland County Republicans set Nov. 22 debate for candidates who will vie for John McGuire’s state Senate seat if he’s elected to Congress.
- Richmond school board candidates report latest campaign finances
- Chesterfield County picks its first Black police chief
- Judge dismisses charges against Lynchburg City Council candidate Rodney Hubbard
- D.C.-area forecast: An unusually warm Halloween before a chance of showers Friday
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