by Lowell
Here are a few international, national and Virginia news headlines, political and otherwise, for Thursday, October 24.
Vice President Harris: John Kelly just put out a 911 call to the American people. We must take it very seriously. Donald Trump is unstable and unfit to serve pic.twitter.com/YTKkpUYJAh
— Kamala HQ (@KamalaHQ) October 24, 2024
- ‘We don’t know where the tipping point is’: climate expert on potential collapse of Atlantic circulation
- Global wind power set to grab record share of electricity market
- Trump and Russia: It’s Still Damn Important (“Moscow’s efforts to aid the Republican candidate are not old news. It’s happening right now.”)
- North Korea troops in Ukraine would escalate conflict, Lukashenko tells BBC
- IDF soldiers should refuse orders that may be war crimes, Israeli ex-security adviser tells BBC
- Israeli strike kills Lebanese troops as France rallies support for army
- We need distributed solar and energy storage, not utility monopolies
- Trump’s proposal for mass deportation of immigrants is a moral abomination
- Trump’s Allies Revive Debunked Voting Machine Theories
- Donald Trump fixates on Harris aide Ian Sams, who goads him on Fox News
- Democrat raises alarm over Trump campaign’s failure to enter into transition agreements
- Kamala Harris is right, Trump 2.0 would be “unhinged,” aimed at “unchecked power”
- Trump’s Depravity Will Not Cost Him This Election (“Many Americans know exactly who Trump is, and they like it.”)
- If Trump Wins, Blame the Billionaires (“Without them, this presidential race wouldn’t be close at all.”)
- Democrats say Harris holds several campaign advantages over Trump
- Polling Errors Won’t Necessarily Help Trump This Time (“Kamala Harris could benefit just as easily”)
- Republican poll watchers in battleground states worry US election experts (“Officials are concerned that Republican Party training sessions calling for aggressive scrutiny of the voting process could lead to disruptions at the polls and intimidate poll workers.”)
- Four memorable moments from Kamala Harris’ CNN town hall
- “Donald Trump is unstable”: Kamala’s CNN town hall shows why he is afraid to face her
- Kamala Harris Asks Americans: Are You Really Going to Elect a Guy Who Has Good Things to Say About Hitler? (“You’d think this would be an easy answer, and yet…”)
- Harris says she believes Trump is a fascist at CNN town hall
- Trump’s Followers And Allies Shrug Off His Reported Praise For Adolf Hitler
- How the Fox bubble is reacting to John Kelly calling Trump a fascist (“Fox’s Kelly response is silence and spin”)
- Fox host Brian Kilmeade defends Trump remarks: Trump was “maybe not fully being cognizant of the third rail of German generals who were Nazis”
- Harris says Trump ‘is a fascist’ after John Kelly says he wanted generals like Hitler’s
- 6 takeaways from Harris’ CNN town hall
- Harris to deliver closing argument speech at Ellipse, site of Trump’s January 6 rally
- New KFile report: Trump’s campaign manager at one time pushed posts calling Jan 6 ‘sickening’
- The Sad, Pathetic Spectacle of John Kelly’s Critics
- Former Trump official agrees with John Kelly: Trump ‘does not operate by the rule of law’
- John Kelly says Trump is a ‘fascist’ who while in office repeatedly praised Hitler
- Harris praises John Kelly for sending ‘911 call’ to the US over Trump’s fitness to serve
- Donald Trump groped me in what felt like a ‘twisted game’ with Jeffrey Epstein, former model alleges
- Former Model Says Trump Groped Her During Encounter Facilitated By Epstein: Report
- GOP candidates embrace Trump’s call to abolish Education Dept.
- These Trumpists Shouldn’t Be Anywhere Close to Power (“Elon Musk, Robert Kennedy and the Unconfirmables of a Second Trump Administration”)
- McConnell says ‘MAGA movement is completely wrong’ and Reagan ‘wouldn’t recognize’ Trump’s GOP
- Two Weeks Out, Trump and Harris Are Locked in a Dead Heat
- Harris’ Endgame Strategy Is Becoming Clear. It Might Not Work. (“Her campaign clearly thinks it knows which voters it needs to win. They better hope they’re right.”)
- Swing State Poll 2024: Michigan, Wisconsin: Gender Divide Defines Tight Races In Rust Belt Battlegrounds, Quinnipiac University Poll Finds; U.S. Senate Races: Dem Holds Lead In MI, Very Close In WI
- Harris holds 3-point lead over Trump in Michigan: Poll
- Pennsylvania top court rules provisional ballots must be counted after mail ballot rejections
- Los Angeles Times editorials editor resigns after owner blocks presidential endorsement (A lot more LA Times employees should resign or walk out in protest.)
- Trump Megadonor Tim Dunn Has a Plan More Extreme Than Project 2025 (“The Texas fracking billionaire wants to rewrite the U.S. Constitution to advance climate denial and other far-right priorities.”)
- Justice Department warns Elon Musk that his $1 million giveaway to registered voters may be illegal
- Video: Kaine For Virginia Campaign Launches Final Closing TV Ad, “Faith And Freedom,” Highlighting That Senator Kaine Is Standing Up For All Virginians
- New Wason Center Poll of “Purple” VA02: Rep. Jen Kiggans (R) Holds “Razor-Thin” 1-Pt. (46%-45%) Lead Over Missy Cotter Smasal (D), Down From 5-Pt. Lead on 9/13; Kamala Harris Leads Donald Trump by 2 Pts. (Tim Kaine leads Hung Cao in VA02 by 7 pts.)
- CNU poll shows how a small subset of disaffected suburban Republicans could make the difference in some places
- GOP Rep. Kiggans’s lead evaporates in Virginia’s 2nd District, poll finds
- U.S. House Minority Leader Jeffries, RNC co-chair Lara Trump stump for Va. congressional candidates (Lara Trump is an extremist.)
- More than 1,600 voters have registration revoked under Virginia program targeting noncitizens
- A federal judge set to consider voter roll lawsuit
- What happens after vote counting ends in Virginia?
- Virginia lawmakers prepare for a future filled with highly automated aircraft
- Virginia Veterans Respond to Report that Donald Trump Wants The “Kind of Generals That Hitler Had” (“Donald Trump is a disgrace to everything our country stands for.”)
- FEMA says 2,100 Virginians have applied for assistance, totaling $6.23 million
- Virginia grants $3.9M to protect Civil War battlefields
- Jeff Schapiro: Could Tony Bennett’s next sport be politics?
- D.C.-area forecast: Much cooler today and remaining brisk through the weekend (“Chances for rain remain minimal.” Crazy.)
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