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by Lowell
Here are a few international, national and Virginia news headlines, political and otherwise, for Saturday, November 2. Don’t forget, you can vote early, today, of if not then make sure you vote (BLUE, of course!) on Tuesday, November 5!
Trump is now mimicking giving oral sex to his microphone https://t.co/rEWFjaBQxe
— MeidasTouch (@MeidasTouch) November 2, 2024
- Delegates agree to establish Indigenous subsidiary body at COP16 biodiversity summit in Colombia
- Hundreds are dead in Spain’s floods. Scientists see a connection to climate change
- Kim Jong Un was China’s ally – until he became the ‘comrade from hell’
- Russian disinformation videos push lies on voter fraud and immigrants
- New scandal engulfs Netanyahu after close aide arrested for alleged intel leak
- Israel’s path of destruction in southern Lebanon raises fears of an attempt to create a buffer zone
- ‘There is no alternative’: Israel’s ban on vital Unrwa services will be a catastrophe for Gaza
- Israel Inflicted Severe Damage on Iran’s Missile Program, Air Defenses
- European Greens ask Jill Stein to stand down and endorse Kamala Harris (The problem is, Stein isn’t really “Green,” she’s a puppet of Putin’s…)
- October jobs report highlights: 12,000 new jobs, 4.1% unemployment rate (VERY low unemployment with VERY low inflation is a great combo!)
- Johnson leans on Trump in frantic push to save House majority (Mike Johnson is evil and unhinged.)
- “Democrats are in a stronger position”: Election forecasters give Dems an edge in swing House races (“I’m expecting the parties to split them—we have VA-2 as Leans R and VA-7 as Leans D—but if either party sweeps both, that would probably bode well for their odds of taking the chamber”)
- There’s a Legal Plan Well Underway to Undermine a Kamala Harris Win (“At the end of the day, these lawsuits are PR campaigns in legal wrapping paper. They don’t reflect real legal concerns. They’re designed to create chaos.”)
- Here’s the familiar playbook Trumpists will use to try and overturn the election if he loses (“The Trumpist propaganda machine is ready to fire on American democracy”)
- Trump, Preparing to Challenge the Results, Puts His 2020 Playbook Into Action
- Democrats have a plan if Trump prematurely declares election victory
- Donald Trump Is Done With Checks and Balances
- Why the Kamala Harris Campaign Feels ‘Nauseously Optimistic’
- Kamala Harris ahead in enough swing states to win, Times poll says — (“Final survey before the 2024 US election shows the Democrat leading Donald Trump in Michigan, Nevada, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin”)
- ‘This must be disqualifying’: Harris calls out Trump’s violent Cheney comments
- Trump Still Can’t Stop Talking About Women (Another day, another super weak, vague headline by the NY Times. In this case, instead of “talking about,” how about “attacking?” “threatening?” “denigrating?” “insulting?” Does the NY Times not know how to use words in the English language, or are they intentionally being vague and anodyne because they’re terrified of Trump and his MAGA supporters?)
- Jeffrey Epstein details close relationship with Trump in newly released tapes (“A New York author and journalist has released audio tapes that appear to detail how Donald Trump had a close social relationship with the late sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein that he has long denied.”)
- Trump’s Horrific Friendship With Jeffrey Epstein Revealed in New Audio
- Jeffrey Epstein Talked Out of School About the Trump Snake Pit, and It’s on Tape (“It must be said that Michael Wolff is a selfish schmuck for keeping this information from the public for as long as he did.”)
- ‘He could go to jail’: for Donald Trump, election day is also judgment day
- Liz Cheney Tells George W. Bush to Endorse Kamala Harris: ‘It’s Time’
- Nicolle Wallace Calls on Her Former Boss, George W. Bush, to Denounce Trump
- Arizona’s top prosecutor investigating Trump’s comments about Cheney as possible death threat
- Suggesting ‘nine barrels shooting’ at Cheney, Trump reverts to violent rhetoric
- Watch: Trump Makes His Chilling Liz Cheney Comments so Much Worse (“Donald Trump has chosen to double down on his terrifying threat.”)
- Liz Cheney says Trump comments were akin to death threat
- Trump Suggests Training Guns on Liz Cheney’s Face
- Unrepentant Trump defends calls for “war hawk” Cheney to face gunfire
- Trump fumes over mic issues at Milwaukee rally: ‘Do you want to see me knock the hell out of people backstage?’ (More violent rhetoric.)
- ‘Don’t Pay Your Damn Bill’ Trump Tells Supporters at Rally (“And he talked about his “beautiful white skin,” which he said would be “beautiful tan” if he weren’t campaigning all the time.”)
- Trump Boasts He Has ‘Beautiful White Skin’ Right After Slamming Kamala Harris
- Trump on RFK Jr.: ‘He’s going to have a big role in health care’ (That would be an unmitigated DISASTER)
- Kamala Harris Is Not Our Savior. But a Donald Trump Win Would Be Catastrophic. (“In this op-ed, Teen Vogue’s editor in chief argues that voting Harris is our best chance of stopping the irreversible damage of another Trump presidency.”)
- Judge Allows Unusual G.O.P. Strategy to Pump Money Into Senate Races
- So, Can We Trust the Polls? (Questionable in general, and of course we definitely CAN NOT trust the right-wing fake “polls” by Trafalgar and many others.)
- US election live: ‘improbably tight’ polls questioned by experts as race enters final days (“Pollsters may be wary of findings indicating unusually large leads for one candidate and introducing corrective weighting, experts say” Hmmmm…)
- Donald Trump gambles with late-stage trips to Democratic New Mexico and Virginia
- Elon Musk’s Machine for Fascism: A One-Stop Shop for Disinformation and Violence
- Elon Musk $1 million voter lottery suit sent back to state court
- Pregnant Texas teen died after three ER visits due to impact of abortion ban
- Supreme Court allows Pennsylvania to count contested provisional ballots, rejecting Republican plea
- The Supreme Court decides not to toss out thousands of Pennsylvania ballots (“One of the worst ideas in US constitutional law will remain dead.”)
- Up to 17,000 Pennsylvanians Who Haven’t Received Mail-in Ballots Permitted to Vote Early in Person
- Uncertainty Reigns in Nevada With Rise of Nonpartisan Voters
- Pa. officials apologize for shackled Harris display in Halloween parade (Disgusting.)
- An Idaho health department isn’t allowed to give COVID-19 vaccines anymore. Experts say it’s a first (Insanity.)
- Hugh Hewitt, Conservative Columnist, Quits The Washington Post (Good, but regardless, it should be an ETERNAL disgrace that the WaPo ever: a) hired Hewitt in the first place; b) employed/paid him for years to spew out a constant stream of extreme lies; c) never fired him. Seriously, FU WaPo!)
- What would a second Trump term mean for federal workers in D.C.? (“Federal workers have played a key role in the D.C. economy. Their livelihoods — and the future of the District — may hinge on the elections.”)
- VA Democrats Chairwoman Susan Swecker’s Statement on Trump’s Visit to Salem (“Trump is looking for fresh crowds in New Mexico and Virginia to rant and rave about conspiracies like Glenn Youngkin’s false conspiracy theories about voting.”)
- Two New Virginia Polls Have Kamala Harris Up 7.6-10 Pts and Tim Kaine Up 10-11 Pts. GOP Pollster Has Winsome Sears Up 48%-12% Over Jason Miyares for 2025 GOP Governor’s Primary
- Video: New Ad by Sen. Tim Kaine Campaign Highlights Hung Cao’s Vow to Punish Public Servants He Falsely Calls “leftists, communists destroying this country” (“Punishing those who don’t vote for you is for a dictatorship, not a democracy.”)
- Virginia GOP Candidate Demands Opponent Stop Using ‘Fake Family’ Photo In Ads (LOL)
- In bid for 7th, Army veteran Vindman says he’s a local dad who will govern like Spanberger
- Supreme Court Lets Virginia Proceed with Flawed Purge of Voter Rolls (“The order may be a harbinger of how the Court will rule in cases anticipated to follow Election Day.”)
- As a blue state with Republican power over elections, Virginia draws GOP attention
- Virginia’s bat population is shrinking. Here’s why it matters
- VPM News Q&A: 2024 Richmond School Board candidates
- Prison rights advocate transferred back to maximum security
- Dr. William Petri: In defense of UVa Health’s leadership
- ‘We’ll still be neighbors’: Virginia Beach yard sign aims to counter political divisiveness (So yeah, the country’s democracy is under assault by an anti-democratic, extremist, fascistic movement, and the moron media’s takeaway is “political divisiveness.” Just abysmal – and highly misleading.)
- Roanoke write-in mayoral candidate says she heard calling from God (100% guarantee that didn’t actually happen.)
- D.C.-area forecast: Feeling more like fall this weekend before next warmup
