by Lowell
Here are a few national and Virginia news headlines, political and otherwise, for Friday, August 19. Oh, and that photo is of soon-to-be Congressman Donald McEachin with Virginia AG Mark Herring, Lori and Townley Haas at an event in Richmond last night for McEachin. Go Donald!
- In a Warming World, Deluges Like Louisiana’s Expected to Increase
- Gov. John Bel Edwards goes on MSNBC to spread word about Louisiana flood
- Trump adviser accused of making anti-Semitic remarks (“Joseph Schmitz, named as one of five advisers by the Trump campaign in March, is accused of bragging when he was Defense Department inspector general a decade ago that he pushed out Jewish employees.”)
- The Complete History Of Donald Trump’s Relationship With The White Nationalist Movement
- Could things get any worse for the GOP? Trump’s campaign shake-up says yes.
- How a Trump adviser revived his fortunes, career in Ukraine (“…reports this week of alleged payments may trigger FBI scrutiny of Manafort’s work with the ousted Ukrainian president.”)
- G.O.P. Worries Falling Trump Tide Will Lower All Boats
- GOP insiders: Trump’s overhaul won’t succeed (“Roughly a third of Republican respondents say the addition of Bannon and promotion of Conway will make things worse.”)
- Clinton Foundation won’t accept foreign, corporate donations if Clinton wins
- Clinton campaign goes nuclear on health rumors (“Hillary Clinton’s campaign is pushing back even harder Thursday on multiple ‘deranged conspiracy theories’ about her health, as one top aide put it earlier in the week, as Donald Trump continues to stoke doubts about the Democratic nominee’s ‘mental and physical stamina.'”)
- Trump, speaking after campaign shake-up, expresses regret over causing ‘personal pain’ (The only thing this sociopath and pathological liar “regrets” is that he is trailing in the polls.)
- Hannity Praises Trump For Using A Teleprompter After Years Of Demonizing Obama For Using Them
- Nate Silver: Trump Is Doubling Down On A Losing Strategy
- Think the world is on fire? Obama’s national security adviser says things are better than ever. (Other than huge environmental problems which need urgent and intense action, I tend to agree.)
- Manafort’s man in Kiev (“The Trump campaign chairman’s closeness to a Russian Army-trained linguist turned Ukrainian political operative is raising questions, concerns.”)
- Paul Krugman: Obamacare Hits a Bump (“They’re problems that would be relatively easy to fix in a normal political system, one in which parties can compromise to make government work.” Right, but Republicans WANT Obamacare to fail, even though they have no alternative.)
- Tim Kaine’s red state mission: His revealing tour of Missouri, Wyoming and Idaho (“A sign of confidence: Kaine’s trip to 3 conservative states is a surgical move to deepen Hillary’s election edge”)
- Editorial: Are hospitals as bad off as they claim?
- Tim Kaine will appear on Stephen Colbert’s ‘Late Show’ next week
- In Virginia, Trump campaign hopes enthusiasm can help catch first-rate organization running Clinton campaign (“Democrats in Virginia are confident in the strength of their ground game in the presidential race. Down in the polls, Republican Donald Trump’s campaign is looking for enthusiasm from its volunteers.”)
- 10 On Your Side sits down with Senator Mark Warner
- Tall order for latecomer McMullin to make presidential ballot in Virginia
- Virginian-Pilot editorial: Finding good in the U.Va. hearings
- The Norfolk of the future will move away from the waterfront
- Latino advocate in Virginia found guilty of defrauding immigrants (“Rose Sanchez-Canete faces two years in jail after a jury found her guilty of two counts of fraud.”)
- Senator Jill Vogel Endorsed for Lt. Governor by Loudoun Leaders
- One felon’s ballot signature could threaten Mosby’s run for mayor
- Should Alexandria rename Jefferson Davis Highway, keep other Confederate symbols? (“Task force also suggests maintaining Appomattox Civil War memorial statue.”)
- Hot but calm today, steamier Saturday, and Sunday may be a little stormy
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