by Lowell
Here are a few national and Virginia news headlines, political and otherwise, for Tuesday, September 13. Also check out Samantha Bee mocking “reporters,” “journalists,” “moderators” etc. for failing to “do their f***king job” and/or reporting the facts. As Bee points out, “calling a liar a liar isn’t an opinion if you can prove it; that’s what we call a ‘fact’.” Time for the media to get on the job of fact-checking the “geyser of mendacious vomit that spews nonstop from the Trump campaign.”
- Trump’s latest conspiracy theory: The economy (“The GOP nominee’s attack on the Fed prompts widespread rebuttals.”)
- Donald Trump gave an interview this morning that should be shocking — but we’re numb (Trump “once again reminded the world of the most fundamental fact about his candidacy — he doesn’t really seem to understand any aspect of American public policy.”)
- Trump loves Vladimir Putin. Could his tax returns explain why?
- Yes, half of Trump supporters are racist (“Fear that white people are losing ground was the greatest predictor of support for the GOP nominee.”)
- Clinton’s health is Obama’s birth certificate all over again: A barely disguised way for conservatives to wallow in bigotry
- The self-refuting idea that America needs Donald Trump as a savior (“Portions of the far right have a childish trust of the GOP nominee.”)
- Clinton’s secrecy rankles Democrats (“‘The Clintons always take the hard road,’ one longtime ally sighs.”)
- Polls show many — even most — Trump supporters really are deeply hostile to Muslims and nonwhites
- Polls Show Trump’s Momentum Has Stalled — For Now
- MSNBC’s O’Donnell: “The News Media Lost Its Mind, Lost All Perspective On What Matters”
- As Vintage Trump Pushes Conspiracy Theories And Uses Racial Slurs On CNBC, NBC Touts “A New Donald Trump”
- Scrutiny of Hillary Clinton’s Health Puts New Focus on Tim Kaine (That’s the thing — Hillary’s fine, but if she weren’t, we could all be very comfortable with Tim Kaine a “heartbeat away.”)
- Tim Kaine Says Even with Pneumonia Hillary Clinton Is ‘Chatty and Funny’
- Hillary has pneumonia, so let’s talk about Trump’s awful health care plan (“If you lose your insurance under Trump’s health plan and end up hospitalized for a lung infection, it will cost you”)
- The Trump campaign won’t even call David Duke “deplorable”: Mike Pence says he is “not in the name calling business” (In fact, Trump’s entire campaign has been very much about name calling from day #1.)
- Hundreds of nations agree to domestic trade ban for ivory (“The agreement is voluntary, but conservationists are hopeful.”)
- NCAA to North Carolina: No championship games until you repeal the anti-LGBT law (“They’ve been warned over and over; they haven’t listened.”)
- The inside story of Clinton’s sick day (“Hillary Clinton never lost consciousness, and never stopped talking on her phone — and never put anyone else in danger — after her near swoon at a Sept. 11 memorial on Sunday in New York, according to accounts offered by several people close to the candidate.”)
- Yes, Most Donald Trump Supporters Are Deplorable and Irredeemable
- The George W. Bush White House “Lost” 22 Million Emails (And Republicans didn’t care.)
- The Many Scandals of Donald Trump: A Cheat Sheet
- Virginia Governor Defends Latest Felons’ Voting Rights Plan
- AG: ‘Truly Baseless’ effort to hold Gov. Terry McAuliffe in contempt (“In a 93-page filing, Solicitor General Stuart Raphael called the Republican line of logic in this case ‘truly baseless.’ He ticked off procedural and technical reasons why McAuliffe can’t be held in contempt of the court’s August ruling, and he suggested that Republicans are simply trying to re-litigate an already finished legal battle ahead of the November presidential election.”)
- Virginia AG: Only ‘small fraction’ of 213K felons will regain right to vote before presidential election
- Virginia’s August revenue collections up 12 percent over August 2015
- Virginia tells Northrop Grumman it has breached IT contract with the state
- Housing is Virginia’s sixth largest private sector industry, study finds
- Chelsea Clinton to campaign in Roanoke this week for her mother
- Second of two men who claimed innocence of 1996 Norfolk rape dies in prison
- Editorial: How idealistic does Roanoke City Council want to be?
- Roanoke-Blacksburg airport to get $4.2 million for improvements
- Virginian-Pilot editorial: What’s next for Petersburg?
- Hotter through tomorrow then a cooler, nicer end of the week
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