by Lowell
Here are a few national and Virginia news headlines, political and otherwise, for Tuesday, October 4. Also check out President Obama participating in a “South by South Lawn” discussion, this one on climate change. As Leonardo DiCaprio says: “The scientific consensus is in and the argument is now over. If you do not believe in climate change, you do not believe in fact or in science or empirical truth, and therefore…should not be allowed to hold public office.” People, in other words, like Trump, Pence and Gary Johnson.
- Trump’s tax mystery points toward dealings around his first bankruptcies
- Hurricane Matthew: Haiti braces for deadly storm
- Trump suggests veterans with mental health issues ‘can’t handle it’ (Yep, that comes from the draft dodger.)
- Michael Gerson: Trump’s angry white men (“An avatar of the Playboy philosophy gives us a glimpse at the new culture war.”)
- Only you can prevent a Trump presidency (“Donald Trump will only be able to win if voters don’t get off their couches and to the polls.” Right, and if you’re a progressive, please do NOT under any circumstances vote for nutty right-wing extremist and anti-environment “Libertarian” Gary Johnson!)
- No, Not Gary Johnson (“The Libertarian candidate puts a likable face on a deeply troubling economic policy”)
- https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/years-before-aleppo-moment-gary-johnson-showed-little-interest-in-details-of-governing/2016/10/03/f62a00fa-873d-11e6-92c2-14b64f3d453f_story.html
- Donald Trump’s contempt for American democracy (“Encouraging intimidation of black voters should be a bigger scandal than his tax documents.”)
- A President Trump could end the era of American global leadership
- Rudy Giuliani’s comment that Donald Trump is better “than a woman” is made even more sexist by the context
- Ethics rules would have little impact on a President Trump
- President Obama draws “a straight line” from Sarah Palin to Donald Trump: The GOP “just seems to get worse” (The media, by the way, also played a big role in the rise of Palin and the Tea Party.)
- New RNC ad attacking Kaine sparks controversy (Because it’s appalling, racist, etc.)
- Mike Pence Is a Coward and an Extremist (“He’s the perfect face of the GOP.” Also a bully.)
- Stop the Thug (“Donald Trump is a thug. He’s a thug who talks gibberish, and lies, and cheats, and has issues, to put it mildly, with women. He’s lazy and limited and he has an attention span of a nanosecond. He’s a ‘gene believer’ who thinks he has ‘great genes’ and considers the German blood, of which he is proud, ‘great stuff.’ Mexicans and Muslims, by contrast, don’t make the cut…There is still time to stop a man who keeps stooping lower. That time is now.”)
- Trump, Taxes and Citizenship (“You can say that a billionaire paying no taxes is fine and legal. But you have to adopt an overall mentality that shuts down a piece of your heart, and most of your moral sentiments.”)
- Editorial: Mr. Trump’s Government Bailout (“No ordinary citizen could benefit from the tax code like Donald Trump did, and his tax proposal would give people like him even more advantages.” Trump’s basically stealing from the rest of us.)
- Trump’s risky early-voting strategy (“The GOP nominee throws standard campaign practice out the window.”)
- Has Anyone Seen Tim Kaine Lately? (“In search of Hillary Clinton’s underutilized asset.”)
- Trump Empire Faced Collapse After His Risky Moves in 1980s
- Kaine’s plan: Turn Pence into Trump (“One Senate ally calls on Kaine to make Pence ‘own every bit of Trump’s radical, racist, misogynist agenda.'”)
- Clinton takes command of swing-state map
- Riches-to-Riches Trump Spins Fake Horatio Alger Tale (“Trump inherited a massive fortune and has underperformed both the economy as a whole and the real estate market.”)
- Trevor Noah: Donald Trump Selflessly Embodies America’s Worst Traits
- Tim Kaine and Mike Pence, perfect strangers meeting on largest stage either has seen
- GOP Spokesman Describes Wille Horton-Style Attack on Tim Kaine as “Willie Horton-Style Attack on Tim Kaine”
- Election Update: How Big Is Hillary Clinton’s Lead?
- You don’t need “genius” to pull off Trump’s tax avoidance — you just need to be rich (And particularly in the real estate business, which features a gazillion ways to not pay taxes.)
- A Debate Stage in Virginia, With Racial ‘Scar Tissue’ as the Backdrop
- Editorial: Vice presidential debate shines a light on Virginia
- Editorial: Virginia’s hidden Senate race
- Pence rallies in Virginia ahead of VP debate
- Email spreads bogus claim Kaine helped ‘radical jihadi’ in exchange for donations
- A debate in the shadow of history
- Longwood University, Farmville gear up for vice presidential debate
- Activists protest Gov. McAuliffe’s environmental policies, perceived coziness with Dominion power (It’s not “perceived,” it’s very real.)
- Three-day picket takes aim at McAuliffe’s record on pipelines, coal ash
- HRT’s new estimate for extending light rail to Town Center is $84 million lower
- Virginian-Pilot editorial: Cost projections support light rail for Beach
- Some Virginia Beach City Council members voice concerns over new arena agreement
- In a wealthy Virginia suburb, they sleep in a parking lot
- Alexandria principal reassigned after some students were encouraged to sit out out
- Forecast: Mostly sunny this morning, mostly cloudy this afternoon (“Temperatures will climb into the low to middle 70s.”)
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