Thursday News: “Flood” of Women Allege Trump Sexually Assaulted Them; Trump Campaign Pulls Out of Virginia

by Lowell

Here are a few national and Virginia news headlines, political and otherwise, for Thursday, October 13.

• Washington Post: Hillary Clinton for president (“There is a well-qualified, well-prepared candidate on the ballot. Hillary Clinton has the potential to be an excellent president of the United States, and we endorse her without hesitation.”>

Multiple women accuse Trump of forcibly groping, kissing them (“The accusations come just days after the GOP nominee insisted in a debate that he had never engaged in such behavior.” Again, how has Trump managed to avoid prison?)

• Physically Attacked by Donald Trump – a PEOPLE Writer’s Own Harrowing Story
• Trump chases skirts, then hides behind them (“Mr. Trump is attempting to whitewash his treatment of women by focusing the attention on Bill Clinton”)
• Flood of women come forward, allege Trump sexually assaulted them
• Check out Trump tape: How Democrats are using Trump’s hot-mic fiasco (“Democratic candidates across the country are releasing ads tying local Republicans to Trump’s lewd comments about women.”)
• Donald Trump threatens to sue New York Times over sexual harassment report (So much for a free press under dictator-wannabe Trump.)
• How Trump’s Squirming Supporters Tried to Spin the New York Times Report
• Trump’s lurid tape just made Evan McMullin relevant (“McMullin’s chances of becoming president remain where they were before Trump’s tape: virtually zero. But now he does have a chance to make a meaningful impact in the race — potentially winning a state, or, at the very least, hurting Trump in a state that is unexpectedly in play.”)
• Could the House really flip?
• Women, independents flee Trump, propelling Clinton in polls
• Trapped by Trump: How the Tea Party’s glorious victories created the GOP’s current nightmare (“Do Republican leaders still think their only problem is a rogue candidate? If so, they haven’t paid attention”)
• How the GOP’s Big Tent turned into a house of horrors
• Palm Beach Post exclusive: Local woman says Trump groped her
• More allegations, questionable Trump comments on women surface (“Trump looked at a group of young girls and said he would be dating one of them in ten years. At the time, Trump would have been 46 years old.” Blech.)
• Miss Washington 2013 says Donald Trump groped her
• Donald Trump’s history of misogyny, sexism, and harassment: a comprehensive review
• What Donald Trump Is Right About (“…there’s abundant evidence that Trump has indulged in not just scurrilous rhetoric, but also in heinous actions. Several more women have stepped forward to offer on-the-record accounts of having been aggressively groped or kissed by Trump against their will, right after he met them.”)
• A Timeline of Donald Trump’s Creepiness While He Owned Miss Universe (“From walking into a teen dressing room to joking about his obligation to sleep with contestants, Trump’s a storied pageant creep”)
• FBI Suspects Russia in Hack of John Podesta Emails
• Trump Says He’ll Imprison Clinton’s Lawyers, Too (“Jailing her isn’t enough. He wants to prosecute the lawyers who advised her on her emails.” Dangerous, ugly, un-American, unconstitutional, etc.)
• Election Update: Post-Debate Polls Show Trump Still In Big Trouble
• Trump Is Embracing an Unlikely Ally: WikiLeaks (“The campaign’s willingness to use WikiLeaks is an extraordinary turnabout after years of bipartisan criticism of the organization and its leader, Julian Assange.”)
• Blow: Unshackled and Unhinged
• Donald Trump’s Scary Election Day Gambit
• Outside groups have spent $1.5 million in Va. to influence one congressional race, but only $35,000 on presidential race (“Outside groups seek the biggest bang for the buck, and in Virginia that means putting their money into the most competitive House race — the 10th District”)
• Monday is the voter registration deadline for Va.
• At Va. Capitol, evangelist Franklin Graham urges thousands of voters to think about the Supreme Court (Franklin Graham is a bigot and an extremist.)
• Jerry Falwell Jr. will vote for Donald Trump even if he sexually assaulted women (This cretin is the president of the Orwellian-named “Liberty” – in fact it’s the exact opposite of liberty – “University.”)
• At Liberty, Pence urges people of faith not to ‘sit on the sidelines’ (Pence is also a bigot and an extremist.)
• Liberty University students protest association with Trump (Some “Liberty” students are far smarter than their president, that’s for sure!)
• Pence visits Virginia, says state still in play (Hahaha – hours later, the Trump campaign says it’s pulling out of Virginia. #FAIL)
• LuAnn Bennett: Congresswoman, where have you been?
• New Virginia panels vow ‘laser focus’ on creating higher-paying jobs
• Virginia’s business elite – and big campaign donors – join lawmakers on new jobs board
• Trump’s Campaign Is ‘Pulling Out of Virginia’ (“The move to pull out of Virginia shows Trump is ‘running essentially a four state campaign,’ with the focus now shifting to battlegrounds critical to his chances in November: Pennsylvania, Florida, North Carolina, and Ohio, a source with knowledge of the decision told NBC News.” And barring a miracle, Trump’s not going to win Pennsylvania. He also trails in the other three states in his “four state campaign.”)
• Corey Stewart: The Trump before Trump (“Stewart became notorious a decade ago for his campaign against foreign-born people in his county, or, at least, people who might have dark skin and could be foreigners.” Yep, and we covered it heavily.)
• McAuliffe to announce action on budget shortfall
• Tim Kaine in Davidson: Trump’s apology ‘wasn’t sincere’
• Things turn feisty as Bowser, Hogan and McAuliffe share a stage
• Editorial: Drug costs enter death penalty debate (“Virginia corrections officials say they’ve agreed to pay a drug supplier $16,500 per execution for the first of three drugs the state uses in its lethal injection cocktail.”)
• Public debates planned for candidates in 2 of Hampton Roads’ 3 congressional elections
• Metro moves — slowly — toward a safer system (“The region needs to take back oversight of its own transit system from the feds.”)
• Region’s leaders split over 1-cent regional sales tax to pay for Metro (“Bowser strongly pushes for new levy, but Hogan is opposed, and McAuliffe is wary.” We badly need it.)
• Virginian-Pilot editorial: In Mitchell death, still awaiting answers (“Jamycheal Mitchell died in his cell at the Hampton Roads Regional Jail 14 months ago and still the commonwealth cannot say how or why it happened.” Completely unacceptable.)
• Corruption trial of Norfolk Treasurer Anthony Burfoot will have extended jury selection
• Pipeline surveying conflict heats up on Bent Mountain
• These stations and bus routes face service cuts if Metro can’t balance its budget (“Twenty stations would see no midday service, and 20 bus routes may be axed in D.C., Maryland and Virginia.”)
• Editorial: Michelle Mosby speaks truth about Joe Morrissey (“Mosby says she wouldn’t trust Morrissey with her daughter and Richmond should not trust him with the mayorship. She speaks for many and deserves kudos for speaking out.”)
• Metro GM Paul Wiedefeld made the right call in not making an exception for Nats playoff game
• Flawed polling place information sent to 9,000 Arlington voters (“The county registrar said new polling cards will be mailed immediately.”)
• Mild today, maybe a sprinkle; Leaning toward a dry weekend