by Lowell
Here are a few national and Virginia news headlines, political and otherwise, for Wednesday, October 26. Also check out Megyn Kelly vs. Newt Gingrich on Donald Trump being a sexual predator – fun times! LOL
- “Nasty Women Vote”: In a sweet rebuke to the GOP and Trump’s War on Women, America is poised to elect a record number of women to Congress (“Elizabeth Warren will likely be only one of many outspoken women on the Hill thanks to the GOP’s misogyny”)
- Court rules future climate projections can be used to protect species now (“A federal court found that animals can be listed as endangered based on climate projections.”)
- Hillary Clinton’s Resounding Mandate (“this: to safeguard the very America — compassionate, collaborative, decent — that he routinely degrades.”)
- Friedman: Donald Trump, Alien to All That’s Great
- Megyn Kelly said Trump might be a ‘sexual predator.’ Then things got very intense. (Gingrich: “You are fascinated with sex and you don’t care about public policy”)
- Fox Contributor Newt Gingrich Slams Fox News As A Partisan Outlet “Part Of The Establishment” (Hahahahaha.)
- Colin Powell Picks Hillary Clinton Over ‘National Disgrace’ Donald Trump
- Donald Trump has no idea what Obamacare does (“Trump spouts the classiest, most luxurious word salad you’ve ever heard.”)
- What Drives Trump? Fear of Losing Status, Tapes Show
- Renewables just passed coal as the largest source of new electricity worldwide (I wonder when Republicans and Dominion “Global Warming Starts Here!” Power will catch on.)
- Adele endorses Hillary Clinton at Miami concert (“‘Don’t vote for him,’ the singer tells the audience”)
- We’ve Misdiagnosed the Problem With Donald Trump(“But Trump’s own pathologies are nothing next to the pathologies of a society that allowed him to reach the doorstep of the highest office in the land, to live on this earth for 70 years and never once be held accountable for his failings with other people. A society that lets a man live and prosper like this is sick.”)
- GOP’s early vote worries mount
- Gary Johnson flames out (And rightfully so; the guy’s a nut.)
- Panicking GOP makes major last-minute Senate investment
- Trump tightens GOP’s cash spigot with halting of big-money fundraisers (“The consequences of Donald Trump’s move to end major fundraisers will compound the challenges facing a party that is already straining to match Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton’s much larger and better-financed operation.”)
- Trump confronts Rust Belt rejection (“In a region that once seemed primed for his message, Ohio is Trump’s last, best hope.”)
- The RNC’s suckers and sellouts are helpless to Trump (“When Trump started spouting off, Reince Priebus should have reined him in. Instead, the GOP leadership worried about the wrong things.”)
- House GOP hopes bleeding has stopped as Democrats expand map (“Democrats are pouring money and effort into brand-new districts, but GOP incumbents are putting up a fight.”)
- Inside the Democrats’ narrow path to the House majority (Bennett vs. Comstock is one of the key races in the country.)
- Trump bobbles attack on Obamacare (What a buffoon.)
- A progressive’s answer to Trumpism (“How the Democratic Party can reach out to Trump voters after Election Day.”)
- Cheat sheet: Here are the top 2016 Senate, House and Governor’s races you should pay attention to
- Exclusive: Tim Kaine: Why religious mission service matters to America
- Tim Kaine Reaches Out To Mormons With Stories Of His Own Mission Work (“With a third-party candidate rising in the ranks in Utah, Tim Kaine appeals directly to Mormons in a new op-ed.”)
- Tim Kaine on a Hillary Clinton Presidency: ‘This Will Be the First Time I’ve Had a Female Boss’
- Liberty University students: Trump is the antithesis of Christian values (“Values, not fear of a liberal Supreme Court, should dictate evangelicals’ votes.”)
- Tim Kaine raises $200,000 at Irish fundraiser in New York
- Clinton’s Connection to FBI Official (“…there’s no evidence that Clinton had anything to do with the contributions, or that she even knew about them, as Trump claimed.”)
- A small victory, but Virginia’s abortion wars rage on (“The rule of law has prevailed and abortion services remain available in Virginia. Sadly, they also remain vulnerable.”)
- SCHEV backs universities’ autonomy on endowment funds
- Dittmar: The case for Dittmar (This one is a no-brainer; Dittmar will be a strong Congresswoman; Garrett is an extremist.)
- Garrett: The case for Garrett (He disqualifies himself the second he uses the dehumanizing, degrading word “illegals.” He’s also wrong about “Obamacare” and much else.)
- Super PAC doubles spending on Garrett campaign in Virginia 5th district (Clearly they’re worried.)
- Race Tightens in Heated 10th District (“Comstock, Bennett crisscross Northern Virginia in all-out effort to reach key voters”)
- Comstock, Bennett and their allies release barrage of ads in home stretch
- Va. Democrats aim to make 2017 governor’s race all about Donald Trump (I’d definitely make it partly about Trump, but also about what Democrats stand for. Most importantly, we need strong candidates in all the “Obama/Kaine” House of Delegates districts, plus obviously strong top-of-the-ticket campaigns.)
- Schapiro: Va.’s elections were rigged long before anyone heard of Trump (“Republican-written restrictions on voting, most notably a photo ID requirement, can keep from the polls the wrong people — seniors, students and minorities, most of whom are actual or default Democrats. That’s why Democrats are fighting the requirement in federal court.”)
- New toll relief plan could expand to Northern Virginia
- Virginia’s depressed youth among least likely in nation to receive treatment/a>
- Rolling Stone fact checker acknowledges U-Va. gang-rape article flaws
- Editorial: Attempted purge disqualifies Morrissey for mayor
- Botetourt wind farm project completion pushed back one year
- Editorial: More mileage from funding (“We need patience and increased funding to address Hampton Roads’ traffic issues, but we don’t need more of the public-private partnerships that brought us 58 years of escalating tolls at the Midtown and Downtown tunnels and the debacle of U.S. 460.”)
- Virginia elections agency temporarily bans Fairfax registrar from email list after strongly worded criticism
- Arlington board agrees to plan for new bus shelters along Columbia Pike (“Cost of 23 transit stops estimated at $11.5 million.”)
- Belton out as interim city manager in Petersburg as Robert Bobb Group takes over city’s troubled finances (“The Robert Bobb Group took command of Petersburg’s beleaguered city administration on Tuesday and installed one of its own as interim city manager, kicking off a shake-up welcomed by supporters and derided by detractors who questioned whether the city council broke its rules in hiring the firm.”)
- Bright but cool today, a few showers possible tomorrow; warmer again this weekend
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