by Lowell
Here are a few national and Virginia news headlines, political and otherwise, for Friday, November 4. Just one more weekend and Monday until this nightmare of an election finally happens. Make sure you know when and where you’re voting, have an acceptable form of ID, and of most importantly vote for Democrats up and down the ballot! Also, check out Rachel Maddow speaking to Spencer Ackerman, national security editor for The Guardian, discuss “concerns about connections between the Donald Trump campaign and the FBI, particularly the New York field office, and the apparent willingness of some in the FBI to politicize the bureau to help Trump.”
- Why Vladimir Putin’s Russia Is Backing Donald Trump
- History will remember which Republicans failed the Trump test (“True leaders stand for the right thing, no matter the political cost.”)
- Former CIA chief: Trump is Russia’s useful fool (Michael Hayden: “And that’s the nicest way of characterizing the GOP presidential nominee’s views toward Vladimir Putin.”)
- Don’t trust your future with President Havoc (“Donald Trump has no business handling issues such as climate change or immigration.” Or the economy. Or foreign policy. Or…anything, really.)
- Why Donald Trump could never be a normal candidate
- Intelligence officials warn of Russian meddling in election and beyond (Yet another reason not to vote for Putin’s BFF Trump.)
- Despite Trump’s Claims, Evidence From FBI’s Clinton Foundation Probe ‘Not Impressive,’ Sources Say
- Fellow millennials: I know you’re frustrated. Vote anyway. (“Collective youth-vote abstention could be a ticket to national ruin.”)
- ‘The FBI is Trumpland’: anti-Clinton atmosphere spurred leaks, sources say (Very, very disturbing.)
- Voters Express Disgust Over State of Politics, Poll Shows (“More than eight in 10 voters said the campaign has left them repulsed rather than excited.” Well, Trump’s campaign certainly has.)
- Records Erode Trump’s Claims on His Income (“Records of Mr. Trump’s tax appeals and other documents indicate that actual income from some of his businesses is a small fraction of what he reported.”)
- Donald Trump’s Impeachment Threat (“Republicans are indicating that if they can’t gain control of government fairly, they’ll simply undermine it.”)
- Paul Krugman: Who Broke Politics? (“Republican leaders have spent the past couple of decades doing exactly what the likes of Mr. Ryan are doing now: trashing democratic norms in pursuit of economic benefits for their donor class…It would help if the media finally learned its lesson, and stopped treating Republican scandal-mongering as genuine news. And it would also help if Democrats won the Senate, so that at least some governing could get done.”)
- Early voting by Latinos may help Clinton in several states
- The Post-Truth Presidency (“More than 70 percent of Trump’s statements have been rated false, mostly false or pants-on-fire lies by Factcheck.org — nearly three times the falsity score of Hillary Clinton. And yet, Trump is considered more honest and trustworthy in some polls.” Massive #FAIL by the media…and also by the people who believe that Trump is in any way honest or trustworthy. He isn’t.)
- What We Still Don’t Know About Donald Trump (“A list of mysteries that will not be solved before Election Day.”)
- Be afraid — be very afraid: Donald Trump’s transition team is lining up corporate hacks and readying a rollback of Obama’s eight years (“Trump’s transition team, led by Chris Christie, offers a window into the terrifying workings of a Trump presidency”)
- The dangerous rise of Alex Jones: How Austin’s pet conspiracy kook conquered the Republican Party (“Alex Jones earned his spot in Donald Trump’s basket of deplorables by being the king of the conspiracy theorists”)
- Trump Campaign Manager Admits Walked-Back Fox Report Was Wrong, Then Celebrates “The Damage Is Done”
- Putin, Assange, and Comey are doing Donald Trump’s work for him
- Ana Navarro destroys Melania Trump’s cyberbullying speech hypocrisy: ‘Her husband is crazy’
- Here are 5 cringe-worthy moments from the Trump brothers’ horrible millennial town hall
- FiveThirtyEight’s extraordinary prediction model is failing in the Clinton-Trump race — and that’s according to its guru, Nate Silver
- Strict Voter ID Laws Are The New Jim Crow Laws
- Democratic insiders: Clinton’s ground game will sink Trump (“‘Infrastructure, infrastructure, infrastructure. HRC and the Dems have that cornered and are pounding the pavement to get out the vote,’ said a Colorado Democrat.”)
- Melania Trump’s denunciation of online bullying is absurd — and not just because of her husband (“She is part of the problem.”)
- A Virginia school principal dressed as Trump, secretary was prison Hillary, and of course it’s Robert E. Lee High
- Next week, Virginia voters will decide whether to amend the state constitution on labor union policy (Vote NO on this anti-worker monstrosity.)
- Clinton, Trump make late push in Virginia
- With mix of paper ballots and touchscreens, officials say Virginia’s voting system is secure
- Tim Kaine returning to Richmond Monday for election eve rally
- Virginia awards contract for I-66 under new approach that saves state $2.5 billion (“Virginia expects to save $2.5 billion in a public-private partnership contract that the state intends to award to a consortium to build express toll lanes and other improvements along 22.5 miles of Interstate 66 outside the Capital Beltway in Northern Virginia in order to relieve the worst traffic congestion in the state.”)
- Northern Virginia congressional race targets female voters (“Comstock, Bennett invoke gun control, abortion and equal pay in a ‘toss-up’ contest.”)
- The next great election shakeup begins in Virginia (Hmmmm…not sure about this.)
- Republicans dare to hope: Did Virginia get her swing back? (“With Clinton on the air and Kaine on the way, GOP thinks it has a shot in the state.”)
- Jon Baliles still weighing whether he will endorse in Richmond mayoral race; Morrissey responds to parting criticism
- Final Richmond mayoral forum, after 28 others, breaks little new ground
- Pipeline watchdogs slam analysis of proposed project’s environmental impacts
- A gondola connecting D.C. and Virginia? It’s feasible and legal, study finds.
- Metro board members, staff spar over proposal to ax late-night service (“They appear resigned to accept the proposal, which would give crews more work time.”)
- Light rail will benefit Virginia Beach economy if extended throughout region, says report written by city staff
- Breezy but seasonable today, mainly 60s through the weekend
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