by Lowell
Here are a few national and Virginia news headlines, political and otherwise, for Saturday, November 5. Polls open here in Virginia in just 71 hours. Go Hillary! Stop Trump! Also check out the video of Beyonce and Jay-Z campaigning for Hillary Clinton in Cleveland, Ohio.
- A Court Just Blocked a Voting Law That Dems Say Suppressed Minority Turnout (“This could be a big deal in a key battleground state.”)
- Judge Restores Voting Rights to Thousands of Illegally Purged Voters in North Carolina
- The real Clinton email scandal is that a bullshit story has dominated the campaign (“If you agree with her on policy, vote with a clear conscience about the server.”)
- Trump the leech: Donald Trump got rich on government subsidies yet he refuses to give back (“The Trump empire was built on the kind of government aid programs Donald Trump would do away with as president”)
- Exclusive: The Democratic National Committee Has Told the FBI It Found Evidence Its HQ Was Bugged
- National Enquirer Shielded Donald Trump From Playboy Model’s Affair Allegation (“Tabloid owner American Media agreed to pay $150,000 for story from 1998 Playmate of the Year, but hasn’t published her account”)
- Editorial: Donald Trump’s Denial of Economic Reality
- Clinton Calls On Star Power While Trump Goes It Alone (“Donald J. Trump, abandoned by his party’s biggest names, has become a lonely figure before adoring crowds.”)
- Clinton maintains narrow four-point edge, pushing past concerns about honesty (Again, see PolitiFact on this one – Hillary is the most honest person in the world compared to Trump, who gets many times the # of “Pants on Fire” and “False” ratings that Clinton does, and only a fraction of the truthful ratings.)
- Convictions ensure Christie’s Bridgegate nightmare will continue (Remember, this crooked thug is heading up Trump’s transition team!)
- Trump’s allies trip him up (“The indictment of Chris Christie’s former aides and Rudy Giuliani’s claim of insider FBI knowledge distract from Trump’s closing message.”)
- The first 100 horrific days of a Trump presidency (“Economic shock, international instability and constitutional crisis — we know what would happen.”)
- Trump is a threat to the West as we know it, even if he loses (“The ‘Populist International’ — a loose group of anti-globalist European parties and politicians — will continue to advance.”)
- JFK’s grandson: Young people have a duty to vote for Hillary Clinton
- Specter of election day violence looms as Trump spurs vigilante poll watchers (“Advocates say US faces ‘midnight hour of our democracy’ as militia members and neo-Nazi groups take Donald Trump’s claims of ballot rigging seriously”)
- Can anyone control the FBI?
- The FBI looks like Trump’s America (“With 67 percent white male agents, the bureau doesn’t reflect the nation. Did its conservative culture play a role in Comey’s decision to reveal the renewed Clinton email probe?” YES!)
- Maybe The FBI’s Love For Trump Has Something To Do With How Extremely White And Male It Is (“FBI director James Comey has said he ‘will have failed’ if he doesn’t make the agency less white.”)
- ‘The FBI is Trumpland’: anti-Clinton atmosphere spurred leaking, sources say
- Melania Trump modeled in U.S. prior to getting work visa
- Anne Holton, Wife of VP Nominee Tim Kaine, stumps for Clinton in SLC (Utah!)
- Welcome to an Unprecedented Election Day Experiment (“Want to see who’s winning the presidential race? Follow real-time turnout projections from Slate and VoteCastr.”)
- It Sure Looks Like FBI Renegades Are Trying To Swing The Presidential Election (“One of the most unsettling developments yet in a campaign filled with them.”)
- The ugliest Donald Trump rally of the campaign (“Deplorable.”)
- Early voting way up in Md.; Large turnout in Northern Va. could benefit Clinton (“…huge number of voters in Democratic-leaning Fairfax.”)
- Tim Kaine’s Former Roommate Gives The Real Story On The VP Nominee (“Apparently, he was a delight – except when he forgot to clean the bathroom.”)
- ‘Es un payaso.’ Watch Tim Kaine call Trump a clown in Spanish (A killer clown at that.)
- Tim Kaine en Español: The Democratic veep nominee leans heavily on Latinos to turn out in Arizona (“Hillary Clinton’s late push for Arizona brought Tim Kaine to Phoenix, where he rallied Latino residents in Spanish”)
- Saturday is the deadline to vote absentee in person (“Around the Richmond region on Friday, voters raced to vote absentee in person ahead of today’s deadline.”)
- Mike Pence to campaign at GMU Saturday night (Blech.)
- Trump just proposed ending all federal clean energy development (“He’d end all research on solar, wind, efficiency, batteries, clean cars, and climate science, too.” Bonkers.)
- Gold Star Father Khizr Khan Campaigns for Clinton in Must-Win Loudoun County
- Kahn Joins Bennett for Loudoun Campaign Push
- Khan, Democratic leaders roll through Loudoun County
- A Guy In A Trump Shirt Carried A Gun Outside Of A Virginia Polling Place. Authorities Say That’s Fine. (“A man carrying a weapon outside of Loudoun County Registrars Office in Leesburg, Virginia.”)
- Last Minute Cash: What it Could Say About the State of Congressional Races (“The Congressional Leadership Fund is laying down one million dollars to help Republican Tom Garrett in the 5th congressional district. That’s a seat currently held by a retiring Republican. Stephen Farnsworth at the University of Mary Washington says that’s a sign the race is more competitive than Republicans expected.”)
- Is Donald Trump a threat to animals? (“In Virginia TV ads, Humane Society Legislative Fund argues he is” Very much so – a dire threat to animals and to the natural world broadly speaking.)
- Virginia among 3 states under possible al-Qaida threat on US election eve
- Jury finds reporter, Rolling Stone responsible for defaming U-Va. dean with gang rape story
- Documentary casts doubt on guilty verdict in 1990 Virginia murder trial (“Young lovers Jens Söring and Elizabeth Haysom were convicted for the 1985 murders of Haysom’s parents, but The Promise highlights the trial’s inconsistencies”)
- Brat faces challenger in tweaked 7th District (“The redrawn 7th District no longer includes New Kent or Hanover counties — two GOP strongholds — but has gained Powhatan, Nottoway and Amelia counties. It still includes the West End of Richmond and Henrico, as well as portions of Chesterfield County, and extends north and west to Orange, Louisa and Culpeper counties.”)
- A call for legislation and the outside investigation of all questionable deaths in Virginia jails
- Rush-hour train cuts would ratify Metro’s decline for commuters
- Two Virginia middle schoolers earn top prizes in national science competition (“Real-world challenges inspired both Kaien Yang, 14, and Eleanor Sigrest, 13.” Congratulations!)
- Thousands cast votes across the Peninsula ahead of Election Day
- Richmond has an Anthony Weiner of its own (“If Joe Morrissey is elected mayor, the city will be a laughingstock.” Agreed – Morrissey must lose!)
- Prosecutor: Joe Morrissey won’t be charged with crime, but ‘what he did was wrong and unethical’
- PACs can hide money, motives and identities in Richmond mayoral and council elections
- Bobby Junes drops out of Richmond mayoral contest, endorses Jack Berry; field drops to 5 candidates (Even more need to drop out to ensure that Joe Morrissey loses.)
- Phony email tries to fool Portsmouth residents into not voting
- Days full of sun as far as the eye can see
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