by Lowell
Here are a few national and Virginia news headlines, political and otherwise, for Tuesday, November 14.
- Sessions considering a second special counsel to probe GOP concerns, letter says (This is banana republic, tinpot dictator sh*t.)
- Global CO2 Emissions to Hit Record High in 2017 (We need to be heading rapidly in the other direction.)
- State Leaders Diss Trump Coal Revival as US Pushes ‘Cleaner’ Fossil Fuels at Climate Talks (Fossil fuels need to go. ASAP.)
- ‘Tobacco at a cancer summit’: Trump coal push savaged at climate conference (“The US administration’s attempt to portray fossil fuels as vital to reducing poverty and saving US jobs is ridiculed in Bonn”)
- Guess Which Country Was AWOL at the UN Climate Conference? (“But the resistance was there raising hell.”)
- Locals Were Troubled by Roy Moore’s Interactions with Teen Girls at the Gadsden Mall (This guy is an extremist and a complete sleazeball. What do right-wing, evangelical white people in Alabama see in him?)
- Woman says Roy Moore tried to shove her “head into his crotch” when she was 16 (“A new accuser says Moore groped her, and then said no one would believe her if she came forward”)
- The Secret Correspondence Between Donald Trump Jr. and WikiLeaks (“The transparency organization asked the president’s son for his cooperation—in sharing its work, in contesting the results of the election, and in arranging for Julian Assange to be Australia’s ambassador to the United States.”)
- What We Learned from Donald Trump Jr.’s WikiLeaks Messages (“WikiLeaks Was Trying to Help Trump, But Wanted to Appear Impartial…Trump Jr. Was Eager to Find Clinton Dirt, Regardless of the Source…If Someone Was Coordinating the Leaks, It Wasn’t Trump Jr…Trump Jr. May Have Acted on WikiLeaks’ Requests…Other Officials Knew WikiLeaks Was in Contact With the Campaign”
- The clown goes abroad (“President Trump’s Asia tour has been at times a disaster, at times a farce.” Trump’s supporters, as usual, appear completely oblivious to the damage Trump is doing to our country.)
- If the tax bill is so great, why does the GOP keep lying about it? (“Answer: Because it’s actually terrible.” Really keeping my eyes on Barbara Comstock and Scott Taylor on this one.)
- President Trump’s Thing for Thugs (“The degree to which he grovels before some of the world’s most unsavory leaders hurts U.S. credibility and influence.” Thugs are Trump’s kindred spirits.)
- Krugman: Republican Class Warfare: The Next Generation
- How Rupert Murdoch destroyed the Republican Party
- Susan Rice: Trump Is Making China Great Again
- What to Watch for as Sessions Testifies on Russia Contacts (“Attorney General Jeff Sessions is almost certain to be asked to clarify his past statements in light of disclosures that members of the Trump campaign had contacts with Russia. He will testify at 10 a.m. Eastern before the House Judiciary Committee.”)
- We’ve Always Known Roy Moore Is Lawless (“It’s why Alabama Republicans voted for him.”)
- Mitch McConnell believes the women. Kellyanne Conway doesn’t. (McConnell believes the women because it’s in his own self interest to do so. McConnell is an absolutely cynical, amoral political operator.)
- The Stakes in Alabama (“For Democrats, winning in December and taking down Roy Moore would mean more than just getting another Senate seat.”)
- One year later: How do we resist Donald Trump’s malignant reality? (“A year after Trump’s election, a numbness has set in. We must resist that too; it’s poisonous to democracy”)
- Moore expulsion idea splits Senate Republicans (“Some lawmakers say talk about booting the Alabama candidate from office if he wins could just propel his campaign.”)
- Don’t Count on the Cabinet to Stop a Trump-Ordered Nuclear Strike (“James Mattis and Rex Tillerson can’t stop a nuclear war if President Trump wants one, says former Defense Secretary Bill Perry.”)
- Trump faces big choice on Moore’s fate
- Volvo pulls its ads from Hannity after Moore coverage
- This is how a superpower commits suicide (Great job, Trump supporters, you really showed ’em there, huh?)
- How Roy Moore Could Lose Alabama’s Senate Race
- GOP megadonor Adelson publicly breaks with Bannon (“Las Vegas casino mogul Sheldon Adelson, the GOP’s most prominent megadonor, is publicly breaking with former White House chief strategist Steve Bannon over his efforts to oust Republican incumbents in 2018.”)
- Joe Biden squashes idea that he might have taken over Hillary Clinton’s presidential run
- Joe Biden blasts Trump on Charlottesville: ‘Silence is complicity’ — and the president’s ‘was deafening’
- Natural gas has no climate benefit and may make things worse (Attention Terry McAuliffe, Ralph Northam, etc.)
- Northam’s Transition Team Leader Has Ties to Companies Behind Atlantic Coast Pipeline (Actually, at least three of the four Northam transition team members are pro-pipelines. Definitely keeping an eye on this situation; can’t say I’m at all pleased about it.)
- How the ‘Resistance’ Helped Democrats Dominate Virginia (“For campaign managers like Kathryn Sorenson, much of their job was simply channeling the enormous wave of energy that came their way.”)
- Gillespie campaign manager to Republicans running in 2018: ‘Good luck’
- ‘This intensity was unstoppable’: campaign managers in Virginia governor’s race dish (“Top operatives talk about the role of Trump, Confederate monuments and controversial ads”)
- Democrats claim absentee ballots in a key Va. House race were uncounted (“Registrar disputes claim; race is one of three that will determine control of Richmond’s lower chamber.”)
- Study urges Virginia to take a different approach to compensating state employees
- Stafford County elections officials defer action on 55 absentee ballots; control of Virginia House of Delegates still undetermined
- Del. David Yancey could be key player in 2018 GA session — if recount leaves him ahead (“Dick Cranwell, the Roanoke lawyer who was Democratic leader when the House was split 50-50 in 1998 and 1999, said a narrowly-divided body can create opportunities for legislators to build alliances on legislation that crosses party lines.”)
- Yancey lead over Simonds down to 10 votes in 94th District race (This recount is going to be a nail biter, in which either candidate could win. Yancey’s premature declaration of victory on Twitter is a lie, of course.)
- Yancey up after provisional ballot count; Simonds to call for recount
- Finalized vote count in Chesterfield puts Northam in lead, making him first Democrat to carry county since 1961 (Amazing.)
- Provisional Ballot Count Underway for Key Virginia Races (“A handful of votes could shift power in the Virginia House of Delegates” This report starts off with a major error: there is NOT a Republican majority of 51-49 seats right now. We’ll see after all the ballots are counted and probably recounted.)
- Richmond County becomes second locality in state to ban fracking
- Spotsylvania football players have a constutitional right to kneel during national anthem, School Board says
- Richmond totals $16.9 million surplus for fiscal year 2017 as city completes annual financial report on time
- D.C.-area forecast: Morning cloudiness clears for sunshine both today and tomorrow; warmer by Thursday
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