by Lowell
Here are a few national and Virginia news headlines, political and otherwise, for Friday, August 10. Also, check out the bats***-crazy Barbara Comstock ad, about which conservative columnist Jennifer Rubin writes: “Comstock’s first ad against her moderate Democratic opponent, state Sen. Jennifer Wexton, is about — you guessed it — MS-13, exactly like Gillespie tried against now-Gov. Ralph Northam…Contrary to Comstock’s inflammatory ad, crime has been dropping in Virginia…By running the ad, she has signaled that the only way she thinks she can get elected is by ginning up the far-right GOP base. It didn’t work for Gillespie, and it’s not likely to work any better for her.”
- Dow is set to tumble triple digits as Turkey’s crashing currency rattles global markets
- Lira collapses as Erdogan tells Turks ‘they have their dollar, we have our god’
- 2018 Is Shaping Up to Be the Fourth-Hottest Year. Yet We’re Still Not Prepared for Global Warming. (“It’s hot. But it may not be the new normal yet. Temperatures are still rising.” And people like Ralph Northam clearly don’t have a clue about “the science.”)
- US crude sanctions against Iran could make maintaining the world’s oil supply ‘very challenging,’ IEA says
- More ‘crushing’ sanctions ahead for Russia in hard-hitting Senate bill — if it passes (“The Defending American Security from Kremlin Aggression Act of 2018 (DASKAA), spearheaded by Republican Senator Lindsey Graham, details broad sanctions on investments in Russian energy projects, Russian sovereign debt, and national banks.”)
- North Korea blasts U.S.’ “shameless and impertinent behavior” as tensions remain high (Wait, I thought Trump told us this problem was solved. Yeah, right, hahaha.)
- New U.S. sanctions “declaration of economic war,” Russian PM says
- Judge in Manafort trial concedes mistake after berating Mueller’s prosecutors (Weird, weir dude.)
- U.S. Officials Worked Behind Trump’s Back to Keep Him From Blowing Up NATO
- New data makes it clear: Nonvoters handed Trump the presidency
- Facebook Banned Infowars. Now What?
- The Pragmatic Left Is Winning (“For once, Democrats are not in disarray.” But, but, but…the corporate media has been pushing their favorite “Democrats divided!” narrative HARD.)
- Melania Trump’s Parents Become U.S. Citizens, Using ‘Chain Migration’ Trump Hates
- Kobach says he’ll recuse himself as vote count discrepancies found in Kansas GOP primary
- Judge halts mother-daughter deportation, threatens to hold Sessions in contempt
- Judge blocks administration from deporting asylum seekers — but the government already had two on a plane
- White anxiety finds a home at Fox News (“It wasn’t so much a dog whistle as it was an airhorn. Or perhaps a primal scream. But whatever it was, Laura Ingraham’s forceful denunciation of “massive demographic changes” served as another raw example of a Fox News host echoing white nationalist language.”)
- Laura Ingraham’s Anti-Immigrant Rant Was So Racist It Was Endorsed by Ex-KKK Leader David Duke
- Ingraham Another Super-Patriot Who Doesn’t Actually Like, Much Less Love, America
- Prosecutors Expected To Rest Friday After Scrutiny Of Paul Manafort’s Finances
- Democrats Seize On GOP Ethics Scandals In Midterms, Because It’s Worked Before
- Jason Kessler and the ‘alt-right’ implosion after Charlottesville (“In a wide-ranging phone interview, Kessler says he has sought to distance himself from the movement, which he describes as having devolved into an ‘unhealthy obsession’ with Jews.”)
- NFL players raise fists, kneel and stay off field during national anthem
- ICE Is the Sharp Edge of the Trump Administration*’s Policy of Making America White (“The results are predictably inhumane.”)
- Climate Change Destroys the Lives of the Poorest Human Beings First (“History will not look kindly on us for this, or for any other aspect of our environmental record.”)
- The White Nationalists Are Winning (“The organizers of the Charlottesville march have faced setbacks and humiliations, but their arguments are seeping into mainstream conservativism.”)
- The Trump Administration Is Politicizing the Tragedy of California’s Catastrophic Wildfires
- How Trump Radicalized ICE (“A long-running inferiority complex, vast statutory power, a chilling new directive from the top—inside America’s unfolding immigration tragedy”)
- Why is Alex Jones still allowed on Twitter? (“The notorious conspiracy theorist has been kicked off other sites for violating anti-hate speech and other rules”)
- ‘Back at Charlottesville in no time flat’: Heather Heyer’s mom warns against ceding ground to white nationalists
- Give Hillary credit: Clinton didn’t win, but she inspired a sea change for women candidates (“Record numbers of women are running — and winning. Clinton’s loss in 2016 no doubt helped pave the way”)
- What’s A Winning Profile For A Democrat In 2018? (“According to our data, women have won 65 percent (90 of 138) of decided open Democratic primary races featuring at least one man and one woman.”)
- The Pentagon is giving Trump his Space Force. Congress may take it away. (“It all comes down to a defense budget fight for 2020.”)
- Trump blows up GOP’s formula for winning House races (“A POLITICO analysis of the vote breakdown in Ohio’s special election shows that the party’s suburban problem might be even deeper than feared.”)
- Obama midterm endorsements seen as too little, too late by Dem critics
- The handwritten notes exposing what Fusion GPS told DOJ about Trump
- After Charlottesville, solving the problem of angry men: What does healthy masculinity look like? (“Salon talks to sociologist Michael Kimmel about radicalized men, extremism, white supremacy and Jordan Peterson”)
- Barbara Comstock mimics Ed Gillespie and Corey Stewart (“Comstock’s first ad against her moderate Democratic opponent, state Sen. Jennifer Wexton, is about — you guessed it — MS-13, exactly like Gillespie tried against now-Gov. Ralph Northam…Contrary to Comstock’s inflammatory ad, crime has been dropping in Virginia…By running the ad, she has signaled that the only way she thinks she can get elected is by ginning up the far-right GOP base. It didn’t work for Gillespie, and it’s not likely to work any better for her.”)
- ‘Unite The Right’ Rally Forced Charlottesville To Rethink Town’s Racial History
- Tim Kaine Will Not Back Down in the Face of Hatred After Charlottesville
- Was last year’s rally in Charlottesville really protected speech? City may yet get an answer
- Seventeen signatures is just ‘the tip of the iceberg’ in 2nd District petition controversy, attorney says
- Sixth District Appeal Filed With RPV Over Controversial $30,000 Motion
- Signs of change sought as Charlottesville’s new police chief is put to the test
- Changes to Charlottesville government could go beyond new leadership
- New billboards target Rep. Morgan Griffith’s voting record (“The billboards have the following messages: ‘Morgan Griffith voted to cut Medicaid by 35%,’ ‘Morgan Griffith voted to allow more pollution of our streams,’ and ‘Morgan Griffith voted to take away our healthcare.'” All accurate. All great reasons why Griffith should lose on November 6.)
- Charlottesville activists alarmed by security plans and other measures
- Editorial: Globalism is actually helping Danville (and lots other places) (The Roanoke Times goes from a REALLY stupid editorial yesterday to a smart one today.)
- Schapiro: Dealing with trouble by making more of it (As usual, I have no idea what Schapiro has to say, because he’s behind a paywall now.)
- Williams: What’s changed since Charlottesville’s deadly racism rally? Not nearly enough.
- D.C. prepares for Sunday showdown between white supremacists and counterprotesters
- Virginia to spend $14 million from Volkswagen settlement on electric-car charging network (“The state has chosen EVgo of Los Angeles to build and operate hundreds of charging stations.”)
- Poquoson settles lawsuit against police officer, but won’t reveal dollar amount paid
- Richmond Public Schools has millions more for school maintenance than originally thought
- Cash in on today’s sunshine because a soggy streak starts tomorrow
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