by Lowell
Here are a few national and Virginia news headlines, political and otherwise, for Monday, October 29.
- Far-right candidate Jair Bolsonaro wins presidential election in Brazil (This is an absolute, unmitigated disaster as far as I can tell.)
- Brazil’s new president is far-right populist who called a congresswoman too ugly to rape
- Merkel to Quit as Party Chief as Her Chancellorship Wobbles (That’s troubling as well.)
- Indonesian plane with 189 aboard crashes into sea
- Jewish leaders tell Trump he’s not welcome in Pittsburgh until he denounces white nationalism (Trump shouldn’t be welcome ANYWHERE until he denounces white nationalism, stops demonizing people and stoking violence.)
- Letter to President Trump from Pittsburgh Jewish Leaders (“President Trump, you are not welcome in Pittsburgh until you fully denounce white nationalism…President Trump, you are not welcome in Pittsburgh until you stop targeting and endangering all minorities…President Trump, you are not welcome in Pittsburgh until you cease your assault on immigrants and refugees…President Trump, you are not welcome in Pittsburgh until you commit yourself to compassionate, democratic policies that recognize the dignity of all of us.”)
- Trump’s Caravan Hysteria Led to This (“The president and his supporters insisted that several thousand Honduran migrants were a looming menace—and the Pittsburgh gunman took that seriously.”)
- How much responsibility does Trump bear for the synagogue shooting in Pittsburgh? (“Political rhetoric matters, and he has had some unfortunate things to say about Jews.”)
- Why Did Synagogue Suspect Believe Migrant Caravan Is Jewish Conspiracy? Maybe He Watched Fox News.
- For Trump, Dutiful Words of Grief, Then Off to the Next Fight (Disgusting.)
- A conspiracy theory about George Soros and a migrant caravan inspired horror
- Trump, GOP defiant amid allegations that incendiary rhetoric contributed to climate of violence (Lovely, zero introspection or self awareness.)
- ‘There Is Still So Much Evil’: Growing Anti-Semitism Stuns American Jews
- Trump’s Potent Toxicity (“Trump has flirted with the deepest racists and Nazis and it has not gone unnoticed, least of all by them.”)
- Fox condemns rhetoric used by Lou Dobbs guest as channel’s star host faces growing criticism (You know it’s evil when even Fox condemns it!)
- Trump’s Corruption: The Definitive List (“The many ways that the president, his family and his aides are lining their own pockets.”)
- How Trump’s Hateful Speech Raises the Risks of Violence (“Republicans’ ‘whataboutism’ ignores the central question.” They want to talk about anything but Trump’s incitement to violence, hate speech, etc. Listen to them blabber about Maxine Waters, for instance, a single member of Congress with basically zero power, compared to the PRESIDENT of the the United States, the Fox “News” network, and broad swaths of the Republican Party.)
- However the Midterms Go, the Republican Party Is Going to Get More Extreme
- Trump’s Response to the Pittsburgh Synagogue Shooting and His Obsession with the Word “Frankly” (“Trump uses the word ‘frankly’ with the same precision and thoughtfulness as he uses all words. He is a child dumping out a box of crayons. One infers that the point of “frankly” is to place a vague emphasis.”)
- The Moral Bankruptcy of Hate Speech on Gab (“The synagogue shooting shows that a platform’s policy against violence doesn’t mean much without a policy against hate speech.”)
- Republicans don’t want to acknowledge Trump’s rhetoric is fueling political divisions (“Mike Pence, Paul Ryan, and James Lankford have all brushed aside concerns.”)
- Chuck Todd and Meet The Press sanitize Erick Erickson’s garbage (In his own way, Chuck Todd has contributed to lots of bad stuff we’re seeing in America today.)
- Fox Business looks to paper over its promotion of anti-Semitic conspiracy theories (“The network has amplified neo-Nazi messages by hosting neo-Nazi sympathizers, and it’s oh-so-sorry.”)
- Trump’s America is not a safe place for Jews (“Whatever his motives, Trump’s words and deeds inspire the hateful and the violent.”)
- Trump has stoked the fears of the Bowerses among us (“If there is not cause and effect between Trump’s language and Bowers’s alleged actions, there is moral culpability.”)
- Trump’s grip on power depends on splitting the nation in two (“Absent a politics of us-versus-them, Trumpism makes no sense at all.”)
- Conservative writer explains why there’s no equivalence between Democrats’ and Republicans’ ‘incivility’: ‘Trump is applying a match to kindling’ (Also, Trump is the…wait for it…yeah, PRESIDENT!)
- Is Trump anti-Semitic? Here’s what the evidence shows
- GOP, Dems offer sharply different closing arguments for midterms
- Make Democrats Great Again—Without Pandering to Trump’s Angry Base (“It’s time to stop worrying about white fragility.”)
- Avenatti quietly builds 2020 machine (No, thanks!)
- CNN’s Brian Stelter: ‘Trump is leading a hate movement against the media’
- Juan Williams: There are too many ‘useful idiots’ in our politics
- Kaine calls for ‘wave of decency’ on Nov. 6
- Tim Kaine and Jennifer Wexton discuss the recent tragedies in America (“They stopped in Winchester for their final tour of Western Virginia”)
- Virginia Senate race means googling Placido Domingo and finding Tim Kaine
- Brand-New Poll: Abigail Spanberger 46%-Dave Brat 45% Among Likely Voters; Spanberger Leads by 3 Points Among “Most Committed Voters”
- Mark Warner Launches MASSIVE Canvass 9 Days from Election Day in Haymarket, Endorses Babur Lateef for Prince William School Board Chair
- Grading the 2018 Virginia Newspaper Endorsements: From A+ to F Minus Minus Minus (Hello RTD!)
- Virginia’s Democratic congressional hopefuls court Latino voters
- How to Vote on Virginia’s Two Constitutional Amendments on the Ballot this Year.
- Editorial: Rating list shows improvement in VA hospitals
- Editorial: Virginia’s bond system needs overhaul
- Kaye Kory: Ratifying ERA will help alleviate gender bias
- As Decision On New Central Virginia Youth Prison Looms, Advocates Continue Push For Residential Alternatives
- Peckman: Clean energy jobs are good for the economy
- ‘Little Kingdoms:’ Administration of social services in Virginia rests largely in the hands of localities. What happens when they can’t fix themselves?
- Report: Chesapeake Bay dead zone size was average this summer, but lasted longer (We’ve made progress, but still have a long ways to go on cleaning up the Bay.)
- Editorial: Winner of Habeeb seat could hold House hostage, if he dared
- ‘Add to the light in this world.’ Local Jewish community gathers to mourn victims of Pittsburgh shooting
- Red Sox close out Dodgers in Game 5 to win fourth World Series title since 2004
- A brisk Monday, but warming up to near 70 by Halloween
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