by Lowell
Here are a few national and Virginia news headlines, political and otherwise, for Tuesday, October 30. Remember, polls open in 6 days, 23 hours, 10 minutes…make sure you vote then, or early/absentee this week. And make sure you vote DEMOCRATIC up and down the ballot!
- Republicans Scrambling (“All of a sudden, the GOP is racing to save districts it once thought were safe.” Freak-out time? Case in point: Barbara Comstock totally losing it yesterday on the Kojo Nnamdi Show.)
- Dems seek to expand House fight one week before midterms
- Dems regain momentum in final days of battle for House
- Humanity has wiped out 60% of animals since 1970, major report finds (“The huge loss is a tragedy in itself but also threatens the survival of civilisation, say the world’s leading scientists” Great job, humans, helluva species we’ve got here!)
- Donald Trump’s rhetoric has stoked antisemitism and hatred, experts warn (“The president’s tone has come under scrutiny after the Pittsburgh massacre of 11 Jews and ‘does not discourage people from acting out their terrifying views’”)
- Hate Is on the Ballot Next Week (“Don’t let the whataboutists and bothsiders tell you it isn’t.”)
- Pittsburgh suspect echoed talking point that dominated Fox News airwaves
- The GOP’s Caravan Propaganda Is Aiding Nazis for No Good Reason
- Exclusive: Trump to terminate birthright citizenship (“Trump’s power to do this through executive action is debatable to say the least.”)
- How Trump-Fed Conspiracies About Migrant Caravan Intersect With Deadly Hatred
- U. S. will deploy 5,200 additional troops to the Mexican border, officials say (Why?)
- Trump to Send 5,200 Troops to Border for Preelection Stunt
- U.S.-Funded Broadcaster to Suspend Employees Behind ‘Multimillionaire Jew’ Soros Report (Try “fire immediately.”)
- Mike Pence Gets Jews For Jesus ‘Rabbi’ To Pray For Pittsburgh Synagogue Victims (A “Jew for Jesus” is what’s known as a…Christian.)
- Pence sets off firestorm with campaign prayer by ‘Christian rabbi’
- Don’t tell me that ‘both sides’ need to do better (“Trump has opened space for unapologetic advocates of white supremacy, anti-Semitism and other biases to spew their venom.”)
- Hasn’t Trump suffered enough? (“I’m sorry I blamed you. Now can you tone it down?”)
- Trump isn’t to blame. His entire party is. (I agree that the entire Republican Party is to blame, but I’d also blame Trump. It’s both.)
- Are Republicans moral cowards, or just historically ignorant? (“The GOP needs to ensure that Pittsburgh remains a spasm of the awful past — and not a harbinger of an even worse future.”)
- Complainer-in-chief Trump whines to Fox News that Obama wasn’t blamed for Charleston church massacre (Obama didn’t stoke violence and demonize people – he did the exact opposite, in fact. Trump does.)
- We Can Replace Them (“In Georgia, a chance to rebuke white nationalism.”)
- American Democracy Is Malfunctioning in Tragic Fashion (“…the pluralist American model badly needs shoring up, and some of the necessary measures are obvious ones. The United States needs new gun laws that make it impossible for anyone full of hate to accumulate a personal armory. It needs restraints on the propagation of hate speech that take account of the fearsome reach and power of the Internet. It needs changes to the electoral system that empower the will of the majority, while still affording protections for minorities. And the country needs a President who isn’t an arsonist.”)
- The Pittsburgh Shooting and the Dark, Specific Logic of Online Hatred
- Trump sends racist tweet about Andrew Gillum, Democratic gubernatorial candidate in Florida (“A foghorn instead of a dogwhistle.”)
- Instagram Is the Alt-Right’s New Favorite Haven (Vast swaths of social media are toxic cesspools.)
- Controversial Gab platform faces crackdown after Pittsburgh shooting (“GoDaddy, which hosted its domain, and PayPal, both ended service to the social media company on Monday.”)
- Pilot ‘Sully’ Sullenberger: ‘This is not the America I know and love’
- Team Clinton says there’s no way Hillary’s running again
- How Fox & Friends Warps the News for Its Most Powerful Viewer (“The hosts don’t want to talk about the consequences of Trump’s rhetoric—only the rudeness of liberals who criticize Trump’s rhetoric.”)
- No, Republicans, Not Everyone Incites Violence (“There are always fringe elements. Most presidents don’t deliberately inflame them.”)
- How Hysteria And Hatred About Migrants Spread From Fox To Trump — And Pittsburgh (“There is no crisis except for the one that Fox News and Trump have sought to create in order to get GOP voters to the polls.”)
- Tucker Carlson’s descent into white supremacy: A timeline
- White Supremacists Are Out of the Shadows and Running for Office (“As Republicans.”)
- Trump’s Latest Claims About Migrant Caravan Echo Language Used by Pittsburgh Shooter (“Both the president and the suspect in the synagogue massacre have called the caravan an invasion”)
- Mail Bomb Suspect Reportedly Had List Of More Than 100 Potential Targets
- Why Are Democrats Looking So Strong In The Midwest?
- Twitter’s rumored killing of the “like” button highlights its misplaced priorities (“Contention over the ‘like’ button reveals deeper tensions among Twitter and its user base.”)
- House incumbents should return to work (This “Tronc”-owned rag is a joke in general, but it’s editorial page is particularly bad. They did manage to endorse Kaine over neo-Confederate Corey, but other than that…#FAIL)
- Sen. Tim Kaine visits MBU students; fields questions about healthcare, medical marijuana
- Video: Panicked Dave Brat Almost Knocks People Over Running Away From College Student Asking Him About His History of Plagiarism
- Vangie Williams: Rob Wittman Must Denounce Political Vandalism NOW
- Comstock Campaigns With Gingrich Two Days After He Says Press Deserve To Be Called “Enemy Of The People”
- Video: At Corey Stewart Rally, VA-06 Republican Chair Declares, “We need to do everything we can to turn that ‘blue wave’ into a BLUE GRAVE.”
- Virginia’s proposed carbon rule gets lower emissions cap, adds environmental justice component (Good, now DITCH THE PIPELINES.)
- Barbara Comstock Blows Up At Kojo Nnamdi, Callers Over Questions About Her Record On Gun Violence Legislation and Hate Crimes
- Fairfax police: Bijan Ghaisar had no weapon when he was killed by Park Police (Someone needs to be tried for this murder.)
- Arlington County Board contest pits Democrat against unaffiliated incumbent (The sub-header on this article is complete bulls***.)
- Arlington Candidates Blanket Facebook With Hundreds of Ads in Run-Up to the Midterm Elections
- Metro budget proposal includes more service to win back riders
- Nice autumn weather, then late-week showers before drier weekend
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