by Lowell
Here are a few national and Virginia news headlines, political and otherwise, for Saturday, November 10.
- Even for This President, It Was a Remarkable Week of Attacks on American Institutions (“President” should have air quotes around it or an asterisk after it…)
- ‘The Whole World Was on Fire’: Infernos Choke California, Piling On the Grief
- Trump Is Trapped, and Trying to Protect Himself at All Costs
- Senate Democrats weigh lawsuit over Trump Justice Department appointment
- Trump’s Election-Fraud Claims Undermine Democracy
- Trump Falsely Claims Not To Know The Man He Hand-Picked As Acting Attorney General
- Wilson Went to Paris to Bind America’s Ties to the World. Trump Is There to Loosen Them.
- For Democrats, a midterm election that keeps on giving (“Democrats appear poised to pick up between 35 and 40 seats in the House, once the last races are tallied, according to strategists in both parties. That would represent the biggest Democratic gain in the House since the post-Watergate election of 1974, when the party picked up 49 seats three months after Richard M. Nixon resigned the presidency…Democrats gained seven governorships, recouping in part losses sustained in 2010 and 2014, and picked up hundreds of state legislative seats, where they had suffered a virtual wipeout in the previous two midterm elections.”)
- Trump lost. And it wasn’t even close. (“Trumpism proved to be so politically toxic that Republicans took a shellacking.” Yep, even WITH “peace and prosperity.”)
- A new report says Trump was directly involved in campaign finance crimes (“Michael Cohen pleaded guilty to two campaign violations. The Wall Street Journal reports Trump was involved in both.”)
- If Trump Wants the Russia Investigation to End, He Should Stop Committing Crimes
- Donald Trump Played Central Role in Hush Payoffs to Stormy Daniels and Karen McDougal (“Federal prosecutors have gathered evidence of president’s participation in transactions that violated campaign-finance laws”)
- Despite GOP efforts, democracy advanced Tuesday (“Turnout set a record, and several important ballot measures passed.”)
- The Audacity of Hope in 2018: Good News and Bad News from Tuesday’s Elections
- Florida Is Living Up to Its Batsh*t Expectations (“Rick Scott is using his authority as governor to ratfck the election process with armed law-enforcement personnel.”)
- Trump’s acting attorney general involved in firm that scammed veterans out of life savings (This guy is scum. And a nutjob. Perfect fit for Trump, in other words!)
- A Vox Co-Founder Got Doxed on Twitter by a Hate-Spewing Incel, and Twitter Allowed It (“If verified users with huge followings can’t get Twitter to enforce its safety rules, what hope does everyone else have?”)
- Key takeaways about Latino voters in the 2018 midterm elections (“In U.S. congressional races nationwide, an estimated 69% of Latinos voted for the Democratic candidate and 29% backed the Republican candidate, a more than two-to-one advantage for Democrats”)
- There could be a successful carbon pricing next year despite midterms disappointment (“Oregon and states along the East Coast are ready to move on pricing greenhouse gases.” Virginia should be part of this!)
- Trump Definitely Directed the (Probably Illegal) Hush Payment to Stormy Daniels
- Whitaker said he supports state’s rights to nullify federal law (Yep, the guy is a complete crackpot.)
- Matthew Whitaker: An Attack Dog With Ambition Beyond Protecting Trump
- FBI Is Investigating Florida Company Where Whitaker Was Advisory-Board Member
- Warner expresses concerns over potential future election meddling
- In 2018, the youth vote turned out, and voted for Democrats, in droves (“The young were a decisive factor in the Democratic wave. And they may be a generation lost to Republicans.”)
- Jimmy Kimmel on Sarah Sanders: ‘She should be forced to resign’ (Yep, except she’s the perfect spokesperson – liar, pathological, etc. – for Trump.)
- Midterms Solidify States’ Political Realignments (“Virginia – which has now voted Democratic for president three elections in a row after not doing so since 1964 – is responsible for three of the Democrats’ House pickups Tuesday. Incumbent Democratic Sen. Tim Kaine won re-election by more than 15 points, and every statewide elected official is a Democrat.”)
- It’s Déjà Vu in Florida, Land of Recounts and Contested Elections
- Donald Trump Blames Deadly California Wildfires On ‘Gross Mismanagement’ Of Forests (Uh huh.)
- The Midterms Swept in a New Class of Black Politicians (“Most of the winners are under 40. And most seem likely to run for even higher offices down the line.”)
- All the Midterm Races That Remain Unresolved (“After trailing on election night, Democratic congresswoman Kyrsten Sinema has taken a tiny lead over her Republican colleague Martha McSally for an open Republican Senate seat… Scott’s small lead over incumbent Bill Nelson could soon reach the threshold for a mandatory hand recount. That’s significant because Nelson’s camp contends a major undercount of Senate votes in Broward County”)
- Fox News anchor shames Ocasio-Cortez for struggling to afford D.C. apartment (Because yeah, according to the right wing, it’s SHAMEFUL not to be rich and/or to be poor!)
- The NRA Is Running Scared Now (“Gun-control advocates won big in the midterms, even in deep-red districts.”)
- Sinema widens lead over McSally in Arizona Senate race (Great news; Sinema is looking good right now!)
- Trump, without evidence, accuses Democrats of ‘election theft’ in Florida Senate race (OK, again, why use weasel words like “without evidence” instead of LIES?)
- Nelson files lawsuit to count more votes; Scott alleges fraud
- Rubio apparently doesn’t understand how elections work (“Marco Rubio promoted a Seth Rich truther to allege Democrats are trying to ‘steal a seat in the U.S. Senate.'” Yep, Barbara Comstock was/is a huge Rubio fan!)
- Abigail Spanberger changes the face of the Virginia 7th District Congressional seat
- Virginia’s Jennifer Wexton Comes Out In Support Of D.C. Statehood
- Wexton said she’s ready to work on bipartisan solutions
- Congresswoman-elect Elaine Luria sits down with 13News Now
- Spanberger on her victory: ‘I want to be accountable’ (This is SUCH a breath of fresh air, particularly compared to the noxious Dave Brat.)
- Scott Taylor Served ‘Poetic Justice’ in Election Loss, Prosecutor Says (“Virginia Republican lost House race, but petition signature scam investigation goes on” And now, hopefully, real justice as well.)
- Graphs, Graphs, and More Graphs: Virginia Voting Patterns Since 2005 in Major Jurisdictions, Statewide
- Do Tuesday’s vote counts foreshadow a General Assembly shift? (Good to see Dave Ress back and recovered from his heart attack in August!)
- Democrats dominated Virginia again on Tuesday. That could be bad news for Republicans next year.
- Virginia State Air Pollution Board Defers Action on Proposed Air Permit for Union Hill Compressor Station
- Virginia regulators balk at voting on pipeline permit affecting historic African American community (“Pumping station is crucial for $6 billion Atlantic Coast Pipeline; vote now set for next month”)
- A precinct-by-precinct look at the three closest races for Virginia Beach’s City Council
- Arlington School Board Votes 5-0 to Add Solar on Five Schools
- Cold and windy today, then becoming somewhat milder through Monday
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