by Lowell
Here are a few national and Virginia news headlines, political and otherwise, for Thursday, October 15.
- Europe, Which Thought It Had the Virus Tamed, Faces a Resurgence (“London will face tighter restrictions and France imposed a curfew on Paris and other major cities. Here’s the latest.”)
- Targeted Ecosystem Restoration Can Protect Climate, Biodiversity (“A new study identifies vast areas of farm and cropland that could be converted back to natural conditions to protect species and store carbon.” Let’s do it!)
- Restoring Farmland Could Drastically Slow Extinctions, Fight Climate Change (“Returning strategic parts of the world’s farmlands to nature could help mitigate both climate change and biodiversity loss, a new study found.”)
- As Virus Spread, Reports of Trump Administration’s Private Briefings Fueled Sell-Off
- U.S. Virus Cases Climb Toward a Third Peak (“We are headed in the wrong direction, and that’s reflected not only in the number of new cases but also in test positivity and the number of hospitalizations”)
- Exclusive: Feds chased suspected foreign link to Trump’s 2016 campaign cash for three years
- Trump argues pandemic is over to avoid accountability (“The President, 19 days before the election, is trying to pull the wool over voters’ eyes so they won’t hold him accountable”)
- Trump ‘not happy’ with Barr, won’t commit to keeping AG in potential second term (Barr’s horrible, but not horrible enough for Trump, apparently.)
- Stimulus Doomed by Diverging Goals of Trump, Pelosi, McConnell
- Barrett’s refusal to recuse on the election is disqualifying
- The Heartlessness of Amy Coney Barrett’s Originalism (We’ll see if she sticks with “originalism” on having muskets in a well-regulated militia, lol)
- Amy Coney Barrett Won’t Say Trump’s Obvious Lawlessness Is Lawless (“Her refusal to answer basic questions is not judicial independence. It’s aiding and abetting the president’s election fraud.”)
- Amy Coney Barrett refuses to say whether Medicare is constitutional
- Amy Coney Barrett refuses to tell Kamala Harris if she thinks climate change is happening (That *should* be disqualifying.)
- Amy Coney Barrett’s Remarks on Climate Change Raise Alarm That a Climate Denier Is About to Join the Supreme Court
- Notre Dame calendars show more events not listed on Amy Coney Barrett’s Senate paperwork
- Booker Doubles Down On Barrett In Continued Exchange About Racism
- Democrats are resigned to losing the supreme court battle – but set on winning the war
- Last Exit From Autocracy (“America survived one Trump term. It wouldn’t survive a second.”)
- Across the country, Democratic enthusiasm is propelling an enormous wave of early voting
- Trump struggles to mount clear closing argument against Biden, careening toward Election Day with disjointed message
- Biden raised whopping $383M in September
- Kamala Harris proves her mettle
- ‘He’s getting a bit desperate’: Trump tramples government boundaries as election nears
- Biden Has 11-Point Lead Over Trump Less Than Three Weeks to Election Day (“A new Wall Street Journal/NBC News poll of registered voters shows Joe Biden leading the president 53% to 42%”)
- Democrats urge early voting, massive turnout as Trump stokes fears of contested election
- More than 5 million people with felony convictions can’t vote in this year’s election, advocacy group finds (Why should you not regain your right to vote once you’ve served your time?)
- Facebook, Twitter Restrictions on Biden Article Infuriate Trump (He’s furious because everyone’s not spreading the Russian disinformation.)
- Giuliani and the New York Post Are Pushing Russian Disinformation. It’s a Big Test for the Media. (So far, several members of the media – Maggie Haberman of the NY Times, Jake Sherman of Politico, etc. – massively FAILED.)
- Biden campaign lashes out at New York Post (And for good reason; the NY Post is a far-right-wing propaganda outfit.)
- Allegation on Biden Prompts Pushback From Social Media Companies (And for good reason.)
- As one of Trump’s conspiracy theories bites the dust, he moves on to new pseudo-scandals
- The New York Post’s Hunter Biden smear story doesn’t make any sense
- Trump Knew for Days That Rudy’s Hit on Hunter Biden Was Coming (Appalling.)
- Man Who Reportedly Gave Hunter’s Laptop to Rudy Speaks Out in Bizarre Interview (Nutjobs.)
- Anti-Biden Disinformation Decried by Disinfo Experts, Social-Media Giants
- Hunter Biden’s alleged laptop: An explainer (It’s basically trash.)
- Rudy Found Hunter Biden Emails That Totally Weren’t Stolen by Russia
- Rudy Giuliani Posts Footage of Himself Mocking Asians to YouTube
- Facebook Limited The Reach Of An Unconfirmed Story About Joe Biden’s Son Hunter. Twitter Blocked It.
- Rudy Giuliani Will Need to Try Harder Than This
- Fox News portrayed it as one of the biggest scandals in American history. Then it fell apart (Fox is a complete joke.)
- NBC Is Giving Donald Trump, Who Refused to Debate Joe Biden This Week, a TV Special Instead (Chuckles Todd is apparently behind this one.)
- Videos show closed-door sessions of leading conservative activists: ‘Be not afraid of the accusations that you’re a voter suppressor’ (Yep, that’s who these people are!)
- Fringe right-wing websites are pumping content into a network of pro-Trump Facebook groups
- North Carolina Voters Distrust Trump and Tillis, Poll Finds, Imperiling G.O.P.
- California Republican Party says it will not comply with state’s cease and desist order on ballot drop boxes
- ‘Failed By The Courts’: Texans Hoping To Vote By Mail Have To Hit The Polls Instead (Not by “the courts” generically; they were “failed by” three Trump-appointed judges.)
- President Trump’s son Barron had coronavirus (“The first lady disclosed Wednesday that her son experienced no symptoms and has since tested negative.”)
- The Remarkable Effectiveness of Pete Buttigieg on Fox News (In general, no Democrat should go on Fox or other right-wing media, but Buttigieg is truly amazing at this.)
- Video: Elaine for Congress Campaign Rolls Out Digital Ad “Be Good”
- Poll: Biden +21 pts. (58%-37%) in VA10; Rep. Jennifer Wexton (D-VA10) +22 pts. (58%-36%)
- New Poll Shows Dr. Cameron Webb Ahead in VA-05 Race, 47%-45%
- VA House Democrats Celebrate Passage of Crucial Legislation
- Virginia budget negotiators reach deal
- Virginia’s General Assembly Just Gave Police Some Civilian Oversight
- Del. Mark Levine: The Combo of Amy Coney Barrett on the Supreme Court and Virginia Passing Amendment 1 Could Prove Disastrous For LGBT Equality
- BREAKING: Judge Grants Request to Extend Virginia Voter Registration Deadline Until 11:59 PM Thursday, 10/15
- Federal judge extends Virginia voter registration through Thursday
- Wednesday (10/14) Virginia Data on COVID-19 Finds +805 Confirmed/Probable Cases (to 161,610), +30 Hospitalizations (to 11,628), +9 Deaths (to 3,381)
- Sean Perryman: Why I’m Running For Lieutenant Governor [UPDATED with Exclusive Interview]
- ‘A lot at stake for communities of color’: Race takes central role in redistricting fight (If you’re white, this is a chance to be an all of Black Virginians by voting NO on 1.)
- Division over redistricting could delay enactment of revised budget until after the election
- Why Virginia colleges have reported vastly different COVID case counts
- Governor Northam Announces Mid-Atlantic Wind Training Alliance to Build Wind Energy Workforce in Virginia
- Editorial: Northam plot shows need to tone down rhetoric (Gotta love how they made the headline general, instead of specifically about Trump, who is the person overwhelmingly to blame, although at least they did single out Trump in the actual editorial.)
- Pipeline opponent falsely said to be part of Antifa, lawsuit claims (Is there even an actual organization “Antifa?” Seems like more of a right-wing bogeyman.)
- Justice is delayed for Bijan Ghaisar — again
- Fairfax County Opens Thirteen New Early Voting Locations
- In Southwest Virginia, aging wastewater systems pose big problems for cash-strapped communities
- Leader of Black Lives Matter 757 found guilty of blocking traffic at Hampton protest
- The Unique Way Richmond Elects Its Mayor (“So in Richmond, the person who receives the most votes city-wide doesn’t necessarily win. A candidate must get the most votes in five of the city’s nine districts. Essentially, Richmond’s mayoral race is like nine mini-elections.”)
- Fairfax school enrollment drops nearly 5%; taxpayers unlikely to get a break
- Some Chesapeake teachers told they can’t work from home anymore
- Delightfully warm today while Friday showers clear out in time for a fine fall weekend
