by Lowell
Here are a few national and Virginia news headlines, political and otherwise, for Sunday, November 1.
- Super typhoon Goni makes two landfalls in the Philippines after mass evacuations
- Pope Criticizes People Who Complain About Pandemic Restrictions (“On the other hand, we have an increase in numbers of those who mercilessly profited from the misfortune of others, those who think only about themselves, who protested or complained about certain restrictive measures, unable to accept that not everyone has the same abilities and resources to face the pandemic”)
- Prime Minister Boris Johnson imposes stay-at-home order in England as coronavirus cases surge
- Rift between Fauci and White House bursts open (“The White House unloaded on Fauci after he called out Trump for allowing a neuroradiologist with no training with infectious disease to shape coronavirus strategy” Fauci, of course, is right, and the Trumpsters are wildly wrong.)
- U.S. Officials Warn Close Vote Will Fuel Russian Disinformation
- Trump’s Favorite COVID Adviser Goes on Kremlin-Backed RT to Blast Lockdowns as ‘Epic Failure’ (“Scott Atlas also made a point to complain about criticism he’s faced for his coronavirus guidance, calling it a ‘sad statement’ that the media ‘destroyed’ him.”)
- U.S. Faces Biggest Week of 2020 With Election, Fed, Jobs Report
- ‘A whole lot of hurt’: Fauci warns of covid-19 surge, offers blunt assessment of Trump’s response
- U.S. Adds Almost 100,000 New Coronavirus Cases In 1 Day As Colder Weather Sets In
- Trump’s Pathology Is Now Clear (“As the coronavirus spreads uncontrolled across the U.S., the president has gone from downplaying the pandemic to COVID denial.”)
- Companies Fret Over Coronavirus Despite Rebound in Demand
- Why Are Republicans So Afraid of Voters? (“There is no ‘both sides do it’ when it comes to intentionally keeping Americans away from the polls.”)
- Trump campaign rallies led to more than 30,000 coronavirus cases, Stanford researchers say
- Analysis: Dishonesty Has Defined Trump’s Presidency. The Consequences Could Be Lasting.
- Why Trump Can’t Afford to Lose (“The President has survived one impeachment, twenty-six accusations of sexual misconduct, and an estimated four thousand lawsuits. That run of good luck may well end, perhaps brutally, if Joe Biden wins.”)
- Barack Obama is making the argument for Joe Biden — by roasting Trump
- Joe Biden: from a campaign that came close to folding to the verge of victory
- More than 91 million ballots cast as of Saturday, as hopes and tensions magnify ahead of Election Day
- Trump Can Still Win, But The Polls Would Have To Be Off By Way More Than In 2016
- What America would be like under a President Biden (“To begin with, it would not be Joe Biden’s America, which in itself says something significant about the difference. The nation would return to a time when most Americans were not forced daily to contemplate the president’s latest provocation, government officials would be picked based on competence and commitment to service, not their capability to play the sycophant, and the president would judge his success based on legislative accomplishments rather than TV ratings.”)
- Democrats grow more anxious about Pennsylvania
- What Will Happen to the Lawyers Who Aided and Abetted Donald Trump? (“The legal profession is supposed to have standards.”)
- EXPLAINER: A long night, or more, before president is known (“Both Florida and Georgia allow election officials to begin processing ballots weeks before election day, allowing the count to go much more quickly. The timeline for calling races in the two states probably won’t be much different than what voters have experienced in the past, unless the races are simply too close to call. If Biden wins either state, the prospects of a Trump victory are severely damaged. Same goes for North Carolina.”)
- Trump Blankets Pennsylvania, While Obama Joins Biden On Michigan Trail
- Lincoln Project targets 3 deep red states with million-dollar ad buy as election map ‘turning against’ Trump
- Joe Biden Bet It All on Nostalgia and Sanity….It Just Might Work
- Trump Camp Uses Online Gimmick to Fuel Donations Into December
- Post-ABC polls: Biden has slight lead in Pennsylvania; Florida a toss-up (51%-44% Biden in PA, 50%-48% Trump in FL)
- Election at Hand, Biden Leads Trump in Four Key States, Poll Shows (Biden +6 in AZ, +3 in FL, +6 in PA, +11 in WI; BTW, I’m mostly ignoring the Des Moines Register Iowa poll showing Trump up 7 points, because by all indications, it’s an outlier and also just totally screwed up if you look at the “internals,” the CD breakdowns, etc. Amazing it was even published.)
- CNN Polls: Biden leads in Michigan and Wisconsin as campaign ends, with tighter races in Arizona and North Carolina (In AZ, Biden 50%-Trump 46%; in WI, Biden 52%-Trump 44%; in NC, Biden 51%-Trump 45%; in MI, Biden 53%-Trump 41%)
- U.S. judge to hear Republican bid to void 100,000 votes in Texas
- One of the plaintiffs trying to throw out drive-thru votes in Harris County, Texas, is a COVID and QAnon conspiracy theorist (They should be laughed out of court.)
- “It’s wholly un-American”: Harris County drive-thru voters await court rulings as Texas Republicans push to invalidate 127,000 votes (This is totally unacceptable.)
- ‘All cash’: LeBron praises Obama’s silky three-pointer on campaign trail (“Obama casually drains three-pointer while in Flint for rally”)
- Sean Connery, Actor And The Original James Bond, Dies At 90
- ‘It’s too important now’: Record turnout, Black voters fuel Democratic hopes in Georgia (“An influx of newly registered voters, most of them Black, could make Joe Biden the first Democratic presidential nominee to carry the state since 1992.”)
- Vehicles flying Trump flags try to force a Biden-Harris campaign bus off a highway in Texas.
- Trump Tweets Support for Fans Who Swarmed Biden Bus: ‘I LOVE TEXAS!’ (Trump is encouraging violence yet again.)
- Biden camp cancels multiple Texas events after a “Trump Train” surrounded a campaign bus (There need to be a bunch of arrests in this case, ASAP.)
- N.C. police arrest at least 8, spray ‘pepper-based vapor’ to disperse voter turnout march that included kids (WTF???)
- North Carolina’s Police Attack on Election Marchers Had a Long History Behind It (“A racist sheriff and a system of voter suppression meet in a cloud of pepper spray.”)
- SNL Ditches Trump to Bet on a Joe Biden and Kamala Harris Victory
- Editor’s note in the Atlantic claims deception by Ruth Shalit Barrett in niche-sports story
- NEW AD: Former Gov. Terry McAuliffe Encourages Virginians To Make A Plan To Vote
- Photos: With 3 Days to Go Until the Most Important Election Of Our Lives, Democrats GOTV Across Virginia
- Political newcomer faces uphill battle against Virginia Senator Mark Warner (Gade certainly hasn’t acted like the “moderate Republican” he sometimes claims to be. Go Warner!)
- When will you know the winners? What to expect on election night. (“This year, you’ll probably go to sleep without knowing the next president” It’s possible we won’t know, but it’s possible we WILL know. We’ll see. We should definitely know who won the presidential and U.S. Senate races in Virginia.)
- Sen. Tim Kaine, Cameron Webb campaign in Southside Virginia as early voting ends (“Duo visits Danville, Halifax, Collinsville and Gretna on Saturday”)
- Opinion: Vote for Joe Biden and Kamala Harris (“Democratic Party of Virginia Chairwoman Susan Swecker makes her party’s closing argument on behalf of Joe Biden and Kamala Harris.”)
- As VA-07 Marks 250,000 Ballots Cast, Spanberger Releases Statement on Final Day of Early Voting in Virginia
- A Few Things to Watch For in VA07 on Tuesday Night…
- A Few Things to Watch For in VA02 on Tuesday Night…
- Knocking on Doors in Manassas for Qasim Rashid and the Democrats
- Saturday (10/31) Virginia Data on COVID-19 Finds +1,551 Confirmed/Probable Cases (to 181,190), +93 Hospitalizations (to 12,604), +11 Deaths (to 3,654)
- Election officials gear up for unprecedented day at the polls
- Opinion: Amendment 1 is an imperfect attempt to curb imperfect habits (That’s so Gordon Morse-ian….lol)
- Virginians wait as long as seven hours on last day of early voting (“Virginia Beach saw astounding lines amid record-breaking turnout.” This is a form of poll tax…on people’s time!)
- Hampton Roads voters face long lines on the last day of early voting (Ridiculous.)
- CASEY: Voters cannot be required to wear masks to polls Tuesday
- The young and the (politically) restless: First-time voters talk momentous election
- Winter is coming to Central Virginia, causing concerns of COVID resurgence
- Editorial: Resume classroom instruction safely, but soon (Sure, IF it can be done safely…for students, teachers, staff and also the families of all those people.)
- In Alexandria, a safety net seemingly came out of thin air — and then disappeared
- Saturday was October’s chilliest day; Sunday will be the year’s longest
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