by Lowell
Here are a few national and Virginia news headlines, political and otherwise, for Thursday, November 5.
- Asia’s retreat from coal power gathers momentum (Ditch it, ASAP!)
- The Kremlin keeps quiet on the election as the outcome remains unclear.
- Coronavirus updates: United States tops 100,000 new coronavirus cases in a day for first time
- A Dreadful New Peak for the American Pandemic (“The country recorded more than 100,000 coronavirus cases today—the highest single-day total since the pandemic began.”)
- Uncertainty, Trump loom over packed year-end agenda
- Biden Edges Closer as the Final Ballots Put Trump on a Tightrope (“Key battleground states of Georgia and Pennsylvania are tightening in favor of Biden, but Arizona is giving Trump a glimmer of hope.”)
- Race for 270 narrows as votes are counted
- Election 2020 live results: Michigan and Wisconsin called for Biden as Trump begins legal battles
- Michigan, Wisconsin Called for Biden as Trump’s Path Narrows (“President needs to sweep four remaining battlegrounds”)
- Biden on Brink of Defeating Trump With Few States Left to Report
- Joe Biden on the brink of victory — after Michigan, Trump has almost no way to win
- Highly competitive elections in US tarnished by legal uncertainty and unprecedented attempts to undermine public trust, international observers say (Unprecedented attempts by TRUMP and his allies.)
- The Trump Campaign Is Openly Trying to Steal the Election (“In Pennsylvania and other crucial states, they have turned to subterfuge to seek victory.”)
- Trump’s Reelection Chances Are Shrinking Quickly In 2020 Election Nail-Biter
- A Large Portion of the Electorate Chose the Sociopath (“The moment every Donald Trump opponent has been waiting for is at hand: Joe Biden seems to be taking the lead. So why am I not happy? — I am certainly relieved. A Biden victory would be an infinitely better result than a Trump win.” Yep, I’m the same – relieved but not particularly “happy” about where we’re at in this country.)
- Face the Bitter Truth (“We don’t yet know the outcome of the election, but its meaning is already clear. We are two countries, and neither of them is going to be conquered or disappear anytime soon. “)
- Regardless of the US presidential election outcome, Trumpism lives on )(And that is a huge problem.)
- We Waited in Vain for a Repudiation That Never Came (“Trump may well end up losing to Biden, but Trumpism remains a viable political strategy.” Ugh.)
- The Republicans Will Learn Nothing From a Trump Defeat (Correct.)
- Win or Lose, Trump Will Remain a Powerful and Disruptive Force (A force for bad.)
- Red And Blue Shifts Happen. That’s Not Evidence Of Fraud. (In this case, it’s evidence that early votes were heavily Democratic, election day votes were heavily Republican.)
- Armed Agents Are Allowed in Ballot-Counting Venues, Justice Dept. Tells Prosecutors (F’ing Bill Barr.)
- Trump Team Pursues Contradictory Strategy as U.S. Counts Votes (They want to CONTINUE counting ballots where Trump is behind, but STOP counting ballots where Trump is ahead. Got it?)
- Fact check: Almost everything Trump has said after Election Day is wrong
- Trump wants the courts to stop the counting. He’s going to be disappointed.
- Legal experts cast doubt on Trump’s bid to involve Supreme Court in election results
- Trump seeks to stop ‘all voting,’ but only counting remains (Yep, they’re just counting legally cast votes, which by law absolutely HAVE TO BE COUNTED.)
- Trump Cannot Just “Go” To The Supreme Court To Fight Election Results. Here’s What Would Need To Happen To End Up There.
- If Trump Tries to Sue His Way to Election Victory, Here’s What Happens (“It’s easy enough for the Trump campaign to file a lawsuit claiming improprieties, but a lot harder to provide evidence of wrongdoing or a convincing legal argument. Here’s what you need to know as the election lawsuits start to mount.”)
- Fox News Legal Experts Warn Trump’s False Victory Claims Will Only Hurt Him
- Biden Faces Prospect of Gridlock Presidency After Party Losses
- Senate Hinges on Four Uncalled Races With GOP Holding Edge
- Three Reasons Biden Flipped the Midwest
- Democrats frustrated, GOP jubilant in Senate fight
- ‘Dumpster fire’: House Democrats trade blame after Tuesday’s damage (Ah, Politico’s favorite type of story.)
- It Isn’t Over Yet, but Joe Biden Has Ground for His Confidence
- Trump and his allies boost bogus conspiracy theories in a bid to undermine vote count
- Viral ‘ballot’ burning video shared by Eric Trump is fake (Wait, Eric Trump is being totally dishonest? What’s the world coming to, eh? LOL)
- Trump’s Brief Speech from the White House Made America’s Troubles Worse (Everything Trump does makes things worse.)
- No, Joe Biden did not mysteriously gain 130,000 Michigan votes all at once
- Judge Threatens To Call Postmaster General DeJoy To Testify
- Exit Polls Point to the Power of White Patriarchy
- These four facts should bolster confidence in the voting process (“The system is working. Chill.”)
- We didn’t get quick clarity. Here’s what we know so far. (“Biden’s path to victory remains.”)
- False News Targeting Latinos Trails the Election
- ‘This is Trump country’: Florida is a swing state no more (Is Florida the worst state in America? It’s definitely on the list.)
- ‘Old white men are dying,’ so Trump looked elsewhere for votes in Florida (“On election night, Biden underperformed Clinton and the president outperformed himself.”)
- Fox’s Arizona Call for Biden Flipped the Mood at Trump Headquarters
- How Miami Cubans disrupted Biden’s path to a Florida win
- Biden’s lead in Arizona and Trump’s lead in Georgia shrink (And the big one is Pennsylvania.)
- If Biden wins Arizona, Trump is probably done. Here’s what’s happening there.
- In Midwest Battlegrounds, the Virus Met Another Concern: the Economy
- Trump administration taps mainstream climate scientist to run key climate review
- The Problem Isn’t That the Polls Were Wrong. It’s That They Were Useless. (“Ban election forecasts, or at least ignore them…Data journalism is only as good as the data that goes into it, and it’s already clear that the polls had some big misses this year.”)
- Who Is Winning in Georgia? It’s Close as Votes Are Counted in Atlanta (“In Fulton County, counting the 42,400 absentee ballots is expected to play a crucial role in determining whether President Trump carries Georgia again or Democrat Joe Biden gets a win.”)
- About 90,000 absentee ballots still need to be counted in Georgia
- Arizona’s Maricopa County has 605,000 uncounted ballots, some results released tonight
- Sen. Gary Peters wins in Michigan, NBC News projects
- In the End, Maine Went Back to Susan Collins (“The activists who spent the past four years working to oust her are devastated, but undeterred.”)
- Surprise! The election is unfolding as predicted.
- Democrats’ down-ballot misery continues with state legislative battles
- Video: On CNN This Morning, Former VA Gov. McAuliffe Says “Listen, Joe Biden is going to be elected president of the United States of America”
- Biden, Warner wins show Democrats still dominate in Virginia
- Republican Bob Good felt ‘burden’ to keep 5th District red for ‘true conservativism’ (More like “true extremism”)
- Elaine Luria beats Scott Taylor again in Virginia’s 2nd Congressional District (“Luria’s lead over Taylor this cycle — more than 15,000 votes — is larger than when she unseated him in 2018. That year, she beat him by just over 6,000 votes.”)
- Spanberger declares victory over Freitas in Virginia as more absentee ballots are tallied
- McEachin cruises in 4th, but Benjamin won’t concede (“McEachin had 60.89% of the vote to 38.99% for Benjamin, according to unofficial figures.”)
- Spanberger declares victory after pulling ahead of Freitas
- BREAKING: Rep. Abigail Spanberger Declares Victory in VA07 Race
- Congresswoman Abigail Spanberger wins reelection
- Video: Congresswoman Elaine Luria’s Statement on 2020 Election Results in Virginia’s Second Congressional District
- Voters approved the constitutional amendment on redistricting. Here’s what’s next.
- Virginia voters decide unambiguously: No more rigged redistricting (It’s actually VERY ambiguous. We’ll see how this goes…)
- Editorial: Virginians showed strong support for Amendments 1 and 2
- What Happens Now That the Redistricting Amendment Has Been Approved?
- Gov. Northam announces $9 million in GO Virginia grants
- Editorial: Thank you to the Virginians who kept our elections moving
- Chesterfield County hadn’t backed a Democrat for president since 1948. Biden changed that.
- Telling It Like It Is to a Radio Audience in Red Rural Virginia (What This Election Reveals, Means)
- WATCH NOW: Stoney claims outright win in Richmond mayoral contest
- Casinos are on their way to Norfolk, Portsmouth. Here’s when they’ll be completed
- Final permit granted for wind farm in Botetourt County (“Turbines as tall as 680 feet would be part of the first onshore wind farm in Virginia.”)
- Prince William School Board approves 2021-22 calendar with diverse holidays
- No, Pro-Trump Ballots Weren’t Burned in Virginia Beach
- Roanoke council winners ready to get to work
- After years of racial division in Portsmouth, Black candidates sweep council races (“The city will go from a majority-white council to a nearly all Black one.”)
- D.C.-area forecast: Beautifully dry and mild weather into next week
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