Trump v Biden II - Social Security and Medicare and Inflation Up
Peter Gabriel and The Corrs - both live
Top Story #2 WAPO - Trump seeks to clarify stance on entitlements after mention of ‘cutting’
From the Virginia FREE Friday presentation last week:
Wall Street Journal/Fabrizio Lee Poll breakdown continued:
Question that will likely show how Donald Trump and Joe Biden will mobilize their base:
Some people feel so strongly about an issue that they won’t vote for a candidate if they disagree with them on that issue. Of the following issues, what is the one issue you most strongly feel you couldn’t vote for a candidate who disagrees with you about it? If it’s another issue or if you do not feel strongly enough about any of the issues to determine your vote, please just say so.
The top two answers:
Abortion - 22
Immigration - 20
No other issue polled above 8. So, abortion and immigration could be the defining issues of this campaign.
Other policies polled:
Allow children to choose their own gender identity without parents’ consent
Favor - 25
Oppose - 70
Repeal and Replace Affordable Care Act (Obamacare)
Favor - 39
Oppose - 51
Impose 10% across-the-board tariff on all goods
Favor - 38
Oppose 42
Extend tax cuts passed by President Trump due to expire in 2025
Favor - 52
Oppose - 34
Change current policy so the U.S isn’t obliged to defend NATO allies from Russian aggression if those allies have not lived up to their financial obligations for their own national defense
Favor - 45
Oppose - 46
Encourage Russia to invade NATO allies if they haven’t met NATO defense spending targets
Favor - 4
Oppose - 82
Forgive federally funded student loan debt
Favor - 48
Oppose - 49
Take urgent action to address Climate Change
Favor - 59
Oppose - 37
If Donald Trump is convicted of a felony in either the classified documents or January 6th federal trials and the election for President were held today, would you vote for Republican Donald Trump or Democrat Joe Biden?
Trump - 44
Biden - 48
Before that question, it was Trump 47 to Biden 45 or a six point swing.
The Washington Post How Biden's State of the Union speech polled
The 65 percent who had a positive view of the speech was actually lower than any such speech CNN has polled in the past quarter-century — the previous low being Donald Trump's 2018 address (70 percent).
The Boston Globe Biden visiting battleground states and expanding staff as his campaign tries to seize the offensive
The Cabinet travels include a heavy dose of climate policy, with Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm and Interior Secretary Deb Haaland planning to boost Biden's climate policies at a conference in Florida on Monday. Michael Regan, the administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency, is crisscrossing the country — stopping in Florida, California and Oregon — to promote electrified school buses and other efforts to transition to a clean energy economy
WINA AM 1070 Attorney General Miyares files amicus supporting Montana law banning TikTok | NewsRadio WINA
Virginia Attorney General Jason Miyares has filed an amicus brief in the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals supporting Montana's legislation to ban social media app TikTok in the state unless it divests from its Chinese parent company ByteDance. Eighteen other states have joined the brief.
The Associated Press Biden says he'll sign proposed legislation to ban TikTok if Congress passes it
A poll published last month by The Associated Press and NORC Center for Public Affairs Research found Americans are deeply divided on the issue of banning the app. Thirty-one percent of U.S. adults said they would favor a nationwide ban on TikTok use, while 35% said they would oppose that type of action.
The Associated Press Most teens report feeling happy or peaceful when they go without smartphones, Pew survey finds
The poll was conducted from Sept. 26-Oct. 23, 2023, among a sample of 1,453 pairs of teens with one parent and has a margin of error of plus or minus 3.2 percentage points.
POLITICO House centrists in both parties see their influence sapped by bitter internal tension
But Democrats were dubious. In particular, Rep. Abigail Spanberger (D-Va.) passionately argued at the meeting that McCarthy needed to ask Jeffries for support if the GOP leader wanted Democratic votes — a move that nearly every lawmaker in attendance knew would have damaged McCarthy's credibility with his own party.
Potomac Local News Prince William School Board Chair announces bid for Lt. Governor
Lateef, an ophthalmologist in Woodbridge and a Democrat, is seeking his party's nomination for Lt. Governor, a position now held by Republican Winsome Sears.
Meanwhile, Rep. Abigail Spanberger (D-Va. 7th), and Richmond Mayor Levar Stoney, a Democrat, have announced her run for governor to replace Youngkin, who cannot seek a second term.
However, all eyes are on Winsome Sears and Attorney General Jason Miyares, both considered potential gubernatorial candidates.
Richmond Times-Dispatch Editorial: As City Hall teeters, a whistleblower gives Richmond hope
The lawsuit offers a rare glimpse into the inner workings of Mayor Levar Stoney's City Hall, which these days seems to be in a perpetual state of damage control.
Virginia Clean Energy Summit News:
The New York Times BMW Is a Surprise Winner in Electric Vehicles
The German automaker's electric vehicles are made on the same assembly line as gasoline cars and look similar from the outside.
But confounding the pundits, BMW's strategy has paid off. The company sold 376,000 electric vehicles last year, including some under its Mini brand, a 75 percent increase from the previous year.
The New York Times Toyota's Hybrid-First Strategy Is Delivering Big Profits
Toyota, the world's largest automaker, has been criticized for selling few electric vehicles, but its decision to focus on hybrids is paying off financially.
Not long ago, it looked as if Toyota had fallen dangerously behind in electric vehicles.
The Associated Press Save Our Signal! Politicians close in on votes needed to keep AM radio in every car
The drive to save AM radio comes as some carmakers are phasing the format out. Democratic Sen. Ed Markey of Massachusetts, a proponent of saving AM radio, said last year that he sent a letter to 20 carmakers asking them to maintain AM broadcast and found eight had removed it from electric vehicles.
The Associated Press ChargePoint CEO expects more electric vehicle stations as use and EV sales keep growing
Sales growth of electric vehicles in the U.S. has started to slow, and polls show it's due in part to anxiety over running out of battery power and too few charging stations.
The Washington Post If you drive a car, you are already using F1 technology
New innovations are already in the race paddock. Gains made in battery technology and energy management will improve consumer electric vehicles, and advancements in biofuels may help cars transition away from fossil fuels to lessen the carbon footprint.
Axios Rivian debuts new vehicles but continues to bleed cash
If the last few years have taught us anything about electric vehicles, it's that they're easy to design but hard to manufacture at scale — and even harder to do so profitably.
CNN Red and blue states are competing for Biden's climate funds. Here's what they're planning
'We're seeing electricity sector proposals to update the grid and deploy renewable energy, including in Wisconsin, North Carolina and Arizona,' Macedonia said. 'For states that have significant agricultural sectors, we're seeing proposals about sustainable soil management.' But tension around the clean energy transition is still evident in some states' plans.
CNN Toyota is hitting the gas on hybrids as EV sales cool. But what does that mean for the planet?
'Right now, because of supply chain challenges of materials and getting general affordability of electric vehicles down, we can actually have a greater overall (climate) impact from selling more hybrids compared to the number of EVs that we are able to sell today,' he said. And fully electric cars won't be truly 'green' until the energy that charges them comes from renewable sources, like wind and solar.y.
Atlanta Journal-Constitution Before pausing Georgia factory, Rivian struggled to meet expectations
President Joe Biden's signature climate law adopted in 2022, the Inflation Reduction Act, included hundreds of billions of dollars to incentivize clean energy projects such as EVs, but it also narrowed the number of EVs that qualify for purchaser tax breaks.
Miami Herald Recycling electric vehicle batteries is a win-win. The US can beat China at it, too
The Biden administration is pressing the U.S. auto industry to ramp up production of electric vehicles, with the goal of them making up 50% of all new sales by 2030 — good news for average Americans eager for the environmental dividends EVs can afford. But that can't happen without a robust battery recycling program in the U.S. and a recycling workforce ready for the challenge.
Sports
Daily News-Record Freidel Leads JMU To Title Game For First Time Since 2013
'I can't explain how hard it is, when you're playing so well and the next thing you know the game is tied,' JMU coach Mark Byington said. 'Then you got to figure out what you're made of.
The Breeze JMU women's hoops dominates Southern Miss 77-49, advances to semifinals
Head coach Sean O'Regan expressed his satisfaction with the team's performance, namely McDaniel's role.
Roanoke Times Virginia Tech to face Florida State in ACC tournament
But Hokies coach Mike Young isn't sure how important a winning streak is heading into a conference tournament.