by Lowell
Here are a few national and Virginia news headlines, political and otherwise, for Monday, August 12.
- Guatemala elects hardline president who opposes Trump immigration deal
- U.S. Officials Suspect New Nuclear Missile in Explosion That Killed 7 Russians
- ‘Ecological grief’: Greenland residents traumatised by climate emergency (“Islanders are struggling to reconcile impact of global heating with traditional way of life, survey finds”)
- Macri’s Shock Setback in Argentina Deals Blow to Re-Election Bid (“Argentina’s President Mauricio Macri unexpectedly lost a primary vote by a landslide, foreshadowing a defeat in October’s presidential election and a possible return to the policies of his predecessor, Cristina Kirchner.”)
- Goldman Sachs economists say fears rise that U.S.-China trade war leading to recession
- Hong Kong Cancels All Remaining Monday Flights as Protesters Swarm Airport
- EU Nears Decisions in Facebook Privacy Cases (“Ireland’s Data Protection Commission has power to levy billions of euros in fines; aims to send proposed decisions to other EU regulators by end of September”)
- Norway mosque attack suspect ‘inspired by Christchurch and El Paso shootings’
- Corrections officers did not check on Epstein for ‘several’ hours before his death, violating protocol, person familiar with case says
- Prince Andrew among global figures under scrutiny after Epstein’s death
- Everything We Know About Jeffrey Epstein’s Death
- Epstein’s accusers call her his protector and procurer. Is Ghislaine Maxwell now prosecutors’ target?
- Corrections officers did not check on Epstein for ‘several’ hours before his death, violating protocol, person familiar with case says
- How the El Paso Killer Echoed the Words of Conservative Media Stars (“There is a striking overlap of language used by right-wing media personalities and the words of the El Paso gunman, a review by The Times found. Once-extremist terms for immigration, like “invasion” and “replacement,” have become familiar to fans of Tucker Carlson and Rush Limbaugh.”)
- Behind the scenes of Trump’s Epstein-Clinton conspiracy tweet
- Epstein Suicide Conspiracies Show How Our Information System Is Poisoned (“With each news cycle, the system grows more efficient.”)
- With Epstein’s Death, Accusers Seek New Legal Recourse
- Stacey Abrams’s Fight for a Fair Vote (“As the 2020 elections approach, Abrams is leading the battle against voter suppression.”)
- Donald Trump’s week from hell: After the horrors of El Paso and Dayton, GOP is in full retreat (“In a week of pain, our impulsive president made one bad decision after another. Can Democrats seize the moment?”)
- The dangerous cycle that keeps conspiracy theories in the news — and Trump’s tweets
- Democratic 2020 contenders condemn Trump for spreading Epstein conspiracy theories (And Republicans…silent?)
- Trump is impeaching himself (“We are still far away from that kind of vote. The fears that Pelosi has about a backlash to impeachment in moderate districts are very real and have not disappeared. Until she has the entire Democratic Caucus behind her, she will likely be reluctant to give her full support. Trump, however, keeps making it difficult to just say no”)
- Banning Assault Weapons Works (Joe Biden: “That’s why, as president, I will push to ban them again.”)
- In D.C., New York and beyond, Jews mark annual day of mourning by protesting Trump immigration policies
- This Trump administration proposal to roll back logging rules is reckless
- ‘Using the Lord’s name in vain’: Evangelicals chafe at Trump’s blasphemy (Of all the horrible things Trump has said/done, *that* is what they care about???)
- Five factors that will determine gun control debate
- Race, guns and white nationalism: Dems lay out 2020 indictment against Trump
- Scaramucci: GOP may need to replace Trump for 2020
- Texas Republicans brace for 2020 drubbing (“‘Republicans need to be very concerned,’ says a GOP member of the state’s congressional delegation of next year’s elections.”)
- What Changed in Charlottesville (“For white supremacists, Confederate monuments aren’t about the past — they symbolize a racist vision of the future.”)
- Editorial: Virginia Department of Veterans Services expands its mission
- Is Spanberger’s Care Not to Offend Trump Supporters a Good Choice?
- Sen. Tim Kaine Rips Trump for “patrolling the internet for weirdo conspiracy theories to promote”
- Much of what we’ve been told about Virginia’s 1619 first Africans is wrong (“Austin said there’s a simple but less-dramatic narrative: 1619 marked the arrival of the first enslaved Africans in Virginia.”)
- Many patients have been cleared to leave Virginia’s overcrowded mental hospitals, but they have nowhere to go
- Editorial: Accurate census count critical for Virginia
- Lack of context, errors plague McAuliffe book on Aug. 12 (“A statement from three of the survivors — Anna Malinowski, Constance Young and Star Peterson — called the book ‘a daft attempt at anti-racism and serves as an absolute characterization of the white savior complex.'”)
- ‘We must remain vigilant’ 2 years after deadly chaos in Charlottesville, Northam warns
- Two years after white supremacist violence, change continues in Charlottesville
- A Charlottesville ER Nurse Speaks After Two Years of Decompression
- Final decision still elusive in federal probe of state police helicopter crash that killed 2 troopers during Charlottesville rally
- Editorial: Two more insights on region’s talent attraction problem
- GETTING THERE: Will rail expansion ease congestion on Interstate 95?
- Change in Stafford tax rate attracts distribution center developer
- Mystery in Henrico: Old TVs were placed on front porches of more than 50 homes overnight
- Editorial: Adding acres to the James River Park Conservation Easement
- Logging on to learn: All Fairfax County high school students getting laptops
- Heat and humidity crank up today, with strong storms possible Tuesday
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