by Lowell
Here are a few national and Virginia news headlines, political and otherwise, for Sunday, August 4.
- The Trade War Isn’t Taking a Summer Break
- Iran seizes a foreign oil tanker in Gulf smuggling fuel to some Arab states: TV
- Russian Election Hacking in 2020 Could Easily Be Much Worse Than 2016
- Day at a Shopping Center in Texas Turns Deadly (“20 people were killed in the shooting…Authorities are investigating a manifesto in connection with the shooting.”)
- When Hate Came to El Paso (“The worst massacre aimed at Latinos in American history happened in my hometown, to my people.”)
- Minutes Before El Paso Killing, Hate-Filled Manifesto Appears Online
- 8chan Is a Normal Part of Mass Shootings Now (“Three white-nationalist shooters appear to have posted manifestos on the same troll forum. Here’s how 8chan became a meme-filled refuge for hate.”)
- Everything We Know About the El Paso Walmart Massacre
- Accused El Paso Shooter Apparently Posted Racist Manifesto (“Patrick Crusius allegedly killed 20 people at a store Saturday morning, using racist rhetoric against Hispanics in a posting made before the attack.”)
- El Paso mass shooting is being investigated as domestic terrorism
- ‘The numbers are going up’: Unfolding El Paso massacre stuns Dem presidential forum
- O’Rourke: Trump is a ‘racist,’ responsible for El Paso shooting
- Trump Still Refuses to Condemn Violent White Supremacy
- Shooting in Dayton, Ohio, Kills at Least 9 (“Sixteen others were wounded, the police said. It was the second American mass shooting in 24 hours, and the third in a week.”)
- Everything We Know About the Dayton Mass Shooting
- Republicans Won’t Go Back to “Normal” After Trump
- The Young Climate Activists Pushing Democrats to the Left (“The Sunrise Movement was virtually unknown almost a year ago. It’s now disrupting and energizing the Democratic primary. The movement believes the Green New Deal will inspire voters who sat out the last election. Will this affect the race?”)
- #MoscowMitch and the Republican Plan to Steal 2020 (“Is Mitch McConnell a secret Russian agent, or just an unpatriotic hack?”)
- McConnell Says He ‘Saved the Supreme Court for a Generation’ (“‘Moscow Mitch’ taunts follow McConnell on trip from Washington”)
- Election experts endorse Cory Booker’s explanation for Trump winning Michigan (“We lost the state of Michigan because everybody from Republicans to Russians were targeting the suppression of African American voters. We need to say that”)
- Trump says cities are ‘a mess.’ They’re actually enjoying a golden age. (“Cities have become a magnet for young, educated workers, and many urban neighborhoods have become coveted places. Even in Detroit, long a symbol of blight, urban spaces are roaring back.” Of course, young and educated people are among the least likely to vote for Trump, so…)
- Edwards: Medicaid expansion has been a success in Virginia
- In Virginia, redrawn districts test Republicans — including House Speaker Kirk Cox (“The revamped House districts are less white and less Republican — sometimes dramatically so. Cox’s swung from favoring Republicans by 26 points to tilting toward Democrats by six, from 76 percent white to 58 percent, and from 18 percent black to 34 percent, according to the nonpartisan Virginia Public Access Project.”)
- Amazon launching renewable energy project in Virginia
(“A news release posted on the company’s website on Thursday says the solar farm proposed for Pittsylvania County is projected to begin producing energy sometime in 2020. It says it will produce 45 megawatts of renewable energy capacity. “) - Why I Disrupted Trump’s Speech at Jamestown (“I could not place the comfort of the president ahead of the discomfort of his targets.”)
- “I wrote the book because I actually believe in the promise of Virginia” (Review of Jeff Thomas’ “The Virginia Way: Democracy and Power After 2016”)
- Del. Mark Cole (R-HD88) Wants Child Victims of Sex Trafficking to Have Their Rapist’s Babies
- Hope in the Heart of Virginia: Debra Rodman and How the Women’s March Really DID Make a Difference
- Wild Virginia: DEQ’s Stop Work Order to MVP is Appropriate But It’s Not Enough
- Community members, police march against gun violence in Newport News
- In the coalfields, telemedicine provides antidote to doctor shortages, poor health
- Ex-Gov. McAuliffe “blames everyone else” in Charlottesville book, critics say
- He lost his insurance and turned to a cheaper form of insulin. It was a fatal decision. (“The death of a 27-year-old Virginia man casts light on concerns about over-the-counter insulin and its effects.”)
- Racial disparities in Richmond-area school discipline are worse than national average, report finds
- Supervisors approve Chesterfield replacement bus money after original funds diverted for other school transportation expenses
- Virginia camp counselor charged with sexual battery after allegedly molesting a child
- Fort Monroe is better protected in the state’s hands, for now
- Warm and muggy overnight with showers ending in the evening hours
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