by Lowell
Here are a few national and Virginia news headlines, political and otherwise, for Friday, March 20.
- Boris Johnson: UK can turn tide of coronavirus in 12 weeks (“PM suggests regime of mass testing and social distancing can ‘send virus packing’”)
- World’s most vulnerable in ‘third wave’ for Covid-19 support, warn experts
- Europe and U.S. Lack Key Weapon Against Pandemic: Experience
- Italy Set to Tighten Its Lockdown as Fatalities Top China
- Putin Won’t Submit to What Is Seen as Saudi Oil-Price Blackmail (“The unprecedented clash threatens to push the price of a barrel below $20.”)
- Stocks Rally With U.S. Equity Futures; Bonds Rise
- Quarantine the Crazy Coming Out of the White House
- State Department Issues Global ‘Do Not Travel’ Warning to Americans
- Disease Doubling Faster Now; Deaths Top 10,000: Virus Update
- Newsom orders all 40M Californians to stay home in nation’s strictest lockdown
- More than half of Californians could become infected with coronavirus, Gov. Gavin Newsom says to Trump
- Gov. Newsom tells residents to stay home after projecting 56% will be infected with coronavirus in eight weeks
- No Empathy, Only Anger (“Those seeking to support Trump’s party line need an excuse for their months of denial and deception – and they’ve found it”)
- Sen. Richard Burr (R-N.C.), head of powerful committee, sold large amount of stocks before sharp declines in market
- What GOP Insiders Are Saying About Trump and the Coronavirus Crisis
- At Least 2 GOP Senators Dumped Millions In Stock After Coronavirus Briefings (“Sens. Richard Burr and Kelly Loeffler reportedly made dozens of stock trades shortly after private health briefings for Congress began in January.”)
- Perdue, Loeffler among senators whose stock trading during coronavirus raises questions
- Senator Dumped Up to $1.6 Million of Stock After Reassuring Public About Coronavirus Preparedness
- Sen. Kelly Loeffler Dumped Millions in Stock After Coronavirus Briefing
- Coronavirus will radically alter the U.S.
- Exclusive: McConnell defends crafting $1 trillion stimulus plan without Democrats
- Who wins in the Senate GOP’s big bailout (“Most American adults would get checks of up to $1,200, plus $500 for every child. But people who made more than $99,000 in 2018 would get zilch, as well as couples who file joint tax returns and make a total of more than $198,000 a year.”)
- Coronavirus Live Updates: Senate G.O.P. Plan Includes Large Corporate Tax Cuts
- The Best-Case Outcome for the Coronavirus, and the Worst (“Will we endure 2.2 million deaths? Or will we manage to turn things around?”)
- The Epic Failure of Coronavirus Testing in America (“China and South Korea offer lessons in how to curb this pandemic.”)
- Jobless Claims Mount as Employers and Workers Face Bleak Outlook
- Virus Drug Touted by Trump, Musk Can Kill In Just Two Grams
- Of Course Trump Deserves Blame for the Coronavirus Crisis (“There’s no moving forward without understanding what’s going wrong.”)
- Don’t Let Trump Off the Hook (“It may be time to pull together, but Republicans are still doing plenty to pull us apart.”)
- Why $1 trillion may not be enough to save the economy (“The economic devastation wrought by coronavirus is so powerful that worries are mounting about the size of the rescue package.”)
- Coronavirus Is Hitting Restaurants Hard, Even In States That Haven’t Shut Them Down
- Americans’ Views On The Coronavirus Are Shifting Fast
- Is One Generation Taking The Coronavirus Less Seriously Than Others? Not Really.
- Coronavirus anxiety spreads across Capitol Hill
- Coronavirus deniers persist, claiming ‘it’s mass hysteria,’ despite warnings
- Tulsi Gabbard Finally Ended Her Increasingly Quixotic Campaign
- Coronavirus might make authoritarianism look like the answer. It’s not.
- The coronavirus has thrown us all in the mud
- The Coronavirus Outbreak Could Be a Disaster for the Census (“The Census Bureau is struggling to navigate counting everyone in the US at a time when human interaction is accelerating the spread of a pandemic.”)
- Trump melts down and the media fails the public. Again.
- Despite Trump’s lies for weeks, Americans have figured out the coronavirus is a big deal
- Anti-Asian bigotry and anti-immigrant policies take center stage in right-wing media’s coronavirus coverage (“After weeks of downplaying COVID-19, coverage is shifting to racist fearmongering and perverse victory-lapping about strict immigration enforcement”)
- Where would the U.S. stand in a post-pandemic assessment?
- Walmart Plans Bonuses For Workers, 150,000 New Temporary Hires
- “The virus is more patient than people are”: Obama’s Ebola czar on why the coronavirus is much worse (“Top Biden adviser Ron Klain explains why the coronavirus is here to stay — and what that means for us.”)
- ‘It Feels Like a War Zone’: Doctors and Nurses Plead for Masks on Social Media (“As supplies have dwindled, doctors and nurses have improvised ways to make their stock last. Now they’re urging leaders to help.”)
- Republicans Found a Way to Mail Checks and Still Screw People Over (“Penalizing the poor during a pandemic, however, is beyond the pale. We’re in the midst of a planned shutdown of the economy that will disproportionately harm low-wage service workers, and yet Republicans are concerned about properly rewarding people for work. It is a crass joke.”)
- Trump refuses to use correct term for coronavirus even when it’s written in his speech
- When will they ever learn? Corporate media is still letting Trump set the agenda (“White House reporters have gotten more skeptical — but they’re still playing Trump’s clown-show way too straight” They really suck.)
- “Sabato’s Crystal Ball”: Economic Downturn, Negative Net Approval for Trump “would very likely doom Trump’s chances of winning a second term”
- Trump Aide Appears to Walk Back Deportation Actions Amid Virus (Yep, it’s crazy Cooch again.)
- Opinion/Editorial: Reminder: Vaccines save millions of lives
- The Fatalistic View From an ER Nurse on What’s Ahead
- Senators Warner, Kaine Urge Suspension of Utility Late Fees for Duration of Coronavirus Emergency
- Video: U.S. Senators Mark Warner, Tim Kaine Urge Strong Economic Package for Workers, Families, Small Businesses, etc.
- Congresswoman Luria visits Hampton VA Hospital
- Wexton holds virtual town hall on coronavirus
- Virginia Coronavirus Cases Jump to 94, Including Child, Assisted Living Resident
- A Few of the Many Ways the Coronavirus Crisis Is Impacting – and Could Impact – Virginia Politics
- Virginia Unemployment Claims Spike as Businesses Temporarily Shut Down
- A Virginia Doctor Says 300 Patients Asked For Coronavirus Tests. He Had None To Give.
- Some Virginia courts continued to hear eviction cases this week despite emergency order
- DEQ suspends routine fieldwork but will continue pipeline monitoring through contractors
- Governor faces calls for special session, ‘bolder and swifter action’ on COVID-19
- Governor Northam Announces Additional Actions to Address COVID-19
- Editorial: Thanks to those on the front lines
- Child younger than 10 tests positive for coronavirus in Virginia
- Virginia to extend May 1 tax deadline for all individuals and businesses
- Virginia Charts A Path To A $15 Minimum Wage
- Live Video: Gov. Ralph Northam Updates Us (at 3 pm) on the Coronavirus Situation
- Nearly 100 coronavirus cases in Virginia, but state’s lag delays timely reporting of numbers
- New Virginia Laws Clear Away Barriers to Small Solar Projects
- UVa debuts test as three more area virus cases confirmed
- Philip Morris suspends operations at South Richmond plant after second employee tests positive for coronavirus
- Virginia State Parks implement precautions but remain open
- Southwest Virginia sees first COVID-19 case (“Carilion Clinic said Thursday evening that an elderly patient at Carilion Roanoke Memorial Hospital has tested positive for COVID-19.”)
- Some VCU Students Face Deadline On Campus Housing
- Daily on Energy: How Democrats gave Virginia’s biggest utility no choice but to commit to 100% clean energy
- Republican Party of Virginia postpones state convention
- Virginia Tech calls off May graduation ceremony, prepares for return to campus of about 1,000 students
- ‘Safe-and-sound’ field hospital going up at Mary Washington (“By the middle of next week, Mary Washington Hospital will have an operational “field hospital” set up in the parking garage next to the emergency department, in the event there’s a surge of COVID-19 patients.”)
- PW County School Board Meets with Emergency Protocols in Place, Unanimously Passes “Historic Budget That Will Fund Many of Our Critical Needs”
- Absentee voting begins in Virginia town elections
- Government facilities around NRV to close to public, some as soon as Friday
- UVA debuts its own COVID-19 test, with hopes of conducting 80 per day by the weekend
- After moving 80 people out, Richmond shuts down homeless encampment
- Virginia Beach couple who tested positive for COVID-19 after Egypt trip have recovered
- Feeding Southwest Virginia puts out all call for volunteers during COVID-19 pandemic
- VCU Students Grapple With Online Classes and ‘Inevitable’ Recession
- The Helpers: In Hampton, outbreak makes nonprofit group more determined to aid those in need
- Warm today as showers and possibly some storms form by afternoon
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