by Lowell
Here are a few national and Virginia news headlines, political and otherwise, for Monday, March 9.
- Panic grips world markets as coronavirus fear unleashes oil-price war
- Philippines closes schools to curb coronavirus spread as national cases double
- European stocks plunge as global rout intensifies amid coronavirus, oil war
- Governments intensify response as number of U.S. cases surpass 500
- Global Markets in Turmoil as Oil Plunges
- N. Korea fires weapons after threatening ‘momentous’ action
- Deepening Rout in U.S. Stock Futures Triggers Limit Down Rules
- Oil Drops 31% in Worst Loss Since Gulf War as Price Fight Erupts
- Historic Day in Markets Has Traders Rethinking What’s Possible
- What Is Really Going On Inside Saudi Arabia?
- Congress wants accountability for Khashoggi. Trump breaks the law to stop them.
- The Internet Is Brutal Towards Public Women. Greta Thunberg Is No Exception. (“The 17-year-old climate activist is the frequent target of virtual vitriol.”)
- Here’s Why It Matters That Interest Rates Have Cratered (“The coronavirus may have a serious, negative, and persistent effect on the economy.”)
- With global economy in balance, the White House and Fed are at odds over how to help
- Italy’s Coronavirus Response Is a Warning From the Future
- Coronavirus is exposing Trump’s unsuitability to handle a crisis
- Trump can’t handle a crisis he didn’t create
- The emperor has no clue: Trump seems to believe coronavirus will just go away (“Trump bet on containing the virus — and that failed. Now all he cares about is claiming he’s done a great job” In fact, Trump’s done a horrible job on this in pretty much every way.)
- Brace for quarantines, U.S. health official warns
- Coronavirus case at CPAC threatens to upend Trump’s routine
- U.S. Health Experts Say Stricter Measures Are Required to Limit Coronavirus’s Spread
- You Can’t Gaslight a Virus
- Trump in the Time of the Coronavirus (“As the covid-19 outbreak spreads, so has President Trump’s magical thinking.”)
- How does the coronavirus outbreak end? (“Governments’ failure to contain the coronavirus means it may be here to stay.”)
- For Trump, Coronavirus Proves to Be an Enemy He Can’t Tweet Away (“A president who is at his strongest politically when he has a human target to attack has found it harder to confront a growing outbreak that has rattled the country.”)
- Now is the time to go on the offense — against Trump (“Here is how Bloomberg can help.”)
- Surgeon General to Jake Tapper: Trump Is ‘Healthier’ Than I Am (That’s “banana republic” crap.0
- CNN poll: Biden has double-digit lead over Sanders for Democratic nomination (“The poll finds 52% of registered voters who are Democrats or Democratic-leaning independents say they want to see Biden win the nomination, while 36% say they’d rather see Sanders win.”)
- Twitter flags video retweeted by President Trump as ‘manipulated media’
- Fact check: Trump and his campaign promote dishonestly edited Biden video
- Biden Aims to Run Up Delegate Lead with Michigan as Pivotal Test
- Leftists Use the Trump Playbook to Paint Biden as Senile (“The attack doesn’t just echo the Trump campaign’s playbook, it blows past a line that people weren’t willing to cross in past campaigns”)
- How The Rest Of The Primary Calendar Looks For Biden And Sanders (“The most Sanders-friendly date left is Tuesday.”)
- The Simple Reason the Left Won’t Stop Losing (“Progressives need to care more about winning.”)
- What Bernie Sanders Gets Right About the Media (“Vice’s research, from the expensive strategy firm Magid, found what populists everywhere are discovering: Angry outsiderism is a growth industry.”)
- Kamala Harris endorses Joe Biden for president ahead of key contests
- Democrats Eye a Vice-Presidential Consolation Prize for Women
- Michigan Was Once Bernie’s Resurrection. Now It Could Be His Burial. (“The biggest prize of Tuesday’s primary contests is shaping up to be far unfriendlier to Sanders this time around.”)
- Why Sanders’ uphill battle gets steeper as six states vote on Tuesday
- Biden sneaks up on Sanders in Washington (“The former veep has erased Bernie’s lead in a progressive state that he dominated in 2016.”)
- Ted Cruz to self-quarantine after contact with coronavirus patient (Cruz should self-quarantine permanently because of his noxious, dangerous views.)
- John Oliver Gleefully Mocks Noted Liar (and MSNBC host) Brian Williams (Williams is an embarrassment to “journalism”)
- Video, Tweets: Virginia General Assembly Goes Into Overtime…Reaches Budget Deal, Passes Minimum Wage Hike, etc.
- Virginia House Democrats Celebrate Historic Legislative Accomplishments
- AG Mark Herring’s Legislative Package Helps Make 2020 Most Progressive Legislative Session in Virginia History
- Virginia lawmakers decriminalize marijuana, legalize casinos as session winds down
- Virginia reshaped as Democrats put historic stamp on laws (“Lawmakers wrapped up this year’s session Sunday — apart from passing the state budget — after advancing the South’s strictest gun laws, broadest LGBTQ protections and some of its loosest abortion restrictions. Democrats had not had full control of the legislature for more than two decades, and their years of pent-up frustrations yielded one of the most consequential sessions in Virginia’s history.”)
- Virginia General Assembly approves higher gas tax, speed cameras and cellphone ban
- General Assembly agrees to back minimum wage increase
- Online sports betting, decriminalized pot among final votes in Va. legislature
- Virginia will decriminalize marijuana possession for small amounts
- Paid Sick Days Bill (SB 481) Fails – Putting the Health of ALL Virginians At Risk
- 8 big things that emerged from the end of a historic Va. General Assembly session (“Minimum wage…Marijuana decriminalization…Driver cards for immigrants…Virginia Clean Economy Act…Guns…Casinos/Sports betting…Confederate statues…Collective bargaining”)
- Coronavirus spread will test the strength of Virginia’s health care infrastructure
- ‘A huge step’: General Assembly says local governments can remove Confederate monuments
- Video: Sen. Amanda Chase (R), Who’s Running for Governor, Vows “Executive Orders” to Return Virginia to “Normalicy” [sic] and Undo Democratic Legislative Accomplishments (Meanwhile, Chase’s right-wing Republican colleague Bryce Reeves threatens, “I’m taking you down; you’re done…finished”)
- Editorial: Expand broadband access
- Gas tax increase, bonds to fund I-81 upgrades, pass General Assembly
- Editorial: In Roanoke, the election that matters isn’t really an election
- Fairfax County Reports Two Positive Coronavirus Cases, Two More Confirmed In Maryland
- Virginia’s second case of coronavirus announced in city of Fairfax
- Controlled Burn Leads to Hazy Afternoon in Arlington
- Smoke From Controlled Burn At Quantico Spreads Across Region (Super obnoxious.)
- A magnificent Monday kicks off a mild workweek, but it’s turning chilly by the weekend
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