by Lowell
Here are a few national and Virginia news headlines, political and otherwise, for Sunday, March 8.
Omg. My soul almost just left my body. Goodnight.
via: @nbcsnl pic.twitter.com/Enu9qOpRmw
— Matt Rogers 🎙 (@Politidope) March 8, 2020
- Saudi crown prince signals new purge with ‘treason’ arrests (“King’s brother and Prince Mohammed bin Salman’s predecessor are accused of coup plot”)
- Italy set to quarantine whole of Lombardy due to coronavirus
- Italy Locks Down Much of the Country’s North Over the Coronavirus
- JPMorgan Sees ‘Early Signs’ of Stress on Credit and Funding
- Mideast Stocks Plunge as Producers Head Toward Oil-Price War
- Aramco Drops Below IPO Price in Blow to Saudi Economic Plan
- Russian Media Freak Over Joe Biden’s Election Resurrection (“The Kremlin-controlled media hoped and, it would seem, believed that Bernie Sanders would get the Democratic nomination, paving the way to victory for Donald Trump.”)
- There Is a ‘Tipping Point’ Before Coronavirus Kills
- The Coronavirus Is Coming for Trump’s Presidency
- Trump’s mismanagement helped fuel coronavirus crisis
- Squandered time: How the Trump administration lost control of the coronavirus crisis
- Official: White House didn’t want to tell seniors not to fly
- Trump’s Coronavirus Press Event Was Even Worse Than It Looked (“His remarks at the CDC on Friday were misguided, misleading, and show how misinformation could hamper Covid-19 containment efforts.”)
- Coronavirus continues its rapid spread, confounding efforts by global leaders
- CPAC attendee tests positive for coronavirus
- Matt Gaetz made light of coronavirus by wearing a gas mask. Now one of his constituents has died.
- Trump ‘didn’t know people died from the flu.’ It killed his grandfather. (As always, Trump is an igoranmus and imbecile.)
- Beware the Deadly Contagion Spread by Blowhards
- Trump’s Crazy Fantasy World
- Trump Vows to Keep Holding Rallies, Despite CPAC Attendee’s Coronavirus Case
- Trump Is Counting on the Supreme Court to Save Him (“The president’s remarkable lawsuit against his own accountants and bankers can succeed only if the conservative majority intervenes on his behalf”)
- U.S. airport screeners, health workers plagued by fear and anger as coronavirus spreads
- Sanders needs Michigan win in U.S. presidential race, but Biden looking strong with key voting blocs (“A Sanders loss in Michigan could give Biden an insurmountable lead as the state-by-state nominating process moves into friendly territory for the man best remembered as No. 2 in President Barack Obama’s historic administration.”)
- Sanders, Biden camps clash over Arizona debate format
- Why Bernie Sanders may be Joe Biden’s best surrogate
- Biden scrambles to make up ground with Latinos
- Biden racks up union endorsements ahead of crucial primaries
- Trump escalates fight against press with libel lawsuits
- Daylight Saving Time Is Here Again. So Is The Debate About Changing The Clocks
- SNL: Elizabeth Warren Throws Down With Fox News Host Laura Ingraham
- Sen. Mark Warner Calls on Gig Worker Platform Companies to Offer Assistance in the Event of Coronavirus Outbreak
- In Virginia, Biden Won Early/Absentee Voters by 4.8 Points, In-Person Voters by 31.4 Points
- SPANBERGER: To lower drug prices, we must confront special interests’ influence on our politics
- Virginia House and Senate negotiators reach agreement on two-year budget
- Sen. Jennifer McClellan, ‘practical progressive,’ readies campaign for governor
- Va. General Assembly takes flurry of historic legislation down to wire (“Budget snags delay action on major bills.’)
- General Assembly agrees to back minimum wage increase
- Virginia lawmakers vote to raise the minimum wage to $12 (“The bills would increase the wage to $9.50 an hour on Jan. 1, $11 in 2022 and $12 in 2023…They also calls for a study of a regional minimum wage – an approach for which lawmakers in the Senate had been advocating. After that study is complete, lawmakers would vote in 2024 whether to continue increasing the wage to $13.50 in 2025 and $15 in 2026.”)
- Virginia General Assembly passes bills to require background checks on all gun sales, restore one-handgun-a-month law
- Virginia lawmakers vote to grant driver privilege cards to undocumented immigrants
- Robert C. Vandermark column: Virginia lawmakers, menhaden management make a responsible move
- U.S. Marine in Virginia tests positive for coronavirus, first diagnosed case in state
- ‘Because of you, I have no bounds’: NASA pioneer Katherine Johnson remembered at memorial service (“Over 700 people gathered Saturday morning at the Hampton University Convocation Center to celebrate the life of Johnson — a mathematical genius, an African American hero, a faithful church leader, a loving mother, a trusted confidant.”)
- Editorial: Keep focused on upcoming local elections (“With the presidential primary in the rear view, Hampton Roads voters should stay focused since critical local elections are scheduled for May and November.”)
- With gang members now as young as 13, Portsmouth is changing how it tries to prevent crime
- This app will let you use your smartphone to pay tolls on a dozen Virginia roads
- Warm through midweek, with some light showers possible Tuesday
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