by Lowell
Here are a few national and Virginia news headlines, political and otherwise (e.g., COVID-19), for Tuesday, March 31.
- Global stocks and US futures move higher after China’s economy shows signs of life
- Coronavirus live news: Spain reports record single-day death toll; World Bank warns of ‘unprecedented global shock’
- ‘The Danish Way’ Is Working: Prime Minister Hints At A Gradual Reopening For April
- World’s busiest border falls quiet with millions of Mexicans barred from U.S.
- Kick Hungary Out of the EU and NATO (“If these alliances are going to have any meaning, dictatorships can have no place in them.”)
- World leaders who denied the coronavirus’s danger made us all less safe (“Leaders who saw the coronavirus threat saved lives. Those who didn’t endangered them.”)
- For Autocrats, and Others, Coronavirus Is a Chance to Grab Even More Power
- Nightmare Haunting Euro Founders May Be a Reality With Italy
- China Reveals 1,541 Symptom-Free Virus Cases Under Pressure
- U.S. coronavirus death toll passes 3,000 as Spain and Italy honor their dead
- Coronavirus job losses could total 47 million, unemployment rate may hit 32%, Fed estimates
- Model cited by White House says 82,000 people could die from coronavirus by August, even with social distancing
- Goldman Sees U.S. Economy Contracting 34% in Second Quarter
- How dire projections, grim images dashed Trump’s Easter plan
- Behind Trump’s Reversal on Reopening the Country: 2 Sets of Numbers
- Pelosi Floats New Stimulus Plan: Rolling Back SALT Cap
- Restrictions Are Slowing Coronavirus Infections, New Data Suggest (“A database of daily fever readings shows that the numbers declined as people disappeared indoors.”)
- Fact check: Trump again touts unproven drugs for coronavirus, and other misleading statements from Monday’s briefing
- Congress eyes avoiding Washington for at least a month (“Lawmakers say they’ll continue working on the next coronavirus relief package”)
- Democratic lawmakers, including Warren and Pressley, call for racial data in coronavirus testing
- Coronavirus deniers take aim at hospitals as pandemic grows (“Two videos illustrate the stark disparity in how the coronavirus outbreak is being portrayed on different parts of the internet.”)
- Naturally, We Now Have a Cottage Industry of Coronavirus Truther Assholes
- CDC Director On Models For The Months To Come: ‘This Virus Is Going To Be With Us’
- Yamiche Alcindor wants an answer, thank you very much (Yamiche Alcindor is a superb journalist.)
- Rural-state governors tell Trump they need tests and medical supplies, too
- Democrats, Trump set to battle over implementing $2T relief bill
- CDC considering recommending general public wear face coverings in public
- The Fossil Fuel Industry Does Not Let the Grass Grow Beneath Its Feet (“The Trump administration* moves to roll back vehicle emissions standards.”)
- Ford, GE to produce 50,000 ventilators in 100 days
- Poll: Biden leads Trump by 10 points as economic pessimism grows
- “[Trump Is] the Status Quo; Biden’s the Change”: David Plouffe, Obama Tactician, on Biden’s “Enormous” Advantages—and Dangers (“Trump is masterful at ‘polluting and dominating the oxygen.’ Biden’s personal qualities are winners—he’s ‘not a liar, you know?’—but to win he needs a crash course in social media.”)
- Biden angst is overblown (“Biden is in no danger of being forgotten.”)
- Will Biden Choose A Running Mate Based On Electability, Ideology Or Identity?
- Workers protest at Instacart, Amazon and Whole Foods for health protections and hazard pay
- Federal Judges Block Texas and Ohio Coronavirus Abortion Bans
- Al Gore Hammers Trump’s Coronavirus Lies: ‘You Can’t Gaslight A Virus’ (“Former vice president says Trump is learning the hard way to ‘pay attention to what the scientific facts are.'”)
- Trump has been nudging MyPillow CEO Mike Lindell to run for office (Nutjobs.)
- Trump Is Already Using the Coronavirus to Push His Right-Wing Agenda (“Loosening restrictions on pollution does not help public health.”)
- Rodney Howard-Browne, Megachurch Pastor Who Flouted Virus Rules, Arrested
- States struggle to prepare for voting during a pandemic (“Election administrators and voting-rights experts say there’s little time to change November voting procedures to account for coronavirus.”)
- Trump is using the pandemic to wage partisan civil war — but red states will suffer too (“Trump has changed his tone, for the moment — but the damage he’s done to American unity will be lasting”)
- Trump doesn’t understand what a wartime president does
- Imagine if Trump were actually running things (“A truly frightening hypothetical.”)
- Trump’s narcissism has never been more dangerous
- Democrats are ready to start work on a fourth coronavirus bill. Republicans want to wait.
- The Medical News Site That Saw the Coronavirus Coming Months Ago
- Trump finally submits to reality (Sort of.)
- Hannity must go (Sure, but that headline could have been written 1,000 times over Hannity’s disgraceful career, and yet…here he is. Ugh.)
- A Kushner Firm Built the Coronavirus Website Trump Promised (“Exclusive: The extent of the company’s work on coronavirus testing hasn’t been previously reported.”)
- Fox News contributor: I’m seeing videos on Twitter of empty hospital parking lots
- What kind of person calls 100,000-plus dead a ‘very good job’?
- LISTEN: Senator Mark Warner on the Coronavirus Stimulus Bill
- Wexton: Congress has ‘more work to do’ regarding pandemic
- Abigail Spanberger column: Our health care workers need protective equipment now
- Does Denver Riggleman Approve of Supporter Jerry Falwell Jr.’s COVID-19 Response?
- Irresponsible decisions like Jerry Falwell Jr.’s put untold numbers of people at risk
- As Virginia House Speaker, Eileen Filler-Corn broke ranks with her predecessors (Glad to see Speaker Filler-Corn get this recognition, as she truly did have a great session.)
- Northam issues stay-at-home order with exceptions, calls weekend crowds at beach ‘very selfish’
- Here’s what will — and won’t — change under Gov. Ralph Northam’s new stay-at-home order
- Gov. Northam Issues Stay-at-Home Order After “Very, Very Selfish” Virginians Packed Beaches
- At least 46,000 people just lost their jobs in Virginia. Now rent is due.
- VIDEO: Gov. Northam to Make “Major Announcement” at 2 pm COVID-19 Press Conference [UPDATE: It’s Going to Be a “Stay-at-Home” Order]
- Press Release: Governor Northam Issues Statewide Stay at Home Order
- New Minimum Wage Legislation Will Strengthen Virginia’s Families & Economy
- Opinion/Editorial: Physician in place to lead Virginia
- Monday (3/30) Virginia Data on COVID-19 Finds +130 Cases (to 1,020), +24 Hospitalizations (to 136), +3 Deaths (to 25) From Yesterday
- With a framework for Virginia’s energy transition in place, here’s what happens next
- Tweeting During the Time of Coronavirus: Which Legislators Are Tweeting the Most and Least These Days?
- Have questions about Gov. Northam’s stay-at-home order? Here are some answers.
- Want to get tested for coronavirus in Virginia, Maryland, D.C.? It’s still not simple.
- Jerry Falwell Jr.’s coronavirus response shows his staggering level of ignorance
- Editorial: Public engagement still essential, despite the virus crisis
- Three more Canterbury residents die, but two had tested negative for COVID-19
- Richmond leaders brace for budget fallout from COVID-19 pandemic
- Richmond to restrict access to some public spaces, including James River
- Northam issues stay-at-home order; Roanoke reports first COVID-19 cases
- COVID-19 Could Stir New Debate Over Virginia’s Minimum Wage
- Metro Board Will Decide On Service And Fare Changes This Week
- More local government meetings move online; libraries extend closures
- Stafford is Fredericksburg area’s ‘hot spot’ for COVID-19
- Roanoke Democrats’ decision to switch from firehouse primary to closed convention sparks controversy
- Clouds close out March, with late-day and nighttime showers
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