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by Lowell
Here are a few national and Virginia news headlines, political and otherwise, for Wednesday, March 11.
- China’s Response to the Coronavirus Is Not a Model for the U.S.
- ECB’s Lagarde Warns of 2008-Style Crisis Unless Europe Acts
- As U.S. cases top 1,000, mixed signs of recovery in Asia
- Trump Isn’t Telling Us Everything About His Deal With the Taliban
- Dow ends volatile day up more than 1,100 points
- U.S. Recession a Coin Toss as Chances Climb to 53% Within Year
- Smart Meters Set for $30B Gusher of Investment Over Next 5 Years (“By mid-decade the world will have almost 1.3 billion smart meters in place, bringing many countries to full deployment, according to Wood Mackenzie.”)
- US Storage Industry Achieved Biggest-Ever Quarter and Year in 2019
- Trump administration wants hundreds of thousands of federal workers to prepare to work remotely full time
- Jennifer Rubin: Biden’s coalition is making him unstoppable
- What should alarm Trump about Biden’s success (“Biden is showing strengths at this stage of the campaign that Hillary Clinton did not.”)
- Last Stop, Joe Biden (“Unless something extraordinary happens, the former Vice-President will be the Democratic nominee.”)
- Joe Biden Is Poised to Deliver the Biggest Surprise of 2020: A Short, Orderly Primary (“He has such a thorough hold on the party now that any collapse would probably require a political U-turn as sharp as the one that precipitated his rise.”)
- Biden Takes Command of Race, Winning Four States Including Michigan (“Joseph R. Biden Jr. widened his advantage over Bernie Sanders in the Democratic primary race, capturing Mississippi and Missouri as well as Michigan, with support from both black and white voters.”)
- Bernie’s Whole Campaign Was Based On a Misreading of the 2016 Election (“Voters didn’t hate capitalism. They just hated Hillary Clinton.”)
- Stage set for Biden v Trump as Democrats seek return to Obama era
- 5 takeaways as Biden takes command of Democratic race on Super Tuesday II (“Biden’s massive wins on Super Tuesday II, capped a 10-day reversal of fortune for the former VP. Here are the takeaways.”)
- Joe Biden Is the Candidate of the Resistance (“A suburban revolt against Trump helped Democrats win the House in 2018. It’s helping the former vice president too.”)
- Joe Biden Is (Almost Certainly) the Democratic Nominee
- Biden Opens an All-But-Insurmountable Lead Over Sanders
- Biden appears to be on an unstoppable march to the nomination (“The results put new challenges in front of both Joe Biden and Sen. Bernie Sanders as Democrats hope to unify for the fall campaign against President Trump.”)
- Biden rolls up victories as Sanders struggles for a foothold (“Joe Biden scored a decisive win in prized Michigan, 3 other states”)
- The delegate gap widens and other takeaways from Tuesday’s primaries (“Former vice president Joe Biden continued on his trajectory toward the Democratic presidential nomination.”)
- In a week Sanders had to get right, he couldn’t grow support (“Sen. Bernie Sanders lapsed into old patterns, attacking the “establishment” and struggling to connect with black voters.”)
- Bernie Sanders Reached Out to Black Voters. Why Didn’t It Work? (“The democratic socialist champions underrepresented groups. So far they’ve voted, en masse, for his rival.”)
- What Does Bernie Sanders Do Now? (“After another dismal showing, the Vermont senator has no clear path to the nomination.”)
- Why Biden won where Clinton lost
- It’s Over. Bernie’s Push for a Trump-Like Takeover Is Done. (“For Trump, the stars all aligned. For Sanders, they crashed and burned.”)
- Joe Biden Now Has A Clear Path To Be The Democratic Nominee (FiveThirtyEight.com now has Biden with a 99% chance of winning the nomination, and just a 0.8% of “No one” winning.)
- Sanders and Biden cancel primary night rallies over coronavirus concerns (“In light of the outbreak, the Democratic National Committee announced that it would forgo a live audience for its next debate”)
- The Media. Young Voters. Sanders Spreads the Blame for His Decline. (“As Mr. Sanders has seen his fortunes slide, he has cited a number of factors that portray him as an aggrieved outsider.”)
- This Is Not the Moment for Progressives to Despair (“Disappointed supporters of Bernie Sanders can actually get a lot of what they want through the medium of Joe Biden.”)
- The Sanders Coalition Is Not Quite What We Thought It Was
- Joe Biden, Not Bernie Sanders, Is the True Scandinavian
- Bernie Sanders’s Electability Argument Falls Apart in Michigan
- Key takeaways from election night — and they aren’t good news for Sanders
- Bernie Sanders is all but done (“It wasn’t just the results on Tuesday. It was the realization that, for the first time, he had no excuse and nothing better to look forward to.”)
- Yang endorses Biden for president
- The Democratic Nomination Is Now In View For Joe Biden — And 6 Other Takeaways
- There’s fierce competition in the Democratic race — for VP
- Fox News’ coronavirus coverage stands in stark contrast to its coverage of Ebola in 2014 (Gee, wonder why!)
- The media is responsible for stopping the spread of insanity (“They have an obligation to halt disinformation.”)
- Video: Sen. Mark Warner Says Coronavirus “payroll tax cut seems to be a quickie traditional response, not something that has been thought through”
- CNU Professor Rachel Bitecofer Is Really Having a Moment. And That’s a Very Good Thing.
- Duke, Dominion, Southern won’t hit clean energy targets at current pace: Report (Dominion needs to ditch its natural gas buildout, which is totally incompatible with serious climate and clean energy goals. And no, despite massive fossil fuel industry propaganda, including by Dominion, natural gas is NOT clean.)
- Virginia Delegation Sends Letter to Secretary Chao in Support of Long Bridge Project
- Senator Mark Warner to Launch 2020 Re-Election Campaign with Five-Day Tour Across Virginia
- Rep. Jennifer Wexton Urges OPM to Expand Paid Leave Options for Federal Employees with Families Who Have Complex Medical Needs
- Rep. Beyer to Self-Quarantine After Coronavirus Exposure
- Rep. Don Beyer to self-quarantine after contact with friend who tested positive for coronavirus
- Former Rep. Dave Brat (R-VA07) Endorses Del. Nick Freitas (Far-Right R) for Nomination Against Rep. Abigail Spanberger (D)
- Audio: State Sen. Bill Stanley (R) Has Some Choice Words for Sen. Amanda Chase (R)’s Threat to Run for VA Governor as an Independent in 2021
- In Virginia, a victory for bipartisan governance (Moronic as always on redistricting reform, but generally correct that “Democrats used their new power to enact an agenda that, while sweeping, was squarely in line with the progressive mainstream.”)
- Dogwood Daily: Virginia Teachers Are Set to Receive a Raise
- What Criminal Justice Reforms Passed Out of the General Assembly This Year? (“Democrats arrived in Richmond for the General Assembly session this year with a long list of agenda items for criminal justice reform. But, many of the more sweeping changes were scuttled.”)
- Inside (another) failed attempt to reform health care facility approvals in Virginia
- Budget, judges — and electric school buses? One last bus bill remains alive in the House.
- Va. lawmakers block paid sick time bill as coronavirus sparks national conversation
- Additional cases of coronavirus are reported in Washington area
- Editorial: A consequential General Assembly in every way except school construction
- School systems prepare coronavirus contingency plans
- Video: Gov. Northam Announces Amazon to Build Two State-of-the-Art Operations Facilities in Hampton Roads, Hiring 1,500 New Employees
- Officials trying to determine how Spotsylvania patient contracted coronavirus
- Virginia Festival of the Book canceled as local impact of coronavirus expands
- The Latest: Fairfax Public Schools Cancel Classes Monday For Coronavirus Preparations
- The coronavirus and Virginia: Here’s what you need to know
- Editorial: Time to hunker down, Hampton Roads
- Cooler today but flirting with 70 by Friday; clouds and a few showers through the weekend
