by Lowell
Here are a few national and Virginia news headlines, political and otherwise, for Wednesday, March 4.
- Iran’s reaction to coronavirus has become a danger for the world
- WHO says coronavirus death rate is 3.4% globally, higher than previously thought
- Planet Plastic (“How Big Oil and Big Soda kept a global environmental calamity a secret for decades”)
- How instability in the Middle East could affect Trump’s reelection bid
- ECB Restricts Travel; Delayed Olympics Possible: Virus Update
- The coronavirus is a reminder that Fed independence is vital
- Pence says every American can get a coronavirus test
- Trump coronavirus effort undermined by mixed messages and falsehoods (“White House officials are insisting on message discipline among government scientists and political aides alike, part of what they say is a responsible effort to try to calm jittery Americans and provide uniform information.”)
- Comprehensive Senate energy bill draws industry, bipartisan support, but lags on tax credits, efficiency
- Trump launches an urgent fight to save his ticket to reelection
- Broadcast networks and major newspapers continue to ignore Trump’s firing of pandemic leadership in coronavirus coverage
- Biden becomes America’s new comeback kid after triumphant Super Tuesday (“Former vice-president won eight states in one of the stunning reversals in recent political history”)
- It Looks Like Democratic Primary Voters Want a President They Can Ignore 4 or 5 Days a Week (“The Warren G. Harding pitch is hitting for Joe Biden.”)
- Dems Left Biden for Dead, Then Decided He Was Their Savior (“The former VP scored major wins on Super Tuesday and his backers have a theory why: It’s all about deposing the current president.”)
- Democrats choose power over fashion (“Super Tuesday proves that everything old is old again.”)
- ‘I’ve never seen anybody mount a comeback like this — ever’ (“Joe Biden, for all intents and purposes, gets the two-person race he wanted.”)
- 5 takeaways as Joe Biden scores stunning wins on Super Tuesday (“Across the map, a Biden coalition was emerging: African Americans, older voters and white suburbanites were backing him in overwhelming numbers.”)
- Biden Reopens Path to Nomination That Was Out of Reach Days Ago
- Bloomberg on Warren: ‘I didn’t realize she’s still in’ (Obnoxious.)
- Biden makes a mockery of Sanders’ main argument for his campaign (“The scale of his rout has no comparison.”)
- Bloomberg considering dropping out after Biden rout
- 4 winners and 3 losers on Super Tuesday (“Winner: Joe Biden…Loser: Mike Bloomberg…Loser: Bernie Sanders’s black outreach”)
- Warren team turns grim after Super Tuesday wipeout (“Her campaign has massive overhead, and she’s facing hard political and financial decisions about whether to keep going.”)
- “He Will Risk Making Ross Perot and Ralph Nader Look Good”: Bloomberg Resists Advisers’ Push to Exit the Race
- AP source: Bloomberg to reassess after disappointing results
- NBC News Exit Poll: Late-deciding Super Tuesday voters break heavily for Biden
- What Went Down On Super Tuesday
- Many young voters sat out Super Tuesday, contributing to Bernie Sanders’ losses
- Trump camp publicly batting down Joe-mentum but privately concerned
- The Sanders revolution has stalled
- The real winner of Super Tuesday is the Democratic Party itself
- Super Tuesday gave Joe Biden the historic surge he needed
- Biden sweeps the South, wiping out Sanders’s delegate lead (“Former vice president wins Texas; Sanders carries three states, leads in Calif.”)
- A boost for Biden, new challenges for Sanders (“There are few commodities more valuable in campaigns than momentum, and, right now, Joe Biden is blessed with it in abundance.”)
- Super Tuesday takeaways (“Although votes are still being counted, the Democratic race has a new front-runner, and it looks like the end of the line for some candidates.”)
- Bloomberg, finally on the ballot, gets little for his millions
- Sanders can’t lead the Democrats if his campaign treats them like the enemy (“What Bernie needs to learn from Biden.”)
- Warren persists in Democratic race despite crushing Super Tuesday losses
- Biden’s Giant Bounce Suddenly Makes It a Two-Candidate Race (“All of the talk of a contested convention is probably moot now”)
- 5 Takeaways From Joe Biden’s Super Tuesday Victory (“The world has turned right-side-up”)
- Analysis: Democrats Decide Biden Is Safest Bet (“The former vice president had the Super Tuesday of his dreams. But a week ago, the result would have been something close to unthinkable.”)
- Warren Slides to Third Place in Massachusetts (“The result was a worst-case scenario for Elizabeth Warren in her home state, which surprisingly tilted toward Mr. Biden.”)
- Why Elizabeth Warren lost her home state of Massachusetts (“Warren is poised to come in third in the Massachusetts primary, behind Biden and Sanders.”)
- Joe Biden Just Performed a Miracle (“On Super Tuesday, he roared back to the front of the pack.”)
- Joe Biden’s Super Tuesday Revival
- Biden Surges On Super Tuesday, Transforming Democratic Primary Into 2-Man Race
- Democrats Fall in Line (“A fractious party executes a shockingly coordinated pivot.”)
- Sessions Goes to Runoff for His Old Alabama Senate Seat (“Jeff Sessions is seeking to win back the seat in a primary that has turned into a contest of loyalty to President Trump, who fired him.”)
- The end of the Chris Matthews era: How the bombastic host got forced out at MSNBC
- Live Blog: “Super Tuesday” Virginia Democratic Primary Election Results [UPDATE: Virginia Immediately Called for Joe Biden]
- Mike Bloomberg Went All-In on Virginia. It Didn’t Pay Off.
- Biden easily wins Va. Democratic primary
- We Followed One Undecided Virginia Voter on Super Tuesday. Here’s What Happened.
- Biden Wins Virginia Primary Handily
- Voters Turn Out for Democratic Presidential Primary… And Say They’ll be Back in November
- Joe Biden wins Virginia Democratic presidential primary
- Resurgent Biden starts Super Tuesday with big Virginia win
- Biden Easily Wins Virginia, Finding Friendly Territory For His Moderate Politics
- Biden Takes Virginia and Richmond in Super Tuesday Rout
- Biden runs away with Virginia’s Super Tuesday primary
- Virginia Presidential Primary Day 2020: Open Thread
- ‘I wasn’t surprised he won’: Republican Party of Virginia reacts to Biden’s victory in Va.
- Virginia’s turnout this year was nearly double what it was in 2016 (“It’s the latest state to see a surge in turnout during the primary.”)
- Joe Biden wins Virginia Democratic primary, NBC News projects, one of the biggest prizes of Super Tuesday
- Burr, Warner ask DNI to declassify Khashoggi info
- Spanberger endorses Biden amid Virginia primary victory
- Campaign staffer for former Rep. Scott Taylor pleads guilty in petition scandal
- Former Rep. Scott Taylor (R-VA02) Staffer Pleads Guilty to “willful neglect of election duty”
- Governor Northam Signs 68 Bills into Law
- AG Mark Herring Sues to Protect $600 Million in Virginia Military Construction From Trump’s Border Wall
- DC, Maryland, Virginia approved to conduct their own coronavirus tests
- Virginia Is First Southern State to Ban Conversion Therapy for Minors (“Gov. Ralph Northam signed a bill prohibiting medical professionals from using the widely discredited practice on minors.”)
- “It’s Not (Mostly) About ‘The Establishment’”: A Point I Expect to Make Tomorrow on Harrisonburg Radio
- Video: Intense Exchange in VA House of Delegates; Republican Rips “Marxist Apologist Socialist” Bernie Sanders, Communism, etc; Delegates Lee Carter, Ibraheem Samirah Fire Back
- More Than 30 Virginia Local Elected Officials Announce Support for Collective Bargaining for All Public Employees
- Lawmakers split over bill to ban plastic foam to-go containers (“Nothing we use for a few minutes should be allowed to pollute our oceans and rivers and threaten wildlife for centuries” Bingo!)
- Virginia Legislative Black Caucus Opposes Regional Minimum Wage Language
- Video: Senate Committee Almost Kills, Then Passes (on a 9-6 vote) a “Substitute,” on 30-Day, $50 Insulin Co-Pay Bill
- Audio: Virginia State Sen. Joe Morrissey (D) Says He Does NOT Believe the Women Who Accused LG Justin Fairfax (Morrissey – “I’m not one of these folks that’s, oh, I’m afraid of offending the ‘Me Too’ movement”)
- Lingering grudges, obscure protocol and a classic General Assembly judge fight
- Tim Sullivan column: Virginia’s steps toward a renewable future are welcomed
- Tom Hicks: Include nuclear in Virginia’s energy future
- Over the objections of religious groups, Virginia is poised to mandate nondiscriminatory care for transgender patients
- Virginia lawmakers vote to prohibit landlords from refusing Section 8 vouchers
- Virginia elementary school earns state’s first pollinator-smart solar certification (“An elementary school on Virginia’s rural Northern Neck has earned an A-plus for blending habitat for birds, bees and butterflies with its brand new solar array.”)
- Voters in Democratic strongholds of Roanoke, Blacksburg cite differing motivations for primary choices
- A refreshing spring day; trending cooler for the weekend
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