by Lowell
Here are a few national and Virginia news headlines, political and otherwise (e.g., COVID-19), for Monday, April 6.
- Coronavirus live news: Spain deaths lower for fourth day in a row as Germany sees further case drop
- Germany, Spain Cases Slow; Japan Calls Emergency: Virus Update
- Ban wildlife markets to avert pandemics, says UN biodiversity chief (“Warning comes as destruction of nature increasingly seen as key driver of zoonotic diseases”)
- COVID-19 Should Make Us Rethink Our Destructive Relationship With the Natural World (“We need to chart another way forward.” Massively.)
- Global Lockdowns Resulting In ‘Horrifying Surge’ In Domestic Violence, U.N. Warns
- Glimmer of hope in virus-hit Europe as US girds for ‘hardest’ week
- U.S. faces ‘really bad’ week as coronavirus deaths spike
- Boris Johnson admitted to hospital with coronavirus
- Oil prices turn lower despite hints Russia and Saudi Arabia are ‘very close’ to a deal
- Stocks Jump With U.S. Futures on Easing Virus Toll
- Chinese tourist sites packed as country comes out of lockdown, but experts say risk still high (“But while the government is slowly relaxing restrictions, Chinese health experts have urged the public to continue to practice caution.”)
- Fauci: US is ‘struggling’ to get coronavirus under control and to say otherwise would be wrong
- Trump Still Pushing Malaria Drug As Fauci Says No ‘Strong’ Evidence It Treats Coronavirus (“‘I’m not acting as a doctor,’ the president, contradicting doctors, said from the White House on Sunday.”)
- The worst president. Ever.
- Americans hit by economic shocks as confusion, stumbles undermine Trump’s stimulus effort
- Coronavirus death toll: Americans are almost certainly dying of covid-19 but being left out of the official count
- Trump’s radical attempt to sabotage auto emissions rules: It’s even worse than you think (“This is more than a damaging assault on pollution regulations — it’s a stealth attempt to rewrite federal law”)
- Official Counts Understate the U.S. Coronavirus Death Toll
- Atkinson: Trump fired me because I handled whistleblower complaint properly
- Navy Captain Removed From Carrier Tests Positive for Covid-19
- Aboard the USS Roosevelt, Sailors Braced for the Worst
- He Led a Top Navy Ship. Now He Sits in Quarantine, Fired and Infected.
- Acting Navy chief fired Crozier for ‘panicking’ — and before Trump could intervene
- AP FACT CHECK: Trump pitches unapproved drug for coronavirus (Wildly irresponsible.)
- Scoop: Inside the epic White House fight over hydroxychloroquine
- Report: The Trump administration didn’t order ventilators or masks until mid-March
- Lockdown Can’t Last Forever. Here’s How to Lift It. (“The Covid-19 pandemic can only be prevented from resurging when at least half the world’s population has become immune to the new virus. And that can happen in only one of two ways: After enough people have been infected and have recovered, or have been inoculated with a vaccine…And so to see us through the next year or more, we must all prepare for several cycles of a “suppress and lift” policy — cycles during which restrictions are applied and relaxed, applied again and relaxed again, in ways that can keep the pandemic under control but at an acceptable economic and social cost.”)
- Let’s avoid another Great Depression
- Susan Rice on Trump’s coronavirus response: ‘He has cost tens of thousands of American lives’
- Democrats must investigate Trump’s coronavirus response
- Trump, the pandemic and “the economy”: How progressives can fight his message (“Messaging guru Anat Shenker-Osorio: The economy is not a god, and the left needs to mobilize righteous anger”)
- There Is No Plan For the End of the Coronavirus Crisis (“Where is the strategy, at any level of government, for what the country will do next?”)
- Pelosi-aligned super PAC books $51M in fall ads(“House Majority PAC is laying down reservations in markets where competitive presidential or Senate contests will drive up prices this fall.”)
- A tiger at the Bronx Zoo tests positive for coronavirus
- AMA President Has A Stark Warning About Trump’s Coronavirus Treatment Advice (“The president suggested there’s nothing to lose by trying an anti-malarial drug for COVID-19. Doctors say you could lose your life.”)
- How to Fix Our Voting Rules Before November (“States need to ensure that every citizen can vote, and that every vote gets counted.” “(1) Postage must be free or prepaid by the government. (2) Ballots postmarked on or before Election Day must count. (3) Signature-matching laws need to be reformed to protect voters (4) Community organizations must be permitted to help collect and deliver voted, sealed ballots.”)
- Bet Big on Treatments for Coronavirus (“Antivirals and antibody therapies are showing promise. The FDA needs to step up its pace.”)
- Trump Eyes Accused ‘Quack’ Dr. Oz for Coronavirus Advice (“The president can’t stop talking about an unproven COVID-19 treatment—the same one the oft-criticized TV doctor keeps pushing and pushing.”)
- Heated disagreement breaks out in Situation Room over hydroxychloroquine
- Trump administration tells states to step up as governors plead for aid
- Americans Don’t Trust the Media Anymore. So Why Do They Trust the Cuomos?
- How Environmental Movement Plans to Leverage the Coronavirus Pandemic (“Activists are pressing governments to tie tougher rules on emissions to post-pandemic stimulus aid”)
- ‘Trump is killing his own supporters’ – even White House insiders know it (“A plague is raging and the president is leaving the heartlands and blue-collar voters exposed. This could be the endgame”)
- Trump Is Gutting Our Democracy While We’re Dealing with Coronavirus (“The president’s firing of the intelligence watchdog who validated the Ukraine whistle-blower complaint is his latest threat to the rule of law.”)
- Job Cuts Will Hit Industries You Don’t Expect
- Does My County Have an Epidemic? Estimates Show Hidden Transmission
- 70 Percent of People Killed in Chicago by the Coronavirus Are Black
- Social Distancing Is a Privilege (“The idea that this virus is an equal-opportunity killer must itself be killed.”)
- “The New American Gothic”: Eloping in a Park During a Pandemic, While Wearing Masks and Having Your Guests Watch on Zoom
- Wisconsin legislature comes under fire for ‘unconscionable’ decision to hold primary amid coronavirus pandemic (Actually, it was *Republicans* in the Wisconsin legislature.)
- Election Preview: Yes, Wisconsin Is Still Holding Its Primary On Tuesday (“As of Sunday, 1,268,587 absentee ballots had been requested for the election — far more than election officials are equipped to handle. Not only is that almost six times as many as were cast in Wisconsin’s 2016 presidential primary, but it’s also probably a higher volume of absentee ballots than Wisconsin has ever handled. In the 2016 general election, for instance, only 819,316 absentee ballots were counted”)
- Wisconsin Republicans are exploiting the pandemic to grab power. It’s a dangerous precedent.
- Republican intransigence in Wisconsin is stoking an electoral disaster
- COVID-19 is the story of this century, and many newspapers may not survive to cover it
- Virginia’s 7th District GOP Committee Votes to Change Convention Call From 4/25 to “To Be Determined”; Also Votes to Proceed with Lawsuit Re: Gov. Northam’s Ban on Gatherings of 10+ People
- With persistent testing shortages, Virginia health officials find new ways to track coronavirus cases
- Omari Faulkner Ends U.S. Senate Campaign, Leaving Three Other Republican Candidates Vying to Get Trounced by Sen. Mark Warner in November
- Editorial: Deterring veteran suicide remains a Virginia priority (“As state officials try to piece together a budget blown apart by the virus, providing needed mental health services for veterans remains a priority.”)
- Sunday (4/5) Virginia Data on COVID-19 Finds +230 Cases (to 2,637), +41 Hospitalizations (to 431), -1 Deaths (to 51) From Yesterday
- Virginia Lawmakers Amend Cannabis Laws Anticipating a Safe and Profitable Industry
- Congresswoman Luria meets to discuss personal protective equipment shortage in Hampton Roads
- Why Justin Fairfax keeps talking about the sex assault claims against him (“Having failed to coax his friend to come forward, Fairfax has tried to force him out. He sought to have him questioned in a criminal investigation, but the district attorney has given no indication such a probe is underway. Fairfax also tried to have his friend subpoenaed in his unsuccessful lawsuit against CBS. Fairfax’s habit of publicly invoking and disputing the allegations has critics accusing him of ‘bullying’ his alleged victims. Even some allies think he should move on. But some analysts think he has little choice but to keep doing what he’s doing.”)
- Virginia has bet big on oysters. But amid the pandemic, no one’s buying them.
- Domestic violence shelters see uptick in calls as people try to stay home during coronavirus pandemic
- Area’s biggest food bank could run out of food without relief
- Pandemic is presenting challenges for local farmers but they are adjusting
- Richmond restaurants continue to rally to feed medical and other workers on the front lines and those in need
- Feeling like May through Thursday with 70-degree weather
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