by Lowell
Here are a few national and Virginia news headlines, political and otherwise, for Monday, April 27.
- Global coronavirus death toll could be 60% higher than reported
- To Pressure Iran, Pompeo Turns to the Deal Trump Renounced (WTF?)
- Is the talk about Kim Jong Un being sick — or worse — true? Pyongyang is abuzz, too.
- South Korean officials caution against reports that North Korean leader Kim is ill
- Global $6 Trillion Slump May Be Optimistic, Economists Warn
- Cheung: Covid-19 and The Energy Transition: Our Greatest Decade Awaits (“If we want historians to look back kindly on us, we need to stay focused on the decarbonization challenges ahead. The 2020s may have started with a nasty shock, but they have only just started – and there is much work to do and much that can be achieved before the decade is out.”)
- New Zealand Says It Has Won ‘Battle’ Against COVID-19
- Italy’s Prime Minister Announces Gradual Easing Of COVID-19 Lockdown
- Coronavirus live news: confirmed cases in Russia pass China’s total as New Zealand says it has ‘avoided the worst’ (“Iran reports 96 more deaths; Spain’s death toll shows slight rise; Germany calls for ‘very careful’ easing of lockdown”)
- Boris Johnson Gives Lockdown Warning In First Speech Since Recovering From COVID-19 (“The British prime minister said the UK risks ‘a new wave of death and disease’ if lockdown restrictions are lifted too early.”)
- Global markets rise on renewed confidence of an economic recovery.
- The known global death toll surpasses 200,000, but the real toll is a mystery.
- We Still Don’t Know How the Coronavirus Is Killing Us
- To solve our problems, marginalize Trump
- Ex-Officials Call For $46 Billion For Tracing, Isolating In Next Coronavirus Packagefn
- Mnuchin: ‘You’re going to see the economy really bounce back in July, August, September’ (Only if we get the pandemic under control.)
- COVID-19 jobless rates will be comparable to Great Depression: Trump economic adviser
- A flood of business bankruptcies likely in coming months
- White House to shift to economic message on coronavirus
- Despite $322 billion in new loans, the Paycheck Protection Program still falls short
- Trump blasts Fox News, says he wants an “alternative” network (Hahahahahaha.)
- Trump offered a confusing coronavirus theory. Conservative pundits explained it for him.
- Coronavirus Means the Era of Big Government Is…Back
- The state we’re in: will the pandemic revolutionise the role of government?
- Trump’s Disinfectant Remark Raises a Question About the ‘Very Stable Genius’ (Of course, he’s more an untable moron.)
- U.S. Loans Didn’t Flow to Businesses Most at Risk, Study Shows
- Schumer to introduce legislation preventing Trump from signing stimulus checks
- The cost of Trump’s deadly state of denial
- ‘For black folks, it’s like a setup: Are you trying to kill us?’
- Five fights for Congress’s fifth coronavirus bill
- Trump’s Contempt for the Ex-Presidents Is Costing Us Right Now (“A sitting command in chief used to call on predecessors to provide a sense of national unity. Not this one.”)
- For Trump, Lying Is a Super Power (“He will use deception to keep his bungled response to Covid-19 from ruining his re-election chances.”)
- ‘It bothers me that this is still in the news cycle,’ Birx says of Trump’s disinfectant and light comments (She’s lost her credibility by hanging around with Trump. Sad.)
- America Is About to Blow Past the 60,000 Coronavirus Deaths Trump Said Would Be a Win (“Trumpism is an ideology in which the only thing that matters, the only thing that is true, is what the leader believes and says at any given moment.”)
- Trump dismisses daily coronavirus press briefings as “not worth the time & effort” (“Facing criticism over his bleach comments, Trump expressed frustration over the briefings.”)
- 13 hours of Trump: The president fills briefings with attacks and boasts, but little empathy (“A Post analysis reveals a president using the White House lectern to vent and rage.” That’s Trumpism, in a nutshell – vent, rage, grievance.)
- Public companies took far more small business loans than first thought — here’s the latest tally
- Trump defends work habits, attacks media in series of tweets (And misspells the Nobel Prize, lol)
- Trump Goes on Angry Anti-Media Tweetstorm, Demands Reporters Give Back “Noble Prizes” (Utter imbecile.)
- People receiving stimulus checks get letter signed by President Donald Trump
- GOP Governor Warns Trump: Stop Spreading ‘Misinformation’ About Coronavirus (Good for Larry Hogan. Now, we need a lot more Republicans like him.)
- Few States Are Prepared To Switch To Voting By Mail. That Could Make For A Messy Election.
- Call It the Tucker Carlson Wing of the GOP”: The American Conservative Wants to Be The Atlantic of the Right (“TAC was MAGA on trade before Trump, anti-war when the neocons ruled. Its new acting editor is hoping to be an intellectual driver for the White House, where staffers are already reading—and the administration is falling in line.”)
- SCOTUS Won’t Protect the 2020 Election From COVID-19 (“So voting rights advocates are asking state courts to step in instead.”)
- ‘The food supply chain is breaking,’ Tyson says as plants close (“There will be limited supply of our products available in grocery stores until we are able to reopen our facilities that are currently closed”)
- Donald Trump set to fall back on xenophobia with re-election plan in tatters (“The president had been intending to campaign on a strong economy and facing a socialist opponent but scapegoating foreigners has worked for him before”)
- Biden searches for his own ‘Biden’ – a running mate with chemistry
- The Trailer: The three tests for a potential veep
- Distinguished pol of the week: The winner of the best VP audition goes to . . . (“Kamala Harris is making the case more effectively than others.”)
- Why Trump went off on Brian Kemp
- As campaign 2020 shifts into high gear, Trump’s defamation suits pose a chilling prospect for the press
- The Pandemic Is Battering Oil-State Economies
- McConnell’s rejection of federal aid for states risks causing a depression, analysts say
- Mitch McConnell isn’t a ‘stable genius,’ either (“The Senate majority leader has messed up badly on this one.”)
- Cuomo Announces Phased Plan to Reopen New York; Deaths Drop
- New Satellite Data Reveals Dangerous Methane Emissions in Permian Region (Phase out fracking.)
- Meatpacking plants have become coronavirus hotspots across the U.S. In Virginia, no one’s giving workers much information.
- Virginia pediatricians say reported decline in vaccination rates amid COVID-19 pandemic is troubling
- In Wexton town hall, official says Virginia isn’t ‘there yet’ on returning to normal
- Sunday (4/26) Virginia Data on COVID-19 Finds +604 Confirmed/Probable Cases (to 12,970), +72 Hospitalizations (to 2,014), +12 Deaths (to 448) From Yesterday
- IHME Modelers Estimate Virginia Can *Begin* to Relax Social Distancing, with COVID-19 Containment Strategies in Place, Around June 4
- Graphics: Since April 3, Virginia’s Dropped from “D” to “D-” on Unacast’s Social Distancing Scoreboard; Now 9th-Worst in the Country
- There’s no treatment for COVID-19, but Virginia researchers are ramping up clinical trials to try to find one
- Group calls for stronger distancing measures in Virginia as other states prepare to reopen
- James J. Regimbal Jr. column: Virginia needs a bipartisan business reopening commission
- Local Biotech Firms Say They Have Thousands Of Unused Coronavirus Tests
- Statements From Announced Arlington County Board Special Election Democratic Candidates (So far….Barbara Kanninen, Chanda Choun, Nicole Merlene)
- How 200 People Will Pick a County Boardmember to Represent 230K Arlingtonians
- Who Are the Arlington County School Board Democratic Candidates? With Voting Going on Now, Here’s a Quick Primer.
- Virtual candidates’ forums for Hampton mayor, council, school board races next week
- John V. Moeser column: What Richmond must do to save its soul (“Memorialization of the slave district, erecting a magnificent slave museum and wealth building in impoverished neighborhoods are three major steps that Richmond must take if we seek something more enduring than tourism and tax revenue. It’s redemption.”)
- Yet another showery and cooler-than-normal week, but some nice weather in the mix, too
