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by Lowell
Here are a few national and Virginia news headlines, political and otherwise, for Tuesday, April 28.
- How New Zealand ‘eliminated’ Covid-19 after weeks of lockdown (“Over the past few days, newly diagnosed infections have been in the single digits. And on Monday, New Zealand reported just one new case…the real key to New Zealand’s success appears to be an approach that could be applied anywhere — moving swiftly, testing widely, and relying heavily on good science.”)
- Coronavirus Live Updates: W.H.O. Warns Pandemic Is ‘Far From Over’ as Nations Edge Toward Reopening (“At least a dozen U.S. states forged ahead with a variety of strategies to ease restrictions. The C.D.C. expanded the list of symptoms associated with the virus.”)
- A Time to Save the Sick and Rescue the Planet (“With closer cooperation among nations, the head of the United Nations argues, we could stop a pandemic faster and slow climate change.”)
- Coronavirus Pandemic Hits Grim Milestone: 3 Million Cases Worldwide (“Nearly one-third of the world’s COVID-19 cases have occurred in the United States.” And we don’t have anywhere near one-third of the world’s population!)
- Trump and Pompeo need to stop making the WHO a scapegoat for their failures
- France and Spain expected to announce easing of lockdowns (“Moves come despite a rise in the German infection rate following the relaxation of restrictions”)
- Pompeo Forges Chaotic U.S. Policy Toward Iran Deal
- Boris Johnson and the Optimism Delusion (“The prime minister has returned to work, bringing his characteristic positivity with him. For it to succeed, he needs to back up his rhetoric with results”)
- Trump cuts U.S. research on bat-human virus transmission over China ties
- Oil Plunges After Sudden Index Shift Prompts Firesale
- Michael R. Bloomberg: If Trump Won’t Lead the World, Others Must
- In Race for a Coronavirus Vaccine, an Oxford Group Leaps Ahead
- Coronavirus live news: Turkey sends medical equipment to US; German economy to contract by 6.6%
- ‘Calamitous’: domestic violence set to soar by 20% during global lockdown (“Data from the UN population fund, outlining increases in abuse, FGM and child marriage, predicts a grim decade for many women” Ugh.)
- U.S. Stocks Don’t Need to Fall on Economic Damage, Goldman Says
- Mortgage Chaos Threatens to Worsen Once It’s Time for Repayments
- N.Y.C. Deaths Reach 6 Times the Normal Level, Far More Than Coronavirus Count Suggests
- How much of our lives will coronavirus change — permanently? (“We won’t be back to normal for a very long time.”)
- Trump apologists’ defense has been obliterated by ‘But Lysol’
- Fact check: Trump repeats false claims and Pence misleads on previous testing comments
- Trump used his latest coronavirus briefing to push a bizarre lie about the deficit (“The president wants you to believe the deficit was falling before the coronavirus hit. In fact, it increased each year of his presidency.”)
- Republicans’ Great Depression 2.0
- A Republican effort to sabotage Obamacare was just rejected by the Supreme Court
- A historic Second Amendment showdown in the Supreme Court ends with a whimper
- Experts say states easing restrictions too early may increase the US coronavirus death toll (“A leading coronavirus model has upped its predicted death toll again, this time projecting 74,000 Americans will lose their lives to the virus by August.”)
- President’s intelligence briefing book repeatedly cited virus threat
- Peacocks and Vultures Are Circling the Deficit (“The only fiscal thing to fear is deficit fear itself.”)
- Trump said he takes no responsibility for any spike in people using disinfectants improperly (Trump takes no responsibility for *anything*)
- Why Trump Just Can’t Quit His Daily Press Conferences
- Briefings Were ‘Not Worth the Time,’ Trump Said. But He Couldn’t Stay Away.
- Trump campaign lashes out over ‘Don’t defend Trump’ memo
- Barr directs prosecutors to look for state and local stay-home orders that go too far
- Under pressure to reopen this fall, school leaders plot unprecedented changes
- Right-wing media suggested COVID-19 fatalities were overcounted. New data suggests a significant undercount.
- Americans on Cusp of Meat Shortage With Food Chain Breaking (Yet another great reason not to eat meat.)
- Piglets aborted, chickens gassed as pandemic slams meat sector (The “meat” industry is appalling. Time to ditch it.)
- The States Are Toast (“Even if states do get federal relief, it could come with major strings attached.”)
- McConnell dangles aid to states — with a catch
- McConnell Demands Liability Protections in Next Coronavirus Bill
- States Expand Internet Voting Experiments Amid Pandemic, Raising Security Fears
- Americans support state restrictions on businesses and halt to immigration during virus outbreak, Post-U. Md. poll finds
- We Asked All 50 States About Their Contact Tracing Capacity. Here’s What We Learned
- How Does Biden Stack Up To Past Democratic Nominees?
- Howard Stern: ‘I am all in on Joe Biden’
- Trump allies highlight new claims regarding allegations against Biden
- USA TODAY/Suffolk Poll: Six months out, Biden jumps to lead over Trump amid coronavirus concerns
- Trump plans to shift virus focus to economy as public support for him tanks
- The GOP Bet It All on Trump. Now They’re Paying the Price. (“The party gambled and won by dropping its principles to stand behind Trump—but now that’s looking like a Pyrrhic victory.”)
- A single Trump tweet sums up his media strategy: Confusion (“He can’t make his disinfectant remarks go away. So he’s trying to douse them with doubt.”)
- Coronavirus is exploiting ‘the fissures of society,’ the Rev. William Barber says
- We should be worried about Trump’s rants (“…what we got Sunday was a whole lot of crazy. It’s not good for the country, and it doesn’t seem very good for the president, either.”)
- Trump In Talks to Sideline Fauci, Birx During Coronavirus Briefings (“The president reportedly wants to shift the focus from public health to economic ‘success stories,’ a move that comes as even his Republican allies are frustrated by his rambling appearances.”)
- This is why Trump rage tweets (“The president is on a losing trajectory.”)
- Some totally non-sarcastic praise of Trump’s comic genius
- The States Are Toast (“Even if states do get federal relief, it could come with major strings attached.”)
- Fox News Cuts Ties With Diamond & Silk, Unofficial Trump ‘Advisers’ Who Spread Bonkers Coronavirus Claims
- Texas Is Open, California’s Closed and States Go Their Own Way
- Pentagon formally releases 3 Navy videos showing “unidentified aerial phenomena”
- Tennessee Restaurants Reopen As State Sees Biggest 1-Day Jump In COVID-19 Cases (Bon appetit? Heh.)
- ReOpen NC leader says she tested positive for COVID-19
- Top E.R. Doctor Who Treated Virus Patients Dies by Suicide (“Dr. Lorna M. Breen, the medical director of the emergency department at NewYork-Presbyterian Allen Hospital, died in Charlottesville, Va., where she was staying with family, her father said in an interview.”)
- US Sens. Warner, Kaine ask Dept. of Agriculture to approve Virginia’s ‘pandemic EBT’ program request
- Virginia Congressional Delegation Wants to Protect Contract Workers, Split on Best Strategy
- Embattled Va. Dems stockpile cash ahead of November (“Warner raised $1.8 million in the first quarter of 2020. He has raised $12.5 million in the cycle. He had $8.5 million in the bank at the end of March…Luria raised $937,400 in the first quarter of this year and $3 million for the full cycle. She had $2.3 million cash on hand at the end of March…[Spanberger] raised $1.1 million in the first quarter of 2020 and a total of $3.8 million for the cycle. She had $3.1 million in the bank at the end of last month.”)
- Monday (4/27) Virginia Data on COVID-19 Finds +565 Confirmed/Probable Cases (to 13,535), +52 Hospitalizations (to 2,066), +10 Deaths (to 458) From Yesterday
- Virginia Senate GOP Leadership Contradicts CDC/White House “Opening Up America” Criteria, Demands “Actual Timeline” to Reopen Virginia
- Live Video, Highlights: Gov. Ralph Northam’s Monday (4/27) Virginia COVID-19 Briefing
- Northam to consider regional plan for lifting restrictions as testing begins to ramp up (“Gov. Ralph Northam said Monday that he is open to a regional approach for lifting restrictions on businesses as part of the state’s COVID-19 recovery plan.”)
- Editorial: Public business demands proper oversight
- Editorial: Northam should reconvene legislature to set up all-mail elections in May and June
- W. Taylor Reveley IV and Larry Stimpert column: Why our colleges can and must reopen this fall
- Bristol situation has Northam open to idea of reopening business on regional basis
- Virginia Tech projects as much as $300 million in losses in coming months
- CDC team headed to Virginia to help combat coronavirus spread in poultry plants
- Voting in a Pandemic: The Debate Over Next Month’s Local Elections
- Doctors, scientists push Northam to be more aggressive against COVID-19 (“Because you stop the transmission, and the virus doesn’t survive if there’s no transmission. And then you can actually get back to normal quite quickly.”)
- Judge rules Lynchburg gun range can open amid virus closures
- AG Mark Herring’s Office to “Analyze the Decision and Decide How Best to Proceed” in Lynchburg Range & Training vs. Gov. Northam Case
- This One Virginia Gun Range Just Got The Green Light To Reopen
- How Do VAPLAN Progressive Scores Correlate with State Senators’ Voting % in the 2020 Virginia General Assembly “Reconvene” Session?
- Richmond Approves New Tax Amnesty Program For Businesses Struggling During Pandemic
- Prince William County Will Fund A Public Defender Office, Despite Coronavirus Constraints
- Roanoke region could experience 20,000 to 35,000 in job losses due to pandemic
- Fearing wave of evictions, advocates press Richmond City Council to up investment in affordable housing
- Fairfax County Localizes COVID-19 Data With New Dashboard
- More showers today with a brief spell in the 70s tomorrow
