by Lowell
Here are a few national and Virginia news headlines, political and otherwise, for Wednesday, April 8.
- Pandemic Grips Britain With Johnson Still in Intensive Care (“British deaths from coronavirus jump to a daily record”)
- Coronavirus live news: WHO says situation in Europe still ‘very concerning’ as China’s Wuhan city reopens
- U.S. to Block Iran’s Request to IMF for $5 Billion Loan to Fight Coronavirus (That’s just evil.)
- Masked Crowds Fill Streets, Trains After Wuhan Lockdown Ends (“Thousands streamed out of the Chinese city of 11 million people as its 76-day lockdown was lifted.”)
- Coronavirus live updates: U.S. deaths near 13,000 as Wuhan lifts lockdown
- OECD says leading indicators flag biggest monthly drop on record
- Spain targets huge new wind and solar additions as part of stunning renewables plan (“Spain’s National Energy & Climate Plan targets renewables to account for 42% of the country’s total energy mix and 74% of its electricity by 2030.” We need to do the same.)
- Trump is desperately seeking to avoid blame
- Fact check: Trump makes misleading claims about the WHO and his record on the coronavirus
- Even as deaths mount, officials see signs pandemic’s toll may not match worst fears
- Chaos rocks Trump White House on virus’ most tragic day (“Trump’s wild performance at a press conference was a troubling spectacle at a moment when presidents are called to provide consistent, level leadership”)
- Trump Is the Wartime President We Have (Not the One We Need) (Susan Rice: “He should start leading with the decency and resolve that we deserve. I’m not holding my breath.”)
- Trump Team Preps Plans to Reopen Economy That Depend on Testing
- This Is Trump’s Fault (“The president is failing, and Americans are paying for his failures.”)
- Trump’s purge is about to get much worse. Schiff just sent up a flare.
- Once again, Trump acts like he has something to hide (“The president removes the head of a panel created to scrutinize pandemic-relief spending.”)
- The coronavirus is infecting and killing black Americans at an alarmingly high rate
- Drop the Curtain on the Trump Follies (“Why does the nation need to be subjected to the president’s daily carnival of misinformation, preening and political venom?” Because the corporate media only cares about “eyeballs” and $$$.)
- Trump’s “Light at the End of the Tunnel” Is a Delusion
- Trump should be awfully upset over his numbers (“Trump has not improved his position.”)
- Trump’s ineptness may prolong the recession (“Economists are warning it’s not about setting an arbitrary date. It’s about building confidence in the public.”)
- Phase-four virus relief hits a wall
- Trump Ousts Pandemic Spending Watchdog Known for Independence (“In removing Glenn Fine from his inspector general role at the Pentagon, the president also stripped him of his pandemic relief oversight duties.”)
- Trump Replaces Anyone Who Provides Real Oversight
- The Roberts Court Will Not Ensure the Constitution’s Most Fundamental Right
- Pelosi Statement on Sudden Removal of Head of CARES Act Oversight
- Trump’s dismissal of competent officials is an attack on accountability
- Mattis rebukes Trump over removal of Pentagon inspector general
- Trump removes independent watchdog for coronavirus funds, upending oversight panel
- Voter Suppression and Ratf*cking Are Part of the Republican Party’s DNA
- Wisconsin shows the fragility of democracy (“The Supreme Court fails to ensure a safe and orderly election.”)
- Acting Navy Secretary Modly resigns
- Navy in crisis: Top leader’s resignation roils service in the middle of a pandemic
- CNN Poll: Majority of Americans now say the federal government has done a poor job of preventing coronavirus spread
- Hospitals say feds are seizing masks and other coronavirus supplies without a word
- Wisconsin’s debacle may be the most infuriating of the coronavirus failures
- Wisconsin proves GOP’s war on voting is about ending democracy, not just winning (“Republicans exploit pandemic to stop people from voting — and expose their ideological opposition to democracy”)
- Yale psychiatrist Bandy Lee: Trump’s “deadly” briefings display “anti-human” psychology (“‘Criminality combines with mental pathology’ in Trump’s handling of the coronavirus pandemic, says Dr. Bandy X. Lee”)
- 6 absurd comments made by Trump’s new press secretary
- New White House press secretary downplayed pandemic threat and said Democrats were rooting for coronavirus
- ‘Trump Has Never Lied’: New Press Secretary Kayleigh McEnany’s Long History of Bullshit and Lies
- What you need to know about new Trump press secretary Kayleigh McEnany (“McEnany has a long history of defending anything Trump says, no matter how brazen the lie may be. She couples that deceit with attacks on any source of information that is not Trump-approved.” “In August 2016, McEnany tried and spectacularly failed to defend Trump’s idiotic claim that Obama founded ISIS.” “In February 2017, McEnany pushed the false right-wing trope of men pretending to be trans women in order to attack women.” etc.)
- Trump Broke the Agencies That Were Supposed To Stop the Covid-19 Epidemic
- Fox’s Laura Ingraham reportedly advised Trump on using anti-malarials as a coronavirus cure
- Florida election officials sound the alarm ahead of November
- Plasma treatment being tested in New York may be coronavirus ‘game changer’
- Donald Trump ‘lost $1bn in a month’ from coronavirus lockdown
- Don’t Let Trump’s Cult of Personality Make Covid-19 Worse (“The coronavirus crisis has taken the personalized presidency to an insidious new level.”)
- Team Trump Can’t Erase the Boss’ Coronavirus ‘Hoax’ (“The Trump campaign is attacking people for saying he called the coronavirus a hoax. He didn’t, but he clearly did call Democrats’ warnings a hoax.”)
- Rulings on Wisconsin Election Raise Questions About Judicial Partisanship
- How Wisconsin’s election disenfranchised voters (“Wisconsin’s election sends a message about much-needed voting reforms for November.”)
- Election day live blog: An hour after closing time, voters still in line at Milwaukee’s Riverside High
- Why Wisconsin Republicans Insisted on an Election in a Pandemic
- NEXTracker CEO challenges solar projections from Energy Information Administration (“EIA’s projections greatly underestimate the growth of solar and significantly overestimate coal’s persistence in the energy mix”)
- NRA has laid off more than 60 employees
- John Prine, One of America’s Greatest Songwriters, Dead at 73 (“Grammy-winning singer who combined literary genius with a common touch succumbs to coronavirus complications”)
- ‘Tiger King’ Joe Exotic Is Far More Evil Than You Think
- The Most-Watched Show in America Is a Moral Failure (“Netflix’s Tiger King is the apotheosis of extreme storytelling: The more unfathomable and ethically dubious, the better.” Disgusting in every way, including featuring these animal abusers.)
- Sen. Mark Warner Urges Flexibility for Social Security Recipients Amid COVID-19 Outbreak
- Democratic Members of Virginia Congressional Delegation Urge Treasury to Provide Virginia Flexibility to Use Federal COVID-19 Funds…
- VA-05 Democratic Candidate Claire Russo: Like Capt. Crozier, I Know What It Means to Have the System Fail You.
- Interview: VA-05 Dem Candidate John Lesinski Discusses Why He’s Running, How He Can Win, How Denver Riggleman Has Failed to Stand Up to Trump – a “Sociopath with An Insatiable Ego”
- When It Comes to the Budget, and Maybe Other Important Things, April 22 Is Not Going to Be a Fun Day in Virginia. Nor Is April 12.
- COVID-19 & Unemployment Insurance: Recent Reforms & Next Steps for Virginia
- Tuesday (4/7) Virginia Data on COVID-19 Finds +455 Cases (to 3,333), +66 Hospitalizations (to 563), +9 Deaths (to 63) From Yesterday
- Del. Jennifer Carroll Foy files paperwork to run for governor
- Virginia’s secretary of finance says future uncertain
- Voting in a Pandemic: Should Virginia Move to Mail-In Ballots? (Of course.)
- Virginia was poised to restore public school funding to pre-2008 levels. Now the next recession’s here.
- AG Mark Herring Seeks Extension of Utility Disconnection Suspensions Through Duration of State of Emergency
- Del. Mark Levine: “For Naive Virginians Who Think the Republican Supreme Court of Virginia Will Play Fair…Let Wisconsin Be Your Guide!”
- Virginia’s state lab is one of the first in the country to sequence samples of virus that causes COVID-19
- Audio: Del. Alfonso Lopez, Tram Nguyen of New Virginia Majority Discuss New Legislation Affecting Virginia’s Immigrant Community
- At Virginia universities, a struggle to define ‘essential’ science
- Daniel Tiger, Katerina Kittycat Join First Lady of Virginia For Coronavirus Message
- Expert explains why models of Virginia’s coronavirus peak keeps changing
- Limpert: Here’s why pipelines are dangerous (“Limpert is a retired environmental regulator with an emphasis in water pollution and particularly pollution from construction projects. He lives in Bath County.”)
- Normane: Correcting the record on pipeline activity (“Normane is deputy general counsel for Equitrans Midstream Corp., the operating partner in Mountain Valley Pipeline, LLC.”)
- Luke Torian and Kirk Cox column: Expanding online offerings at our colleges
- Roanoke to furlough some city workers
- Kroger And Giant Food Will Limit Number Of Customers In Stores (Also, how about requiring everyone who enters the store to wear a mask?)
- Virginia Tech freezes most hiring, moves summer classes online
- John Broderick & Brian Payne: ODU ready to meet distance-learning challenge
- Editorial: Protecting inmates will serve Virginia’s public health
- Chesapeake sheriff wants to use temporary building to house inmates in Hampton Roads with coronavirus
- Death count now 32 at Canterbury as COVID symptoms spread
- “It’s our time”: Navy Reserve calls up Hampton Roads doctors to help fight coronavirus
- Editorial: Restructured Redskins deal is welcome news
- VCU will not refund tuition, mandatory fees with students learning online
- Hampton Roads food banks see surge in demand, drop in donations
- Warm and breezy today; more showers tomorrow with gusty afternoon winds
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