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by Lowell
Here are a few national and Virginia news headlines, political and otherwise, for Friday, May 1.
- Many world leaders have seen double-digit polling surges amid coronavirus. Trump isn’t one of them. (“How Trump’s coronavirus response is hurting him in the polls.”)
- U.S. Intelligence Agencies Conclude Coronavirus ‘Not Manmade’
- Expert report predicts up to two more years of pandemic misery (“The new coronavirus is likely to keep spreading for at least another 18 months to two years—until 60% to 70% of the population has been infected, a team of longstanding pandemic experts predicted in a report released Thursday.”)
- Vaccine Leader Signs Deal for 1 Billion Covid-19 Doses a Year (“Swiss drugmaker to ramp up output of experimental vaccine; Companies aim to produce first batches in U.S. in July”)
- Putin, Russia’s Man of Action, Is Passive, Even Bored, in the Coronavirus Era (“The pandemic has derailed Vladimir V. Putin’s plans for a big military parade and a referendum extending his rule — and now knocked out his prime minister — as the Russian leader struggles to find his stride.”)
- U.S. officials crafting retaliatory actions against China over coronavirus as President Trump fumes
- No sign of virus escape from Chinese lab that studied pathogens (“Many epidemiologists believe that a natural transmission of the novel coronavirus from animal to human remains the most likely explanation for the pandemic’s origin.”)
- Trump contradicts US intel community by claiming he’s seen evidence coronavirus originated in Chinese lab
- Coronavirus Is Likely to Generate Telltale Signs, Fauci Says (“Most people who’ve had the coronavirus probably develop markers of the infection, according to the scientist.”)
- The Pandemic’s Long-Term Pain Is Just Becoming Clear to Markets
- The world added .115 terawatts of solar power in 2019 for a cumulative .629 terawatts (“Last year, the world added 114.9 GW of photovoltaic systems, the third year in a row that figure has been over 100 GW, according to the just published preliminary IEA PVPS report ‘Snapshot of Global PV Markets 2020.’ That’s a 12% increase over the previous year and brings the world’s cumulative photovoltaic peak output to 629 GW as of the end of 2019.”)
- Where The Latest COVID-19 Models Think We’re Headed — And Why They Disagree
- Crashing Economy, Rising Stocks: What’s Going On? (“What’s bad for America is sometimes good for the market.”)
- The Coronavirus and Our Future (“After this crisis, how will we feel?”)
- Fact check: Trump makes a bunch of false claims after event about protecting seniors
- Rent Is Due Today, But Millions Of Americans Won’t Be Paying
- Trump Hails Kushner’s PPE Airlift, But Details of Sales Are Secret
- While Trump minimizes the toll, government orders 100,000 new body bags
- The Trump administration’s excuses are getting more incoherent (“Panic does not improve the president’s reelection prospects.”)
- Trump’s aides should have muzzled Jared Kushner, too (“No matter how you define it, this is not success.”)
- Our meat is more important than meatpacking workers, according to Trump
- Jared Kushner has failed upward his entire life. Now he’s applied that to a viral pandemic (“Kushner’s congratulates himself — and the Trump administration — for “great success story” with COVID-19. Lol wut?”)
- Cities And States Request $1 Trillion In Coronavirus Aid, Says Pelosi (“The best way Americans can support front-line community workers, Pelosi said, is to make sure they don’t lose their jobs to budget cuts.”)
- What Are Civil Liberties in a Time of Coronavirus? (“There are times when government must curtail individual freedoms to protect the public. But those measures must end once the threat passes.”)
- Sweeping Lockdown Gives Way to Patchwork Response Across States (“More than half of U.S. states moved to reopen businesses. Protesters, some of them armed, entered Michigan’s State Capitol to oppose stay-at-home orders. Texas will allow nearly all businesses to open this morning, but with some restrictions on capacity.”)
- Pence staff threatens action against reporter who tweeted about visit to clinic without surgical mask (Absolutely unacceptable to threaten the press like this.)
- Americans in All 50 States Agree Their Governors Are Handling Coronavirus Better Than Trump
- Birx risks reputation in bid to keep on Trump’s good side (“The taskforce coordinator has tried to walk a diplomatic tightrope – but has failed to speak out against the president’s false claims”)
- The Oil Execs on Trump’s “Opening the Country” Council Are Major GOP Donors (Disgusting.)
- Capitol physician says Senate lacks capacity to test all senators
- We’re Failing to Rescue the Economy
- How Trump has tipped the scales in America’s most powerful courts (“Tom McCarthy examines how three appeals courts are becoming more conservative with the arrival of judges picked by Trump – and what that means for cases on issues like voting rights”)
- Justin Amash Can Only Cause Trouble (“Unless we radically change how we conduct elections, third-party candidates can’t win. But they can certainly affect the outcome — as they did in 1948, 1968, 1992, 2000 and 2016.”)
- Rachel Bitecofer: Justin Amash’s Libertarian candidacy may act as a spoiler – but that could help Biden
- We’ve Got Some Early Trump vs. Biden Swing State Polling (“Several polling firms released surveys of Florida, Michigan, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin in April. Former President Barack Obama carried all four states in 2012. Trump flipped all four in 2016 (as well as Ohio and Iowa, neither of which has much recent polling.) And Biden appears to lead in all four now.”)
- Joe Biden set to break his silence on Tara Reade allegations
- Where Does the Fraught Biden Veepstakes Stand Now?
- There’s one front-runner for Biden’s VP — regardless of what Jim Clyburn thinks (“Biden’s running mate doesn’t have to be African American. But it sure could help.”)
- Meet the New Flack for Oil and Gas: Michael Moore
- The new Michael Flynn documents aren’t the bombshell Trump is making them out to be (“Trump claims they’re a ‘total exoneration’ for his former top adviser. They aren’t.”)
- The Case Against Michael Flynn Now Looks a Lot Weaker
- Nearly 900 workers at Tyson meat plant in Indiana test positive for coronavirus (This entire industry is a disgrace.)
- Texas reports most deaths in a day from COVID-19 as Gov. Abbott prepares to drop stay-home order
- History According to Trump: The President and the 1917 Pandemic That Wasn’t
- New-Voter Registration Is Plummeting (“And Democrats aren’t the only ones who could lose out.”)
- Hundreds of protesters, some carrying guns in the state Capitol, demonstrate against Michigan’s emergency measures
- Trump’s Broken Promises to Protect Coverage for Pre-Existing Conditions in Virginia
- Biden for President Hosts Press Call with Congressman Donald McEachin and Congressman Raul Ruiz on Health Inequalities of COVID-19
- Letting states go bankrupt an ‘evil option’: Sen. Kaine (“Sen. Tim Kaine, D-Va., calls Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell’s idea that Congress to allow states to declare bankruptcy ‘pure evil.'”)
- Video: Sen. Mark Warner Holds Facebook Live Town Hall on COVID-19 Crisis
- For Virginia and the U.S. Overall, the Bad Unemployment Numbers Keep Coming…
- Audio: Jerry Falwell, Jr. on the “Unscrupulous” NY Times, COVID-19 as a “Hoax,” Liberals Using COVID-19 to “Expand Socialism,” the “Worst Excuse for a Governor” in Virginia History
- Judge Denies Temporary Injunction Against Gov. Northam’s COVID-19 Executive Orders
- VA Department of Corrections’ Inmate Early Release Plan Uses Racially-Biased Risk Algorithm
- State Reserves Are Crucial for Dealing with COVID-19 Budget Impacts
- OK…VA Dept. of Health posted results after all, despite their note indicating that there wouldn’t be any today (Major increase in the number of new test results, from 2,554 yesterday to 5,536 today. Second-slowest rate of increase in hospitalizations so far.)
- Supply shortages and poor coordination delayed COVID-19 testing in Virginia for weeks
- ‘The Devastation is Indescribable’ How People are Coping and Caring at Long Term Care Facilities (“More than half of coronavirus outbreaks in Virginia are at long term care facilities, and those outbreaks can be especially deadly. RADIOIQ has this look at why nursing home residents are vulnerable and how their families are coping.”)
- Expired Sticker? How the State is Handling Vehicle Inspections During a Pandemic
- ‘My family is in a really tight spot’: Cash-strapped renters worry about lack of options
- As COVID-19 deaths and cases mount in long-term care, Virginia urged to boost testing and transparency
- COVID-19 cases and hospitalizations are still rising in Virginia
- Virginia’s seafood industry hit hard by coronavirus
- Trump, Northam pay lip service to safety for workers at meat processing plants
- Editorial: Building sale marks a new era for Hampton Roads journalism (“The Pilot’s departure from his Norfolk building will not diminish this organization’s commitment to telling the stories of our communities.” Hmmm…)
- Newport News shipyard to start temperature checks for employees
- Video: Arlington County Board to Seek Extension of July 7, 2020 Special Election
- Newport News airport makes drastic cuts as it reels from coronavirus impact
- A couple showers today as it becomes breezy; Saturday should be fantastic
