by Lowell
Here are a few national and Virginia news headlines, political and otherwise, for Monday, Memorial Day, May 25, 2020.
“We’re just having a bit of an earthquake here”: New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern barely skipped a beat when a quake struck during a live TV interview. https://t.co/tKLFX9Kn5a pic.twitter.com/n97xbTGaRu
— ABC News (@ABC) May 25, 2020
- China Strongly Condemns U.S. Blacklisting Dozens of Its Firms
- China Warns U.S. Politicians Pushing Nations Into ‘New Cold War’
- Furious backlash after Boris Johnson defends aide’s lockdown journey
- Coronavirus: Trump aide claims China guilty of cover-up akin to Chernobyl (This nut is the national security adviser? Ee gads.)
- Hong Kong Protesters Brave Pandemic Fears and Tear Gas to Denounce China’s Big Security Push (“The White House warned on Sunday that China risks US sanctions over the laws.”)
- Japan lifts Tokyo’s state of emergency, eyes fresh stimulus
- More Than 100 in Germany Found to Be Infected With Coronavirus After Church’s Services
- ‘What planet are they on?’ No respite for Johnson and Cummings
- White House announces new coronavirus travel restrictions on Brazil
- Sun Cable plans Darwin big battery, precursor to world’s biggest solar and storage project (“The Sun Cable consortium has unveiled plans for a substantial big battery in Darwin as a precursor to its broader plans to build the world’s large solar and storage project as part of a $20 billion to export Australia’s ‘sunshine’ to Singapore and other south east Asia countries.”)
- Americans are crowding public places and officials fear possibility of spikes in coronavirus cases
- As Trump removes federal watchdogs, some loyalists replacing them have ‘preposterous’ conflicts
- Trump spent Memorial Day weekend tweeting conspiracy theories and petty attacks (“Ahead of the holiday, Trump made baseless claims of murder and shared personal attacks against Democratic women.”)
- Trump Promotes Posts From Racist and Sexist Twitter Feed
- On weekend dedicated to war dead, Trump tweets insults, promotes baseless claims and plays golf
- On Memorial Day weekend, Trump shows his true self
- Remember all of today’s heroes, from the overseas base to the corner grocery
- They Survived the Worst Battles of World War II. And Died of the Virus.
- Video: What The U.S. Is Doing About Its Testing Swab Shortage
- Trump retweets personal attacks on Clinton, Pelosi, Abrams (Yep, Trump viciously attacking women and people of color.)
- Florida family grieves as Trump spreads debunked conspiracy theory to attack MSNBC host
- GOP lawmaker calls on Trump to stop promoting Scarborough conspiracy theory: ‘It will destroy us’ (How about the many other crazy conspiracy theories Trump promotes, including about Joe Biden, Barack Obama, Hillary Clinton, etc, etc.?)
- Trump gutted the checks on his power when they were most needed (“Analysis: Trump’s intervention with the FDA and the lucrative contract awarded to Battelle are the latest exhibits of how and why he sees oversight as a political enemy.”)
- Coronavirus casualties in Republicans’ culture war (“Science denial is deadly.”)
- Pelosi makes fans as Democrat who gets under Trump’s skin
- Trump’s Fifth Simple Trick for Stealing the Election Will Give You Nightmares—and Tear America Apart
- Could a second wave of coronavirus trigger new stay-at-home orders? States can’t agree.
- Biden Can Beat Trump … if He Doesn’t Blow It (“Joe being stuck at home during an election year may turn out to be a good thing.”)
- Scoop: Inside the secret talks to overhaul the GOP platform
- Elizabeth Warren Will Embrace Big-Money Donors on Biden’s Behalf (“Though the senator ruled out top-dollar events during her own campaign, calling on donor relationships she fostered before her presidential run could advantage Biden—and help her chances as his potential running mate.”)
- Administration leaves testing responsibility to states in report to Congress
- The Coronavirus Is Deadliest Where Democrats Live (Urban areas, in other words.)
- The political neophyte Democrats are betting on to capture the Senate (“The national party must first shepherd its chosen candidate, Theresa Greenfield, through an increasingly tricky Iowa primary.”)
- The virus is worsening the racial wealth gap. Careless rescue policies could, too.
- Federal judge guts Florida law requiring felons to pay fines before they can vote
- National Republicans sue California to block mail-ballot November election (Republicans really, really want to keep people from voting.)
- Ann Coulter Turns on ‘Disloyal Actual Retard’ Trump in Twitter Rant (Alrighty then.)
- Minnesota Poll: Biden holds small lead over Trump in 2020 presidential race
- Bots Are Likely Responsible For Nearly Half Of COVID-19 Tweets, Say Researchers (“Many of them are promoting fake cures, spreading conspiracy theories and pushing to ‘re-open America.'” Twitter is a complete mess, as is Facebook.)
- Memorial Day: Why veterans are particularly vulnerable to the coronavirus pandemic
- D.C. region will have enough testing and tracing capacity by July to contain virus, officials say (“For months, the limits on testing and contact tracing have been a principal barrier to resuming business, social and cultural activities.”)
- Gov. Northam’s Failure to Wear Mask or Practice Social Distancing: “The optics are terrible and give fuel to those who object to wearing face coverings”
- Virginia governor Ralph Northam says masks save lives – then doesn’t wear one
- Virginia governor draws criticism for mask-less beach visit
- Sunday (5/24) Virginia Data on COVID-19 Finds +495 Confirmed/Probable Cases (to 36,244), +33 Hospitalizations (to 4,214), +12 Deaths (to 1,171) From Yesterday
- Sen. Amanda Chase Says She Won’t Be “masked, tested, tracked or chipped to support this liberal agenda”; Corey Stewart Says People Have an “Obligation” to “Civil Disobedience” Against a “Wicked” “Tyrant”
- Virginia scientists track virus mutations
- Coronavirus hospitalizations across Virginia fall to lowest level in a month
- Prince William County Board Chair Ann Wheeler, Del. Danica Roem (D-Manassas) Respond to “Reopen Prince William County” Rally
- With official gatherings canceled, Fredericksburg area looks for new ways to mark Memorial Day
- A smaller, quieter Memorial Day observance in Scottsville
- Warm conditions prevail for much of the week
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