by Lowell
Here are a few national and Virginia news headlines, political and otherwise, for Tuesday, May 12.
- Covid-19 could reverse decades of global progress (“The pandemic’s collateral damage, briefly explained”)
- Europe fears coronavirus second wave (“Planning for a another wave is hampered by how little we still know about the coronavirus, experts say.”)
- Sweden Revises Covid Strategy After Deaths of Elderly Spiral
- Putin Is Well on His Way to Stealing the Next Election (“RIP democracy”)
- WHO sees ‘potentially positive data’ on COVID-19 treatments
- While a pandemic rages, political journalists are still grading Trump on a curve
- First Thing: Is the US holding up the search for a coronavirus vaccine? (“The White House has turned its back on the global coalition. Plus, what Trump can learn about the power of a heartfelt team talk”)
- Fauci Plans to Use Hearing to Warn of ‘Needless Suffering and Death’ (“Dr. Anthony S. Fauci, the nation’s top infectious disease expert, is scheduled to testify on Tuesday before the Senate Health Education, Labor and Pensions Committee.”)
- 2,000 former DOJ officials demand Barr resign for ‘repeated assaults on the rule of law’
- US fossil fuel giants set for a coronavirus bailout bonanza (“Exclusive: oil, coal and fracking companies in line to benefit from $750bn bond scheme” Absolutely unacceptable. They should get ZERO.)
- Supreme Court to hear clash over Trump tax, bank records (This *should* be a no-brainer, but unfortunately we’ve got the likes of “I LIKE BEER DO YOU LIKE BEER?” on the Supreme Court. Ugh.)
- The Supreme Court must enforce the subpoena of Trump’s financial records
- DOJ Alumni Statement on Flynn Case (“Attorney General Barr has once again assaulted the rule of law, this time in the case of President Trump’s former national security adviser Michael Flynn…Make no mistake: The Department’s action is extraordinarily rare, if not unprecedented. If any of us, or anyone reading this statement who is not a friend of the President, were to lie to federal investigators in the course of a properly predicated counterintelligence investigation, and admit we did so under oath, we would be prosecuted for it…Our democracy depends on a Department of Justice that acts as an independent arbiter of equal justice, not as an arm of the president’s political apparatus.”)
- The Flynn case isn’t over until the judge says it’s over
- The patchwork of state reopenings is a deadly game of trial and error
- How to Create a Pandemic Depression (“Opening the economy too soon can backfire, badly.”)
- Republicans finally realize Trump will drag them under (“They could try something new: stop following Trump blindly.”)
- Starve a Fever(“Why do Senate Republicans think they’ve already spent enough money on the pandemic?”)
- Trump is getting trounced among a crucial constituency: The haters (“In 2016, Donald Trump cleaned up among voters who disliked him and Hillary Clinton. This year, Biden is winning big among the comparable group.”)
- Trump doesn’t really care about the economy — he just wants to fake it until November (“Don’t be fooled by Trump’s economic happy talk — he’s willing to sell out a long-term recovery for short-term gain”)
- Scientist searching for a coronavirus cure exposes right-wing “disinformation campaign” that led to Trump cutting his funding
- Pelosi urges Congress to ‘go big’ on next virus aid package
- Trump abruptly ends briefing after contentious exchanges (I’m including this, from the AP, to show exactly how NOT to write a headline. “Contentious?” Can they try any harder to sanitize what actually happened, including Trump’s misogyny and racism? AP sucks, as does most of the corporate media.)
- Trump spars with Asian American reporter over ‘nasty question’ (“CBS News journalist Weijia Jiang asked Mr Trump why testing is a global competition to him. The president answered by saying that’s a question she should ask China. After calling on another reporter, Ms Jiang followed up by asking the president why that response was specifically for her. President Trump has previously made comments regarding Ms Jiang’s Asian American background.” This is from the BBC, by the way…*not* a U.S. news outlet. Hmmmm…wonder why that is.)
- ‘Don’t ask me. Ask China’: Trump clashes with reporters then abruptly leaves press briefing (“President lashes out at Asian American journalist who queried his constant emphasis on being first in testing” The Guardian does MUCH better than AP in its headline about this.)
- Senate Republicans break with Trump over ‘Obamagate’
- It took one question for a reporter to expose Trump’s latest baseless Obama conspiracy theory (“Monday’s news conference ended with Trump melting down in response to questions from female reporters.”)
- Acting DNI seeks to declassify any Obama officials involved in Flynn ‘unmasking’: Source (WTF?)
- White House implements stringent mask policy — but not for Trump
- Trump’s tweets are a strategy of distraction to obscure a policy of abdication
- Republicans have already decided Trump is going to lose
- GOP senators worry Trump, COVID-19 could cost them their majority
- McConnell: Obama ‘should have kept his mouth shut’ on Trump’s coronavirus response (Translation: corrupt, incompetent, probably racist white guy wants black man to keep quiet. F*** you Mitch.)
- The eerie similarities between the killings of Ahmaud Arbery and Trayvon Martin
- The GOP Death Cult Comes for Your Parents
- There’s a rebellion brewing and Trump is egging it on
- As Trump and Willam Barr Try to Undo His Work, It’s Robert Mueller Time (“It’s time for the quiet institutionalist to speak up and defend his work.”)
- Unreleased White House report shows coronavirus rates spiking in heartland communities (“Trump’s claim that cases are falling everywhere is contradicted by his own task force’s report, obtained by NBC News, showing the virus spreading far from the coasts.”)
- Ex-GOP Strategist: ‘If Obama Was President, This Would Not Have Happened’ (“Steve Schmidt slammed Trump’s response to the coronavirus pandemic, comparing him to his predecessor.”)
- There Is No Evidence That Voting By Mail Gives One Party An Advantage
- Millions Of Americans Still Haven’t Received Their Stimulus Checks (“If you’re one of the 20 million eligible taxpayers who has yet to receive a check, you have until Wednesday to give the IRS your bank details online.”)
- As States Rush to Reopen, Scientists Fear a Coronavirus Comeback
- Even finding a covid-19 vaccine won’t be enough to end the pandemic
- ‘Obamagate’ As Explained by President Trump (“The president offered a less-than-satisfactory explanation of his latest distraction from his administration’s disastrous pandemic response.”)
- Biden needs a black woman as his vice president
- Biden Is Planning an FDR-Size Presidency (“He thinks he’ll survive Tara Reade’s accusation. But he knows he can’t be an average-Joe Democrat anymore.”)
- “Trump’s Feeling Is, ‘Why Are We Losing Everywhere?’”: With Advisers Feuding and Numbers Plummeting, Trump Eyes Campaign Shake-up
- Battleground Biden ad says Trump’s coronavirus response “destroyed” economy
- Many governors win bipartisan support for handling of pandemic, but some Republicans face blowback over reopening efforts
- Democrats move to allow remote voting or a virtual summer convention
- Trump, RNC narrowly outraise Biden, Dems in April
- Musk Reopens Tesla’s Plant, Dares Authorities to Arrest Him (“Tesla sued the county over the weekend after it told the company it didn’t meet criteria to reopen.”)
- Fox News is why Trump thinks he can get away with the Nixonian corruption of Barr’s DOJ
- Twitter to label disputed COVID-19 tweets
- Governor Suspends Castle Rock Restaurant’s License After Mother’s Day Opening Goes Viral (Good.)
- Sen. Tim Kaine On U.S. Coronavirus Response
- As “Covid-19 puts crimp in 2021 race for Virginia governor”, Amanda Chase Claims Likely 2021 Democratic Candidate Terry McAuliffe Would Be “Another 6” (Yes, SIX!) “Years of governor [sic] Northam all over again.” LOL
- Hard-Hit D.C.-Area Counties Express Concern As Maryland And Virginia Move To Reopen
- Metro Reopening Plan: More Trains, Buses Than Demand — But Full Service Won’t Return Until 2021
- Covid-19 puts crimp in 2021 race for Virginia governor (And LG and AG…)
- Live Video, Highlights: Gov. Ralph Northam’s Monday (5/11) Virginia COVID-19 Briefing
- Virginia will separate antibody results from total testing: Northern Virginia reopening likely delayed
- For the First Time, Virginia Test Results Near 10,000 Target; Delay in NoVa Reopening Likely (Pretty sure it’s inaccurate to say it’s the “first time,” as there were 14,805 new results on 5/1, but…ok.)
- Editorial: Should we have a commission investigate the state’s virus response? And other questions. (Why?)
- Do electric co-ops speak for their members? Not us.
- Northam administration says federal fisheries relief ‘falls woefully short’
- In 1918 Pandemic, Black Richmond Faced New Virus and Old Racism
- Virginia’s first responders have been given personal information on COVID-19 patients for weeks
- Monday (5/11) Virginia Data on COVID-19 Finds +989 Confirmed/Probable Cases (to 25,070), +89 Hospitalizations (to 3,300), +11 Deaths (to 850) From Yesterday
- VA 8th CD Dems Introduce Resolutions on Wide Variety of Topics, From “Vote by Mail” to Rebuilding America’s Infrastructure to Aggressive Climate Action to Impeaching AG Barr to Universal Healthcare
- University of Lynchburg to confer degrees virtually on Saturday, featuring Sen. Warner as commencement speaker
- Virginia Legislator Sign-On Letter Calls on Northam, SCC to Deny Permits to Header Pipeline Project
- Prince William County Supervisors Send Urgent Letter to The Virginia Department of Health After Being Hardest Hit COVID-19 Districts in Virginia
- Salem Fair canceled for 2020 due to public health concerns
- On 5-4 vote, Richmond City Council adopts revised 2020-21 budget with more changes likely
- Man convicted in killing of Richmond officer will not be released on parole Monday
- Arlington salon owner ‘devastated’ Northern Va. may not be included in Phase 1 reopening
- Mostly sunny and cool before late-week summer preview arrives
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