by Lowell
Here are a few national and Virginia news headlines, political and otherwise, for Monday, June 29.
- Global report: deaths from coronavirus pass half a million (“Ten million test positive in the space of six months; Melbourne records highest daily jump in locally acquired cases; some US states reimpose restrictions”)
- China forces birth control on Uighurs to suppress population
- The U.S.-China Feud Gets Nasty
- Emmanuel Macron Is Losing His Urban Grip
- Greens surge in French local elections as Anne Hidalgo holds Paris
- Spies and Commandos Warned Months Ago of Russian Bounties on U.S. Troops
- Russian bounties to Taliban-linked militants resulted in deaths of U.S. troops, intelligence assessments say (“The disturbing intelligence — which the CIA was tasked with reviewing, and later confirmed — emerged from U.S. military interrogations in recent months. The issue has generated disagreement within the Trump administration about how to confront the Russians.” This is, by the way, a million times worse than “Benghazi.” So…let’s see more outrage about this from Fox, etc? Yeah, right!)
- Trump’s claim he was ignorant of Russian bounty on US soldiers ripped apart by ex-CIA official
- The Failed U.S. Reopening Has Served Up a Feast for the Coronavirus (“And there is no end in sight. Again.”)
- As the pandemic rages, Trump indulges his obsessions
- ‘We have to act’ — HHS Secretary Azar warns ‘window closing’ to halt coronavirus spike
- U.S. Coronavirus Cases Surge Amid Strains on Hospitals
- Trump’s self-defeating resistance to mask wearing says it all
- U.S. Officials Press President Trump to Wear Mask in Coronavirus Fight
- Trump thanks the “great people” in a video featuring a supporter yelling “white power”
- Trump deletes tweet of supporter shouting ‘white power’ after outrage (The message was sent, though, to Trump’s white supremacist supporters.)
- Choir of more than 100 people perform without masks at Pence event (Insane.)
- Pence urges mask-wearing as cases soar (Except for that 100-person choir?)
- President Trump and Republicans are the radicals on health care
- Why the Mueller Investigation Failed (“President Trump’s obstructions of justice were broader than those of Richard Nixon or Bill Clinton, and the special counsel’s investigation proved it. How come the report didn’t say so?” “The special counsel was celebrated for his sober, bipartisan approach, but his overabundance of caution led to missed opportunities and played straight into the hands of the White House.”))
- Why Aunt Gloria wants Biden to pick Elizabeth Warren
- Biden could be the unlikely instrument of a new generational alignment
- Some Trump allies push for campaign shake-up to revive president’s imperiled reelection bid
- Trailing in key states, Trump campaign seeks to rebrand Biden as a danger to America (100% not credible.)
- Kamala Harris’s Police Reform Push Becomes Running Mate Audition
- CNN’s Van Jones Secretly Helped Craft the Weak Trump Police Reform He Praised on TV (Van Jones really lost his way a while back.)
- Donald Trump Hates Being President, Hates Losing, and Hates the Americans About to Make Him a Losing President (“He has no conscience, of course, but awareness of his complete inadequacy at every single aspect of this job must barge its way into his mind every so often.”)
- Marty Baron Made The Post Great Again. Now, the News Is Changing.
- Elijah McClain’s death is an unspeakable outrage (It really is – What. The. F***???)
- Sacha Baron Cohen Trolls Far-Right Rally With Racist Sing-Along (“Washington militia claps along to a peppy tune about the ‘Wuhan Flu.'”)
- Filibuster reform gains steam with Democrats
- Trump’s growing re-election threat: Republican skeptics (“While President Donald Trump remains focused on outside antagonists, the threat from within could be decisive in an election that could be decided on the margins.”)
- Chesapeake Energy, a pioneer in the U.S. shale revolution, files for bankruptcy protection (Bye bye!)
- Zuckerberg once wanted to sanction Trump. Then Facebook wrote rules that accommodated him. (F*** Z***)
- Mississippi lawmakers vote to remove rebel emblem from flag
- Florida’s Covid Cases Up Fivefold in 2 Weeks: ‘The Numbers Are Scary’
- Houston hospitals hit 100% base ICU capacity. Then they stopped reporting data.
- A Sun Belt time bomb threatens Trump’s reelection (“Rising Covid-19 caseloads in Florida, Arizona and Texas raise fresh doubts about the president’s reelection prospects.”)
- Joe Biden, Virginia Dems Condemn Trump’s Retweet of “White Power” Video: “Indefensible,” “Shameful,” “We know who he is,” “Just like he did after Charlottesville”
- Federal report faults Virginia Department of Education over special education oversight
- Sunday (6/28) Virginia Data on COVID-19 Finds +489 Confirmed/Probable Cases (to 61,736), +16 Hospitalizations (to 6,136), +8 Deaths (to 1,732) From Yesterday
- Chris McKinley: Lending Act will pay dividends for Virginia
- Virginia’s coal industry sees furloughs and idled mines amid pandemic
- Video: Richmond’s New Police Chief, Gerald Smith, Introduced; Says “the number one thing I have to do…is listen”
- Richmond’s Unconstitutional Assault on Democracy
- A ‘tipping point’: Liberty University rattled by its own racial reckoning
- New Police Chief Leaves Department Accused of Excessive Force
- Black graduates of evangelical Liberty University call out school’s racism
- Telemedicine use skyrockets during coronavirus pandemic, Hampton Roads hospitals say
- How Fairfax County schools are funding coronavirus changes
- Effort to force Norfolk council vote on gun laws falls short. But advocates have asked a judge for a second chance.
- Marchers in Virginia Beach call to defund police, remove Confederate monument
- Editorial: No rush to play ball needed amid virus crisis
- Toasty but tranquil summer week to bring just a few storm chances
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