Sunday News: “Putin paid a bounty to kill American soldiers. [Trump] knew about it but did nothing.”; “Record Surge” in U.S. COVID-19 Cases; “For Sen. Tim Kaine Of Virginia, Presidential Power Has Gone Too Far”

by Lowell

Here are a few national and Virginia news headlines, political and otherwise, for Sunday, June 28.

Putin paid a bounty to kill American soldiers. @realDonaldTrump knew about it but did nothing. How can Trump lead America when he can’t even defend it? pic.twitter.com/oEbnc2cWbT

— The Lincoln Project (@ProjectLincoln) June 28, 2020

• Global coronavirus cases exceed 10 million
• Sweden’s Covid Expert Says the World Still Doesn’t Understand (“Sweden’s policy is unusual in that it took a much less stringent approach to preventing transmission, but interestingly it implemented those measures at a very early stage in the pandemic, before large amounts of community spread had occurred.”)
• Scientists Just Beginning To Understand The Many Health Problems Caused By Covid-19 (“We thought this was only a respiratory virus. Turns out, it goes after the pancreas. It goes after the heart. It goes after the liver, the brain, the kidney and other organs.”)
• Never before has the science around Covid-19 been so opaque (“Dr. Sanjay Gupta reports there are growing concerns that coronavirus treatment studies being showcased are not ready for ‘prime time'”)
• U.S. sets single-day record for new coronavirus cases for fifth consecutive day (“The grim reality of the virus continued to batter the United States, with a record 44,782 new cases reported on Saturday, the second day in a row that new cases have risen above 40,000.”)
• With Trump leading the way, record surge in new infections exposes failures in U.S. response
• U.S. coronavirus cases surge by more than 45,000 in one day, total surpasses 2.5 million
• A Look At Where The U.S. Is In The Pandemic (“I think the most important one at this point has to be the utter lack of leadership from the Trump administration. To control a pandemic like this in a country as large and decentralized in its health care as the United States requires a solid, coordinated federal hand, and that just has not happened. The administration has floundered. It has left things up to the states.”)
• Trump’s perverse pandemic response has thrown health officials into a vortex of fury
• Young people urged to take virus more seriously as pandemic worsens in U.S.
• Trump, Not So Statuesque (“Things are looking down for the Donald.”)
• Trump tweets “wanted” images as 4 charged over bid to topple Andrew Jackson statue (*Totally* normal behavior for a president, eh?)
• Workers removed thousands of social distancing stickers before Trump’s Tulsa rally, video and photos show
• For Sen. Tim Kaine Of Virginia, Presidential Power Has Gone Too Far
• NATIONAL SECURITY
  If the Deep State hates Trump, why aren’t more officials speaking out like Bolton? (“If John Bolton is telling the truth, plenty of career diplomats, soldiers and spies have kept silent while watching Trump abuse his office. Why?”)
• New U.S. coronavirus cases break record; Pence cancels campaign events in Arizona, Florida
• Democrats optimistic about chances of winning Senate (“‘I feel good about them, I do. I mean certainly better than a year ago,’ said Sen. Tim Kaine (D-Va.), the party’s 2016 vice presidential nominee, asked about the party’s chances.”)
• Trump admits it: He’s losing (“Amid a mountain of bad polling and stark warnings from allies, the president has acknowledged his reelection woes to allies.”)
• For Biden VP, Black Democrats are torn between Harris and Warren
• Biden slams Trump over reported bounties placed on US troops
• Biden campaign is 35% people of color and 53% female, new diversity data shows
• South Carolina congressman Jim Clyburn: ‘If Biden doesn’t win, US democracy will crumble’ (Correct.)
• It’s Time to Defund Fox News (“If business types really care about social justice, they’ll defund the country’s most prominent purveyor of anti-justice poison. And here’s an unlikely model for them to follow.”)
• How to Go Cold Turkey on $77 Billion of Facebook Ads (“Companies are boycotting to force the tech giant to tackle racism. What if they just abandoned the platform entirely?”)
• Princeton Will Remove Woodrow Wilson’s Name From School
• Mississippi House starts process to change state’s flag
• Florida sets another one-day record with 9,585 new coronavirus cases
• Crunching the Numbers: How VA-05 Democratic Nominee Cameron Webb Could Win the Election In an R+6 “PVI” District
• Rashid for Congress Campaign Responds to Reports That Russia Secretly Offered Afghan Militants Bounties to Kill U.S. Troops
• Terry McAuliffe Hosts Virtual Organizing Meeting in Virginia with Virginia High Schoolers for Biden
• Voting, gambling, firearms, here are some of the new laws going into effect in Virginia
• ‘We’re in another world’: Coronavirus lays bare digital divide in rural Virginia
• These 10 new Virginia gun laws go into effect next week (“Among the new rules: universal background checks, a monthly limit on handgun purchases and temporarily taking guns away from those a court deems a danger.”)
• Editorial: Withholding police records needless impedes needed oversight
• Saturday (6/27) Virginia Data on COVID-19 Finds +677 Confirmed/Probable Cases (to 61,247), +49 Hospitalizations (to 6,120), +24 Deaths (to 1,724) From Yesterday
• Republican 2021 VA Gubernatorial Candidate Amanda Chase Poses in Front of “Q-Anon” Flag (Chase’s response: “Let me guess. I just triggered a liberal.”)
• Video: Virginia Del. Hala Ayala (D-Prince William County) Hosts “Unite for Racial Justice” Forum
• Gordon C. Morse: A future Virginia that no longer resembles its past
• Virginia nursing homes walk tightrope
• A Virginia county enacted new rules that seem intended to block a Muslim cemetery
• Bryan Stephens: Region’s future brighter for pipeline ruling (Why publish crap like this? Utter idiocy as well.)
• New police chief arrives less than two weeks after Mayor promises nationwide search
• Endorsements in July 7 Arlington County Board Special Election *Overwhelmingly* Favor Democrat Takis Karantonis
• Projections at Lee Monument have offered peace in times of violence – a glimpse into what the monuments could be
• Crowd rallies in Spotsylvania to ‘Back the Blue’
• Arlington has to do more to improve the lives of its black children
• ‘We Back Blue’ rally held in Manassas to show support for law enforcement
• National Congress of American Indians President: Washington NFL Team Players Should “rip down that name like it was a statue of a Confederate general in their locker room”
• More strong thunderstorms possible this evening. Hot and muggy with more storms on Sunday.