by Lowell
Here are a few national and Virginia news headlines, political and otherwise, for Monday, July 6.
- Russian democracy is a farce. Putin wants the same fate for America
- Strongmen rush to remake the world order as Trump faces potential election defeat
- Iran Admits Serious Damage to Natanz Nuclear Site, Setting Back Program
- Hong Kong security law: Pro-democracy books pulled from libraries
- Scientists Plan To Urge WHO To Take Airborne Spread Of Coronavirus More Seriously (“Airborne transmission could dramatically shift safety guidelines, requiring more mask usage and better air circulation indoors.”)
- Coronavirus: India overtakes Russia in Covid-19 cases
- Unpacking the National Intelligence Council’s Memo on Russian Bounty Operation
- U.S. Coronavirus Death Toll Nears 130,000 as Infection Rate Surges
- 7-day average case total in U.S. sets record for 27th straight day
- Duckworth emerging as a contender to be Biden’s running mate
- The hidden aftershocks of John Bolton’s memoir as foreign government officials remain fixated
- Trump is running an openly racist campaign
- A vicious culture war is all Trump has left
- Trump’s ‘Toe-tally-terry-tism’ speech (“Trump delivers a bookend to his ‘American carnage’ speech.”)
- The Fullest Look Yet at the Racial Inequity of Coronavirus
- Trump is going all in on divisive culture wars. That might not work this time. (“Trump’s Independence Day fear-mongering about ‘far-left fascism’ shows he doesn’t get his own base.”)
- Trump decries ‘cancel culture’ — but no one embraces it more
- Trump Presses ‘Cancel Culture’ War, But Here Are 6 Numbers That Matter More (“87% — Dissatisfaction is the highest of Trump’s presidency”)
- Yes, Bill Barr Is Incredibly Corrupt. But He’s Also Incredibly Inept.
- Trump turned July Fourth into a partisan event. The damage could be long-lasting.
- Trump Jumps on Preserving Monuments as Winning Campaign Issue
- Juan Williams: Trump’s base begins to crack
- Senate outlook slides for GOP (“Several recent polls show Democratic challengers leading Republican incumbents in Arizona, North Carolina and Iowa. The GOP is also fending off tough challenges in a handful of other states, including Colorado, Maine and Montana. “)
- Team Trump Is Packed With Coronavirus Truthers (Bunch of nutjobs.)
- How Lincoln Project anti-Trump Republicans got into his head. Spoiler: It was easy. (“With clever ads and searing social media attacks, the group has drawn notice. But what that means for the election is up in the air.”)
- Donald Trump’s shrinking electoral map (“Gone are the days of forecasting a landslide victory. The president’s team is looking not for where Trump can win more, but how he can lose less.”)
- How Tucker Carlson monologues predict what Trump will say next
- Swing states may be up for grabs as Covid-19 hits Republican strongholds
- Kanye West for president? Realities and rules say White House run unlikely (“If the rapper is serious about running against Trump and Biden, he has significant obstacles to clear”)
- To Celebrate the Fourth, Michael Flynn Posts a Pledge to Conspiracy Group QAnon (“Well, this is concerning.”)
- Prosecutors seek Friday court appearance for Jeffrey Epstein friend Ghislaine Maxwell
- Buffett’s Berkshire Ends Deal Drought With Dominion Bet (“It’s not something that’s going to move the needle from a balance sheet standpoint, but it’ll produce several hundred million dollars a year in net income to Berkshire”)
- GOP House candidates suddenly don’t want to talk about ending health care (Democrats should talk about it for them, then.)
- GOP Sen.: Obama ‘Failed’ on Ebola but Trump’s Stepped Up With COVID-19 (Ernst is certifiable.)
- ‘You shot and killed a baby’: Atlanta mayor demands an end to violence after 8-year-old slain near where Rayshard Brooks died
- Sen. Mark Warner on Cleaning Up National Parks
- Luria joins bipartisan effort demanding review of DoD policy on extremism, white supremacy
- How Virginia plans to let people ban themselves from buying guns
- Frontrunner for the VA GOP’s 2021 Gubernatorial Nomination Rallies in Honor of “Far-Right Paramilitary Group” Member; As Del. Jay Jones Points Out, the Virginia GOP’s “silence is deafening here”
- Sunday (7/5) Virginia Data on COVID-19 Finds +639 Confirmed/Probable Cases (to 65,748), +13 Hospitalizations (to 6,418), +4 Deaths (to 1,853) From Yesterday
- Video: Panel of Conservative Virginians Opine on Trump’s Reelection Chances, Biden’s Best VP Pick, 2021 Dem Governor’s Primary, Amanda Chase as an Election Disaster for the VA GOP (On Chase: “There are not enough Confederate reenactors to get her to 40%”)
- BREAKING: Dominion, Duke Announce They’re CANCELING the Atlantic Coast Pipeline!
- Dominion Sells Gas Business and Cancels Atlantic Coast Pipeline, in Clean Energy Pivot (“Dominion and Duke Energy will walk away from controversial pipeline project as U.S. utilities grapple with future role of natural gas.”)
- Energy companies abandon long-delayed Atlantic Coast Pipeline
- Delays, legal challenges allowed the curtain to be pulled back on the Atlantic Coast Pipeline
- Dominion cancels Atlantic Coast Pipeline, announces sale of natural gas transmission and storage assets
- Some say Northern Virginia’s jump to Phase 3 of reopening threatens region’s progress against virus (Gotta love the media’s “Some say” formulation…)
- Va. gun sales top 81,000 in June, a new record, amid fears of virus, protests and defunding police
- How Norfolk plans to use $26 million in federal coronavirus stimulus
- Fairfax County School Board Member: “I Want Kids to Learn and I Don’t Want People to Die” During COVID-19 Pandemic (“Trying to figure that out means that I lay awake at night trying to see every angle.”)
- An Uneasy July 4th In Richmond, Va., As Armed Groups Gather Warily
- A Look At Protests In Richmond Over Independence Day Weekend
- Hampton Roads celebrities back their words up with action in light of coronavirus, push for racial justice, equality
- Fairfax Co. teachers advocate to stay out of the classroom this fall
- Hail to the TBD: Washington’s football team has yet another chance to get this right
- 2 Nationals players test positive for coronavirus ahead of shortened MLB season
- Redskins’ trio of minority owners launching search to sell stakes (LOL)
- Steamy for the next several days with late-day storm chances
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