by Lowell
Here are a few national and Virginia news headlines, political and otherwise, for Monday, July 13.
Trump knew about coronavirus and did nothing.
And now he wants *us* to live with it. pic.twitter.com/NwMR78SSku
— The Lincoln Project (@ProjectLincoln) July 12, 2020
- Has the International Energy Agency finally improved at forecasting solar growth? (“Something strange has happened at the IEA — the agency has finally begun to take solar and other renewables seriously.”)
- Poland’s Nationalist President Narrowly Wins Reelection (Very very bad news.)
- Trump’s Shocking Inaction on Russia
- While America Looks Away, Autocrats Crack Down on Digital News Sites
- China announces retaliatory sanctions against US officials (“Republican senators Marco Rubio and Ted Cruz among those hit by the sanctions”)
- Scientists Hoped Summer Temperatures Would Tamp Down Covid-19 Cases. What Happened? (“How the virus defeated the potential benefits of sunlight, warmer weather”)
- Trump Admin Transitions From Ignoring to Undermining Anthony Fauci
- Back to school: What doctors say about children and COVID-19
- Florida’s virus record exemplifies growing disaster of early state openings
- Long delays in getting test results hobble coronavirus response
- American Horror, Starring Donald Trump (“The coronavirus pandemic is spiraling out of control, largely because of the president himself.”)
- Trump Aides Undercut Fauci as He Speaks Up on Virus Concerns (Disgraceful.)
- White House seeks to discredit Fauci amid coronavirus surge
- Post-Roger Stone: Ten ideas for repairing Trump’s justice system
- An Indefensible Commutation
- Roger Stone, coronavirus, and the 192 days that may destroy America as we know it
- New York should prosecute Roger Stone
- Democrats are getting ready to govern responsibly on climate change
- Sorry, Donald, but Home-Schooling Is Our Near-Term Reality (“Of course everyone wants to get back to normal. But can school be ‘normal’ if we’re still seeing tens of thousands of new cases a day?”)
- The Big Boy President Wore a Big Boy Mask And Now the Election Is Over, Aides Say (“This is the sort of positive reinforcement people use on dogs.”)
- Liar, Liar, Nation on Fire
- Betsy DeVos Went on CNN and Was Asked About Reopening Schools. It Was a Disaster.
- George Soros’s Foundation Pours $220 Million Into Racial Equality Push (“The group will invest $150 million in grants for Black-led racial justice groups, and $70 million toward criminal justice reform and civic engagement.”)
- The Democrats’ suburban evangelists (One of them is Rep. Abigail Spanberger in VA07)
- A Senate Takeover Is Very Much A Possibility For Democrats. Just Follow The Money
- ‘Adapt immediately or find a new job’: Senate GOP confronts fundraising emergency (“Democrats’ online fundraising has caught fire again ahead of 2020, giving them a boost in the fight for the Senate majority.”)
- Trump Insists Obama Played More Golf as President. The Numbers Say Otherwise. (Not even close.)
- ‘He Is and Always Will Be a Terrified Little Boy’ (“Mary Trump has not indicted her uncle. She has indicted the whole family. And that might be even more valuable.”)
- Parscale hits a rough patch as Trump’s campaign manager
- Virus outbreak reshapes presidential race in Sun Belt — CBS News Battleground Tracker poll
- Joe Biden builds lead over Donald Trump in reliably red Texas, as voters sour on handling of virus
- Texas is a swing state in 2020, new polls reveal
- It’s the duty of the White House press secretary to hold briefings. But not like this.
- Coronavirus update: Florida shatters single-day infection record with 15,300 new cases
- New York City Without Coronavirus Deaths Four Months After First Report
- Jeff Sessions Comeback Bid Tests Trump’s Grip on GOP Voters
- Kelly Preston, actor and wife of John Travolta, dies aged 57 from breast cancer
- Video, Photos: Activists Greet Trump at His Loudoun County Golf Course with “Moscow on the Potomac,” “Trump IS the Virus” Signs
- Virginia prison system says active COVID-19 cases down to 22
- For now, McAuliffe is on the sidelines of Virginia’s 2021 governor race. Some wish he’d stay there.
- Sunday (7/12) Virginia Data on COVID-19 Finds +888 Confirmed/Probable Cases (to 70,670), +37 Hospitalizations (to 6,744), +4 Deaths (to 1,966) From Yesterday
- Del. Mark Levine (D): Vote NO to the Constitutional Ballot Measure…Vote NO to Perpetual Republican Legislative and Judicial Power
- ‘I’m not ready to die’ | Some Virginia teachers say they are not ready for a return to school amid pandemic (“Virginia Educators United hosted a virtual town hall Sunday night to discuss reopening plans.”)
- Amid political tug-of-war, teachers look ahead with fear, uncertainty as new school year rushes onward
- Advocates Hope to “Ban the Box” For All Virginia Employers
- Fairfax teachers, parents face a wrenching choice about fall. Betsy DeVos made it political.
- Video: Betsy DeVos Tries, Fails Miserably, to Respond to Fairfax County Schools Superintendent on Needing “Another 5 Pentagons of Space…To Safely Accommodate” Students
- Northern Virginia state lawmaker calls for more bilingual contact tracers
- Arlington/Falls Church Commonwealth’s Attorney Parisa Tafti Pushes Back Against Rudy Giluiani’s “Soros-elected anarchist DAs” Rant
- Prosecutors to drop stun gun charges, seek to indict Fairfax Co. officer
- Why Is Harry Byrd Still Standing? (“His life’s work was to prevent Black people from voting and getting an education.”)
- Local governments, school divisions start returning employees to the office
- Mapping Heat? Roanoke’s Efforts to Identify the Hottest Parts of the City
- Vote scheduled for Roanoke County return-to-school plan
- Dining out in Richmond in Phase 3 means mask wearing, no bar seating, some reservations required, and lots of confusion
- Washington NFL team to announce retirement of ‘Redskins’ nickname, reveal new name Monday
- NFL franchise to announce intention to change name
- What finally drove the name change: Money (“The timing of the planned switch by owner Daniel Snyder has little to do with Native Americans.”)
- Heat to gradually ratchet up this week. Near 90 today, upper 90s by the weekend.
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