by Lowell
Here are a few national and Virginia news headlines, political and otherwise, for Saturday, July 25.
- How the U.S. Compares With the World’s Worst Coronavirus Hot Spots
- Record numbers of coronavirus cases in every global region: Reuters tally
- A New Solution to Climate Science’s Biggest Mystery (“The biggest change in the new study is on the lower end: It zeroes out any chance that Earth isn’t sensitive to carbon emissions. There’s no way to double the planet’s carbon-dioxide content and avoid fewer than 2.3 degrees Celsius (4 degrees Fahrenheit) of warming, the authors found”)
- Canada Got Better. The United States Got Trump. (“Two North American nations seemed to be on the same path—and then they diverged.”)
- A Vaccine Reality Check (“So much hope is riding on a breakthrough, but a vaccine is only the beginning of the end.”)
- The Supply Chain to Save the World Is Unprepared for a Vaccine
- New Coronavirus Cases in U.S. Reach 73,400, Near Single-Day Record
- U.S. records 1,000 coronavirus deaths for fourth day, some progress seen
- When will coronavirus cases peak? It’s getting harder for experts to predict. (“If these trends continue to go up, I think this wave could continue through the winter”)
- More people in the US are hospitalized with Covid-19 than at almost any other time
- People with milder coronavirus cases still report health issues weeks after testing, CDC says
- CDC Issues Coronavirus Guidelines for Reopening Schools (The key phrase: “The health agency, under pressure from the White House to support the opening of schools”)
- US gets Covid-19 reality checks (“A survey’s findings on coronavirus symptoms and Dr. Fauci’s comments on a vaccine come as global case numbers set a new high”)
- CDC: One-third of COVID-19 patients who aren’t hospitalized have long-term illness
- Supreme Court rejects Nevada church’s argument against pandemic restrictions
(That should have been unanimous; the fact that Alito/Thomas/Kavanaugh/Gorsuch voted the wrong way is disturbing but not surprising, sadly.) - ‘Mugged by Reality,’ Trump Finds Denial Won’t Stop the Pandemic
- ‘It’s Like Groundhog Day’: Coronavirus Testing Labs Again Lack Key Supplies
- Trump’s Golden Era of Energy Is Turning to Lead
- Mnuchin makes deficit hawks nervous on relief bill talks
- McConnell says stimulus deal could take ‘weeks,’ which would put millions of people in limbo (This is 100% Republicans’ fault. Vote Them Out!)
- ‘It’s Bleak’: Trump’s Great American Comeback Is a Dumpster Fire (“’The president has done such damage to himself that a lot of us are just waiting for him to stop being handed so many of those kinds of opportunities,’ said a senior official.”)
- America ‘staring down the barrel of martial law’, Oregon senator warns (“Ron Wyden says Portland tactics threaten democracy; Senator Jeff Merkley deplores ‘military-style assault’”)
- A Judge Won’t Force Federal Officers In Portland To Identify Themselves When Making Arrests (George W. Bush appointee.)
- The federal police in Portland don’t even understand what ‘arrests’ are
- Operation Diligent Valor: Trump showcased federal power in Portland, making a culture war campaign pitch
- Made-for-TV fascism: how Trump’s ‘crime explosion’ ploy could backfire
- The GOP Plan to Slash Unemployment Benefits Puts the Whole Economic Recovery at Risk (“The $600 cushion has allowed people to invest in their futures, and to spend. That could all disappear.”)
- “Trump Could Not Be More on the Wrong Side”: New Poll Shows Trump’s Black Lives Matter Protest Response Could Cost Him 2020
- 40 million Americans face student loan cliff
- Fact check: Trump again tells story about being booed at 2015 event he didn’t attend (“Trump was musing to Dave Portnoy, the controversial founder of the website Barstool Sports, about how his life was better before he announced his presidential candidacy. As he did in March, Trump then spoke of an incident he claimed took place at a New York City charity gala after he became a politician in 2015.” Also note, no masks and no social distancing in this interview. Why not?)
- ICE Confirms New Foreign Students Can’t Take Online-Only Course Loads In The U.S. (This is absolute crap.)
- There Is a ‘Great Silent Majority.’ But It Stands Against Trump. (“And the minority he represents.”)
- Trump’s convention cancellation is costing GOP donors millions
- Inside Trump’s About-Face on the Republican Convention in Jacksonville
- What century does Trump think American women are living in? (“Trump’s tweet to the ‘Suburban Housewives of America’ isn’t a dog whistle. It is an air-raid siren.”)
- Donald Trump’s suburban horror show
- The Republican convention debacle is vintage Trump (“Wasting other people’s money, again.”)
- How the U.S. Chamber of Commerce wrecked the economy — and made the pandemic worse (“How the so-called champion of American business fought to protect profiteering — and endangered millions”)
- Local TV stations across the country set to air discredited ‘Plandemic’ researcher’s conspiracy theory about Fauci (Just a reminder not to watch or link to Sinclair-owned TV “news,” such as WJLA-TV7 in the DC area.)
- GOP governors who rushed to reopen see approval ratings tank
- Democrats can nationalize the Senate races
- Kimberly Guilfoyle’s Fund-Raising for Trump Draws Scrutiny
- His approval faltering, Republicans in battleground Houston districts start to distance from Trump
- Pro-Trump OAN attacks bans of “the new mainstream” QAnon: “The deep state appears to be fighting back” (Unhinged.)
- Sean Hannity keeps altering a Joe Biden quote about the police to attack him (“He’s inserted words into a Biden remark to change its meaning at least 17 times” Why hasn’t he been fired? Oh yeah, it’s Fox “News.”)
- Ken Cuccinelli: Dems’ ‘Nazi’ and ‘stormtrooper’ labels for fed officers may be libelous (Just remember, Cooch is a fascist.)
- Cuomo says Wolf, Cuccinelli violated oath of office and should be investigated
- 4 Months After Voting Against Bipartisan Bill for Lower Insulin Prices, Nick Freitas Blames “The Government” for Higher Insulin Prices
- Commission Recommends Removal of Virginia’s Robert E. Lee Statue from U.S. Capitol
- AG Mark Herring Sues President Trump for Continued Efforts to Sabotage Census
- Friday (7/24) Virginia Data on COVID-19 Finds +1,127 Confirmed/Probable Cases (to 82,364), +78 Hospitalizations (to 7,515), +13 Deaths (to 2,067) From Yesterday
- As COVID-19 infections rise in Virginia, contacting affected people slows
- GOP Senator Seeks New Limits on Northam (Steve Newman, lol.)
- Virginia And Maryland Report Highest Number Of New COVID-19 Cases In Weeks
- It’s time for answers to disturbing questions in the allegations against Virginia Lt. Gov. Justin Fairfax (I agree that we really do need answers here. The question is, how to go about getting them?)
- BREAKING: Speaker Filler-Corn Announces Robert E. Lee Statue, Confederate Busts Removed from Old House Chamber of Virginia State Capitol
- Virginia Evicts Confederate Monuments from its State Capitol
- Defeat of Atlantic Coast Pipeline rooted in homegrown legal strategy
- Lee statue, Confederate busts, removed overnight from Old House chamber at Va. Capitol
- Sen. Chap Petersen Files Motion to Voluntarily Dismiss His Challenge to Virginia’s COVID-19 Safety Measures
- It’s Not Just Policy But Culture: Cop Pulls Gun on Sen. McClellan’s Dad for Lawn Watering While Black (Video)
- Del. Hala Ayala Fires Back at InsideNOVA Editorial Claiming Three Women of Color Need Lots More “Experience” Before Running Statewide
- Metro Will Distribute 500,000 Masks From The Federal Government At Stations, Transfer Points
- U.S. District Court Judge Denies Preliminary Injunction in Federal Lee Statue Case, “Has Actually Dismissed the Case Entirely”
- Northam may impose stricter policies for Hampton Roads next week to tamp down coronavirus cases
- With coal in crisis, will Virginia be saddled with millions in mine cleanup costs?
- Arlington NAACP Calls for Removal of Police Stationed at Schools
- How Hampton Roads school districts are planning to open this fall
- Fairfax Co. student leader asks fellow students to share concerns
- Richmond lawyer files state complaint against former judge in Lee statue case (Based on his bigoted, odious views, Cavedo shouldn’t be a judge.)
- Chesterfield County Board Seeks Answers on School Reopening
- ‘Remember The Titans’ High School Is Still Named After a Segregationist (“Alexandria’s only public high school is named after T.C. Williams, who tried to stop the school system from integrating”)
- Four UVa athletes test positive for COVID-19 out of athletic department’s first 235 tests
- Hot today, hotter tomorrow, then more high heat into early next week
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