by Lowell
Here are a few national and Virginia news headlines, political and otherwise, for Saturday, July 11.
- ‘You cannot fight the pandemic with lies’ — Angela Merkel knows how to insert a dagger
- Wildlife crime putting environment and health at risk: UN report (Huge problem.)
- New Coronavirus Cases in U.S. Soar Past 68,000, Shattering Record (“The number of daily global cases also broke a record, with the United States as the biggest source of new infections. The U.S. death toll is also on the rise.”)
- Our pandemic response is stalling. And it’s made worse by Trump’s ignorance.
- After months of decline, U.S. virus death rate begins to rise
- Trump and DeVos want schools ‘fully’ open five days a week, but not many are listening
- Coronavirus Cases Rising In 44 States, D.C. And Puerto Rico, NPR Analysis Shows
- Expert warns the US is approaching ‘one of the most unstable times in the history of our country’
- Pediatricians, Educators and Superintendents Urge a Safe Return to School This Fall
- Pediatrics group Trump keeps citing denounces his threat to cut school funding
- Nation’s Pediatricians Walk Back Support For In-Person School
- Trump Says He ‘Aced’ Cognitive Test, but White House Won’t Release Details (There’s no way he “aced” it; the guy’s an imbecile.)
- Trump’s Most Brazen Reprieve Yet
- Trump’s commutation of Roger Stone’s sentence is an unforgivable betrayal of his office (“The United States is supposed to be a place in which laws apply equally to all. And while it never has — and never will — live up to that ideal in full, no modern president before Mr. Trump has so clearly renounced it. The president seems to be doing his best, within the confines of the U.S. constitutional system, to emulate the gangster leadership of Russian President Vladimir Putin, a man whose ruinous reign Mr. Trump has always admired. If the country needed any more evidence, Friday confirmed that the greatest threat to the Republic is the president himself.”)
- The Filthy Air (“Trump gives Roger Stone his Get Out of Jail Free card.”)
- What Could Be More Impeachable Than Clemency for Roger Stone? (“Trump’s latest abuse of power is so flagrant that Republicans should want to punish him for their own self-preservation. But they won’t.”)
- Roger Stone: Trump proves his love for ‘law and order’ doesn’t apply to friends
- Trump commutes Roger Stone’s sentence following concerted campaign by Fox News and Infowars
- Donald Trump Frees Roger Stone…and Pardons Himself (“By commuting Stone’s prison sentence, Trump protects his longtime pal in a Russia scandal coverup.”)
- Behind the Relentless Stock Rally, Waves of Anxiety Are Building
- Running Out the Clock Is This Administration*’s Primary Legal Strategy These Days
- The Most Dangerous Phase of Trump’s Rule
- Pelosi hits Trump’s weaknesses, which are multiplying (“Trump is losing on all counts.”)
- Concern over turnout was factor in postponing Trump rally, GOP advisers say
- Trump scrubs rally as campaign struggles to reboot
- Two comforting revelations from the Supreme Court
- More than ever, this is John Roberts’ Supreme Court (“The George W. Bush appointee is leading from the center — and drawing Trump’s wrath along the way.” That’s actually bulls***; Roberts is very much to the right of center.)
- Trump’s campaign to open schools provokes mounting backlash even from GOP (“An overwhelming alignment of local, state and even Republican-aligned organizations oppose the rush to reopen schools and colleges.”)
- Democrats seek to tie GOP candidates to Trump, DeVos
- Goya Foods: Hispanic brand faces boycott for praising Trump
- Trump, Vindman and a military leadership case study that will be taught for years (“Vindman fought valiantly overseas, but he has forced America to reckon with questions a lot closer to home.”)
- What a Direct Attack on Free Speech Looks Like (“President Trump is threatening to punish universities for ‘radical left indoctrination.'”)
- Biden-Sanders task force calls for installing 500 million solar modules in next five years
- 20% of all US energy consumed in 2019 was from non-fossil generation (“According to the most recent EIA Monthly Energy Review, non-fossil generation sources accounted for 20% of all energy consumed in 2019, the highest mark in history.”)
- Twelve signs Trump would try to run a fascist dictatorship in a second term
- Trump calls mail-in ballots ‘dishonest’ but says absentee ballots are ‘fine.’ They’re the same thing.
- Joe Biden just ate Trump’s populist lunch
- ‘You get made fun of’: Trump campaign office shuns masks, social distancing
- Tucker Carlson’s top writer resigns after secretly posting racist and sexist remarks in online forum
- TikTok: Amazon says email asking staff to remove app ‘sent in error’
- Zuckerberg Never Fails to Disappoint (“He cannot hold on to such enormous power and avoid responsibility when things get tough”)
- Twitter suspends more than 50 white nationalist accounts
- Wall Street Journal Staff Members Push for Big Changes in News Coverage
- Sen. Tim Kaine shares latest on stimulus checks, unemployment, rent relief & hazard pay
- ICYMI: Terry McAuliffe, Bobby Scott, and Jeion Ward Hold Roundtable with Virginia Labor Leaders on Joe Biden’s “Build Back Better” Plan
- Audio: VA05 GOP’s Far-Right Nominee Falsely Claims COVID-19 a “Manufactured Crisis,” “We Have Largely Eliminated Systemic Racism” and His African-American Opponent Has “Wrapped Himself” In “Marxist” BLM Movement
- Video: GOP Congressional Candidate Bob Good believes systemic racism has been “largely eliminated”
- Video: Former Gov. Rod Blagojevich Gives Former Rep. Scott “Petitiongate” Taylor (R-VA02) Advice on Getting Through a Prison Sentence
- Virginia lawmakers begin hearings on criminal justice and police reform, accepting public input
- Friday (7/10) Virginia Data on COVID-19 Finds +943 Confirmed/Probable Cases (to 68,931), +50 Hospitalizations (to 6,675), +21 Deaths (to 1,958) From Yesterday
- Northam says Virginia won’t move forward with students in schools if the state can’t stay in Phase 3
- Schools Face Huge Hurdles in Reopening Safely, Federal Aid Falls Short
- State defends refusal to release poultry plant COVID-19 information
- Virginia Sees Highest Number Of New COVID-19 Cases In Over A Month
- One Down, One to Go: There Is No Atlantic Coast Pipeline and There Will Be No Mountain Valley Pipeline
- Pipelines have little place in Virginia
- The way we commute is likely going to change. We should prepare now.
- Richmond Judge Who Issued Injunction Against Removing Any More Confederate Monuments Once Threatened to Emigrate Due to Busing, “Parasites” Voting and Becoming “Dominant Force in Politics”
- Virginia Judge at Heart of Monument Takedown Fight Linked to College Op-Ed Blasting Desegregation
- Richmond, Chesterfield education associations call for virtual learning come September
- Loudoun County Road Projects Receive $54.7M In NVTA Funding
- Four Arlington Transportation Projects to Receive Regional Funding
- More Than 70% Of People Detained At The Farmville Detention Center Are COVID-Positive
- Police Arrest Richmond Students Over Minor Offenses
- Northam watching uptick in Hampton Roads’ COVID-19 cases, changes may be made soon
- Virginia Beach coronavirus cases rising, especially among young people resisting masks
- In meeting with Gov. Ralph Northam, Roanoke County chief shares police reform proposals
- Liberty at Lorton: How a notorious prison got a new life as a housing complex
- Arthur Ashe, who stood for so much, might be the last statue standing in Richmond
- State board backs plan for removing Lee monument by cutting it in three sections
- Black Lives Matter 757 commemorates 4 years with march in Hampton
- Richmond Police Department’s use-of-force report for June doesn’t reflect force used during ongoing protests
- Two Monument Avenue residents sue over removal of Confederate statues, urge their restoration
- Ten years into redevelopment, is Tysons what we envisioned? (“Partly a result of roads that are hostile to pedestrians, cyclists and transit riders, the Tysons plan has failed to make the area as walkable and transit-friendly as it’s supposed to be. It also failed to reduce the number of car trips in and out of the area, relative to the 2011 baseline.”)
- It Is Time to Review Fairfax County’s MOU on School Resource Officers
- Heat keeps on coming into next week
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