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by Lowell
Here are a few national and Virginia news headlines, political and otherwise, for Sunday, July 12.
- From Covid-19 to climate: what’s next after the global oil and gas industry crash? (“Wood Mackenzie, a global energy research and consultancy group, says the fall in value is industry-wide, estimating US$1.6tn has been wiped from the sector this year, with more to come.” Good, the fossil fuel industry needs to die…and be replaced by the CLEAN energy industry, ASAP.)
- China Gives World First View of Post-Lockdown Rebound: Eco Week
- US virus cases hit new daily record
- COVID-19 surge pushes US toward deadly cliff (“The painful economic lockdowns imposed in March gave the country time to flatten the epidemiological curve and contain the virus. But that window of opportunity, which came at great economic cost, is quickly slamming shut. Health experts say all signs point to a deadly summer and fall unless government leaders implement a much more robust national strategy.”)
- Coronavirus deaths take a long-expected turn for the worse
- How to Reopen Schools: What Science and Other Countries Teach Us (“The larger concern with reopening schools is the potential for children to become infected, many with no symptoms, and then spread the virus to others, including family members, teachers and other school employees”)
- Fauci sidelined by White House as he steps up blunt talk on pandemic
- Record heat possible from California to Texas on Sunday (This is very much consistent with what we’d expect in a dangerously heating world.)
- After the fastest recession in U.S. history, the economic recovery may be fizzling
- The worst president ever keeps getting worse
- Trump confidant Roger Stone leaped over thousands of inmates seeking clemency
- Robert Mueller: Roger Stone remains a convicted felon, and rightly so
- Resolve after appalling Roger Stone commutation: Don’t let Donald Trump break us, America.
- Pelosi blasts Roger Stone commutation as ‘an act of staggering corruption’ as Trump defends move
- ‘Historic corruption’: 2 Republican senators denounce Trump’s commutation of Stone (“GOP lawmakers have been mostly silent about the commutation.”)
- The Roger Stone Case Shows Why Trump Is Worse Than Nixon
- Pelosi blasts Roger Stone commutation as ‘an act of staggering corruption’ as Trump defends move
- This Was a Straight-Up Mob-Style Transaction (“Roger Stone’s sentence was commuted because there was a Republican president* in position to do so.”)
- ‘Big mistake’: Barr, White House officials tried to keep Trump from getting involved in Stone’s sentencing (“Those around the president warned him that commuting Roger Stone was politically risky. But Trump, believing that his base would stick with him, did it anyway.”)
- What Trump Wants From Roger Stone (“The president needs political help, and who better to give it than his political guru of many decades?” The fact that Trump’s “political guru” is this sociopathic madman says it all.)
- Trump wears mask in public for first time during pandemic (This just highlights how wildly irresponsible he’s been the whole time.)
- The once-mocked ‘Never Trump’ movement becomes a sudden campaign force
- Actually, the Supreme Court Just Gave Congress a Big Win (“Trump might have won a short-term political battle. But Congress’ subpoena power is clearer than it ever was.”)
- Will Republicans ditch Trump to save the Senate as support nosedives?
- Disney World reopens even as coronavirus cases soar in Florida and across U.S. (Stupid.)
- ‘Horrendous’: Fox News Condemns Racist, Sexist Comments Made By Tucker Carlson’s Top Writer in Internal Memo (Yeah, right Fox! LOL Now do Trump! And also fire Tucker Carlson immediately. If they do both those things, we’ll know they’re at least somewhat serious.)
- The Halted Progress of Criminal-Justice Reform
- Sessions hits back at Trump days ahead of Alabama Senate runoff
- Covid-19 Cases Jump in Sun Belt Nursing Homes
- ‘Blood on his hands’: In scathing obituary, woman blames governor for her father’s covid-19 death
- Virginia Dems Respond to Stone Sentence Commutation: “Trump is openly corrupt, he isn’t trying to hide it.”
- Video, Transcript: In Weekly Democratic Address, Rep. Donald McEachin (D-VA04) Discusses “the unfinished work of racial justice and the need for environmental justice to protect our communities”
- Saturday (7/11) Virginia Data on COVID-19 Finds +851 Confirmed/Probable Cases (to 69,782), +32 Hospitalizations (to 6,707), +4 Deaths (to 1,962) From Yesterday
- Should Virginia Move Back to Phase 2? Weekly UVA COVID-19 Model Update Finds Key Health Indicators Worsening (% positivity of COVID-19 tests has increased slightly, hospitalizations are “beginning to creep upward, “reproduction rate is above 1.0 statewide,” etc.)
- Opinion/Editorial: Pipeline bows to opponents, changes
- Dominion points to ESG as key factor in decision to off-load gas assets (“Dominion Energy Inc. pointed to the growing importance of environmental, social and governance practices as one of the “key considerations” in weighing the sale of its midstream gas assets and narrowing its focus on cleaner energy resources.”)
- Not “The Onion”: Jerry Falwell, Jr. Says He Supports Renaming Lynchburg
- Mark Herring: Delivering belated justice for rape victims
- International students at Virginia Tech brace for disruption if COVID closes colleges
- Editorial: Resilience must be region’s priority (“Protecting Hampton Roads communities from recurrent flooding cannot continue to be put off when every sign points to a pending calamity.”)
- The push for more bilingual contact tracers continues as Latinos make up about half of Richmond’s COVID-19 cases
- Williams: For Richmond, the future is now. We must leave our Confederate monuments behind. (“The moral arc bending toward justice is visible from Hill Monument Parkway, a North Side street named for the Confederate general.”)
- Flooded neighborhoods in Arlington urge storm water main spending (“Critics say money should not go to affluent areas when poorer places need other services.”)
- Virginia sheriff’s deputy fabricated assault, officials say (“The deputy, Jake Preston Dooley, 22, of Marshall, Va. was charged with falsely summoning law enforcement and obstruction of justice, according to the sheriff’s office. Authorities said Dooley was released by a magistrate on a $10,000 unsecured bond. He is to be taken for a mental health evaluation, the sheriff’s office said.”)
- CASEY: Trump-appointed Patrick Henry grad garners attention with eyebrow-raising tweets (“…she’s made the news with a slew of controversial tweets she sent in 2019 and 2020. Those lambast liberal democracy, marriage equality, feminism, women in politics, birth control and more.” Yikes.)
- EDITORIAL: Renaming, done The Fredericksburg Way
- Woman claims she was subjected to beatings and racism at the Western Tidewater Regional Jail
- Hampton police plan to charge Black Lives Matter 757 organizers after protesters block traffic
- Humidity dips a bit for now, but the heat streak continues
