by Lowell
Here are a few national and Virginia news headlines, political and otherwise, for Sunday, July 19.
- Hong Kong Cases Surge; Amsterdam Closes Streets: Virus Update
- WHO reports record daily increase in global coronavirus cases for second day in a row
- Germany’s Merkel warns of summit failure on EU recovery fund (“European Union leaders may not reach a deal on a coronavirus stimulus plan on Sunday, German Chancellor Angela Merkel said as marathon negotiations ran into a third day and acrimony mounted over the demands of rich but thrifty countries.”)
- U.S. Coronavirus Deaths Top 140,000 As World Sets Daily Record In New Cases
- Russia’s ambassador to UK denies coronavirus vaccine-hacking claims (He has soooo much credibility, nyet? Nyet! LOL)
- The US broke its single-day record of new cases at least 9 times in a month. Here’s how we got here
- Face Masks Really Do Matter. The Scientific Evidence Is Growing.
- How Fauci says the U.S. can get control of the pandemic
- What Does Net Zero Emissions Mean for Big Oil? Not What You’d Think (“BP, Shell, and other companies say they’ll address climate change. But their pledges fall far short of what’s needed to meet global climate goals.”)
- A Plunge in Mass Transit Ridership Deals a Huge Blow to Climate Change Mitigation (“Transit agencies ask Congress for relief as commuters return to their cars and fare revenues tank. Meanwhile, driving direction requests—and carbon emissions—soar.” Ugh.)
- U.S. Companies Lose Hope for Quick Rebound From Covid-19
- Fauci holds up New York as model for fighting coronavirus — ‘They did it correctly’
- ‘Superspreading’ events, triggered by people who may not even know they are infected, propel coronavirus pandemic (Like yesterday’s VA07 GOP convention?)
- Older Children Spread the Coronavirus Just as Much as Adults, Large Study Finds (“The study of nearly 65,000 people in South Korea suggests that school reopenings will trigger more outbreaks.” So yes, the VA GOP is wrong.)
- Inside Trump’s Failure: The Rush to Abandon Leadership Role on the Virus (“The roots of the nation’s current inability to control the pandemic can be traced to mid-April, when the White House embraced overly rosy projections to proclaim victory and move on.”)
- Trump administration pushing to block new money for testing, tracing and CDC in upcoming coronavirus relief bill (“White House posture angers some GOP senators who are trying to include billions of dollars in the bill”)
- Fiscal Cliffs Threaten Fragile U.S. Recovery
- Oregon Sues Federal Agencies Over Protest Enforcement
- Federal Officers Deployed in Portland Didn’t Have Proper Training, D.H.S. Memo Said
- Undermining the CDC Puts Lives at Risk
- Emergency Rooms Swamped As Virus Surges In Some States
- John Lewis’ Legacy Is the Right to Vote. And It’s Under Attack. (“A bill to restore the Voting Rights Act he championed has been sitting on Mitch McConnell’s desk for 225 days”)
- The Supreme Court’s Quiet Campaign to Suppress the Vote (“John Roberts and his conservative court majority are finding ways to undermine voting rights at every opportunity.” Anyone who praised John Roberts as some sort of “moderate” or whatever is completely clueless.)
- John Lewis Was a Mighty American Soul
- John Lewis Was an American Founder (“Without activists like Lewis and C. T. Vivian, America would remain a white republic, not a nation for all its citizens.”)
- John Lewis practiced what he preached. We are a better nation for it.
- What happens to John Lewis’ seat in Congress after his death
- John Lewis will always be with us
- ‘Invictus’ was among John Lewis’s favorite poems. It captures his indomitable spirit.
- Do Not Call John Lewis a “Hero” if You Stood in His Way (“Republicans like Mitch McConnell and Brian Kemp are the reason the civil rights icon had to keep fighting until his dying breath.”)
- They Praise John Lewis but Hate Black Voting Rights and Black Lives Matter (“What do they think he fought for?”)
- How John Lewis caught the conscience of the nation
- The Essential and Enduring Strength of John Lewis (“What the late civil-rights leader and congressman taught the nation.”)
- The Doctor Versus the Denier
- The Next Disaster Is Just a Few Days Away (“…the supplement will end, in most places, on July 25 or 26, and millions of workers will see their incomes plunge 60 percent or more just a few days from now.”)
- As $600-a-Week Jobless Aid Nears End, Congress Faces a Quandary (“Lawmakers must decide whether the pandemic-related payments are a vital boost to the economy or are keeping people from going back to work”)
- Trump thinks he’ll win because voting for Biden is boring. But voting against Trump is exciting. (“Sure, excitement for Biden himself isn’t very high. But voters’ dislike of the president is — and that spells real trouble for him.”)
- Biden leads by double digits as coronavirus takes a toll on the president, Post-ABC poll finds (“Biden leads Trump 55 percent to 40 percent among registered voters. That compares with a 10-point Biden lead in May and a two-point edge in March, at a time when the pandemic was just beginning to spread rapidly in parts of the country. Among those who say they are certain to vote, Biden’s lead stands at 11 points.”)
- Joe Biden is a man of faith. That could help him win over some White evangelicals.
- Trump’s 2020 strategy: paint Joe Biden as a puppet for the ‘radical left’ (Zzzzzzz…)
- Donald Trump has unified America – against him (There’s still around 40% that is hard core in its support for this incompetent, anti-constitution, anti-democracy, anti-science scumbag. What’s up with those 40%?)
- ‘Sleepy Joe’? Trump’s Insult May Reveal Biden’s Advantage
- Why a ‘Do No Harm’ General Election Strategy Could Work for Joe Biden (“Mr. Biden is running a risk-averse campaign in states like Wisconsin, where a broad coalition of supporters is emerging. Even Republicans are noticing.”)
- Biden targets Texas as Trump’s fortunes continue to tumble
- New polls show Joe Biden is winning suburbanites by a historic margin (“Biden is up by a 52% to 43% margin among suburban voters in the ABC News/Washington Post poll. Other polls in the last month show Biden doing even better among suburban voters. The latest Quinnipiac University poll has Biden ahead by a 56% to 34% margin with suburbanites. The NPR/PBS NewsHour/Marist Poll has Biden beating Trump 60% to 35% among suburban voters. Fox News has Biden with a similar 55% to 33% lead.”)
- As fear of the virus wins out, a fast retreat from in-person learning
- Virginia’s Congressional Democrats React to the News of Rep. John Lewis’ Death: “This is a horrible loss for the nation. Words do not seem to properly convey the loss.”
- BREAKING: Virginia Republicans Nominate Far-Right Extremist Nick Freitas in VA-7
- UPDATED 8:24 pm: Virginia 7th CD GOP Nominates Far-Right Nick Freitas to Take On Rep. Abigail Spanberger (D-VA07) This November 3
- GOP picks Freitas to challenge Spanberger in Virginia
- Freitas wins GOP nomination to take on Spanberger in 7th District
- ICYMI: Sen. Mark Warner, Rep. Donald McEachin, Del. Kathy Tran Hold Roundtable on Biden’s “Build Back Better” Plan
- Rise in coronavirus cases in Virginia fueled by spike near its beaches
- Northern Virginia Clergy Urge Northam To Put Pause On Evictions
- Editorial: Reopening Virginia’s public schools
- As Virginia colleges prepare to reopen, some parents, faculty sound an alarm
- Detailed Virginia Mask-Usage Map Shows “Always” % Ranges From As Low As the 20%’s To As High As ~90%
- James Fedderman: Safety should dictate school reopening plans (“The health and safety of students and staff should drive all decisions about how to reopen Virginia schools in the fall, incoming Virginia Education Association President James Fedderman argues in a guest column.”)
- Saturday (7/18) Virginia Data on COVID-19 Finds +940 Confirmed/Probable Cases (to 76,373), +60 Hospitalizations (to 7,147), +12 Deaths (to 2,025) From Yesterday
- Stafford Confederate flag still a symbol of anger, hate for many
- Virginia Is Currently Not For Lovers Of Public Broadband. It’s Time to Change That.
- Gordon C. Morse: Virginia’s opportunity to engage the history it avoided
- Radford University to test students for virus, ask for daily routine
- Fairfax County schools head on fall reopening: ‘Not the most ideal of circumstances’
- More than 136,000 people have signed a petition calling for a former ODU student’s release from prison. This week, prosecutors responded. (“Matthew Rushin sped his Chevrolet Tahoe into oncoming traffic on First Colonial Road a year and a half ago. Two cars were struck in the collision, leaving the driver of one severely disabled. Matthew’s family, and the medical professionals and autism experts they’ve enlisted, are convinced it wasn’t intentional.”)
- Lawyer who challenged Washington’s NFL team calls name change ‘vital’ to franchise’s future
- Scorching hot today and tomorrow with rising humidity
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