by Lowell
Here are a few national and Virginia news headlines, political and otherwise, for Thursday, July 9.
- Record Spikes in Hong Kong, Tokyo Feed Fears of Asia Second Wave
- Climate change: ‘Rising chance’ of exceeding 1.5C global target
- ‘It’s like night and day’: Trudeau’s and Trump’s Covid-19 responses fuel wildly different outcomes (“The US president stokes division as the virus rages, while the prime minister of Canada – where the outbreak appears to be stabilizing – has fostered a shared sense of duty”)
- I No Longer Believe in a Jewish State (Peter Beinart: “For decades I argued for separation between Israelis and Palestinians. Now, I can imagine a Jewish home in an equal state.”)
- Pandemic looms over Trump trade day with Mexican president
- FBI Probes Chinese Exile, Including Work With Former Trump Aide Steve Bannon
- U.S. first lady Melania Trump statue set on fire in Slovenia
- Reopened Theme Parks Ban Screaming on Roller Coasters. Riders Are Howling.
- DeVos ‘very seriously’ considering withholding funding from schools that don’t reopen
- The Only Education Matter Betsy DeVos Ever ‘Thought Hard’ About Was How to Make a Buck On It
- Trump Tries to Bully Schools Into Reopening In Pandemic He’s Made Worse (“The president has done nothing whatsoever to make it safer for schools to reopen in the fall, but he’s still insisting they do so.”)
- The Trump-made calamity is getting worse (“Apparently, he doesn’t care about your kids.”)
- Trump is shouting for schools to reopen. He needs an actual strategy.
- Unemployment Claims Level Off as New Job Losses Offset by Hiring (“The number of Americans receiving continuing unemployment benefits has held near 20 million in recent weeks”)
- Exclusive: Vindman to retire from military. His lawyer blames White House ‘campaign of bullying, intimidation and retaliation’
- 32% of U.S. households missed their July housing payments
- Tulsa sees Covid-19 surge in the wake of Trump’s June rally
- Health official: Trump rally ‘likely’ source of virus surge —
- Racial disparities follow pandemic’s path across political divide
- Supreme Court set to decide who can see Trump’s tax returns, financial records
- Supreme Court Expected To Rule On Trump Tax Records Thursday (“The high-stakes dispute tests the president’s claim that he can’t be investigated while he holds office.”)
- The Roberts Court Curtails Birth Control Access. Again. (“Justices rule that employers can stand between female workers and their health care.”)
- America is running short on masks, gowns and gloves. Again.
- The contraception war that just won’t end (“The Supreme Court again confronts a policy battle that should’ve already been solved.”)
- The contraception war is not over
- Grave Shortages of Protective Gear Flare Again as Covid Cases Surge
- ‘Devastated’: As Layoffs Keep Coming, Hopes Fade That Jobs Will Return Quickly
- Biden’s Polling Lead Is Big — And Steady
- Joe Biden proposes a $700 billion-plus ‘Buy American’ campaign
- Biden-Sanders task forces unveil joint goals for party unity
- “We Have to Be Prepared for Trump Losing”: As Chaos Engulfs Trump Campaign, Ingraham, Other Loyalists Look For the Next Thing
- GOP-friendly pollster shows Trump losing to Biden by 10 points
- Pandemic mars Trump’s GOP convention plans
- Grim projection: 200,000 dead by Election Day
- George Floyd told officers ‘I can’t breathe’ more than 20 times, transcripts show (“Derek Chauvin, the officer kneeling on his neck, replied: ‘It takes a heck of a lot of oxygen to talk’”)
- New Transcripts Detail Last Moments for George Floyd
- Trump scorns science — and wants his scientists to do the same
- U.S. Sets Another Daily Record With More Than 59,000 Coronavirus Cases (“In addition to the national record, at least five states set single-day highs for new infections, as President Trump pressed for a broader reopening. As cases surged, medical facilities across the nation continued to face a dire shortage of personal protective equipment.”)
- Call a Thing a Thing (“White supremacy is the biggest racial problem this country faces, and has faced.”)
- Who Wants to Be Seen With Trump Anymore? (“Some Republican officials have apparently concluded that standing too close to the president can be hazardous.”)
- Mary Trump’s Book Gives ‘Crazy Uncle’ a Whole New Meaning (“With the president’s niece, we meet a species we never thought we’d encounter on this Earth: a sane Trump with values and a conscience like the rest of us.”)
- Trump is making it harder and harder to escape blame on the coronavirus
- Black Activists Warn that Facebook Hasn’t Done Enough to Stop Racist Harassment (“As protests erupted, the company offered kind gestures—and allowed bigotry to stand.”)
- Facebook closes network of accounts and pages affiliated with Roger Stone for manipulation
- The Pipeline Setbacks Reveal the Perils of Rushed Agency Approvals (“The legal battles against these efforts are paying off, mainly thanks to government agencies cutting corners.”)
- Microchip Giant TSMC Signs ‘World’s Largest’ Corporate Renewables Deal — for Offshore Wind (“With its falling cost and high capacity factors, Ørsted and analysts expect more big corporate deals for offshore wind.”)
- Sanders-Biden climate task force calls for carbon-free power by 2035
- Pacificorp looks to add 4.3 GW of renewables and storage by 2023 (“The utility giant is making this procurement in accordance with its 2019 integrated resource plan, under which Pacificorp intends to add 11 GW of wind and solar by 2038, with an additional 2.8 GW of battery storage.”)
- Tucker Carlson’s attacks on Sen. Tammy Duckworth are as disgusting as they are predictable
- Former Fox News Anchor Shepard Smith Joins CNBC to Host Evening Newscast
- After railing against federal spending, GOP lawmakers, conservative groups benefit from government aid program (Of course.)
- Tim Kaine mulls tax idea to help everyone get access to the internet
- Virginia Becomes First Southern State to Join Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative
- Editorial: Protecting the coast is a vital economic responsibility for Virginia
- “Shame on Virginia Senators for trying to intentionally mislead Virginia voters about Gerrymander Amendment on ballot this fall”
- Virginia won’t release data on COVID-19 outbreaks at chicken plants, despite nursing home reversal
- Poultry Workers In Virginia Want More Workplace Safety Protocols Amid The Pandemic
- Primary care doctors in Virginia want more resources from state as demand for testing grows
- What sank the Atlantic Coast Pipeline? It wasn’t just environmentalism.
- Governor Northam signs bill that bans use of hand-held devices while driving in Virginia
- Holistic history: What Virginia’s top educator says needs to be changed in the classroom
- Virginia Dept. of Education is not approving school reopening plans, it’s up to local school boards
- Criminal Justice Reform in the Commonwealth: 1.6 Million People in Virginia with a Criminal Record Deserve A Fair Chance To Succeed
- Video: AG Mark Herring Announces That Virginia’s Rape Kits Backlog Has Been Completely Eliminated and “It’s Never Coming Back”
- Wednesday (7/8) Virginia Data on COVID-19 Finds +635 Confirmed/Probable Cases (to 67,375), +65 Hospitalizations (to 6,577), +24 Deaths (to 1,905) From Yesterday
- Republicans push for full in-person school; Northam says they’re ‘playing politics’ (Northam is 100% accurate, and the RTD headline should reflect that.)
- Virginia Republicans call for five day, in-person school week (Wildly irresponsible.)
- Fairfax County School Board Member Karen Keys-Gamarra: Having the “N Word” Used on a Zoom Call Highlights Urgent Need to Combat Racial Disparities
- U.S. Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos Attacks Fairfax County Public Schools
- Is Trump’s Ranting/Raving About Vote-by-Mail Suppressing His Own Voters? It Certainly Looked That Way in Yesterday’s Arlington County Board Special Election.
- Fairfax County schools reject Trump administration criticism of reopening plan
- Fairfax County Schools Considers 3-Foot Distancing to Add More In-Person Days for Students
- COVID-19 rates are up in Hampton Roads. Health officials say relaxed approach to precautions may be to blame.
- Arlington County Names New Chief Race and Equity Officer
- Richmond removes Confederate Soldiers and Sailors statue
- Lawsuit seeks to halt Stoney from removing Richmond’s Confederate iconography; heritage group wants statues
- ‘Miss Confederacy’ statue removed as workers rid Richmond of Confederate icons (“The female figure, also known as the South’s ‘Vindicatrix,’ towered above the Jefferson Davis monument.”)
- Virginia’s Native American tribes remain split on Washington Redskins name
- Courthouse’s Confederate statue enters Giles County drug case (“How can a Black defendant get a fair trial in the shadow of a Confederate monument?”)
- Humid heat shows little sign of relenting. Tropical showers could skirt us Friday.
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