by Lowell
Here are a few national and Virginia news headlines, political and otherwise, for Wednesday, July 22.
- Global coronavirus cases exceed 15 million: Reuters tally (“Global coronavirus infections surged past 15 million on Wednesday, according to a Reuters tally, with the pandemic gathering pace even as countries remain divided in their response to the crisis.”)
- Trump’s Request of an Ambassador: Get the British Open for Me (WTF???)
- Greta Thunberg says EU recovery plan fails to tackle climate crisis (“Exclusive: Activist says €750bn fund shows leaders not treating global heating as emergency”)
- U.S. Orders China to Close Houston Consulate
- China vows to retaliate after U.S. orders closure of its consulate in Houston
- Grid emissions hit record low, as renewables displace coal and prices plunge (This is in Australia, but there’s zero reason it can’t happen in the U.S. as well.)
- How Biden’s climate plan makes clean energy by 2035 ‘very doable’ (Speaking of the previous item…)
- U.S. reports over 1,000 daily coronavirus deaths for first time since May
- Gretchen Whitmer: Mask Up, America (“Trump says it is ‘patriotic’ to wear a face covering. He can back that up by issuing a nationwide mandate.”)
- Coronavirus Infections Far Higher Than Confirmed But Most Americans Still Not Exposed
- ‘The Whole of Liberal Democracy Is in Grave Danger at This Moment’ (“Trump’s America has accelerated ‘the authoritarian dynamic.'” Very, very dangerous. VOTE in November!)
- Bipartisan majority supports statewide mask mandates, poll finds (“The poll found 53 percent of registered voters polled favor statewide mask mandates that are punishable by fine or jail time. In addition to the 86 percent of Democrats polled who strongly or somewhat support the mandates, both Republican and independent respondents expressed majority support for requiring face masks to be worn in public.”)
- Trump’s COVID Demands Elicit GOP Eye Rolls (“The president is insisting on a payroll tax cut that Republicans and Democrats both oppose.”)
- Dr. Trump’s Desperate Attempts to Revive Himself Flatlines (“This is what it looks like when a media junkie president gets the shakes from withdrawal.”)
- We all know Donald Trump is preparing to rig or steal the election — but exactly how? (“There’s zero possibility that Trump will accept defeat with dignity. We need to prepare for weeks of dreadful chaos”)
- Next U.S. coronavirus bill to include more money for unemployed, spending: lawmakers
- White House, GOP in disarray over coronavirus spending plan as deadline nears on expiring emergency aid
- Trump, GOP Struggle to Find Unity on New Stimulus
- ‘What in the hell are we doing?’ Senate Republicans clash over coronavirus relief
- What Joe Biden tells us about the VP selection process (“A historic pick seems in the offing.”)
- Republicans can stand up to Trump — they just don’t want to
- Is televised conflict Trump’s goal?
- As Trump Pushes Into Portland, His Campaign Ads Turn Darker
- Trump administration weighs a show of force in more cities
- “Disturbing And Demoralizing”: DHS Employees Are Worried The Portland Protest Response Is Destroying Their Agency’s Reputation
- U.S. Homeland Security confirms three units sent paramilitary officers to Portland (Absolutely unacceptable.)
- House Republicans air grievances against Liz Cheney over support for Dr. Fauci and splitting with Trump (Wait, freakin’ Liz Cheney is the sane one in that crowd? LOL)
- Trump on Ghislaine Maxwell: ‘I wish her well’ (And why would THAT be? Hmmmm…)
- Donald Trump Is a Broken Man
- Take the Next Step Toward Racial Justice (Susan Rice: “This incipient movement risks being reduced to a fleeting instant of heightened consciousness.”)
- Trump, Ginsburg and the democracy emergency: It’s here and minority rule is the culprit
- Biden, leading Trump by eight points, also has a big advantage with undecided voters: Reuters/Ipsos poll
- Republicans fear Trump might be too successful with attacks on mail-in voting
- WSJ Journalists Ask Publisher for Clearer Distinction Between News and Opinion Content (The WSJ news pages are fine, while their opinion page is a far-right cesspool.)
- New York launches largest renewable solicitation in US history (“4 GW of offshore wind and land-based renewables are set to come to the Empire State, as Gov. Andrew Cuomo looks to achieve the state’s renewable energy mandates while also kickstarting a post-Covid economy.”)
- Top Ohio lawmaker charged with accepting $61M bribe in scheme to pass nuclear bailout
- Mary Trump on her Uncle Donald: ‘I used to feel compassion for him. That became impossible’ (“She is a psychologist who used to deny being related to Donald – now she has written an explosive bestseller about him. She discusses his racism, incompetence, cruelty and why he never laughs”)
- Susan Collins Is Desperate To Avoid Saying Whether She Backs Trump’s Reelection (She’s such a joke.)
- ‘Bitches get stuff done’: Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez hits back after Republican’s tirade at Capitol (“Florida’s Ted Yoho reportedly accosted the congresswoman Monday and was overheard to use an abusive phrase after they parted”)
- White Neighborhoods Have More Access To COVID-19 Testing Sites (“But the disease is hitting Black and Hispanic communities hardest.”)
- Major Trump Donors Received At Least $41 Million In PPP Loans For Their Companies (Replace “Trump” with “Hillary Clinton” or “Barack Obama” and imagine the reaction by Fox, etc.)
- Some guests, employees at Trump properties flout face-covering mandates
- Americans tune in to ‘cancel culture’ — and don’t like what they see
- Twitter bans 7,000 QAnon accounts, limits 150,000 others as part of broad crackdown (150,000 accounts?!?)
- Can Baseball Really Pull This Off? (This season’s basically meaningless.)
- Colleges Are Getting Ready to Blame Their Students (“As campuses reopen without adequate testing, universities fault young people for a lack of personal responsibility.”)
- San Francisco Giants manager, several team members take a knee during national anthem
- Tucker’s Got Real Scandals, So He Keeps Inventing Imaginary Enemies (“The Fox News star went on vacation after his chief writer was exposed as a bigot, and returned just as he was accused of harassment. So he doxxed a reporter to change the subject.”)
- Rachel Bitecofer: “Democrats really need to modernize their thinking in terms of campaigning and especially how to run the ‘moderate’ campaign” (Ditch the “defensive ’embarrassed D’ model”; “paint the GOP as a party of extremists”)
- White men on Fox News compare Trump’s threats to deploy federal agents to desegregation (Insane as always.)
- Video: Spanberger Campaign Releases First TV Ad of 2020, “Called to Serve”
- What It Means for Virginia: Joe Biden’s Plan to Build Back Better and Create a 21st Century Caregiving and Education Workforce
- How Biden’s Economic Plan Could Help Virginia After Trump’s Trade Wars
- Graphs: Where Are Virginia 2021 Gubernatorial Candidates Getting Their $$$$?
- Tuesday (7/21) Virginia Data on COVID-19 Finds +996 Confirmed/Probable Cases (to 79,371), +66 Hospitalizations (to 7,267), +17 Deaths (to 2,048) From Yesterday
- AG Mark Herring Yet Again Successfully Defends Mask Requirement
- Mandatory Minimum Sentences Could Be on the Chopping Block Next Month
- Some in Virginia’s wedding industry are saying ‘I don’t’ to pandemic safety guidelines
- Virginians must quarantine if traveling to New York, New Jersey or Connecticut, per governors’ travel advisory
- New COVID-19 Cases Have Recently Spiked In The D.C. Region. What Does It Mean?
- Fairfax, Loudoun, Montgomery call for all-virtual start to school year, scrapping earlier plans
- Fairfax County School Board Member Melanie Meren: “I have not heard from the Superintendent a request or recommendation to shift to all virtual.”
- Fairfax County School Board Approves Superintendent’s Proposal to Start School Year Virtually
- NAACP hosts online forum on addressing systemic racism in Fairfax County schools (“The forum was supposed to feature Superintendent Scott Brabrand. Fairfax County NAACP chapter President Sean Perryman announced at the start of the meeting that Brabrand emailed to cancel the night before.”)
- Loudoun School Chief Reverses Course, Calls For All-Virtual Start
- ‘Silent Sentinel’ Confederate statue removed from outside Loudoun County courthouse (Good riddance.)
- Ahead of Thursday’s critical hearing, here’s a primer on the legal fight over the Lee statue (“Richmond’s Robert E. Lee statue could come down as early as this week, with a critical hearing in the case scheduled for Thursday.”)
- COVID-19 cases at Newport News Shipbuilding reach daily high
- Portsmouth has four options for school reopening in the fall. Now it’s time to pick one.
- Richmond confirms $1.8 million cost for monument removal
- Several Hampton Roads restaurants shut down by state over weekend for not following COVID-19 rules
- Tiny Clifton, Va., loses its ‘Black Lives Matter’ welcome banner to vandals (“‘There’s a minority subset of people who are uncomfortable with what’s going on in this country,’ mayor says.”)
- Extreme heat today with higher humidity; late-day storms likely
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