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by Lowell
Here are a few national and Virginia news headlines, political and otherwise, for Friday, August 7.
- The World Can Still Be Destroyed in a Flash (“It seems that the United States is plunging into a new arms race without learning the lessons of the last.”)
- What Lebanon needs to recover from the explosion
- Ex-UN chief calls on America to show global leadership, says WHO withdrawal ‘morally wrong’
- ‘Super-Pollutant’ Emitted by 11 Chinese Chemical Plants Could Equal a Climate Catastrophe
- Covid-19 threatens to overwhelm the developing world
- When it comes to the Internet, Trump prefers the Chinese model
- Trump Blew Up More Than Just TikTok and WeChat (“The latest executive orders targeting China could be deep and damaging. Brace for impact.”)
- Trump issues executive order banning TikTok from operating in 45 days if it’s not sold by Chinese parent company
- Donald Trump Issues Executive Orders Against WeChat and TikTok
- Trump issues executive orders against TikTok and WeChat
- TikTok threatens legal action against Trump’s executive order, saying it sets a ‘dangerous precedent’
- Rising alarm as virus spreads deeper into country
- Forecast: 300,000 U.S. COVID-19 Deaths By December 1(“Health experts at the University of Washington said 70,000 lives could be saved if people were scrupulous about wearing masks.”)
- 300,000 Deaths By December? 9 Takeaways Of The Newest COVID-19 Projections
- Trump’s preelection vaccine timetable is not rooted in reality
- Markets see a lot at stake in July payrolls report Friday
- Coming Next: The Greater Recession(“The suspension of federal benefits would create damage almost as terrifying as the economic effects of the coronavirus.”)
- Signs Are Pointing to a Far Less Rosy U.S. Jobs Report for July
- Stimulus Talks Near Brink of Collapse After Rancorous Meeting
- Covid talks going nowhere as deadline nears (“Negotiators met for more than three hours but remain far apart on an agreement.”)
- Let’s not ignore the serial foreign policy failures of this administration
- Trump’s foreign policy team is hedging against a Biden win
- Iran Envoy Brian Hook, a ‘Survivor’ on Trump’s Team, to Quit
- Elliott Abrams, convicted of lying about Iran-Contra, named special representative for Iran
- Coronavirus Cases Are Surging. The Contact Tracing Workforce Is Not
- I’ve Witnessed the Decline of the Republican Party (“Over five decades, the GOP has transformed into something I no longer recognize.” Same here.)
- Commission rejects Trump campaign request for 4th debate
- A Georgia High School Suspended Two Students For Posting Photos Of Crowded Hallways
- ‘The Photo Does Not Look Good’: Georgia School’s Crowded Halls Go Viral
- Mike Pence Seems To Want an “Activist” Supreme Court (“The vice president complains about liberal ‘activist’ judges, but considers Chief Justice John Roberts to be ‘a disappointment to conservatives’ after not ruling from the right.”)
- Trump advisers hesitated to give military options and warned adversaries over fears he might start a war
- Donald Trump is losing the culture wars
- Facebook Fired An Employee Who Collected Evidence Of Right-Wing Pages Getting Preferential Treatment
- Team Trump Cries “Bias” as Facebook, Twitter Remove False COVID Claims (“Even as right-wing news and opinion thrives on platforms like Facebook, Republicans are again accusing Silicon Valley of bias against conservatives.”)
- Facebook removes troll farm posing as African-American support for Donald Trump
- Long-time Contrarian Michael Shellenberger Is a Republican Star Witness in Climate Hearings (Evil.)
- How inequality is changing the Republican Party — and breaking American politics
- Biden VP race is highly fluid days before expected pick
- Donald Trump claims Joe Biden is ‘against God’ (“US president attacks faith of rival, who has said his Catholic beliefs helped him cope with deaths of his first wife and daughter” Beyond parody.)
- Joe Biden: My Statement on Faith
- Trump Cheers on Kanye’s Bid but His Pollster Says It Could Backfire (“The music icon could play spoiler for Biden. But in Trumpland there is some concern that he may draw votes away from the president.”)
- Exclusive: Kanye West Indicates That His Spoiler Campaign Is Indeed Designed To Hurt Biden (Of course it is.)
- Biden dominates the electoral map, but here’s how the race could tighten (Chuck Todd, ridiculous as always, bending over backwards to appease the un-appeasable Trumpsters by explaining how Trump can get back in this race.)
- Sally Yates blows up Republican conspiracies and falsehoods
- New York attorney general sues to shut down NRA, alleging ‘brazen illegality’ (“Letitia James alleges leaders used NRA as ‘personal piggy bank’”)
- Letitia James Means Business
- Trump says Asians ‘understand exactly’ why he uses racist terms for coronavirus
- They Held a Hearing So Ted Cruz Could Say ‘Antifa’ a Bunch on C-SPAN
- Who made the cut — or got axed — for coveted Democratic convention speaking slots
- Trump-endorsed Hagerty wins Tennessee Senate primary
- It has suddenly dawned on Senate Republicans: They’re doomed
- The Greatest Upsets of 2020 So Far (“Missouri’s 1st District: A new frontier for progressive challengers.”)
- Ellen’s Celebrity Defenders Aren’t Helping Her
- Senator Kaine presses Department of Defense nominee on potential ties to Khashoggi murder (“Louis Bremer is the managing director of Cerberus Capital Management, a former Navy SEAL, and a member on the Board of Directors of the Tier 1 group, an Arkansas based special operations training company. The CIA believes that the training for some members of the Saudi Rapid Intervention Group who killed Khashoggi in October of 2018 may have been conducted by the Tier 1 group according to both U.S. and Saudi sources.”)
- Virginia senators again push for pipeline review reforms (“Legislation put forward by the senators intends ‘to strengthen the public’s ability to evaluate the impacts of natural gas pipelines being considered by the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission’ and ‘make it easier for the public to offer input and clarify the circumstances under which eminent domain should and should not be used,’ a joint statement from Warner and Kaine said.”)
- Why did U.S. Park Police kill Bijan Ghaisar? Nearly three years later, we have no answer.
- Va. Sen. Mark Warner ‘bitterly disappointed’ by lack of answers from Park Police in Bijan Ghaisar shooting (“As the three-year anniversary of the shooting death of motorist Bijan Ghaisar by U.S. Park Police approaches, Virginia’s senior senator is growing increasingly frustrated at the lack of answers.”)
- A GOP House candidate is selling anti-China face masks. Critics say they incite racism. (As usual, the WaPo catches on to a story days or weeks after others, including us, did.)
- On Anniversary of Voting Rights Act, Virginia Democrats Condemn Trump’s Anti-Democratic Voter Suppression
- Thursday (8/6) Virginia Data on COVID-19 Finds +818 Confirmed/Probable Cases (to 95,867), +57 Hospitalizations (to 8,183), +25 Deaths (to 2,299) From Yesterday
- Va. parks and preserves see big crowds — and damage — as people cooped up by the pandemic head outdoors (Grrrrr.)
- Editorials: Governors stepping up to expand COVID-19 testing
- Editorial: How much power should a governor wield? (It’s a legitimate question, but Republicans aren’t acting in good faith.)
- Editorial: Local census efforts must rise above any mixed federal messages
- Senate Democrats introduce police reform omnibus bill creating officer code of conduct
- Inspector general: Va. Parole Board violated law, policies in releasing killer of Richmond officer
- Could Parole Board debacle cast a cloud over criminal justice reform? (“In a scathing, six-page report released by Republican legislators on Thursday, the board, under the direction of former chair Adrianne Bennett and her successor, Tonya Chapman, failed to notify victims’ relatives, prosecutors and other interested parties as required by Virginia law.”)
- Video, Highlights From the Third and Final Public Hearing as the Virginia House Prepares for Its Mid-August Special Session
- DPVA Writes to State Board of Elections re: Erroneous “Center for Voting Information” Absentee Application Mailings
- Mail-in ballot applications in Virginia tap into worries about fraud with faulty instructions
- Virginia Department of Elections releases statement on recent third-party ballot mailings
- A half-million unsolicited absentee applications cause confusion in Virginia
- Virginia Leaders Commemorate the 55th Anniversary of the Voting Rights Act
- 22 Legislators Ask Governor and Health Officials to Protect Rural Southwest Virginians by Suspending Mountain Valley Pipeline Construction During Pandemic
- Confusion reigns as Roanoke-aea residents receive absentee applications with wrong addresses
- Del. Danica Roem Wonks Out On Suburbs, Exurbs, Development, Transportation, Sprawl, etc.
- For Protests, RPD Spent Over $200K on Tear Gas, Vans, Meals
- Stafford NAACP Takes Board of Supervisors Member Crystal Vanuch to School: “Either willfully tone deaf or ignorant of what is occurring in our country”
- County to remove Court Square Confederate soldier statue
- Roanoke City Public Schools recommends virtual start to school year, scaling back previous plan
- Henrico’s Freeman High School to retire ‘Rebels’ nickname
- Tall wind turbines in Botetourt will pose no hazard to aircraft, FAA determines
- Stafford NAACP Takes Board of Supervisors Member Crystal Vanuch to School: “Either willfully tone deaf or ignorant of what is occurring in our country”
- After the third day of flash floods in central Va., wet weather expected to taper late overnight
- After some more showers and storms today, sunshine builds as heat increases this weekend
