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by Lowell
Here are a few national and Virginia news headlines, political and otherwise, for Friday, August 28.
- A second Trump term would mean severe and irreversible changes in the climate (“No joke: It would be disastrous on the scale of millennia.”)
- Wind Turbine Behemoth Plans for Future by Getting Into Hydrogen (“Siemens Gamesa to launch hydrogen pilot project in Denmark”)
- Shinzo Abe, Japan’s Longest-Serving Leader, Resigns Because of Illness
- The U.S. Is a Rogue State (“The Trump administration abandoned our allies. Now they’re abandoning us.”)
- America Is Being Pummeled by Disasters (“Hurricane Laura, the strongest storm on record to strike Louisiana, is yet another calamity on top of wildfires, wind storms, and the pandemic.”)
- The Big Liar Ends the RNC With Big Lies About Himself and Biden
- Fact Check: Trump’s Address To The Republican Convention, Annotated (“Trump said he plans to tour the damage over the weekend. But first, on Friday, he plans to go to New Hampshire to hold a rally at an airport hangar.”)
- A Volcano of Lies (“The profusion of falsehoods from Tom Cotton, Rudy Giuliani, and Ivanka Trump provided a fitting setup for the big man at the Republican National Convention.”)
- RNC Warns That If Biden Wins, Things Will Be As Bad As They Are Now
- Trump’s speech was a tidal wave of false claims and revisionist history
- Few masks, little distancing: Trump celebrates at crowded White House party largely devoid of virus precautions
- Convention spins alternate reality with torrent of falsehoods aimed at buoying Trump’s flagging campaign
- Trump’s convention speech was selling a fantasy version of himself
- The 3 charts that disprove Donald Trump’s convention speech (“Trump wants to take credit for something he didn’t do, and dodge blame for something he did do.”)
- Trump used the RNC to gaslight America on Covid-19 (“Trump argued his response to the coronavirus pandemic was great. Experts, and the data, disagree.”)
- In 2016, Trump Promised to Make America Safe Again. He Failed.
- Trump Invokes Dark, Misleading Picture Of Democrats And ‘Socialist Agenda’
- President Trump Ends RNC 2020 With Divisive Rhetoric Emblematic Of His Tenure
- Trump — defiant and dark as ever — claims Biden would destroy America (“The GOP convention was characterized by lying about Trump’s policies, his character and opponents’ policies”)
- Trump and the RNC abandoned the Republican platform and the legacy of Ronald Reagan (“The absence of principles is what drove me and dozens of other national security officials who served in Republican administrations to back Joe Biden.”)
- The Malign Fantasy of Donald Trump’s Convention
- How Badly Did Trump Want to Say the N-Word? (“His speech at the RNC was incoherent about everything but its promise to preserve the racial order.”)
- Fact-Checking Night 4 of the Republican National Convention
- Republican Convention: Best and Worst Moments From Trump’s Big Night (“With a straight face, Trump said he can modestly say he had done more for Black people than any other president since Lincoln. He said this after an entire evening of Republican speakers bashed Black Lives Matter, their supporters and millions of demonstrators who protested against police brutality. He said this as a birther. He said this as one of his supporters just killed two people in Kenosha and overnight became a right-wing hero…Trump’s acceptance speech was long and intolerably boring, but what was offensive was the entire display in front of the White House. It was corrupt, but more than that it was a statement of contempt for the basic republican principle that the people are sovereign, not the leader they elect. The unmistakable message sent by erecting MAGA banners in front of the White House is that the government is Trump, and Trump is the government.”)
- Trump mentions lost loved ones — then spews lies about the virus for 5 minutes
- Trump unleashes diatribe of falsehoods and baseless attacks in RNC finale
- Trump presented the mother of all fabrications on the White House lawn
- Trump’s Speech Misrepresents Biden’s Positions, Economic Facts
- TV audience dips to 17.3 million on Night 3 of Republican convention
- Giuliani rails against Black Lives Matter, Antifa and De Blasio in RNC speech (They mean GHOULiani)
- Trump Pitches Second Term With Selective Retelling of His First
- Trump desecrates a public monument in the finale to a convention of lies
- Culture wars and ethics concerns: key takeaways from the RNC’s final night (“Trump misrepresented his record in a long speech at the White House, erasing the line between governing and politics”)
- Democrats and White House are at a ‘tragic impasse’ on coronavirus stimulus after Pelosi-Meadows call
- White House says it is creating ‘very large’ dossier on Washington Post journalist and others
- White House: Reporters Can’t Even Ask How Much Taxpayer Money Trump Is Pocketing
- U.S. political divide becomes increasingly violent, rattling activists and police
- Four Years Later, It’s Still All About the Base
- Could A Backlash Against Black Lives Matter Hurt Biden? The Two Don’t Appear Linked So Far.
- Biden and Harris understand why women are streaming out of the GOP
- Viral pro-Trump tweets came from fake African American spam accounts, Twitter says
- Biden snags ‘Keep America Great’ domain in latest act of Trump trolling
- Kamala Harris, citing ‘sickening’ Blake shooting, pledges to tackle police reform
- Jacob Blake handcuffed to hospital bed, father says
- Alleged Kenosha Killer Loved Cops, Guns, Trump, and ‘Triggering the Libs,’ Former Classmates Say (Sounds like a lot of Trump supporters.)
- Instead of Evolving as President, Trump Has Bent the Job to His Will
- Another insider attests that Trump is a threat to Americans (“Given what we know, this latest indictment of the president is entirely believable.”)
- As QAnon Conspiracy Spreads on the Far Right, Climate Science Deniers Jump Aboard
- Painting wind turbine blades black can reduce bird deaths 70%
- Praise for alleged Kenosha shooter proliferates on Facebook despite supposed ban (Facebook is a disaster.)
- The Exhilarating Jolt of the Milwaukee Bucks’ Wildcat Strike
- Professional athletes outshine the RNC (“Republicans’ silence is shameful”)
- This Brennan Center Report on White Supremacy in Law Enforcement Arrived With Impeccable Timing
- The White House Is a COVID Petri Dish (“What I saw inside 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue is cause for alarm.”)
- Mike Pence and Tucker Carlson encourage violence, while faking concern for “law and order” (“Fox News host and veep pulled a classic bait-and-switch: Encouraging right-wing violence, then blaming ‘the left'”)
- Fox News’ support for violent right-wing vigilantism is as horrifying as it was inevitable (“The network has been building to this moment for years”)
- Virginia Military Families Expecting More Broken Promises From Trump’s Address Tonight Following Repeated False Claims He’d Make Our Military Stronger
- Biden for President Virginia Launches African Americans for Biden Leadership Council to Mobilize Community Ahead of Election
- Warner: Post-COVID economy ‘is going to look different’
- Video: New DCCC TV AD in VA-07 Highlights Nick Freitas’ Special Interest Ties and Terrible Health Care Record
- Virginia Senate passes bill allowing judges to consider lesser charge in assault of police officer (“The party-line vote kicks off Democrats’ promise to overhaul criminal justice laws. Republicans say it sends the wrong message.”)
- Automated Justice? (“Lawmakers to consider automatic expungements for misdemeanors.”)
- Money for Education, Policing Get Attention in Budget Committee
- Republican-backed bills to limit governor’s powers defeated
- Bill requiring disclosure of parole board votes receives bipartisan support from Senate panel
- State Lawmakers Working to Publicize Virginia Parole Board Votes
- Governor Northam Announces Launch of New African American History Course
- BREAKING: Lawsuit Filed Against Redistricting Referendum in Supreme Court of Virginia
- Video: Virginia State Senate Debates, Passes (21-15) Sen. Surovell’s Bill Eliminating Mandatory Minimum for Non-Injury Assault On Law Enforcement
- ‘She was the aggressor’: Former Liberty student alleges sexual encounter with Becki Falwell
- Video: Del. Sam Rasoul Discusses His Possible Run for Lt. Governor; the Need Right Now For “Black voices to lead, to stand up, to be bold”; etc.
- Roanoke Del. Sam Rasoul exploring run for lieutenant governor
- Thursday (8/27) Virginia Data on COVID-19 Finds +1,121 Confirmed/Probable Cases (to 116,579), +65 Hospitalizations (to 9,391), +12 Deaths (to 2,527) From Yesterday
- Democrats advance legislation to create absentee ballot drop boxes
- More than 550 positive coronavirus cases have been reported at colleges across Virginia
- Virginia state lab begins antibody testing for COVID-19
- Editorial: John Hager reminds Virginia of the meaning of public service
- Virginia Supreme Court throws out injunction against Richmond’s removal of Confederate statues
- Pressure mounts ahead of UVa’s decision Friday on in-person classes
- Virginia Tech grapples with gatherings one week into classes
- City to crack down on unauthorized events at parks, obstruction of roadways
- Norfolk police officer charged with manslaughter in off-duty Chesapeake shooting
- A farm sanctuary for animals and humans is on the brink of closure. Can it survive? (“Hope & Serenity Farm’s rented property in Prince William County was unexpectedly listed for sale in early August.”)
- Governor Northam Announces Israeli Renewable Energy Company to Establish U.S. Headquarters in Arlington
- Washington Nationals Game Postponed Due To Ongoing Protests
- Hot and steamy today, stormier tomorrow and nicer for Sunday
