by Lowell
Here are a few national and Virginia news headlines, political and otherwise, for Monday, August 24.
- Climate change is driving wildfires, giving ‘rocket fuel’ to tropical storms
- Did Pangolin Trafficking Cause the Coronavirus Pandemic? (This is so appalling…humans at their worst.)
- Preserving Trees Becomes Big Business, Driven by Emissions Rules (“The good news for trees is that the going rate for intact forests has become competitive with what mills pay for logs in corners of Alaska and Appalachia, the Adirondacks and up toward Acadia. That is spurring landowners to make centurylong conservation deals with fossil-fuel companies, which help the latter comply with regulatory demands to reduce their carbon emissions.”)
- A Chinese Coal Miner Is Getting Into Solar Production
- Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg Stoked Washington’s Fears About TikTok (If Dems take back the Senate and the White House, they need to break up Facebook.)
- Scientists express doubts about treatment touted by Trump (If it’s “touted by Trump,” there’s basically a 100% chance it’s worthless or worse.)
- Trump is back to his worst (“Trump did not announce any breakthrough vaccine or miracle cure, but merely an emergency-use authorization for convalescent plasma, which, while promising, is neither a sure thing nor a breakthrough. Contrary to Trump’s assurances, the treatment, which uses antibody-rich plasma donated by covid-19 survivors, has not been proven to reduce mortality.”)
- FDA authorizes plasma treatment despite scientists’ objections
- An Epidemic of Depression and Anxiety Among Young Adults (“As Covid-19 spreads, so do mental-health problems, especially among Gen Z and Millennials. A lot of this has to do with uncertainty.”)
- Americans need a compromise on the economy. Trump must allow one.
- The Pandemic Recession Is Approaching a Dire Turning Point (“Without an extra $600 a week in unemployment assistance, many Americans are on the brink of not being able to pay rent or put food on the table.”)
- Biden to ABC’s David Muir on raising taxes: ‘No new taxes’ for anyone making less than $400,000
- Biden, Harris push back on GOP attacks in their first joint TV interview
- The GOP convention will be no summer of love
- Trump’s family members, conservative allies dominate GOP convention lineup (Pathetic joke.)
- Biden and Harris Say They’ve Moved Past Their Differences
- Kellyanne Conway to leave the White House, citing need to focus on her family
- George Conway’s Tearful Plea: Trump Is ‘a Racist, He Is Evil’
- The Republican convention will be The Trump Show from start to finish
- Trump obliterates lines between governing and campaigning in service of his reelection
- GOP Will Not Write a 2020 Platform, Pledges Undying Trump Support Instead
- Biden’s campaign to run ad seizing on Trump’s Goodyear comments
- Trump-centric convention to emphasize Republicans’ party of one
- Biden gains popularity in post-convention polling (“Biden’s net favorability rating climbed 8 points from -3 points last to +5 points among all adults. It’s up from -2 points to +3 points among registered voters. That’s in-line with the average post-convention poll indicating Biden’s net favorability is up by between 5 and 10 points.”)
- ‘Four days to defend the indefensible’: Republicans seek to sell Trump to the nation again
- Juan Williams: Harris proves the doubters wrong
- Biden claps back at Trump’s criticism over his mental fitness: ‘Watch me’ (In fact, Biden appears sharp as a tack. Trump’s the one who appears completely bewildered, lost, etc.)
- The Grand Old Meltdown
- For Conservatives to Have Any Hope, Trump Has to Lose
- Trump’s Campaign of Chaos (“The president’s behavior is that of a desperate man.”)
- As Census Count Resumes, Doubts About Accuracy Continue to Grow (“Officials project optimism. But a chorus of experts says the pandemic and politics could lead to a deeply flawed count.”)
- James Comey: ex-Trump adviser Steve Bannon ‘in a world of trouble’
- Democrats’ climate plan takes aim at the fossil fuel industry’s political power
- The Great Fire (“Guest-Edited by Ta-Nehisi Coates”)
- Twitter Flags Trump Tweet Claiming Ballot Boxes Are A COVID-19 Risk
- QAnon giving America a scary look at what a ‘Biden resistance’ would look like in 2021
- The Incestuous Relationship Between Donald Trump and Fox News
- Trump is ‘Fox’s Frankenstein,’ insiders told CNN’s Brian Stelter — and here’s the toll it’s taken
- Video shows Wisconsin police shooting a Black man multiple times as he enters a car
- Roger Goodell: ‘Wish we had listened earlier’ to what Colin Kaepernick was protesting (And why didn’t the NFL do that???)
- Sen. Warner says Americans need more details to stop Russian ‘disinformation’ effort
- Video: Sen. Mark Warner on Senate Intel. Report Laying Out “In Exquisite Detail – Much More Than Mueller” Contacts Between Russians and the 2016 Trump Campaign
- Trump Campaign in Crisis in Virginia as Chaotic Convention Begins
- At center of postal service furor, Virginia congressman finds an expanding audience (“…with the U.S. Postal Service in crisis, Connolly (D-Va.) has found himself commanding a broader audience, emerging as a leading advocate for an agency that for generations has been a staple of American life.”)
- In a red House district, a Democrat tries to siphon votes from a conservative with a ‘biblical world view’
- Virginia’s student privacy law may undermine census count
- VA GOP Chair’s New Pal Believes Liberal Women “Have Been Neutering American Men”; Liberals Should “get the hell out of the United States,” etc.
- Exclusive: Falwell says ‘Fatal Attraction’ threat led to depression
- Sunday (8/23) Virginia Data on COVID-19 Finds +894 Confirmed/Probable Cases (to 112,966), +37 Hospitalizations (to 9,176), +24 Deaths (to 2,467) From Yesterday
- Sweeping police reform legislation advances in Virginia, with law enforcement groups now largely on board
- ICE Facilities Could Be Subject to Virginia Regulators Under Boysko Legislation (Good!)
- Former Lt. Gov. John H. Hager dies at 83
- Former Virginia Lt. Governor John Hager passes at 83; Gov. Northam orders flags at half-staff
- State Supreme Court to hear Charlottesville statues appeal
- Following Bigoted Remarks by Fairfax Library Board Members, FCPS Pride says they “should resign; or…be removed immediately by Supervisors Herrity and Foust”
- UVa employees seek to form union, call for online semester
- Sweaty for much of this week, with periodic chances for storms
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