Monday News: “How Climate Change Is Fueling Hurricanes And Wildfires”; “Trump, Vicar of Fear and Violence”; “Don’t let Trump’s distractions bury his record”; “Trump cannot be allowed to incite his way to reelection”; Trump Puts Kids At Risk

by Lowell

Here are a few national and Virginia news headlines, political and otherwise, for Monday, August 31.

• How climate change feeds off itself and gets even worse (We need to reverse this entire vicious cycle, ASAP)
• How Climate Change Is Fueling Hurricanes And Wildfires
• Scientists see downsides to top COVID-19 vaccines from Russia, China
• Italy’s Record Contraction; Deaths Surge in India: Virus Update
• Big Oil Is in Trouble. Its Plan: Flood Africa With Plastic. (Disgusting.)
• How Angela Merkel’s great migrant gamble paid off
• Mike Pompeo is the worst secretary of state in history
• China Throws a Wrench Into Trump’s Plan to Force TikTok Sale
• Israeli Plane Makes Historic First Flight Over Saudi Skies
• Justice Dept. Never Fully Examined Trump’s Ties to Russia, Ex-Officials Say
• U.S. tops 6 million coronavirus cases as nation continues to struggle with pandemic (“The country has recorded more than 183,000 deaths due to the virus since the outbreak began early this year.”)
• Trump offered FBI director job to John Kelly, asked for loyalty
• After Two Fatal Shootings, Trump Just Keeps Fanning the Flames
• Trump, Vicar of Fear and Violence (“He continues the old practice of stoking white victimhood for votes.”)
• Trump Embraces Fringe Theories on Protests and the Coronavirus
• Leaked McGahn memo reveals alarms about Kushner’s top-secret security clearance
• Trump’s still in trouble in first post-convention polling (“Trump’s favorable rating stood at 32% in an Ipsos’ poll last week. Today, after the Republican National Convention, it stands at 31%…There are no post-convention polls that measure the horse race of Biden vs. Trump that meet CNN standards. The evidence we do have, however, is largely consistent with what Ipsos is hinting at.”)
• Biden and Trump to duel over race and violence in defining moment in 2020 campaign
• It’s time to challenge the cockeyed reaction to violence (“Donald Trump has incited racist fears since he came down the gold escalator in 2015 to announce his presidential campaign. He had peaceful protesters gassed and deployed camouflaged troops to Portland, Ore., to grab protesters off the street without probable cause.”)
• Biden condemns Portland violence — ‘We must not become a nation at war with ourselves’
• Confusion after LAPD responds to reports of gunfire at pro-Trump car caravan
• Trump praises right-wing supporters and rails against protesters following unrest in Portland
• Portland clashes: Trump accused of encouraging violence after shooting
• Biden to speak in Pennsylvania on Monday
• Biden condemns violence on all sides after deadly Portland shooting
• Portland mayor responds to Trump: “Support us or stay the hell out of the way”
• Wisconsin Lt. Governor on Trump visiting Kenosha: ‘We don’t need that right now’
• Wisconsin Man Who Says He Marched With Rittenhouse in Kenosha Was Immersed in White Supremacist Propaganda
• Trump responds to a deadly shooting in Portland by blaming Democrats — and calling for the National Guard
• Before visiting Kenosha, Trump makes clear whom he’s going for
• Trump cannot be allowed to incite his way to reelection
• The Best Way to Vote in Every State
• Some In GOP Fear Trump’s Push Against Mail-In Voting Could Harm The Party’s Chances
• Don’t let Trump’s distractions bury his record
• Lock them up: The danger of political prosecutions in a second Trump term
• Trump lavishes praise on his supporters amid protest clashes
• Swift Boat mastermind to launch massive super PAC to boost Trump (“Preserve America will be overseen by Chris LaCivita, a veteran Republican strategist who orchestrated the Swift Boat Veterans for Truth takedown of John Kerry in the 2004 presidential race.”)
• Longtime GOP consultant: This election “is the most dangerous period since the Civil War” (“NeverTrumper Stuart Stevens on how the party he helped build became a crime cartel ruled by a failed casino owner”)
• As confrontations between armed groups and protesters turn deadly, police face complaints of tolerating vigilantes (“At times, police have appeared to offer support to conservative groups that take up arms against protests that have occasionally spawned violence, vandalism and looting.”)
• Twitter slaps ‘manipulated media’ tag on video shared by Scalise that alters activist’s question to Biden
• Twitter removes QAnon supporter’s false claim about coronavirus death statistics that Trump had retweeted
• I’m Still Reading Andrew Sullivan. But I Can’t Defend Him.
• Who Gets to Vote in Florida? (“With the election hanging in the balance, Republican leaders continue a long fight over voting rights.”)
• In Massachusetts, Markey Outflanks Kennedy by Running as Bold Insurgent (“Edward Markey, 74, entered Congress before Joseph Kennedy III was born. But in their Senate race he has harnessed the energy of Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and the ascendant left, much to Mr. Kennedy’s frustration.”)
• Sen. Mark Warner On DNI’s Move To End In-Person Election Security Briefings (“The whole purpose of a briefing is the exchange of information. This is an attempt to limit congressional oversight. This is an attempt to potentially not share all appropriate information with Congress. And at the end of the day, the listeners should understand this is about Americans’ right to know who’s messing with our elections.”)
• Video: VA GOP U.S. Senate Nominee’s Campaign of Dishonesty re: “Defund the Police” Continues
• Virginia lawmakers pursue compromise on eviction moratorium
• Editorial: Responding to the Census benefits us all
• Live from someone’s kitchen: Virginia’s virtual House of Delegates
• Video: VA GOP Gubernatorial Candidate Amanda Chase Warns Followers “DO NOT VOTE ABSENTEE!”; Falsely Claims That GOP-Heavy Precincts Will Have Their Ballot Boxes Destroyed/Disappeared
• “Not a mask on a face,” Fearmongering About “Socialism,” and They “re pushing their supporters to vote ‘yes’ on the redistricting amendment”
• Editorial: Help wanted: Virginia officers of election
• Sunday (8/30) Virginia Data on COVID-19 Finds +938 Confirmed/Probable Cases (to 119,747), +43 Hospitalizations (to 9,555), +1 Deaths (to 2,569) From Yesterday
• Virginia ramps up cybersecurity for election
• Virginia officials backed off push to close Shore poultry plants for two weeks to fight pandemic
• Supply chain issues still hampering UVa’s virus testing efforts
• Extreme weather of 2020 producing pain in Hampton Roads’ croplands (“Too wet or too dry has left some crops not worth harvesting.”)
• Loudoun Co. use of libraries for county day care prompts closures, anger
• The NFL should ask itself how much longer it wants to clean up after Daniel Snyder
• A rainy start to the week, steamy middle and stellar conclusion (“Rain could be heavy tonight, with one to two inches falling through late Tuesday.”)