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by Lowell
Here are a few national and Virginia news headlines, political and otherwise, for Monday, August 10.
— Acyn Torabi (@Acyn) August 10, 2020
- Global report: Covid cases worldwide near 20 million as Australia suffers deadliest day
- Belarus election: Lukashenko’s claim of landslide victory sparks widespread protests
- Lebanon’s cabinet under pressure as ministers quit and anger grows over Beirut blast
- China announces retaliatory sanctions on Rubio, Cruz and other U.S. officials
- Hong Kong Media Tycoon Arrested in Latest Blow to Democracy Camp
- Hong Kong media tycoon Jimmy Lai arrested under national security law
- China Avoids Top Trump Aides in Hong Kong Retaliatory Sanctions
- German firms expect coronavirus restrictions to last until April
- The Good (But Not Great) News About T-Cells and Herd Immunity
- America’s PPE shortage could last years without strategic plan, experts warn
- Pelosi: Trump executive actions ‘are illusions’
- Here’s what is actually in Trump’s four executive orders
- How Trump Killed Tens of Thousands of Americans
- A president ignored: Trump’s outlandish claims increasingly met with a collective shrug
- Democrats Slam Trump’s Executive Actions, Critiquing Both Substance And Legality (The media should be doing this, not hiding behind Democrats.)
- Trump’s big power move leaves workers in limbo (“The President’s intervention, meant to support laid-off workers and the economy, is mired in confusion that threatens to leave millions waiting in vain for help”)
- Juan Williams: Older voters won’t forgive Trump for COVID
- With latest executive orders, Trump gets approval from his golf club crowd
- “Absurdly Unconstitutional”: Trump Bypasses Congress From His Private Golf Club (“As stimulus talks collapsed, the president signed a series of executive actions that appear untenable and would likely have limited impact on workers struggling during the pandemic-induced recession.”)
- New York Times: White House reached out to South Dakota governor about adding Trump to Mount Rushmore
- Facing bleak November, Republicans look to stoke BLM backlash
- Joe Biden just destroyed one of Trump’s biggest attack lines (“There’s Biden briskly riding a bicycle while Trump is at his private country club, where the only exercise he seems to get is getting in and out of his golf cart. Yet Trump is calling Biden ‘Sleepy.’ Sometimes comedy writes itself. “)
- How Pro-Trump Forces Work the Refs in Silicon Valley
- Why GOP Senators Are Sticking With Trump — Even Though It Might Hurt Them In November
- As decision day nears, VP hopefuls rake in big money for Biden
- This Is Exactly What Susan Rice Feared (“The Biden vice-presidential-nominee finalist discusses Trump’s pandemic response, Benghazi, and her family’s politics.”)
- Behind the scenes: Trump assembles team of closest aides to prepare for Biden debates
- Biden leads in Wisconsin and Pennsylvania due to COVID concerns, country’s direction — Battleground Tracker poll
- Hillary Clinton: Biden has ‘great choices’ for running mate to help defeat ‘wannabe authoritarian’
- As Trump falters, Democrats and Biden eye an elusive prize: Texas
- Arizona Focus Group Sees Trump’s Crime Attack On Biden As ‘Far From Reality’
- Touched A Nerve? Trump Flips Out After Anthony Scaramucci Delivers Warning On Fox News (“The former White House communications director said the GOP could become ‘a minority party for a generation’ because of Trump.”)
- The Pandemic Could Create a Nightmare at the Polls. Here’s One Way to Fix That. (“Most election workers are over 60. States are looking for younger recruits.”)
- Sunday show coverage of COVID-19 relief negotiations was again filled with false equivalency (“For months, Republicans failed to make a proposal, and still are split on whether to continue COVID-19 aid at all. Instead of focusing on what was needed, Sunday shows instead frequently just blamed both sides for not coming to an agreement.” In this way, the corporate media is very harmful.)
- With Tactics Honed on Climate Change, Ken Cuccinelli Turned to the Portland Streets (“Skilled at using his office to deliver a political message, the former Virginia attorney general is in lock step with Trump’s law-and-order message.” Ugh.)
- Cuccinelli: Some protesters are terrorists
- Looting and Rioting Breaks Out in Chicago After Police Shooting
- Editorial: Trump pledged to bring back coal. He didn’t. (“Four years ago today, he was in Abingdon.”)
- Compare and Contrast the Twitter Feeds of VA05 Dem Nominee Cameron Webb and His Far-Right Extremist Opponent, Bob Good (R)
- Sunday (8/9) Virginia Data on COVID-19 Finds State Breaks 100k Confirmed/Probably Cases; New Test Results Up 21,853, Near All-Time High
- Racial Diversity Maps of Virginia, “in TEN gradations, in over 5 thousand precincts”
- Del. Mark Levine on Murder of Karla Elizabeth Dominguez Gonzalez: “People like this alleged rapist and killer must remain behind bars” (“Simply put, I think the judge made a tragically wrong decision here.”)
- Police Chief: Limiting Warrants Will Help Criminals
- Battle lines forming over Appalachian Power’s bid to increase rates
- A journalism association dedicated a plaque decades ago to a journalist who supported slavery. Now it wants it removed. (“The plaque was placed outside the Casemate Museum near John Mitchel’s former cell in 1951 decades after the Irish journalist died and sponsored by the Virginia Press Association.”)
- An early indicator of where the coronavirus will strike next? In Hampton Roads, it could be your wastewater.
- Virginia’s nursing homes prepare for sweeping new testing requirement
- Virginia’s gun-control debate shifts to newly empowered localities
- Despite company claims, only a fraction of the Mountain Valley Pipeline is complete in Virginia
- If Fairfax County had as many COVID-19 cases as Galax, 8 times as many people there would have died
- Newport News shipyard offers unpaid leave for parents trying to arrange care for children
- Dawone Robinson column: After the statues come down, let’s build a more equitable society
- With nearly 40% of Hanover students opting to go online-only, parents worry about disadvantages
- North Carolina’s strongest earthquake in 94 years shakes area along Virginia border
- A steamy week, with the chance of rain ramping up starting late Wednesday
