by Lowell
Here are a few national and Virginia news headlines, political and otherwise, for Saturday, August 1.
- Israel was a covid-19 success. Then Netanyahu showed how not to manage the disease.
- Two U-turns and a lot of chaos: it’s been a painful week for Boris Johnson
- Global report: Philippines ‘losing battle’ as WHO records biggest jump in Covid-19 cases
- Russia Plans to Roll Out Mass Covid-19 Vaccinations From October (“While the vaccine has been touted by its developers as safe and potentially the first to reach the public, the data hasn’t been published and the speed at which Russia is moving has raised questions in other countries”)
- Americans Increasingly Believe U.S. Is Handling Coronavirus Worse Than Other Nations (“In a new HuffPost/YouGov poll, just 19% say the country is doing better than most.”)
- Lawmakers ‘Alarmed’ by Reports U.S. Envoy Told Brazil It Could Help Re-elect Trump
- Pelosi upbraids counterintel chief in private briefing over Russian meddling
- Microsoft Nears Deal With TikTok, as U.S. Weighs Ban on App
- Trump says he’ll act to ban TikTok in US as soon as Saturday
- Fauci ‘cautiously optimistic’ US could have vaccine by end of the year (“Expert doubtful of fast-track efforts in Russia and China”)
- Summertime Sadness: Resurgent Virus Dims Crisis Recovery Hopes
- A $600-a-Week Lifeline for Unemployed Americans Expires After an Impasse in Washington
- Frustration builds as negotiators struggle to reach COVID-19 deal
- Congressional Democrats, White House set for Saturday talks on coronavirus bill
- U.S. deaths from coronavirus surpass 150,000 (“Though the national fatality rate was on the decline for most of June, it began a steady rise in July, when the pandemic took a turn for the worse.”)
- Citing Election Delay Tweet, Influential Trump Ally Now Demands His Re-Impeachment
- As pandemic benefits expire, Senate Republicans and Trump can’t get their act together
- Pandemic’s weight falls on Hispanics, Native Americans
- Supreme Court won’t halt challenged border wall projects (“The Supreme Court declined by a 5-4 vote Friday to halt the Trump administration’s construction of portions of the border wall with Mexico following a recent lower court ruling that the administration improperly diverted money to the project.” The Roberts Supreme Court does, indeed, suck.)
- Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg discharged from the hospital after latest medical procedure
- The slow-motion 2020 election disaster states are scrambling to prevent, explained (“Election experts warn the country is not ready for the November election.”)
- Trump blatantly boosts his own hotel in the relief bill, and Republicans play dumb
- Trump’s Racism Won’t Win the Suburbs. But It May Diversify Them.
- Obama reminds us what it’s like to have a president who understands America
- Vaccine project contract raises transparency questions
- Covid-19 relief programs are riddled with suspected fraud. What’s going on here? (“Thank goodness for the watchdogs rooting it out.”)
- Portland sees peaceful night of protests following withdrawal of federal agents
- Trump’s top strategist reboots campaign with focus on early-voting states
- McConnell signal to Republican Senate candidates: Distance from Trump if necessary
- Time to challenge Republicans’ economic illiteracy (“Their talking points are vapid.” Just listen to someone like Nick Freitas for 5 minutes, and you’ll be deluged by “vapid” blather.)
- Biden’s Big-Tent Strategy Seems to Be Working
- Joe Biden narrows down his VP list, with Karen Bass emerging as one of several key contenders
- Lobbying Intensifies Among V.P. Candidates as Biden’s Search Nears an End
- Harris allies granted call with Biden campaign after Dodd blowup
- Trump Halts TV Advertising as He Struggles in Polls Against Biden
- The new anti-Biden attack, same as the old anti-Biden attack
- Lincoln Project Gets Personal In New Ad, Mocking ‘Impotus Americanus’ Trump’s Weight and ‘Ruddy Orange’ Color
- ‘A classic do-no-harm strategy’: Biden’s campaign enters key stretch
- Countering G.O.P. on Courts, Democrats Will Call for ‘Structural’ Change
- John Lewis’s funeral was a balm to the soul of America
- Kodak’s Stock Surge Turned Insiders’ Options Into Potential Windfall
- Trump’s private business saw small uptick in revenue in 2019, new records show
- Ivanka Trump and Jared Kushner earned at least $36 million in outside income last year, new disclosures show
- Jared Kushner Got Up to $3 Million From Companies That Benefited From Trump Admin Programs, Documents Show
- The Horrifying ICE Documentary Trump Doesn’t Want You to See
- Tampa teen accused of being ‘mastermind’ behind Twitter hack that targeted high-profile accounts
- James Murdoch Resigns From News Corp, Ending Role in Family Empire (“While his elder brother, Lachlan Murdoch, rises in the family business, James Murdoch has grown more distant from his father’s companies”)
- James Murdoch Resigns From News Corp. Board, Citing “Disagreements” Over Editorial Content
- The Daily Caller is receiving money from Trump and GOP groups while its subsidiary participates in Facebook’s fact-checking program
- Hundreds of Georgia campers infected with coronavirus at YMCA camp in just days, CDC report finds
- Georgia camp outbreak shows rapid virus spread among children
- Court overturns Boston Marathon bomber’s death sentence
- Audio: Sen. Mark Warner, Rep. Colin Allred and “Protect Our Care” Call Out Republicans’ Failure to Protect Americans’ Health in Latest Coronavirus Negotiations
- VIDEO: Sen. Mark Warner Slams Misinformation on Vote by Mail, Highlights Ease of Voting in Virginia
- U.S. Senate Republican Plan Doesn’t Meet Needs of Virginia Families, Match Scope of Unprecedented Economic Challenges
- Sen. Mark Warner discusses schools reopening during virtual town hall
- Spanberger: ‘The livelihoods of families are on the line’
- Governor Northam Declares State of Emergency in Advance of Hurricane Isaias
- Northam declares state of emergency in Virginia in advance of Hurricane Isaias
- NY Times Maps Show “The Risk That Students Could Arrive at School With the Coronavirus” in Virginia Large, Medium, Small-Sized Schools
- Latest UVA COVID-19 Mode: “On current course, Virginia is projected to have 13,000 weekly confirmed cases, and growing, by early September”
- UVA researchers say state has avoided more than 800,000 additional COVID-19 cases but majority ‘still vulnerable to infection’
- Friday (7/31) Virginia Data on COVID-19 Finds +984 Confirmed/Probable Cases (to 89,888), +80 Hospitalizations (to 7,866), +33 Deaths (to 2,174) From Yesterday
- ‘14,000 attempts.’ Balky technology, expiring benefits worry workers, state leaders.
- Governor Northam Calls For Another Eviction Ban In Virginia
- BREAKING: Weeks After Canceling Atlantic Coast Pipeline Project, Dominion Energy Names New Executive Leadership Team…Tom Farrell Out as Chairman/President/CEO
- Tag Team Wrestling in Dominion Energy’s Executive Suites
- Farrell ‘not going anywhere’ as Dominion resets leadership succession
- Del. Hala Ayala: My Experience Is Exactly Why I’m Running for Lieutenant Governor
- Upcoming Pipeline Unity Banner Events to Celebrate ACP Win, Protest Mountain Valley Pipeline
- ‘A real opportunity’: Virginia places a big bet on electrifying port
- TJHD has its worst month for COVID-19 following Fourth of July holiday, wider reopening
- Veterans Affairs secretary visits Hampton Roads facilities, praises front-line workers
- EDITORIAL: One name for U.S. 1, and it’s not Jeff Davis Highway
- EDITORIAL: Five years later, Sweet Briar stands strong
- RPD assigns Richmond Mayor Levar Stoney a security detail because of ‘credible and ongoing threats’
- Poll shows Mayor Stoney leading in mayoral contest
- Richmond City Council To Vote On Confederate Monument Removal
- Black students say they faced frequent racism at Cape Henry Collegiate in Virginia Beach
- Christopher Newport University delays first day of classes by 2 weeks
- Police recover assault-style rifle after vehicle is reportedly shot near Lee statue in Richmond
- Loudoun Activists Celebrate Cancelation of Atlantic Coast Pipeline; Look to Stop Another (Great, but the article uncritically repeats Dominion’s pro-pipeline propaganda…not cool.)
- Hurricane Isaias barrels toward Florida before it surges up entire East Coast (“Heavy rain, high winds and coastal flooding are possible from Florida to the Carolinas to New England.”)
- Multiple chances of rain ahead, starting today
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