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by Lowell
Here are a few national and Virginia news headlines, political and otherwise, for Sunday, August 9.
- Russia is interfering in our elections again. Trump won’t let the intelligence community say so.
- Coronavirus world map: which countries have the most Covid-19 cases and deaths?
- Lebanese call for an uprising after protests rocked Beirut (“Some Lebanese called on Sunday for a sustained uprising to topple their leaders amid public fury over this week’s devastating explosion in Beirut, and the country’s top Christian Maronite cleric said the cabinet should resign.”)
- Is this the end for ‘king coal’ in Britain? (Yep. Good riddance!)
- Saudi Aramco profit drops 50% for first half of the year as pandemic batters oil price (“Saudi Aramco’s net income plunged to $23.2 billion in the first six months of the year, down by half from $46.9 billion over the same period in 2019.” Good.)
- Vaccine Expert Has A Grim Prediction Of What Coronavirus Will Do ‘For Years And Years’ (“This will plague the country for years and years, even after vaccines are out and we get people vaccinated.”)
- America Could Control the Pandemic by October. Let’s Get to It. (“The solutions to combating the coronavirus are no mystery. It’s time to do this right.” With Trump in the White House, there’s literally zero chance this will happen.)
- The lost days of summer: How Trump fell short in containing the virus (“The administration’s failure to control the pandemic has been driven by dysfunction, according to interviews with 41 senior administration officials and others involved in the response. A politics-first, science-second attitude is pervasive inside the White House as the pandemic rages out of control.”)
- U.S. Surpasses 5 Million Coronavirus Cases
- 97,000 children reportedly test positive for coronavirus in two weeks as schools gear up for instruction
- One-Third of American Renters Expected to Miss Their August Payment
- How to drive fossil fuels out of the US economy, quickly (“The US has everything it needs to decarbonize by 2035.” Let’s do it here in Virginia…2045 or 2050 is far, far too slow.)
- Pelosi Is Playing Hardball on Coronavirus Relief. She Thinks She’ll Win.
- Trump promises permanent cut to payroll tax funding Social Security and Medicare if he’s reelected (That would, effectively, damage and/or kill Social Security and Medicare. Disastrous.)
- Trump’s order to bypass Congress on coronavirus relief faces likely legal challenges
- Trump’s executive orders won’t cut it. Congress needs to make a deal.
- Biden says Trump executive order is ‘a reckless war on Social Security’
- Joe Biden: My Statement on President Trump’s Executive Orders to Sow More Chaos and Confusion
- Trump signs order for coronavirus relief, with lower level of extra aid for jobless
- Trump Using COVID-19 As A Cover To Gut Social Security And Medicare, Critics Charge
- Trump’s Go-It-Alone Stimulus Won’t Do Much to Lift the Recovery (“A series of executive actions will provoke lawsuits but is unlikely to stoke faster growth in an economy that has cooled this summer.”)
- Failure wasn’t an option on coronavirus aid. It was the only option. (“Analysis: There was no political incentive — other than public need — for the White House and Congress to reach a deal. So they didn’t.”)
- Several GOP lawmakers express concern over Trump executive orders (“The pen-and-phone theory of executive lawmaking is unconstitutional slop”)
- Trump aides exploring executive actions to curb voting by mail
- Cancel College (“Reopening universities will accomplish little and endanger many.”)
- Fact check: At his golf club, Trump nonsensically accuses Democrats of election ‘cheating’ (Trump continues to attempt to discredit an election he’s likely to lose, by spewing out lies.)
- Michelle Obama, Bernie Sanders and John Kasich expected to join forces for first night of Democratic convention
- Twitter, TikTok Have Held Preliminary Talks About Possible Combination
- John Roberts’ Stealth Attack on Abortion Rights Just Paid Off (I really didn’t understand all the liberals celebrating this at the time.)
- Trump walks out of news conference after reporter asks him about Veterans Choice lie he’s told more than 150 times
- How the Final Stretch of Biden’s VP Search Is Playing Out (“The Biden operation is revving up for a series of public and private events featuring his choice leading into the convention week, aimed at introducing her to the public and to Biden’s top supporters”)
- Biden campaign, women’s groups are working to blunt sexist attacks on his vice presidential pick
- Why The 2020 Presidential Election Is Not 2016
- How Kristi Noem, Mt. Rushmore and Trump Fueled Speculation About Pence’s Job
- ‘If We Get It, We Chose to Be Here’: Despite Virus, Thousands Converge on Sturgis for Huge Rally (Brilliant, eh?)
- ‘This is unstoppable’: America’s midwest braces itself for a Covid-19 surge
- America’s Authoritarian Governor (“Georgia had an early surge of the virus, and now cases are spiking again. Brian Kemp has refused to learn a thing.” Along with DeSantis, worst governor in America?)
- Sen. Mark Warner: “Like many of the president’s failed business ventures, this is a giant scam.” (Biden: Trump’s actions will “undermine the entire financial footing of Social Security”)
- Senator Warner meets virtually with activists to talk about Great American Outdoors Act
- Qasim Rashid (D) Campaign Invited Rep. Rob Wittman (R) to 6 Nonpartisan Debates Across Virginia’s First District. Wittman Has Remained Silent.
- ICYMI: Former Virginia Governor Terry McAuliffe Hosts Iowa Roundtable on Joe Biden’s “Made in America” Plan
- Saturday (8/8) Virginia Data on COVID-19 Finds +1,307 Confirmed/Probable Cases (to 99,189), +51 Hospitalizations (to 8,332), +5 Deaths (to 2,322) From Yesterday
- ICYMI: Virginia Democrats hold press call on Trump’s hateful policies and failures to the Latino community
- No clear rules on telling parents about COVID cases in schools
- Who Are the Possible Democratic Candidates for Lt. Governor in 2021?
- Your Worst Nightmare: Waking Up to the Sound of Your Door Being Kicked In (“It’s time to ban no-knock warrants in Virginia”)
- Statement of House GOP Leader Todd Gilbert on HD 29 Firehouse Primary Results
- Virginia educators try to fill void of digital divide as schools prepare to reopen
- A new app offers Virginians the chance to show the country how to contain coronavirus cases. Will they blow it? (“The app, which uses tech from Apple and Google, may seem an interesting technological experiment. Really, though, it’s a human one.”)
- Opinion: Beach plan could be model for reopening Virginia schools (“Virginia Beach City Public Schools adopted a plan with clear and defined metrics that will guide a return to in-person classes. It can be a model for other districts as well.”)
- Released prisoner accused of raping, killing Virginia woman has died (This case is a nightmare all the way around.)
- UVa’s COVID care staffers share special bonds with each other, patients
- Arlington Catholic School to Use Air Monitoring System in Effort to Prevent Virus’ Spread
- Alexandria school board adopts plan to begin academic year with virtual-only classes
- National Weather Service confirms at least 10 tornadoes in eastern Virginia, northeast N.C. in Tropical Storm Isaias report
- Warm today and hot tomorrow; rain chances stay low for now
