by Lowell
Here are a few national and Virginia news headlines, political and otherwise, for Thursday, August 6.
- Atomic bomb dropped on Japan’s Hiroshima 75 years ago still reverberates (“‘It’s too late to stand up after everyone dies,’ said Masaaki Takano, 82, who walked home from school amid toxic ‘black rain’ that followed the blast.”)
- After Twin Explosions, an “Apocalypse” in Lebanon
- Beirut Explosion Brings Lebanon to the Brink (“Lebanon and its people have a long history of resilience—surviving years of brutal, sectarian civil strife, an invasion by Syria and a bruising war with Israel. But the country’s latest run of misfortune threatens to push it over the edge.”)
- Blame for Beirut Explosion Begins With a Leaky, Troubled Ship (“The bleak tale of chronic negligence started over six years ago, when an indebted vessel and its volatile cargo pulled into port. It ended on Tuesday in a giant explosion.”)
- Why Boris Johnson’s Brexit trade deal is not so different to no deal (“Though Boris Johnson averted no-deal last year by securing a Brexit Withdrawal Agreement that covered the terms of Britain’s exit from the European Union, his proposed economic relationship with the EU really isn’t that different — in terms of the practical potential for short-term disruption — from a clean-break no-deal.”)
- Beirut death toll rises to at least 135 as explosion is blamed on 2,750-ton ammonium nitrate stash (Trump, of course, was totally wrong again, inventing an “attack.”)
- Lebanon was already in crisis. Then came the Beirut explosion. (“There’s a good chance the blast will make the spiraling economic situation worse — and potentially kick-start a widespread popular uprising.”)
- Biden’s Scorn of Saudis Is a Warning Shot After Trump’s Embrace
- Charts: How The U.S. Ranks On COVID-19 Deaths Per Capita — And By Case Count
- Work on hydroxychloroquine delayed promising studies of convalescent plasma (“Antibody-rich convalescent plasma has been used to treat thousands of COVID-19 patients, but no one knows for sure whether it works.”)
- How Did It Happen? America’s Unique Failure to Control the Virus (“Nearly every country has struggled and made mistakes, but the U.S. is the only affluent nation to have suffered a severe, sustained outbreak for so long. The New York Times set out to reconstruct the nation’s blunders, through numerous interviews with scientists and public health experts around the world.”)
- America’s Coronavirus Endurance Test (“To defeat the virus, we will have to start thinking in years rather than months.”)
- Trump’s ‘Axios on HBO’ interview proves how much he relies on marketing to counter reality (“The power of positive thinking can’t make the coronavirus crisis disappear — and neither can the president’s preferred charts or willful ignorance.”)
- U.S. Jobs Report to Mark Slowdown, or Worse, in Labor Recovery
- High Jobless Claims Point to Slowing Labor Market
- Deutsche Bank Reportedly Gave Trump’s Financial Records to Manhattan District Attorney
- Trump’s mail-in voting falsehoods are part of a wide campaign to discredit the election
- US politics: no Covid-19 stimulus package progress as Trump makes more false claims – live updates
- Contours of coronavirus aid deal between Democrats, White House take shape (“Congressional leaders and White House negotiators appeared close to a compromise framework of another round of coronavirus aid, including a $400 weekly boosted unemployment payment.”)
- In Stimulus Talks, McConnell Is Outside the Room and in a Tight Spot
- ‘I want to get an outcome’: McConnell defends strategy as he faces GOP grumbling
- Rand Paul: Republicans should apologize to Obama for complaining about spending
- White House threatens executive action if it fails to reach coronavirus relief deal with Democrats
- Fauci Reveals He Has Received Death Threats And His Daughters Have Been Harassed (Horrible/unacceptable.)
- Asked if the U.S. has the worst coronavirus outbreak in the world, Dr. Fauci says: ‘The numbers don’t lie’
- Trump Tries to Make It Hard for Anyone Else to Behave Ethically, Either
- Twitter, Facebook Remove Trump Post Over False Claim About Children And COVID-19
- For the first time, Facebook removes post by Trump containing coronavirus misinformation
- Trump’s claims about mail voting were always incoherent: Now they’re falling apart (“Donald Trump can’t keep his story straight: Now mail-in voting is totally fine in Florida. Anyone remember 2000?”)
- Trump lets on that his attack on voting-by-mail is fake
- Joe Biden Hits Trump’s Biggest Boast With A Brutal Coronavirus Reality Check
- Covid-19 is pushing red states to finally expand Medicaid
- As U.S. Congress wrangles over aid, millions of renters get desperate
- Is This the Beginning of the End of American Racism? (“Donald Trump has revealed the depths of the country’s prejudice—and has inadvertently forced a reckoning.”)
- Trump’s flagrant assault on the First Amendment is disguised as a defense of it
- Former clients of acting Homeland Security chief Chad Wolf received millions in department contracts
- Republicans fear disaster in November (They richly deserve it.)
- Trump administration’s probe of the Russia investigation may be nearing conclusion (Why even frame it as a serious/real “probe?”)
- If Biden wins, the post-Trump corruption purge will have to be epic
- Almost 100 people in Ohio were infected with coronavirus after man attended church service
- Trump and his allies keep falsely claiming Biden won’t debate him
- Democrats and Republicans push back on Trump’s desire to deliver convention speech from White House
- Pelosi blasts Trump for saying he may deliver convention speech from White House: ‘He can’t do that’
- Fact check: Trump ad edits out microphone and trees from Biden photo to make him seem alone in basement
- Trump hangs on to financial edge in race against Biden
- Trump’s convention speech will be the epitome of narcissism. Biden’s will be the opposite.
- Our nation is in a free fall. But sure, let’s talk about Hillary’s emails again. (Anyone who pushed that idiotic “story” should be fired.)
- A Black Lives Matter Candidate Wins Big in Missouri
- Senate Democrat launches inquiry into Postal Service delays
- Democrats demand Postal Service reverse new rules that have slowed the delivery of absentee ballots
- Illinois Republican congressman tests positive for coronavirus
- Michelle Malkin is Attempting to Normalize White Supremacy
- Students at school touted by Pence for reopening must quarantine due to COVID-19
- Georgia second grader tests positive for coronavirus after first day of school, forcing class to quarantine
- The Truth Behind A Viral Picture Of A Reopening School Is Worse Than It Looked
- Fox News declines to air Sally Yates debunking a right-wing conspiracy theory under oath
- Vote For Kanye and You’re Voting For Trump (Yep.)
- Trump sneered at the Civil Rights Act. We know why. (“If it’s good for Florida, it should be good for the rest of the country.”)
- Sen. Tim Kaine ties sexism to ‘ambition’ criticism of potential VP contenders (“Kaine likens scrutiny of VP contenders to attacks of Hillary Clinton in 2016.” Absolutely, there’s no doubt about this.)
- Senator Mark Warner Accepts Invitations to Three General Election Debates (“Accepts Invites to NOVA Chamber/NBC4, Norfolk State University, AARP/WTVR”)
- California AG Xavier Becerra, Del. Hala Ayala, Del. Elizabeth Guzman, Va. Latino Leaders Hold Roundtable on Joe Biden’s Latino Agenda
- Biden Plan a Reminder of Trump’s Broken Promises to Latino Virginians
- Video, Live Blog: Gov. Ralph Northam’s 2 pm Press Conference – “latest updates on #COVID19 and the impacts of Tropical Storm #Isaias”
- Governor Northam Launches COVIDWISE Exposure Notification App to Help Contain COVID-19 (“Virginia is first-in-the-nation to use Apple-Google Bluetooth framework to protect personal privacy”)
- Virginia Unveils App To Aid Contact Tracing
- ‘Add your phone to the COVID fight’: Virginia rolls out new app to alert people of possible coronavirus contact
- Wednesday (8/5) Virginia Data on COVID-19 Finds +798 Confirmed/Probable Cases (to 95,049), +41 Hospitalizations (to 8,126), +30 Deaths (to 2,274) From Yesterday
- State budget freeze poses challenge in public safety, behavioral health
- Menhaden decision marks a new era in Atlantic fisheries management
- Opinion/Editorial: Concerns still remain over UVa opening
- Virginia’s mental health reforms may be paused for lack of funding
- Supreme Court of Virginia denies appeals from two men convicted in rally beating
- County officials could vote as early as Thursday on Confederate statue removal
- Letter to AG Herring: Case Law Suggests Redistricting Referendum is Misleading
- AG Mark Herring Calls on Facebook to Take Stronger Steps to Prevent Use of Its Platforms to Spread Hate and Disinformation
- Maps Show Around 3/4 of Virginia Students in Districts Opening 2020-2021 School Year in “Online-Only” Mode
- Audio: Jerry Falwell, Jr. Explains the “Viral” Photo – “She’s pregnant, so she couldn’t get her pants up…I couldn’t get mine zipped either”
- 10s of 1000s of Virginia Voters Receive Absentee Ballot Application with Wrong Destination Address [UPDATED]
- Governor’s office: Inspector General to give report of parole board investigation to legislators
- Senators Ebbin, Favola and Howell Argue for the Redistricting Amendment. Here Are Two Rebuttals.
- Is Levar Stoney’s political star still on the rise? (We’ll see if he wins reelection in November.)
- Newport News school board approves virtual start for first 9 weeks
- Mount Vernon’s Focus Changes From George Washington To The People He Enslaved
- Feds demand sweeping changes at Hampton Roads Regional Jail in rare court action
- ‘Our children are our most precious assets’: 2-year-old girl is wounded in latest Richmond shooting
- Virginia Tech outlines, defends COVID-19 safety procedures for football players in response to concerns
- D.C.-area forecast: Periodic downpours with less heat through Friday. Then a mostly dry but toasty weekend.
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