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by Lowell
Here are a few national and Virginia news headlines, political and otherwise, for Sunday, September 13.
- Navid Afkari: Iran executes young wrestler despite global outcry (This regime is despicable.)
- Trump and Brexit Killed Winston Churchill’s Ghost
- Despite Navalny’s absence, Russian elections test his strategy (“New generation of opposition politicians aims to undermine Putin.”)
- Navalny’s illness energises push to challenge Kremlin at vote in Siberian town
- OPEC+ Bid to Rescue Oil Market Falters as Demand Recovery Stalls
- ‘Shocking’: Blair, Major chide UK plan to breach international law (“Former prime ministers Tony Blair and John Major on Sunday said Britain must drop a ‘shocking’ plan to pass legislation that breaks its divorce treaty with the European Union, in a breach of international law.”)
- West Coast infernos a sign of a planet on fire (“As devastating as the fires raging out West have been, far worse disasters could be on the horizon”)
- Right-Wing Conspiracists Linked Antifa to the Wildfires. Then They Got a Big Boost from Russian Media.
- Op-Ed: With global heating, expect inferno seasons in the American West
- Wildfires scorch millions of acres in Western U.S. as Oregon braces for ‘mass fatality event’
- Googling for Gut Symptoms Predicts Covid Hot Spots, Study Finds
- Trump lied about science
- Public health specialists criticize Trump administration over reports it interfered with CDC studies
- “Science” Editor’s Scathing New Column: Trump’s COVID Lies “Cost Countless Lives”
- Trump Campaign Solicits Donations With Desperate Text Claiming Antifa Will ‘Attack Your Homes’ if Biden Wins (It would be laughable if it weren’t so disturbing that Trump’s our “president”)
- Why Does Trump Want an Inaccurate Census? (“Congress must extend the deadline for the count.”)
- A Secret Recording Reveals Oil Executives’ Private Views on Climate Change (“At a meeting last year, industry leaders contradicted public claims that emissions of climate-warming methane are under control”)
- Longtime Climate Science Denier Hired At NOAA (Absolutely unacceptable.)
- Fact-check: Trump White House promotes misleading expectations for election night results
- Stanford doctors take aim at former colleague Scott Atlas, Trump’s new adviser on the COVID-19 pandemic
- Five myths about antifa (Basically, every single thing right wingnuts like Amanda Chase and Donald Trump say about “antifa” is wildly false, according to this.)
- Trump: Antifa Supporter Killed by U.S. Marshals Was Dealt ‘Retribution’ (Trump the thug: “this guy was a violent criminal, and the US Marshals killed him. And I’ll tell you something — that’s the way it has to be. There has to be retribution.””)
- Judge: Kanye West stays off ballot in battleground Wisconsin
- Biden Favorability Rating Outpaces Trump’s in Four States (This poll seems skewed by several points to Trump, given the numbers on self-reported 2016 votes being off by 2-5 points in favor of Trump.)
- Pence drops plan to go to fundraiser hosted by QAnon backers
- Warmer. Burning. Epidemic-challenged. Expensive. The California Dream has become the California Compromise.
- Trump tries his luck in Nevada
- Bloomberg to spend at least $100 million in Florida to benefit Biden (“The massive late-stage infusion of cash could reshape the contest in a state central to President Trump’s reelection hopes.”)
- Trump’s incumbent advantages are crumbling
- Campaigns battle for women who regret voting for Trump
- If nothing matters, Biden likely wins
- An epically bad week for Trump
- History shows why the next few weeks are critical for Trump 2020
- Has Trump spent his election war chest before the war really starts?
- The surprise religious group that could decide Trump’s fate (“Latter-day Saints had been among the most reliably Republican voting blocs — until Trump took over the party.”)
- Roger Stone to Donald Trump: bring in martial law if you lose election (“Trump meanwhile promises to ‘put down’ leftwing protests and says US Marshals killing Portland suspect was ‘retribution’”)
- Biden’s transition team, wary of Trump and Covid-19, sets massive fundraising goal
- As vote-by-mail begins, there are grounds for (very) cautious optimism
- Trump’s Supreme Court list reveals influence of Clarence Thomas
- With few ads, appearances, is Virginia no longer a presidential battleground?
- Video: Sunrise Movement-Endorsed Qasim Rashid (D-VA01) Holds Conversation on Climate Crisis, West Coast Fires, Green New Deal, etc.
- Nick Freitas Seems to Not Care About Healthcare, Including Protections for People with Pre-Existing Conditions
- A special session triggered by the Virginia state budget has yet to deal with it
- Saturday (9/12) Virginia Data on COVID-19 Finds +1,300 Confirmed/Probable Cases (to 132,940), +63 Hospitalizations (to 10,218), +11 Deaths (to 2,722) From Yesterday
- Mark Levine and Lamont Bagby column: Vote no: Amendment would enshrine gerrymandering
- Editorial: The most consequential vote on the November ballot (Agreed that the redistricting amendment is highly consequential, although not even close to as consequential as the vote for president. Make sure you vote NOT on the amendment and, of course, AGAINST Trump/FOR Biden!)
- Video: Lt. Gov. Justin Fairfax Announces Candidacy for Governor of Virginia
- Virginia lieutenant governor enters race for governor
- Opinion: State lawmakers must make policing more transparent (“The Virginia legislature must pass legislation to make police records more accessible to the public, Jason Nixon and Debbie Borato, who lost loved ones in the 2019 Virginia Beach shooting, argue in a guest column.”)
- Video of 1/2-Mile Line for Food in Chesterfield County, VA Goes Viral After Being Retweeted by The Lincoln Project, Director Judd Apatow, etc.
- UVa board votes to support changes in culture and grounds to seek racial equity
- Confederate statue taken down in Charlottesville near the site of violent 2017 rally
- Albemarle’s Confederate soldier statue comes down amid cheers
- Video, Photos: Albemarle County Confederate Statue Coming Down
- Opinion/Editorial: County statue action strikes right note (“The relocation of Albemarle County’s Confederate soldier statue, cannons and cannonballs to a Civil War battlefield is an excellent outcome.”)
- Editorial: Lament for the turmoil in Portsmouth (“Continued chaos in Portsmouth takes focus and energy away from the necessary work of building a more prosperous city for its residents.”)
- Fairfax school system says ransomware attack did not disrupt remote learning
- Is virtual learning meeting the needs of special ed students? Loudoun County parents say ‘no’
- Video: Arlington County Board Votes Unanimously to Ban Firearms in County Government Buildings, Parks, at Special Events
- Virginia Tech Football Game vs. Virginia To Be Rescheduled (“The safety, as well as the physical and mental well-being of these young men and women entrusted to our care by their families remains our top priority”)
- Virginia-Virginia Tech football game postponed after coronavirus spikes in Blacksburg
- Teel: A seemingly inevitable outbreak struck Blacksburg. What’s next for the Hokies and Cavs?
- Warming up a bit today with an evening storm chance; brief taste of fall midweek
