by Lowell
Here are a few national and Virginia news headlines, political and otherwise, for Tuesday, September 1.
- Global Power Sector Embracing Renewables but Ditching Fossil Fuels Too Slowly (“A new study of 3,000 power companies around the world shows even those leading on renewables are still locking in more carbon.”)
- Cheaper, cleaner, more reliable: How renewables are winning energy trifecta (“The fact that wind and solar offer the cheapest source of bulk generation has been known for some time. Solar prices have plunged more than 90 per cent over the past decade, and wind by around 60 per cent.”)
- President Donald Trump’s Climate Change Record Has Been a Boon for Oil Companies, and a Threat to the Planet (“Pursuing an unrelenting fossil fuel agenda, Trump has scaled back or eliminated over 150 environment measures, expanded Arctic drilling, and denied climate science.”)
- Russia Backs Lukashenko’s Constitution Reform for Belarus
- American Intelligence Knows What Russia Is Doing (“Congress needs to understand about foreign election meddling, too.”)
- Can Boris Johnson Stave Off Scoxit?
- Past vaccine disasters show why rushing a coronavirus vaccine now would be ‘colossally stupid’
- The Most American COVID-19 Failure Yet (“Contact tracing works almost everywhere else. Why not here?”)
- Trump Had One Good Response to Covid-19. His Party Killed It. (“Aid to the unemployed saved us from disaster. Now it’s gone”)
- The director of national intelligence is providing cover for Putin
- Coronavirus: US tops 6m cases as some states post record daily totals (“Midwest states emerge as the nation’s growing hotspot while about 185,000 Americans have died so far from the virus”)
- It Has Come to This: Ignore the C.D.C.
- Expect Trump to talk less and less about the pandemic the closer he gets to the election, political strategists say
- Trump urges keeping tax returns away from Manhattan’s top prosecutor
- House mounts last-ditch bid for Trump’s financial records
- Trump administration rule seeks to make drilling easier on national forests (“Proposal would eliminate key environmental reviews and public notice requirements, according to environmental advocates” Evil.)
- E.P.A. Relaxes Rules Limiting Toxic Waste From Coal Plants (Also evil.)
- Michael Flynn case does not have to be immediately dismissed, appeals court rules (“A federal judge can scrutinize the Justice Department’s decision to drop the criminal case against President Trump’s former national security adviser Michael Flynn, a federal appeals court in Washington ruled Monday, allowing the legal saga to continue.”)
- Trump will suffocate the intelligence community to get reelected
- How Donald Trump Is Killing Politics (“Peaceful coexistence requires a system of compromise. Targeting that system is a recipe for violence.”)
- Federal workers will have taxes deferred under Trump’s order, sparking outcry
- Joe Biden smacks down Trump in Pittsburgh (“The Democratic nominee asks: Do we really want four more years of this?”)
- Biden puts the blame for violence where it belongs
- Joe Biden Wants to Know If We’re Willing to Rid Ourselves of Donald Trump’s Poison
- Trump Is an Arsonist Masquerading As a Firefighter
- ‘Too Weak, Too Scared’: Biden Hits ‘Unfit’ Trump For Refusing To Rebuke Violence
- Trump inflames tensions and justifies violence — and there’s a reason why (“For Trump’s America-on-fire campaign strategy to work, he needs violence to boil in cities until Election Day”)
- How Trump Brought Nazis Into Republican Politics
- Barr’s removal of career national security official, weeks before election, raises concerns
- Biden calls Trump ‘a toxic presence’ who is encouraging violence in America (Factual statements.)
- Trump goes mostly dark in TV advertising fight with Biden (“Trump has pulled most of his advertising from TV over the past week, ceding the airwaves to Democratic rival Joe Biden, who is currently outspending him by more than 10-to-1, advertising data shows.”)
- Support for Trump appears to be slipping in the military. And no wonder.
- Trump defends gunman charged with murdering 2 in Kenosha
- Trump fails to denounce an accused killer – which comes as little surprise (“Analysis: For the president, loyalty is paramount – those on his team will not be chastened, even for alleged murder”)
- Joe Biden seeks to set the record straight on the topic he knows best: Himself (“Biden reminded voters on Monday that they have gotten to know him too well over the past nearly 50 years to accept President Trump’s description.”)
- The clash over Kenosha: Biden flips script on Trump as campaign heats up (Classic Politico, by the way, with everything a big game.)
- Court dismisses House lawsuit seeking to enforce a subpoena of former White House counsel Donald McGahn
- HHS bids $250 million contract meant to ‘defeat despair and inspire hope’ on coronavirus (WTF???)
- Trump boasts about a great economic record. Too bad it’s Obama’s.
- No, Wisconsin won’t make Democrats lose
- Trump isn’t calling for unity. He’s stoking rage.
- Cornered, Trump tries to foment a race war
- Trump’s illuminating defense of Kyle Rittenhouse
- Black Lives Matter and ‘antifa’ are not the same thing
- Trump retweets video tying BLM, antifa to an assault. Neither group was involved.
- Trump to visit Kenosha as local officials ask him to stay away
- Melania’s ex-friend: Trump family tainted by ‘deceit, deception’
- Donald Trump makes baseless claim that ‘dark shadows’ are controlling Joe Biden (“Fox News interviewer says president’s bizarre suggestion ‘sounds like a conspiracy theory’”)
- Trump Spouts New Conspiracy Theories In Bizarre Fox News Interview (“At one point he claimed Black Lives Matter protesters wanted to ‘burn down storefronts, hurt people, beat people and kill people.'”)
- How Has Donald Trump Survived?
- Scared that Trump can come back to beat Biden? Good.
- In Steve Bannon Case, Prosecutors Have ‘Voluminous’ Emails
- Journalist Quits Kenosha Paper in Protest of Its Jacob Blake Rally Coverage
- Mainstream media are whitewashing Patriot Prayer, a violent far-right group in Portland (“Patriot Prayer has been linked to murders and other violent attacks. The New York Times described it as promoting ‘Christianity and smaller government.'”)
- Three Sinclair reports on the Kenosha protests didn’t mention the right-wing gunman who killed two protesters
- After backlash, USDA agrees to extend free-meal program for children
- Today’s Elections In Massachusetts Are Another Big Test For The Progressive Movement
- People’s Indictment of Donald Trump, President of the United States
- Twitter deletes claim minimizing coronavirus death toll, which Trump retweeted
- Twitter changing labeling practices after deceptive videos hit Biden
- New, Bipartisan Polling Finds “Supermajority of Americans Want to See Wide-Ranging Reforms to the Criminal Justice System”
- Freitas Truth #3: He’s a Self-Proclaimed “Libertarian” Who’s Heavily Supported By Far-Right, Roy Moore-Supporting Billionaire
- On the Heels of the Republican Convention, Former Sen. John Warner (R) and Other Current/Former Virginia Republicans Endorse Joe Biden
- Republicans aim to undercut Abigail Spanberger’s centrist reputation in Virginia House race (The only reason I’m including this crap is to show what the right-wing is up to. This “news” story, in the far-right Washington Examiner, is by a “reporter” who “worked at outlets including the Daily Caller and the Washington Times.” ‘Nuff said.)
- Monday (8/31) Virginia Data on COVID-19 Finds +847 Confirmed/Probable Cases (to 120,594), +14 Hospitalizations (to 9,569), +11 Deaths (to 2,580) From Yesterday
- Governor Northam Announces $4 Million to Expand Legal Aid Services for Virginians Facing Eviction (“Governor will match $2 million IKEA donation with $2 million from Virginia’s COVID-19 Relief Fund”)
- Criminal Justice Reforms: Bill to Limit Pretextual Stops Advances in House and Senate
- Virginia, Ikea give $4M to boost Legal Aid services for residents facing eviction
- Communities of Color in Virginia Are Bearing the Brunt of Donald Trump’s COVID-19 Crisis
- Virginia agrees to make mail-in voting accessible to blind voters who sued
- General Assembly votes down bills aimed at ending qualified immunity for police in Virginia (“Two Democrats on the House Appropriations Committee, Dels. David Bulova of Fairfax and David Reid of Loudoun, joined Republicans in opposing the legislation. Neither spoke about the legislation during the meeting and did not respond to emails seeking comment Monday afternoon. Lawmakers in the Senate, where Democrats also hold a majority, voted down similar legislation in committee last week.”)
- Press Release, Video: Virginia African American History Education Commission Presents Final Recommendations to Gov. Northam, Secretary Qarni, etc.
- State commission recommends changes to how African American history is taught in Virginia schools (This is a big f’ing deal, as Joe Biden might say.)
- African American history curriculum ‘tainted’ and ‘incomplete’ in Virginia, report finds (Yep, obviously.)
- Virginia lawmakers pursue compromise on eviction moratorium
- Texas Hedge Fund Billionaires Funding Virginia Redistricting Amendment Effort Give $250k Donation to “OneVirginia 2021”
- Video, Highlights From This Morning’s Virginia State Crime Commission Meeting on Expungements, Earned Sentence Credits
- On second try, Senate panel votes to reduce penalty for violating governor’s emergency COVID orders
- Virginia officials backed off push to close Shore poultry plants for two weeks to fight pandemic (Totally unacceptable.)
- Liberty University announces investigation into Falwell’s tenure
- Virginia Tech COVID-19 dashboard reports 178 cases, to be updated more frequently
- Editorial: Time to ease up on Hampton Roads? (Why?)
- Making Room: Single-Family Zoning Won’t Save Starter Homes in Arlington (Arlington and other localities should seriously consider scaling back exclusionary, single-family zoning.)
- Richmond School Board Approves Use of RPS Facilities for Childcare
- John Thompson, coach who built Georgetown basketball into national power, dies at 78
- NFL assumes full oversight of investigation into Washington Football Team culture
- A few showers today; heat returns later this week before a cooler holiday weekend
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