by Lowell
Here are a few national and Virginia news headlines, political and otherwise, for Sunday, October 4.
- Climate change is not just getting worse, it’s getting harder to predict
- He cheated death, but can Navalny ever break Putin’s grip on Russia?
- We’re paying a lot of attention to Trump’s case, but the US just recorded the most daily COVID-19 infections in nearly 2 months
- Trump’s Diagnosis Is a Wake-Up Call for Americans (“Forget the snark. Just wear a mask.”)
- President urges stimulus deal, but obstacles remain
- Trump given second dose of Remdesivir ‘without complication,’ but ‘not yet out of the woods,’ doctor says
- Official: Next 48 hours critical for Trump on virus fight
- Little evidence that White House has offered contact tracing, guidance to hundreds potentially exposed
- The White House Is Spreading Virus and Lies
- “This Is Spiraling Out of Control”: Allies Panic About Trump’s Hospital Stay as White House Deflects
- Trump’s alternate reality of Covid-19 crumbles as the White House obfuscates
- Maggie Haberman on the Fallout from Trump’s Hospitalization
- Trump’s New Jersey event showed perilous neglect for his staff, supporters – and himself
- Panic and confusion permeate White House following Trump’s Covid diagnosis (“Concerns mount over spread of the virus within the building, and whether it could disrupt the functioning of government”)
- The medical briefing on Trump’s health was an insulting exercise in obfuscation
- Trump’s health condition highlights gaps in the 25th Amendment
- Never forget: All of this was his own damn fault
- The White House Is Spreading Virus and Lie
- Covering a cover-up in real time
- White House gives confusing and incomplete answers about Trump’s health as president says he is ‘feeling well’
- Trump Aide Luna Tests Positive for Virus in New White House Case
- Trump Thought He’d Never Get It (“The president and his entourage have known since February that COVID-19 is a serious disease. They’ve never acted that way.”)
- New questions emerge about timing and severity of President Trump’s coronavirus infection
- The President Is Not Well
- An army of doctors. Access to an experimental drug. A special patient gets special care.
- Trump’s blood oxygen level ‘dropped rapidly’ on Friday sparking health concerns, Meadows says
- How the everyday chaos of reporting on the Trump White House played out for the world to see Saturday
- Here are the Cabinet members and others around Trump who have been tested
- The President’s Doctor Has Lost All Credibility (“Even taking the White House at its word, the timeline for the president being tested, diagnosed, and treated has been deeply concerning.”)
- As virus spreads across GOP ranks, some Republicans say party will pay price for ‘stupid’ approach
- The Coronavirus and the Threat Within the White House (“The best security system and the most solicitous medical officers in the world could not protect Donald Trump from a danger that he insisted on belittling and ignoring.”)
- Poll Finds Voters in Two Crucial States Repelled by Trump’s Debate Behavior (“Biden is ahead by seven points in Pennsylvania and five points in Florida, according to the Times/Siena survey.”)
- Biden campaign says it will now disclose the result of every coronavirus test
- Biden looks to seal election after Trump’s week from hell
- Biden Campaign Races to Adjust to New Uncertainty in Campaign
- Reality Bursts the Trumpworld Bubble (“In a moment that feels biblical, the implacable virus has come to the president’s door.”)
- Trump built a career on magic words. The spell broke at the debate.
- More Than 1,500 Alums From Barrett’s College “Firmly and Passionately” Oppose Her SCOTUS Nomination (“They say she falls short when it comes to truth, loyalty, and service.”)
- Shorthanded U.S. Supreme Court returns with major challenges ahead
- Suddenly, Amy Coney Barrett Might Not Have the Votes
- Amy Coney Barrett’s alignment with Scalia has implications far beyond Roe v. Wade
- Could the White House Outbreak Screw Up Barrett’s Confirmation?
- Looking for a single responsible Republican in the Senate (Good luck with that.)
- Donald Junior’s Hunter Biden Obsession Is Creepy, and Telling (“I happen to think that the phrase ‘I’m proud of my son,’ said by Biden with such intensity and conviction at the debate, might be why Trump Junior hates Hunter Biden so much.”)
- McConnell Seeks Agreement To Delay Senate’s Return Amid Positive Coronavirus Tests
- The new details on Kimberly Guilfoyle’s time at Fox News are horrific (Of course…)
- GOP Sen. Ron Johnson Went to Oktoberfest Party While Awaiting COVID-19 Test Results
- After testing positive for COVID-19, Ron Johnson says he’s still against mask mandates
- Sen. Chuck Grassley won’t seek coronavirus test after attending meeting with infected senator (Irresponsible.)
- Jaime Harrison debates Graham behind plexiglass shield
- Mail-In Voter Fraud: Anatomy of a Disinformation Campaign
- Revealed: Trump-linked consultant tied to Facebook pages warning election will cause civil war (Appalling.)
- Texas Attorney Ken Paxton took bribes, abused office, executives in his office say
- ‘Saturday Night Live’ Returns With An Audience
- Video: Sen. Mark Warner Debates His Republican Challenger at Norfolk State University
- Warner, Gade tackle questions on race, equity in 2nd debate
- Bob Good says Cameron Webb, son of a former DEA official, is anti-police. Will it stick in 5th District race? (Massive lie.)
- Video: Fairfax NAACP 2020 Candidates Forum (On police brutality, the 10th CD GOP nominee says the “Black community is not always represented in the best light, and…sometimes that makes it so much worse.”)
- Yesterday, While We Were All Focused on the Trump/COVID Disaster, the Democratic-Led Virginia General Assembly Was Busy Getting Stuff Done
- Editorial: Virginia moves to ensure a free and fair election
- 2021 VAGOP Gubernatorial Candidate Sen. Amanda Chase and Her Supporters Are Like: Trump Got COVID-19? Whatever, Party On and Superspread Away!
- Saturday (10/3) Virginia Data on COVID-19 Finds +1,116 Confirmed/Probable Cases (to 150,803), +51 Hospitalizations (to 11,191), +20 Deaths (to 3,270) From Yesterday
- Editorial: Democrats adopt an Orwellian argument to keep the power to gerrymander (In general, if it’s a Roanoke Times editorial, you know it’s going to be really dumb. This one doesn’t disappoint.)
- Siddiqi: School reopening challenges: A little grace could go a long way
- Video: Virginia’s Mid-Atlantic Regional Spaceport Successfully Launches Fourteenth Resupply Mission to International Space Station
- Top CNU officials announce retirement, prompting leadership shakeup
- D.C.-area forecast: Several fine fall days ahead; trending warmer into midweek
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