by Lowell
Here are a few national and Virginia news headlines, political and otherwise, for Monday, December 21.
- Britain cut off by Canada and others as new Covid strain spreads
- Experts expect vaccines to protect against the UK’s fast-spreading Covid strain
- The Coronavirus Is Mutating. What Does That Mean for Us?
- Trump Incentives for Signing Peace Accords With Israel Could Be at Risk
- Covid chaos disrupts Kent ports as France bans UK freight
- China has opened a new front in its criminal war against Muslims in western China
- Climate Change Poses A Clear And Present ‘Systemic Risk’ To The Economy
- US cyber-attack: Around 50 firms ‘genuinely impacted’ by massive breach
- Panel Recommends That People Over 75, Essential Workers Should Be Next For Vaccines(“The vaccination program began last week and has given initial shots to about 556,000 Americans.”)
- Congress Poised for Vote on $900 Billion Pandemic Relief Plan
- Pelosi, Schumer Joint Statement on Coronavirus Relief & Omnibus Agreement
- Congress Strikes Long-Sought Stimulus Deal to Provide $900 Billion in Aid
- Here’s what’s in the new $900 billion stimulus package
- Here’s what’s in the stimulus package (“Jobless benefits, aid to small businesses, stimulus checks and money for vaccine distribution are in. Aid for local governments, plus corporate liability shields, are out.”)
- White House secures ‘three martini lunch’ tax deduction in draft of coronavirus relief package
- This Deal Is Good Enough (“It should be larger. It should have happened months ago. But an agreement on coronavirus aid is still a welcome dose of good news.”)
- ‘A real mess’: Trump is leaving behind crises and undermining Biden before he takes office
- Climate Change Legislation Included in Coronavirus Relief Deal
- US pandemic relief deal buys time but seeds bitter battles ahead (“Congress managed to agree to a deal, but the political disconnect is getting more extreme”)
- A frustrated Trump redoubles efforts to challenge election result (He’s insane and dangerous.)
- Trump Is Losing His Mind (“The president is discussing martial law in the Oval Office, as his grip on reality falters.”)
- Trump saved the worst for last
- The Final 30 Days of the Trump Presidency Will Be Its Most Terrifying (“We have 30 days to go, and I’m getting spooked. Donald Trump’s been awfully quiet. Well, not on Twitter, but in life. Publicly. And I’m wondering if this is one of those calm-before-the-storm situations, like, it’s too quiet.”)
- Trump attempt to overturn election is ‘nutty and loopy’, Romney says (“Utah Republican decries flirtation with Flynn martial law plan”)
- Inside Trump’s pressure campaign to overturn the election (“No president has ever made such expansive and individualized pleas.”)
- Biden To Receive COVID-19 Vaccine Monday
- How Biden can make us hate each other a little bit less
- A Biden Style of Government Is Emerging: Lowest Drama Possible
- How voters rank Trump a historically bad president
- Fox News Poll: Most Republicans say President Trump was robbed
- Juan Williams: The GOP’s betrayal of America
- Trump Again Turns to Top Court, Challenging Pennsylvania Loss (That’s going nowhere.)
- There is no middle ground between fact and fiction on the election results
- Earth to Media: Don’t Echo Idiotic Trumpworld Biden Memes (“In the week when we passed 300,000 COVID deaths, the pro-Trump media naturally went nuts about…whether Jill Biden is really a doctor”)
- John Kelly is wrong. These were not good people.
- Birx travels, family visits highlight pandemic safety perils
- ‘I’m Haunted by What I Did’ as a Lawyer in the Trump Justice Department (“No matter our intentions, lawyers like me were complicit. We owe the country our honesty about what we saw — and should do in the future.”)
- No, a Nurse Didn’t Faint Because of the COVID-19 Vaccine (Among others, Amanda Chase spread this false meme on her Facebook page. Note that Facebook allowed it, which shows how badly Facebook sucks.)
- Opinion: Climate should be Biden’s first priority in office
- The ‘Red Slime’ Lawsuit That Could Sink Right-Wing Media (“Voting machine companies threaten ‘highly dangerous’ cases against Fox, Newsmax and OAN, says Floyd Abrams.”)
- The Journalist and the Pharma Bro (“Why did Christie Smythe upend her life and stability for Martin Shkreli, one of the least-liked men in the world?”)
- A statue of Barbara Johns should replace Robert E. Lee in the U.S. Capitol
- Video: Sen. Mark Warner Says “all indications point to Russia” As Source of Cyberattack Against U.S. Government
- Top 24 Virginia Political Stories of 2020
- Taikein Cooper, Jesús Gerena, Valaryee Mitchell and Tyonka Perkins Rimawi column: Guaranteed income supports working families and the economy
- Hoping to vaccinate millions against COVID-19, officials seek to expand Virginia’s health care workforce
- Sunday (12/20) Virginia Data on COVID-19 Finds +3,876 Confirmed/Probable Cases (to 306,848), +54 Hospitalizations (to 16,878), +7 Deaths (to 4,650)
- Kristen Amundson column: Parents fear kids aren’t learning. They’re right.
- New report shows VDOE is inadequately meeting needs of students with disabilities
- Amanda Chase revealed personal info about a reporter, supporters and detractors respond (Very dangerous and unacceptable.)
- Jaywalking decriminalization is coming, 100 years after the auto industry helped make it a crime (“Though it didn’t garner as much attention as other police reform measures during the special legislative session that ended this fall, a provision to decriminalize jaywalking in a pretextual policing bill from Delegate Patrick Hope, D-Arlington, means that come March 1, police will no longer be able to stop folks for the act of crossing the street outside of a marked crosswalk.”)
- With 8 Days Left to Apply to Be on VA Redistricting Commission, Applicants Continue to Skew Heavily Old, Male, White, Wealthy (82% age 51 or older, 75% male, 80% white, 79% earn $75k or more and ZERO applicants from SWVA)
- Virginia Beach police investigating after viral video showed officers detaining innocent Black man (“In the video, officers are seen handcuffing a man who was eating with his family at Lynnhaven Mall.”)
- Davis leaving council to focus on family and job – for now (“The Roanoke City Council on Monday will say goodbye to its youngest member, Michelle Davis, who is 38. She’s not ruling out running at some point in the future.”)
- Chilly weather this week; stormy on Christmas Eve
