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by Lowell
Here are a few national and Virginia news headlines, political and otherwise, for Tuesday, April 27.
- Regulators missing pollution’s effect on marine life, study finds (“Chemicals and plastics, not just overfishing, threaten aquatic food chain with ‘disaster’, report warns”)
- Global alliance for phasing out coal not fit for purpose, says NGO (“Powering Past Coal Alliance accused of failing to follow up on pledges as many countries expand use of coal”)
- Why the World Should Worry About India (“The world’s largest vaccine producer is struggling to overcome its latest COVID-19 surge—and that’s everyone’s problem.”)
- Situation in India ‘beyond heartbreaking,’ WHO chief says
- Kerry Denies Discussing Israeli Strikes in Syria With Iran’s Foreign Minister
- White House hammering out details of increasingly likely Biden and Putin summit
- Britain is sending a huge naval force through some of the most tense waters in Asia
- As Virus Rages Abroad, Biden Promises to Ship Millions of Vaccine Doses
- U.S. to Ship Entire Stock of AstraZeneca Shots Throughout the World (“The decision to share 60 million doses is the biggest step yet in U.S. participation to vaccinate beyond its borders.”)
- Aleksei Navalny Is Russia’s True Leader
- Poisoning didn’t stop Alexei Navalny. So Putin is trying mass repression.
- Carbon Restrictions Are Finally Here to Bend the Emissions Curve
- Brazil’s health authority rejected importing Russia’s Sputnik V vaccine.
- China says coal will play less-dominant energy role
- China Says It Will Cut Down On Coal Despite Pushing Ahead With New Coal-Driven Power Plants
- Biden will announce new CDC mask guidance today, sources say
- Biden’s 100-day stock market performance is the hottest going back to the 1950s
- After Biden’s successful first 100 days, tough conversations loom for Democrats (“At some point, tough choices will have to be made about democracy reform and the filibuster.”)
- Biden Aims for Trump Voters, Suburbs With Jobs-Plus-Kids Pitch
- Biden to raise minimum wage for federal contractors to $15 an hour
- Republicans still orbiting Trump dark star fail to derail Biden’s first 100 days
- Biden presidency: return to ‘normal’ belies an audacious agenda (“Biden’s quiet almost boring approach, compared with Trump’s sound and fury, could allow him to be far more consequential”)
- The Memo: Biden bets ‘big government’ is back
- In his address to Congress, Biden will advance his agenda. He’ll also have to defend democracy.
- Biden’s 1st 100 Days: A Look By The Numbers
- Biden’s biggest accomplishment is returning sanity to the White House
- How Barack Obama’s eight years shaped Joe Biden’s first 100 days (“The story of Biden’s early days in office mirrors the story of a Democratic Party changing course based on the lessons of the Obama era.”)
- EXCLUSIVE White House backs 2030 milestone on path to net zero grid
- Biden Seeks $80 Billion to Beef Up I.R.S. Audits of High-Earners
- Biden wins over voters in the face of GOP obstruction
- Yes, it’s possible the GOP is worse post-Trump (“Republicans repeatedly show they stand outside decent society.”)
- Beer, Brussels Sprouts, Bernie Madoff and Today’s G.O.P.
- The Republican Party Is Failing in Too Many Ways
- The GOP Is a Grave Threat to American Democracy (“Unless and until Republicans summon the wit and the will to salvage the party, ruin will follow”)
- The Republican Party Has a Deep Crazy Problem
- The Trump Republican circus gears up for another tour
- Congressional Republicans Left Office In Droves Under Trump. Just How Conservative Are Their Replacements? (“… overall, it does seem as if the conservative, pro-Trump side is winning out.” Disastrous.)
- Republicans decide that for them to win, everything has to be a crisis (“President Biden says we can solve our problems. Republicans say we’re spiraling toward chaos and collapse.”)
- Manchin pumps brakes on Biden infrastructure plans
- Here Are the Winners and Losers of the 2020 Census
- U.S. Population Over Last Decade Grew at Slowest Rate Since 1930s
- Which states gain and lose in the new census report? Here are 3 takeaways.
- Census Reapportionment: Seat Trade-offs Likelier to Benefit Republicans
- Census surprise: Texas gains only 2 seats as shift to Sun Belt slows
- New York Loses House Seat After Coming Up 89 People Short on Census
- Anti-Trump group grades Republicans with ‘democracy’ report card
- D.H.S. will review how it identifies and addresses extremism and white supremacy in its ranks.
- Spy chiefs look to declassify intel after rare plea from 4-star commanders
- After Failures to Curb Sexual Assault, a Move Toward a Major Shift in Military Law
- Antonin Scalia Would Be Appalled at What Supreme Court Conservatives Are Arguing Now (“A majority of the court seems to think that public criticism of high-dollar donors is the real threat to the First Amendment.”)
- Analysis: Are U.S. Supreme Court conservatives aiming to expand gun rights?
- The Supreme Court may start striking down gun laws. And that’s only the start. (“Their supermajority allows them to take their time rolling out a right-wing legal revolution.”)
- Merrick Garland Is Not Playing Around When It Comes to Monitoring Local Police Departments
- Cheney: Congressional commission should narrowly review Capitol siege
- McCarthy-Cheney divide deepens at GOP retreat (“House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy said it’s imperative for Republicans to stay united if they want to take back the majority. But cracks are widening in his own relationship with one of his top deputies over former President Donald Trump.”)
- Biden’s fake burger ban and the rising culture war over meat
- Fox News host admits his show was wrong about Biden limiting red meat consumption (Fox lies, as usual. Having said that, of course eating red meat actually IS one of the worst things you can do regarding the environment, not to mention animal welfare and the workers in “meat packing” plants. So yes, slash or eliminate red meat from your diet.)
- Fox’s “news” side spreads fake story that Biden wants to ban hamburgers (“The Daily Mail wrongly claimed that a year-old academic study was part of Biden’s climate plan. Fox News anchors then promoted the fake story.”)
- Tucker Carlson Tells Fox Viewers to Call the Cops if They See Kids Wearing Masks Outdoors (Wildly irresponsible; why is this nutjob on the air at all?!?)(
- Tucker Carlson, the Chauvin verdict and the burden of “white civilization”
- Facebook Stopped Employees From Reading An Internal Report About Its Role In The Insurrection. You Can Read It Here. (Facebook is so bad.)
- CNN’s Rick Santorum: “There isn’t much Native American culture in American culture” (The fact that CNN has Santorum on the air is absolutely damning re: CNN.)
- Rick Santorum makes ignorant claim there was “nothing” in America until white settlers arrived
- Marco Rubio’s ‘Woke Capital’ Tantrum
- Ex-Trump adviser mocked for claiming Biden pushing ‘plant-based beer’ (Kudlow is an imbecile AND bonkers. The perfect Trumpster, in other words.)
- Gov. Gavin Newsom to face recall election as Republican-led effort hits signature goal
- D.C.’s explosive growth continued over the past decade, census data shows
- Why The New York Times Is Retiring the Term ‘Op-Ed’
- ‘SNL’ Cast Members Quietly Rebel Against Host Elon Musk
- Virginia’s Four Republican Members of Congress All Get “F/Very Poor” Ratings On New “GOP Democracy Report Card” (The four “F”s go to Rob Wittman (R-VA01), Bob Good (R-VA05), Ben Cline (R-VA06) and Morgan Griffith (R-VA09))
- Virginia’s population grows by 630,000; state won’t lose or gain any U.S. House seats(“Virginia’s population grew by 630,000 people in the last 10 years to 8.6 million, but that change will not result in Virginia losing or gaining any seats in the House of Representatives. That’s according to new data the U.S. Census Bureau released Monday – the first sliver of information from the 2020 U.S. population count. “)
- Monday (4/26) Virginia Data on COVID-19: Slowest 1-Day Increase In Cases Since 10/7/20; Slowest 10-Day Increase In Cases Since 10/29/20
- VA Dept. of Education Debunks Distortions About Virginia Mathematics Pathways Initiative: Advanced Courses Still “Very Much a Part”; “Students would still be able to accelerate through the content based on their ability and achievement”
- Virginia Department of Education contests news reports about math equity proposals
- No, Virginia is not moving to eliminate advanced high school math classes (Another wild right-wing lie that irresponsible Republican candidates, etc. have picked up from Fox, the internet, etc.)
- Virginia isn’t eliminating accelerated math courses. But it’s one of many states rethinking math education.
- How Virginia’s new redistricting commission could still draw maps that protect incumbents
- Legal Weed Is Coming To Virginia. Here’s What You Need To Know
- At urging of RNC, Virginia GOP will let Orthodox Jews vote absentee in Sabbath-day convention
- New Opinion From AG Mark Herring: Virginia Colleges, Universities Have Authority To Require Vaccinations For Students
- Editorial: Virginia moves to protect personal data (“Virginia lawmakers moved to empower consumers by giving them greater control of the personal data generated online.”)
- Opinion: Terry McAuliffe was a first-rate governor. He makes a compelling case that he would be again.
- WaPo Editorial Board Endorses Terry McAuliffe For Governor, Argues “He was a first-rate governor and makes a compelling case that he would be again.” (In 2017, the WaPo waited until a week before the primary to endorse Ralph Northam; this time, they’re not waiting.)
- NEW PLAN: Jennifer McClellan Proposes Historic Expansion of Voting Rights, Protections Against Disenfranchisement
- Governor Ralph Northam, Speaker of the House of Delegates Eileen Filler-Corn, and House Majority Leader Charniele Herring Endorse Delegate Hala Ayala for Lieutenant Governor
- Northam, other top Democrats back Hala Ayala for Virginia lieutenant governor
- Northam, House leaders endorse Ayala for lieutenant governor
- Lieutenant governor candidates respond to Northam’s endorsement of Hala Ayala
- VCU Workers Unionize, Demanding Better Pay, Conditions
- Editorial: Rural Virginia, which once led vaccination rates, now lags
- Pasquotank County only shows 20 seconds of redacted body cam video of Andrew Brown Jr. shooting
- D.C.-area forecast: Spring sunshine with summer warmth the next few days
