by Lowell
Here are a few national and Virginia news headlines, political and otherwise, for Monday, May 3.
- Carbon: How calls for climate justice are shaking the world
- BP seeking to build wind farms off Scotland – The Times
- Blinken: The US doesn’t have ‘the luxury of not dealing with China’
- Moderna to Supply 500 Million Vaccine Doses to Covax Effort
- EU Pushes End to Travel Restrictions for Vaccinated Tourists
- India accounts for 1 in 3 new Covid cases being recorded. Here is its second wave in 5 charts
- A Canadian oil firm thinks it has struck big. Some fear it could ravage a climate change hotspot (Hell no!)
- A Chinese Communist Party-linked account mocked India’s Covid crisis on social media. It backfired
- Nicola Sturgeon’s Quest for Scottish Independence (“The country’s leader asks voters which kind of society they prefer to live in: Brexit Britain or a social-democratic Scotland.”)
- Hey, whatever happened to the border crisis? (“The Biden administration is addressing the problem, even if the media is largely ignoring it.” The media fails yet again.)
- Warren Buffett Sees a ‘Red Hot’ Economy With Creeping Inflation
- Reaching ‘Herd Immunity’ Is Unlikely in the U.S., Experts Now Believe (“Widely circulating coronavirus variants and persistent hesitancy about vaccines will keep the goal out of reach, at least in the foreseeable future. Health experts are coming to the conclusion that the virus will most likely become a manageable threat that will keep circulating for years to come”)
- Indian Americans Don’t Know What to Feel Right Now
- The Biggest Remaining Challenge in Stopping the Coronavirus (“These miscreants and freeloaders are holding up the rest of us.”)
- Biden pursues GOP infrastructure deal as anxious Democrats watch the clock (“The president and his allies feel they have a limited window for movement on any legislation before members start focusing on the midterm elections.”)
- Biden Open to Options on $4 Trillion Push as Congress Takes Over
- Biden is talking to Republicans, but for only so long (“The president and much of his team learned a lesson during the Obama years: They should not wait for Republicans to negotiate.”)
- Republicans and Democrats agree we need an infrastructure bill. That’s about all they agree on.
- Is the White House wise to the GOP’s infrastructure ruse?
- As Extreme Weather Batters America’s Farm Country, Costing Billions, Banks Ignore the Financial Risks of Climate Change
- America on the knife’s edge: Will the next year determine the fate of democracy? (“Joe Biden and the Democrats finally grasp that major change is necessary to redeem democracy — if it’s not too late”)
- Senate Dems agonize over voting rights strategy
- Cindy McCain to Republicans: “The Election Is Over” (“She has no patience for Trump’s fantasy of overturning Arizona’s election results.”)
- Many police officers spurn coronavirus vaccines as departments hold off on mandates
- Separated Families To Reunite In The U.S., As Immigrant Advocates Push For More
- Why it took Joe Biden to carry out the Bernie Sanders presidency
- One of Country’s 10 Largest Coal Plants Just Got a Retirement Date. What About the Rest? (“The largest coal-fired power plants keep on going, even as many smaller ones close.” Shut them all down.)
- New Polls: It Turns Out Americans Like a Normal, Boring President (“It’s been 15 years since Americans were this optimistic about the future.”)
- Sen. Tim Scott says Congress is close to a police reform deal (“Scott believes his compromise on qualified immunity will get police reform over the Senate finish line.”)
- Justice Dept. inquiries prompt hopes for police reform, fears of delays
- American Politics Now Has Two Big Racial Divides (“Racial attitudes, not racial identity, may be driving voting behavior”)
- Is America a Racist Country? (“The answer is ‘yes,” and that’s not a radical statement”)
- For Biden, 44 confirmations down, only 1,156 to go
- Liberals Admire Justice Breyer. Now They Want Him To Retire (Yep, do so ASAP.)
- Rejection of 2020 election results becomes defining GOP loyalty test (This unhinged party is basically the John Birch Society.)
- Trump’s Delegitimization of Democracy Isn’t Wearing Off (“It remains unclear when — or if — Republicans will begin to accept electoral defeat again.”)
- Democracy can’t work if the GOP is devoted to restricting voters and rejecting their decisions
- Juan Williams: GOP turns lies into laws
- GOP wrestles with role of culture wars in party’s future
- 3 dead, more than 20 hospitalized after suspected smuggling vessel overturns off San Diego
- Former Ethics Chief Slams Cruz’s Warning To ‘Woke’ CEOs As ‘Most Openly Corrupt’ Ever
- Exclusive — Cruz, Rubio ramp up criticisms of big business (What a joke.)
- Dan Rather Is Not Finished Yet
- Texas special election: Republicans Susan Wright and Jake Ellzey advance to runoff for House seat, NBC News projects
- U.S. Senators Kaine and Capito discuss bipartisan cooperation, civic dialogue at Democracy Dialogues event
- Critical Race Theory, Flawed Public Schools Drive Virginia’s Republican Gubernatorial Pick (Cox sux.)
- Hot dogs, attack ads and road rage: Virginia GOP’s unusual nomination contest enters home stretch (“Unusual” is certainly one word for it.)
- McAuliffe rising again in Virginia
- ‘Obviously, this is a lot of work’: Virginia GOP set for a very different convention
- Editorial: Will Democrats nominate an all-Northern Virginia ticket? Will both parties? (Cue the outrage by the Roanoke Times editorial editor…)
- Video: One of the Most Odious and Extreme People in America, Ted Cruz, Endorses Glenn Youngkin for VA GOP Gubernatorial Nomination
- GOP candidates for governor make video pitches to delegates
- What, If Anything, Might Results From the TX-06 Special Election Tell Us For Virginia 2021?
- Vaccine wastage is rare in Virginia. But experts say it’s getting harder to avoid.
- Sunday (5/2) Virginia Data on COVID-19 Finds 1-Day COVID Cases Up Just 761; Lowest 10-day New COVID Cases Since 10/27/20
- UVa report says ‘herd’ mentality needs to be laser-focused on community
- When it comes to Virginia’s herd immunity, Eastern region could be far behind, forecast shows (“University of Virginia infectious disease data scientists estimate about 43% “vaccine acceptance” in the Eastern region, compared to Northern Virginia, the highest rate in the state, with 88%. Their forecasting model shows Northern Virginia could reach herd immunity by June or July, while other regions may not get there this year.”)
- Virginia Legalizing Marijuana Recognizes That Prohibition Is a Losing Approach To a Drug That People Want
- Virginia’s top colleges are wait-listing more applicants, raising expectations
- Protesters march to Andrew Brown’s home in Elizabeth City. They planned to view his body afterward.
- ‘Investing in Appalachia:’ Northam recommends projects for funding
- Warm start to the week, but showers are in the mix with a big cooldown later in the week
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