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by Lowell
Here are a few national and Virginia news headlines, political and otherwise, for Monday, July 19.
ER Doctor: I don’t blame unvaccinated patients, I blame Fox
“I do blame Fox News and other right-wing media outlets for poisoning the minds of millions of Americans,” Dr. Rob Davidson writes. “Wear a mask, get vaccinated and stop watching Fox News.” pic.twitter.com/1Uh5OzqFvC
— Brianna Keilar (@brikeilarcnn) July 19, 2021
- The E.U. is getting serious about climate. Can the U.S. follow suit?
- Angela Merkel calls for climate change action as she surveys deadly German flood damage
- In summer of apocalyptic weather, concerns emerge over climate science blind spot (“The rapid succession of precedent-shattering extreme weather events in North America and Europe this summer is prompting some scientists to question whether climate extremes are worsening faster than expected.”)
- India’s cruelty to its critics shows the deterioration of the world’s largest democracy
- Politicians from across world call for ‘global green deal’ to tackle climate crisis
- Importers could pay EU carbon tax from 2026
- Russia rights group linked to Navalny closes amid prosecution fears (“Team 29 is the latest victim of Kremlin crackdown on organisations it considers ‘undesirable’”)
- Yellen Expresses Doubts on Results of Trump’s China Deal
- Covid Live Updates: England Enters ‘Freedom Day’ With Prime Minister in Isolation
- England’s ‘freedom day’ marred by soaring cases and isolation chaos
- Madrid building a huge urban forest in a bid to combat climate change (“When finished, Madrid’s ‘green wall’ will be a forest of indigenous trees that can absorb CO2 but also the heat generated by human activity. Temperatures under the shade of these trees are 2 degrees lower than the rest of the city.” Great idea, let’s do it!)
- Climate change focus moves to the suburbs as cities continue to sprawl (“Seeking solutions as pandemic race for space exacerbates a climate-unfriendly trend”)
- Pegasus project: spyware leak suggests lawyers and activists at risk across globe
- Jamal Khashoggi’s wife targeted with spyware before his death
- In Orban’s Hungary, spyware was used to monitor journalists and others who might challenge the government
- Private Israeli spyware used to hack cellphones of journalists, activists worldwide
- Huge data leak shatters the lie that the innocent need not fear surveillance
- Mexico announces Latin America’s largest PV project
- OPEC+ oil deal sends prices lower — and this could be a buying opportunity
- About two dozen reports of mysterious health incidents on US personnel in Vienna
- ‘Hawkpocalypse’: Baby birds of prey have leaped from their nests to escape West’s extreme heat
- It’s Not a Border Crisis. It’s a Climate Change Crisis. (“There was a time when rural Guatemalans never left home. But back to back hurricanes, failed crops and extreme poverty are driving them to make the dangerous trek north to the U.S. border.”)
- Biden is right. Purveyors of vaccine disinformation are killing people.
- Unvaccinated people risk the most serious virus of their lives, expert says (“With vaccination rates not at the levels needed to stop the spread of Covid, the Delta variant is so contagious, the unprotected will likely get it, an expert says”)
- US surgeon general: Covid misinformation ‘spreading like wildfire’ on social media
- Surgeon General Portends Return Of Mask Mandates Amid COVID-19 Surges
- Rarely, Covid vaccine breakthrough infections can be severe. Who’s at risk? (“Fully vaccinated people who become seriously ill following breakthrough infections tend be older or have serious medical conditions.”)
- Stock Futures, Oil Drop as Investors Weigh Delta Threat
- Klobuchar: Some voting rights could pass in reconciliation package
- The U.S. is backsliding on covid-19. Republicans seem to have decided that’s acceptable.
- Investigation: How the Meat Industry is Climate-Washing its Polluting Business Model (This industry is a disgrace; don’t buy from it.)
- Democrats, Republicans struggle to finish infrastructure proposal as key Senate deadline looms
- Biden seeks to prove his skeptics wrong
- Joe Biden and the social democratic moment
- 2020 presidential polls suffered worst performance in decades, report says (“A polling industry task force cited problems and possible reasons for the ‘unusual magnitude’ of error, but it stopped short of definitive conclusions on how to fix what went wrong.”)
- Pollsters: ‘Impossible’ to say why 2020 polls were wrong (“National surveys of the 2020 presidential contest were the least accurate in 40 years, while the state polls were the worst in at least two decades, according to the new, comprehensive report from the American Association for Public Opinion Research.)
- The definitive oral history of how Trump took over the GOP, as told to us by Cruz, Rubio, and 20 more insiders
- A federal appeals court decision on handguns opens the door to more violence
- Merrick Garland Needs to Show He Knows What Jan. 6 Was Really About
- As the Press Weakens, So Does Democracy (“Today, more than 200 of the nation’s 3,143 counties and equivalents have no newspaper and no alternative source of credible and comprehensive information on critical issues. Half of the counties have only one newspaper, and two-thirds do not have a daily newspaper…The news industry is truly struggling, but the public is oblivious to this… Democracies cannot survive without a common set of facts and a vibrant press to ferret them out and present them. Our democracy is in terrible danger”)
- Six takeaways: What the FEC reports tell us about the midterm elections (“Vulnerable Senate Democrats know they’re vulnerable”)
- Why Inflation Panics Are Poison for Progressive Politics (“Lessons from the Nixon era”)
- The Ascension of Ron Klain
- Lindsey Graham says he’d ‘leave town’ to stop Democrats’ reconciliation bill, citing Texas
- Dolly Parton Tried. But Tennessee Is Squandering a Miracle. (Wildly irresponsible and stupid by the Republican-controlled government of Tennessee.)
- 2 more Texas Democrats test positive for COVID-19 in Washington, D.C., 5 total cases
- New York Times columnist and Yamhill native Nicholas Kristof considering run for Oregon governor
- In blow to DeSantis, court blocks order lifting CDC virus rules on Florida cruise ships
- Mark Warner Plays Pivotal Role in Democrats’ Infrastructure, Antipoverty Plans (“Centrist Virginia senator says he ‘stretched’ on spending at Biden’s prodding and now works to keep proposals on track”)
- On WAMU’s Politics Hour, Gov. Northam Rips Right Wing’s “Dog Whistle” Attacks on “Critical Race Theory,” Says We Need “Accurate Version of Our History” Taught and ” I Don’t Think That’s Been the Case” (Northam also rips Youngkin for being “cowardly” and “either out of touch with reality or…untruthful”)
- Mentally ill patients, and their families, deserve better from Virginia government
- Lori Haas and Taikein Cooper column: Virginia voters have a stark choice when it comes to stopping gun violence
- Some central Virginia property owners plan to fight proposed gas pipeline
- In Richmond – and Virginia – a heat-mapping effort seeks to mitigate effects of climate change
- Cooper: Building a stronger, healthier future for the Appalachian Region
- In Virginia, a historic Black neighborhood grapples with whether to grow (“Some in The Settlement, founded by formerly enslaved people, say development should be allowed to create generational Black wealth. Others say its historic nature should be preserved.”)
- After Speech Denouncing “Anti-Racial-Reckoning” Forces Goes “Viral” on Right-Wing Media, Fairfax NAACP Issues Statement Decrying “false narrative in the media,” Saying “We stand firmly by our 1st Vice President and her work” and Vowing “We will not be silenced” (This follows the Virginia PTA yesterday “request[ing] and receiv[ing] the resignation of Michelle Leete, who served as Vice President of Training”)
- ‘What is democracy? Well, that’s all of us’: Roanokers mark anniversary of John Lewis’ death
- COMMENTARY: Time to implement Transit-Oriented Development where it counts (“Massive state spending and new local transit initiatives make this the right time for Transit-Oriented Development in the Fredericksburg region. “)
- D.C.-area forecast: A decent week with typical late-July temperatures and limited chances of rain
