by Lowell
Here are a few national and Virginia news headlines, political and otherwise, for Sunday, August 1.
We can’t let Glenn Youngkin and Donald Trump drag Virginia back. Together, we will defeat them and keep our Commonwealth moving forward. All hands on deck! pic.twitter.com/2vkE6LRodw
— Terry McAuliffe (@TerryMcAuliffe) July 31, 2021
- Baked barnacles, scorched cherries: the disastrous impact of heatwaves on plants and animals
- What Happens When All the Bugs Die? (Nothing good. That had better not happen!)
- Turkey Is Next as Wildfires Afflict Mediterranean Countries
- Earth’s energy imbalance removes almost all doubt from human-made climate change (“Researchers studying Earth’s absorption of the sun’s energy found a less than 1 percent probability that the recent changes occurred naturally.” Great, but there was already zero doubt.)
- Our biggest enemy is no longer climate denial but climate delay (“Nothing is more dangerous than the illusion of action – which is all Boris Johnson’s Tories are offering”)
- Mother Nature is ticked off. Can you blame her?
- ‘World’s Most Powerful’ Tidal Turbine Starts Cranking Out Energy (“The project is expected to generate enough electricity for thousands of homes over the next 15 years.”)
- Tokyo’s New COVID-19 Infections Hit A Record Again, Topping 4,000 For The First Time
- Murder Trial in Sweden Could Shine Unsavory Light on Iran’s New President
- Biden Promised to Restore the Iran Nuclear Deal. Now It Risks Derailment. (“Both sides have much to lose if a delicate negotiation over limiting Iran’s activities in return for a lifting of sanctions falls short.”)
- Anger as Poland plans law that will stop Jews reclaiming wartime homes (Totally f’ed-up law.)
- A year after Beirut blast, Lebanon sinks deep into mire of corruption (“The response to the explosion in August 2020 has been marked by chaos and paralysis in what is now a failed state”)
- Myanmar: Coup Leads to Crimes Against Humanity
- Myanmar military ruler extends coup with promise of elections in 2023 (“Six months after seizing power, junta says it will lift state of emergency by August 2023”)
- Israel Blames Iran for Deadly Ship Attack After Tehran’s Denial
- Russia’s New Form of Organized Crime Is Menacing the World
- Behind the Rise of U.S. Solar Power, a Mountain of Chinese Coal (“The West’s transition to renewable energy relies heavily on China’s low-cost, high-emissions industry, and governments and companies are looking for changes at the source.”)
- Among the Unvaccinated: The Adamant and the Undecided
- Biden, Republicans and the Pandemic Blame Game
- Who Are the Unvaccinated in America? There’s No One Answer.
- Vaccinated people are ready for normalcy — and angry at the unvaccinated getting in their way
- Experts predict summer virus surge will get worse before it gets better
- Less than 0.001% of fully vaccinated Americans died after a Covid-19 breakthrough case, CDC data shows
- US vaccinations rise but White House frustrated with media ‘alarmism’ (“Officials say some coverage over Delta variant has been misleading and focus should be on encouraging people to accept vaccines”)
- Biden hits resistance from unions on vaccine requirement
- FDA Under Pressure to Grant Full Approval to Covid-19 Vaccines (It’s taking waaaayyy too long.)
- U.S. senators to move forward with infrastructure bill on Sunday
- Senate infrastructure talks spill over into rare Sunday session
- U.S. Senate in a rare Saturday session on a $1 trillion infrastructure bill (Saturday sessions are rare? Or do they mean Sunday sessions?)
- U.S. Debt Ceiling Suspension Ends, Congress Unclear on Next Step
- Missed debt ceiling deadline kicks off high-stakes fight
- Big tech’s big week raises fears of ‘Blade Runner future’ of mega-company rule
- Western Wildfires May Take Weeks To Months To Contain
- U.S. COVID-19 eviction ban expires, leaving renters at risk
- The rent is now due, America (“Not that a successful House vote would have accomplished anything. An eviction moratorium bill that can’t pass the Democratic House would have been laughed out of the evenly divided Senate, where the rules give any one senator the right to slow anything down.”)
- Jan. 6 committee faces unprecedented choice of whether to call Republican lawmakers to testify
- Why Do Republicans Hate Cops?
- Already Distorting Jan. 6, G.O.P. Now Concocts Entire Counternarrative
- Trump tries to defend ‘just say the election was corrupt’ demand (Utterly indefensible.)
- Judge gives Trump time to challenge tax return disclosure to Congress (“Trump and his lawyers have until Wednesday to respond.”)
- Trump has more than $100 million in political cash after first six months of 2021 (Appalling.)
- “Friday Night Update” From Dept. of Emergency Medicine Chair at VA Hospital Center: “Science matters. Get vaccinated. Wear a mask when you’re supposed to. We’re almost there.” (“With 190 million doses given in the US, it’s certainly hard to call the vaccine experimental.”)
- Florida sets a record with 21,683 new COVID-19 cases reported Saturday, the CDC says (That’s Republican governance for you. Do NOT let it happen in Virginia!)
- Florida Daily Covid Cases Hit Record, Becomes U.S. Epicenter
- Rudy Giuliani Says He’s ‘More Than Willing To Go To Jail’ But Did Nothing Wrong in Amazing Interview with NBC New York
- WaPo Editorial Board Savages Youngkin’s Economic Plan “Baloney”: “If Virginians want to see an economy run ‘into the ditch,’ Mr. Youngkin’s plan would do the trick.” (“In fact, eliminating Virginia’s income tax is a perfect recipe for defunding the police,” which Youngkin claims to oppose.)
- Glenn Youngkin’s economic plan would run Virginia ‘into a ditch’
- Schapiro: Race for governor roiled by a taxing topic: taxes
- Va. General Assembly convening at Capitol for first time since pandemic started (“Legislators plan to allocate $4.3 billion in federal coronavirus relief funds and make judicial appointments.”)
- How Democrats are handling eight openings on the Virginia Court of Appeals
- Torian and Howell: Closing the digital divide in Virginia
- ‘Crumbling Schools’ tour highlights need for renovations, help with mounting costs
- Opinion: Use COVID relief funding to improve air quality in schools
- UVA COVID-19 Model: Delta Dominant In Virginia, Driving Increase In Cases; “Along Current Trajectories, Cases Could Exceed Last January’s Peak” (“Vaccines are our best defense against the Delta variant, drastically reducing the risk of infection and severe disease.”)
- Greater Washington Jewish Community Dismayed by Two VA GOP House of Delegates Candidates Making Offensive Remarks Minimizing the Holocaust (“Ms. Perry acknowledged regret for her choice of words but did not offer an apology for the hurt she caused to the Jewish community.”)
- The rebranding of Amazon’s HQ2 neighborhood: Alpacas, mocktails, and flower crowns for dogs
- D.C.-area forecast: Occasional showers and storms today but superb tomorrow
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