by Lowell
Here are a few national and Virginia news headlines, political and otherwise, for Monday, February 3.
- UK will refuse close alignment with EU rules, Johnson to say
- Death Toll 362; Hong Kong Shuts Mainland Crossings: Virus Update
- Man wearing fake bomb stabs 2 in London and is shot to death
- China: US overreacting to outbreak
- SARS Stung the Global Economy. The Coronavirus Is a Greater Menace. (“In the nearly 20 years since SARS, China’s importance in the global economy has grown exponentially. The current outbreak could disrupt global supply chains, making it a substantially more potent threat to fortunes.”)
- China’s stock markets plunge as coronavirus nears pandemic status (“The decline reflected 10 days of unrelenting bad news since the Chinese markets were last open on Jan. 23. It came hours after 17,205 confirmed cases were reported in mainland China.”)
- Trump is no friend of Israel, even if he says otherwise
- Germany added almost 4 GW of PV in 2019 (“New installations for 2019 exceeded new capacity additions in 2018 by more than 1 GW.” Nice…crank it up!)
- Morrison’s refusal to move on climate, and the “prosperity doctrine” (Nutjob.)
- Australia’s Decade of Burning Environmental Apathy
- Believing he’s invincible, an emboldened Trump is growing more confident and less deterrable
- Trump’s Super Bowl interview was 8 minutes of pettiness and empty braggadocio (“Trump bullied his 2020 rivals — calling them short, a communist, and a liar — and praised himself.”)
- Trump Impeachment Trial Winds Down With Closing Arguments
- The Trump 51 and their challenge to Democrats — and democracy
- You’d think Trump would stop threatening insurance coverage by now. Think again.
- President Trump Congratulates ‘The Great State of Kansas’ After Chiefs Super Bowl Victory (Haha, in fact “The Chiefs play in Missouri.”)
- Uncertainty hangs over Iowa — and the 2020 race
- At end of Iowa campaign, competing visions of unity and electability
- It’s 2020. Time for Democrats to Ignore These Two States. (“Everybody talks about Iowa and New Hampshire, but nobody does anything about it. Here’s an idea.”)
- Democratic Presidential Candidates Barnstorm Iowa On Eve Of Caucuses
- ‘Pathological liar’: Bloomberg hits back at Trump ‘Mini Mike’ insult
- Trump attacks Bloomberg’s height hours before their dueling Super Bowl ads (Ad hominem idiocy, totally non-substantive, nasty, etc…typical Trump, in other words – an utter disgrace.)
- Trump advisers say they’re trying to “promote the rise” of Bernie Sanders (For instance, far-right/Trumpster radio host John Fredericks has been camped out in Iowa the past few days, pushing hard for Bernie. The question is why?)
- John Kerry overheard discussing possible 2020 bid amid concern of ‘Sanders taking down the Democratic Party’
- John Kerry on NBC Report: I am absolutely not running for president
- Poll: Biden, Sanders Tied for First Place in Iowa
- Sanders, Warren go separate ways in closing pitches
- Sanders’ Surge as Iowa Votes Today Dislodges Warren From the Top (“Democratic race fluid as first votes cast in 2020 election. Warren leans into her plans, her gender as closing arguments”)
- You Had a Nice Run, Iowa, But It’s Time to Fade Into the Background For a While
- Breaking Down Our Iowa Forecast, District By District
- Whoever Wins Iowa, They Won’t Be Back (Yet another reason why the Iowa caucuses shouldn’t really be considered particularly important.)
- Juan Williams: Team Trump is wrong to underestimate Sanders
- GOP tries to turn impeachment against Joe Biden: Is it 2016 all over again? (“Republicans are already hinting they’ll impeach Biden — as a way to justify their shameless Trump cover-up”)
- Elaine Luria & Max Rose: Why we voted against the War Powers Resolution (I totally disagree.)
- Russian-Style Secession Politics Come to Virginia
- Virginia Explained: What does it mean to be ‘in the public interest’? And what does that have to do with offshore wind?
- Editorial: Virginia seeks to harness promise of wind power (That’s great, let’s just do it right…which means don’t give Dominion a blank check.)
- Virginia is a great place for business, but not for workers
- Karen Kimsey column: Medicaid expansion is truly changing — and saving — lives
- Jim Dyke column: Grow and diversify every region of the state
- Virginia Grassroots Coalition Calls on Legislators to Support, Strengthen Virginia Clean Economy Act
- Ongoing Potomac aquifer worries drive wave of new laws
- A Virginia school board member wanted to ban Confederate flag attire on school property. Others disagreed.
- How a Republican’s proposal to remove a statue in Richmond may have backfired (“Some Democrats cheered the bill that would remove a statue of Democrat Harry Byrd from Capitol Square.”)
- Editorial: Vexit is a terrible idea (Wait, the RTD editorial board actually got something right?)
- The Vampire vs. The People: How Dominion Is Tarnishing a Historic General Assembly Session
- Graphics: New Demographics Report Looks at Huge (Larger Than Several States), Diverse Fairfax County Population, Diversity, Housing, etc.
- Traffic, rough roads cost average No. Va. driver 102 hours, $2,600 a year
- Dulles Greenway toll hikes could be coming, but without more Va. state oversight
- Record warmth possible before several soggy days
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