by Lowell
Here are a few national and Virginia news headlines, political and otherwise, for Sunday, April 12.
- Virus Clamps Down on Easter Services Across the World
- Spanish, German Cases Decline; U.S. Now Epicenter: Virus Update
- The U.S.-Saudi-Russia Oil Cease-Fire Won’t Last
- How Coronavirus Punctured the Brexit-Trump Parallels (“Britain and America both spent the past four years bitterly divided. But the UK is emerging from the pandemic with a sense of national unity that’s lacking in the United States.”)
- What African Economies Need to Survive the Coronavirus
- Oil Negotiators Race Against Clock to Get Oil Supply Deal Done
- Pope Francis Celebrates Joy of Easter Alone
- U.S. Overtakes Italy as Country With Most Confirmed Coronavirus Deaths
- The world’s largest democracy should set a pandemic-response example. So far, it hasn’t.
- U.S. now leads world in deaths, day after Trump announces ‘opening our country’ task force (“As the president mulls when restrictive coronavirus measures might start to be lifted, the U.S. passed a grim milestone of leading the world in deaths from the virus”)
- Trump’s attack on vote-by-mail is an attack on democracy
- We know what good leadership in a crisis looks like. This isn’t it.
- He Could Have Seen What Was Coming: Behind Trump’s Failure on the Virus
- Five Takeaways on What Trump Knew as the Virus Spread (“An examination reveals the president was warned about the potential for a pandemic but that internal divisions, lack of planning and his faith in his own instincts led to a halting response.”)
- The ‘Red Dawn’ Emails: 8 Key Exchanges on the Faltering Response to the Coronavirus (“Experts inside and outside the government identified the threat early on and sought to raise alarms even as President Trump was moving slowly”)
- Trump administration has many task forces — but still no plan for beating covid-19
- As Trump’s coronavirus task force amassed power, it boosted industry
- New York Times’ coronavirus report outlines how Trump ‘could have seen what was coming’ (“President Trump was slow to absorb the scale of the virus’s risk and to act accordingly, focusing instead on controlling the message and protecting gains in the economy. Dozens of interviews and a review of records revealed a fuller picture of the extent of Mr. Trump’s halting response.”)
- Experts fear ‘national naivete’ on COVID optimism
- Trump Leaves Trail Of Unmet Promises In Coronavirus Response (“When it comes to protective equipment, medical supplies and the economy, Trump’s many promises have failed to materialize.”)
- As feds play ‘backup,’ states take unorthodox steps to compete in cutthroat global market for coronavirus supplies
- The Preexisting Condition in the Oval Office (“From the start, the Trump Administration has waged war on science and expertise, making a great nation peculiarly vulnerable to the foreseeable public-health calamity of the coronavirus.”)
- Coronavirus cases on USS Theodore Roosevelt spike to 550
- Trump’s Socially Distanced Campaign (“Backed by a new loyalist press secretary, the president’s coronavirus briefings have replaced reelection rallies.” It’s utterly disgraceful for any news outlet to air these live.)
- Abortion providers ask Supreme Court to ease pandemic-related ban
- Trump Reveals the Truth About Voter Suppression (“The president is the latest in a long line of conservative politicians to see minority voters as a threat.”)
- Democrats look at the presidential contest with a new sentiment: Optimism
- Biden beats Sanders to win Alaska Democratic primary
- Alaska Democrats say they received almost double the ballots than in 2016 in vote-by-mail primary
- How Are Biden and Trump Faring in the Swing States? (Biden leading everywhere but Texas, which isn’t really a swing state.)
- Republican who floated virus conspiracy says ‘common sense has been my guide’ (“Tom Cotton told Fox News he did not believe virus originated in Wuhan market and said bioweapons link should not be ruled out” Cotton is bonkers.)
- Cuomo undercuts de Blasio’s efforts to close schools until fall
- Tom Hanks Hosts a Made-From-Home Edition of ‘S.N.L.’
- Today’s the Deadline; Will Gov. Northam Veto Any Bills? Are There Any He *Should* Veto?
- Governor Northam Signs Virginia Values Act (“Virginia is first Southern state to provide sweeping anti-discrimination protections for LGBTQ people”)
- Governor Northam Signs Landmark Legislation on Historic Justice, Equity (“New laws repeal racially discriminatory language, give localities control over Confederate monuments in their communities”)
- VA Gov. Northam signs LGBT anti-discrimination act into law
- Northam signs bills giving localities authority over Confederate monuments, enshrining LGBTQ protections
- Saturday (4/11) Virginia Data on COVID-19 Finds +568 Cases (to 5,077), +65 Hospitalizations (to 837), +9 Deaths (to 130) From Yesterday (Slowest rate of growth in hospitalizations since March 20)
- Gordon C. Morse: As curve flattens, pressure grows to reopen Virginia
- In Virginia, Elder Care Facility Relies On A Call Tree For Information About COVID-19
- At Va. facility where virus killed 40, doctor blames society’s willingness to ‘warehouse’ elders (“‘A publicly funded nursing home is a virus’s dream,’ said medical director at Canterbury Rehabilitation & Healthcare Center. The nursing home has one of the worst coronavirus death tolls in the country.”)
- Legislators Urge Governor Northam Take Executive Action to Protect Virginians in Prisons and Jails from Pandemic
- Opinion/Commentary: Investment in open space, greenways, trails is critical
- Tourism businesses ‘devastated’ by pandemic (“The lobby at the Hotel Roanoke & Conference Center is strangely empty. No one occupies the plush couches and chairs or rolls suitcases up to the check-in counter.”)
- Fredericksburg-area residents seek joy, hope amid pandemic
- William H. Millsaps, celebrated sports writer and popular executive at the Richmond Times-Dispatch, dies at 77
- Superb Easter Sunday, severe weather possible Monday with gusty winds
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