by Lowell
Here are a few national and Virginia news headlines, political and otherwise, for Thursday, July 2.
American soldiers’ lives are in danger and Trump has done nothing to stop it.
Add ‘America First’ to the laundry list of scams Trump has sold in his life. It’s clearly Trump first, Russia second, and America last. pic.twitter.com/sqiRyqtJBE
— The Lincoln Project (@ProjectLincoln) July 1, 2020
- China has just broken its solemn promise to Hong Kong
- Vladimir Putin Is Ready For His Next Act (“The Kremlin pulled all the levers to ensure a decisive vote. It won’t be as easy to dictate economic recovery or popular approval.”)
- Putin Wins Vote Allowing Him to Rule to 2036 (If we had a real president, he or she would condemn this crap.)
- Harsh Penalties, Vaguely Defined Crimes: Hong Kong’s Security Law Explained
- Trump’s resistance led intel agencies to brief him less and less on Russia
- Afghan Contractor Handed Out Russian Cash to Kill Americans, Officials Say
- White House does not plan any immediate response over intelligence reports on Russian bounties targeting U.S. troops
- Trump would do anything for Putin. No wonder he’s ignoring the Russian bounties.
- Bolton says he would have briefed Trump on Russian bounty intelligence
- Live updates: Daily reported coronavirus infections in the U.S. top 50,000 for the first time
- U.S. Coronavirus Cases Rise By Nearly 50,000 In Biggest One-Day Spike Yet
- Coronavirus cases rose by nearly 50 percent last month, led by states that reopened first
- Official U.S. coronavirus death toll is ‘a substantial undercount’ of actual tally, Yale study finds
- Covid-19 Infections Set New Peak as Virus Preys On Divided America
- Young Americans Are Partying Hard and Spreading Covid-19 Quickly
- Trump’s aides debate a new virus approach as President claims it will ‘disappear’
- Experts fear July 4 weekend will exacerbate coronavirus spread
- Scoop: Twitter removes photo from Trump tweet after NYT copyright complaint
- Trump’s anti-mask crusade is coming back to bite him
- The Biggest Factors Working Against Trump’s Reelection Bid
- GOP senators debate replacing Columbus Day with Juneteenth as a federal holiday
- Clean energy programs can help address some racial disparities, advocates say
- Inquiry Prompted by Trump’s Hurricane Dorian Claim Is Being Blocked, Investigator Says
- Trumpism, not polarization, drives America’s disastrous coronavirus politics (“This outcome is a policy choice. The unnecessary lives lost. The long-term effects we don’t even know about yet on our vital organs. It’s all a policy choice.”)
- The Trump Record: 53 Appeals Court Judges, and Not a Single One Is Black (“Thanks to McConnell, Trump has named 200 judges overall. And he has a racial record worse than any president since Nixon.”)
- Senate Republicans can’t catch a break
- McConnell warns Democrats about changing Senate rules to kill the filibuster (Note to Democrats: never, ever take any advice from Moscow Mitch.)
- Amid Virus Surge, Republicans Abruptly Urge Masks Despite Trump’s Resistance
- Marco Rubio Is a Lost Soul (Just pathetic.)
- Tell-All Book on Trump Can Move Forward Pending Hearing, Judge Rules
- New York court sides with publisher of explosive book by President Trump’s niece
- America’s Postal Service is made up of real heroes. This is no time to let it die
- “It Had Been My Personal Mission to Have Him Call Me a Loser”: Meet the Lincoln Project Video Wiz Whose Ads Are Driving Trump Insane (“He’s not a #Resistance superstar like Rick Wilson and George Conway, but Tea Party veteran Ben Howe is a creative force behind the anti-Trump Super PAC pissing off the president and, ideally, convincing disillusioned Republicans to vote Biden.”)
- The RNC Is Paying a Former Apprentice Hand Accused of Having Trump Dirt
- It seems nothing will stop Trump from moving ahead with his dangerous Fourth of July events
- This is Liz Cheney’s chance to be her party’s savior
- In wake of Trump’s Tulsa rally, his campaign is still contending with the fallout
- Record cash floods Democrats, Black groups amid protests and pandemic
- Biden Outraises Trump for Second Straight Month, With $141 Million June Haul
- Biden fundraising tops Trump, as both announce big June hauls
- AP FACT CHECK: Trump falsely asserts Biden was fed questions
- Trump said ‘experience’ was his edge over Biden. A poll shows voters disagree by a remarkable margin.
- A Warning For Democrats: Handling the Economy Is Trump’s Last Remaining Bright Spot
- Biden Faces Pressure To Pick A Black Running Mate. But Warren Remains A Top Contender
- The new polling normal for Trump: Crummy (“The president is in a polling ditch, and likely will need to take voters away from Joe Biden to stay in office.”)
- How Fox News helped turn masks into another culture war flashpoint
- The right-wing playbook against supposed liberal media bias is being used on tech giants with alarming effectiveness
- Democrats serious about winning chose Amy McGrath
- Democratic ad makers think they’ve discovered Trump’s soft spot (“…unlike four years ago, they are no longer focusing on his character in isolation — rather they are pouring tens of millions of dollars into ads yoking his behavior to substantive policy issues surrounding the coronavirus, the economy and the civil unrest since the death of George Floyd.”)
- Trump congratulates fringe QAnon supporter who defeated his chosen candidate (“Lauren Boebert’s restaurant, where staff open-carry, was served with a cease-and-desist for opening amid COVID-19”)
- Tech companies are finally being shamed into action
- McEnany: Trump doesn’t need to condemn ‘white power’ video because he deleted it
- Alabama students throwing ‘COVID parties’ to see who gets infected: Officials
- Popular Pro-Trump Digital Strategist Made Racist Comments on a Secret Twitter Account
- Video: On U.S. Senate Floor, Mark Warner Slams Voter Suppression Amid Coronavirus Outbreak, Calls for National Voter Protection Strategy
- Sen. Tim Kaine praises Virginia’s new gun safety laws
- Virginia Sen. Tim Kaine calls for renaming military bases
- Of the 17 Virginia Jurisdictions Over 100k Population, 16 Now Get an “F” Grade on the Unacast “Social Distancing Scorecard”
- Governor Northam Applauds Historic Progress As New Laws Take Effect in Virginia
- Mid-Year Money Numbers Coming In; Terry McAuliffe’s PAC Reports Having Raised $1.7 Million; Far-Right Amanda Chase Claims Big Fundraising Haul [UPDATED with Jennifer Carroll Foy Numbers]
- Wednesday (7/1) Virginia Data on COVID-19 Finds +416 Confirmed/Probable Cases (to 63,203), +59 Hospitalizations (to 6,262), +23 Deaths (to 1,786) From Yesterday
- Former Virginia Gov. Terry McAuliffe raises $1.7M for potential comeback bid
- Phased in: Bowling, skating and swimming return in Virginia, but no sliding down water slides or sitting at bars
- Justin Fairfax intends to fight for Virginia’s top job (“The incumbent lieutenant governor and his consultant Lauren Burke spoke with me at length Tuesday, noting that Fairfax will formally declare his gubernatorial bid within the next month…When it’s over, Virginia Democrats will have rendered a verdict. Fairfax will either be believed and have overcome impossible odds to secure his party’s nomination, or he will be sent packing, and his time in office memory-holed as quickly as possible. The current landscape favors the latter outcome.”)
- Makya Renée Little, a Member of the Va. Commission on African-American History Education,” on How She Got Involved, What the Recommendations Are Looking Like
- Virginia Democrats Praise the Removal of Confederate Monuments in Richmond
- Video: “Stonewall” Jackson Monument Coming Down in Richmond
- Health officials have fielded more than 3,000 complaints related to Virginia’s mask order
- Confederate Stonewall Jackson statue removed in Richmond; city says others will come down ‘soon’
- ‘I’ve been wanting to see this all my life.’ Celebration in Richmond as Confederate memorials come down.
- Richmond removes statue of Confederate Gen. Stonewall Jackson from Monument Avenue
- ‘A lot of positive happiness’: Removal of Stonewall Jackson statue culminates a historic day in Richmond.
- Editorial: Goodbye Confederate statues
- Fairfax NAACP Calls Herndon Chief’s Remarks ‘Inflammatory’
- Loudoun Chapter of the United Daughters of the Confederacy requests Leesburg statue be returned to the organization
- Fairfax citizens’ group debates redirecting police funding
- James Ellenson: Newport News should disband police squad
- Heading into Month Two of Anti-Racist Protests, Will Police in Richmond Change Tactics?
- Sen. Louise Lucas of Portsmouth files defamation suit against man organizing effort to recall her
- New Pulaski County prosecutor vows to support police
- Little: Northam should halt pipeline construction
- Fredericksburg protesters confront police over use of tear gas in early demonstrations
- Hot through the holiday weekend and especially steamy on Friday
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