by Lowell
Here are a few national and Virginia news headlines, political and otherwise, for Saturday, August 22.
Arizona Senator @MarthaMcSally, who is down five points in the polls vs @CaptMarkKelly, suggests to her supporters that they “fast a meal” and give her campaign the money that they saved from fasting. pic.twitter.com/MrH2DXax8d
— Yashar Ali 🐘 (@yashar) August 22, 2020
- Trump’s strange silence on Belarus
- Trump remains largely silent on reported poisoning of Russian dissident as Europe, US lawmakers offer support
- The world must pay attention to the suspected poisoning of Alexei Navalny. My own case shows why.
- Plane carrying dissident Navalny in coma leaves Russia for Germany
- Trump’s planned troop pullout from Germany has many military holes
- Coronavirus pandemic could be over within two years – WHO head
- What the coronavirus can teach us about fighting climate change
- Trump defies Congress — to shield MBS from accountability on Jamal Khashoggi
- California Has Australian Problems Now (“The extreme wildfires the state is battling are apocalyptic heralds of climate change.”)
- Senate Russia report proves Trump was wrong, and Mueller was right. Do voters care? (“Trump and Biden’s contrasting positions on Russian interference in American elections are clear. Whether voters care about these differences, however, is not as obvious.”)
- How Much Should You Panic Over the U.S. Postal Service? (“A scandal-by-scandal breakdown of what’s really gone wrong with the mail.”)
- Postmaster General Louis DeJoy promises to prioritize mail-in ballots, but questions about delays remain
- Louis DeJoy’s testimony appears to contradict recent USPS warnings about delivery of mail-in ballots
- The Postmaster General Stonewalled His Way Through a Senate Hearing
- DeJoy Tells Senators Election Mail Will Be Delivered ‘Fully and on Time’
- New Research Suggests In-Person Voting May Be Less Risky Than Previously Thought (“A peer-reviewed study published in the August issue of the American Journal of Public Health concludes that in-person voting in Wisconsin’s April 7 election by more than 400,000 electors did not produce a detectable surge there in coronavirus cases.”)
- Trump files emergency motion to block release of his tax returns (Just keep asking yourself, why on earth is Trump SO desperate that people not see his tax returns? What on earth is he hiding?)
- Appeals court sets September 1 hearing on deadline for Trump’s financial records subpoena
- A second Trump term might injure the democratic experiment beyond recovery (There’s no “might” or “maybe” about it.)
- ‘It was great’: In leaked audio, Trump hailed low Black turnout in 2016
- Washington Post Editorial Board Debunks Donald Trump’s 2 ‘Huge’ Election Lies (“‘History will record Mr. Trump’s presidency as a march of wanton, uninterrupted, tragic destruction,’ the newspaper’s board wrote in a blistering column.”)
- President Trump’s attempt to bypass Congress on stimulus is offering only limited economic relief
- From Paul Manafort to Steve Bannon, a Brief History of MAGA Money-Grubbing
- Criminality in Trump’s circle is unprecedented. Steve Bannon is just the latest charged.
- Trump built his presidency on going negative. Expect plenty of it at the GOP convention.
- Court orders Donald Trump to pay legal fees in Stormy Daniels suit
- National security hawks choose Biden
- Ex-CIA director John Brennan questioned for 8 hours in U.S. Attorney John Durham’s probe, a Brennan adviser says
- The Week the Democrats Found Their Voice
- Democrats to stage week of counterprogramming to Republican convention
- Biden’s campaign says it raised $70 million during DNC watched live by 122 million people
- Democrats look to capitalize after Biden’s big moment
- In raising the idea of law enforcement at polls, Trump invokes tactics of voter intimidation (“Civil rights advocates said even the threat of encountering law enforcement officials at the polls could be frightening to some voters, particularly in communities of color where residents distrust the police.”)
- Trump says he wants police at polling sites. Experts say that’s unlawful.
- Biden to ABC’s David Muir: ‘I would shut [country] down’ to prevent spread of COVID-19 if scientists recommended
- Biden to ABC’s Robin Roberts: ‘I don’t want to defund’ the police, but Trump does
- Brayden Harrington says DNC appearance boosted his confidence, wants to help others who stutter
- Kris Kobach claimed he spoke with ‘enthusiastic’ Trump three times about border wall project at center of fraud investigation
- Trump campaign fails to show evidence of vote-by-mail fraud, filing reveals (Of course not.)
- QAnon looms behind nationwide rallies and viral #SavetheChildren hashtags (“Rallies planned on Facebook by QAnon supporters or sympathizers that have brought the conspiracy theory offline and into the town squares of dozens of cities in recent weeks.”)
- Trump’s QAnon dodge is a sickening reminder of the man he is
- National Enquirer Chief David Pecker Loses Top Job in Company Merger
- Kanye West’s Presidential Campaign Is Both Proceeding and Unraveling (“West may face particular issues in Virginia, where seven of the thirteen electors that West submitted told Intelligencer they were either unaware that they signed up to cast electoral votes on his behalf, or that they had signed notarized paperwork connected to the rapper’s presidential bid at all.”)
- Ex-Green Beret Charged With Spying for Russia in Elaborate Scheme
- McSally asks supporters to ‘fast a meal’ so they can donate to her campaign (Talk about tone deaf. What next, “let them eat cake?”)
- Trump Speaks at Conference in Arlington to “250 attendees, mostly maskless with little to no social distancing”
- Congresswoman Elaine Luria’s Re-Election Campaign Releases Digital Ad on Scott Taylor’s Election Fraud Investigation
- Wittman, Rashid debate criminal justice issues in Virginia’s 1st District congressional race
- Congresswoman Wexton visits Loudoun small business that have been impacted by COVID-19
- Virginia’s jobless rate down slightly from June to July, but at 8% it is still well above last year
- Editorial: Why this was a bad week for Virginia Democrats (The Roanoke Times editorial board has this bizarre…whatever it is…today. Ee gads, wuuuut?)
- Court Approves AG Mark Herring’s Agreement to Promote Safe Absentee Voting by Mail in November
- AG Mark Herring Demands Additional Information About Postal Service Changes in Virginia
- With ban on evictions about to expire and loan companies fleeing Virginia, tough days are ahead for many
- No Masks During Pandemic for Amanda Chase and Nick Freitas at “Packed with FREEDOM” NRA Banquet in Amelia, VA
- ICYMI: Momentum Across Virginia for Democratic Ticket During Convention Week
- Virginia Receives Approval to Expand Access to Health Care through State-Based Exchange
- Friday (8/21) Virginia Data on COVID-19 Finds +978 Confirmed/Probable Cases (to 110,860), +73 Hospitalizations (to 9,071), +9 Deaths (to 2,436) From Yesterday
- UVA COVID-19 Model Weekly Update: “The Unknowns of School Reopening”; Rt “Has Edged Above 1.0 in Populous Northern Virginia”
- Latinx People Make up Half of Virginia’s COVID-19 Cases Despite Being 10% of the State’s Population
- Audio: VA Secretary of Public Safety Brian Moran Urges “Deliberative” “Study” of Possible Changes to Qualified Immunity for Police Officers
- Schumacher: The Virginia GOP should get rid of conventions
- Opinion: Regional jail leaders committed to prisoner health and safety
- Faculty question student coronavirus testing at three Virginia public universities
- W&L rector says it may be more than six months before Lee name change decision is made
- Faculty challenge credentials of COVID-19 testing company working with VCU, two other schools (“Faculty leaders at two state universities asked state health officials on Friday to take a closer look at a testing company hired to test 10,000 college students across the state — a request the Virginia Department of Health has declined.”)
- Virginia Nursing Home With One Of The State’s Worst Outbreaks Failed To Pass Health Inspections
- Why Appalachian Power May Not Get Rate Hike
- Video: Fairfax County Public Library Board of Trustees Member Goes on Rant About Books by Muslim Writers, Black Lives Matter, “Rainbow Books for Young Readers,” etc.
- Williams: Hanging Tree Road? Blackhead Signpost Road? Offensive names must be changed.
- Louisa County officials argue large Confederate flag poses safety issue
- Loudoun Board Chair Randall Condemns COVID Casket Dance Team (“A group of demonstrators, including former Loudoun County Board member Eugene Delgaudio (R), held a so-called COVID-19 public funeral.”)
- Temperatures rise in the coming days (“There’s nothing more than a passing shower or storm risk, at times.”)
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