by Lowell
Here are a few national and Virginia news headlines, political and otherwise, for Tuesday, August 25.
- Greta Thunberg returns to school after year of climate activism
- Trump praises Erdogan to man who was held hostage in Turkey
- F.D.A. ‘Grossly Misrepresented’ Blood Plasma Data, Scientists Say
- Exclusive: Fauci says rushing out a vaccine could jeopardize testing of others
- Climate Is Taking On a Growing Role for Voters, Research Suggests
- New York attorney general files legal action against Trump Organization, revealing state investigation into the company’s financial dealings
- Exclusive: FDA commissioner disputes Trump, says no ‘deep state’ thwarting vaccine
- What the postmaster general doesn’t know might surprise you (So, he knows almost nothing about the U.S. Postal Service, yet jumped right in to reorganize it?)
- Trump’s convention offers misleading portrait of his presidency (“Had Trump’s presidency been the kind portrayed on the truth-bending first night of the RNC, he may not be in such a fight for a second term”)
- Republicans Nominate Trump at RNC, Who Flings Baseless Attacks at Biden (Here we go again with the bullshit, cowardly word “baseless.” Try “FALSE ATTACKS” or just “TRUMP LIES”)
- Fact Checker: The convention started off with a fire hose of false claims
- GOP Convention Embraces Anger And Fear, Despite Being Billed As ‘Optimistic’
- As RNC kicks off, Republicans issue dark warnings about country’s future and distort Trump’s record (In short, they lie and fear monger, just as we knew they would.)
- Takeaways from the night: A promise of optimism, quickly abandoned
- Kimberly Guilfoyle’s High-Volume Trumpism at the Republican National Convention (Yuck.)
- Welcome to American Carnage Week (“What case will Republicans make at the RNC? Fox News has been previewing their bloody, bigoted themes all month.”)
- North Korean Propaganda Is More Subtle Than Kimberly Guilfoyle’s Dark, Dark Speech (“We tested that theory by scoring her speech with orchestral propaganda music from the Hermit Kingdom.”)
- I was promised optimism! (“Fear-mongering and white supremacy lingo dominate the first night of the Republican convention.”)
- Trump’s convention is the ultimate gaslighting exercise (“The lies will just keep coming.”)
- Republicans kick off their party for the MAGA cult (“A pity party for Trump’s base?”)
- The Theme of the RNC Is Already Clear: Any Election Where Trump Doesn’t Win Is Illegitimate
- Biden Campaign Hopping Mad at CBS and ABC for Gifting Trump Bonus Airtime
- RNC 2020: key takeaways from the first night of Republicans’ dark convention (“Despite promises of an optimistic vision of the future, speakers tried to scare voters into backing Trump by pushing baseless claims”)
- GOP Says Vote Trump… or Get a Marxist Hellscape (“No matter what the problem, more Trump was the cure at Night 1 of the Republican National Convention.”)
- Where do we stand now that the DNC is over and the RNC begins?: ANALYSIS
- GOP convention kicks off with open white nationalism (“The first speaker at the Republican National Convention called Trump the ‘body guard of Western civilization’ — language often used by white supremacists.”)
- RNC 2020: a two-hour glimpse into the upside-down world of Trump TV (“The president promised ‘uplifting and positive’, but what viewers got was a dystopian vision under Biden – with racist overtones”)
- Biden, Harris to get routine virus testing, a notable change
- Republicans Promised a Convention, but Delivered Crazy Talk
- QAnon Is Trump’s Last, Best Chance (“The only thing he can hope for is fear itself.”)
- Donald Trump Jr.’s dark prediction: Silent majority could become “silenced majority” (Trump, Jr. is a sociopath at best.)
- A GOP convention surprise: Trump goes all-in on race (Why is that a “surprise?”)
- St Louis couple who threatened Black Lives Matter protesters speak at RNC (“Mark and Patricia McCloskey, who were filmed pointing guns at peaceful protesters in June, claim Democrats want to ‘abolish suburbs’” Seriously f’ed up.)
- The McCloskeys Complained About “Ending Single-Family Home Zoning.” That’s a Racist Dog Whistle. (“Zoning has been called ‘the new redlining.'”)
- Poll: Joe Biden ends Democratic convention with 1-point lead over Donald Trump in Texas
- Former Trump DHS officials launch anti-Trump group
- Former RNC chair Michael Steele joins anti-Trump group
- Michael Cohen to attack former boss Trump in ads for Democratic group
- Biden creates ‘safe harbor’ for renegade Republicans who’ve dumped Trump
- I never thought I would leave the Republican Party, but I’m voting Biden-Harris this fall
- More than two dozen former Republican lawmakers endorse Joe Biden on first day of GOP convention
- The Republican Party announces that it stands for nothing
- The Party of No Content (“Republicans are remarkably quiet on how they would govern and what they seek to accomplish in the coming years.”)
- Republicans’ ‘uplifting’ convention becomes a festival of fear
- CNN anchors emphasize how much Trump lied in his speech — after the network aired it live for 20 minutes
- Chuck Todd notes how much Trump lied in his speech — after MSNBC aired the entire thing live
- Stephen Colbert Brutally Mocks Donald Trump Jr. and Kimberly Guilfoyle’s RNC Speeches
- Kenosha becomes center of nationwide protests after police shoot Black man in front of his children
- Jacob Blake is a sickening deja vu
- The Shooting of Jacob Blake Is a Wake-Up Call (“The national conversation may have moved on from police violence, but the shootings themselves continue.”)
- Fox News is already suggesting that Jacob Blake is to blame for police shooting him in the back 7 times (“Fox anchor and reporter don’t mention that Blake was unarmed when police shot him in the back”)
- We need Black Lives Matter. The police who shot Jacob Blake prove it. (“Why do we have to go through this cycle again and again?”)
- Leonard Pitts column: How many people would choose whiteness over democracy? (Probably 40%+, based on diehard Trump supporters.)
- Trump’s ‘12 more years’ shout shows what he has in common with autocrats
- Why Kellyanne and George Conway Finally Went Dark
- Video: Rep. Gerry Connolly (D-VA11) Statement in Advance of Today’s House Oversight Hearing On the USPS
- As Republican National Convention Kicks Off, Virginia Democrats Slam Trump’s Immigration Policies That Have Left Virginia’s Families In Crisis
- Video: 314 Action Fund Launches Broadcast Media Buy to Highlight Bob Good’s Failure to Fight for Front Line Workers
- Virginia Democrats fast-track absentee voting changes over Republican opposition (The “Republican opposition” part is so, so revealing about that party.)
- General Assembly advances plan for ballot drop-off boxes for November election
- Separate budget bill offers quick fix for helping absentee voting in Virginia (“The General Assembly is moving quickly to adopt a budget bill, but not the one that will guide funding of state government for two years.”)
- Senate panel backs parole board transparency bill
- Paige Perriello column: The eviction crisis is a public health crisis
- Linda Perriello: “After devoting eight years of my life to ending partisan gerrymandering, I will sadly vote NO on the Amendment this November”
- AG Mark Herring Again Successfully Defends Virginia’s COVID Safety Measures
- Here Are the Police Reform Bills the Virginia General Assembly Is Considering
- Jerry Falwell’s Story Is About More Than Voyeurism
- Jerry Falwell Jr. Says He Has Resigned as Liberty University President
- Jerry Falwell Jr. agrees to resign from Liberty University
- Business partner of Falwells says affair with evangelical power couple spanned seven years
- Jerry Falwell’s “Pool Boy” Tells Reuters “he had a years-long sexual relationship involving Falwell’s wife and the evangelical leader” (So who do you believe, Jerry Falwell or Giancarlo Granda, aka the “pool boy?”)
- Liberty: Falwell agreed to resign, then reversed course
- Virginia Senate Committee Advances 2020 Election Bill
- Monday (8/24) Virginia Data on COVID-19 Finds +664 Confirmed/Probable Cases (to 113,630), +31 Hospitalizations (to 9,207), +4 Deaths (to 2,471) From Yesterday
- Northam administration flirts with potential statewide solid waste fee for landfills
- COVID-Altered Budget: Can State Lawmakers Squeeze in Funding for Clerk Positions?
- Appreciation: John Henry Hager was ‘the hardest-working man in politics.’ He had to be.
- Editorial: How Hager helped reshape Virginia politics (Interesting history.)
- Legislating in the Era of COVID: Zoom Meetings and Electronic Votes
- Protesters in Richmond Demand Prison Reform
- Interim Arlington Co. police chief says opioids are a top concern
- Virginia’s freeze on utility disconnections extended another 2 weeks
- Virginia Commonwealth University reports 59 virus cases as state colleges reopen with COVID-19 data available
- At VCU, some students feel uneasy as coronavirus cases climb
- Virginia Tech to enforce group limit of 15, mask mandate after weekend parties
- Editorial: Pressure on regional jail to improve inmate conditions (“The Constitution obligates the Hampton Roads Regional Jail to protect the health and safety of inmates and Justice Department pressure will ensure authorities do so.”)
- Muggy heat holds, with thunderstorms at times
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