Friday News: Trump: “Americans Who Died in War Are ‘Losers’ and ‘Suckers’”; “After wild week, Trump looks close to full derailment”; “Another Holiday Weekend, Another Coronavirus Surge?”; “October Vaccine ‘Extremely Unlikely'”

by Lowell

Here are a few national and Virginia news headlines, political and otherwise, for Friday, September 4.

• Italy’s ‘last chance’: How Europe’s massive stimulus plan will determine Rome’s future
• Netanyahu Privately Condoned U.S. Plan to Sell Arms to U.A.E., Officials Say
• Why is the Trump administration enabling Erdogan’s Turkey?
• Russia is ‘amplifying’ claims of mail-in voter fraud, intel bulletin warns
• COVID-19 vaccine by Nov. 1: Scientists call for full release of data before distribution
• Top Adviser To Operation Warp Speed Calls An October Vaccine ‘Extremely Unlikely’
• Mnuchin, Pelosi reach informal deal to avoid government shutdown
• Why the Deal to Avoid a Government Shutdown May Be Bad News (“The bad news, of course, is that without the pressure point of a potential government shutdown, there’s no obvious action-forcing device for bridging the huge divide between the two parties over the size and composition of stimulus legislation.”)
• Stock market bloodbath: Dow and Nasdaq plummet in the worst day since June
• Job market seen somewhat weaker in August, as rehiring slowed and layoffs continued
• Another Holiday Weekend, Another Coronavirus Surge? Keep An Eye on Tourist Hot Spots
• Seven in 10 new coronavirus cases are emerging in red states
• Governor’s party is biggest factor on state mask mandates, study finds
• The Conspiracist in Chief Will Save Us All (“Republicans have a QAnon problem, which means the rest of America does too.”)
• Trump’s trying to scare up a win in November. Don’t assume it will work.
• After wild week, Trump looks close to full derailment
• Trump: Americans Who Died in War Are ‘Losers’ and ‘Suckers’
• Report: Trump disparaged US war dead as ‘losers,’ ‘suckers’
• Trump said U.S. soldiers injured and killed in war were ‘losers,’ magazine reports
• Trump’s authoritarian “anarchist jurisdictions” memo, explained (“This is what a president does when he thinks he can do whatever he wants.”)
• The 2020 Election, a Race in Which Everything Happens and Nothing Matters (“If a pandemic that has killed nearly two hundred thousand Americans can’t significantly hurt Trump’s support, can anything?”)
• Donald Trump is very likely to challenge the results of the US election
• 5 Reasons Biden’s Odds of Victory Look Better Than Ever (“Trump has used up his free, weeklong infomercial — and Biden is still leading national polls by a margin too large for the Electoral College to close…It will be hard for Trump to make new attacks on Biden stick when the electorate trusts the Democrat’s word over his…Biden is outspending Trump 10-to-1 on television ads — and has the war chest to keep the aerial bombardment going indefinitely…Absent further fiscal aid, the economy is likely to get worse between now and Election Day.”)
• Trump silent after an ally urges vigilantes to ‘have a plan’ to justify shootings
• Former governor becomes latest high-profile Republican to back Biden
• It’s not just Trump. All Republicans must go. (“Almost all of them have become nutty.”)
• Barr claims a man collected 1,700 ballots and filled them out as he pleased. Prosecutors say that’s not what happened. (Barr appears to be insane, in addition to being evil.)
• Biden, in Kenosha, vows that America will address racism and ‘original sin’ of slavery
• Trump’s Tactic: Sowing Distrust in Whatever Gets in His Way
• Joe Biden meets privately with Jacob Blake’s family amid protests over shooting
• Trump Campaign Running Photo Ads Edited To Make Joe Biden Appear Older
• Voters are already getting presidential ballots. Here’s what to know as mail-in voting begins.
• Biden to assail Trump on U.S. economy as campaign enters more intense phase
• Five things we learned from this year’s primaries (“It’s the year of the women…It is very hard to beat a sitting incumbent in a party primary…This year, a host of Republicans poised to win office in November will make the Tea Party look like genteel moderates…Absentees are king”)
• Suspect in Fatal Portland Shooting Is Reported Killed as Officers Move In
• Trump’s Law And Order Message Isn’t Resonating With Most Americans (At least put “Law-and-Order” in air quotes. My god…)
• The Terrible Cost of Presidential Racism (“Recently declassified White House tapes reveal how President Nixon’s racism and misogyny led him to ignore the genocidal violence of the Pakistani military in what is today Bangladesh.”)
• Ted Cruz claims pregnancy is not “life-threatening” in effort to ban abortion pill (“Republicans want to roll back access to the abortion pill, claiming it’s dangerous. In fact, Viagra is riskier”)
• Trump encouraged his supporters to commit voter fraud, but too much of the media responded with a shrug (“Encouraging people to commit felonies should probably make the front page”)
• Trump amplified a bogus QAnon misinformation campaign against the CDC that is now flooding social media (“The coronavirus misinformation is spreading on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, and TikTok”)
• Ann Romney will join Michelle Obama on TV to get out the vote
• Anti-Trump Lincoln Project to unleash Facebook army to get out the vote for Biden
• Seven police officers suspended after video shows hood placed on head of Black man who later died
• A White professor says she has been pretending to be Black for her entire professional career (Ugh.)
• Judges keep Kanye West off Arizona and Virginia ballots
• House Oversight Committee, Including Rep. Gerry Connolly (D-VA11), Send Letter to Office of Special Council re: “repeated Hatch Act violations during the [GOP convention]”
• Sen. Mark Warner swings through Hampton Roads, says Virginians on financial ledge from COVID-19
• Donald Trump and His Allies Are Trying to Rewrite the History of Charlottesville
• Video: New Ad – VA-02 Voters Support Making Polluters Pay Climate Change Costs
• ICYMI: Biden for President Virginia Hosts Virginia Small Business Build Back Better Virtual Roundtable
• ICYMI: Biden for President Virginia Hosts Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders Virtual Roundtable
• BREAKING: Kanye West Ordered Off the Ballot in Virginia
• Judge orders Kanye West off Virginia ballot (“A Richmond Circuit Court judge found the rapper’s campaign misled voters into helping him get on the ballot.”)
• With Court Hearing in Kanye West Ballot Case Set For 2:30 PM, Virginia Voters Describe Ways They Were Duped Into Signing Petitions (“I was told that I was signing a petition for a local candidate. I would not sign for Kanye.”)
• Kanye West for president? Not in Virginia, judge rules in kicking rapper off ballot over fraud
• Virginia prepares to vaccinate millions once COVID-19 vaccine is approved
• Virginia expects to begin distributing $300-a-week unemployment supplement in late September
• Thursday (9/3) Virginia Data on COVID-19 Finds +1,126 Confirmed/Probable Cases (to 123,668), +63 Hospitalizations (to 9,741), +11 Deaths (to 2,652) From Yesterday
• Money Supporting Virginia Redistricting Amendment Pours In From Out of State, Major GOP Donors…Including to Mitch McConnell and Kevin McCarthy
• Editorial: Halting evictions only addresses half the problem (“Efforts to protect renters from eviction are noble, but they leave landlords on the hook for expenses and are an incomplete solution to a complex problem.”)
• Virginia House Joins State Senate and Squashes Bill To Shield Corporations That Fail To Protect Workers & Customers
• Virginia House of Delegates Passes Additional COVID-19 Response Legislation and Policies to Improve Policing
• As virus cases mount, who’s overseeing Virginia universities?
• Northam wants Dominion Energy to forgive overdue electric bills using $320M in over-earnings
• EDITORIAL: Legislative assault on first responders (Just a reminder that the Fredericksburg Free Lance-Star editorial page is consistently right wing.)
• Virginia rail deal on track with completion of environmental planning for new Potomac River crossing
• Editorial: New tree project will add green spaces in hottest neighborhoods
• As special session drags on, Northam again asks state high court to extend evictions moratorium
• William & Mary eliminates 7 sports to fix budget issues after “thoughtful, intense deliberative process,” athletic director says (“William & Mary cuts seven of its 23 varsity sports in order to fix athletic department deficits of more than $3 million annually.”)
• Building a solar market and creating jobs in Southwest Virginia’s coalfield counties
• Leaders project confidence as Virginia Tech enters ‘crucial’ weeks of pandemic
• UVa students begin to move in amid controversy over in-person classes
• Judge: I-64 Confederate flagpole is not a monument
• Comfortable warmth ahead. Tomorrow’s the gem of the weekend.