by Lowell
Here are a few national and Virginia news headlines, political and otherwise, for Monday, September 14.
- Experts expect disasters to get even worse after 2020 due to climate change (We need to get off of fossil fuels ASAP…definitely can’t wait until 2050 or even 2040.)
- Russia is back, wilier than ever — and it’s not alone
- Cases Top 29 Million; AstraZeneca Restarts Trials: Virus Update
- How Bad Relations With China Could Mess With the Energy Transition (“Increasingly strained relations between China and the West are spilling into the clean power sector.”)
- Investors that manage US$47tn demand world’s biggest polluters back plan for net-zero emissions (“Climate Action 100+ group put 161 fossil fuel, mining, transport and other big-emitting companies on notice in latest campaign by shareholders”)
- Australia’s Solar And Wind Sectors Set To Overtake Gas And Coal
- Death toll rises as fires choke US west coast and Trump response is lambasted
- Fires raise fight over climate change before Trump’s visit (In general, by the way, the media has done a horrendous job of covering the climate crisis, starting decades ago and continuing today. They just suck at this.)
- In Visiting a Charred California, Trump Confronts a Scientific Reality He Denies (You can “deny” science and reality all you want, but it doesn’t mean science and reality are going to disappear or whatever.)
- Oracle poised to become TikTok’s U.S. technology partner after Chinese owners reject Microsoft’s bid
- Coronavirus cases are growing in 11 U.S. states as Fauci warns of ‘disturbing’ data
- Despite A New Federal Ban, Many Renters Are Still Getting Evicted
- Rudy Giuliani collaborated on smear of Joe Biden with “active Russian agent” (“Giuliani promoted false charges about Biden made by Ukrainian legislator who’s now under U.S. Treasury sanctions”)
- U.S. Faces Last Chance to Salvage Stimulus Deal as House Returns
- The census is on the verge of disaster
- When Good People Don’t Act, Evil Reigns (“Stop thinking that the horrors of the world will simply work themselves out.” Agreed, they absolutely won’t do so on their own.)
- Trump Says He’ll “Negotiate” Third Term, Warns Democrats Will Rig Election (Wildly irresponsible talk and very dangerous as well.)
- Trump’s Nevada rally was an exercise in delegitimizing voting — and denying reality (“Trump keeps holding probable superspreader events in the middle of a pandemic.”)
- As he fends off more revelations, Trump is running short of time and targets
- Nevada Gov. Condemns Trump’s ‘Reckless And Selfish’ Indoor Campaign Rally (“Steve Sisolak lambasted the president for endangering lives and acting as though rules don’t apply to him.”)
- Trump ignores science at dangerous indoor rally (“The President offered an example of his refusal to put medical science before politics with a large indoor rally Sunday night that made a mockery of social distancing”)
- While Trump defies coronavirus safety guidelines at rally, TV networks exercise caution
- Top White House aide’s interview goes haywire over Trump coronavirus remarks
- The whiny core of Trumpism
- Jake Tapper Abruptly Ends Peter Navarro Interview After Clash on Trump Covid Response: ‘You’re Not Answering the Question’
- Trump’s Vision of “Law and Order” Apparently Includes Deadly “Retribution” (“The president chillingly framed federal officers shooting and killing an Antifa suspect in Portland as ‘retribution,’ while telling his MAGA faithful over the weekend that he’ll get ‘really vicious’ against Joe Biden.”)
- Why celebrities, big corporations and Barack Obama want you to be a poll worker
- Biden’s tax plan isn’t socialism. It just undoes the GOP’s indefensible giveaways.
- Bloomberg Is Finally Ready to Open His Wallet for Biden (“The billionaire is committing $100 million to help in Florida—roughly 10 percent of what he spent on his own campaign.”)
- Trump’s campaign is caught between 2 worlds, with 2 months to go
- Biden leans into COVID-19 to argue Trump mishandled economy
- Latino groups warn that Biden’s sluggish outreach to their voters could hurt in November (Crank it up!)
- A realist’s case against despair
- What If Trump Loses And Won’t Leave? (“But even if the worst scenarios don’t come to pass, the fact that we lack a neutral electoral arbiter is surely a ticking time bomb for our democracy.” Our democracy badly needs an overhaul.)
- The Intercept Promised to Reveal Everything. Then Its Own Scandal Hit.
- The Founders of The Environmental Movement Have a Message: Don’t Vote For The Green Party (“They spearheaded the breakthroughs in the ’70s; saw the damage of the ’80s; witnessed Nader’s role in ’00 and Jill Stein’s in ’16. Now, they have thoughts to share.”)
- Goodbye, readers, and good luck — you’ll need it (By Robert J. Samuelson)
- Melania Isn’t a Victim—She’s an Accessory to Donald’s Crimes
- Trump and Biden Joust in Florida, Looking for Votes in the Margins
- Trump and Biden condemn shooting of Los Angeles County sheriff’s deputies
- $100,000 reward offered in ambush shooting of two deputies in Los Angeles County (This is horrible, unacceptable, disgusting, etc.)
- NFL struggles with message of ‘unity’ in opening week
- Jill Biden to participate in virtual early vote rally
- Richard C. “Rip” Sullivan Jr. column: Let competition call the shots in energy markets (“PJM and FERC should open their eyes to where Virginia and the nation is heading on energy — capitalizing more and more on our wind and solar resources — and ensuring the regional grid and power markets facilitate rather than obstruct our path.”)
- Virginia has made good progress on police reform. It should finish strong.
- Audio: VA Secretary of Education Atif Qarni Argues for Changes in Admissions to Governor’s Schools to Increase Diversity; Says “It will only make these schools better”
- Delegates Mark Levine and Lamont Bagby: Amendment 1 Would Enshrine Gerrymandering in Virginia Constitution; Vote No!
- Virginia’s $50 million program to help renters had a slow start. So it’s made some changes.
- On Kojo Nnamdi Show, VA Senate Majority Leader Talks Policing Reform, Qualified Immunity, 2021 Governor’s Race, Budget, etc.
- Voting in pandemic times: casting a ballot in a most perilous election
- Sunday (9/13) Virginia Data on COVID-19 Finds +874 Confirmed/Probable Cases (to 133,814), +26 Hospitalizations (to 10,244), +2 Deaths (to 2,724) From Yesterday
- UVa out of top 25 in national rankings for second year in a row
- Long Bridge rail project barrels forward full speed ahead (Weird intro to this article. In fact, counter-cyclical spending/investment is exactly what you want government to be doing in an economic downturn.)
- VDOT Getting Creative to Cut Down on Deer-Related Crashes
- Loudoun County parents concerned after pornographic images pop up in virtual classes (“A spokesperson for Loudoun County Public Schools reported 10 incidents of sexual and racist images and slurs in classes during the first week back.”)
- Some W&M students face punishment after a group violated school’s pandemic safety rules
- Fairfax search and rescue team sends two to assist with Oregon fires
- Robert “J.R.” Gurley column: Proposed Cumberland County landfill perpetuates environmental racism
- Over 200 years, Black church makes history, shapes Richmond
- Albemarle schools technology staff breaks ‘all kind of records’ during first week
- Mild and pleasant through midweek, then a chance of leftover rain from Sally
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