by Lowell
Here are a few national and Virginia news headlines, political and otherwise, for Friday, September 18.
- Global Coronavirus Infections Top 30 Million
- Get to Net-Zero by Mid-Century? Even Some Global Oil and Gas Giants Think it Can Be Done (We HAVE TO do it or we’re completely f’ed.)
- What wildfires in Brazil, Siberia, and the US West have in common (“Climate change and mismanagement are fueling large, uncontrolled fires around the world.” In short, humans suck.)
- H.R. McMaster says Trump policy in Afghanistan partners with Taliban against Afghan government
- EU’s New 2030 Climate Target Signals Accelerated Renewable Deployment (“An increase from 40 percent to 55 percent emissions reduction by 2030 puts the renewables sector on notice for a ramp-up in demand.”)
- Former climate change denier says “it’s insane to play dice with the planet” (How could anyone ever have denied this? That’s mind boggling.)
- Trump won’t go to New York for U.N. speech
- F.B.I. Director Warns of Russian Interference and White Supremacist Violence
- TikTok set to IPO globally if Trump approves deal with Oracle, Walmart
- The market isn’t convinced the Federal Reserve can achieve its inflation objective
- U.S. Generals are raising the alarm
- How The Pandemic Is Widening The Racial Wealth Gap
- Just Call Them Climate Fires
- C.D.C. Testing Guidance Was Published Against Scientists’ Objections
- Big potential, but challenges to overcome: A look at offshore wind in the U.S.
- A ‘Mass Death Event’ for Birds in the American Southwest? Sounds Like 2020. (Horrible.)
- ‘Game-Changer’ FERC Order Opens Up Wholesale Grid Markets to Distributed Energy Resources (“A huge opportunity for solar, batteries, EVs and other DERs — and a huge challenge to integrate utility grid operations with bulk energy markets.”)
- For Trump, It’s Not the United States, It’s Red and Blue States
- Trump blasts 1619 Project as DeVos praises alternative Black history curriculum (Disgusting, racist, etc.)
- Trump downplays legacy of slavery in appeal to white voters (Translation: “in appeal to RACIST voters.”)
- First Thing: whitewashing US history with ‘patriotic education’
- Trump is trying to cast doubt on an election he might lose
- “That’s Their Problem”: How Jared Kushner Let the Markets Decide America’s COVID-19 Fate
- Former Pence aide who helped organize White House coronavirus response backs Biden
- “It Was All About the Election”: The Ex-White House Aide Olivia Troye on Trump’s Narcissistic Mishandling of COVID-19
- “It Was All About the Election”: The Ex-White House Aide Olivia Troye on Trump’s Narcissistic Mishandling of COVID-19
- Former Pence aide says she will vote for Biden because of Trump’s ‘flat-out disregard for human life’ during pandemic
- DeVos’ former top aide joins anti-Trump group
- They Were Gonna Send Masks ‘Til Trump Intervened
- Republicans — not Democrats — are the party controlled by extremists
- Biden shows what a sane, decent president would do about covid-19
- Trump’s political meddling in the CDC and FDA is downright dangerous
- Biden lambastes Trump over ‘close to criminal’ COVID-19 response
- Cash-strapped Trump campaign awaits a bailout from big donors
- Biden shows the qualities Trump lacks (“The impression Biden gave was unrecognizable compared to the President’s mockery. Trump’s efforts to portray his rival as senile could backfire.”)
- 5 takeaways from Joe Biden’s CNN town hall (“A stark contrast with Trump”)
- Trump is losing control of his own propaganda
- Virus Pulls Down Trump, Poll Shows, and G.O.P. Senators Suffer With Him
- William Barr Is the Genuine Authoritarian Article
- We’re all trapped in William Barr’s paranoid fantasy world
- William Barr has gone too far before, but never this far
- Federal judge temporarily blocks USPS operational changes amid concerns about mail slowdowns, election
- AG Mark Herring Blocks Trump’s Illegal Changes to the U.S. Postal Service
- Journalists must face the 2020 challenge: This isn’t a normal election, and the truth is at stake (“Not taking sides in the 2020 election is basically just taking Trump’s side — and refusing to be honest about it”)
- Trump ally Lindsey Graham thinks the President should release tax returns
- What Is It With Trump and Face Masks? (“It’s not about freedom or culture. It’s cynical politics.”)
- It Is Not Undemocratic to Call Trump’s Presidency ‘Illegitimate’
- Barr’s attack on his own prosecutors fed by frustration with both sides of political aisle, people who know him say
- A new way the Biden camp will spend big to counter Trump’s disinformation
- Facebook to Curb Internal Debate Over Sensitive Issues Amid Staff Discord (F*** Facebook.)
- Things Are Not Getting Better for Susan Collins
- Democrats Are Slight Favorites To Take Back The Senate
- Pennsylvania Supreme Court extends mail ballot deadlines for November election
- An Experiment in Wisconsin Changed Voters’ Minds About Trump (“What the numbers don’t explain is why this worked so well: Was it the tailored local messages? The heavy volume of mail? Some combination of the two? The results do, however, provide some proof of concept. ‘The central thesis of this program was: Can we identify a group or groups of Americans who are open to hearing a progressive argument about the economy? And if we make that argument, can we win that argument?’ says Bryan Bennett, the director of polling and analytics at the Hub Project. ‘This says yes.'”)
- North Carolina Is Already Rejecting Black Voters’ Mail-In Ballots More Often Than White Voters’
- ‘Unfathomable destruction’: thousands of rare wildflowers wiped out in Nevada (People need to go to prison over this.)
- IBM pledges $100 million in support to HBCUs, including Hampton and Norfolk State
- Virginia’s Kaine on college football during COVID-19 pandemic: “The safety of these players has to be paramount”
- Sen. Mark Warner calls for additional cybersecurity after ransomware attack on Virginia school district
- Dr. Cameron Webb, University of Virginia Students Emphasize Importance of Voting Early
- VIDEO: Virginia Leaders, Business Owners, Former Deputy Secretary of Labor Speak Out Against Trump Administration’s Broken Economic Promises to Black Communities Across the Commonwealth
- BREAKING: Supreme Court of Virginia *Denies* Kanye West’s Appeal, Which Means He Will *Not* Be On Virginia’s Ballot This Fall (“Today’s ruling will keep things on track and help to ensure that every single vote is counted in November.”)
- No Appeal For Ye: Supreme Court Rejects West’s Claim
- Pete Buttigieg Announces Endorsements of 28 Candidates, Including Qasim Rashid (VA01) and Cameron Webb (VA05) in Virginia
- Here’s how Virginia lawmakers are doing after a month debating coronavirus and police reform
- COMMENTARY: Virginia can lead on clean energy and maintain a reliable grid
- Virginia Retirement System pension funds lose ground because of investment performance
- VHSL approves plans for regular season, postseason schedules
- What you need to know about voting in Virginia
- In-person voting begins Friday as absentee ballot requests higher than 2016 election
- In-Person Early Voting Begins Friday in Virginia (“Virginia’s in-person early voting is available through Saturday, Oct. 31”)
- Editorial: Why you shouldn’t vote by mail (VERY irresponsible editorial by the abysmal Roanoke Times editorial board. In fact, voting in person – drop box, registrar, on election day – is fine, but there’s also nothing wrong with voting by mail, as long as you do so early.)
- Editorial: Welcome to “Election Season”
- Governor Northam has proclaimed Hispanic and Latino Heritage Month in Virginia
- WAMU Leadership Tried To Oust Reporter Accused Of Sexual Harassment. American University Stopped Them (Wow, that’s crazy/bad.)
- Virginia college leaders expect online classes to continue at least through the spring semester
- Virginia House and Senate at Odds Over Special Session’s Next Steps (“Delegate Marcus Simon says both sides have the ability to hold each other’s bills hostage, but he says that would lead to mutually-assured destruction. ‘We’re not going to do that,’ Simon explains. ‘We’re going to talk to each other. It’s not that big of a deal. It’s not apocalyptic. We’re not having as hard a time communicating as some would lead you to believe.'”)
- Thursday (9/17) Virginia Data on COVID-19 Finds +1,101 Confirmed/Probable Cases (to 137,460), +76 Hospitalizations (to 10,465), +36 Deaths (to 2,920) From Yesterday
- ICYMI: Virginia Latino Leaders Participate in “Early Vote: Voy A Votar” Virtual Call to Action
- Jennifer Carroll Foy: It’s Constitution Day; Let’s Honor this Sacred Document by Upholding its Ideals and Ending Citizens United
- Virginia public schools are seeing an early drop in enrollment. It could put millions in state funding at risk.
- Air Board beefs up public notice requirements for new fossil fuel plants (There should never be another fossil fuel power plant in Virginia. Period.)
- 33 Virginia Organizations Request AG Herring Tell State Water Control Board to Add Mountain Valley Pipeline to Its 9/24 Meeting Agenda
- New Census Income and Poverty Data Shows High Levels of Inequality Even Before Pandemic, Leaving Many At Risk for Hunger and Insecurity
- Video: You Haven’t Lived Until You’ve Watched Amanda Chase and a Bunch of Unmasked Trump Cultists in Clifton Singing Along to M-A-G-A (to the Tune of the Village People’s YMCA)! (The singing is led by “Ricky Rebel”)
- 911 Call From Intoxicated Jerry Falwell Jr.’s House Last Month Describes ‘A Lot Of Blood’
- Governor Northam visits Virginia Beach, hears from Hampton Roads doctors on pandemic front lines
- Editorial: Weekend flooding offers glimpse of region’s future
- Editorial: New bus lines would keep us moving toward a more connected region
- Mayor Stoney proposes universal pre-K in Richmond
- Hanover School Board likely to reject recommendation for new name of Lee-Davis High
- In special meeting, Virginia Beach School Board again leaves reopening plan as is
- Arlington County Ditches Sidewalk COVID-19 Physical Distancing Ordinance After Efforts to Enforce It Were “met with defiance, confrontation, and hostility”
- Showers ending as sunshine increases with time; fall-like this weekend (“The coolest air of the season so far is on its way.”)
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