by Lowell
Here are a few national and Virginia news headlines, political and otherwise, for Friday, June 17.
- Watchdog: Suspect in slaying of British lawmaker linked to U.S.-based neo-Nazis (“The suspected killer in the fatal stabbing and shooting of Jo Cox has been a longtime supporter of the National Alliance extremist group, according to the Southern Poverty Law Center.”)
- President Obama keeps focus on guns in Orlando: “Why it is they think our liberty requires these repeated tragedies”
- A round of applause for Chris Murphy: The Connecticut senator brilliantly filibusters to end Republican obstructionism on gun control
- Republicans in denial: They still can’t accept that years of festering racism made Trump 2016 possible (And lack of respect for the truth, civility, science, etc, etc.)
- The NRA is wrong: This is exactly the right time to talk about guns
- The GOP is learning the hard way that character matters (“The presumptive Republican nominee’s instincts are on full view in the wake of Orlando.”)
- I gave out ‘baskets of money’ in Iraq. Trump is completely wrong about what our Army did there.
- The challenges in covering Trump’s relentless assault on the truth (“There are no rules for evaluating a candidate who routinely says things that are not true.”)
- Trump’s war on the media carries chilling echoes of Nixon (“The men share a desire to undermine the journalists whose attention they crave.”)
- Bernie Sanders Officially Announces He Will Run for President Forever
- Pelosi: Trump is unifying Dems
- Our view: Trump’s gay outreach at odds with Cuccinelli (Also, “Trump’s gay outreach” is not in any way serious.)
- John McCain follows Trump’s lead: President Obama is “directly responsible” for Orlando shooting (I mean, this is the same guy who chose friggin’ Sarah Palin as his running mate, so…)
- Trump’s poll ratings in a historic hole
- Sanders loses convention leverage (“Bernie’s summer was supposed to be about strengthening his hand for the Democratic convention. But since the California primary, his position has gotten weaker.”)
- Paul Krugman: Fear, Loathing and Brexit (“Not to be coy: I would vote Remain. I’d do it in full awareness that the E.U. is deeply dysfunctional and shows few signs of reforming. But British exit — Brexit — would probably make things worse, not just for Britain, but for Europe as a whole.”)
- Sen. Warner said he’s not in the running to be Hillary Clinton’s vice president
- Swecker: Virginia Democrats’ Convention: It’s go time
- McAuliffe loses another top lieutenant on economy (“Va. commerce secretary Jones to leave, following economic development chief’s exit.”)
- Trump’s Va. chairman tapped to help shape RPV strategy for November (That says it all about the RPV!)
- Maryland quits fight against Dominion plan to dump coal-ash water into Potomac
- Cigarette trafficking figure pleads guilty
- Advisory Firm Agrees to Invest $15.7 Million, Add 348 Jobs in Arlington
- More than 170k without power in region; NWS says worst of storm may be over
- Norfolk’s PrideFest will come with bigger police presence to assure safety
- Showers depart as sunshine returns for a several day stay
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