Friday News: UK, EU Enter “Uncharted Waters;” SCOTUS Strikes Again; “Tim Kaine and the Evolution of Pro-Choice Politics”

by Lowell

Here are a few national and Virginia news headlines, political and otherwise, for Friday, June 24.

• Britain shocks world: breaks with European Union, British leader steps down (Really, really bad move by the British…as Donald Trump likes to say, sad!)
• The U.K. Voted “Leave,” and We Are Truly in Uncharted Waters
• World markets in turmoil as British pound plunges
• Will the rest of the European Union be able to hold it together?
• Deadlocked justices block Obama on immigration (Yet another illustration of why Democrats need to win in November.)
• Court backs affirmative action in college admission
• How the Supreme Court’s immigration decision hurts all of us (“Letting DACA languish kills hopes and dreams — and wastes tremendous public investments.”)
• The Supreme Court leaves undocumented immigrants in the shadows (The Roberts court is truly godawful.)
• The Boring Reason Tim Kaine Is Hillary Clinton’s Vice Presidential Frontrunner
• Tim Kaine and the Evolution of Pro-Choice Politics
• The Democrats’ sit-in is one small step toward new gun laws
• Evangelical Christians are selling out faith for politics (“Religious leaders’ meeting with Donald Trump shows how badly misplaced their priorities are.”)
• Democrats end 25-hour plus protest to demand House gun votes
• Everyone calm down: The “no fly, no buy” bill was designed to embarrass Republicans, not to pass — and it’s working
• GOP insiders: Kaine is strongest VP pick for Clinton (“The Virginia senator is also top choice among Democrats.”)
• Michael Farris: I helped start the Moral Majority. Trump is the opposite of what we wanted.
• The Corey News Network: This is not the CNN that trailblazed cable TV journalism (“A major network rewarding Corey Lewandowski, a clueless bully, says a lot about the sad state of television news”)
• CNN’s Newest Paid Commentator Legally Prohibited From Criticizing Donald Trump (Just when you thought cable “news” couldn’t get any worse…)
• Reps. Morgan Griffith, Bob Goodlatte, chide Democrats over gun bill sit-in (BADlatte and climate-science-denier Griffith wrong as always.)
• McAuliffe taps Haymore to succeed Jones as Virginia Secretary of Commerce and Trade (“Virginia Secretary of Agriculture and Forestry Todd P. Haymore will succeed outgoing Secretary of Commerce and Trade Maurice A. Jones in September, the administration of Gov. Terry McAuliffe announced Thursday.”)
• Gov. Terry McAuliffe Signs Bills to Prevent Opiod Abuse
• Kaine moves to top of veep list (“Virginia’s independents and disaffected Republicans could learn the news they want to hear. Yesterday Politico.com reported that ‘Kaine rises to top of Clinton’s veep list.'”)
• Virginian-Pilot editorial: Belatedly, state police target Mitchell death
• Virginia universities react to Supreme Court ruling on race, admissions
• Va. health commissioner urges preventative Zika efforts
• Our view: The case for Vice President Tim Kaine
• Parker: Ban assault rifles. Sanity demands it. (Problem is, the NRA is not sane.)
• Judge issues injunction granting transgender teen access to boys’ bathroom (“The Gloucester County, Va., teen sued last year after the school board banned him from the boys’ bathroom.”)
• Petition to relocate solar farm in southern Chesapeake draws more than 100 signatures
• As presidential election nears, Hampton Roads defense economy faces major challenges, lobbyist says
• Portsmouth mayoral candidates square off on race, business, city’s future
• Richmond mayor proposes moving $4.1 million from city savings to plug budget deficit
• Muggy, cloudy, and showery today but a pretty nice weekend ahead