Saturday News: Tax Dodger Trump’s “Rhetorical Poison,” Shady Financial Ties to Russia

by Lowell

Here are a few national and Virginia news headlines, political and otherwise, for Saturday, June 11. Also check out President Obama’s weekly address, on “Standing with Orlando.”

• Trump’s performance raises hard question: Who’d want to be his VP? (“I can’t imagine a truly credible person agreeing to be his running mate.”)
• Inside Trump’s financial ties to Russia and unusual flattery of Putin
• Trump appears to have paid no taxes for two years in early 1990s (Amazing this guy isn’t in jail.)
• Dozens of GOP delegates launch new push to halt Donald Trump
• Repeat, retreat, reload: Why can’t we do something sensible about guns? (“This shouldn’t be too terribly hard to figure out.”)
• The menacing Trump is a danger we can confront (“After the past week, we cannot be a fearful public susceptible to the tyrant who vows to implement quick solutions.”)
• Trump is woefully ignorant about minority youths in America (“Keep that ‘no spirit’ garbage to yourself, Trump.”)
• Mr. Trump’s rhetorical poison is trickling into America’s schools (“The presumptive GOP nominee’s anti-Muslim rhetoric is trickling down through society, and young students feel its sting.”)
• A Sanders endorsement of Clinton could come ahead of the Philadelphia convention
• Jo Cox, Brexit and the Politics of Hate
• Julian Castro says he’s not being vetted for vice president
• Donald Trump, Seeing Himself Behind in Polls, Says He Hasn’t ‘Started Yet’ (The problem for Trump is that, once he gets “started” and more people get to know him and his odious, toxic, deranged personality, he’s REALLY going to plummet in the polls!)
• The Trump Disaster Chronicle
• Donald Trump’s Reputation With Latinos Spells Disaster For The GOP In November
• Justin Fairfax campaign “alarmed” he was denied speaking slot at state Democratic convention (Fairfax campaign: “We hope this is not part of a pattern or plan of exclusion … Justin has proven to be a powerful, positive, unifying, and dynamic force in modern Virginia politics.”)
• Northam gets endorsements as Dems meet in Richmond for state convention (“The state party will hear speeches from party headliners and elect 33 delegates to the Democratic National Convention in Philadelphia.”)
• Rein in the politicians, Warner urges (“. The more serious part came when Warner, D-Virginia, swung by a One Virginia 2021 fundraiser to fuel the grassroots push for redistricting reform.”)
• Virginia health agency head says state police should investigate inmate’s death
• 43 Virginia prosecutors file brief opposing McAuliffe order on felons’ rights
• 75 years after it opened, Reagan National Airport is getting an upgrade
• Storm clean-up may take days in Central Virginia
• Police investigation of Virginia Tech fraternity reopened
• Power back in Roanoke, outages may linger in Southwest Virginia
• Spectacular this weekend and warming up into early week