by Lowell
Here are a few national and Virginia news headlines, political and otherwise, for Saturday, June 25. Also see President Obama’s weekly address, on designating the Stonewall National Monument – “the first national monument dedicated to telling the story of the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender community’s struggle for equal rights.”
- Brexit Vote Roils Globe (What this vote demonstrates is that people are quite capable of doing things that are highly counterproductive for themselves and others, even when warned over and over and over again that those things WOULD be counterproductive. No, humans are not always rational, nor do they always act in their own “self interest.”)
- As markets tank, Trump holds a ribbon-cutting (“Arriving in Scotland on Friday, the likely GOP presidential nominee did not seem to understand the gravity of Britain’s decision as he attended a surreal ribbon-cutting at his luxury golf resort.” Utterly clueless.)
- Donald Trump’s Brexit press conference was beyond bizarre (Of course, Donald Trump himself is “beyond bizarre,” so not surprising. The only question is how can ANYONE support this deranged freak?)
- When it comes to Trump, a Republican Treasury secretary says: Choose country over party (Hank Paulson: “Donald Trump’s policies would destroy, not save, U.S. jobs, and his divisive rhetoric would widen our partisan divide.”)
- Democrats must not grow too cocky about defeating Trump (Nope, this is deadly serious.)
- Britain’s awful vote may be a tipping point
- Trump and the CIA (Christians in Action) (“The presumptive nominee and his Christian conservative supporters want God in government.”)
- Exxon-Mobil is abusing the first amendment (“The oil giant is brazenly invoking the First Amendment to block a subpoena by state attorneys general into the company’s global warming research.”)
- Virginian-Pilot editorial: Great Britain’s self-destructive Brexit
- Sen. Mark Warner: How Brexit Threatens American Trade (“The isolationist arguments behind U.K.’s exit from the E.U. are evident in the U.S., too”)
- Virginia lawmakers express confidence after Brexit, warn of ‘wake-up call’
- How Media Outlets Repeatedly Hyped An Imaginary Trump Pivot
- Democrats approved platform draft with Sanders’ imprint
- CNN staff revolts over Corey Lewandowski hire (CNN is a disgrace; do NOT watch it.)
- Clinton regains double-digit lead over Trump: Reuters/Ipsos poll (Seriously, how can anyone at all support Trump???)
- Trump and Brexit: Right-wing populism of the two is rooted more in base nationalism than in economic insecurity (“Donald Trump and Nigel Farage have much in common: disdain for immigrants and extreme nationalism”)
- Brexit: Petition for New EU Referendum Crashes Website
- Embattled Whiteness Gave Us Brexit. It Won’t Give Us President Trump.
- Federal judge takes coal ash verdict under advisement (“Dominion Virginia Power’s decades-old coal ash ponds in Chesapeake have been polluting the Elizabeth River with arsenic, a federal judge said Friday.”)
- Our view: Constant sorrow over Ralph Stanley (“Back in the dark years of the Great Depression, in a place deep in the Virginia mountains called Big Spraddle Creek, an 11-year-old boy stood up in church and sang.”)
- Ralph Stanley touched lives in lots of ways (“During a 70-year career, his singular and spooky tenor kept his work relevant for generations.”)
- Rigell on guns: No fly, no buy
- Virginia GOP delegate sues for right not to vote for Trump at convention (“Correll believes that Donald Trump is unfit to serve as President of the United States and that voting for Donald Trump would therefore violate Correll’s conscience.”)
- McDonnell ruling coming Monday
- Could Delegate’s New Lawsuit Derail Trump’s Nomination? (You can read the full complaint here
- Ex-Fairfax police officer who killed John Geer sentenced to one year
- Virginia jail pushes back against claims of mistreatment
- A delightful summer weekend; more unsettled next week
