Sunday News: “The Indelible Stain” of Trump; “Game of Thrones” at Romney Summit; Trump’s “Thinly Attended” Richmond Rally

by Lowell

Here are a few national and Virginia news headlines, political and otherwise, for Sunday, June 12. Also, check out Hillary Clinton’s first general election ad.

• The Indelible Stain of Donald Trump (“Republicans have not changed Mr. Trump for the better; he has changed them for the worse.”)
• How Trump Made Millions From Casinos That Failed (“The burden of his failures fell on investors and others who had bet on his business acumen.” When it comes to screwing the “little guy,” Trump is Romney on steroids!)
• Romney loyalists’ divisions over Trump spill out into the open at Utah summit (“One Romney-turned-Trump fundraiser likened the atmosphere to ‘Game of Thrones.'”)
• Paul Ryan’s poor anti-poverty plan (“This is what justified a Trump endorsement?”)
• Furious GOP donors stew over Trump
• Police: Mass shooting at Orlando gay nightclub
• Romney rips 2016 also-rans for losing to Trump (“Mitt gets emotional: ‘Seeing this just breaks your heart.'”)
• Robert Reich: The Trump train leads to tyranny (“A social contract binds us together. The GOP nominee threatens to tear it up, warns the former secretary of labor”)
• Donald Trump echoes Charles Lindbergh: The history of his odious campaign slogan (“The GOP nominee promises to put ‘America First.’ Isolationists, many Nazi sympathizers, said the same prior to WWII “)
• How does Trump stack up against American literature’s fictional dictators? Pretty well, actually.
• Kaine: Sweeping military reorganization plan deserved more study
• Connected commonwealth (“Broadband internet is not clean water, and it is not electricity. But we tend to agree with the Obama administration, and Gov. Terry McAuliffe’s as well, that high-speed internet is no longer a nicety, but fast approaching a necessary utility.”)
• A paradox in the 2nd Congressional District primary (“The defining question for voters in the GOP primary for the 2nd Congressional District is a paradox: How do you feel about an incumbent who is not your incumbent?”)
• Schapiro: Thinly attended rally shows Trump has a way to go in Va. (“Trump’s mostly white, largely older audience numbered maybe 4,000…For Virginians of a more recent vintage, Donald Trump’s Pocahontas Putdown may recall George Allen’s Macaca Moment.”)
• Hillary Clinton to make campaign stop in Hampton Roads
• Federal agencies hold key to proposed route of Atlantic Coast Pipeline (They should kill at altogether. Horrible idea.)
• Editorial: Getting it right on restoring voter rights (Kinda harsh: “That’s an astounding example of government incompetence in the governor’s cabinet, specifically the Secretary of the Commonwealth’s Office, which compiled the list.”)
• Fentanyl now Va.’s deadliest painkiller
• Virginia, ditch the Dillon Rule (Agreed, the Dillon Rule as currently constituted is a travesty.)
• Mitchell’s case first jail death investigated by state watchdog agency since 2012
• Fairfax activists challenge plan that could allow denser development (“The county planning commission is set to vote next week on whether to allow more and higher buildings near Metro stations and in aging commercial areas.”)
• “Drugs are easily accessible. Fresh fruits are not.” (“A litany of urban ills describes the vicious cycle of poverty that leads to food insecurity in neighborhoods such as Richmond’s East End, where many residents do not know where their next good meal will come from.”)
• Racing for John Miller’s legacy in Virginia’s 1st Senate District (Better late than never, finally a substantive article in the corporate media on this important Democratic primary. I’m for Shelly Simonds, by the way.))
• Legislators say ODU stadium plan should sail through General Assembly
• Low turnout, big impact likely from primary (For the vast majority of registered voters, there’s no good excuse for not actually voting.)
• Our view: Tuesday’s 6th District Republican primary is tantamount to election
• Portsmouth girl says bullying is a problem at her school. So she spoke up about it.
• Hot and Humid Saturday; Code Orange Air Alert in Effect