Thursday News: Britain Votes on “Brexit;” “Kaine rises to top of Clinton’s veep list”

by Lowell

Here are a few national and Virginia news headlines, political and otherwise, for Thursday, June 23. Also, check out David Gergen slamming Donald Trump’s speech as “slanderous” and totally false.

• British voters head to the polls for historic vote on E.U.
• Global stocks mostly higher ahead of Britain’s referendum
• Nobody brings the crazy quite like Trump (“In his fact-free dystopia, no horror is impossible.”)
• House GOP votes to go home for July 4 recess in bid to thwart sit-in (Pathetic.)
• Trump peddles religious ignorance (“His use of prejudice condemns himself as both ill-informed and a bigot.”)
• Hillary Clinton offers a welcome concession to reality (“She delivered a rational economic-policy address on Wednesday, which counts as unusual in this election year.”)
• Solar Power to Grow Sixfold as Sun Becoming Cheapest Resource
• Fact-checking Trump’s garbage truck of lies: His speech accusing Clinton of corruption is riddled with fiction and conspiracies (“Trump tried to paint Clinton as dishonest, but instead repeatedly revealed his own aversion to even basic facts”)
• Paul Ryan unveils plan to set fire to the American health-care system
• Key Dem: Kaine ‘a great choice’ for VP
• Scott, other Democrats stage sit-in over guns
• The 5 biggest lies in Donald Trump’s fact-free Hillary speech (“Desperate to reclaim the narrative, the GOP nominee came out swinging Wednesday, sending PolitiFact into a tailspin”)
• Wall Street holds its breath on Brexit
• The Five Most Memorable Moments of the Historic House Sit-In On Gun Control
• House Republicans Shut Off Cameras After Democrats Start Sit-In For Gun Control (Pathetic.)
• The Most Overrated Intellect In Washington (I’ve never understood people who think Ryan is a policy wonk or whatever. He isn’t.)
• Kaine rises to top of Clinton’s veep list (“The selection process is colored by new uncertainty among Democrats about whether Trump will be the GOP nominee.”)
• How Low Can the G.O.P. Go?
• Hampton Roads TV viewers will see close to 1,000 Hillary Clinton ads this summer
• State police start investigation of Jamycheal Mitchell’s death as inmates named in lawsuit claim guards harassed them
• McAuliffe goes on offense in response to clemency critics
• Local clerks, prosecutors: No increase in gun requests from McAuliffe’s felon order
• Threats from Chesapeake coal ash will rise with the sea, witness says on second day of trial
• Fairfax supervisors give final approval for higher-density zoning rules
• Fairfax City officials wanted the homeless out. Now they’re helping them settle in.
• Five mayoral candidates fail to meet ballot requirements; Tichi Pinkney Eppes disqualified for School Board
• Stratford School, the first in Virginia to integrate, gets historic district designation (“Four black middle-schoolers desegregated the Arlington school in February 1959.”)
• Stormy at times today but a pleasant summer weekend ahead (“Heavy rains raise the likelihood of some commuting challenges.”)