by Lowell
Here are a few national and Virginia news headlines, political and otherwise, for Thursday, June 30.
- Trump fundraising emails overseas prompt complaints here and abroad (“The solicitations prompted watchdog groups in Washington to file two separate complaints Wednesday with the Federal Election Commission alleging that the Trump campaign was violating federal law by soliciting funds from foreign nationals.”)
- Obama: Trump’s rhetoric is xenophobic, not populist
- McConnell: Trump Still Not A ‘Credible’ Candidate, ‘Needs To Change’
- Trump Institute Used Plagiarized Real Estate Lessons (Amazing this guy has avoided prison time all these years.)
- Benghazi conspiracy theorists turn on Trey Gowdy (“Here is a lesson for Republicans who are trying to appease the far right: It’s a fool’s errand.”)
- Mr. Trump’s gibberish on Muslims (Toxic gibberish.)
- Ku Klux Klan dreams of rising again 150 years after founding (And they’ve got a de facto ally in Donald Trump.)
- Donald Trump Has A 20 Percent Chance Of Becoming President (That’s 20 percentage points too high, needs to be zero.)
- Airstrikes Reportedly Kill 250 ISIS Fighters in Iraq as Coalition Forces Gain Ground
- These Bigots Have Formed The ‘National Diversity Coalition For Trump’
- Speaker At Trump Rally Mocks Elizabeth Warren With Racist Chant
- Trump skepticism hardens in GOP
- Kaine accepted clothes, vacation as gifts (“The former Virginia governor’s $160,000 in disclosures could be a political liability for Clinton’s leading VP pick.”)
- Trump Says GOP Opponents Should Support Him Or Be Banned From Office (Thug.)
- Virginia abortion rights groups challenge restrictions on clinics
- Casey: Fringe supporters hurt Trump’s chances in Virginia (“Support for Donald Trump from the likes of E.W. Jackson and Joseph Farah will only help doom for the Republican’s presidential campaign.”)
- McAuliffe lambasts “fear mongering” by Republicans over voting rights restoration
- Northern Virginia Republican apologizes for Trump-like tweets against Muslims (This bigot, Fredy Burgos, is a “member of Virginia’s Republican State Central Committee” who received over $100k from the RPV, over $40k from Virginia House Republicans, $20k from Speaker Bill “ALEC” Howell, etc, etc.)
- Sen. Mark Warner casts doubt on Trump’s business claims, understanding of global economy
- Saying ‘it is time to move on,’ McAuliffe questions need for second McDonnell trial
- Virginian-Pilot editorial: No way to pick judges
- Editorial: McDonnell corruption case an embarrassment to Virginia
- Hamlar: Equal pay for equal work
- A zoning change in Fairfax will allow more density
- Vilsack and McAuliffe: More resources needed to battle the opioid epidemic in Appalachia
- Mayor Jones’ knee-jerk answer: more debt and taxes
- Pleasant sunshine today and much of weekend; 4th of July has a wet threat
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