by Lowell
Here are a few national and Virginia news headlines, political and otherwise, for Tuesday, June 7. Also check out Rachel Maddow’s interview with Hillary Clinton, the night before California, New Jersey and other states vote.
- Hillary Clinton reaches magic number for historic nomination (Congratulations Madame Secretary!)
- Sanders’s supporters criticize news outlets for calling the nomination (This is what news outlets do, not sure what the Sanders folks think they SHOULD do…self censor?)
- Endorsing Trump will leave a mark
- Paul Ryan’s profile in cowardice (“In capitulating to Donald Trump, the House speaker puts politics before principles.” Yep, but that’s Paul Ryan for ya.))
- Hillary Clinton Will Be Nominated Because More Democrats Are Voting For Her
- Republicans finally discover that Trump is an actual racist (“The presidential candidate wasn’t just putting on a show for the primaries.” Republicans a bit slow on the uptake, apparently.)
- Right-Wing Media Defend Trump’s Racist Attack On Judge With False Comparison To Sotomayor’s Call For Diversity (Yeah, because those are definitely the same things. Not!)
- Colbert crushes Trump: Only a white man in a white robe — with matching hood — can judge him
- Samantha Bee shreds Paul Ryan: Trump isn’t what the GOP stands for — ‘he’s what they bend over for’
- The General Election Starts Tonight for Hillary Clinton
- Donald Trump Overrules “Not So Smart” Staff, Tells Surrogates to Call Media Members Racist
- Bernie Ends Tonight (“Sanders has had every right to stay in the race. That’s all about to change.”)
- The GOP owns Trump University’s sleaze: Republicans have been tolerant of con artists for decades (“Republicans want distance from Trump U, but their party’s long acceptance of grifters makes the stigma stick”)
- GOP’s poverty scam: Spending cuts masquerading as a “fix” to the war on poverty
- Trump train derails on Capitol Hill (“His attacks on a Hispanic federal judge spark a new round of condemnation from Republicans.”)
- Pipeline opponents plant ‘seeds of resistance’
- SCOTUS to hear second Virginia redistricting case
- Virginian-Pilot editorial: Citizens’ rights lost in the tussle (“The partisan bickering over Virginia Gov. Terry McAuliffe’s restoration of voting rights to more than 200,000 felons obscures the importance of fighting back over disenfranchisement.”)
- Being a few miles apart in Northern Virginia can mean very different life expectancies, report says (“The average life expectancy of a child born in an affluent census tract can be as much as 13 years higher than those in the poorest.”)
- Seven advocacy groups push for Justice Department investigation into death of mentally ill inmate
- Editorial: Refine Newport News priorities
- 1 week before filing deadline, Roanoke County School Board race has 1 candidate
- GOP 4th Congressional District candidates to debate Tuesday (Teabagger time!)
- SafeTrack surge = fewer riders, but crowded trains and platforms
- Debate sharpens in Arlington County Board race as election draws near (“Gutshall presses Garvey on donations, other issues; Garvey defends record.”)
- Our weather improves as temperatures rewind to springtime
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