by Lowell
Here are a few national and Virginia news headlines, political and otherwise, for Friday, June 9. Virginia primary voting starts in under 96 hours…
- Britain’s May resists calls to step down after Conservative losses (“Prime minister’s gamble on snap election backfires: ‘She’s in a very difficult place’” Hahahahaha.)
- Comey Bluntly Raises Possibility of Trump Obstruction and Condemns His ‘Lies’
- All the President’s Lies (“James Comey made plain that unlike Mr. Trump, he values honesty and the Constitution above blind loyalty.”)
- Trump’s ‘Cloud’ Grows Darker (“Calm and deliberate in tone, Mr. Comey’s testimony was the most damning by a law enforcement official against a president in decades.”)
- GOP’s emerging Trump defense: A naif in the Oval Office (“While playing up Trump’s naivete is a political defense, analysts said it could also be a criminal defense.”)
- Comey painted a picture of a president abusing his authority
- The Trump-Comey contest is a titanic clash of worldviews (“One centers on personal loyalty, the other on rules.”)
- Krugman: Wrecking the Ship of State (“But can we now admit that he really is as bad as — or worse than — his harshest critics predicted he would be? And it’s not just his contempt for the rule of law, which came through so clearly in the James Comey testimony: As the legal scholar Jeffrey Toobin says, if this isn’t obstruction of justice, what is? There’s also the way Trump’s character, his combination of petty vindictiveness with sheer laziness, leaves him clearly not up to doing the job.”)
- 3 winners and 3 losers from James Comey’s testimony to the Senate Intelligence Committee (“Loser: Donald Trump”)
- We Should Pause to Consider Just How Extraordinary the Comey Hearing Really Was
- Who Needs Rule of Law? (“In denying President Trump’s abuse of power, Republicans have chosen party over country.”)
- Comey’s Trump Testimony Will Haunt Republicans (“The former FBI director’s damning account before the Senate should be the final straw. Why can’t Paul Ryan see that?” Because Paul Ryan is a pathological liar, sociopath, etc.?)
- Rosenthal: Trump’s Surreal Presidency
- James Comey Came Prepared (“From the moment Comey met Trump, he understood the man and started building his case.”)
- James Comey’s Big Message: Donald Trump Can’t Be Trusted (“At a historic hearing, the former FBI chief casts the president as a liar who engaged in improper conduct.”)
- The most important Comey takeaway is that congressional Republicans don’t care
- This is the most important moment of the Comey hearing (“And it undercuts many GOP arguments.”)
- The Kansas Experiment Is Bad News For Trump’s Tax Cuts
- Comey’s devastating indictment of President Donald Trump (“The fired FBI director’s aw-shucks demeanor did little to mask his barbed accusations.”)
- Trump hearings launch Kamala Harris (“The California senator’s fierce opposition to the White House is heightening speculation about her 2020 intentions.”)
- Republicans yawn after Comey hearing (That tells you a great deal about the current state of the Republican Party, and none of it’s even remotely good.)
- ‘A devastating day’: Conservative writer says Comey testimony is beginning of the end for Trump (As long as Republicans are unwilling to stand up for the rule of law, the constitution and patriotism over party, I am not convinced of this at all.)
- What is John McCain talking about? (There’s seriously something wrong with this guy…)
- House votes to dismantle key Dodd-Frank regulations (“Experts are worried this could cause the next financial crisis.” This needs to die in the Senate or we’re all in big trouble. Oh, great job by Barbara Comstock, Scott Taylor, Rob Wittman, etc. for voting for this s*** sandwich!)
- A Democratic Donnybrook in the Old Dominion? (“A reasonable turnout guess might be 400,000, but given the absentee requests, perhaps 500,000 could be in the realm of possibility.”)
- Kaine reacts to Comey testimony (“It’s very very serious”)
- Mysterious pro-Northam PAC goes negative on Perriello, drawing rebuke from Northam (Except that the company behind the attack ad is “SBDigital, a D.C. firm that employs [Northam ally Dick] Saslaw’s former campaign manager, Sam Sterling, as its director of campaigns and new media, according to the company’s website.”)
- How a local Virginia Senate race figured in James Comey’s U.S. Senate testimony (“Democrats hoped Jill McCabe, a pediatrician and first-time candidate, could topple state Sen. Richard H. Black (R-Loudoun), a lightning rod for controversy and one of the most conservative members of the Virginia legislature.”)
- As Virginia’s primary draws closer, Democratic nomination for governor could depend on black voters (That’s always been the case, of course, as African Americans make up a large percentage of the Democratic electorate.)
- Virginia Supreme Court weighs complaint against judges
- Another 1,250 rape kits to be tested in Va., Attorney General Herring announces (“The additional testing of kits gathered between 2014 and 2016 is part of a push to eliminate a statewide backlog that, in some cases, dates back 25 years.”)
- Republicans rebuke ‘gay bashing’ fliers in race for Va. lt. governor (This headline is misleading; the VA GOP did NOT comment, and only Ed Gillespie “chimed in” on this blatant, disgusting bigotry out of the three VA GOP gubernatorial candidates. #FAIL)
- Perriello loans himself $150,000 days before Virginia gubernatorial primary
- Editorial: The most interesting candidate for lieutenant governor (If Glenn Davis is so “interesting,” why is he most likely going to finish last on Tuesday?)
- Is SafeTrack’s conclusion ‘the end of the beginning’ — or worse? (“Metro’s maintenance surge may minimize further cataclysms. It hasn’t solved the problem.”)
- Amazon bringing another 1,500 jobs to Northern Virginia
- Henrico parents attend last public forum ahead of planned vote over school redistricting
- Frank Wagner sounds alarm on HRBT expansion funding
- Former mayor of Fairfax City to be sentenced in drugs-for-orgy sting (“Silverthorne’s attorney, Brian C. Drummond, said it’s likely his client’s punishment will range from probation to a year and four months in jail given sentencing guidelines, his lack of a criminal record and decades of public service.”)
- Final ‘comfortable’ day before we head near and above 90
