Thursday News: Paris Climate Agreement Withdrawal Would Be “Moral Disgrace,” “Indefensible,” “End of the American Century”

by Lowell

Here are a few national and Virginia news headlines, political and otherwise, for Thursday, June 1.

• Trump’s reported exit from Paris climate deal signals end of the American Century (“America’s time as leader of the free world is over. Now we’re the villain, thwarting the global effort to save humanity.”)
• The planet loses, but U.S. is bigger loser if it withdraws from Paris climate agreement
• Quitting the Paris climate agreement would be a moral disgrace (“President Trump is selling out our kids to give false hope to coal workers.”)
• Leaving the Paris Agreement Would Be Indefensible (“I was Obama’s chief climate negotiator. Whether to stay in the agreement is not a close call.”)
• For President* Trump, the End of Civilization Is Just Another Thing
• As White House factions fight for influence, Trump signals U.S. is likely to exit Paris climate deal (Trump’s just flat-out evil. And dumber than dirt.)
• Trump moves to return Russian compounds that Obama ordered vacated punitively (Putin smiles yet again.)
• Climate change drama grips the White House
• In the age of Trump, Beijing pivots to Europe (“China’s aim in Brussels this week is to undercut US leadership in global trade.”)
• Clinton Says She Was ‘Right’ About ‘Vast Russia Conspiracy’; Investigations Ongoing
• Trump embraces wild accusations from suspected foreign agent (“The president pits Carter Page’s reliability against Comey and Brennan.”)
• Clinton slams New York Times, DNC, Comey for her loss (The NY Times – and the Washington Post – definitely played major roles in electing Trump and quite possibly destroying the country. Nice job, “liberal media!”)
• Hillary Clinton blames everyone but herself for her 2016 loss (I’d say Clinton made serious mistakes, which she absolutely should acknowledge, but that the things she says about the Russians, Comey and the media are also true.)
• On a Portland Train, the Battlefield of American Values (“What the three men in Oregon understood, but the White House doesn’t, is that in a healthy society, Islamophobia doesn’t disparage just Muslims, racism doesn’t demean blacks alone, misogyny hurts more than women, xenophobia insults more than immigrants. Rather, we are all diminished, so we all have a stake in confronting bigotry.”)
• Trump’s possible exit from Paris agreement underscores the media’s catastrophic climate change failure during the campaign (Yep.)
• Reporters burst into laughter as Sean Spicer insists Trump didn’t misspell ‘covfefe’ tweet
• The anti-Trump right is becoming a breed of its own
• Sorry. On Kushner, There’s No Innocent Explanation
• The Monthly Interview: Tom Perriello (“Virginia gubernatorial candidate Tom Perriello is the first high-profile candidate to make anti-monopoly policy a key plank of his economic agenda.”)
• VA Gov. Candidate Perriello: We’ve Built ‘Grassroots Army’ (We’ll see if Tom’s “grassroots army” matches Jim Webb’s “ragtag army” in 2006. That could very well determine who wins on June 13.)
• In Home Stretch of Virginia Gubernatorial Race, Resistance to Atlantic Coast Pipeline Grows
• VA Gov. Candidate Defends Trump Narcissism Claim
• ICE says they arrested a human-rights violator. Retired federal agents call him a hero.
• Editorial: Getting a grip on voter fraud claims
• Virginia shrugs its shoulders at needy children
• State accuses Northrop Grumman of obstructing IT transition to run up costs
• Dominion Energy getting license for third reactor at North Anna
• Kyle McDaniel is OUT, Chris Grisafe is IN for School Board in Fairfax
• Richmond officer: ‘The only reason I’m here right now is because Mike was the one who took the shot’
  
• Del. McQuinn says she hopes police catch whoever broke into opponent’s campaign office
• June gets off to a delightfully dry start; storm chances return Sunday