by Lowell
Here are a few national and Virginia news headlines, political and otherwise, for Friday, June 29.
- Washington Girds for Battle Over Kennedy’s Replacement
- Trump and Putin, Best Frenemies Forever (“When they sit down together, it will be a meeting of kindred spirits. That’s a problem.”)
- Trump Backs Russia on Election Interference Ahead of NATO Summit (How is this not treasonous?)
- Will Trump Get Played by Putin?
- Suspected gunman had vendetta against Annapolis paper, police say (“Authorities said the suspect, whom they identified as Jarrod Ramos, specifically targeted the Capital Gazette when he fired a shotgun through the newsroom’s glass doors. Ramos, who is accused of killing five people and injuring two others, lost a defamation case he brought against the paper in 2015.”)
- Annapolis newspaper shooting suspect harassed Virginian-Pilot editor for years (Right, it wasn’t a “feud,” as some newspapers are reporting, it was a one-sided vendetta against the reporters.)
- Trump is trying to destabilize the European Union (“European officials no longer believe the president’s words can be discounted.”)
- Partisan Gerrymandering Is About to Get Much Worse (“How the post-Kennedy Supreme Court could roll back progressive voting rights reforms.”)
- Jim Jordan tries to attack Rosenstein, the room erupts in laughter (“A congressional hearing is not an episode of Hannity.”)
- Trump treats politics like a knife fight. Democrats can’t pretend it’s a garden party. (“Democrats must channel anti-Trump fervor into winning midterms.”)
- The Roberts Court Protects the Powerful for a New Gilded Age
- Rot on the Right, Green Shoots on the Left
- It’s not just about abortion: Without Kennedy, birth control could be next (“For years, conservatives have grumbled about women’s right to contraception. Now they can do something about it”)
- Here’s what environmental law experts think about Justice Kennedy’s retirement (“Kennedy’s retirement is ‘terrible news for environmental law and the protection of public health and the environment,’ Patrick Parenteau, law professor and senior counsel in the Environmental and Natural Resources Law Clinic at Vermont Law School, told ThinkProgress.”)
- Trump Versus the Hog-Maker (“It’s an indication of the hysterical reactions we can expect from the Trump crew as the downsides of their policies start to become apparent — hysteria that other countries will surely see as evidence of Trump’s fundamental weakness.”)
- This Is the World Mitch McConnell Gave Us (If I hate any American politician worse than Trump, it’s McConnell.)
- The fate of the Supreme Court could ride on these 2 senators (Problem is, I have zero faith in Collins or Murkowski.)
- Obama: ‘You are right to be concerned’ (“In his first public comments in months, the former president talks about anger, regrets — and what the Republicans are doing right.”)
- Trump went on ‘profanity-laced tirade against’ John Kelly as rumors of White House ouster swirl: report
- Senate passes mammoth farm bill (These farm bills are monstrosities, generally speaking, although some are much worse than others, like the House version with its nasty, cruel crap thrown in by the likes of Steve King.)
- Supreme Court vacancy throws Senate battle into chaos
- Hannity immediately blames Maryland newspaper shooting on Maxine Waters (Hannity has been and continues to be scum.)
- Sean Hannity blames Maxine Waters for shooting at Maryland newsroom (Did I mention that Hannity is scum? Oh yeah, I did. Well, worth repeating.)
- Fox News runs ideological purity test on newsroom that just experienced a mass shooting (Typical of Fox.)
- ‘Capital Gazette’ Survivor: I Don’t ‘Give a F*ck’ About Your Thoughts and Prayers (“…we need more than prayers.”)
- Wall Street Left Reeling as 2018 Upends Almost Every Bet
- We Don’t Know Yet Why the Annapolis Shooter Did What They Did. But We Know How. (“There is one thing linking the disparate acts of mass violence in our society.”)
- Agents Seek to Dissolve ICE in Immigration Policy Backlash
- Jill Abramson, Ex-New York Times Editor: The ‘Narcissistic’ NYT Is Making ‘Horrible Mistakes,’ Needs a ‘Course Correction’
- Jeff Flake Is the Emptiest Suit in American Politics (“Meanwhile, a strategy to combat the Supreme Court disaster emerges.”)
- The Koch Brothers Were Locked and Loaded for This Week’s Union-Busting Supreme Court Ruling (“They have a whole apparatus trained and ready to finish the job.”)
- Maxine Waters Cancels Events After ‘Very Serious Death Threat’ (“‘Individuals threatened to shoot, lynch, or cause me serious bodily harm,’ she said, explaining why she’d canceled Alabama and Texas events.”)
- Jon Stewart Calls Out Trump For His ‘Gleeful Cruelty And Dickishness’ (“The former host of ‘The Daily Show’ calmly explained how callous Trump has been during his presidency.”)
- Nearly 600 protesters at Women’s March arrested on Capitol Hill (“Chanting ‘WE CARE’ and ‘ABOLISH ICE,’ the protesters are demanding Congress act to end Trump’s policies that criminalize and detain undocumented immigrants and separate detained families. ICE is a common acronym for the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency.”)
- Sen. Mark Warner urges reunification after visit to Virginia facility holding immigrants
- Citing McConnell in 2016, Kaine and Warner want court seat left vacant until after election
- Sen. Tim Kaine Joins Bill to Decriminalize Marijuana at the Federal Level
- Ex-Democratic presidential candidate says oil is in America’s best interest (Webb is wildly wrong. The science is absolutely clear that we need to get off of fossil fuels ASAP. Also note that Webb is being paid to say this shit.)
- Culpeper Republicans censure Jill Vogel and call for her resignation
- Pipeline protester removed from perch on excavator (“Virginia Tech professor Emily Satterwhite was taken into custody following her 14-hour blockade of construction of the Mountain Valley Pipeline as it crosses Brush Mountain.”)
- State lawmaker who called Corey Stewart a charlatan now defends him against racism allegations
- U.Va. Center calls 2nd Congressional district a toss-up
- Editorial: Why is there no debate in Southwest Virginia? (“Let’s admit the obvious: To some extent, all debates look the same. The candidates are essentially in a makeshift television studio. The real reason in wanting a Southwest Virginia debate is not the location, but the content. We want to force the candidates — be they Senate candidates in 2018, or Senate candidates in 2020, or gubernatorial candidates in 2021 — to talk about our issues.”)
- Pushed by Virginia lawmakers, Metro board agrees to internal restructuring (“The Metro board voted Thursday to essentially cut its size by half — a radical change in the agency’s governance that was approved unanimously, despite several members’ objections to the restructuring.”)
- A visit to the Red Hen restaurant, where death threats mix with letters of support (Why isn’t the Washington Post editorial page denouncing the death threats by right wingnuts for not being “civil?”)
- Williams: Supreme Court ruling on Muslim nations has real consequences for Richmonders
- Editorial: Pridefest celebrates history, community
- Virginia State University named nation’s top HBCU
- New heat wave begins today, and the humidity will become oppressive by Sunday
