by Lowell
Here are a few national and Virginia news headlines, political and otherwise, for Saturday, June 2.
- With tweet on jobs, Trump discards years of controls for sensitive material (Is this illegal?)
- The North Korea Summit Is Back On—But Don’t Expect Miracles
- Trump Leaking Confidential Data Isn’t a ‘So What?’
- Trump appears to have broken federal law with tweet teasing jobs report
- U.S. in Early Talks for Potential Summit Between Trump and Putin
- U.S. commerce secretary to press China to buy as allies seethe over tariffs
- Kim Jong Un’s leaked letter to Trump could foreshadow trouble at the summit (“Both sides remain very far apart. The letter could reinforce that.”)
- Trump and Kim Will Talk After All—But About What?
- Trump’s ‘cruel’ measures pushing US inequality to dangerous level, UN warns (“Scorching report on poverty finds ‘systematic attack on welfare program’ will leave millions deprived of food and healthcare”)
- Trump Is Probing the Constitution for Weaknesses, and Finding Them
- Trump’s Got a Crazy New Plan to Save the Dying Coal Industry (“Trump is going to unprecedented new lengths—legal or not.”)
- Unemployment Rate Falls to 18-Year Low; Solid Hiring in May (The Obama/Democratic recovery from the Bush/GOP Great Recession continues.)
- Hope in the Era of Trump’s Climate Foolishness (“There is, however, a silver lining: the increasing efforts by states and cities to fill the Trump vacuum. No thanks to Mr. Trump, the United States actually bucked the worldwide trend and reduced its emissions in 2017. The 0.5 percent drop in emissions, small but encouraging, was driven partly by market forces — including the switch from coal to natural gas — and partly by sustained efforts by climate-conscious states to deploy renewable energy sources like wind and solar power.”)
- Tariffs Can Work—but Not Stupid Ones (“Trump’s new steel and aluminum tariffs mistake the means for the ends.”)
- ‘The guy’s a f—ing yenta’: Trump’s loose lips draw fire (“Even President Donald Trump’s supporters concede he can’t keep a secret.”)
- Obama was right: He came too early (“The racial wedge that Trump and others have driven through America might work for now. But it won’t work for long.”)
- How the Government Keeps Its Economic Data From Leakers… Like the President?
- MSNBC Staff on Joy Reid: Enough Apologies, We Want Answers (“Though she apologized for a new series of old, hateful posts, she and her bosses haven’t explained her dubious claim that she was hacked. Some inside 30 Rock are fuming.”)
- Roseanne Barr is not the problem. She’s just a symptom. (“The hashtag #LivingWhileBlack speaks to the breadth and depth of embedded racism in the country.”)
- Melania Trump to skip Camp David trip, marking a 22-day absence (“The first lady was last seen in public on 10 May, four days before she was hospitalised to treat a kidney condition”)
- McConnell: Trump should ‘pull back from the brink’ on tariffs
- The Historic Downfall of Paige Patterson (“The religious leader has long helped normalize sexist attitudes in the Southern Baptist community. Now his career may finally be done.”)
- D’Souza’s Reward (“The pardon of Dinesh D’Souza shows how far the racist fringe has risen under Donald Trump.”)
- Three Republicans Battle To Take On Tim Kaine (Crazy, crazier, craziest.)
- In finally expanding Medicaid, state GOP legislators put themselves first (“Let’s not kid ourselves, though: Republicans were stunned by the losses at the polls in November, and they feared further defeats when all 140 General Assembly seats are up for election in fall 2019. They surmised the will of the people was finally worth following: Polls have shown a solid majority of Virginians want Medicaid expanded.”)
- John Fredericks predicts 5th district nomination odds (Stanley 2:1, Boneta 5:2, Dunbar 7:2, Del Rosso 9:2, Riggleman 5:1, Webert 12:1, “the field” 500:1)
- Editorial: Warner bill could help reduce cruelty to horses
- ‘Raw democracy in action’: How the GOP will replace Rep. Thomas Garrett on ballot (This is almost the polar opposite of “raw democracy.” In this case, just 37 far-right, all-white, mostly male GOP party insiders will pick the nominee. #notdemocracy)
- Cynthia Dunbar: Two House Races, Two Weeks, Too Hungry for Power
- A Democrat vying to face Rep. Comstock gives her own campaign $1 million (“Alison Friedman has consistently led the six-way field in fundraising.”)
- Editorial: Will Garrett be the last congressman from Southside? (“Denver Riggleman is from Nelson County; Michael Del Rosso and Dale Woodson are from Charlottesville; Michael Webert and Martha Boneta are from Fauquier County; Joe Whited is from Rappahannock County. Only Bill Stanley, who is from Franklin County and represents a state Senate district that stretches east of Danville, can be considered a true Southside candidate.” Stanley is completely unhinged; just watch his tirades against Medicaid expansion this past week…)
- Virginia congressional candidate says he’s a pedophile: report
- Northam issues first pardon, to Rocky Mount woman in stillborn fetus case (Good.)
- DEQ extends public comment period on Mountain Valley Pipeline
- Anti-terrorism agencies involved in monitoring protesters of Mountain Valley Pipeline (I love it, the people who are PEACEFULLY protesting the destruction of nature are “terrorists,” while those destroying nature are protected by the authorities.)
- Assembly still has to elect judges, including one for seat on State Corporation Commission
- Fairfax fires head of elections office less than 2 weeks before primary elections (“County general registrar Cameron Sasnett claims he was pushed out after differences over a host of problems, including a discrimination complaint over his sexual orientation.”)
- McEachin visits wildlife refuge, engages local groups about Land and Water Conservation Fund
- UVA professor is named Virginia health commissioner
- Va. school board appeals decision in landmark transgender student case
- Two newcomers battle for Democratic nomination to Arlington County Board
- Final 2 Mountain Valley Pipeline protesters are gone from aerial perches
- Recycling rules in Roanoke, New River valleys tightened for plastics
- Rain takes over today and continues through most of the weekend
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